by Jay | Aug 1, 2010 | Lee USA, NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, New England, New Hampshire
DJ Shaw Derailed From Potential Podium Finish At Lee
Lee, N.H. (July 31, 2010): DJ Shaw was well on his way to a top-three finish at Lee USA Speedway in Friday night’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 125. But a spin on lap 89 took the 20-year-old driver out of contention and the JLM Precision race team had to settle with a 12th place finish.
“I got wrecked,” said a dejected Shaw. “We probably had the second place car. It was a bad day for me. I hadn’t even started going yet. I felt like I could have passed Eddie (MacDonald) at any time on a long run, and if Ryan (Truex) had been patient he probably would have won that race.”
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by Jay | Aug 1, 2010 | Lee USA, NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, New England, New Hampshire
Kobyluck Rallies To Seventh Place Finish At Lee
Lee, N.H. (July 31, 2010): Matt Kobyluck and the Mohegan Sun Casino race team had their work cut out for them in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 125 at Lee USA Speedway Friday night. After bottoming out in qualifying, the team knew they were going have to pit early and come up through from the back of the pack. Despite more than a handful of wrecks, Kobyluck was able to stay out of trouble and take home an impressive seventh place finish without a scratch on the No. 40 Mohegan Sun Casino Chevrolet.
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by Jay | Aug 1, 2010 | New England, PASS
Sanborn seals the deal at PASS Summerfest 150
NAPLES ME (8/31) Trevor Sanborn found a way to get by team mate Travis Benjamin on lap 83 of Saturday nights Pro All Stars Series (PASS) super late model feature at Groveton NH’s Riverside Speedway, earning his first career PASS North win. Sanborn and Benjamin gave the RMR team a sweep of the top two spots, a first for veteran car owner Richard Moody. Richie Dearborn crossed the line third.
Sanborn has been fast all season long, leading 262 laps prior to the Summerfest 150. But despite several podium finishes, the two time PASS South race winner had been unable to drive under the checkers first in the northern series until Saturday night.
Ben Rowe picked up six spots from the grid to finish fourth; 2009 Summerfest 150 winner Cassius Clark was fifth. Donnie Whitten had another solid run in sixth, while point leader Johnny Clark finished outside of the top five for just the second time in 2010 with a seventh place result. Scott Chubbuck, Gary Drew and Adam Bates raced home eighth, ninth and tenth.
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by Jay | Aug 1, 2010 | ACT, New England
Joey Polewarczyk: ACT Late Model Tour
Seekonk Speedway/Twin State Speedway
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., continued his midsummer surge on Saturday, July 31, returning to Seekonk Speedway and winning a 75-lap Late Model main event at the track. The victory was Polewarczyk’s second in a span of eight days after claiming his first ACT Late Model Tour win of the season a week ago at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Ironically, the car Polewarczyk drove to victory at Seekonk has plenty of history. Not only was it the car that carried Polewarczyk to his first career ACT victory at Seekonk in August 2007, but it’s also the car that two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart drove in the VT Governor’s Cup 150 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in June 2009 — and the same car that Polewarczyk set the Late Model qualifying record with at Thunder Road in 2006. He survived a three-wide battle on the race’s final restart with under 20 laps remaining to post the victory. To cap off his week, Polewarczyk finished ninth in the ACT Twin State 100 at Twin State Speedway on Friday night, as well..
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: No. 97 Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision Ford
WHAT: Late Model 75
WHERE: Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Mass. (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 11th
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by Jay | Aug 1, 2010 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS
Ben Rowe: PASS North Series
Riverside Speedway Race Report
Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine, finished fourth in the PASS North Series Summerfest 150 at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, N.H., on Saturday, July 31. Rowe started 12th in the 18-car field and worked into the top-10 before the 50-lap mark on the high-banked, quarter-mile track. He benefited from a lap 81 restart, gaining a few spots’ worth of track position before running comfortably inside the top-five for the remainder of the event. Unofficially, Rowe gained five points in the title chase on leader Johnny Clark and now trails by just nine points heading into the final four races of the year.
WHO: Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine
TEAM: No. 48 Community Pharmacies Chevrolet
WHAT: PASS North Series Summerfest 150
WHERE: Riverside Speedway, Groveton, N.H. (.625-mile oval)
STARTED: 12th
FINISHED: 4th
LED: 0 times for 0 laps
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by Jay | Aug 1, 2010 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS
Sanborn Grabs Elusive First PASS North Series Victory
Richard Moody Racing driver wins Summerfest 150 at Riverside Speedway
GROVETON, N.H. — Trevor Sanborn passed Richard Moody Racing teammate Travis Benjamin on lap 82 and never looked back, winning the PASS North Series Summerfest 150 at Riverside Speedway on Saturday night. The win was the first career PASS North victory for Sanborn, a two-time PASS South Series race winner.
“What an unbelievable feeling,” Sanborn said after leading a race-high 69 laps. “I’ve run a ton of races up here (in the North), I’ve led a lot of laps. I’ve always liked Riverside… and I’m just so glad I finally won.”
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