by Jay | Sep 14, 2009 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – Louis Maher’s seven race winning streak in the Roadrunners was snapped this past Sunday afternoon by Shawn Ordway at Hudson Speedway.
Eric Miller led the opening laps of the Roadrunner main until getting into trouble getting around lap traffic allowing Ordway to take the lead. Second place pointsman Jef James was running in second place all race and in position to gain a bit on Points leader Maher but with two laps to go, Maher slipped past James into second and James had to settle for third. Maher crossed the finish just a car length behind Orday. Fourth and fifth were Miller and Patrick D’Alba.
Polesitter Josh Provost took the twenty car Classic Lite field to the green flag. Eddie Gilman took the top spot from Josh Provost a few laps later and held on to the lead until two laps to go when Jon Provost got to the inside of Gilman and passing him in turn two bringing Billy Ryder and Eric Bacon along with him past Gilman. Jon Provost crossed the finish line first followed by Ryder, Bacon, Gilman, Ralph Cook, Josh Provost, Paul Colson, Jeff Gilman, Danny Shields and Tom McGowen.
Larry Fortin led the first sixteen laps of the Rookie Stock feature until losing the top spot to Dean Wendell on a restart with four laps to go. Wendell drove on to victory. Scott Duval came home second while Jerry Lepage ran a good race and notched his first podium finish in the Rookie Stocks by finishing third. Fourth through tenth were Dan Murphy, Brian Harron, Fortin, Corrie Merritt, Mark Nevers, Brian Destefano and John Morin.
Dylan Bilodeau won the Thunder Lite feature. Second though fifth were Derek Griffith, Jen Lord, Nick Fisette and Tyler Hatch.
Eric Vilandre and Chris Kuebler both took turns at the lead of the V-6 Modified feature before eventual winner Keith Caruso passed Kuebler. Kuebler ran second most of the race until two laps to go when Dick Dubois and Allan Reiser Jr. both snuck by Kuebler. At the stripe it was Caruso, Dubois, Reiser Jr., Kuebler and Rod Lyons finishing in the top five.
Dave Heliwell won the Mini-cup cars and Fred Ducharme won the Spectator Drags.
After a week off, racing resumes at Hudson Speedway on Sept. 27 with the Outlaw Sportman and the Classic Lites plus Rookie Stocks, Roadrunners, Thunder Lites, Spectator Race, Spectator Drags and Flagpole Race. Gates open at 11am and the first race at 1pm. For more info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.info.
by Jay | Sep 8, 2009 | Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire
Winchester, NH: Monadnock Speedway hosted a very busy race venue this past Saturday which included all the regular divisions along with tour appearances from NEMA and Allison Legacy. Kirk Alexander cruised in victory lane for the Modifieds as Bryon baker celebrated his first Outlaw Pro win of the season. Nick Gravel took the checkers for the Super Stock along with Mini Stock competitor Beth Adams. Heath Renaud and Rob Morton took down the Enduro victories.
The Mini Stocks rolled onto the track for the first feature event. Beth Adams led the field to the green. Adams, the early leader, showed the way as Chris Davis, Derek Berquist, Chris McTaggart and Dennis Wallace followed. By lap ten, a battle for second developed between Davis and McTaggart. Fifteen laps in the books, Adams continued to lead as she worked through lap traffic as McTaggart followed on her back bumper. Lap seventeen, a caution came out for debris. On the restart, Adams held off McTaggart for the lead as Joey Kendall moved into third chasing down the top two. Three laps to go, the caution again came out setting the field up for a three lap shoot out. On the restart, Adams again held of McTaggart as the top three ran bumper to bumper. On the final lap, it was Adams celebrating her first win of the season followed by McTaggart, Kendall, Bergquist and Davis.
The Super Stocks took to the track with Dana Shepard on the pole. On the start, contact was made between Andy Brooks and Shepard bringing out a caution. On the restart, Gravel inherited the lead as David Striebel followed close behind. By lap ten, Gravel began to pull away as Striebel and Ken Springer settled in the top three. Nancy Muni and Bill Johnston battled for fourth as Ed Brehio III ran close behind. Five laps to go, a four car battle developed for third between Springer, Muni, Johnston and Brehio III. Gravel continued to have a good lead as Striebel was on his own in second. At the checkers, it was Gravel taking the victory followed by Striebel, Springer, Muni and Johnston.
