by Jay | Jun 28, 2009 | New
John Donahue Dominates the White Mountain 150
North Woodstock, NH – John Donahue dominated the White Mountain 150 American-Canadian stock car race at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, NH. Donahue earned the pole starting position after receiving a plus 7 in the ACT Tour’s plus-minus handicap system. No one could keep up with the blistering pace he set as he led every lap of the event and lapped all but the top ten.
Brent Dragon earned the runner-up position followed by Nick Sweet, Eric Williams, and Ben Rowe rounding out the top five. Scott Payea came home sixth, Cris Michaud seventh, Tyler Cahoon eighth, Brad Leighton ninth and Pete Potvin was the last car on the lead lap and finished tenth.
Donahue becomes the sixth different winner in six completed tour events. He becomes the eleventh different driver to earn his way to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the ACT Invitational on September 19th.
The American-Canadian Tour has next weekend off before making its next stop north of the border in Fraserville, ON at Kawartha Speedway for the Summer Sizzler 200 on Sunday, July 12th.
Unofficial White Mountain 150 Results – 1. John Donahue (26VT) Graniteville, VT, 2. Brent Dragon (55VT) Milton, VT, 3. Nicholas Sweet (88) Barre, VT, 4. Eric Williams (7VT) Hyde Park, VT, 5. Ben Rowe (10NH) Turner, ME, 6. Scott Payea (89) Milton, VT, 7. Cris Michaud (6) Northfield, VT, 8. Tyler Cahoon (38VT) St.Johnsbury, VT, 9. Brad Leighton (55NH) Center Harbor, NH, 10. Pete Potvin (41) Graniteville, VT, 11. Randy Potter (02NH) Groveton, NH, 12. Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (97NH) Hudson, NH, 13. Dan Colby (68) Lyman, NH, 14. Glen Luce (7ME) Turner, ME, 15. Todd Aldrich (17) N. Haverill, NH, 16. Eric Chase (40VT) Milton, VT, 17. Ricky Rolfe (51ME) Albany TWP, ME, 18. Stacy Cahoon (83) St. Johnsbury, VT, 19. Bernie Langtagne (3) McIndoe Falls, VT, 20. Russ Clark (2)Littleton, NH, 21. Donnie Lashua (08) Meredith, NH, 22. Brian Hoar (37) Williston, VT, 23. Jamie Fisher (18) Shelburne, VT, 24. Chris Bergeron (27) Claremont, NH, 25. Chip Grenier (9VT)Graniteville, VT, 26. Joe Becker (16) Jeffersonville, VT, 27. Aarron Ricker (22) Tamworth, NH, 28. Joey Doiron (73ME) Berwick, ME, 29. Scott Dragon (71) Colchester, VT.
Unofficial White Mountain 150 Results
Fin Start
Pos Pos Car # Driver
1 1 26VT John Donahue
2 6 55VT Brent Dragon
3 5 88 Nicholas Sweet
4 10 7VT Eric Williams
5 26 10NH Ben Rowe
6 24 89 Scott Payea
7 14 6 Cris Michaud
8 25 38VT Tyler Cahoon
9 17 55NH Brad Leighton
10 9 41 Pete Potvin, III
11 23 02NH Randy Potter
12 21 97NH Joey Polewarczyk, Jr.
13 27 68 Dan Colby
14 4 7ME Glen Luce
15 30 17 Todd Aldrich
16 29 40VT Eric Chase
17 11 51ME Ricky Rolfe
18 22 83 Stacy Cahoon
19 2 3 Bernie Langtagne
20 19 2 Russ Clark
21 13 08 Donnie Lashua
22 8 37 Brian Hoar
23 15 18 Jamie Fisher
24 18 27 Chris Bergeron
25 12 9VT Chip Grenier
26 3 16 Joe Becker
27 7 22 Aarron Ricker
28 28 73ME Joey Doiron
29 16 71 Scott Dragon
by Jay | Jun 28, 2009 | New
Flat Tire Deflates Moffitt’s Run At NHMS
Loudon, N.H. (June 27, 2009): Brett Moffitt has been on an upward climb in the NASCAR Camping World Series East, but Friday afternoon bad luck struck the 16-year-old driver that resulted in a 27th place finish in the Heluva Good! Summer 125 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Moffitt was running third when a tire blew on his No. 44 Castle Packs Power/EJP/Brettmoffitt.com Chevrolet and sent him into the wall in turn four. The incident caused enough damage that the Andy Santerre Motorsports entry had to park the car for the day.
