by Jay | Aug 21, 2011 | Beech Ridge, Maine, New England
Aaron Ricker finally knocks down the door to Beech Ridge victory lane.
By Dan Walker
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway release
Scarborough,Maine- Following 3 straight second place finishes, Saturday night Aaron Ricker was to be denied no more as the young driver scored his first Pro Series win at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. The headline division of the NASCAR All American Series fielded 20 cars on Saturday night with Ricker starting from position 16. Tyler King led the opening 3 laps before yielding to Steve Carrier following a lap 4 caution flag. Carrier would stay out front until lap 10 when Joey Doiron slipped into the lead using the inside line. While all of this was going on, Ricker had moved through traffic to be third by lap 17. On lap 19, Ricker dismissed Carrier for second place and set his sights on Doiron. (more…)
by Jay | Aug 21, 2011 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, New England, Vermont
New Car No Problem For Kevin Chaffee in USAC DMA Midgets at Bear Ridge
BY MARK McKEON
BRADFORD, VT – Wheeling a car that hadn’t been raced since 2003 and which he hadn’t laid eyes on until he got to the track, “The Fairlee Flier” Kevin Chaffee of Fairlee, VT defeated a series record field of 18 entrants to win his second consecutive USAC Dirt Midget Association feature at Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, VT on Saturday.
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by Jay | Aug 21, 2011 | New England, New York
Roy rockets to 3rd straight Airborne win
South Plattsburgh, NY – Nobody takes it higher and deeper into the third turn at Airborne Speedway than DIRTcar Modified point leader Martin Roy. The Napierville, Quebec driver of the Gamache Trucking No.90 used up some right rear tires with the maneuver earlier in the season, but adjustments have now landed him three consecutive victories. He holds a 16-point lead over defending champion Patrick Dupree with two point races remaining.
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by Jay | Aug 21, 2011 | Maine, New England, Unity
Tim Turner returns, conquers Unity Raceway Late Models
Unity, Maine — Tim Turner of Freedom was no stranger to victory lane when weekly Pro Stock racing topped the card at Unity Raceway. For the past couple of seasons Tim has been hard at work passing the baton to a third generation of successful Turner wheelman, son Dylan – a multi-race winner in the track’s premiere Late Model division.
The elder Turner decided he’d knock off some rust on Saturday night, and drove to victory lane 35-lap Late Model feature after swapping the lead late in the event with East Madison’s Jeff Burgess, the track’s second-ranked driver in the championship standings.
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by Jay | Aug 21, 2011 | ACT, Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway
Jeff Taylor Handed Second ACT Win at Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford, ME – Jeff Taylor of Farmington, Maine scored his second career ACT Late Model Tour win at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday, August 20. Taylor was running second behind Jeff White, who won the last ACT event at OPS, when White ran out of gas with eight laps remaining.
White, the current OPS point leader, and Taylor had broken away from the field following the last restart of the event on lap 93. White clearly had the car to beat as Taylor stuck with him but didn’t have enough to make the pass until White’s ride started sputtering after completing lap 142.
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by Jay | Aug 21, 2011 | ACT, Canaan, New England, New Hampshire
Joey Roberts Wins Tiger Tour 100 at Canaan Fair Speedway
Canaan, NH – Joey Roberts of Georgia, Vermont picked up his first career Bond/WIX Tiger Tour win at Canaan Fair Speedway on Saturday, August 20. Roberts started on the outside pole and settled in behind pole sitter Joe Steffen for the first 22 circuits. Roberts managed to take the lead on the restart following the first caution of the 100 lap event.
Steffen would challenge Roberts until suffering a flat tire coming to the green on the second restart of the race on lap 47. Steffen would lose three laps in the pits while changing the tire. Current point leader Derrick O’Donnell would take over second and stuck with Roberts over the second half of the event. Roberts had his hands full trying to hold off O’Donnell who at one point got around Roberts and led on lap 49.
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