EMILY PACKARD: Packard Set To Defend Home Turf In Subway 150 This Weekend

by | May 9, 2013 | Canaan, New Hampshire

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Subway Fresh Fit 150: Emily Packard
Canaan Fair Speedway Race Preview

THE STORY

EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Emily Packard of East Montpelier, Vt., heads “home” for the annual season-opening Subway Fresh Fit 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., on Saturday, May 11. The 16-year-old Late Model driver won the track’s Rookie of the Year title in 2012, finishing second in the overall NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model standings to ACT Late Model Tour champion Wayne Helliwell Jr. Packard made her Late Model debut in the Subway Fresh Fit 150 a year ago by qualifying for the 28-car field, and she’s hoping to turn her home track experience into a strong showing this time around in Canaan’s annual marquee Late Model event.

THE FACTS

WHO: Emily Packard, East Montpelier, Vt.
CREW CHIEF: Neal Woodward, Georgia, Vt.
TEAM: No. 9x Northstar Fireworks/Berlin Optical Expressions Chevrolet
SPONSORS: Northstar Fireworks, Fecteau Homes, Berlin Optical Expressions, Yipes! of Barre, VT Shifter Karts, GossCars.com, Be The Match, Rutland Regional Medical Center, R.G. Paving
BEST CAREER SUBWAY FRESH FIT 150 FINISH: 17th (May 2012)
LAST YEAR’S SUBWAY FRESH FIT 150: 17th (May 2012)
WHAT: Subway Fresh Fit 150
WHERE: Canaan Fair Speedway, Canaan, N.H. (.333-mile oval)
WHEN: Friday, May 10 – 12 noon practice; Saturday, May 11 – 1:30 p.m., practice; 5 p.m., qualifying; 8 p.m., race

DID YOU KNOW?

  • Emily Packard scored her first career Top-10 finish in an ACT Late Model Tour race when she finished 10th in the Spring Green 113 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, Vt., on Sunday, May 5.
  • Emily Packard became the first woman in a decade to win a feature event at Thunder Road International Speedbowl when she won a Street Stock feature at the track last summer.
  • Emily Packard was voted the 2012 Vermont Motorsports Magazine Rookie of the Year, and she was also named the Vermont Sportswriters & Sportscasters Association Athlete of the Month for August 2012.
  • Emily Packard was one of 36 Late Model drivers from across the northeast and Canada invited to participate in the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 weekend last September.
  • Emily Packard Motorsports crew chief Neal Woodward is a five-time ACT Late Model Tour champion crew chief whose cars set track qualifying records at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. (more…)

First All Female Podium In Monadnock Speedway’s History

by | May 7, 2013 | Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire

By Gary Dutton

WINCHESTER, NH – Ed Lofland became the first two-time winner of the young season Saturday, May 4, at Monadnock Speedway, topping the 30-lap Thunder Stock feature.

Defending division champ Kimmy Rivet led an all-female top three under the checkers in the Mini Stock main event, while Adam Norton won his first of the year in the Sportsman Modified main and John Lavoie parlayed his first victory of the summer to jump into the points lead in the Super Stock division.

Other winners on Eve of Cinca De Mayo Night included Cameron Sontag in the Young Guns, Eddie Gilman in the Classic Lites, and Duane Noll, who continued his dominance at the high banked speedplant in the visiting NE Truck Series feature race.
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Stebbins and Stebbins Visit Victory Lane at Monadnock Speedway

by | May 1, 2013 | Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire

Stebbins and Stebbins Visit Victory Lane at Monadnock Speedway

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WINCHESTER, NH – Sophomore open-wheel pilot Dan Stebbins wired the Sportsman Modified main event Saturday, April 27, at Monadnock Speedway, scoring the second Modified win of his career at the high-banked speedplant.

Stebbins was one of five drivers winning their first feature race of the year Saturday at Monadnock. Former Super Stock champion Bill Johnston rocketed to victory in his main event, and Mini Stock strongman Mike Stebbins rebounded from a week one wreck to top his hotly contested feature.

In the Lightning Stock 30-lapper, former speedway Mini Stock champion Chris Davis roared to his first win of the young season, while Young Gun Chris Lawrence – who had trophied a week earlier, topped the youth division 15-lapper.
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