by Jay | Jul 30, 2009 | ACT, New Hampshire
Waterbury, VT – The 2009 American Canadian Tour (ACT) point’s battle is heating up as the Tour prepares for Twin State Speedway this Friday, July 31. The ACT Late Model Tour’s visit to Twin State will be their second in history and the ninth event on the 2009 schedule. ACT’s last trip to the third-mile speedway was in 2004, when Montreal’s Patrick Laperle led 88 of the 100 laps on his way to the win.
The Twin State 100 will be an important event in the 2009 point battle. Scott Payea of Milton, Vermont currently holds a 22 point lead in the ACT Tour Championship Point Standings. Payea has lead throughout the majority of the season using consistency to hold onto his lead. Through the first eight events Payea has finished in the top ten all but once with an incredible five top threes. Although Payea has appeared dominant throughout the 2009 season, five-time ACT Tour champion Brian Hoar of Williston, Vermont has tightened up the point race in the last few weeks. Hoar has made a charge toward the front of the point standings in the last two races with a sixth place finish at Kawartha Speedway and a win in last Saturday’s Beech Ridge 150.
However, several drivers are within striking distance of the point lead and the fact that so few of the ACT Tour’s current wheelmen have competed at Twin State, puts everyone on a level playing field for the Twin State 100. Looking to take advantage of this opportunity will be Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Randy Potter, John Donahue, Brent Dragon, and Glen Luce among others.
With the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 19th closing in quickly many New England Late Model drivers are looking for every opportunity to earn their ticket. This will attract several outlaws to Twin State Speedway this Friday, including Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine and legend Punky Caron from Goshen, New Hampshire. They will have to contend with not only the ACT regulars but also the Twin State Speedway drivers who will be looking to use their home track advantage. Twin State regulars expected to run the Twin State 100 include point leader Guy Caron as well as Marc Palmisano, Chris Riendeau, Luke Hinkley, Dola Holland, and last week’s feature winner Dallas Trombley.
Action at Twin State Speedway is set to begin this Friday, July 31 at 7:00pm.
by Jay | Jul 30, 2009 | New Hampshire
Hudson NH – This past Sunday it was “Christmas in July” at Hudson Speedway. The midseason celebration included kids bike races, the Northeast Classic Lites, Enduros, and the full regular racing lineup.
The Thunder Lites kicked off the features for the evening with Jen Lord bringing the field to the green flag. Bobby Stirk lll muscled the lead from Lord on lap 3. Stirk held the point past halfway until Tyler Hatch slipped past. Hatch held on for his first win of the year. Stirk finished second and third through fifth were Derek Griffith, Dylan Bilodeau and Gage Harron.
Dave McGinn brought the Northeast Classic Lites to their green flag. Starting in the 12th spot, Jimmy Ryder Jr. made quick work of the cars in front of him making it to the lead by lap 5 with his brother, Billy Ryder moving into second. The Ryder boys put on a show, trading the lead three or four times until Jimmy Ryder lost control off turn 4, spinning out and out of contention for the day. Eric Bacon had made an impressive run from his deep in the field starting spot to restart next to Billy Ryder after Jimmy Ryders spin. Bacon took the top spot on the restart. With five to go Ryder tried a bump and run but got just as loose as Bacon, but that was Ryders last chance as he had to watch from behind as Bacon drove under the checkers first. Third through tenth were Jon Provost, Jeremy Wilcox, Steve Dickey, Dennis Obrien, Jeff Miller, Ryder Jr., Ralph Cook and Paul Colson.
Billy Clement took the early lead in the Rookie Feature before relinquishing the top spot to Larry Fortin. Fortin handed the lead over to John Morin with two time champion Scotty Duval moving into 2nd place. But Duval could only chase Morin to the stripe settling 2nd. The rest of the top ten were Dan Murphy Jr., Heath Toutellotte, Clement, Dean Wendell, Corrie Merritt Jr., Mark Nevers and Fortin.
Points leader Jef James added to his lead by winning the Roadrunner main. Patrick D’Alba, Darren Jacobs, Anthony Nadeau and Eric Miller rounded out the top five.
