by Jay | Jan 11, 2015 | Dirt Track, New York
USAC Dirt Midget Association Announces 2015 Schedule, Includes Race at Albany-Saratoga Speedway.
Ellington, CT: The USAC Dirt Midget Association held their annual meeting this week and announced the 2015 race schedule which includes twelve races at Bear Ridge Speedway, the series home track, and a race on August 28th at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway. This will be the series second trip to the famed dirt track just north of Albany.
In addition to the 2015 race schedule, the rules were released with only minor changes from the prior year. The series will continue its fuel and tire program for all members along with other benefits that have been in place since the series inception back in 2011.
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by RacingNews | Oct 9, 2014 | New York, Snocross
GLENVILLE, New York (Oct. 6, 2014) — With the national snocross opener now less than two
months away, another of the northeast’s premiere race teams is busy preparing for a five-rider assault
on tracks throughout the snowbelt.
All Seasons Arctic Cat Racing, based in Glenville, New York, has assembled a group of five
experienced and talented athletes to compete for class championships on the East Coast Snocross
(ECS) series. The team will also run in three national events on the International Series of Champions’
(ISOC) AMSOIL Championship Series.
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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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by | Jul 22, 2014 | Airborne, New York
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.” (more…)
by Jay | Jul 20, 2014 | ACT, Airborne, New England, New York, Touring Series News
Quebec’s Laperle Battles to $26,800 ACT International Win
Plattsburgh, NY – Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, Quebec has won nearly every big event the American Canadian Tour sanctions, but none match his $26,800 ACT International win at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, New York on Saturday, July 20. The former ACT and Serie ACT Champion battled by Nick Sweet over the final 20 laps of the third segment to claim the segment and overall win with finishes of 2nd, 3rd, 1st for a combined winning score of 6.
Barre’s Nick Sweet started sixth in the first 50 lap segment and took home the win followed closely by Laperle and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. The trio then flew through the field in the 75 lap second segment using all three lanes around the ½-mile speedway. Polewarczyk claimed second followed by Laperle in third and Sweet in fourth setting up a three way tie with five combined points each for the trio heading into the final segment.
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