by Jay | Jun 29, 2014 | Lee USA, Modified, Touring Series News, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
Savary First To Repeat With Lee VMRS Win
Lee, N.H. – Richard Savary used a different approach Friday night breaking away from the norm. He charged to the front from his 11th starting position, challenged early front runners Tom Carey Jr., and Todd Szegedy, to take the lead on lap 55 and go to win the Valenti Modified Racing Series sanctioned ‘Port City 100’ at Lee USA Speedway, Friday night, June 27.
The win was the Canton, Massachusetts., drivers second this season and his third career VMRS victory.
Instead of doing what most drivers do when competing at Lee, hang back and save their tires for the second half of the race, Savary changed his strategy and ran hard early on to put himself in contention for the lead.
“This is the first time here for all of us with this new right rear tire so nobody knew what it was really going to do. I took a page out of the Steve Masse book. He seems to get to the front and try to hang there. I thought I’d give that a try tonight. Late in the race we had good clean restarts. Hard racing. I think if the 21 (Bonsignore) was in front of me I would have had my hands full but I’m glad it was someone like him driving the car behind me.”
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by Jay | Jun 27, 2014 | NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS, Sprint Cup, Touring Series News
Eddie MacDonald Joins All New England Team for the Sprint Cup Race at NHMS
Local racing legend Eddie MacDonald from Rowley, Mass. will drive the #32 Go FAS Racing Ford Fusion owned by fellow New Englanders Archie St. Hilaire from Old Orchard Beach, Maine and long-time NASCAR crew chief Frank Stoddard from No. Haverhill, N.H. Completing the all-NE team is Michael Alden, President and CEO of Blue Vase Marketing based in Beverly, Mass, as the primary sponsor aboard the Go FAS Racing entry in the Camping World Sales 301 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 13.
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by | Jun 25, 2014 | New Hampshire, Star Speedway
The Last Chance B-Main to qualify for the 4th Annual SBM 125 open modified race at Star Speedway. The top 4 advance to the feature race while the rest are eliminated.
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by Jay | Jun 25, 2014 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Packard Scores Top-5 in ACT at White Mountain Motorsports Park
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt – Two thirds of the way through the American Canadian Tour season and Packard is locked in the middle of the ACT championship points battle. Continuing her impressive season, Packard and her 9x Northstar Fireworks/Packard Fuels team set out this weekend to build on their success, including the ACT race at White Mountain Motorsports Park race. Packard finished the race in 5th place, moving her from 4th to 2nd in the championship point standings. “This was my first time at White Mountain in a late model, so I spent practice just learning the track, and where I needed to run,” said Packard.
In the heat race Packard started in the third position, fighting an ill-handling race car she was able to finish the heat in third place. This got her into the race without having to run in the consolation race, which gave Neal and the guys time to work on the car. “We fought a car that was loose in and pushy tight through the center in the heat race,” Packard said “But the guys went back and forth across the spectrum to fix the car for the feature event.”
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by | Jun 23, 2014 | Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire
By Gary Dutton
WINCHESTER, NH – Scott MacMichael stormed to victory Saturday, June 21, at Monadnock Speedway, becoming the fifth different driver this season to win a Sportsman Modified feature at the high-banked speedplant. MacMichael was one of three NASCAR Whelen All-American Series drivers to score his first win of the summer at Monadnock. Marshall Usher earned his first victory lap of the season in the Thunder Stock division, and Lightning Stock strongman Tim O’Shea was also a first-time winner.
On the same night that NEMA Midget ace Randy Cabral rocketed to victory in the NEMA Iron Mike Memorial Race. Super Stock strongman Tom Carey III won his sixth feature in as many weeks. Mike Stebbins again had his way in the Mini Stock main, earning his fifth victory of the summer, and Young Gun Cole Littlewood scored his second win this season. PJ Sturgios topped the NEMA Lites feature.
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