by Jay | Sep 11, 2014 | Canada
Labbe wins Thunder Valley National 200 at Autodrome Chaudiere
The VR Victoriaville #36 of Alex Labbe was disqualified from his heat race in post-race tech due to a ride height infraction. This would place him in the 24th starting position for the feature event where he would eventually work his way to the front and emerge victorious. By the ½-way point in the race, Labbe had moved into the 2nd position where he would battle for the win with the runner up, Joey Doiron in the Wild Willy’s Burger #73. Patrick Laperle of St.-Denis Quebec earned the final podium finish with his Lasalle Ford #91.
Center Conway’s DJ Shaw and Tyler Dippel from Walkill, NY rounded out the top-five in the finishing order. Turner, Maine natives Mike Rowe and Ben Rowe were sixth and seventh across the finish line. Chicoutimi, Quebec’s Michael Lavoie ended up in the eighth position, with Curtis Gerry of Waterboro ninth across the finish line, and Bangor’s Gary Smith rounding out the top-ten.
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by Jay | Sep 10, 2014 | PASS
Peltier Hoping For More PASS South Success At Hickory
CHARLOTTE, NC (September 9) – As Super Late Model teams from across the Southeast prepare for a return to the Hickory Motor Speedway on September 20 for the Over The Mountain 150, one thing is quite clear. In all likelihood, whoever is contending for the win will most likely have to battle Preston Peltier. Throughout the nearly 10 year history of the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Model tour, no driver has seen more success at Hickory Motor Speedway than Preston Peltier.
“I think we’ve been so good there, mainly, because it’s so wore out that you have to really drive the car,” said Peltier on why he has been so successful at Hickory. “It’s a momentum racetrack which suits my driving style, but you have to take care of the tires and I think that’s what has made us so good there.”
Peltier is one of the true veterans of the PASS South Super Late Model series, competing regularly on the tour ever since it began at Hickory in 2006. But success was not quick to come to the transplanted Californian who now lives in North Carolina, working for Hendrick Motorsports on the championship rides of Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon. After learning the ropes at Concord Speedway’s legendary Big 10 Series, Peltier did not achieve success in the PASS South series until a win at Orange County Speedway in 2009. In 2010, Peltier scored his first win at Hickory Motor Speedway in the Easter Bunny 150 before eventually winning both the PASS South and PASS National Championships later that season. Since that first win at Hickory, Peltier has become the driver to beat there, with four wins and five quick qualifying times over the last five years.
“The key there for me is not to slip at all, period,” says Peltier. “When you’re racing somebody, when you’re driving into the corner, through the center, getting back to the throttle, if you don’t slip those tires, you’ll be fine.”
Peltier has a pair of wins in both the Easter Bunny 150 and the Over The Mountain 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway. While the Easter Bunny is usually contested in the relative cool of early Spring, the Over The Mountain 150’s late September date presents quite a different animal to drivers hoping to utilize a similar setup as they tackle the 60-year-old speedway.
“You never can tell with Hickory, you can be there in the middle of Summer or early in February for testing, it doesn’t matter, the place changes on a whim,” said Peltier. “So you never know what you’re going to get there and you’ve just got to be versatile enough to adjust for it.”
As always, another great field of the Southeast’s top Super Late Model drivers are expected at Hickory Motor Speedway for the 8th Running of the Over The Mountain 150. In addition to Peltier, local favorites Brandon Setzer and PASS South points leader and defending race winner Tyler Church will be among the contenders. PASS National Championship series points leader Tyler Dippel will be looking to build on a strong run at Hickory in April, along with championship contenders Jared Irvan, Trevor Noles, and Tate Fogleman. Local standout Taylor Stricklin will be making his PASS South debut, along with PASS Pro Late Model standout Kodie Conner and Spencer Gallagher. Brandon Lynn makes his PASS South return for Woodman Racing as a teammate to Kevin Powell. Veterans Brandon Ward, Jimmy Doyle, Clete Caywood and Ted Mickelson will each be looking for their first Hickory wins, along with up-and-coming racer Trey Jarrell.
Action gets under way on Friday, September 19th with rotating practice for all divisions from 3 -6 PM. On Saturday, September 20th, practice will start at 1 PM, followed by qualifying at 4:30 PM and racing slated to start at 6 PM. The PASS South Super Late Models will race for 150 laps, along with 50 laps for the PASS Pro Late Models, and feature racing for the USAC HPD Midgets and Legends cars.
