by Jay | Sep 14, 2013 | ACT, New Hampshire, NHMS, Touring Series News
The 43-car field for the 5th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway has been announced. The biggest names in American Canadian Tour Late Models will be on hand for the event on Saturday, September 21.
The field will be led by twelve drivers who have won an Invitational qualifier event. A strong contingent from New Hampshire includes Wayne Helliwell, Jr. and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. Vermont drivers Brian Hoar, Jimmy Hebert, Bobby Therrien and Cody Blake claimed qualifier wins. From north of the border, Quebecer’s Jean-François Déry, Alex Labbe, Donald Theetge, Dany Trepanier have all won qualifying events. Travis Stearns of Maine and Eddie MacDonald of Massachusetts complete the 12 Invitational Qualifier winners.
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by Jay | Sep 14, 2013 | Canaan, Granite State Pro Stock, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Canaan 100 This Saturday Night!
Canaan NH – It is with mixed emotions that the Granite State Pro Stock Series rolls into the Canaan Fair Speedway this Saturday night. When the Checkered Flag falls on the 100 lap main event it will be the final one that will wave at this speedway, As the Speedway has been sold and no racing is planed in the future. “There is a lot of buzz for this event from all the divisions that are competing” stated series president Mike Parks. The GSPSS will compete in a 100 Lap main event, According to series Race director Josh Vanada we are looking at what could be our largest field to date. (more…)
by | Sep 13, 2013 | Beech Ridge, Maine, PASS
PASS North Series: Bradley Babb
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Bradley Babb of Windham, Maine, returns to the PASS North Series with an eye on one of the marquee events of the season, the Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 300 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Sunday, September 15. Babb, the 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track champion at the track, enjoyed one of his best career PASS performances in this race in 2011 when he was running third in the late going before getting collected in a wreck. The son of a five-time Beech Ridge Motor Speedway champion is hoping to grab his first career series victory in the longest race of the season.
THE FACTS
WHO: Bradley Babb, Windham, Maine
TEAM: No. 14 Babb Wood Contractors/McGoldrick Bros. Blasting Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Bobby Babb, Windham, Maine
BEST CAREER BEECH RIDGE MOTOR SPEEDWAY FINISH: 11th (May 2012)
LAST RACE AT BEECH RIDGE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 24th (July 2013)
WHAT: PASS North Series Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 300
WHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile banked oval)
WHEN: Friday, September 13 – 11 a.m., practice; Saturday, September 14 – 10:20, practice; 12:15 p.m., qualifying; Sunday September 15 – 11:10 a.m., practice; 3 p.m., race.
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by | Sep 13, 2013 | PASS
PASS Sportsman Series: Dan McKeage
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
GORHAM, Maine – Dan McKeage of Gorham, Maine, returns to the PASS Sportsman Series for the PASS Sportsman 100 as part of the PASS 400 weekend at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Sunday, September 15. McKeage won the last PASS Sportsman Series race at Beech Ridge back in May, and he heads into the second-to-last race of the season just 33 points behind the series leader, Carey Martin. He’s hoping a home-track advantage – McKeage is a past track champion at Beech Ridge and finished second in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series standings there this season – will help him close the gap on Martin heading into the season finale in two weeks.
THE FACTS
WHO: Dan McKeage, Gorham, Maine
CREW CHIEF: Dan Bubar, Windham, Maine
TEAM: Naughty 40 Racing No. 40 Top Gun Construction Chevrolet
BEST CAREER BEECH RIDGE MOTOR SPEEDWAY FINISH: 1st (May 2013)
LAST RACE AT BEECH RIDGE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 1st (May 2013)
WHAT: PASS Sportsman Series 100
WHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
WHEN: Sunday, September 15, 12:15 p.m.
PASS Sportsman Series
LAST RACE: August 4, PASS Sportsman Series 75, White Mountain Motorsports Park, N. Woodstock, N.H. (4th)
NEXT RACE: September 28, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)
CURRENT POINTS POSITION: 2nd
DID YOU KNOW?
