by Jay | Oct 7, 2012 | Maine, NELCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS, Touring Series News
14-Year-Old Posts Pair Of Top-5 Finishes On Road Course
LOUDON, N.H. – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, won a pole position and posted two Top-5 finishes in two Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour starts on the New Hampshire Motor Speedway road course this weekend, October 6-7.
Lanpher, whose first career NELCAR victory came on the very same 1.6-mile circuit back in May, won the pole and finished fifth on Saturday over a wet track and followed that effort by starting shotgun on the 16-car field Sunday afternoon and finishing fourth without the benefit of a caution flag to make up track position.
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by Jay | Oct 6, 2012 | ACT, New England, Touring Series News
15-Year-Old Late Model Driver Heads To Fall Foliage 200
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Emily Packard looks at this weekend’s Fall Foliage 200 at Airborne Speedway as an opportunity, both for this year as well as next. When the 15-year-old Canaan Fair Speedway Rookie of the Year attempts to qualify at Airborne on Saturday, October 6, it will provide her the chance to make her first career ACT Late Model Tour start while also setting the foundation for 2013.
Packard, who is attempting to qualify for an ACT race for just the second time in her career, is eager to get back on the track after getting rained out at the Milk Bowl last weekend. Her goal is to run weekly at Thunder Road International Speedbowl next season while also tackling a healthy dose of the ACT Late Model Tour schedule.
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by Jay | Oct 5, 2012 | ACT, Airborne, New England, New York, Touring Series News
OUTSIDE GROOVE: Theriault Not Out of Title Hunt
As ACT Season Comes To Close At Airborne, Theriault Still In Picture
FORT KENT, Maine – While the rest of the ACT Late Model Tour world eagerly anticipates a two-man battle for the 2012 championship this weekend at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., Austin Theriault is quietly preparing for his own run at the title.
The third-year ACT driver sits third in the standings, just 38 points out of the series lead with only the Fall Foliage 200 this this Saturday, October 6, remaining on the schedule.
“We know what works, and we know what can happen in these races,” said Theriault, 18, of Fort Kent, Maine. “You can’t put yourself out of it and close the door on a championship – you have to be prepared to open the door if it opens. We’re going in with the mindset of trying to win the race this weekend and then seeing where the points shake out.”
The Brad Keselowski Racing development driver has experience with wild point swings. His victory at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in July cut 26 points out of his deficit in the ACT standings at the time.
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by Jay | Oct 4, 2012 | ACT, Airborne, New England, New York, Touring Series News
RPM Motorsports Chases Ninth Championship To Airborne Speedway
GEORGIA, Vt. – Brian Hoar has been in enough championship fights in his career to know what awaits him this Saturday, October 6, at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Excitement. A roller coaster of emotion. Pressure. Tension.
The record eight-time ACT Late Model Tour champion knows all of that will be on the table in the season-ending Fall Foliage 200, and he wholeheartedly embraces it.
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by Jay | Oct 3, 2012 | ACT, New England, Touring Series News
Helliwell, Hoar Settle Duel
Waterbury, VT – The budding rivalry of Dover, NH’s Wayne Helliwell, Jr. and Williston’s Brian Hoar will be settled this Saturday, October 6 in the Rent-A-Wreck Fall Foliage 200 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY. The race will close out the season for the 2012 American Canadian Tour Championship, and will also include the 602 Modified and Renegade divisions.
Point-leader Helliwell will attempt to earn his first American Canadian Tour Championship holding on to an eight-point advantage. To do it he will have to beat out eight-time and defending ACT Champion Brian Hoar, who has kicked it into high gear late in the season and nearly closed the gap. Helliwell and team owner Bruce Bernhardt remain confident in their battle against one of New England’s racing legends.
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by Jay | Sep 30, 2012 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, New England, Vermont
Pierson Seals Bear Ridge Title With New England Dirt Track Championships Win
Birthday boy Chaffee sweeps Modified and Midget races for second time in 2012
BRADFORD, VT – Modified stock car driver Adam Pierson saved his best for last at Bear Ridge Speedway, winning the third annual New England Dirt Track Championships and clinching the track’s 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series title in the process. Pierson, of Fairlee, VT, made it back-to-back wins in the track’s biggest event of the year to wrap up his third consecutive Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified track championship and eighth overall.
The make-up events for the New England Dirt Track Championships presented by Perry Oil Service and 99ROCK – previously postponed by rain on September 22 – opened the card, with Pierson running from 14th starting position to his second victory of the season in the 50-lap special. Bryan King of Corinth, VT survived a torrid battle with Devil’s Bowl Speedway regular and former Bear Ridge champion Vince Quenneville, Jr., of Brandon, VT, with King taking the runner-up spot by a bumper.
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