Leon Keniston won the 4 cyl. Endure followed by Darren Jacobs, Matt Apkarin, Nick Pappas and Bob Fields.
Grand Enduro top 5 were Ed Flanigan, Dave McCarthy, Scott Douphinette, Mark Nevers and Corrie Merritt.
Ronnie Lord Jr. won both the Flagpole Race and the Spectator Drags. Matt Apkarian won the Spectator Race.
The next races, Aug 2nd, features the return of the Outlaw Sportsman, plus the V-6 Modifieds, and as always, the Rookies , Roadrunners, Thunder Lites, Spectator Race, Spectator Drags, and Flagpole Race. Gates open at 4pm with the first race at 6pm. Please visit www.HudsonSpeedway.info for more info.
by Jay | Jul 27, 2009 | New Hampshire
Winchester, NH: This past Saturday, Bryan Shumway took the checkers in the full field of Modifieds at Monadnock Speedway. This is number two for Shumway, he previously won earlier in the season in a rain shortened event. Super Stock point leader, Jeremy Sorel visited victory lane as did Joey Kendall in the Mini Stock division. Matt Gauffin took the win in the 4-cylinder Enduro division and Randy Rameau celebrated a victory in the Full Size Enduro event.
The mini stocks rolled onto the ¼ mile high banked track as Ron Normandin set the pace. An early caution came out on lap one as second place runner, Beth Adams, suffered mechanical problems. On the restart, Normandin continued to lead as Chris Davis, Chris McTaggart and Rich Fourier battle for second. On lap seven, Normandin attempted to protect his top spot but McTaggart made the pass for first. Next lap, Normandin experienced problems and pulled it into the infield leaving McTaggart in a battle with Joey Kendall. Kendall rode the back bumper of McTaggart as Kim Rivet and Tim Jackson battled for third. The top four ran tight , as Kendall dove into the inside of McTaggart but had to back out. On lap thirteen, Kendall turn the pressure on as both ran side by side. Next lap, Kendall took over the lead as Jackson took the high side of Rivet but could not make the pass. Less than ten laps to go, a three way battle developed between McTaggart, Rivet and Jackson as Kendall drove away in the lead. Five laps to go, Jackson dove inside in turn three to take over third from Rivet and challenged McTaggart. Jackson attempted the high side of McTaggart but conatct was made between both resulting in Jackson dropping back top fourth. One lap top go, Jackson cane back as Rivet and Jackson ran side by side for the third spot. At the checkers it was, Kendall, McTaggart, Rivet, Jackson and Davis.
Super Stock competitor, Nancy Muni brought the field to the green flag start. Muni quickly took the lead leaving Kevin Ouellette in a battle for second with Andy Brooks. On lap three, the cation flag flew as Jeff Wright’s machine broke collecting Ouellette and Brehio III. On the restart, Brooks attempted to make the pass on Muni but was denied as Jeremy Sorel moved in on Brooks for second. The two ran side by side as Ed Brehio Jr followed for fourth. Bob Bedaw and Bill Johnston fought for fifth. Ten laps into the book, Muni held on but felt the presence of Sorel on her back bumper. Next lap, Sorel made the high side move for the lead as Muni slipped back to second. Brehio III ran third. On lap fifteen, the caution was displayed again as Brooks had contact with Muni going for the third spot. Sorel had a great restart and remained the leader as Matt Mead moved into third placing heat on Berhio Jr for second. Jason Stone and David Streibel ran fourth and fifth. Five laps to go, Mead made his move for second and began to chase down the leader as Stone took over third. Johnston and Brehio III worked on Streibel for the top five position. On the final lap, it was Sorel with the win followed by Mead, Stone, Brehio JR and Joshnston.
