by Jay | Aug 9, 2009 | New Hampshire
Epping, NH – Joe Lemay returned to his winning ways in the All-Star Modifieds on Saturday night, holding off a tough challenge from Eric Hudson to collect his third checkered flag of the 2009 season.
Lemay quickly worked his way past polesitter Dana Smith to grab the lead, with Smith setting into the second spot in the early going. Kenny White and Eric Hudson both managed to get past Smith by halfway, but neither of them had anything for Lemay.
Hudson eventually worked past White for second, and he moved in to challenge Lemay at the five to go mark. Hudson looked high and low, but Lemay was up to the challenge, holding on for the win and a trip to victory lane at the end of the 40-lapper.
Hudson’s recent win streak in the Newmarket Sand and Gravel machine was stopped at three straight with his runner-up finish, and White collected third place honors ahead of Smith and Bobby MacArthur.
John Bourdelais made his 2009 debut in the Super Streets a memorable one; as he led the feature from flag-to-flag to pick up his first win of the season in his Lawrence Crankshaft-powered machine.
Bourdelais’ victory was made even sweeter when he was joined on the post-race podium by teammates Rob DeAlmeida and Tony Kawejsza, who finished second and third. Rosebud Shea and Steve “Pinball” Wilmot wrapped up the top five.
Mike Williams continued his hot streak in the Strictly Stock feature event, bringing the Mike White entry to victory lane after his third consecutive win.
Williams and Steve Dubois battled hard for a dozen laps before Williams settled into the lead, and it was all over from there. Williams pulled away to easily score the win, with runner-up Dubois and Johnny Gervais joining the victor for the post-race victory lane celebration.
Ken McIlvaine, a longtime competitor with many wins in Strictly Stock and Roadrunner competition at All-Star, added another trophy to his collection with his first win of the year in the Outlaw Mini Stocks over Bruce Knowles and Gary Stagliola.
Jason Hodgdon didn’t lead much of the Fast-4 feature, but he lead the lap that counted, grabbing his first career win in the feature event at the checkers. Ken Mailhot beat out nephew Tyler to finish in the second spot.
by Jay | Aug 5, 2009 | ACT, New Hampshire
Waterbury, VT –Following the second event in the American Canadian Tour (ACT) Tiger Sportsman Series at the Canaan Fair Speedway this past Saturday, August 1st, second place finisher Joey Roberts from Georgia, Vermont has been disqualified.
Roberts failed the post race inspection of his Island Racing ‘built motor’. Under ACT rules, three motors were allowed to compete in the event — a Thunder Road Butler MacMaster crate motor, an Airborne Speedway-approved Island Racing spec motor, and an ACT-approved ‘built motor’ which is approved at both Thunder Road and Airborne Speedway. The ‘built motors’ can be assembled by racers or by regional engine shops under specifications as outlined in the ACT Rule Book.
Roberts was penalized on various issues. First, he was disqualified from the event with loss of all money and points due to the illegal motor. Following subsequent behavior not in keeping with the rules of ACT racing, Roberts was also fined $1,000.00 and has been suspended from any participation in ACT-sanctioned events of any kind indefinitely. Roberts has also been banned from entering any pit area conducting an ACT event until further notice.
Third place finisher, Joey Becker from Cambridge, VT, driving a car owned by Rich Watson from Milton, VT will inherit second place, and Jason Bonnett from St. Albans, Vermont moves from fourth place to third following the disqualification.
The final leg of the NAPA Tri-State Series, which included a 100-lap opening event at the newly renovated Airborne Speedway in July, will take place at Thunder Road Speedbowl at the ACE Hardware 100-lap special event on Thursday, August 13th. Shawn Duquette of Morrisonville, NY has won the first two events and leads Toby Ebersole of Peru, NY by 22 points, and Bonnett by 32 going into the final event. Post time is 6:30 and regular admission prices will be in effect.
by Jay | Aug 3, 2009 | New Hampshire
Hudson NH – The Outlaw Sportsman were in for the first of two consecutive shows this past Sunday evening at Hudson Speedway. Tim Casey, Dean Wendell and Allen Reiser Jr. all got their first wins of the 2009 racing season in their respective divisions.
