by Jay | May 19, 2015 | ACT, Airborne, New York, Touring Series News
Polewarczyk Rolls to Spring Green Victory at Airborne Park Speedway
Gonyo dominates Modified feature; Terry, O’Neil grab wins
PLATTSBURGH, NY – Joey Polewarczyk Jr. continued his mastery of Airborne Park Speedway on Sunday, May 17 with a convincing victory in the American-Canadian Tour’s Bill McBride Chevrolet Spring Green presented by Interstate Batteries. The race, postponed one day by inclement weather, was worth the wait as the Hudson, NH driver put on a show at the front of the field with Patrick Laperle.
The pair battled for the majority of the 115-lap race and traded the lead three times. Polewarczyk dogged his St-Denis, QC rival and made the winning move at lap 82, then pulled away in the final circuits for his fourth ACT win at Airborne since October 2011. Laperle settled for second and was the highest finishing Canadian; in addition to being the fourth event of the U.S.-based ACT Late Model Tour schedule, the Spring Green opened the championship schedule for the Québec-based Série ACT as well as the Québec Triple Crown Series at Airborne.
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by Jay | May 19, 2015 | ACT, Airborne, New England, New York, Touring Series News
Polewarczyk Wins “Battle of the Border” With Laperle at Airborne Spring Green
Plattsburgh, NY—Hudson, NH’s Joey Polewarczyk Jr. came out on top of a battle with St-Denis, QC’s Patrick Laperle to win the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Spring Green 115 at Airborne Park Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY on Sunday.
Defending ACT Late Model Tour Champion “Joey Pole” took the lead from Laperle on lap 82 and led the rest of the way in the ACT U.S. and Série ACT combination event. Pole had lost the top spot to Laperle on a lap 44 restart, but stalked him for nearly 40 laps and eventually came away with his second win of the season and second straight ACT victory at Airborne.
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by Jay | Apr 7, 2015 | Airborne, New York
Champlain Centre Mall to Host Airborne Park Speedway Car Show
Meet drivers and see stock cars and go-kart racers on April 18-19
PLATTSBURGH, NY – Winter’s chill seems to be hanging on a little bit longer than normal this year, so Airborne Park Speedway is headed indoors. The Champlain Centre Mall in Plattsburgh, NY will host a two-day racing show on the weekend of April 18-19, featuring the cars and drivers of the track’s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series stock car championship and the young stars of the Kart Racing Series.
As many as 25 stock cars and 15 go-karts will be on display, and the free-admission show will have a real race-event feel with a driver autograph session and a pit stop competition. In addition, 98.9 WOKO will broadcast live from Champlain Centre and will raffle off Airborne Park Speedway passes provided by Taylor Rental and movie tickets for “Furious 7” provided by Regal Cinemas.
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by Jay | Mar 8, 2015 | Airborne, New York
Champion to Rookie: Bresette Makes Big Jump at Airborne Park Speedway
Keeseville racer leaps from Mini-Mod title to run for NASCAR Modified rookie honors
PLATTSBURGH, NY – Steven Bresette had nothing left to prove in the Busch Beer Mini-Modified class at Airborne Park Speedway, but that won’t be the case this year. Riding the momentum of winning his first track championship, the Keeseville, NY stock car driver is making a big transition from the entry-level cars into the J&S Steel Modifieds – the top division for the Plattsburgh oval.
The FedEx Ground 100 season opener will be Bresette’s first test on Saturday, May 2. He is the latest addition to a talented freshman crop and is also eligible for state and national rookie honors in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, which sanctions racing at 60 tracks across North America including Airborne.
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by Jay | Sep 5, 2014 | Airborne, New York
Mueller Tops Northern Modified Challenge Battle Entering Rescheduled Airborne Race
Quenneville, Gonyo tied in second only four points back; race postponed to Sunday
For Immediate Release NMCS-090514-1
SOUTH PLATTSBUGH, NY – Jessey Mueller is the leader of the Northern Modified Challenge Series championship chase, but not by much. The 19 year-old from Olmstedville, NY holds a slim four-point lead entering Sunday’s 50-lap contest at Airborne Park Speedway; veteran drivers Vince Quenneville, Jr. and Leon Gonyo sit tied in second place right behind the youngster.
The event, which includes a 100-lap race for the Valenti Modified Racing Series, has been postponed by one day to Sunday, September 7 at 1:00 p.m., due to unfavorable forecasts on Saturday.
With half of the eight-race Northern Modified Challenge Series schedule complete, Mueller owns victories at Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl in May and Devil’s Bowl Speedway in August. It’s his closest challengers, though, who can lay claim to wins at Airborne, as Gonyo and Quenneville split twin 30-lap features at the track in July.
Plattsburgh-area drivers Jason Durgan, Jamie LaFountain, and Airborne point leader Nick Heywood remain in the mix, sitting in positions 4-6 overall. That trio has seen a busy – and successful – summer of weekly competition at both Devil’s Bowl and Airborne, combining for 10 victories and 47 top-five finishes across 89 total feature starts. Durgan scored a runner-up effort in the NMCS event at Thunder Road, while LaFountain and Heywood also have top-five finishes with the series this year.
Sunday’s 50-lap Northern Modified Challenge Series race at Airborne Park Speedway is part of a blockbuster open-wheel showdown that features the Valenti Modified Racing Series, and championship finales for the weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series-sanctioned J&S Steel Sportsman Modified, Ground Round Late Model, Key-RD Trailer Sales Renegade, and Busch Beer Mini-Modified divisions.
by Jay | Jul 22, 2014 | ACT, Airborne, New York, Touring Series News
photo by RPM
Eddie MacDonald “struggled” with the Hancock Electric Motor Chevy for most of the 2nd annual ACT International 300 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y. posting a 13th place finish. The #17Mass. Late Model owned by Freddie Peterson from Peterson’s Auto Body located in Saugus, Mass. completed the first two segments in eighth and ninth place respectively but was unable to complete a lap on the half-mile oval’s final 75 lap segment.
“We struggled right from the first practice trying to find some speed but nothing worked,” said the frustrated Eddie Mac. “It was one of those days that you can honestly say we tried every possible combination but nothing gave us the speed we needed. We seem to struggle at this track. We had one good run here last year and we even tried that set-up but that didn’t work either. It was frustrating for Rollie, the crew and me. We thought we maybe hit on something during the first segment but even that didn’t last.”
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