by Jay | Sep 12, 2010 | Beech Ridge, Maine, New England, PASS
Drive For Five: Johnny Clark Wins PASS 300
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Johnny Clark continued his storybook season on Sunday afternoon at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, winning the PASS 300 for his fifth PASS North Series victory of the year and firming his grasp on a fifth career series championship.
“We’ve been on an awesome tear all year long,” said Clark, a two-time winner of the PASS 300, having won the event in 2008 as well. “This is just phenomenal.”
Clark took the lead from Bill Rodgers on Lap 260 and then held off Cassius Clark on a restart with 19 laps remaining.
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by Jay | Sep 12, 2010 | Beech Ridge, Maine, New England, PASS
Vaughn, Dow and Beaulieu Claim Saturday PASS 400 Weekend wins
Scarborough ME (9/11) Day three of PASS 400 weekend was highlighted by qualifying for all three PASS North touring divisions plus features for the Legends, Road Runners and Wildcats.
144 race cars rolled through the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway back gate and from the first green to the final checker the fans in the stands witnessed short track racing at its finest.
Tom Scully Jr., Joey Doiron, David Oliver and PASS Super Late Model point leader Johnny Clark all claimed their qualifiers. Super Late Model consolation rounds went to PASS National Series point leader Preston Peltier and 2009 PASS North Rookie of the Year Nick Ribbe. Sunday’s Last Chance race will determine the final qualifiers for the 300 lap, $10,000 to win PASS 300.
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by Jay | Sep 11, 2010 | ACT, New England
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Airborne Speedway Race Preview
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., heads to the track he calls home for the ACT Late Model Tour Mohawk Casino Fall Foliage 300 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Dragon is a three-time track champion in the Airborne Late Model division (1995, 1996, 2000), and he won the Fall Foliage 200 in 2004 — the year he swept both the Spring Green 100 and Fall Foliage 200. He is second in the ACT standings with two races remaining, having posted three Top-5s and an incredible eight Top-10 finishes through 11 races.
WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
TEAM: No. 55 Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/Charlesbois Freightliner/Newton Pellets Chevrolet
BEST CAREER AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY FINISH: 1st (2 times; most recently, September 2004)
LAST RACE AT AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY: 4th (July 2010)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Mohawk Casino Fall Foliage 300
WHERE: Airborne Speedway, Plattsburgh, N.Y. (.500-mile oval)
WHEN: 1 p.m., Sunday, September 12
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by Jay | Sep 11, 2010 | Beech Ridge, Maine, New England, PASS
Thursday Night Open gets PASS 400 Weekend off to a fast start
NAPLES ME (9/10) The stars of Maine’s mid week racing series took the spot light Thursday, opening four days of motorsports mania at Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.120 of the fast and furious racers answered the call to get the sixth annual PASS 400 party started in style.
The Four Cylinders kicked off the night with a fifty lap feature and a thirty-one car field. Kyle Hewins made it two in a row on PASS 400 Thursday night, surviving a torrid battle with Troy Jordan. The pair worked lap traffic for much of the night and Jordan got the better of Hewins from laps 11 to 26 but Hewins was able to drive under Morse to reclaim the lead. The pair put on a show as they worked lap traffic, splitting slower cars and battling for the $500.00 payday e but into the end it was Hewins by 6 car lengths.
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by Jay | Sep 8, 2010 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
NHMS ACT INVITATIONAL ANNOUNCES MORE 2010 INVITEES
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) has announced another round of invited teams who have been invited to participate in the second ACT Invitational to be held at the regions largest sporting complex, the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) on Saturday, September 18, 2010. The event will be held as one of three preliminary events leading to the Sunday, September 19th first ‘Chase’ for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship. The ACT teams will join the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the Camping World Truck Series in a spectacular triple-header event on Saturday, September 18.
The first group of ACT teams, selected a week ago, represented the winners of 2010 championship events and track champion candidates with a few ‘at large’ selections. This announcement is primarily teams from an ‘at large’ pool who participated in a test and tune session last month at the Speedway. “This group represents sixteen (16) more teams in the selection process. This has been one of the most difficult jobs I have had in the racing business. We had 71 teams test and they all did a great job. They really are all deserving of being part of the 43 team starting grid. That is the problem; there are only 43 spots for 71 worthy teams,” said Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian Tour.
The following group will join initial invitees, Brian Hoar, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Karl Allard, Patrick Laperle, John Donahue, Eddie MacDonald, Guy Caron, Brent Dragon, Ricky Rolfe, Donald Theetge, Dan McHattie, Alex Labbe, Austin Theriault, Miles Chipman, Randy Potter, Nick Sweet, David Pembroke, Dennis Spencer, Jr., and Mark Hayward.
4ME Brad Babb Windham, ME 17ON Justin Holtom Ottawa, ON
5RI Richard Staskowski Hope Valley, RI 21QC JF Dery Quebec City, QC
7ME Glen Luce Turner, ME 27NH Wayne Helliwell, Jr. Dover, NH
07ME Scott Luce Strong, ME 32VT JP Cyr Milton, VT
14VT Phil Scott Middlesex, VT 42MA Jeff Zuidema Northbrook, MA
15CT Jeff Smith Old Lyme, CT 51QC Patrick Hamel St-Edouard, QC
15VT Joey Laquerre Barre, VT 84ON Larry Jackson Oakville, ON
16NY Mark Lamberton Mooers Forks, NY 94ME Shawn Martin Turner, ME
The next event on the American Canadian Tour is the Fall Foliage 300 at the Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY. Many teams from both the ACT US and the Serie Castrol will be competing in the longest event of the year. The traditional fall event will award another possible invitation to the NHMS event. The final eight (8) Invitational positions will be announced on Monday, September 13, 2010.
by Jay | Sep 6, 2010 | Canada, Maine, New England, PASS
Johnny Clark Dominates Auto Value 250
Clark Pockets More Than $26,000 In Win At Speedway 660
GEARY, N.B. — Johnny Clark couldn’t have scripted it any better. Heck, even noted Hollywood director Steven Spielberg couldn’t have.
Clark thoroughly dominated the competition Sunday night at Speedway 660, leading all but a handful of laps en route to his second career Auto Value 250 win. Counting the win purse, the bonus paid to the leader at the halfway mark and lap leader earnings, Clark pocketed a total of $26,300 in the open competition for Super Late Model/Pro Stock cars.
The four-time PASS North Series champion and current series points leader previously won the Auto Value 250 in 2007.
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