Twenty three Modifieds took to the track for their 50 lap feature event with Eric LeClair setting the pace. LeClair wasted no time to take the lead as Marty Radewick, Vic Johnson, Ed Reed and Frank L’Etoile followed. On lap five, the battle developed early for third between Radewick, Reed and Bryan Shumway. Joshnon ran second. Twenty laps into the feature, Shumway moved into second and was on the back bumper of LeClair awaiting the opportunity. Shumway made his move to the outside as both ran wheel to wheel. Johnson and Boniface ran side by side for third. On lap twenty-five, LeClair running hard to keep the top spot made contact with the front stretch wall bring out the caution. On the restart, Shumway took over the lead as Boniface, Joshnson, Todd Patnode and Ed Reed followed. On lap thirty, Patnode made the pass on Johnson for third as Reed and Dave Brube battled for fifth. Ten laps to go, Shumway began to distance himself from the field as a four way battle for fourth developed between Johnson, Reed, Dale Evonsion and Berube. A few laps later, Evonsion made the pass on both Johnson and Reed for fourth as the top three remained the same. At the checkers, it was Shumway celebrating in victory lane followed by Boniface, Patnode, Evonsion and Joshnon.
The wild and crazy four cylinders rolled onto the track with Fred Rogers scored the early leader. By lap ten, the leaders begain to approach heavy lap traffic as Rogers worked through followed by Haeth Renaud, Eric Pomakso and Dick Houle. Few laps later, Renaud loose in eth corner gave Houle the second place spot. Lap twenty, a four way battle for the lead was fought between, Rogers, Houle, Pomakso and Matt Gauffin. Lap thirty, Houle became the new leader as Pomasko and Gauffin ran side by side for second. Ten laps to go, Houle remained to lead as Pomasko and Gauffin continued to run wheel to wheel. Nine laps to go, the red flag was displayed. On the restart, Gauffin takes off and passes both Poamsko and Houle for the lead. Rogers and Adam Houle battled for fourth. At the end, it was gaffing followed by Houle, Pomasko, Rogers and Adam Houle.
Mike Petalas was the early leader I the Full Size Enduro event. Petalas held on as randy Rameau attempted to reel him in. On lap ten, Rameau caught Petals and challenged him for the lead as Joe Ethier moved into the battle. Lap twenty, Rameau was the leader as both Petals and Ethier ran bumper to bumper behind him.
Half way to go, Rameau developed a good lead as Petalas and Ethier ran side by side for position. Twenty laps left, Ethier made the pass and caught Rameau. Ethier was all over the back bumper of Rameau as Schonborg ran third. Ten alps to go, the top two contunied to battle as Dan Yagmin and Jared Edson rounded out the top five. At the wave of the checkers, it was Rameau posting his first win of the season followed by Yagmin, Schonborg, Edson and Ethier.
This Saturday, Monadnock Speedway welcomes back the very fast open wheel Northeast Midget Association plus the NEMA Lites, Outlaw Pros, Super Stocks, Mini Stock Conquest and 4-cylinder Enduros. Race time is at 6pm. For more information, log ontowww.monadnockspeedway.com.
Modified Results: Bryan Shumway, Jim Boniface, Todd Patnode, Dale Evonsion, Vic Johnson, Ed Reed, Dave Berube, Carl Pasteryak, Pete Jarvis, Josh Cantara, Brandee Tree, Butch perry, Rich Hammann, Rich Fournier, Eric LeClair, Rusty Ball, Marty Radewick, Jr Baril, Kurt Vigeant, Kirk Alexander, Rib Williams, Roy Seidell, Frank L’Etoile
Super Stock Results: Jeremy Sorel, Matt Mead, Jason Stone, Ed Brehio Jr, Bill Johnston,, Ed Brehio III, David Striebel, Bob Bedaw, Andy Brooks, Craig Cashmna, Nancy Muni, Dana Shepard, Josh King, Brain Grantz, Jeff Wright, Kevin Ouellette
Mini Stock Results: Joey Kendall, Chris McTaggart, Kim Rivet, Tim Jackson, Chris Davis, Rich Fournier, Dennis Wallace, Joe Rogers, James Hancock, Ricky Bernard, Alecia Fohlin, Kevin McKnight, Ron Normandin, Jamey King, Beth Adams
Top Ten 4-cylinder Enduros: matt Gauffin, Dick Houle, Eric Pomasko, Fred Rogers, Adam Houle, Bruce Clark, Julie Raymond, Rob Thompson, CJ Johnson, Kris Kristoliatis
Full Size Enduro Top ten: Randy Rameau, Dan Yagmin, Barry Schonborg, Jared Edson, Joe Ethier, Mike Petalas, Dan Cheveralls, Ryan Rivet, Ed Lofland, Bucky Sheats
by Jay | Jul 27, 2009 | New Hampshire, PASS
Pro All Stars Series news : PASS Mod Riverside Speedway race report – 7/25/2009
Sulo Burbank breaks through with Riverside PASS Mod win
Naples ME (7/27/09) Thirteen year old Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Mod sophomore Sulo Burbank had the drive of his young career Saturday night, claiming his first PASS feature win in the PASS Mod portion of Summerfest 2009 at Groveton New Hampshire’s Riverside Speedway. Burbank took the point from Dan Somes on lap 7 of the 40 lap tilt and kept PASS Mod point leader Andy Shaw and Somes in his rear view mirror the rest of the way. Somes and team mate Gary Norris checkered second and third: Shaw faded to fourth and Steve Bennett Jr. raced home fifth.
