by Jay | Aug 11, 2009 | New Hampshire, PASS, Riverside Speedway
Naples ME ( 8/11/2009) Groveton New Hampshire’s Riverside Speedway hosts the $5,000.00 to win Mason Tractor and Equipment Twin State Clash of the Titans Late Model 150 this Sunday August 16th, and the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Mods and Sportsman will add another dose of excitement to what already promises to be one of the must see events of the 2009 short track season.
The PASS Mods joined the PASS North Super Late Models on the Summerfest 2009 card at Riverside earlier in the season and Sulo Burbank emerged as a first time PASS Mod winner. The thirteen year old from Gorham Maine topped the team of Dan Somes and Gary Norris Jr., ending a three race win streak for point leader Andy Shaw. All the principals in that battle and more will be on hand Sunday at Groveton for 40 laps of Modified thunder, Pro All Stars style.
The PASS Sportsman will make their first and only Grovetona visit of the season for a seventy five lap show. Shane Tatro has a two race win streak going, while Dan McKeage and Carey Martin both have single wins in the series. McKeage has a slim lead in the point standings over Martin and you can expect a strong field to battle it out on the high banks.
The pit gate swings open Sunday at 8:00 AM, followed by practice at 10:00 AM. Racing gets the green at 1:30 PM. Be sure to visit Riverside Speedway’s Website for the complete weekend schedule that includes 2 for 1 adult grandstand admission for Saturday’s Fan Appreciation night. The speedway is on line at www.riversidespeedway.org .
Keep up with the latest PASS Mod and Sportsman news, results and standings at www.racewithpass.com and www.proallstarsseries.com
by Jay | Aug 11, 2009 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – Mitch Wendell bested a strong field of Outlaw Sportsman to take his 2nd win of the season this past Sunday evening at Hudson Speedway.
From the pole position, Todd Warren led the early laps in the Outlaw Sportsman feature until Sean Waites got past him and built a big lead. A lap 10 caution bunched the field and pitted Bobby Allen against Waites on the front row for the restart. Allen powered past Waites when the green flag flew and held the top spot for many laps but Wendell was making his way up front and got to the outside of Allen with 5 laps to go. Wendell worked the outside groove for a few laps finally clearing Allen with 2 laps to go and drove on to victory. 2nd through 10th were Allen, last weeks winner Tim Casey, Lee Weldy, Waites, Chris Lee, John Meany, Rick Woodside Jr., Dave Blanchard and Ron Lord Jr.
As he did the previous week, Jerry Lepage led the first five circuits of the Rookie Stock feature before Andy Nichols took control and led the middle part of the race. John Morin charged by Nichols with 5 laps to go leading the final laps to score his 2nd victory of the year. Corey Merritt overcame an early race flat tire to finish 2nd, Dean Wendell made a furious run in the closing laps going from 7th to 3rd in four laps and finished 3rd. 4th through 10th were Nichols, Keith Ennis, Roland Leplante, Brian Harron, Scott Duvall, Lepage and Heath Tuirtelotte.
Jef James led all the laps in the Roadrunner main except the last one. With Louis Maher within a few car lengths the whole race, James went to the top of the track to pass a lapped car on the last lap and Maher went low to pass but the lapped car pushed up and Maher came home 1st followed by James. Eric Miller was 3rd, Peter Raby 4th and Don Soucy 5th.
Dylan Bilodeau won the Thunder Lite feature, 2nd trough 5th were Derek Griffith, Bobby Stirk lll, Gage Harron and Sam Gilman.
Dave Heliwell won the Mini Cup main followed by Chris Igo and Bobby Stirk lll.
Dustin Cheney showed the way in his sleek Honda in the Spectator race, Brian Ethien won the Flagpole race, and Charlie Baldwin won the Spectator Drags.
Next Sunday August 16th at Hudson Speedway it’s the 7th annual “Don Hayes Memorial” featuring special races for both the Classic Lites and Roadrunners, plus Rookies, Thunder Lights, Spectator Drags, Spectator Race, and Flagpole Race. Gates open at 4pm and the first race at 6pm. For more info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.com
by Jay | Aug 11, 2009 | ACT, New Hampshire
Waterford, CT – Five-time American Canadian Tour Champion Brian Hoar captured his second victory in a row in the Nutmeg State 100 at Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday, August 8. The first 28 laps of the event were run on Saturday, June 13, but the remaining 72 laps were postponed due to rain. Brad Leighton led the way through the first half of the race after taking the lead from his outside pole starting position.
