by RacingNews | Sep 30, 2014 | Connecticut, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway concluded its 2014 NASCAR racing season with feature events for the SK Modified® and Late Model divisions as part of its NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final Weekend. Ryan Preece scored his sixth win of the 2014 season in the SK Modified® feature, but Ted Christopher finished third after overcoming an early race penalty for contact on the track to clinch his record 9th career SK Modified® track championship at Stafford. Tom Butler scored a wire to wire victory in the 30-lap Late Model feature event while Adam Gray celebrated his second consecutive Late Model championship.
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by RacingNews | Sep 30, 2014 | ACT, Touring Series News
Plattsburgh, NY – Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, NH capped off his 2014 American Canadian Tour title with a win in the season finale Fall Foliage 200 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY on Saturday, September 27. Polewarczyk used the high lane to get around Quebec’s Patrick Laperle on the final restart with just over 20 laps remaining in the event to take the lead and become the only repeat winner on the 2014 American Canadian Tour and claim his first career championship.
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by RacingNews | Sep 30, 2014 | Connecticut, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway kicked off its final race event of the 2014 season with feature events for its SK Light, Limited Late Model, and DARE Stock divisions, as well as twin feature events for the Rusty Wallace Racing Experience as part of the Saturday NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final Weekend festivities. Taking feature wins were Stephen Kopcik in the SK Light feature, David Arute in the Limited Late Model feature, Andy Marchese in the DARE Stock feature, Jordan LaMothe in the Legend Cars feature, Johnny Walker in the Paradiso-Muska DARE Stock Shoot-Out, and George Roberts and Steve Kammer in the twin Rusty Wallace Racing Experience feature events. Clinching track championships on the day were rookie Jeremy Sorel in the SK Lights, Andrew Hayes in the Ltd. Late Models, Frank L’Etoile, Jr. in the DARE Stocks, and Dana DiMatteo in the Legend Cars.
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by RacingNews | Sep 29, 2014 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
WEST HAVEN, VT – Kenny Tremont, Jr. ran what he called “the longest 50 laps of my life” at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday, September 26, but at the end of a grueling night he stood in the winner’s circle. Tremont survived to claim the LawPower.com Slate Valley Showdown presented by Interstate All Battery Center of Rutland, VT and the $1,000 winner’s prize in the opening round of the three-race “Battle at the Bowl” series – the first dirt track race held at the Vermont track in more than five years – before a massive grandstand crowd.
Tremont started 15th and used a survivalist strategy to get out of a wild start to the race, which saw half of the Sportsman Modified field eliminated in a series of multi-car pileups. The biggest crash occurred on lap 10 when five cars bunched up on the frontstretch, leaving Tim Hodge’s car upside down and Justin Comes’ machine peeled open like a sardine can; no injuries were sustained.
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by RacingNews | Sep 29, 2014 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
Division titles were on the line last Saturday night at Wiscasset Speedway, and the champs rose to the occasion. Point leaders Adam Chadbourne of the NAPA Super Street division, Nick Hinkley of the Late Model Sportsman class, Ryan Chadwick of the Thunder 4 division, and Jerry McKenna of the Mini Trucks were all on hand to defend their lead and to bring the championship home. The weather was warm and pleasant. The crowd cheered on their favorite drivers and watched as three of the four point leaders won their division races. Wrapping up the night was a one hundred lap Enduro.
The spotlighted race of the week was a thirty-five lap NAPA Super Street feature. Heading into the last point race, Adam Chadbourne of the #1 had only a six point lead over James Osmond of the #05. Prior to race time Osmond said, “Chadbourne has dominated in this division, and his car is fast today. I would need to beat him by four positions for me to win the championship. We will have to see what happens.”
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by RacingNews | Sep 29, 2014 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Waterbury, VT – The People’s United Bank Milk Bowl is full of ceremony, tradition, and exceptional stock car racing. The fall season in Vermont is the perfect backdrop for one of America’s greatest closing short track events of the race season.
When asked what makes the Milk Bowl so special, Tom Curley, long-time promoter at Thunder Road said, “First, the purse is over ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) to win. Also, for most teams it is the last race of the season. For many, just getting qualified and racing in a Milk Bowl is the goal. It has been billed as ‘the toughest short track race in America’ and for race fans, that has been proven year in and year out.”
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by RacingNews | Sep 29, 2014 | New Hampshire, Snocross
HAMPSTEAD, N.H. (Sept. 25, 2014) – With the first frost already recorded across much of northern New England, one of the Granite State’s top snowmobile snocross teams is gearing up for a busy and competitive winter.
New Hampshire-based daSilva Racing competes on the East Coast Snocross (ECS) series, presented by AMSOIL and Woody’s traction products. The team will enter the 2014-15 season with a trio of experienced riders; led by veteran Jake daSilva, who begins his second season in the Pro class.
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by RacingNews | Sep 25, 2014 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
WEST HAVEN, VT – The stock car racing community is abuzz with the highly anticipated three-race “Battle at the Bowl” series and the grand opening of a new one-third-mile dirt track at Vermont’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway. The “LawPower.com Slate Valley Showdown” event on Friday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m. will kick off a new dual-track era for the Rutland County facility.
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by RacingNews | Sep 25, 2014 | Big 8 Late Model Series, Touring Series News
As the Big 8 Late Model Series presented by Gandrud Chevrolet closes out it’s tenth anniversary season, both its Championship and Rookie of the Year point battles are coming down to the wire. This fact, coupled with the unpredictable nature of each Big 8 Series event at Rockford Speedway, means no point lead is safe as the series takes to the track during Rockford Speedway’s 49th Annual National Short Track Championship.
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by RacingNews | Sep 25, 2014 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Waterbury, VT – As the leaves begin to change their colors and the crisp Autumn air fills the hills of New England, the anticipation of the 52nd Annual Milk Bowl at Barre, Vermont’s Thunder Road International Speedbowl is ramping up.
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(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway concluded its 2014 NASCAR racing season with feature events for the SK Modified® and Late Model divisions as part of its NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final Weekend. Ryan Preece scored his sixth win of the 2014 season in the SK Modified® feature, but Ted Christopher finished third after overcoming an early race penalty for contact on the track to clinch his record 9th career SK Modified® track championship at Stafford. Tom Butler scored a wire to wire victory in the 30-lap Late Model feature event while Adam Gray celebrated his second consecutive Late Model championship.
