by Jay | Aug 30, 2010 | New England, New Hampshire
Sportsman Modifieds Championship Battle Continues
Winchester, NH: As the racing season for 2010 winds down, competitors and fans are being treated to some of the best action packed racing the high banks has to offer. Old friends and new faces are emerging on the track. Super Stocks saw the return of Ed Lofland in the #45 Super Stock , Sportman Modifieds saw two new faces in #13 of Josh White and #76 of John Hanafin. The Outlaw Pros welcomed #2 of Wally Wright for his first time in competition, who is a regular Mud Bog competitor. The North Division of Allison Legacy Tour was on hand showing a large car count and exciting racing.
Young Guns would see JT Cloutier start from the pole and head out to another victory in their 15 lap Feature. The battle would rage between #88 of Hillary Renaud and #11 of Joe Boivin as they ran side by side. Boivin would try the outside and Renaud held her line and it was not until the last lap that Boivin would snatch the second spot away in turn three to hold the position. Renuad crossed the stripe for third, which she has done many times in this first season. Renaud, in her post race interveiw, said she has her sights set for a win.
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by Jay | Aug 30, 2010 | New England
It was another exciting night of racing at Big Daddy’s Speedbowl in
Wentworth NH. The weather was great and the track was fast. The racing
card for this week was the track’s 5 regular divisions plus the new
weekly invitational race for Granite State Mini Sprinters.
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by Jay | Aug 29, 2010 | ACT, Canada, New England
Laperle Dominates Showdown at Chaudiere
U.S. Team Takes Team Bonus
Vallee-Jonction, QC – St-Denis, Quebec’s Patrick Laperle dominated the third annual American-Canadian Tour (ACT) “Showdown at Chaudiere” at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec on Saturday, August 28. The special all-star race featured 12 of the top drivers from the Quebec-based Série ACT Castrol Edge against 12 of the top drivers from the American-based ACT Late Model Tour.
Laperle started on the pole position after earning a +5 handicap in ACT’s plus-minus handicap system. The U.S. team earned the outside pole thanks to six-time ACT Late Model Tour Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, Vermont, who would lead the first 32 laps. Laperle would take the lead from Hoar on a lap 32 restart and would proceed to lap all but the top three while leading the last 167 laps.
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by Jay | Aug 29, 2010 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson
Ramstrom Keeps Podium Streak Alive At Thompson
Derek Ramstrom of West Boylston, Mass., finished second in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Super Late Model feature at Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Conn., on Thursday night. The finish marked the fifth consecutive finish of third or better for Ramstrom, who has six wins on the season. Ramstrom started eighth, battled to crack the top-5 through the first half of the 30-lap event and eventually moved into second behind eventual winner Mike O’Sullivan. As he chases a second consecutive division championship, Ramstrom unofficially trails O’Sullivan by two points with three races remaining.
WHO: Derek Ramstrom, W. Boylston, Mass.
WHAT: No. 35 Charter Communications/Matthews Truck Service and Towing Chevrolet
WHERE: Thompson International Speedway, Thompson, Conn. (.625-mile oval)
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
WHAT: 30-lap Super Late Model Feature
STARTED: 8th
FINISHED: 2nd
STANDINGS: 2nd
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by Jay | Aug 29, 2010 | Connecticut, NASCAR, New England, Stafford
CHRISTOPHER, PITKAT, BARRETT, YARDLEY, & CASAGRANDE SCORE AUG. 27th NASCAR
WHELEN ALL-AMERICAN SERIES VICTORIES AT STAFFORD
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway was back in action with a NASCAR
Whelen All-American Series program on Friday night, August 27th. Ted
Christopher scored his first victory of the 2010 season in the 40-lap SK
Modified® feature, Woody Pitkat took advantage of a green white checkered
restart to nail down his sixth victory of 2010 in the 30-lap Late Model
feature, Tommy Barrett, Jr. scored his eighth win of 2010 in the 20-lap SK
Light Modified feature, Dave Yardley won his second feature of 2010 in the
20-lap Limited Late Model feature, and Cory Casagrande matched his brother
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by Jay | Aug 26, 2010 | New England
NETS TRUCKS PARTICIPATE AT ALBANY-SARATOGA SPEEDWAY
The New England Truck Series (NETS) and Albany-Saratoga Speedway have announced earlier this season that the two parties have reached an agreement to bring the New England based touring series trucks to the famed New York oval.
On Friday, August 27, the stars of NETS will take to the 4/10-mile oval as part of their regular scheduled racing adding in the pro-stock division.
“This is a great opportunity for our Series,” Lorraine Pard, NETS Series Director said. We were disappointed that we were rained out in April, so it is great to be able to find a date that worked out for both parties. I know that many of our drivers are looking forwarding to competing on the asphalt at Albany-Saratoga. I know I am!”
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