Hoar worked his way through the field from his eleventh starting position to take the lead on lap 55. Hoar and Leighton then swapped the lead, and lots of paint, several times throughout the remainder of the race. The battle between the two continued through the final laps until Leighton tangled with a lap car coming to the white flag. Hoar, who was running on the outside of Leighton, narrowly missed the incident and continued on to complete the race. Leighton ended up in the infield and did not complete the 100th lap.
Randy Potter, who was running fourth when the accident happened, took advantage of the incident and finished second. Potter was followed closely by point leader Scott Payea, John Donahue, and Waterford Speedbowl regular Tim Jordan. Brent Dragon, Joey Doiron, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Ron Yumas, Jr., and Tyler Cahoon all avoided the mayhem and came home in the top ten.
Hoar now has 25 career ACT Tour wins and two in the 2009 season. He has already qualified for the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 19, with his win at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.
The ACT Tour now has a few weeks off before returning to Twin State Speedway in Claremont, NH on Friday, September 4 for the rescheduled Twin State 100. Also coming up is the Chaudiere Showdown 200 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Junction, QC on Saturday, August 29. The Showdown is an all-star race between the top eleven drivers in the ACT Tour point standings and the top eleven drivers in the Série ACT Castrol point standings.
OFFICIAL ACT TOUR NUTMEG STATE 100 RESULTS
Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Pos Car # Driver Laps
1 37 Brian Hoar 100
2 02NH Randy Potter 100
3 89 Scott Payea 100
4 26VT John Donahue 100
5 47 Tim Jordan 100
6 55VT Brent Dragon 100
7 73ME Joey Doiron 100
8 97NH Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. 100
9 88 Ron Yumas Jr. 100
10 38VT Tyler Cahoon 100
11 9VT Chip Grenier 100
12 51ME Ricky Rolfe 100
13 41 Pete Potvin, III 100
14 02MA Dennis Stampfl 100
15 40VT Eric Chase 100
16 18 Jamie Fisher 100
17 7ME Glen Luce 99
18 38CT Joe Curioso 99
19 77NH Mark Hayward 99
20 28ME Rowland Robinson Jr. 99
21 77MA James Linardy 99
22 55NH Brad Leighton 99
23 16 Howard Payne 98
24 82 Mark Hudson 76
25 73NH Joe Tetreault 58
26 35 Bruce Thomas Jr. 42
27 71 Bobby Dragon 28
28 2 Allan Coates 28
29 42MA Jeff Zuidema 28
by Jay | Aug 11, 2009 | ACT, New Hampshire
Waterbury, VT – The scoring check for the Nutmeg State 100 at Waterford Speedbowl in Waterford, CT on Saturday, August 8, 2009 has been completed. The official results are shown below. Also below is a memo sent out today (Monday, August 10, 2009) explaining the American-Canadian Tour’s procedure on cautions and how the procedure affected the situation on the final lap of the Nutmeg State 100.
OFFICIAL ACT TOUR NUTMEG STATE 100 RESULTS
Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Pos Car # Driver Laps
1 37 Brian Hoar 100
2 02NH Randy Potter 100
3 89 Scott Payea 100
4 26VT John Donahue 100
5 47 Tim Jordan 100
6 55VT Brent Dragon 100
7 73ME Joey Doiron 100
8 97NH Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. 100
9 88 Ron Yumas Jr. 100
10 38VT Tyler Cahoon 100
11 9VT Chip Grenier 100
12 51ME Ricky Rolfe 100
13 41 Pete Potvin, III 100
14 02MA Dennis Stampfl 100
15 40VT Eric Chase 100
16 18 Jamie Fisher 100
17 7ME Glen Luce 99
18 38CT Joe Curioso 99
19 77NH Mark Hayward 99
20 28ME Rowland Robinson Jr. 99
21 77MA James Linardy 99
22 55NH Brad Leighton 99
23 16 Howard Payne 98
24 82 Mark Hudson 76
25 73NH Joe Tetreault 58
26 35 Bruce Thomas Jr. 42
27 71 Bobby Dragon 28
28 2 Allan Coates 28
29 42MA Jeff Zuidema 28
by Jay | Aug 10, 2009 | Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire
Ron Normandin Scores First Win of 2009
Winchester, NH: This past Saturday, Monadnock Speedway was filled with heroes of the past and present as they held the first annual Heroes of Yester-Year Celebration. The fans were able to mix and mingle with the former and present competitors during the very popular Open Track Party presented by Ford Brattleboro. Ron Normandin celebrated his first 2009 victory for Mini Stocks where he is now guaranteed a starting spot for the Stafford Motor Speedway Fall Finale. Kirk Alexander took the checkers in the Modified division after suffering several weeks of mechanical problems. Super Stock Bill Johnston topped the feature event as Mike Parks took back to back Outlaw Pro wins. Dick Houle and Rob Morton won the Enduro events.
