by | Aug 5, 2013 | ACT, Touring Series News
St-Pie, QC – Williamstown, VT’s Jimmy Hebert claimed his second career American Canadian Tour victory of his career in the Sanair 150 at Sanair Super Speedway on Saturday, August 3. Hebert started from the pole position with a +6 qualifying effort on his way to his heat win. He faded back during the early stages of the event before working his way back to the point just before the halfway mark. He returned to the lead for good on lap 70 and built a large lead before the final rain shower of the day came and cut the race short on lap 145.
Série ACT competitor Alex Labbe and Wayne Helliwell, Jr. came from 12th and 24th respectively to complete the podium. Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. worked his way from 13th to take 4th. Eight-time ACT Champion Brian Hoar and Glen Luce battled for the lead for the majority of the first half of the event. Hoar began to fade before the lap 77 mandatory caution for fuel and tires. He then worked his way back up to finish fifth.
Jonathan Bouvrette, Ben Lynch, Donald Theetge, Jean-François Déry and rookie Bobby Therrien rounded out the top ten.
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by | Aug 5, 2013 | Beech Ridge, Maine, NELCAR
Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour: Reid Lanpher
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Report
SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, finished second in the Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour 25-lap VIP Thursday Thunder feature event at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Thursday, August 1. The finish was the fourth consecutive podium finish for the 15-year-old Lanpher, who won at Wiscasset Raceway on July 13 and then finished second twice in a span of three days at both Beech Ridge and Oxford Plains Speedway. Lanpher started 19th in the 20-car field and deftly worked his way through traffic to the runner-up spot. With one lap remaining, Lanpher had pulled to the rear bumper of the race leader when the field was given the combined yellow/checkered flags for a blown engine on another competitor’s car.
WHO: Reid Lanpher, Manchester, Maine
TEAM: Team EJP No. 59 Eastern Township Docks/Scott’s Recreation Coupe
CREW CHIEF: Bob Weymouth, Topsham, Maine
WHAT: VIP Thursday Thunder 25
WHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 19th
FINISHED: 2nd
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REID, WERE YOU HOPING THE RACE WOULD BE RESTARTED WITH ONE LAP REMAINING?
I could have won it, maybe. It’s just one of those things that could have gone either way. It could have played against me or it could have played for me. I would have liked to see a caution, but that’s racing. We’ll take that. We started 19th and got all the way to second in 25 laps. I’m pretty pumped about that.
Big thanks to everybody, really, that makes this possible. I just feel so fortunate to be a 15-year-old kid out here doing what I do. Big, big thanks to everybody.
DID YOU THINK THE CAR WAS GOING TO BE THAT GOOD AFTER FINAL PRACTICE?
We made some gains from the first practice, and we were selective in our adjustments. I think that worked out good. I was fairly confident going into the feature after the first practice session. Did I think we’d be good enough to get all the way to second? Maybe I’d have questioned that a little bit, but I’ll take it.
It is what it is. It’s so frustrating to get second eight times this year, but I can’t complain. There were 18 other cars out here that would have liked to have finished where we did.
HOW MUCH DID THE EARLY CAUTION FLAGS HELP YOU WITH TRACK POSITION?
Not being involved in the wrecks was big. I was going to take all the cautions I could get, to be honest, without being involved in any of them. I didn’t care if I had to restart on the outside lane or on the inside behind slow cars – I was going to take any cautions we could get and try and use them to my advantage.
by | Aug 5, 2013 | PASS
PASS North Series: Bradley Babb
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
THE STORY
WINDHAM, Maine – Bradley Babb of Windham, Maine, joins the PASS North Series for the PASS 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Sunday, August 4. Babb finished third – his best career PASS North Series finish – at White Mountain in 2011, the last time he competed on the scenic, high-banked quarter-mile. Babb sits 19 in the current PASS North standings, despite making only four starts, with two qualifying race wins and one Top-10 finish. The 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Maine state champion is hoping to rebound at White Mountain after a blown engine at Oxford Plains Speedway during qualifying forced him out of the TD Bank Oxford 250 last month.
THE FACTS
WHO: Bradley Babb, Windham, Maine
TEAM: No. 4 Babb Wood Contractors/McGoldrick Bros. Blasting Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Bobby Babb, Windham, Maine
BEST CAREER WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK FINISH: 3rd (September 2011)
LAST RACE AT WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK: 3rd (September 2011)
WHAT: PASS North Series 150
WHERE: White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H. (.25-mile banked oval)
WHEN: Sunday, August 4 – 11 a.m., practice; 2 p.m., qualifying; 4 p.m., race
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by | Aug 2, 2013 | PASS
PASS Sportsman Series: Dan McKeage
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
THE STORY
GORHAM, Maine – Dan McKeage of Gorham, Maine, heads to one of his favorite tracks on the circuit when the PASS Sportsman Series holds a 75-lap event at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Sunday, August 4. McKeage, the 2010 PASS Sportsman champion, sits third in the series standings with one win and three Top-5 finishes through four races. McKeage will be part of a two-car team effort this weekend at White Mountain as his father, Lyman McKeage, returns to the seat of the No. 38 after taking the last several weeks off from driving. Dan McKeage finished second in the most recent PASS Sportsman visit to the high-banked quarter-mile at White Mountain Motorsports Park, where he also recorded a win in 2007.
THE FACTS
WHO: Dan McKeage, Gorham, Maine
TEAM: Naughty 40 Racing No. 40 Top Gun Construction Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Dan Bubar, Windham, Maine
BEST CAREER FINISH AT WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK: 1st (Sept. 2007)
LAST RACE AT WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK: 2nd (August 2012)
WHAT: PASS Sportsman Series 75
WHERE: White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H. (.25-mile oval)
WHEN: 2 p.m., Sunday, August 4
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by | Aug 2, 2013 | PASS
NAPLES, ME (August 1) – Following the success of the 40th running of the TD Bank 250, Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Model teams must now shift their attention to the next test. What lies ahead is a challenge that will see PASS North race in two countries in three days. It starts on Sunday with the series’ first trip of the season to New Hampshire’s White Mountain Motorsports Park and will be followed by a trip to Canada on Tuesday for the second leg of the Autobus La Quebecoise Triple Crown. The Budweiser 150 at Autodrome Chaudiere could be the biggest motorsports event ever held in Quebec and will feature Sprint Cup Series star Kyle Busch. And, with a championship struggle that sees the top five in points separated by less than 100 points, any misstep in the next two races could be detrimental towards claiming the 2013 PASS North title.
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by | Aug 2, 2013 | ACT, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Thunder Road’s VP Racing Fuels night scheduled for Thursday, August 1 has been postponed due to the forecasted series of thunderstorms in the region. The event has been rescheduled for Thursday, August 29 and will be the final point counting event for the Late Models. The event will feature the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen 100-lapper along with regular events for Late Models, Allen Lumber Street Stocks and the Rough Riders.
Thunder Road will be back in action this Sunday, August 4 with the make-up event of Harvest Equipment night. Post time is set for 6:00pm with racing action for the Late Models, Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen and Allen Lumber Street Stocks. The grandstands open at 4:30pm with admission just $10 for adults, kids (ages 6 to 12) $3, and a family ticket $20 (2 adults, 2 kids).
