by Jay | Aug 17, 2012 | All-Star Speedway, Granite State Pro Stock, New Hampshire, Star Speedway, Touring Series News
Reid Lanpher: Granite State Pro Stock Series
Star Speedway Race Preview
Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, will have a busy night ahead of him at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., on Saturday, August 18, with a pair of 25-lap Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour feature races followed by a 100-lap Granite State Pro Stock Series event. The 14-year-old Lanpher will drive the No. 59 EJP/Mission Trailers Chevrolet in the third GSPSS event of the season, after finishing sixth last time out at Hudson Speedway for his best career series finish. Lanpher will also have double-duty on the NELCAR side of things, having already qualified for a feature event that was rained out on Aug. 4 in addition to a regularly scheduled event.
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by Jay | Aug 16, 2012 | Granite State Pro Stock, New England, Touring Series News
Granite State Pro Stock Series Prepare To Go Back-to-Back
Star Speedway hosts Pro Stocks August 18; GSPSS return to Hudson on August 26
The Granite State Pro Stock Series kick off their busiest stretch of stock car auto racing with back-to-back weekends in the southeastern part of New Hampshire. Star Speedway, located in Epping, NH, will welcome the Granite State Pro Stock Series on Saturday night, August 18. One week later, Hudson (NH) Speedway will host the Granite State Pro Stock Series for a second time in the 2012 season on Sunday evening, August 26, in the Hudson Hugger 100.
Current Granite State Pro Stock Series point leader Bobby Cabral leads the series into the back-to-back weekend events with a slim eight point lead over Walpole, NH veteran Mike Parks. Cabral, of East Kingston, NH, is a long time competitor at Star Speedway and claimed the Gate City Classic 100 win earlier in the season at Hudson Speedway. Parks finished second in the Gate City Classic 100.
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by Jay | Aug 15, 2012 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Joey Doiron Racing: PASS North Series
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Report
NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. – Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, rallied late to finish fourth in the PASS North Series 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Sunday, August 12. Doiron was spun from behind early after a number of cars stacked up exiting Turn 4, only to drive all the way from 20 on the ensuing restart to fourth in less than 100 laps. The No. 73 JBJ Machine/Scarborough Downs Chevrolet battled an engine issue – including excessive heat inside the cockpit – to post his fifth Top-10 finish at the track in six career starts. The race was called complete after 123 laps due to rain.
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by Jay | Aug 14, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
AT Racing: ACT Late Model Tour
Austin Theriault Sanair Speedway Race Report
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished third in the rain-delayed ACT 100 at Sanair Super Speedway in Saint Påie, Quebec, on Sunday, August 12. After completing the first seven laps Saturday night, the race was resumed on Sunday afternoon on the .875-mile triangle – with Theriault being sent to the rear of the field after ACT officials had questions about his right rear tire. With just one caution flag over the final 93 laps, Theriault rolled all the way from 37th to third and was within striking distance of the leaders for the win off the race’s final corner. It was the seventh Top-10 finish in as many starts this season for Theriault, who also has six Top-5 finishes in seven ACT races in 2012.
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by Jay | Aug 14, 2012 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Dale Shaw, Joe Pastore top Mod, Sportsman fields
NORTH WOODSTOCK NH (8/12) Center Conway New Hampshire’s DJ Shaw charged from deep in the field to take the lead on lap 53 of Sunday afternoon’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North super late model feature,earning his second win of 2012 at North Woodstock New Hampshire’s White Mountain Motorsports Park. Shaw kept Lonnie Sommerville and Cassius Clark in his mirrors for the final seventy laps in a rain shortened 123 lap feature.
Kyle DeSouza and Lonnie Sommerville led the field to the green and Sommerville quickly dispatched with DeSouza for the early lead. Sommerville’s team mate and car owner Scott Mulkern raced past DeSouza on a lap 27 restart and took the lead from Sommerville when the pair restarted after a lap 34 yellow. 15 laps later Sommerville reclaimed the lead but Shaw was ready to take up the challenge, moving up to second on lap 49. Shaw, who has a White Mountain late model track title to his credit, drove by Sommerville on lap 53 and opened up a commanding lead despite two more restart challenges from Sommerville. Mulkern’s good day came to an end after a dust up with John Donahue sent him into the turn one wall, just as mother nature let loose with showers that ended the race.
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by Jay | Aug 13, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
RPM Motorsports: ACT Late Model Tour
Brian Hoar Sanair Super Speedway Race Report
SAINT PIE, Quebec – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., finished second in the rain-delayed ACT 100 at Sanair Super Speedway in Saint Pie, Quebec, on Sunday, August 12. The eight-time ACT Late Model Tour champion moved into sole possession of third-place in the current Tour standings, just 45 points out of the lead with three races remaining. The combination event with the ACT Castrol Series was completed on Sunday, after being halted by rain with seven laps complete the night before. Hoar started 12th in the field when weather washed out qualifying and the starting grid was set via practice times. After falling back early in traffic, the No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger closed onto eventual winner Wayne Helliwell Jr.’s bumper with under five laps remaining on the .875-mile triangle.
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