by Jay | Aug 2, 2011 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Loudon, NH – Forty-five American Canadian Tour Championship Late Model teams were on hand for a Test and Tune session at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH on Tuesday, August 2. Team’s from all over the Northeast, Ontario and Quebec were on hand in preparation for the All-Star Late Model Challenge at NHMS on Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13.
Inaugural ACT Invitional Champion Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, MA was the fastest on the day turning a 31.589 lap. Graniteville’s John Donahue was also near the top of the time charts for the majority of the day with his fastest lap of 31.676 seconds.
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by Jay | Aug 2, 2011 | IndyCar, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (Aug. 2, 2011) – If you could ask anything of racing’s most well-known female face, what would you ask? Danica Patrick invites fans to come and talk to her during the MoveThatBlock.com INDY 225 next week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. No, seriously she does! Here’s your chance, the door is about to open to a small group of race fans.
“The Magic Mile” is offering fans an exclusive opportunity to get up close and very personal with INDYCAR and NASCAR star Danica Patrick during the Aug. 14, MoveThatBlock.com INDY 225.
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by Jay | Aug 2, 2011 | ACT, New England
(Hudson, NH) – The 2011 season started out on a high note for Joey Polewarczyk and crew as they left the fast New Smyrna Speedway in Florida after capturing the Inaugural Goodyear Speedweeks Cup. Since then the season has been one to forget and according to Joey, the buck stops with him.
“I am more focused right now, than I have ever been. The time to turnaround our season is now and I feel our second half will mirror what we did in 2010.”
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by Jay | Aug 2, 2011 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (Aug. 2, 2011) -Over 40 American-Canadian Tour teams tested at New Hampshire Motor Speedway today, gearing them up for the ACT All Star Showdown race on Aug. 13, during the MoveThatBlock.com INDY 225 weekend.
Dominating the late-model tour so far this season, seven-time ACT champion and current point’s leader Brain Hoar was amongst those who took laps at NHMS today.
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by Jay | Aug 2, 2011 | New England, New York
Roy back in Airborne title chase with 2nd win
South Plattsburgh – Martin Roy took the lead from upset-minded Cam Grady on a lap-18 restart and drove off to his second DIRTcar Modified win of the season Saturday at Airborne Speedway.
The win brought the former track champion from Napierville, QC back into title contention. Current point leader Patrick Dupree, seeking to repeat as Ernie’s Discount Tools Modified champion, pitted mid-race to tend to a broken suspension part and settled for a 12th-place finish. Dupree leads Roy 428-400. George Foley is third in points (378).
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by Jay | Aug 1, 2011 | Modified, New England
Canaan, NH — After an unexpected week off thanks to Mother Nature, the Valenti Modified Racing Series returns to the State of Maine, and the famed Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, in Scarboro, Saturday night, August 6, when the open-wheel, 600 horse-powered modifieds, compete in a 100 lap green-flag event.
Saturday’s event will be the Series fifth appearance at the historic speedway. To date, five different drivers have visited victory lane, at “The Ridge.”
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