Barry Gray brought the Outlaw Pro field to the green with Steve Gauthier on the side of him. By lap two, Gray felt the pressure of Bryon Baker for the lead. On lap four, Baker made his move to the inside of Gray and took the lead. Mike Parks and Russ Hersey followed leaving Gray in fourth. Half way to go, Parks placed the heat on Baker for the lead attempting the outside for several laps. Hersey ran on Parks back bumper awaiting his opportunity to take over second. Gray and Gauthier battled for fourth. Five laps to go, the top three continued to run bumper to bumper as they approached lap traffic. As the top three worked around lap traffic, Parks took the high side in turn three as Hersey went low and moved into the second spot. At the checkers, it was Baker followed by Hersey, Parks, Gray and Gauthier.
Modified pole sitter, Rich Hammann, was scored the early leader of the feature event until Vic Johnson took it away. By lap eight, Kirk Alexander moved into second and began chasing down Alexander for the lead. On lap thirteen, Alexander took over the lead as Dale Evonsion moved into third. Hammann and JR Baril challenged each other for third. At the half way mark, Alexander worked his way through lap traffic as Johnson gained some ground on him running second. Jim Boniface and Bryan Shumway moved into the top five. Ten laps to go, Alexander again worked through lap traffic as Johnson continued to run second. Evonsion began to feel the presence of Boniface, Shumway and Todd Patnode behind him as they all ran tight. Two laps to go, Boniface and Shumway battled with Shumway taking over the fourth spot. On the final lap, it was Alexander posting back to back wins followed by Johnson, Evonsion, Shumway and Boniface.
This Saturday, the Modifieds return to the high banks of Monadnock Speedway along with the Outlaw Pros, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks, 4-cylinder Enduros and Classic Lies. Following the race event, the speedway will host a demolition Derby. Race time is at 6pm. For more information, log onto www.monadnockspeedway.com.
by Jay | Sep 7, 2009 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – Dylan Bilodeau, Louie Maher, John Morin Jr., Sandy Lee, and Dick Dubois all drove to victory lane in their respective divisions this past Sunday afternoon at Hudson Speedway.
Jean Desilets led the opening laps of the Rookie Stock main before Andy Nichols took over to lead the middle portion of the race. Scotty Duval took over with 8 laps to go and John Morin Jr. slipped past Nichols a few laps later. Duval had the race in hand until a caution with two to go bunched the field for a single file restart. Morin Jr. restarted on Duvals bumper and stayed with him until making his move in the final corner getting inside of Duval to set up a drag race to the finish line and beat Duval by inches. Third through tenth were Nichols, Brian Harron, Dean Wendell, Dan Murphy, Jerry Lepage, Desilets, Larry Fortin and Mark Nevers.
Sandy Lee won his first feature of the 2009 season in the Outlaw sportsman. Lee took the lead on lap 3 from polesitter Rick Woodside and never looked back. John Meany had his best finish of the season by taking second. Lee’s teammate, Lee Weldy finished third. Fourth through tenth were Bobby Allen, Tim Casey, Chris Lee, Mitch Wendell, Peter Fiandaca, Woodside and Shawn Waites.
It was all Wayne Brooks front row in the V-6 Modified feature with Wayne Brooks Jr. and Sr. starting first and second. Brooks Jr. got a better start and led the opening laps before Dick Dubois took over the top spot. Keith Caruso took over second and chased Dubois but couldn’t get close enough to make a run and had to settle for second behind Dubois. Third through fifth were Allen Reiser Jr., Chris Kuebler and Brooks Jr.
Louie Maher won his tenth Roadrunner main of the year followed by Jef James, Jesse Tellier, Eric Miller and Patrick D’Alba in the top five.
Points leader Dylan Bilodeau won the Thunder Lite feature followed by Derek Griffith, Sammy Gilman, Bobby Stirk lll and Dan Fortin in the top five.
Chris Igo won the Mini-cup main. Ron Lord Jr. won the Flagpole Race. Ricky Morrocco won the Spectator Race and Darren Poutre won the Spectator Drags.
Next Sunday, September 13th at Hudson Speedway it’s the return of the Classic Lites plus the V-6 Modifieds, Mini-cup cars, Rookie Stocks, Roadrunners, Thunder Lites, Spectator Race, Spectator Drags and Flagpole Race. Gates open at 11am and the first race at 1pm. For more info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.info.
by Jay | Sep 5, 2009 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire
Claremont, NH – Brent Dragon of Milton, VT scored his second feature win of the week in American Canadian Tour competition. Dragon took home the win in the Twin State 100 at Twin State Speedway in Claremont, NH after winning the Showdown at Chaudiere just five days ago. It was Dragon’s first win of the 2009 ACT Tour season.
