by Jay | Jul 15, 2011 | Maine, New England, Speedway 95
Andrew McLaughlin of Harrington wired the Ikey Dore Memorial 50 lap Street Stock event held at Speedway 95 Thursday night, leading all 50 laps and picking up $2250 in the process. The race, which paid $1000.00 to the winner plus an extra $25.00 for each lap led, was marked by seven caution periods, giving the competition several chances to unseat McLaughlin from the top spot. Coming closest was Burnham’s Carl McAlpine, who had three tries but was unable to lead even one lap for the bonus money. Each time they lined up for the green, McLaughlin was able to keep his Camaro out front by the time they reached the scoring line. McAlpine finished in the second spot, with Mac Hannan of Union putting on a late charge to take third. Larry Emerson of Durham, who spent much of the race in the second spot, finished fourth, followed by Bangor’s Shawn Hamel in fifth. The remainder of the finishing order was 6. Ryan Robbins, Dixfield, 7. Chuck Harmon, Amity, 8. Vanna Brackett, Buckfield, 9. Bradley Norris, Ellsworth, 10. Bill Bowley II, Canaan, 11. Jim Carr Jr. Clifton, 12. Jesse Smith, Hermon, 13. Ren Dore, Addison, 14. Randy Caler, Cherryfield, 15. Ken Bowness, Glenburn, 16. Damon Dodge, Troy, 17. Mike Short, Auburn. (more…)
by Jay | Jul 15, 2011 | Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire, PASS
Shaw and Tartro capture PASS Mod, Sportsman wins at Lee USA
Five in a row for Shaw, Tatro’s now two for two
NAPLES ME (7/14) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Mods and Sportsman were on the PASS Bastille 200 card at Lee USA Speedway Tuesday night, and the faces carrying the checkers to victory lane were familiar.
Andy Shaw took a little longer to get to the front than usual, but the results were the same. Shaw took advantage of a restart on lap 30 of the 40 lap feature to drive around Rich Ferreira for his fifth win in five 2011 PASS Mod starts.
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by Jay | Jul 15, 2011 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Dave Pembroke of Montpelier earned his second straight feature win of the season on Times Argus Mid-Season Championship Night, Thursday, July 14 at Thunder Road. The former “King of the Road” inherited a spot in the front row during a wild final 10 laps of the 75 lap feature and cruised to the win.
Graniteville’s Chip Grenier led early from the outside pole and began lapping the tail of the field before the first caution on lap 40. Grenier again built a comfortable lead after the restart until Phil Scott cleared traffic on lap 50 and took second. Scott began to run him down and was nearly to Grenier’s rear bumper when Grenier spun trying to split two lap cars on lap 67.
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by Jay | Jul 15, 2011 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Joey Polewarczyk Jr Qualifies in 17th spot for the 2011 New England 125 at NHMS
(Loudon, NH) – #61 Joey Polewarczyk Jr went into Thursday’s NASCAR K&N Pro-Series East Practice and Qualifying day feeling good about his chances driving for Car Owner-Mike Olsen and the Fadden Racing Inc Team.
The Fadden Racing Inc Team and Joey have teamed up together before, the latest being the spring of 2010 at Greenville Pickens (SC) and South Boston (VA) Speedways. Joey was happy to get acclimated to the 2011 version of the familiar Fadden Blue Chevrolet.
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by Jay | Jul 15, 2011 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Thompson
Pitkat Wins Sunoco Modified 50-Lapper After Rocco Penalized Thompson Speedway Race Report – 7/14
Woody Pitkat earned his second Sunoco Modified victory this season at Thompson International Speedway’s 50-lap feature event. Pitkat took the lead from Danny Cates on lap 28 and appeared to be on his way to victory until the final lap of the race. Contact with Keith Rocco had Pitkat cross the line second, but a penalty issued to Rocco for the contact handed him the win.
Catania took the lead at the drop of the green flag, but it was Danny Cates, using the outside groove, who would be out front by the end of lap one. Woody Pitkat moved into second followed by Keith Rocco.
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by Jay | Jul 15, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—As the 2011 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series nears
the halfway point at Stafford Motor Speedway, the track’s SK Modified®
division has it biggest race of the season on the horizon, the 8th Annual
CARQUEST SK 150. With the race distance of 150 laps and a purse of nearly
$25,000, it is by far the longest and richest race of the year at Stafford.
After a victory in Stafford’s Coors Light SK Modified® 100 earlier this
year, and a second in last year’s CARQUEST SK 150, current SK Modified®
points leader Ryan Preece is looking forward to the latest edition of the
extra distance event.
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