by Jay | Dec 11, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway has announced its 2012
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series event schedule, and the new schedule
carries with it a distinct new flavor. The 2012 schedule has been
diversified to include a wide array of races that has transformed the
Stafford schedule into a variety of never before seen events at the
Connecticut half-mile facility.
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by Jay | Dec 10, 2011 | New England, New York
South Plattsburgh, NY – Airborne Speedway promoter Mike Perrotte has announced plans to introduce a DIRTcar Modified Sportsman class as a weekly division in 2012.
“The DIRT Sportsman cars are the same as the Ernie’s Discount Tools Modifieds, except they will have 602 GM crate engines like our full-fendered J&S Steel Sportsmen,” Perrotte said.
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by Jay | Dec 9, 2011 | New England
BY MARK McKEON
Chester, VT – Joe Krawiec of Bristol, CT and Kevin Chaffee of Fairlee, VT spent the 2011 season as teammates on the Skip Matczak owned, Seals-It sponsored USAC DMA Midget team competing at Bear Ridge Speedway. They often battled for supremacy on the race track and now they’re competing for post season honors in the Vermont Motorsports Magazine Driver of the Year balloting. Race fans can vote on-line for either Krawiec or Chaffee at vtmotormag.com every day until December 16.
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by Jay | Dec 9, 2011 | ACT, Canada, New England

Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) announced today that the top teams of the US-based ACT Tour, the Quebec based ACT Castrol Series, and Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl will receive in excess of $100,000 in championship point fund awards at the season-ending ACT banquets to be held in December, 2011 and January, 2012.
Highest money earners are car owners Rick Paya from the ACT US Tour and Patrick Laperle from the ACT Castrol Series. They will each receive year-end point fund checks of $10,000.00. Both teams ran the full twelve (12) race series in their respective areas.
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by Jay | Dec 8, 2011 | ACT, Canada, New England

Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian US Tour (ACT) 2012 schedule will feature ten (10) point-counting events at nine different tracks. In addition, there will be four ‘special’ non-point counting events that most ACT teams will put on their 2012 calendars.
Lee USA Speedway in Lee, New Hampshire will continue the tradition of opening the ACT Late Model race season with the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 on Sunday, April 15, 2012.
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by Jay | Dec 8, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway welcomed a guest list of
nearly 500 people consisting of teams, drivers, sponsors, and employees this
past Friday night, November 18 at the La Renaissance Banquet Facility in
East Windsor to officially honor Ryan Preece, Ryan Posocco, Matt Galko,
Kevin Gambacorta, and Don Wood as the 2011 Stafford Motor Speedway NASCAR
Whelen All-American Series track champions.
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