by Jay | Aug 28, 2011 | Maine, New England
Raymond “Hully” Bunn 1920-2011, Pioneer Stock Car Driver and Hall of Famer
BY MARK McKEON
BRISTOL, CT – Raymond “Hully” Bunn of Bristol died at age 91 on August 25 at Bristol Hospital after an illness. Bunn won more than a hundred Stock Car races in a career that lasted from 1949 to 1965 and was inducted into the New England Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2001.
Bunn was motivated to get into racing by a medical diagnosis he received when he mustered out of the Armed Forces shortly after World War II. The examining physician took him aside and told him that he had a bad heart and needed to take it easy. “I thought, what the hell, if I’m going to die soon any way I might as well enjoy myself, so I started racing,” Bunn recalled.
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by Jay | Aug 27, 2011 | Beech Ridge, Legends, Maine, New England
Story by Chris Roy
Going into the final T.N.T Legends race of the season at BRMS, Evan Beaulieu was 3 points behind Kevin Hutchinson. Starting the race in the rear of the field, the 56 legend car quickly made its way to mid pack, when a wreck took out most of the leaders including the #27 car of Hutchinson.
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by Jay | Aug 27, 2011 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Dave Pembroke Takes 2011 “King of the Road” Title
Phil Scott Wins 100-Lap Aubuchon Finale
Barre, VT – Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke earned his second career Thunder Road Late Model title with a seventh place finish in the 100-lap finale on Aubuchon Night, Friday, August 26. Pembroke came into the night leading John Donahue by 38 points. He lengthened his lead with a win in his heat race and sewed up the title in the feature.
It was Pembroke’s first season in his new Ford powered ride sponsored by VSECU and Lamoille Valley Ford. Pembroke’s previous title came in 2007. He is also a previous Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen Champion in 1999. He has won just about every big Late Model race at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement” with wins in the Milk Bowl, Labor Day Classic, Memorial Day Classic and Merchants Bank 150.
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by Jay | Aug 27, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
PREECE, MAVLOUGANES, CHARLAND, CASAGRANDE, & WOOD SCORE AUG. 26 NASCAR WHELEN ALL-AMERICAN SERIES FEATURE VICTORIES AT STAFFORD
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway was back on track with a
5-division NASCAR Whelen All-American Series event on Friday, August 26.
Ryan Preece picked up his fourth win of the 2011 season in the 40-lap SK
Modified® feature event, Jim Mavlouganes picked up his first Late Model
feature victory in 6 years in the 30-lap Late Model feature, Bob Charland
picked up his first career victory in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature,
Cory Casagrande picked up his second win of 2011 in the 20-lap Limited Late
Model feature, and Josh Wood picked up his fourth win of the 2011 season in
the 15-lap DARE Stock feature.
In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Curt Brainard took the lead at the
green, but Woody Pitkat streaked into the lead on lap-2. With 2 laps
complete, the caution came out for Michael Bennett, who was slow on the
track. (more…)
by Jay | Aug 26, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
SHAWN THIBEAULT AND KEVIN GAMBACORTA LOCKED IN ULTRA TIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP RACE IN STAFFORD’S LIMITED LATE MODEL DIVISION
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Along with their SK Modified® division, Stafford’s
Limited Late Model division features a championship battle that currently
has Shawn Thibeault leading Kevin Gambacorta by only 8 points, or 4
positions on the track. While Gambacorta has won track championships at
Stafford in the DARE Stock division in 2004 and the Limited Late Model
division in 2006, Thibeault is experiencing a championship chase for the
first time in his racing career. (more…)
by Jay | Aug 26, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
YOUNG GUNS MATT GALKO AND JOEY CIPRIANO AGAIN IN THE THICK OF SK LIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—In Stafford’s SK Light Modified division this
season, the fight for the track championship is once again all about the
young guns. 17-year-old Matt Galko is the defending track champion in the
SK Light division and he currently holds the points lead this season, but he
is currently only 18 points, or 9 positions on the track ahead of
16-year-old Joey Cipriano. After dueling for the championship last season
along with Tommy Barrett, Jr., Galko and Cipriano are right back at it,
fighting for the 2011 SK Light Modified championship. (more…)
