by Jay | Apr 27, 2010 | Beech Ridge, PASS, Thompson
Ramstrom Eyes More Super Late Model Starts
WEST BOYLSTON, Mass. — Hoping to capitalize on the momentum created earlier this month at the season-opening Icebreaker event at his home track, Derek Ramstrom has altered his 2010 racing plans.
The youngest track champion in Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway history, Ramstrom will attempt to win a second consecutive title in the track’s Super Late Model division. After winning both ends of an Icebreaker doubleheader for the Super Late Models, Ramstrom took a hard look at returning to weekly competition full-time.
“It’s a good opportunity and to go out and try and repeat,” said Ramstrom, 18, who originally planned to race only a partial schedule at Thompson. “I have a lot of track time there now, and every week I seem to run better and better. I’m just more on top of my game when I race there and know I can win the championship again.
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by Jay | Apr 27, 2010 | Beech Ridge, Maine, New England, PASS
PASS ready to rock Beech Ridge Saturday
Naples ME (4/26) PASS North’s tenth anniversary season gets underway on Saturday afternoon May 1st at Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, and racers and race fans from throughout the region are ready for the long awaited opening day.
There’s a healthy list of pre-entries in the headlining PASS super late model division. Adam Bates, Johnny Clark, Ben Rowe, Kelly Moore and Richie Dearborn all have to be considered threats for the opening day win. Travis Benjamin, Scott Chubbuck, Matt Frahm and Joey Doiron all run strong at the Ridge. Gary Smith, Donnie Whitten, Scott Alexander, Chuck Colby and John Higgins are all pre-entered plus fans can expect to see a number of Beech Ridge Pro Series regulars attempt to steal the touring pros’ thunder.
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by Jay | Apr 26, 2010 | PASS
Peltier paces PASS South at Orange County
Rougemont NC (4/25) Preston Peltier used the bottom groove to work his way past Ryan Moore on lap 112 of the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Orange Blossom Special to claim his second consecutive PASS South super late model win of 2010. It was also Peltiers’ second consecutive PASS Orange Blossom Special victory at the Rougemont North Carolina speed plant.
Daniel Hemric made his PASS debut a successful one with a strong second after a brief stint in the lead, and fast timer Joey Gase raced home third. 2007 PASS South Champion Ryan Lawler was fourth and Andy Loden came home fifth. Moore faded to sixth at the finish followed by Ryan Blaney, Evan Jackson, Tim Nooner and early race leader Devin Jones. Moore led the most laps (24-112) before relinquishing the lead to Peltier.
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by Jay | Apr 24, 2010 | ACT, New England
12TH ANNUAL MERCHANTS BANK 150 OPENS T-ROAD
Waterbury, VT – Over fifty (50) American Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model teams are expected to battle the high banks of Thunder Road for thirty (30) qualifying spots in the $25,000 Merchants Bank 150 opening event on Sunday, May 2, 2010 at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement”, Barre, Vermont’s Thunder Road.
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by Jay | Apr 21, 2010 | ACT
ACT NEWCOMERS GIVE A NEW LOOK TO 2010 TOUR
Waterbury, VT – Fans at the opening events on the 2010 American Canadian Tour (ACT) will see a host of veteran returning drivers, along with lots of new teams—the most diverse group the popular regional Tour has seen since it started touring in 1996.
Five former ACT regulars from the past rejoin the 2010 Tour — Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, and Ontario are each sending teams who could have an immediate impact on the 2010 Tour season.
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by Jay | Apr 21, 2010 | ACT, New England
Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour
Albany-Saratoga Speedway Race Preview
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. will try and earn Ford Racing its first ACT Late Model Tour victory when he opens the 2010 season in the Albany-Saratoga 100 at Albany-Saratoga Speedway in Malta, N.Y., on Sunday, April 25. The track was renovated from a dirt track in the offseason and made into a flat, .400-mile asphalt oval in time for this year, and this will be just the second event held at the new speedway. The originally scheduled season-opening NH Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, N.H., last week was postponed by weather. Polewarczyk enters his sixth season with ACT and has four career wins, including two at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, and he has finished inside the top-5 in nine of his last 24 starts.
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