Hoar Holds off Leighton Wins Airborne Spring Green
Plattsburgh, NY – Brian Hoar of Williston, VT led all 100 laps of the 36th Furniture World of VT Spring Green 100 at Airborne Speedway Saturday, but his second straight ACT LateModel Tour win was no romp. The defending champion and current point leader was closely pursued by Brent Dragon for the first half of the race and Brad Leighton of Center Harbor, NH over the final 50 laps.
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Jeffrey Earnhardt Announces Entry In TD Bank 250 At Oxford Plains Speedway
Jeffrey Earnhardt, grandson of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, has entered the TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway. The race is on July 18, 2010 with qualifying starting at 2:00 pm. The green flag will fly on the TD Bank 250 itself at 6:30.
Earnhardt will be driving for Go Green Racing, a team owned by Archie St. Hilaire from Old Orchard Beach, Maine. St. Hilaire has fielded cars in the TD Bank 250 before, most recently with NASCAR’s Kevin Lepage at the helm. The Late Model will be number 8NC and will be sponsored by BBI Waste Industries of Old Orchard Beach. Jeffrey will be competing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on Friday, July 16, before flying to Maine to practice on Saturday in preparation for Sunday’s main event.
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Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
Airborne Speedway Race Preview
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, joins the ACT Late Model Tour for the postponed Spring Green 100 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Saturday, July 10. The race, originally scheduled for May before being called off due to inclement weather, marks the 16-year-old Theriault’s first foray onto a track this size. At a half-mile in length with long straightaways, Airborne is one of the largest tracks the ACT Late Model Tour visits annually. Theriault is looking to bounce back this weekend after failing to qualify — by one spot in the ‘B’-feature — two weeks ago at White Mountain Motorsports Park. Prior to that DNQ, Theriault posted three consecutive top-10 finishes, including one in his debut at the tricky Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt.
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: No. 57 Varney Insurance/Hogan Tire/Daigle&Houghton Ford Fusion
BEST CAREER AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY FINISH: N/A
LAST RACE AT AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY: N/A
Beech Ridge a key stop in the heart of the 2010 PASS North schedule
NAPLES ME (7/7/10) Mother Nature has turned up the thermostat and so has the Pro All Stars Series as the toughest month of the super late model schedule moves on to Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday July 10. Beech Ridge is the second stop of a five race month for the super late models and it’s likely that many teams will measure thei seasons’ success based on their results in July.
The family focused oval produces some of the closest racing around and the Beech Ridge Pro Series regulars that often come out to challenge the touring teams are always competitive. 2009 track champion Mike Rowe, Aaron Ricker, Chuck Colby, and a whole lot more are well capable of running up front. Former PASS North regular Mike Rowe whipped up on the field in the series’ first 2010 appearance at the immaculate Holmes Road oval. The 2006 PASS South Champion came from 28th in the field to deny Adam Bates and Ben Rowe the Sunoco checkered flag
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Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour
Airborne Speedway Race Preview
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., heads to Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., this weekend for the ACT Late Model Tour’s rain-delayed Spring Green 100 on Saturday, July 10. The race was originally scheduled for May before weather postponed the event. Polewarczyk is looking for his first career top-10 finish at Airborne, and it wouldn’t come at a better time. After finishing seventh in a 40-lap weekly event at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, last weekend, Polewarczyk is looking for his third straight top-10 finish with his Ford crate engine. With Airborne’s long straightaways over its half-mile layout,
Polewarczyk joins the Ford camp in hoping this is a track where this engine package will shine.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: No. 97 Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision Ford Fusion
BEST CAREER AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY FINISH: 11th (May 2009)
LAST RACE AT AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY: 20th (September 2009)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 100
WHERE: Airborne Speedway, Plattsburgh, N.Y. (.500-mile oval)
WHEN: 6 p.m., Saturday, July 10
ACT Late Model Tour
LAST RACE: Saturday, June 26, White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H. (9th-place)
NEXT RACE: Sunday, July 18, TD Bank 250 (non-points), Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine
POINTS POSITION: 5th
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Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Airborne Speedway Race Preview
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., returns to Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., this weekend for the ACT Late Model Tour’s rain-delayed Spring Green 100 on Saturday, July 10. The race was originally scheduled for May before weather postponed the event at a track where Dragon has enjoyed plenty of success. A three-time track champion there in the Late Model division (1995, 1996, 2000), it is the track Dragon refers to as “home.” In 2004, Dragon swept Airborne’s marquee events by winning both the Spring Green 100 and the Fall Foliage 200 in the same season. His father, Beaver Dragon, won the Spring Green 100 three times in his career, while his uncle, Bobby Dragon, is also a past winner of the race. Brent enters the sixth race of the ACT season second in the series standings, 89 points behind leader Brian Hoar.
WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
TEAM: No. 55 Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/Charlesbois Freightliner/Newton Pellets Chevrolet
BEST CAREER AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY FINISH: 1st (2 times, most recent: Fall Foliage 200, September 2004)
LAST RACE AT AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY: 3rd (September 2009)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 100
WHERE: Airborne Speedway, Plattsburgh, N.Y. (.500-mile oval)
WHEN: 6 p.m., Saturday, July 10
ACT Late Model Tour
LAST RACE: June 26, White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H. (6th-place)
NEXT RACE: July 18, TD Bank 250 (non-points), Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine
POINTS POSITION: 2nd
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