by | Jul 18, 2013 | VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
Canaan, NH. – The hot summer schedule and 10th anniversary season continues this weekend, Saturday, July 20, when the Valenti Modified Racing Series returns to Oxford, Maine, for the 40th annual TD Bank 250 weekend. The series will be making its sixth appearance at Oxford in the last seven years.
In previous events, five different drivers have visited victory lane at the famed oval. Two are expected Saturday.
One is popular local favorite, David Pinkham of Buxton, expected to compete in the Tom Greeley owned # 22. Pinkham is a three-time series winner and the 2008 winner of the Oxford race.
Joe Doucette, of Framingham, MA, has run a limited schedule this season but will return to the site of his first and only series win. Doucette electrified the crowd in 2011 when on lap 97; he passed for the lead to a thunderous roar from the grandstands
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by | Jul 11, 2013 | VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
Canaan, NH. – When the Valenti Modified Racing Series swings back into action Saturday, July 13, it will be a homecoming for the New England racing organization. Well sort of. The series is headquartered in the town of Canaan, NH, the next stop on the schedule. Canaan Fair Speedway, a 1/3-mile facility, will host the open wheel modified series for the 11th time in 10 year.. As the 10th anniversary season rolls on, the point’s battle continues to be the
buzz after five completed races.
Huntingdon Valley, PA., hot shoe Rowan Pennink holds a slight 8-point lead over 18-year old Tommy Barrett, of Millis, MA., heading to Canaan. Louie Mechalides, of Tyngsboro, MA., finished just outside the top 10 at last weeks Monadnock Speedway event, dropping him to third in the standings but only 12 points back. Richard Savary, of Canton, MA., still holds down fourth, while Nashua, NH., veteran Norm Wrenn has quietly moved into fifth based on a sixth place finish at Monadnock.
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by | Jun 5, 2013 | Seekonk Speedway, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
Canaan, NH — With only one qualifying heat race contested over two weeks ago, and rain forcing cancellation of that program at Thompson (CT) Speedway, Valenti Modified Racing Series drivers are eager to race this weekend at the famed Seekonk (MA) Speedway, the next stop on the 10th Anniversary tour.
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by | May 17, 2013 | Connecticut, Thompson, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
THOMPSON,CT. The Valenti Modified Racing Series heads to Thompson Speedway this Sunday for the first of three appearances this year at the storied oval. A star-studded field of drivers is expected including defending champion, Jon McKennedy.
McKennedy will make his first start of the season in a Valenti Modified. His car owner, Art Barry, has been sidelined due to illness but he has improved enough to where he not only plans to field a car but fully intends to be at the track. “I’ve got enough guys to put a team together and I’m really looking forward to it,” said the long-time car owner.
The last time the Valenti Modified Racing Series was at Thompson was during the Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing last October. Rowan Pennink claimed the 75-lap victory and the current VMRS point leader will be looking for a repeat win. That, however, will be a tall order for the Pennsylvania driver who will face stiff competition from a host of extremely competitive VRMS race teams. (more…)
by | May 14, 2013 | Connecticut, Thompson, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
Canaan, NH. — Huntingdon Valley, PA, modified driver Rowan Pennink knows the way to victory lane at Thompson International Speedway. He’s won three races at the famed Connecticut oval and will be looking for his second straight win there when the Valenti Modified Racing Series swings into Thompson, this Sunday afternoon, May 19, for the first of three scheduled 75-lap events this season. Pennink won the May and October races last year.
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by Jay | May 2, 2013 | Connecticut, Thompson, Touring Series News, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
PENNINK TO LEAD VALENTI MODIFIEDS TO THOMPSON ON MAY 19TH.
THOMPSON, CT Rowan Pennink, fresh off of a second place finish at the Thompson Speedway’s Icebreaker, will lead a full field of Valenti Modified Racing Series cars and stars to the Thompson Speedway on Sunday, May 19th. The Pennsylvania driver is the current points leader in the VMRS. He gained the top spot as a result of a 4th place finish in the season-opening race at the Waterford Speedbowl and then a win at the Monadnock Speedway. Pennink, like many drivers, competes with the Valenti Modified Racing Series, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.
“I think we have a pretty good chance at Thompson”, Pennink said. “With the # 25 car, Thompson seems to be our best track. Gary (Casella) has a really good setup for that track and we have had great motors from Mike Pettit. Generally, we unload the car at Thompson and don’t touch it. The setup has been that good,” Pennink concluded.
When asked about the challenge of competing in every race on both the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the Valenti Modified Racing Series, Pennink said that they plan to run them all. He did indicate that there are a couple of races that are scheduled pretty close, but he indicated that the teams felt that if all went well they would be able to make every race.
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