Somes and Burbank took the green on the front row and Somes jumped out front early with Burbank on his back bumper. The caution flag flew on lap 7 when Scott Grant took a wild ride on the front stretch guardrail. Burbank got the jump on the resulting restart to take over the lead, but Andy Shaw was charging through the field on the outside. Shaw was seeking his fourth win in six PASS Mod starts on the season, and he looked like he would get a shot at it.
It only took twelve laps for Shaw to reach Burbank’s bumper. Shaw did his best to rattle the leader but Burbank stood his ground and it soon became apparent that the point leader’s run to the front had taken its toll on his tires .Just past half way Shaw began to fade, giving up second to Somes and third to Norris; Burbank kept his cool to record a convincing victory.
The PASS Mods join the PASS North super late models and sportsman at Unity (ME) Raceway on Sunday August 2nd for the NAPA 150. Post time at Unity is 3:00 PM. For more information be sure to visit www.racewithpass.com orwww.proallstarsseries.com .
Unofficial Results – PASS Mod forty lap feature – Riverside Speedway – Groveton NH – 7/25/2009
1 21 Sulo Burbank Gorham ME 2 56 Dan Somes Belgrade ME 3 03 Gary Norris Jr. West Gardiner ME 4 66 Andy Shaw Center Conway NH 5 12 Steve Bennett Jr. Buckfield ME 6 33 Bill Dixon North Waterboro ME 7 85 Glenn Bradbury Hollis Center ME 8) 14 Scott McDaniel Livermore ME 9 29 Greg Ellis Hermon ME 10) 01 Sammy Gooden Whitefield NH 11) 50 Sumner Sessions Norway ME 12) 27 Scott Grant Waterboro ME
by Jay | Jul 27, 2009 | New Hampshire, PASS
NAPLES ME (July 26) Cassius Clark wrestled the race lead from Donnie Whitten on lap ten of Saturday’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) super late model Summerfest 150 at Groveton New Hampshire’s Riverside Speedway and never looked back to record his first PASS feature win of 2009. Clark’s victory ended a PASS North winless streak dating back to October of 2007 for the 2008 PASS National Championship series titlist. Kelly Moore brought his NAPA Chevrolet home second and pole sitter Donnie Whitten earned his best result of 2009 by finishing third. Ben Rowe and DJ Shaw rounded out the top five.
Only a pair of minor caution periods slowed the 150 lap event that took just forty three minutes to complete. Point Leader and defending race winner Johnny Clark had a subpar night finishing ninth, the last car to complete all 150 laps. Derek Ramstrom was involved in one of the few on track skirmishes, resulting in a 13thplace run. Ben Rowe worked his way up to fourth from his eleventh place spot on the starting grid to gain a little ground in the title chase, and Adam Bates recorded a sixth place finish to keep pace with the title contenders
The victory was redemption for Clark after falling out of the 2008 version of the Summerfest 150 with power steering problems after dominating over two thirds of that event. This year the team discovered their problems in afternoon practice, changing a bad clutch before race time. If the failure had occurred during the race, the results would have been very different.