Rick Woodside Jr. brought the twenty one car Outlaw Sportsman field to the green flag. Veteran Pete Fiandaca jumped out to the early lead from his outside pole starting spot. A lap ten restart pitted Fiandaca and Casey on the front row with Casey on the outside. Casey powered past Fiandaca when the green flew. Mitch Wendell challenged Casey for the lead just past the halfway point and with two to go Bobby Allen got to the outside of Casey and had his nose in front of Casey’s as the pair crossed the stripe getting the white flag. But Allen couldn’t keep his momentum in turn one and slide back to third behind 2nd place finisher Wendell. Fourth through tenth were John Meany, Jason Ferriera, Gary Bearegard, Sandy Lee, Ron Lord Jr., Chris Lee and Rob DeAlmeida.
The Rookie Stock main saw a fast improving Jerry Lepage lead the first five circuits. On lap six there was grinding crash on the backstretch heavily damaging the cars of Dan Murphy, Billy Clement and Charlie Coombs, with Coombs getting airborne over the tire barrier and coming to rest upside down. All involved were ok. Wendell took over the top spot on the ensuing restart building a big lead before having trouble getting by side by side lapped traffic. John Morin got within a few car lengths but Wendell made it past and cruised to his first ever Feature win at Hudson Speedway. Morin finished second. Third through tenth were Scott Duval, Lepage, Larry Fortin, Keith Ennis, Travis Nevers, Heath Toutellotte, Alicia Kincaid and Clement.
Allen Reiser Jr. blasted out to a big lead in the V-6 Modified main and stayed out front the entire race. Dick Dubois led a pack of four cars chasing Reiser Jr. and they did catch him with three to go, getting to his bumper. But they didn’t have a chance to challenge him as the caution came out and on the restart Reiser Jr. pulled away and onto victory. Second through fifth were Dubios, Chris Kuebler, Anthony Frissone and Keith Caruso.
Louis Maher got back to his winning ways in the Roadrunner feature with his fifth win of the year. Second through fifth were Jef James, Don Mayo, Patrick D’Alba and Don Souzy.
Gage Harron won the Thunder Lite Feature. Dylan Bilodeau, Derek Griffith, Jen Lord and Bobby Stirk III were 2nd through 5th.
Charlie Baldwin won the Spectator Drags. Tim Lord won the Spectator Race and Cody Mackinnion won the Flagpole Race.
Awesome August at Hudson Speedway continues Sunday August 9th with Outlaw Sportsman, Mini-cup cars, Rookies, Roadrunners, Thunder Lites, Spectator Drags, Spectator Race and Flagpole race, gates open at 4pm and the first race at 6pm. For More info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.info.
by Jay | Aug 3, 2009 | New Hampshire
Fournier Tops Mini Stock Conquest,
Winchester, NH: This past Saturday, the Northeast Midget Association competed at the high baked 1/4mile with Nokie Fornoro celebrating in Victory Lane. NEMA Lites winner was PJ Stergios. Rich Fournier took the checkers in the special 35 lap Mini Stock Conquest. Nancy Muni held off Andy Brooks to score her first of the season Super Stock win. Mike Parks dueled to the finish with Bryon Baker to take his second victory. Eric Pomasko celebrated his first 4-cylinder enduro victory.