Dan McKeage won the 2010 PASS Sportsman Series championship.
Dan McKeage finished second in the 2013 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series standings at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway this season.
Dan McKeage won the only previous PASS Sportsman Series race this season at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.
Dan McKeage won the 2010 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine.
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
DAN McKEAGE, Driver of the Naughty 40 Racing No. 40 Top Gun Construction Chevrolet, On whether there’s a home track advantage for him this weekend at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway: “I think when it comes to Carey (Martin) going to Oxford, he’s got a home-track advantage there – so I’d like to think I’ve got a little bit of a home track advantage when we go to Beech Ridge.
“When it comes to the cars, I think the Super Late Model and the Sportsman cars are right along the same lines. You’re still trying to get four tires to the track, and one tire to the next, they’re all going to change. Whatever we would do in the Super Late Model, we would do in a Sportsman in terms of getting it to work on the race track. Hopefully, we’ll have a good car this weekend – if we want to have an advantage. I mean, I think it wouldn’t be such an advantage to Carey to go to Oxford if he didn’t have a good car there. He has a good car everywhere it seems, but he’s good there, for sure.”
On why this is a big race for the Naughty 40 Racing team: “I definitely is. As far as things go, if you finish in the Top-2, it just pays for your tires most weeks. This is a race where you can actually come out ahead, which is rare in racing. If you win this race, you’ll more than break even.
“But it’s more than that. It’s more special to us here. It’s our hometown crowd, this is our favorite place to race, and we definitely want to put on a good show.”
On getting away from the stress of weekly points racing at Beech Ridge this weekend: “I guess you could say that, but I didn’t really put too much pressure on myself doing the weekly thing. It was more stress-free this year than it had been in the past. The nice thing about it this weekend is that we don’t have to leave Beech Ridge on Saturday night after racing and then get geared up for the next morning and driving to a track three hours away.
“We’ve had a couple of weeks to get ready and get prepared and get gung-ho for this weekend.”
UP NEXT
The PASS Sportsman Series concludes its season on September 28 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine… Dan McKeage finished eighth in a rain-shortened event at Oxford in July.
by | Sep 12, 2013 | PASS
PASS North Series: Austin Theriault
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, returns to both the PASS North Series and the seat of his family-owned Ford Fusion for the Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 300 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Sunday, September 15. Theriault has three Top-10 finishes in as many PASS North Series starts this season, most recently posting a fourth-place finish in the TD Bank Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in July. Theriault is a two-time PASS South Series race winner this season for Brad Keselowski Racing, and he finished seventh in the AT Racing No. 57 Pelletier Ford Ford Fusion at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway back in May. This marks his first appearance in the longest race on the PASS North Series schedule, and it comes just one week after he was wrecked out of the Top-3 while driving for Mulkern Racing in the Thunder Valley 200 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Que.
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by | Sep 12, 2013 | Canada, Pro Stock Tour
(Halifax, NS, September 11, 2013) The Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour will close out another sensational season this Saturday at Scotia Speedworld with the Dartmouth Dodge 200. After 12 events in five cities, over 40 competitors and 1,650 feature laps, it all comes down to the final 200 circuits to decide who will be crowned the 2013 Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour Champion – and who will cash the $10,000.00 cheque! Qualifying for the Dartmouth Dodge 200 gets underway at 3:10 PM with the Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials followed by championship racing set for 4:00 PM. Grandstand gates open at 1:00 PM.
Three-time series champion John Flemming (Halifax, NS) enters the Season Finale Dartmouth Dodge 200 with a 49 point lead over fellow three-time series champ Shawn Tucker (Fredericton, NB). Tucker has been dominating the second half of the season but even if he is able to pull off his fifth win of the season and take the Linde Most Lap Led Award, it would give him the maximum 210 points, meaning Flemming will still only need to finish 19th or better in order to take home his fourth title.
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