Dragon took over the lead after Phil Scott was involved in a lap 82 accident. Prior to the accident Scott had led every lap after starting on the pole. Dragon came from the fourth starting position to challenge Scott before the wreck. John Donahue challenged Dragon for the final 17 laps but settled for second, followed by point leader Scott Payea in third. Young Joey Doiron came home fourth followed by Brian Hoar to round out the top five. Quebec’s Daniel Descoste finished sixth followed by Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Ben Rowe, Aaron Fellows and Dallas Trombley completed the top ten.
The 100 green flag laps were completed in just under 45 minutes with sixth cautions. Thirty cars started the event with 14 cars finishing on the lead lap. Forty-one cars attempted to qualify.
Dragon has already qualified for the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 19 with both a win on the Serie ACT Castrol at Riverside Speedway and with last week’s win in the Showdown at Chaudiere. Twenty-eight drivers have received invites with more to be announced next week.
The American Canadian Tour Championship Stock Cars will be back in action in just two days, as they finished off their Labor Day weekend doubleheader at Thunder Road International Speedbowl. Sunday, September 6 will mark the running of the 31st Annual Bond Auto Labor Day Classic. Local divisions will start their qualifying on Saturday, September 5 at 3 pm. Also Saturday will be a practice session for the ACT Tour. Sunday’s action will begin at 1:30 pm.
Unofficial Twin State 100 Results
American Canadian Tour
Friday, September 4, 2009
Pos Car # Driver Laps
1 55VT Brent Dragon 100
2 26VT John Donahue 100
3 89 Scott Payea 100
4 73ME #Joey Doiron 100
5 37 Brian Hoar 100
6 2 Daniel Descoste 100
7 97NH Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. 100
8 10NH Ben Rowe 100
9 29 Aaron Fellows 100
10 25 Dallas Trombley 100
11 10QC Stéphane Descoste 100
12 02NH Randy Potter 100
13 79 Darrell Keane 100
14 55NH Phil Scott 100
15 4 Chris Riendeau 99
16 38VT Tyler Cahoon 99
17 18 Jamie Fisher 99
18 34 Todd Davis 99
19 41 Pete Potvin, III 99
20 33 Marc Palmisano 99
21 9VT Chip Grenier 93
22 11 Bryan Town 92
23 27 Chris Bergeron 92
24 77NH Mark Hayward 89
25 81 Punky Caron 73
26 8 Guy Caron 70
27 7VT Eric Williams 62
28 44 Dennis Stange 48
29 51ME Ricky Rolfe 39
30 7ME Glen Luce 17
by Jay | Sep 1, 2009 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire
Waterbury, VT – The upcoming Labor Day weekend will bring a major test for the American Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model race teams. The first double-header weekend of the season takes place with a rain make up event at the Twin State Speedway in Claremont, NH on Friday night, September 4. Post time is 7 pm. Following the event at Twin State; the TOUR will head to Thunder Road for the 31st running of the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 on Sunday, September 6, 2009.
“This is just like the old days, when we used to race lots of double header weekends”, said Tom Curley, President of the ACT. “I actually liked doing a couple of races a weekend back when we ran the old NASCAR North and ACT Pro-Stock Tours. It seemed to build great camaraderie among the teams who helped put the cars together with each other, and certainly those weekends created some interesting short term rivalries”, continued Curley.
Five points separate Milton, VT’s Scott Payea and his closest competition with fellow Vermonter and 5 time ACT Champion, Brian Hoar. With the ‘best pick 10’ system used on the ACT, Hoar actually leads Payea by a single point if the worst point races of 2009 were dropped by the two drivers. “I will just have to keep doing what I have been doing all season”, said Payea. “I am trying to win every race and not get caught up in the Championship point battle. I know winning the title is our goal, but the focus for our team has been to try and win races and finish well in every race…if we can do that, the points will follow”, continued Payea. Payea has plenty of experience with how the points work. In 2008, the Payea team lost the ACT title by one point following the Chittenden Milk Bowl final event at Thunder Road. Patrick Laperle had to win the Milk Bowl to win the championship. He won the Milk Bowl and thus the championship.
