by Jay | Aug 17, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Thompson
Preece Streaks in Sunoco Modifieds at Thompson Speedway
McDermott, Lowinski-Loh, O’Sullivan, McNeil & Baxter Also Victorious
Repeat winners were once again the storyline at Thompson International Speedway on Thursday night. Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT, took down his fourth straight Sunoco Modified victory on Thursday night. It was much of the same in the Modified support divisions with Cam McDermott of Scituate, RI, in the Lite Modified division and John Lowinski-Loh, Jr. of Milford, MA, in the TIS Modifieds continuing the domination of their respective divisions.
Tommy O’Sullivan of Wilbraham, MA, posted his ninth Late Model victory of the season. Bill McNeil of Putnam, CT, rebounded in the Limited Sportsman division with a victory. Chad Baxter of Pascoag, RI, posted his second win of the season in the Mini Stocks.
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by Jay | Aug 16, 2012 | Granite State Pro Stock, New England, Touring Series News
Granite State Pro Stock Series Prepare To Go Back-to-Back
Star Speedway hosts Pro Stocks August 18; GSPSS return to Hudson on August 26
The Granite State Pro Stock Series kick off their busiest stretch of stock car auto racing with back-to-back weekends in the southeastern part of New Hampshire. Star Speedway, located in Epping, NH, will welcome the Granite State Pro Stock Series on Saturday night, August 18. One week later, Hudson (NH) Speedway will host the Granite State Pro Stock Series for a second time in the 2012 season on Sunday evening, August 26, in the Hudson Hugger 100.
Current Granite State Pro Stock Series point leader Bobby Cabral leads the series into the back-to-back weekend events with a slim eight point lead over Walpole, NH veteran Mike Parks. Cabral, of East Kingston, NH, is a long time competitor at Star Speedway and claimed the Gate City Classic 100 win earlier in the season at Hudson Speedway. Parks finished second in the Gate City Classic 100.
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by Jay | Aug 15, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, Thompson
The second annual UNOH Showdown at the Thompson International Speedway is the next major event on the 2012 Thompson schedule. This unique race event brought rave reviews from fans last year and this year’s running is expected to be even more exciting. Showdown weekend will be Saturday, September 8th and Sunday, September 9th.
The UNOH Showdown brings together the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour in a three-race program that spotlights each division and then combines the two for a thrilling 50-lap, non-points race that is made up of the best of both touring series.
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by Jay | Aug 15, 2012 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
Action-Packed August Events Coming to Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Fans will have several opportunities to experience on-track excitement
Devil’s Bowl Speedway is inviting its stock car racing fans to be a part of the excitement in an action-packed month of August. In addition to the high-drama racing of the weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, race fans can get in on the fun in a variety of ways.
Enduro racing returns to Devil’s Bowl on Friday, August 17, with novice racers running nearly street-legal 4- and 6-cylinder race cars in a survival-of-the-fittest event. Enduros do not have caution flags, with stoppages only for emergency situations. Hinesburg, VT’s Eric “Mongo” Messier won the season’s first Enduro on June 29 in a 1995 Ford Probe. The event begins at 7:30pm; general admission is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors (62+), and free for children 12 and under.
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by Jay | Aug 15, 2012 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Joey Doiron Racing: PASS North Series
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Report
NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. – Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, rallied late to finish fourth in the PASS North Series 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Sunday, August 12. Doiron was spun from behind early after a number of cars stacked up exiting Turn 4, only to drive all the way from 20 on the ensuing restart to fourth in less than 100 laps. The No. 73 JBJ Machine/Scarborough Downs Chevrolet battled an engine issue – including excessive heat inside the cockpit – to post his fifth Top-10 finish at the track in six career starts. The race was called complete after 123 laps due to rain.
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by Jay | Aug 14, 2012 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Dale Shaw, Joe Pastore top Mod, Sportsman fields
NORTH WOODSTOCK NH (8/12) Center Conway New Hampshire’s DJ Shaw charged from deep in the field to take the lead on lap 53 of Sunday afternoon’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North super late model feature,earning his second win of 2012 at North Woodstock New Hampshire’s White Mountain Motorsports Park. Shaw kept Lonnie Sommerville and Cassius Clark in his mirrors for the final seventy laps in a rain shortened 123 lap feature.
Kyle DeSouza and Lonnie Sommerville led the field to the green and Sommerville quickly dispatched with DeSouza for the early lead. Sommerville’s team mate and car owner Scott Mulkern raced past DeSouza on a lap 27 restart and took the lead from Sommerville when the pair restarted after a lap 34 yellow. 15 laps later Sommerville reclaimed the lead but Shaw was ready to take up the challenge, moving up to second on lap 49. Shaw, who has a White Mountain late model track title to his credit, drove by Sommerville on lap 53 and opened up a commanding lead despite two more restart challenges from Sommerville. Mulkern’s good day came to an end after a dust up with John Donahue sent him into the turn one wall, just as mother nature let loose with showers that ended the race.
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