Grand Marshall, Bob Whitcomb, waved the green where Beth Adams led the Mini Stock field early in their feature event. Ron Normandin, Jamey King, Chris McTaggart and Joey Kendall followed close behind battling for position. On lap seven, a caution came out as James Hancock and Derek Bergquist made contact. On the restart, Adams had a great start securing the top spot. On lap eleven, Normandin began to pressure Adams as the ran wheel to wheel. One lap later, Normandin took the lead as King went to the inside of Kendall for third. On alp thirteen, the caution flew again. On the restart, Normandin continued to lead as Adams felt Kendall and Jackson on her back bumper. Ten laps to go, Kendall tries the high side as Jackson attempted the low groove. Both were denied as Adams held strong in second. Five laps to go, Normandin showed the way as Kendall attempted the inside of Adams in turn one. Once again, Kendall could not make it and began to battle wheel to wheel with Jackson for third. One lap to go, Kendall gave one last attempt as Adams went high coming out of turn two. Adams scraped the back wall dropping out of the top five leaving Jackson to battle with Kendall for second. King moved into fourth. At the checkers, it was Normandin followed by Kendall, Jackson, King and McTaggart.
Super Stocks rolled onto the track with David Streibel setting the pace. Streibel was scored as the early leader but felt the presence of Bill Johnston on the high side. On lap three, the side by side battle was won by Johnston as he took over the lead. Johnston began to pull away as Streibel held off the challenges from Nancy Muni and Jeremy Sorel. On lap ten, Streibel pulled away in second as Muni held of the challenges from Jeff Wright for third. In the next lap, Sorel and Wright battled for the fourth spot. Ten laps to go, Johnston and Streibel distanced themselves away from the field as Muni, Wright and Sorel continued to run nose to tail for third. Five laps to go, as they entered turn one, Wright made contact with Muni resulting in both Muni and Wright dropping out of the top five. Muni got back on the gas and joined the back of the field with no caution. Sorel, Andy Brook and Nick Gravel took over in the top five. As laps winded down, Johnston remained to lead as Sorel began to gain ground on Streibel for second. On the final lap it was Joshnton followed by Streibel, Sorel, Brooks and Gravel.
Aric Blanchette and Steve Gauthier side by side brought the field to the green. On the start, Gauthier on the outside got the jump as the starter of the race brought the caution out. As the caution was displayed both Blanchette and Gauthier made heavy contact resulting in extensive damage to the Gauthier machine. On the restart of the start of the race, Barry Gray found himself in the number one spot. Bryon Baker, starting on the outside wasted no time to take the lead over as Mike Parks followed and moved into second. By lap two, Hersey went to the outside of Gray and settled in third. Baker continued to lead attempting to hold off both Parks and Hersey. Parks tried the high side but was denied as Parks and Hersey ran wheel to wheel for second. Lap seventeen, Parks had a good run of turn four and challenged Baker again on the outside. As they both came out of turn two, Parks took the lead as Hersey followed for second. The top three ran bumper to bumper as Gray and Brandon Ovitt battled for fourth. Ten laps to go, the top three began to approach lap traffic. Both Parks and Hersey maneuvered through the lap cars as Baker was held up. Five to go, Parks and Hersey continued to battle as Ovitt began to catch Baker for third. At the wave of the checkers, it was Parks for back to back victories followed by Hersey, Baker, Ovitt and Gray.
