by Jay | Sep 1, 2011 | Modified, NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (Sept. 1, 2011) -NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour regulars beware, Ryan “Rocketman” Newman will once again tackle New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the New Hampshire 100 on Saturday, Sept. 24.
Newman will make his third modified start of the 2011 season and his seventh career start at “The Magic Mile.” This time it will be behind the wheel of the No. 77 (not his usual No.7) Aggressive Hydraulics/ Menards Chevrolet led by crew chief Steve Lindstrum.
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by Jay | Sep 1, 2011 | Beech Ridge, Maine, New England, PASS
Timmons Earning His Racing Stripes At Beech Ridge
FALMOUTH, Maine – Bobby Timmons is showing that he’s a quick study.
Timmons, 19, had never driven anything more than go-karts and Legend cars before this month, but the up-and-coming talent on the New England stock-car circuit is quickly adapting to life in a Super Late Model. Timmons has just three career starts at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, but he’s already opening eyes.
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by Jay | Aug 31, 2011 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Nick Sweet: ACT Late Model Tour
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Preview
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Nick Sweet of Barre, Vt., hopes to put a home field advantage to good use this weekend when the ACT Late Model Tour competes in the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Sunday, September 4. Sweet, the 2010 track champion, will make his third appearance for RPM Motorsports in the No. 57 Saint J Auto/RPM Racing Engines Ford and first in the car at Thunder Road. Though Sweet has never won the longest race on the Thunder Road schedule, he is the most recent ACT winner at the track – having taken the checkered flag in the Merchants Bank 150 in May while driving for his family-owned team.
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by Jay | Aug 31, 2011 | Modified, New England, New York
Fredrickson to strap into Airborne Modified
SOUTH PLATSBURGH, NY – Speedway Illustrated publisher Karl Fredrickson, who has been racing and writing about it for over two decades, will take a hands-on approach at Airborne Speedway Saturday, September 3 and attempt to qualify a DIRTcar Modified in the Della Auto Group Mike Watts Memorial 50.
Fredrickson will drive a car prepared by Wes Moody, car owner of Patrick Dupree’s Saranac Country Store No. 24.
When reviving Speedway Illustrated this year after the national magazine temporarily suspended publication, Fredrickson said, “We think people who love racing, especially those who are invested in it, will love this magazine as much as we do. It will be a real racer’s magazine. It’s for people who pour their heart and soul into building a race car, and then think nothing of taking their pride and joy – and the most expensive investment they’ve got besides their house – and trying to squeeze it between moving steel and immovable concrete because they can’t stand the thought of finishing fourth when they might’ve finished third.”
The Mike Watts Memorial 50-lap event is the final Ernie’s Discount Tools Modified point race of the season. Martin Roy of Napierville, QC, enjoys a 32-point advantage over his closest rival, George Foley of Saranac Lake.
The J&S Steel Sportsman will be joined by several race teams from Autodrome St-Eustache on Saturday’s card for the Can-Am 50. The Versatile Trailer Sales Renegades, NAPA Mini Modifieds and Busch Bombers will also be in action.
Post time is 6 p.m. Grandstands open at 4 p.m. Admission is adults/$15, kids 12 and under free.
by Jay | Aug 31, 2011 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Thunder Road International Speedbowl and Bond Auto Parts have teamed up to help a local food shelf following Hurricane Irene. Fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to this weekend’s Bond Auto Labor Day Classic at Thunder Road in Barre on Sunday, September 4.
Bond Auto trucks will be located at all Thunder Road gates this weekend and will be accepting non-perishable food items and cash donations to benefit the Waterbury Food Shelf which lost its entire inventory in last week’s flooding.
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by Jay | Aug 31, 2011 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Naples ME (8/30) Call them what you will ; Wildcats, Strictly Stocks, Bombers – there’s dozens of names for the entry level class that many racers use to get their start in motorsports or keep themselves involved due to the divisions’ relatively economical nature. It’s action packed, fender rubbing racing with plenty of thrills, spills and excitement for drivers and fans alike.
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