“There was no warning or anything. The tire just went out,” said Moffitt.
The weekend kicked off for Moffitt with a qualifying effort of 124.106 mph (30.690 seconds) – a speed fast enough to earn a starting position in row two in the fourth position.
When the green flag dropped, Moffitt took the third position away from Kevin Swindell and quickly settled in behind the leaders. A long green flag run developed with more than a second separating Moffitt from the second place driver of Ryan Truex. As the laps ticked off and the leaders hit lapped traffic, Moffitt was able to close up the distance to a single carlength.
Despite his progress, however, trouble was just around the corner.
“The car was really, really good. Andy has always run good here. It was just a little bit tight, but we could have made a couple of adjustments during the pit stops and that would have really helped us out,” Moffitt said.
At lap 39, Moffitt was coming around turn three when he suddenly slid up the banking and hit the wall. The 16 year old driver brought the No. 44 back to pit road, but due to the damage, could not maneuver the car behind pit road wall.
“The right front rotor broke. We were trying to get it behind the wall and the right front was locking up so we couldn’t turn,” he explained. A tow truck was sent out to get the car and Moffitt was done for the day.
Up next for the NASCAR Camping World Series East is Thompson International Speedway on July 11th. The race, which marks the seventh event on the schedule, could mark a turning point for the team.
“We’re still sponsorless and we only have one more race covered,” said Moffitt. “Our plan was always to run the first seven races and hope to find a partner for the remainder of the season. At this point, it’s just Thompson and that’s it.”
For more information on Brett Moffitt and Andy Santerre Motorsports, visit www.andysanterremotorsports.com or www.brettmoffitt.com.
by Jay | Jun 28, 2009 | New
Brackett ends five-year drought with emotional Late Model victory
OXFORD, Maine – Five years, including a championship season, passed since Tim Brackett’s last feature win at Oxford Plains Speedway. Brackett also saw at least two previous podium finishes in 2009 unravel due to late-race spins.
Small wonder that Brackett sounded a little bit moved, even choked up, after collecting his 43rd career OPS checkered flag in the 40-lap Oxford Networks Late Model main event Saturday night.
Brackett put each of his 30-plus years experience to work in holding off another of the speedway’s all-time greats, four-time champion Travis Adams, to prevail by a car length.
“I’m so glad this is finally over,” Brackett said. “It was such a long time getting here.”
Adams’ late rally reduced Brackett’s lead from a half-straightaway to a shadow over the final 10 laps. The current point leader settled for second, however, with Tommy Ricker a season-best third, Billy Childs Jr. fourth and Scott Robbins fifth.
Each of the three Championship Series winners pocketed his first victory of the year.
Tommy Tompkins dominated the 30-lap Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Strictly Stock feature, while Steve Barker put on a similar display in the Allen’s Mini Stock main. Both races ran from wire-to-wire without a caution.
Tompkins, like Brackett, turned up the wick early in his race and parlayed it into an impressive victory. Skip Tripp used the outside lane to overtake KIm Tripp in an intense battle for second, with B.J. Chapman fourth and Jerry Harrison edging point leader Zach Emerson for fifth.
Barker, whose car sustained engine failure three weeks ago, has been one of the fastest four-cylinders ever since. It showed Saturday, when he cruised to his heat win and overtook Jeff Moon for the lead on lap 5 of the finale.
Standout rookie Calvin Rose Jr. made a terrific outside charge to second but never saw the caution flag he needed to make a bid at Barker. Justin Karkos, winner in three of his previous four starts, rounded out the top three in front of Darrell Moore and Larry Melcher.
Familiar faces reigned in Acceleration Series Agren Appliance Saturday Showdown activity.
Ryan Farrar claimed his third straight Call of the Wild RV Center Sport Truck victory, topping Jon Lizotte and Kevin Oliver. Ross Spurling was fourth and Jeff Schmidt fifth.
Kyle Hewins is 4-for-7 in an entertaining Macdonald Motors Runnin’ Rebel campaign after his latest victory. Hewins shook off Zach Audet for the lead with five circuits remaining in the 20-lapper.
Defending Agren champ Troy Jordan took third, backed by John Childs and championship leader Matt Dufault.
