Devil’s Bowl Speedway to host second “Town Meeting” January 21
NASCAR licenses to be made available at Holiday Inn-Rutland
RUTLAND, VT — Stock car competitors from around the region will be heard from as Devil’s Bowl Speedway hosts its second winter “Town Meeting” on Saturday, January 21. The open-forum discussion will be held at the Holiday Inn-Rutland in Rutland, VT.
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Story by Chris Roy
This year Melissa Fifield has made the change from Allison cars to Modifieds. I asked her what made her decide to race Modifieds rather than PASS Super Late Models or the ACT Late Models? Her response, “I have always loved Modifieds and dreamed about racing in the Valenti Modified Racing Series.”
There is approximately 17 modified races this season all across New England, and the Pine Knoll race team is hoping to make them all. “I really like the amount of races but, wish there was a race in Maine. I am looking forward to running at tracks that I’ve never been to.” Though the one race Melissa is most looking forward to is in Lee. “My favorite track is Lee USA Speedway since it is my home track and it’s a great racing facility.” The VMRS returns to Lee Speedway on June 29th.
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GRIP presented by Hypercoil welcomes NASCAR, Indy 500 Spotter
PORTLAND, Maine – The eyes in the sky will come into sharp focus when the first annual GRIP Seminars presented by Hypercoil Springs takes place later this month.
Frank Bolter has worked the spotter’s stand from the top levels of NASCAR to the Indianapolis 500 to short-track Saturday nights, and he will join GRIP this Jan. 19-22 at the Seasons Event & Conference Center as one of the event’s keynote speakers. While the four-day short-track racing seminar will explore suspension information, brake technology, aerodynamics, driver development and marketing, it will also put an emphasis on spotting technique and its importance to a race team’s overall success. (more…)
Hugely determined, immensely aggressive and spectacularly daring, very few drivers work harder at racing than Keith Rocco.
New Britain, Connecticut: The 2011 season gave fans across New England a rock-solid view of the commitment level Keith Rocco places on his racing. Pushing the asphalt “win-bar” higher than any racer since Richie Evans or Geoff Bodine, the Wallingford, Connecticut frontrunner drove to his sixth Track Championship after winning more races than any single driver in the United States.
Now, with those thirty-two Victories’ and the holiday’s tucked neatly in the past, Keith Rocco has returned to the surroundings where every winning tally began.
“Jeff and I learned early that races are mostly won in the shop.” said Rocco. “I’m sure fans will remember our father’s habit of arriving late for races. People would be baffled because he was still fast and he could still win. Well it was all that preparation – all that race shop work.”
The son of recognized racer Ron Rocco, Keith’s career began in earnest in 2003. Combining effort with twin brother Jeff, the pair came close to winning the Waterford Speedbowl Sportsman Championship in their very first appearance.
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Canaan, NH.
Jeff Taylor, owner of Distance Racing Products has signed with the Granite State
Pro Stock Series and will construct a new 2012 pro stock chassis to award to a lucky competitor on the
series.
“I’ve always enjoyed giving back to the racers”, said Jeff at his busy chassis shop in central Maine. “ive
sponsored racers, series and teams along the way and would like to offer the GSPSS a brand new chassis
to sweeten the deal for 100 percent participation in next season’s events”.
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(Stafford Springs, CT)—Fresh from the ranks of the Wild Thing Kart Series
at Stafford Motor Speedway, Ronnie Williams will be moving into the SK Light
Modified division to run for Rookie of the Year honors in 2012. Williams
and his family have purchased the former No. 70 Brit Andersen car for the
upcoming season, so they have a proven commodity with which they will try to
claim the top rookie honors. Williams, who turned 15 after the completion
of the 2011 season, conducted a test session at Stafford the week after the
CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend, and all systems are go for his rookie season as
his No. 47 Advice One car was fast and comfortable in the test.
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