Rob Williams led the Modified field to the green for their 50 lap feature event. Williams quickly secured the lead as Eric LeClair and Marty Radewick ran close behind. On lap two, the field was slowed by a caution. On the restart, Williams again controlled the top spot as Radewick moved into second. Kirk Alexander sat in third followed by LeClair and Frank L’Etoile. The top three ran bumper to bumper as Alexander went to the outside of Radewick for second. By lap ten, the top three broke away as a huge battle for fourth and fifth developed between LeClair, L’Etoile, Dale Evonsion, Ed Reed and Dave Berube. Few laps later, Evonsion broke from the battle on made the pass on the outside of L’Etoile for fifth and worked on LeClair for fourth. Twenty laps in the book, the top three continued to stand on their own as the field maneuvered around heavy lap traffic battling for the top five. On lap twenty five, the caution was shown collecting Evonsion, Rusty Ball, Jim Boniface and Kevin Bolduc. On the restart, Alexander took the lead as Williams fought back. Radewick continued to run third followed by Todd Patnode and Berube. Ten laps to go, the top three again approached heavy lap traffic as L’Etoile and Ed Reed challenged each other for the sixth spot. Five lap to go, Williams again attempted to get back the top spot as fifth place Berube pulled off with a mechanical problem. At the wave of the checkers, it was Alexander with the victory followed by Williams, Radewick, Patnode and Bryan Shumway.
This Saturday, Monadnock Speedway will welcome back the Pro 4 Modified to the high bank ¼ mile oval along with Outlaw Pros, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks and 4-cylinder Enduros. Race Time is at 6pm.
Top Ten Modifieds: Kirk Alexander, Rob Williams, Marty Radewick, Todd Panote, Bryan Shumway, Frank L’Etoile, Dale Evonsion, Ed Reed Jr, Eric LeClair
Top Ten Outlaw Pros: Mike Parks, Russ Hersey, Bryon Baker, Brandon Ovitt, Barry Gray, Aric Blanchette, Eric Poulin, Adam Brooks, Steve Gauthier
Top Ten Super Stocks: Bill Johnston, David Streibel, Jeremy Sorel, Andy Brooks, Nick Gravel, Matt Mead, Bob Bedaw, Ed Brehio Jr, Kevin Ouellette, Jeff Wright
Top Ten Mini Stocks: Ron Normandin, Joey Kendall, Tim Jackson, Jamey King, Chris McTaggart, Chris Davis, Dennis Wallace, Beth Adams, James Hancock
Top Ten 4-cylinder Enduros: Dick Houle, Jonah Delgenio, Heath Reanud, Eric Pomasko, |CJ Johnson, Matt Gauffin, Scott Hatt, Fred Rogers, John Walker, Julia |Raymond
Top Ten Full Size Enduros: Rob Morton, Jared Edson, Dan Yagmin, Ryan Rivet, Barry Schonborg, Ed Lofland, Mike Petalas, Adam Gray, Randy Rameau, Trevor Dyer
by Jay | Aug 9, 2009 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, New Hampshire
North Haverhill, N.H. (August 10, 2009): Fadden Racing will field two cars at this weekend’s NASCAR Camping World Series East 200-mile event as car owner Mike Olsen gets back behind the wheel of the championship-winning No. 61 to compete in only his second start this season. Jonathan Smith, driver of Fadden Racing’s No. 16 is especially optimistic about the return to road course racing whereas Lime Rock Park was where he started his go-kart career more than ten years ago.
The Smith family has a long and storied history at the Connecticut road course. Jonathan’s father, who will offer advice to his aspiring son, raced there as well. He considers it to be his home track since many of Smith’s early successes were produced there.
“I’m a big fan of road course racing so I consider that to be one of my strengths,” said Smith. “Loving a track is the first big hurdle to get over before you can be successful at it. I have a lot of good memories there and I love the challenge the course presents.”
Last season, Smith was forced to do a start and park in the event. He wrecked in practice and had no back-up car to lean on.
“I can’t wait to actually get to race Lime Rock again,” said Smith. “We didn’t get a lot of track time last year, but it’ll be different this year!”
Smith is also looking forward to having a teammate in his car owner Mike Olsen. Olsen, who won the 2001 and 2006 NASCAR Camping World Series East Championships, has had a tremendous record at the road course including ten top-10 and seven top-five finishes. His highest finish is second place and includes leading a career total of 43 laps at Lime Rock.
“I’ll be able to gain a lot of knowledge from Mike,” said Smith. “Mike is a strong road course racer and I’m definitely ready to learn from him.”
The weekend kicks off on Friday, August 14th with practice and qualifying followed by the green flag for the 82-lap event on Saturday, August 15th. For more information on Jonathan Smith, Mike Olsen, or Fadden Racing, visit www.faddenracing.net.