The Senior Tour Auto Racers also made their annual visit to OPS, flexing the muscles of their crowd-pleasing 1970s modified cars and 1930s coupes.
OPS has a bust holiday weekend in store. Acceleration Series action cranks up Wednesday, July 1, followed by the first round of the Summer Slam Triple Crown with Tripls 50s for the Championship Series divisions on Thursday.
Maine State Lottery Fireworks Night punctuates the weekend on Saturday the Fourth. Start time each night is 6:30 p.m.
OXFORD NETWORKS LATE MODEL (40 laps): 1. Tim Brackett, Buckfield; 2. Travis Adams, Canton; 3. Tommy Ricker, Poland; 4. Billy Childs Jr., Leeds; 5. Scott Robbins, Dixfield; 6. Shawn Martin, Turner; 7. Don Wentworth, Otisfield; 8. Shawn Knight, South Paris; 9. Corey Morgan, Lewiston; 10. Travis Stearns, Auburn; 11. Nick Brown, Bath; 12. Bruce Haley, Minot; 13. Jeff White, Winthrop; 14. Wayne Helliwell Jr., Pelham, N.H.; 15. Gary Chiasson, Peru; 16. Ben Ashline, Pittston; 17. Gerald Parlin, South Paris; 18. Ron Charpentier Jr., Wales; 19. Matt Sanborn, West Baldwin; 20. Jason Larrabee, Raymond.
ALLEN’S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK (30 laps): 1. Tommy Tompkins, Dixfield; 2. Skip Tripp, Poland; 3. Kim Tripp, Oxford; 4. B.J. Chapman, Bridgton; 5. Jerry Harrison, Freeport; 6. Zach Emerson, Sabattus; 7. Mike Short, Auburn; 8. Larry Emerson, Durham; 9. Matt Williams, Brownfield; 10. Nick Hoyt, Mechanic Falls; 11. Keith Stuart, Naples; 12. Rick Spaulding, Lisbon; 13. Derek Farrington, Freeport; 14. Ed Burlock, Minot; 15. Ben Krauter, Raymond.
ALLEN’S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY MINI STOCK (30 laps): 1. Steve Barker, Jay; 2. Calvin Rose Jr., Turner; 3. Justin Karkos, Jay; 4. Darrell Moore, Mechanic Falls; 5. Larry Melcher, Livermore Falls; 6. Shane Kaherl, Jay; 7. Jeff Beaule, Lewiston; 8. Dan Morris, Auburn; 9. Kevin Bishop, South Paris; 10. Ashley Marshall, Jay; 11. Matt Moore, South Paris; 12. Jake Burns, Gray; 13. Jeff Moon, Gray; 14. Greg Watkins, Bridgton; 15. Jimmy Childs, Leeds; 16. Nik Coates, Lisbon; 17. Butch Keene, Turner; 18. Wayne Titus, Minot.
MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN’ REBEL (20 laps): 1. Kyle Hewins, Leeds; 2. Zach Audet, Chesterville; 3. Troy Jordan, Turner; 4. John Childs, Leeds; 5. Matt Dufault, Turner; 6. Scott Farrington, Minot; 7. John Mason, Bethel; 8. Charlie Webster, Auburn; 9. Dana Cook, Auburn; 10. Jeff Hebert, Auburn; 11. Jamie Heath, Waterford; 12. Joe Turner, Norway; 13. Corey Beaulieu, Oxford; 14. Brandon Palmer, Bridgton; 15. Ryan Hewins, Leeds; 16. Brady Romano, Livermore Falls; 17. Mark Childs Jr., Mechanic Falls; 18. Roger Bourgoin, Sabattus; 19. Tyson Jordan, Poland; 20. Randy Desmarais, Auburn.
CALL OF THE WILD RV SPORT TRUCK (10 laps): 1. Ryan Farrar, Oxford; 2. John Lizotte, Mechanic Falls; 3. Kevin Oliver, Gray; 4. Ross Spurling, New Gloucester; 5. Jeff Schmidt, Mechanic Falls; 6. Jeremy Wagner, Bryant Pond; 7. Corey Williams, Sumner.
by Jay | Jun 27, 2009 | New
It’s Busch’s World at New Hampshire
Z-Line Designs Driver Wins Camping World RV Sales 200
Date: June 27, 2009
Event: Camping World RV Sales 200 (Round 16 of 35)
Series: NASCAR Nationwide Series
Location: New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon (1.058-mile oval)
Start/Finish: 9th /1st (Running, completed 200 of 200 laps)
Winner: Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
After back-to-back second-place finishes in the past two NASCAR Nationwide Series races, Kyle Busch got back into victory lane by winning Saturday’s Camping World RV Sales 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon.
