by Jay | Jun 8, 2010 | ACT, Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire
Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour
Lee USA Speedway Race Preview
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. will try and earn Ford Racing its first ACT Late Model Tour victory when he heads to the NH Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, N.H., on Friday, June 11 — the first night race of the ACT season. It’s been a rough go for Polewarczyk through the first two events of the year, including a DNQ at Oxford Plains Speedway in May, but he’s hoping to rebound at one of his best tracks on the circuit. The 2008 winner of the NH Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee, Polewarczyk finished second in the event last year.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision No. 97 Ford
BEST CAREER LEE USA SPEEDWAY FINISH: 1st (April, 2008)
LAST RACE AT LEE USA SPEEDWAY: 2nd (April, 2009)
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by Jay | May 23, 2010 | Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire, Pro Four Modifieds
Former Series Champ, George Sherman, Captures Win at Lee
Lee, NH – May 21, 2010 – The RF Logic/ Bot-L Gas Pro Four Modifieds of New England visited Lee USA Speedway this Friday for their second race within a week. Dave Richardi and Phil Lausier took down the checkers in the heat events. Stan Mertz, #16, had mechanical malfunctions in the practice sessions and was unable to take the green.
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by Jay | Apr 15, 2010 | ACT, Lee USA, New Hampshire
Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour
Lee USA Speedway Race Preview
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. will try and earn Ford Racing its first ACT Late Model Tour victory when he opens the 2010 season with the NH Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, N.H., on Sunday, April 18. Polewarczyk enters his sixth season with ACT and has four career wins, including two at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, and he has finished inside the top-5 in nine of his last 24 starts. The 2008 winner of the NH Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee, Polewarczyk finished second in the event last year.
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by Jay | Apr 14, 2010 | ACT, Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Lee USA Speedway Race Preview
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., opens the 2010 ACT Late Model Tour season with the NH Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, N.H., on Sunday, April 18. Dragon, who has competed in the series since its inception 18 years ago, owns the most career starts (174) in ACT Late Model Tour history to go along with nine career victories. Though he’s yet to win the championship, the 3-time Airborne Speedway track champion has finished second in the final ACT standings on three different occasions.
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by Jay | Apr 13, 2010 | ACT, Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire
Waterbury, VT – Opening season excitement returns to Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 18, 2010. The traditional opening event of the race season for the American Canadian Tour (ACT) at Lee USA presents a special challenge for the ACT teams. The New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 used to have a decided edge to the touring teams, but not anymore.
“The Lee Late Model teams have come a long way over the past several years in gaining experience in long distance races. When you combine that with the ‘home track’ advantage, there are always some Lee teams that challenge for good finishes in the opening event,” said Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian Tour, which opens its 25th season of sanctioning races throughout the Northeast and Canada on April 18th at Lee, NH.
2009 Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. from Dracut, MA will be driving the Bruce Bernhardt Ford and will lead the Lee contingent at the opening event. Other Lee regulars expected to make a run for the NH Governor’s Cup are former champion JR Baril, Bryan Kruczek, and former winner on the ACT at Canaan Fair Speedway in 2005, AJ Begin from Merrimac, MA.
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by Jay | Nov 26, 2009 | Lee USA, New Hampshire
A packed house gathered at for the 2009 Lee USA Speedway Banquet of Champions on Saturday night, where Wayne Helliwell, Jr. received the hardware for his 2009 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model track championship.
Among the special awards presented during the night were the NASCAR Crafstman Mechanic of the Year award, picked up by Myra Fowler, and the Ed Castine/Ron Poitras Memorial Dedication award which this year went to Tom and Carol Kimball.
E Keys 4 Cars Late Model racer J.R. Baril also brought home a pile of awards on the night, taking home second overall in the LM’s, and receiving a special NASCAR presentation for his New Hampshire state NWAAS 2009 title.
Third through tenth place trophies were awarded to Bryan Kruczek, Jeffrey Labrecque, Jr., A.J. Begin, Tom Fuller, Jeremy Harclerode, Bobby Baillargeon, Geoff Rollins, and Dean Weber.
Rollins grabbed the prestigious Rookie of the Year honor, with Jeremy Harclerode picking up Most Improved Driver, Bobby Baillargeon taking Hard Luck, Tom Fuller scoring the Sportsmanship award, and the Bruce Bernhardt team taking home Best Team Performance.
Grant Aither collected his championship hardware in the Prime Storage Late Model Sportsmen, with Bobby Melvin, Bill Ahern, Pete Evans, Michele Fushpanski, Jesse Bousquet, Frankie Eldredge, Timmy Johnson, Brian Grantz, and Jimmy Renfrew honored for second through tenth.
Eldredge got the nod for Rookie of the Year in the Sportsmen, while Ryan Green who raced the entire season was under age and not recognized as a NASCAR Rookie. The Speedway has given Ryan the honor of the year as Lee’s Track Rookie of the Year and his 7th place finish in points for the Season. Ahern was recognized as Most Improved Driver, Fushpanski got the Hard Luck award, Melvin was honored with the Sportsmanship award, and Aither’s crew grabbed Best Team Performance.
It was a changing of the guard in the PB Chopper Shop and Rods Small Block Supers, where Dan Bowes celebrated his first career championship.
Former two-time titleist Eddie Witkum, Jr. was second, with P.J. Stergios, Mike Spurling, Billy Osborne, Tommy Tombarello, Jr., Johnny Burke, Mike Netishen, and Bob Millett, Jr. also picking up Small Block hardware.
Stergios took home Rookie of the Year honors in the Supers, with Tombarello getting Most Improved Driver, Spurling picking up the Hard Luck award, Witkum being recognized for Sportsmanship, and the Bowes team sweeping best Team Performance.
Jim Shorey was joined by car owners Jeff and Nancy Trask for the Hobby Stock championship celebration, with Jimmy Russell, Patrick Tanguay, Ron Washburn, Eric Hoffman, Kenny Scott, Alby Ovitt, Bobby Glass, Brian Thompson, and A.J. Panessiti picking up second through tenth place awards.
Dennis Dumas was the best of the freshman crop and took home Rookie of the year for his efforts, with Scott awarded Most Improved, Thompson getting Hard Luck, Russell claiming the Sportsmanship award, and the Trask/Shorey crew taking Best Team Performance.
Nick Maniatis and crew were on hand to celebrate the David’s Race cars and Components Roadrunner championship, with Jim Piaseczny, Steve Nichols, Aaron Day, Loren Smith, Tim Boyle, Torrey Kovalesky, James Fitzgerald,, Cristofer King, and Anthony Nadeau filling out the top ten.
Maniatis was a lock for Rookie of the Year in the Roadrunners, while runner-up Piaseczny scored Most improved Driver, Day was awarded Hard Luck, Fitzgerald picked up the Sportsmanship award, and Maniatis’ team picked up Best Team Performance.
Tom Harton led the American Used Auto Parts Ironmen to the stage, taking home the big trophy for his championship season. Kevin Emery, Crystal Brown, Warren Harvey, Matt Bakutis, Troy Washburn, Matt Lambert, and Howard Brown III also received hardware for their efforts.
Norm Wrenn was presented the championship after his dominating three-win performance in the Pro-4 Modified Triple Crown Series, and Sumner Sessions scored the champ’s hardware in the Twin State PASS Modified Series.
