by Jay | Sep 22, 2012 | ACT, New Hampshire, NHMS, Touring Series News
Loudon, NH – American Canadian Tour officials have announced the starting lineup for the 4th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, set to roll off at 4:30pm on Saturday, September 22. 42 ACT competitors drew numbers for their positions in the starting lineup.
Drawing the pole for the event was Ontario driver Ryan Kimball, who is currently second in overall points at Kawartha Downs Speedway near Peterborough, ON. Dueling with Kimball on the front row will be former K&N Pro Series Champion, and Barre, VT Thunder Road competitor Jamie Aube. Maine star T.J. Brackett of Buckfield, ME will start third, with multi-time Oxford Plains Speedway Champion and fellow Mainer Ricky Rolfe starting fourth. Rookie Ben Lynch of Huntersville, NC will start fifth.
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by Jay | Sep 22, 2012 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS, Touring Series News
Norwood, Ontario’s Ryan Kimball and North Ferrisburgh, Vermont’s Jamie Aube will lead the 42-car Bond Auto ACT Invitational field to green at New Hampshire Motor Speedway at approximately 4:30pm today (Saturday, September 22).
The fourth annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational has a star-studded field of champions from Northeastern U.S. and Eastern Canada. Two-time Invitational champion Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, Massachusetts will try to earn his second straight Bond Auto ACT Invitational win from the 26th starting spot. Another former Invitational winner Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, New Hampshire will be starting from the 33rd starting spot.
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by Jay | Sep 21, 2012 | NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS, Sprint Cup, Touring Series News
GORDON WILL LEAD THE FIELD TO GREEN IN SYLVANIA 300 AT NEW HAMPSHIRE
EARNS FOURTH CAREER POLE AT NHMS
Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet, will lead the field to the green in Sunday’s Sylvania 300 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Round 28 on the tour and the second stop of the 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Gordon posted a lap of 28.232 seconds, 134.911 mph to capturing the 72nd pole of his Cup career in 681 starts and fourth pole award at NHMS. This is Gordon’s second pole of 2012 and his 12th start from inside the top-10 this season.
Defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart qualified third in his No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet, which will mark the 18th time he has started in the top-10 at NHMS. Fellow driver and defending NHMS winner, Kasey Kahne, No. 5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet qualified sixth.
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by Jay | Sep 21, 2012 | ACT, New Hampshire, NHMS, Touring Series News
RPM Motorsports: ACT Invitational
Brian Hoar NH Motor Speedway Race Preview
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., returns to New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., for the fourth annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational on Saturday, September 22. Hoar, a former track record holder at New England’s largest speedway, will join 42 other drivers from the ACT Late Model Tour, ACT Castrol Series and weekly Late Model divisions from across the northeast and Canada for the 50-lap All-Star event. Hoar finished fifth in the event last season in the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger, just one month removed from winning the only ACT Late Model Tour points race ever contested at The Magic Mile. The race is part of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 weekend at the track and is one of four races to be held as part of the Saturday program.
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by Jay | Sep 19, 2012 | NEMST, Touring Series News
The Texas Roadhouse North East Mini Stock Tour made its return to Canaan Fair Speedway for the first time in two years on a cold windy morning Sunday. The race at Canaan marked the ninth event in the 2012 NEMST points championship. The top 2 cars entered the event with a mere 13 point separation with Danny Field holding onto the lead after the last race at Lee USA.
Practice started shortly after noon with Matt Sonnhalter breaking out as the fastest car on the track and leaving fellow drivers in his tracks. Sonnhalter pushed his Volkswagen down into the 16 second lap times, the only car during the day to achieve that speed.
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by Jay | Sep 18, 2012 | Canaan, Granite State Pro Stock, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Hometown racing veteran takes win at Canaan Fair Speedway
CANAAN, NH — Hometown stock car racer Donnie Lashua took the lead from polesitter Cory Roberts on lap 39 to score his first career Granite State Pro Stock Series win Sunday in the 100-lap event at Canaan Fair Speedway.
Lashua started third in the 18-car field and patiently rode behind Roberts for the first third of the race. The veteran Lashua was able to work inside of Roberts and snag the lead for the remainder of the race, but had to hold him off on three late race restarts.
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