by Jay | Aug 14, 2011 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Loudon, NH – Joey Polewarczyk of Hudson, NH comes away from New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) with a solid 12th place finish in the inaugural American-Canadian Tour (ACT) All-Star Challenge, held on August 12 and 13.
This unique challenge has 2 segments comprised of (1) 25-lap and (1) 50-lap race to decide the champion. The winner is determined with “Monza” style scoring, which means both the racers finishing positions are added together; with the lowest overall point value being was awarded the victory.
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by Jay | Aug 14, 2011 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Loudon, NH – Williston, Vermont’s Brian Hoar claimed the overall ACT All-Star Challenge title after winning the second segment at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, August 13. Hoar was running third on a lap 36 restart when segment one winner and leader at the time Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, Massachusetts had ignition troubles and had to retire from the event.
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by Jay | Aug 14, 2011 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (Aug. 13, 2011) – Seven-time American-Canadian Tour champion Brian Hoar held on to win the two segment ACT All-Star Challenge at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The Williston, Vt., native boasts seven top-fives and nine top-10 finishing positions between NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series East and the American-Canadian Tour at “The Magic Mile.” Today he can finally add a checkered flag to his accomplishments.
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by Jay | Aug 14, 2011 | IndyCar, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (Aug. 13, 2011) -IZOD IndyCar Series championship points leader Dario Franchitti continued to dominate at New Hampshire Motor Speedway today, capturing the pole for Sunday’s MoveThatBlock.com INDY 225.
Franchitti, who pilots the No. 10 Nikon car, recorded an aggregated lap time of 43.1976 at an average speed of 170.843 mph.
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by Jay | Aug 14, 2011 | IndyCar, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (Aug. 13, 2011) – Firestone Indy Lights Series championship points leader Josef Newgarden captured the pole for tomorrow’s Firestone Indy Lights 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Newgarden, who pilots the No. 11 Copart/Score Big/Robo-Pong/SSM for Sam Schmidt Motorsports, zoomed, around “The Magic Mile” for two laps with an aggregated time of 49.4908 seconds, at an average speed of 149.119 mph
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by Jay | Aug 14, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
PREECE, POSOCCO, GALKO, THIBEAULT, & SAUNDERS SCORE LINCOLN TECH 80 FEATURE VICTORIES AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway was back racing on August 12th
with the Lincoln Tech 80 event. In NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
feature racing, Ryan Preece scored his third win of the 2011 season in the
SK Modified® feature, Ryan Posocco scored his second win of the 2011 season
in the 30-lap Late Model feature, Matt Galko nailed down his fourth win of
2011 in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature, Shawn Thibeault picked up his
fourth win of the 2011 season in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, and
Albert Saunders picked up his first win of the 2011 season in the 15-lap
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