Not one for being conservative in his young racing career, hard charger Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, NH has taken over as the leader of the ‘young guns’ on the ACT. ‘Joey Pole’, as he is known, is a two-time winner in ACT competition this season. “I was pretty disappointed last Sunday at the Showdown when we started to overheat from a pin hole in the radiator. I am anxious to race at Twin State Speedway. Our team always likes the challenge that new tracks like Twin State present, and I can’t wait to get back to Thunder Road”, said Pole. He was leading the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 100 before flying off the turn three burm with just a handful of laps left. The team led by his father, Joe Pole, rebounded at the Vermont Governor’s Cup in June, when they fielded a car for Tony Stewart in his appearance at Thunder Road. Joey Pole went on the win the Governor’s Cup. The 97 team trails front runner Payea by only 35 points with four events to go on the 2009 ACT schedule.
Post time for the Twin State 100 this Friday is 7 pm. There were 37 teams that attempted to qualify when the rains came on August 2. The gates will open at Thunder Road for Labor Day holiday camping at noon on Friday. Over 40 Late Models from throughout New England and Canada are expected to try and qualify for the Labor Day Classic.
Saturday will be qualifying for the Thunder Road regular divisions and Sunday will be a full day of racing with qualifying and the 31st Annual Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 for ACT Late Models. The Thunder Road Sportsman, Street Stocks and Warriors will also run features on Sunday, September 6. Gates open at noon on Saturday, and 10 on Sunday morning. Post time is 1:30 on Sunday. Advance tickets are now on sale at over 30 Bond Auto locations throughout Vermont and New Hampshire. There is a five-dollar ($5) discount if tickets are purchased in advance until 5 o’clock on Friday, September 4, 2009. Day of race tickets will be $25 for the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200. The posted purse is over $40,000.00
by Jay | Sep 1, 2009 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – Louis Maher Jr., Derek Griffith, Keith Caruso, Dean Wendell and Billy Ryder all drove to victory lane in their respective divisions this past Sunday evening at Hudson Speedway.
Travis Nevers and Mark Nevers led the Rookie Stock main to the green flag and ran side by side holding the top two spots for the first three laps. Scotty Duval slipped by the duo bringing teammate Brian Harron along with him. John Morin moved up to third while Harron passed Duval for the lead. The top three ran that way for the mid-portion of the race while Dean Wendell was chasing them down. Wendell caught Morin with five laps to go and went to the outside groove to pass Morin. Staying in the outside lane, Wendell drove past Duval and set his sights on Harron. Harron and Wendell were side by side coming off turn four on the white flag lap but Wendell got off the corner better and nipped Harron by inches. Third through tenth were Duval, Morin Jr., Dan Murphy, Corrie Merritt, Travis Nevers, Jean Desilets, Jerry Lepage and Jared Edson.
It was “All in the Family” night for the Classic Lites as Roger Provost had the early lead in the Classic Lite main before his son Josh Provost took the top spot away. Josh Provost held on to the lead until Jimmy Ryder Jr. blasted past him. Ryder Jr. lost the lead to his brother Billy Ryder who held on for the win. Second through tenth were Ryder Jr., Steve Dickey, Jeff Miller, George Heliwell, Jon Provost, Dennis O’Brien, Danny Shields, Ralph Cook and Roger Provost.
Jef James and Louis Maher traded the lead a few times in the Roadrunner main before Maher settled in and took down the win. James finished second. Loren Smith Jr. made a mad dash in the closing laps and caught the front two but time ran out for Smith and he had to settle for third. Fourth and fifth were Darren Jacobs and Patrick D’Alba.
Hudson, N.H.’s own Derek Griffith won the Thunder Lights main. Finishing second through fifth in Hudson’s youth racing division were Dylan Bilodeau, Bobby Stirk lll, Jen Lord and Dan Fortin.
The V-6 Modified main was much like the Roadrunner main with Walter Boucher and Keith Caruso trading the lead a few times before Caruso settled in the top spot and drove on to victory. Second through fifth were Boucher, Chris Kuebler, Eric Vilandre and Dick Dubois.
Jay Townsend won the Spectator Drags, Scott Duval won the Flagpole Race, and Ronnie Lord won the Spectator Race.
Its back to afternoon racing at Hudson Speedway on Sunday September 6th featuring the return of the Outlaw Sportsman, plus the V-6 Modifieds, Mini Cup Cars, Rookie Stocks, Roadrunners, Thunder Lights, Spectator Race, Spectator Drags and Flagpole Race. Gates open at 11am and the first race at 1pm. For more info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.info.
