by Jay | Aug 17, 2010 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – Louie Maher picked up his first win in a V-6 Modified this past Sunday evening at Hudson International Speedway. The defending Roadrunner champion and current Roadrunner points leader led the caution free race from green to checkers. Maher started on the pole and took control of the race from the drop of starter Randy Christian’s green flag. Chris Kuebler settled in to second place followed by Wayne Brooks Jr., Keith Caruso and Eric Vilandre. The top five freight-trained most of the race before Brooks Jr. and Caruso both got past Kuebler to run second and third. Brooks Jr. then set his sights on Maher but couldn’t get a run on Maher as Maher ran flawlessly. Following Maher and Brooks Jr. across the stripe were Caruso, Kuebler, Vilandre and Wayne Brooks Sr. Maher also won the heat.
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by Jay | Aug 9, 2010 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – Ron Bolduc won his third Outlaw Sportsman feature of the 2010 racing season on August 8th 2010 at Hudson International Speedway. Prerace activities included a reenactment of Outlaw driver Peter Fiandaca’s induction to the NEAR Hall of Fame emceed by John Spence and driver intros. Once racing started Fiandaca quickly took the lead from the third starting spot and held it until the 1/3rd mark of the thirty lap event when Bolduc got past him. Bolduc was in command of the race from that point on. Geoff Rollins got past Fiandaca to finish second but wasn’t a threat to Bolduc. Fiandaca finished third followed by Tim Casey, Keith Walton, Mitch Wendell, Kevin Kephardt, Joey Ventrillo, Shawn Waites and Matt Robinson.
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by Jay | Aug 3, 2010 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – Eric Vilandre won the Mario “Fats” Caruso Memorial Race for the New England V-6 Modifieds on Sunday evening August 1st at Hudson International Speedway. It was a nostalgic night with Caruso’s Worcester Sand and Gravel Coupe on hand and announcer John “Spider” Spence back behind the mic for the first time in fifteen years at Hudson Speedway.
Caruso was a local racing legend whose career spanned six decades beginning in 1949 and ending in 1991. Nicknamed “The Shrewsbury Flash” Caruso won races all over the Northeast and started two races in what is now Sprint Cup. He spawned two more generations of racers with his late son David Caruso and two grandsons Jeff and Keith Caruso.
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by Jay | Jul 26, 2010 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH –Jerry Lepage scored his first career win in the Rookie Stocks on Sunday evening July 25th at Hudson International Speedway. Lepage started on the pole and led every lap of the race. Past the halfway point of the race Keith “Slika” Ennis was running second and looked like he going to be able to mount a challenge to Lepage but tangled with Andy Nichols on a restart and both cars spun out of contention for the day. Lepage held on from there to become the eighth different winner in twelve Rookie Stocks mains this year. Second through tenth were Billy Clement Jr., Dan Murphy Jr., Dean Wendell, Bill Helliwell, Ennis, Corrie Merritt, Larry Fortin, John Morin Jr. and Nichols. Murphy and Clement were the heat winners.
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by Jay | Jul 19, 2010 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – Billy Ryder won the John Bourdelais Jr. Memorial race this past Sunday at Hudson International Speedway. Bourdelais Jr. was a fixture on his Dads racing team at Star Speedway. His days were spent working alongside his dad and his nights were spent in the garage with his dads race team or fishing and camping with his friends. Always quick with a joke, his easygoing nature is fondly remembered by his family and many friends. He had raced some Enduros and at the time of his death in a tragic traffic accident three years ago a brand new streeter was being built for him by the Bourdelais team.
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by Jay | Jul 12, 2010 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – Don Soucy scored his first career feature win in the Roadrunner division on Sunday evening July 11th at Hudson International Speedway.
Soucy started ninth in the field and quickly made his way towards the front. Eric Miller led the opening laps of the race until a caution flew bunching the field for a restart with Miller on the pole and Soucy starting outside pole. Miller is still getting used to a new car and missed a shift when the green flag dropped and the field got by him with Soucy leading the way. From that point on Soucy had plenty of competition with Roadrunner aces Louie Maher and Nick Maniatis on his bumper but was able to hold off all challengers. Maher came home in the runnerup spot for the fourth time in a row. Maniatis crossed the line third. Patrick D’Alba finished fourth in his last race in his blue Honda. Jef James was fifth. Sixth through tenth were Miller, Johnny Reefer, Shawn Miller, Jesse Tellier and Jason Carroll. (more…)