The Mini Stocks were led out by Ron Normandin for their special 35 lap Mini Stock Conquest. Normandin held the lead early followed by Rich Founier and Beth Adams. Chris Davis and Jamey King ran side by side for fourth. By lap ten, Fournier moved in the lead. On lap thirteen, the caution flag flew for Kevin McKnight. On the restart, Fournier continued to lead as Adams moved under Normandin for second. Chris McTaggart challenged Normandin for third. McTaggart secured the third spot and began to hunt down Adams for second. Few laps later, Adams and McTaggart ran side by side for second as King and Derek Bergquist followed. Less than ten laps to go, Fournier checked out as the battle for third brewed between Adams and King. Bergquist and Normandin battled for fourth. On lap thirty two, Adams experienced mechanical problems as the caution was brought out to set up a three lap shoot-out. On the restart, Fournier held off teammate McTaggart. Kendall moved into the fourth spot as Normanidn felt the pressure of newcomer, Danny Field on his back bumper for fifth. At the checkers is one, two, three for Big Boys Racing as Fournier, McTaggart and King celebrated in victory lane. King and Fields followed for top five.
Dave Streibel brought the Super Stock to their green flag start. Nancy Muni wasted no time to take away the top spot from Streibel as Andy Brooks followed and moved into second. By lap five, Muni pulled away from the field as Striebel and Ed Brehio III battled for third. On lap ten, the top three of Muni, Brooks and Brehio began to pull away as Streibel, Kevin Ouellette and Jeremy Sorel were in a fierce battle for fourth. Five laps to go, Muni began to feel the pressure from both Brooks and Brehio III for the lead. The battle for fourth continued between Streibel, Kevin Ouellette and Jeremy Sorel. On the final lap and the final corner, Muni worked around a lap car and took the checkered flag for her first win of the season. Brooks, Brehio III, Streibel and Ouellette followed for top five.
Aric Blanchette set the pace for the Outlaw Pro main event. By the second lap, Bryon Baker moved into the lead leaving Blanchette in battle for second with Mike Parks. On lap five, Baker remained to led as Parks began to reel Baker in. Brandon Ovitt made the pass on Blanchette for third. Fifteen laps into the book, Baker and Parks ran nose to tail for the lead as Hersey caught the top two. Parks made several attempts to pass Baker on the high side but was denied as Hersey awaited his opportunity to move in for the top position. Over half way to go, the top three ran close as Hersey looked to the outside for the pass. On lap thirty three, Parks made his move and went to the high side of Baker. The two ran side by side as Baker fought back. On lap thirty five, Parks moved into the lead as Baker followed on his bumper for second. Hersey again tried the high side of Baker but was denied. At the checkers, it was Parks taking his second victory of the season followed by Baker, Hersey, Ovitt and Steve Gauthier.
This Saturday, Monadnock Speedway presents the Ford Brattleboro Open Track Party and Heroes of YesterYear Celebration. This special event will include the opportunity for the fans to go trackside from 5pm – 6pm to meet the competitors of Monadnock Speedway while also meeting some of the legends of racing from years past. Racing action will include Modifieds, Outlaw Pros, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks, Allison Legacy North Series, 4-cylinder and Full Size Enduros. For more information log onto the speedway’s website at www.monadnockspeedway.com.
Outlaw Pro Results: Mike Parks, Bryon Baker, Russ Hersey, Brandon Ovitt, Steve Gauthier, Aric Blanchette, Barry Gray
Super Stock Results: Nancy Muni, Andy Brooks, Ed Brehio III, Dave Streibel, Kevin Ouellette, Jeremy Sorel, Matt Mead, Bob Bedaw, Jason Stone, Bill Johnston, Josh King, Craig Cashman, Dana Shepard, Brian Grantz, Ken Springer, Jeff Wright
Mini Stock Results: Rich Fournier, Chris McTaggart, Jamey King, Joey Kendall, Danny Fields, |Ron Normandin, Kim Rivet, Tim Jackson, Chris Davis, Joe Rogers, Dennis Wallace, Derek Bergquist, Alecia Fohlin, Beth Adams, Kevin McKnight, Louis Maher, Jason Roberts, James Hancock
Top Ten 4-cylinder Enduros Results: Eric Pomasko, matt gaffing, Dick Houle, Scott Hatt, Bruce Clark, Julia Raymond, Fred Rogers, Heath enaud, CJ Johnson, Gordon Farnum
by Jay | Aug 2, 2009 | New Hampshire
Epping, NH – Another action-packed night of racing action hit the high banks of All-Star Speedway on Saturday night, and Eric Hudson continued his hot streak, collecting his third consecutive feature win in the 40-lap All-Star Modified main event.
