by | Mar 20, 2013 | New England
AG NEW ENGLAND AND SHURFINE TO SPONSOR BENJAMIN MOTORSPORTS TEAM AGAIN IN 2013!!
The 2013 race season is just a little over a month away and the Benjamin Motorsports team is hard at work getting ready to defend their 2012 title. After taking some time off to enjoy their championship, the team has started to put their nose to the grindstone and get ready to roll in a few weeks.
The excitement started when the team got a message from AG New England stating that they will be returning to sponsor the team again in 2013. This will once again allow the team to run most, if not all, of the 14-race schedule. Shurfine will also join the AG New England company as an associated sponsor. For more information about the AG New England company please visit www.agne.com
The team will hit the track for the first race of the season on April 21st at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford Maine. This will be a very special race cause the last time the team left Oxford, they left the track as the 2012 champions!!
by | Mar 19, 2013 | New England Motorsports South
By lou Modestino
Stafford Motor Speedway has lined up an impressive field of current and former open wheel champions for its 3rd Annual CARQUEST Champions For Charities Event, which will take place on Friday, June 28th this season. During the coming weeks, SMS will offer a profile on each of its championship winning drivers and the charity they will be racing for and this week’s CARQUEST Champions For Charities spotlights falls on 2-time Pro-4 Modified Limited champion Stan Mertz, who will be racing to support the Connecticut chapter of Autism Speaks.
With the spring season fast approaching, yet another season of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series competition is set to kick off at Stafford Motor Speedway with the 42nd annual Tech-Net Spring Sizzler Presented by CARQUEST on April 26-28. “The Greatest Race in the History of Spring” will officially begin Stafford’s 55th season of hosting weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing. (more…)
by | Mar 19, 2013 | New England Motorsports North
By Lou Modestino
Local NASCAR stock car drivers and their high-speed racing machines are flocking to the Diamond Run Mall in Rutland, VT for the 12th Annual Rutland Regional Race Car Show. The popular event will be held on Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24 and will showcase racers from around the region, including competitors from Devil’s Bowl Speedway in nearby West Haven, VT.
As many as a dozen NASCAR Whelen All-American Series drivers and cars are expected to represent Devil’s Bowl Speedway at the event including Bond Auto Parts Modified racers Jeff Haskins of Wells, VT and Cody Sargen of Greenfield Center, NY, rookie Late Model drivers Josh Masterson of Bristol, VT and Seth Bridge of Mendon, VT, and two-division star Hunter Bates of Middlebury, VT. Devil’s Bowl Speedway will also have a display booth with information about the 2013 racing season.
he Rutland Regional Race Car Show will be open on Saturday, March 23 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.and Sunday, March 24 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.While admission is free, all attendees are encouraged to make a donation to the March For Babies charity; donation details will be available during the event. (more…)
by | Mar 18, 2013 | New England, Schedules
LOU MODESTINO’S NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS SCHEDULE FOR 3/18-3/24/13Fri. 3/22-Sun. 3/24/13
World Trade Center(1 Seaport Lane, Boston, MA, formerly Commonwealth Pier)-39th Annual
Town Fair Tires World of Wheels, Fri. 5-9 p.m., 10 a.m Sat. & Sun.
Sat. & Sun., 3/23-3/24/13
Diamond Run Mall(Rutland, VT)-Devil’s Bowl Speedway Annual Race Car Show, Sat. Noon-9 p.m.,
Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Owl’s Head(ME)- Midcoast Model Show Plus Cars/Planes/Boats/Trains And More, 9 a.m.Sunday, 3/24/13
Capeway Rovers (Middleboro, MA)-Motox Events, 9 a.m.
Silver City Speedway-(835 Hanover Rd.,Meriden, CT, Behind The American Legion,)-Quarter Midget Assn.
Arrive And Drive Promo Day, $20 Per Child, 10 Laps Around The Track, 11 a.m. -4 p.m. (Rain Or Snow Date April 6).
Girls And Boys, Ages 5-16, Plus Swap Meet And Exhibition Race.
by | Mar 14, 2013 | Media, NASCAR, New England, Photos, Vermont
Crew Chief Woodward Helps Sophomore’s Late Model Learning Curve
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – When 16-year-old Late Model driver Emily Packard buckles into her race car, she might as well be settling into a chair in the front of a classroom at U-32 High School.
For the sophomore Late Model driver, who last year competed weekly at two different northern New England tracks and qualified for her very first ACT Late Model Tour race, she has a veteran presence atop her pit box coaching her through the ins and outs of competing in one of the region’s most competitive stock car racing divisions. Five-time ACT champion crew chief Neal Woodward has been with Packard every step of the way. (more…)
by | Mar 14, 2013 | ACT, Canada, Modified, New England, Touring Series News
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Waterbury, VT – As American Canadian Tour Late Model teams from across New England and Eastern Canada prepare for the biggest showdown of the summer at the International 500 at Airborne Speedway on Sat/Sun, July 20/21, another division prepares for battle: Airborne Speedway’s own Ernie Tool’s Modified division.
The Plattsburgh, NY Speedway’s headline division, which consists of the thunderous 358 Modified cars, will pound the pavement for twin 50-lap events with the lowest point total taking the victory. The winner will take home a cool $3,000: the biggest purse of the Modified’s season at Airborne. It will serve as a key mid-summer points race towards their 2013 championship hopes. (more…)