The driver of the No. 18 Z-Line Designs Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) earned the win by beating his teammate, Joey Logano, to the stripe by .617 of a second. It was Busch’s fifth Nationwide Series win of the season and his first since taking the checkered flag three weeks ago at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway.
“Today we didn’t have the winning car, we made the winning car,” said Busch, who now has 26 career Nationwide Series victories in 154 starts. “Sometimes when we’re out front we’re content with what we’ve got and we end up getting beat in the end. The show is stolen from us. But this is great. (Jason) Ratcliff (crew chief) and myself talked this past week about what we needed to do in order to get better, in order to take this team to victory lane instead of finishing second week in and week out. This is a good step in the right direction. I’m really proud of Jason and all of these guys here.
“The pit crew was phenomenal today. It was really a methodical race. We really had to plan our way through there. We had to strategize, we had to work our way up one car at a time. I don’t think we put a mark on this thing all day long. The Z-Line Designs Toyota is pretty clean.”
The win further extended Busch’s lead in the championship point standings, as he now carries a 162-point advantage over his nearest pursuer, Carl Edwards, with 19 races still remaining.
Busch started ninth and led twice for 37 laps. He made his final drive to victory by passing Logano on lap 165 of the 200-lap race, and despite Logano having led six times for a race-high 108 laps, he was no match for Busch in the race’s final stages.
“I may not show it as much, but you’re never happy about finishing second,” Logano said. “It’s always tough, but it’s cool to see both Gibbs cars up there week in and week out over here in the Nationwide Series. It’s really cool. It seems like the last few races it’s been me and Kyle coming down to the wire like that.”
The Logano/Busch duo has finished 1-2 five times in the past two seasons, but Saturday’s race at New Hampshire marked the first time Busch came out on top.
“Joey’s a great racer and really has a lot of potential, and he’s showing it for sure in the Nationwide Series as well as what he’s been able to do in the (NASCAR Sprint) Cup Series,” Busch said. “We’re proud of him, and he’ll be here a long time at Joe Gibbs Racing.”
Finishing third behind Busch and Logano was Brad Keselowski, while Mike Bliss and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top-five. Edwards, Greg Biffle, Scott Speed, rookie Erik Darnell and Jason Leffler comprised the remainder of the top-10.
The race featured three caution periods for 15 laps, with 10 drivers failing to finish the race.
The next event on the Nationwide Series schedule is the July 3 Subway Jalapeno 250 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The race starts at 8 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by ESPN beginning with its pre-race show at 7:30 p.m.
by Jay | Jun 27, 2009 | New
PASS North: Adam Bates unstoppable at Beech Ridge
Scarborough ME (June 26) Adam Bates took over the race lead from Scott Chubbuck just past half way in Friday nights’ Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North 150 lap super late model feature to score his third career series win, his second at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. The Granite State racer had a car that could dominate and the talent to take advantage of it in a race that was short on cautions and featured a 115 lap stretch of green flag racing. Bates now has two wins and two second place finishes in the last four PASS races at Beech Ridge dating back to July of 2008.
Johnny Clark did his best to wrestle the win away from Bates. The pair started one-two after the night’s final caution at lap 144 set up a six lap shoot-out to the checker. Clark held his ground on the outside and the lead pair crossed the stripe on lap 145 in a dead heat. But Bates edged ahead on the bottom and slowly increased his margin of victory to .462 seconds over the three time series champ.
Clark settled for a solid second and Richie Dearborn came out on top of a three wide tussle with Kelly Moore and Scott Mulkern to finish third. Moore, who led from the pole through lap 82, had to settle for fourth. Donnie Whitten earned his first top five of 2009, and Scott Mulkern had a successful return to PASS racing with a sixth place run.
Scott Chubbuck faded to seventh after running at the front for most of the night,and Chris Staples, who captured his first Pro All Stars super late model win at Beech Ridge earlier in the season had to settle for eighth this time around. Ben Rowe recovered from a multi-car wreck on lap 143 to salvage a ninth place finish and Derek Ramstrom rounded out the top ten.