When the green flag waved, Hudson wasted little time making his way to the front, with J.R. Baril hanging tough in the second spot over the first half of the race. Joe Lemay had moved in to challenge Baril for second, but a lap 17 spin sent him to the rear.
Kenny White, Jr. took up the challenge next, while leader Hudson continued to stretch it out. At the checkers, it was Hudson and the Newmarket Sand and Gravel machine out front by several car lengths to score the win.
Baril held on to post a solid runner-up finish, with White grabbing the third spot in his first start of the year. Lemay recovered from his mid-race spin for fourth, followed by Rusty Ball, Bobby MacArthur, Dana Smith, Sumner Scott, and Norm Forrest.
Grant Aither of nearby Exeter made his first appearance of the year count in the Super Street main, as he outclassed the field to collect his first career All-Star win. Sparky MacIver made a late-race pass to collect second-place honors, with Rob DeAlmeida third.
Just a week after Cindy Sevigny posted a win in the Fast-4’s, Amanda Victoria became the second female winner of the 2009 season after an entertaining run in the Outlaw Mini Stock feature.
Victoria had her hands full with the hard-charging Ricky Porter, but she held on to win by a car length to collect the winner’s hardware. Bruce Knowles scored third in his first All-Star run of the year, followed by Sevigny, Ralph Sanborn, Gary West, and Ken McIlvaine.
In the first of two features for the Fast-4’sit was Greg Cummings and Josh Hodgdon running out front for the first 15 laps. The pair got tangled up while fighting for the lead, and Jason Poisson took the high line past them both to grab the point.
Two laps later, Joey Fernandez got out of shape in turn two, collecting “Uncle Dana” Sullivan’s VW hard as he tried to get past. With the right front corner of his racer badly damaged, Sullivan was done for the night.
Poisson picked up the lead once again on the restart, and went the distance to score his second win of the year. Ken Mailhot, Tyler Mailhot, Hodgdon, Gary West, Cory Sullivan, Cummings, Fernandez, Sevigny, and Dana Sullivan were second through tenth.
Ken Mailhot stepped it up in the second race, holding off a late-race challenge from Poisson, who was looking to double up for the night. Mailhot picked up his second win of the year, with Poisson, Tyler Mailhot, Cummings, and Sevigny the rest of the top five.
Mike Williams dominated the twin Strictly Stock features, nailing down both wins aboard the Mike White entry.
In the first race, Williams battled side-by-side with Stephen Dubois for the first three laps before moving to the front, and he stayed there for the rest of the 25-lapper. Mark Parenteau, Dubois, Rosebud Shea, and Ricky Porter finished up the top five.
The second time around, it was Shea leading the first several laps, but in the end, it was once again Williams leading them to the checkers. Shea, Parenteau, Dubois, and Porter were second through fifth.
by Jay | Jul 31, 2009 | ACT, New Hampshire
Claremont, NH – The American Canadian Tour Twin State 100 at Twin State Speedway in Claremont, NH has been postponed until Sunday, August 2. The gates will open at 11am and post time is set for 5pm. The Twin State 100 is the ninth event on the ACT Tour’s 13 race schedule.
Brian Hoar of Williston, VT will attempt to close the gap between him and current point leader Scott Payea. The margin currently stands at 22 points and time is running out with only five races remaining. Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Randy Potter and Brent Dragon are all in the top five and can’t be counted out of the title hunt.
The Twin State 100 will be the seventeenth qualifying race for the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September, 19. Thirteen drivers have already qualified and a possible fourteenth will be named after tomorrow’s, August 1, Série ACT Castrol Montmagny 250 in Montmagny, QC.