Adam Bates, Chris Staples, Rookie Steve Legendre, Johnny Clark and Richie Dearborn finished in positions six through ten. Nine cars completed all 150 laps. Whitten and Shaw each scored a heat race win
PASS North will return to Unity (ME) Raceway on Sunday August 2 for the rescheduled NAPA 150. Two for one coupons are still available at your northern New England NAPA stores as well as this week’s edition of the Racin’ Paper. PASS Mods and Sportsman complete the schedule, set for a 3:00 PM start.
For more information visit www.racewithpass.com or www.proallstarsseries.com .
Unofficial Results – PASS North super late model Summerfest 150 – Riverside Speedway – Groveton NH 7/25/2009 – With finishing position, (starting position), car number, driver, home town, (laps completed)
1 (3) 8 Cassius Clark, Farmington ME (150) 2 (4) 47 Kelly Moore, Scarborough ME (150) 3 (1) 7 Donnie Whitten, Biddeford ME (150) 4 (11) 4 Ben Rowe, Turner ME (150) 5 (2) 60 DJ Shaw, Center Conway NH 6 (12) 98 Adam Bates, Warner NH (150) 7 (13) 5 Chris Staples, Brunswick ME (150) 8 (8) 20 Steve Legendre, St. Johnsbury VT (150) 9 (15) 54 Johnny Clark, Hallowell ME (150) 10 (6) 33 Richie Dearborn, Hollis ME (149) 11 (5) 17 Travis Benjamin, Morrill ME (149) 12 (16) 14M Matt Frahm, N Salem NH (149) 13 (14) 35 Derek Ramstrom, Worcester MA (149) 14 (17) 85 Nick Ribbe Kingston MA (148) 15 (10) 17A Scott Alexander, Orrington ME (148) 16 (7) 12 John Dabrowski, West Bridgewater MA (140) 17 (9) 53 Alan Wilson, Norway ME (48)
by Jay | Jul 26, 2009 | New Hampshire
Lee, NH – July 24, 2009 – The Pro Four Modifieds of New England (PFMNE) once again battled Mother Nature yesterday as they completed their seventh race of the 2009 season on Friday, July 24, at Lee USA Speedway. Sponsored by Bot-L-Gas and RF Logic, the 25-lap main event was the second round of the Triple Crown Series. The #1m of Norm Wrenn and the #4 of Cory Cleary provided the entertainment as both worked their way from the back of the field to the front. But Wrenn had just enough to hold off the advances of Cleary as the checkers unfurled—claiming his sixth victory of the season.
When the 11-car field took the green flag, it was Franky Perry and Rob Richardi, Jr. bringing them down. Perry got the advantage with Robin Berghman looking inside of Wrenn. The two continued to battle until Wrenn made contact with the outside retaining wall, causing him to lose several positions. But by lap four, he made up the ground he lost and moved by Berghman. Two laps later, Cleary used the outside lane to pass Vincent coming out of turn two. Wrenn continued his quest for the top spot on lap seven, as he drove around the #07 of Phil Lausier, the #13 of George Sherman, and Richardi, Jr. He then set his eyes on the leader, Franky Perry, who continued to set the pace. Meanwhile, Cleary drove his Jannell Ford machine under Lausier in turns three and four to make his claim on a top five position. Sherman moved his modified into third around Richardi, Jr.—and one lap later, Cleary passed the #12 family-owned machine as well. On lap twelve, Cleary looked to the inside of Sherman for third. Wrenn made the winning pass on Perry going down the backstretch with the field receiving the ten-to-go signal. Cleary, too, passed Perry, wrestling the second position away from the early race leader.
Wrenn went made it two for two in Triple Crown races with Cleary, Perry, Sherman, and Richardi Jr. rounding out the top five. Lausier, Berghman, Brian Vincent, Joe Lemay, Michael Crawford, and Stan Mertz comprised the rest of the field. Lemay was the first Limited Pro Four across the line, followed by Crawford and Mertz.
The next event for the four-cylinder modifieds will be held at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway next Sunday, August 2, for the Four Cylinder Nationals, presented by Kraze Korlacki Speed Equipment. The race is the culminating event in a weekend full of events scheduled to raise funds for breast cancer. For more details, visit the PFMNE homepage at www.pro4mods.com.
