May 23, 2011
OXFORD, Maine – Mother Nature struck again this past weekend as rain and persistent mist forced the postponement of the Saturday’s Fan Appreciation Night presented by 99.9 The Wolf.
Fan Appreciation night has been rescheduled for Friday, May 27. Four Speedway divisions, the Late Models, Strictly Stocks, Mini Stocks and Oxford Outlaws, will kick off the season at a special starting time of 7:30.
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West Haven, VT – Joey Polewarczyk Jr fought an ill-handling car to a disappointing 19th place finish at his first ever trip to the recently paved half-mile speedway.
The ACT Late Model Tour made its Devil’s Bowl debut with a strong 40 Late Models, vying for 32 starting spots. Joey started last (13th) in his Heat Race. “We were once again the fastest during practice and we almost had the car to where it could turn in the center of the corner like I like” Polewarczyk states. “We almost qualified through our Heat Race; we set ourselves up for a good Consolation race starting spot”
During the Consolation race, Polewarczyk came together with another car and knocked the suspension out of tolerance. “We knocked the Toe out which we were able to fix before the main event. We qualified and started in the 23rd starting spot and we really thought we had a contending car” says Polewarczyk
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Stafford Motor Speedway ~ May 20th ~ Recap
Unity, Maine — Jeff Burgess of Fairfield said before the season started that he was aiming to win more races, and he got an excellent start at fulfilling that goal with a 111-lap Late Model score to top the opening day racing card at Unity Raceway on Sunday.
Starting from the pole position, Burgess gave up the top spot on a couple of occasions, but when the checkered flag waved and the $1,111 winner’s check was presented the full-time race car fabricator was celebrating in victory lane.
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West Haven, VT – Seven-time and defending ACT Late Model Tour Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, VT claimed his second straight Spring Green and his second win of the 2011 season at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Sunday, May 21. Hoar won a hard fought battle with leader Craig Bushey and later John Donahue to lead the final 36 laps and earn the win. Hoar’s win came in his first event in his new Ford powered ride out of the Rick Paya stables.
Shelburne, VT’s Jamie Fisher and Windham, ME’s Brad Babb swapped the lead early in the event as they sat on the front row after earning +6’s in ACT’s +/- handicap system. Bushey took over from his sixth place starting position on lap seven and would swap the lead with several drivers for the majority of the event including Ricky Rolfe and Fisher before giving up the lead for good to Hoar on lap seventy five and faded to eighth.
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Airborne Speedway Recap
Saturday, May 21
South Plattsburgh – In a Canadian battle for the checkers, Martin Roy of Napierville, QC wheeled around Pierre Berthiaume of Joliette, QC on a lap 19 restart and went on to win the Modified 30-lap feature at Airborne Speedway.
Berthiaume had held off Roy, Bryant Trim and Patrick Dupree for 15 laps before the race’s fourth caution closed the field. Dupree left on the hook after contact on the backstretch as Greg Atkins of Clintonville and George Foley of Saranac Lake moved into contention.
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