Nine cars completed the full distance. Heat Race wins went to Kelly Moore, Bates, and Scott Chubbuck. Bates set the fastest race lap at 15.316 seconds. Five caution periods slowed the race pace.
PASS South takes the spotlight as we celebrate our nation’s birthday, with the popular Firecracker 125 slated for Greenville-Pickens (SC) Speedway on Friday July 3rd and the Independence 150 at Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway on Sunday July 5th.
After a weekend off PASS North has a doubleheader of their own on tap with The Full Fender Frenzy 75 at Thompson (CT) International Speedway on Saturday July 11th and the Bastille 200 at Lee (NH) USA Speedway on Tuesday July 14th.
Unofficial Finish – PASS North super late model 150 – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway – Scarborough ME 6/27/2009 – With finishing position (starting position), car number, driver, hometown, laps completed
1) (2) 98 Adam Bates, Warner NH 150
2) (12) 54 Johnny Clark, Hallowell ME 150
3) (10) 33 Richie Dearborn, Hollis ME 150 4
) (1) 47 Kelly Moore, Scarborough ME 150
5) (8) Donnie Whitten, Wells ME 150
6) (6) 84 Scott Mulkern, Falmouth ME 150
7) (3) 77 Scott Chubbuck, Brunswick ME 150
8) (11) 5 Chris Staples, Brunswick ME (150)
9) (17) 4 Ben Rowe, Turner ME 150
10) (9) 35 Derek Ramstrom , W. Boylston MA (149)
11 (7) 14M Matt Frahm, N. Salem NH 149
12) 8 (14) Cassius Clark, Farmington ME (149)
13) (16) 0 Bill Whorff Jr., Bath ME 147
14) (18) 23 Dave Farrington Jr., Jay ME 147
15) (21) 1 Randy Turner, Unity ME 147
16) (19) 12 Jon Dabrowski , W. Bridgewater MA 147
17 )(13) 85 Nick Ribbe, Kingston MA 146
18) (22) 90 Craig Weinstien, E. Walpole MA 145
19) (23) 75 Gary Smith, Bangor ME 142
20) (4) 23 Joey Doiron, Berwick ME 141
21) (20) Steve Legendre, St. Johnsbury VT 1414
22) (15) 60 Bobby Babb, S. Windham ME 126
23) (5) 17 Travis Benjamin, Morrill ME 9
by Jay | Jun 27, 2009 | New
Quick Results: PASS North super late model 150 – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway – Scarborough ME 6/26/2009
Unofficial Finish – PASS North super late model 150 – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway – Scarborough ME 6/26/2009 – With finishing position,(starting position), car number, driver, hometown, laps completed
1) (2) 98 Adam Bates, Warner NH 150 2) (12) 54 Johnny Clark, Hallowell ME 150 3) (10) 33 Richie Dearborn, Hollis ME 150 4) (1) 47 Kelly Moore, Scarborough ME 150 5) (8) Donnie Whitten, Wells ME 150 6) (6) 84 Scott Mulkern, Falmouth ME 150 7) (3) 77 Scott Chubbuck, Brunswick ME 150 8) (11) 5 Chris Staples, Brunswick ME (150) 9) (17) 4 Ben Rowe, Turner ME 150 10) (9) 35 Derek Ramstrom , W. Boylston MA (149) 11 (7) 14M Matt Frahm, N. Salem NH 149 12) 8 (14) Cassius Clark, Farmington ME (149) 13) (16) 0 Bill Whorff Jr., Bath ME 147 14) (18) 23 Dave Farrington Jr., Jay ME 147 15) (21) 1 Randy Turner, Unity ME 147 16) (19) 12 Jon Dabrowski , W. Bridgewater MA 147 17 )(13) 85 Nick Ribbe, Kingston MA 146 18) (22) 90 Craig Weinstien, E. Walpole MA 145 19) (23) 75 Gary Smith, Bangor ME 142 20) (4) 23 Joey Doiron, Berwick ME 141 21) (20) Steve Legendre, St. Johnsbury VT 1414 22) (15) 60 Bobby Babb, S. Windham ME 126 23) (5) 17 Travis Benjamin, Morrill ME 9
Margin of victory: .462 seconds. Caution Periods: 5 Fastest Lap: 98 Adam Bates – 15.316/78.271 MPH
