by Jay | Jul 8, 2010 | Connecticut, Pro Four Modifieds, Stafford
Norm Wrenn Captures Fourth Win of the Season at Stafford
Stafford Springs, CT – July 6, 2010 – With 17 cars on hand, the RF Logic/Bot-L Gas Pro Four Modifieds of New England were the opening act for Stafford Motor Speedway’s Carquest Extreme Tuesday Event. Adam Norton and Norm Wrenn took the checkers in their respected heat races.
Phil Lauiser brought the field to the green on the initial start of the feature, but it wasn’t long before Rob Richardi, Jr. was able to make the pass for the lead. By lap two 11th place starter, George Sherman, was up to 5th place while Adam Norton and Tyler Anderson were also on the move through the pack.
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by Jay | Jul 8, 2010 | Beech Ridge, Maine, New England, PASS
Beech Ridge a key stop in the heart of the 2010 PASS North schedule
NAPLES ME (7/7/10) Mother Nature has turned up the thermostat and so has the Pro All Stars Series as the toughest month of the super late model schedule moves on to Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday July 10. Beech Ridge is the second stop of a five race month for the super late models and it’s likely that many teams will measure thei seasons’ success based on their results in July.
The family focused oval produces some of the closest racing around and the Beech Ridge Pro Series regulars that often come out to challenge the touring teams are always competitive. 2009 track champion Mike Rowe, Aaron Ricker, Chuck Colby, and a whole lot more are well capable of running up front. Former PASS North regular Mike Rowe whipped up on the field in the series’ first 2010 appearance at the immaculate Holmes Road oval. The 2006 PASS South Champion came from 28th in the field to deny Adam Bates and Ben Rowe the Sunoco checkered flag
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by Jay | Jul 8, 2010 | ACT, New England
Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour
Airborne Speedway Race Preview
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., heads to Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., this weekend for the ACT Late Model Tour’s rain-delayed Spring Green 100 on Saturday, July 10. The race was originally scheduled for May before weather postponed the event. Polewarczyk is looking for his first career top-10 finish at Airborne, and it wouldn’t come at a better time. After finishing seventh in a 40-lap weekly event at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, last weekend, Polewarczyk is looking for his third straight top-10 finish with his Ford crate engine. With Airborne’s long straightaways over its half-mile layout,
Polewarczyk joins the Ford camp in hoping this is a track where this engine package will shine.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: No. 97 Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision Ford Fusion
BEST CAREER AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY FINISH: 11th (May 2009)
LAST RACE AT AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY: 20th (September 2009)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 100
WHERE: Airborne Speedway, Plattsburgh, N.Y. (.500-mile oval)
WHEN: 6 p.m., Saturday, July 10
ACT Late Model Tour
LAST RACE: Saturday, June 26, White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H. (9th-place)
NEXT RACE: Sunday, July 18, TD Bank 250 (non-points), Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine
POINTS POSITION: 5th
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by Jay | Jul 6, 2010 | ACT, New England
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Airborne Speedway Race Preview
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., returns to Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., this weekend for the ACT Late Model Tour’s rain-delayed Spring Green 100 on Saturday, July 10. The race was originally scheduled for May before weather postponed the event at a track where Dragon has enjoyed plenty of success. A three-time track champion there in the Late Model division (1995, 1996, 2000), it is the track Dragon refers to as “home.” In 2004, Dragon swept Airborne’s marquee events by winning both the Spring Green 100 and the Fall Foliage 200 in the same season. His father, Beaver Dragon, won the Spring Green 100 three times in his career, while his uncle, Bobby Dragon, is also a past winner of the race. Brent enters the sixth race of the ACT season second in the series standings, 89 points behind leader Brian Hoar.
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 recent: Fall Foliage 200, September 2004)
LAST RACE AT AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY: 3rd (September 2009)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 100
WHERE: Airborne Speedway, Plattsburgh, N.Y. (.500-mile oval)
WHEN: 6 p.m., Saturday, July 10
ACT Late Model Tour
LAST RACE: June 26, White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H. (6th-place)
NEXT RACE: July 18, TD Bank 250 (non-points), Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine
POINTS POSITION: 2nd
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by Jay | Jul 6, 2010 | Connecticut, Lime Rock Park, NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, New England
Pit Strategy Goes Awry For Fadden Racing’s Jonathan Smith At LRP
Lakeville, Conn. (July 5, 2010): A mid-race pit strategy foiled a top-10 run for Fadden Racing’s Jonathan Smith in the NASCAR K&N 100 at Lime Rock Park Saturday afternoon, and relegated the No. 61 BaBoom! Energy Spray/Riondo Wine/Athlete’s of America Chevrolet to a 13th place finish after a solid performance race long.
“We were hoping to do a fuel mileage race and not pit, but it didn’t turn out like we thought. There were a lot of green flag laps. We came in to pit and right after that there was a six or seven lap caution period.”
Smith proved he was going to be a force to reckon with from the onset of the weekend. He was fast in practice and backed it up with a qualifying effort of 94.947 mph to earn a 12th place position on the starting grid.
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by Jay | Jul 5, 2010 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS
PASS North: Ben Rowe reigns, breaks Clark’s skein
Naples ME (7/3/10) Ben Rowe has run up front in all four Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North races to date and Saturday night the four time series champ took Scott Mulkern’s Community Pharmacies 48 to victory lane, a first in the win column for the new team led by journeyman crew chief Seth Holbrook.
Rowe took the lead for good on lap 84 of Saturday night’s 150 lap Fourth of July Spectacular at Canaan (NH) Fair Speedway, battling with Johnny Clark over the final sixty six laps to claim the victory and foil Clark’s shot at four straight PASS North super late model wins.
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