PASS South Super Late Model entry forms for the Over The Mountain 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway can be found at ProAllStarsSeries.com.
by RacingNews | Sep 9, 2014 | Dirt Track
BRADFORD, VT – While Race Against Cancer night was shortened to features only due to rain on Saturday September 6, 2014 sponsored by Mekkelsen RV, there was still plenty edge of your seat racing for the fans who stood up to mother nature and waited out the rains for the show.
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by Jay | Sep 9, 2014 | Granite State Pro Stock, Touring Series News
Photos Howie & Mary Hodge
Epping, NH- Thrillin’ Dillon Moltz of Waterford, CT. became the newest winner for the Granite State Pro Stock Series on Sunday, which has seen 9 different winners in 9 races in the 2014 season, picking up the win at Star Speedway in the NH Classic 100. Moltz started on the pole in the 16 car field and led all 100 laps, en route to his win.
Moltz and Derek Griffith brought the field down and ran one-two until the first of three cautions came out on the second circuit, when Tom Carey Jr spun in the second turn.
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by Jay | Sep 9, 2014 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford, Maine – Jeremy Davis of Tamworth, New Hampshire was the dominant car in Budweiser Pro Late Model competition on Buy The Fire Championship Day at Oxford Plains Speedway, cruising to victory lane by a healthy margin in the 75-lap headline event.
While a happy first-time winner celebrated in victory lane, Buckfield’s TJ Brackett managed to maintain his slight points lead over multi-time track champ Shawn Martin of Turner to earn his first title in the top class at OPS.
The new champion’s father, Timmy Brackett of Buckfield – himself a former king of the top class at the historic speedway – claimed runner-up honors in the Pro Late Model finale. Hebron’s Alan Wilson made an impressive charge through the field on the outside groove to claim the final podium position. Billy Childs Jr., of Leeds, and rookie Kyle Treadwell of Auburn rounded out the top-five.
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by RacingNews | Sep 9, 2014 | New England Motorsports North, Oxford Plains Speedway, Speedway 95
The Benjamin Motorports team came into this past weekend with a lot of momentum on there side after winning the Oxford 250 and finishing 3rd at Speedway 95 in there last two races. So the team had very high hopes of winning at the RE/Max 250. After practice the team was as high as second on the speed charts and after starting 6th in the qualifying race and finishing 2nd the team was really excited to get the 250 underway. The forcast didn’t look good and the rains came and the team would have to wait till Monday morning to get the race underway.
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by RacingNews | Sep 9, 2014 | Canada
SOUTH PLATTSBURGH, NY – Bobby Therrien gave the northeastern stock car racing world a bit of a surprise on Sunday afternoon by winning the 50-lap Northern Modified Challenge Series event at Airborne Park Speedway. Typically a top performer in full-fender Late Models on the American-Canadian Tour, Therrien held off the field to win in his first open-wheel start of the season.
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by Jay | Sep 8, 2014 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
WISCASSET SPEEDWAY PRESS RELEASE SEPTEMBER 6, 2014
BURGESS SEVENTH DIFFERENT WINNER IN PROSTOCK AT WISCASSET SPEEDWAY
By Lisa Maguire
Saturday at Wiscasset Speedway started out sunny and hot, but bands of showers and thundershowers swept through the area causing a two hour rain delay. A hardcore group of race fans stayed through the delay to watch the races when they resumed on the track. Group one raced at Wiscasset Speedway this weekend, including Prostock, New England Four Cylinder Prostock, Outlaw Mini’s, and Napa Super Street. The Amsoil Nelcar Legends also made their fourth of five appearances at the Speedway.
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by Jay | Sep 7, 2014 | Canada
FLEMMING EXTENDS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD, WINS LUCAS OIL 150
(Antigonish, NS, September 6, 2014) – John Flemming went from the back of the field on Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway to the front to win the Lucas Oil 150. Flemming, who won the Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials with a 14.272 second lap earlier in the day, developed transmission related issues off the grid and had to come down pit road to get service on his car, relegating him to the rear from his third place starting spot. Flemming took the lead on lap 115 from Shawn Turple (Enfield, NS) and never looked back, taking his second win of the season. Turple ended the night in second, followed by King Freight Dash winner Jonathan Hicken (Brudenell, PE). Hometown favorite Donald Chisholm (Antigonish, NS) bested Craig Slaunwhite (Terence Bay, NS) to take the fourth place spot in the 21 car field.
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by Jay | Sep 7, 2014 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
Jeff Champagne Wins in USAC Dirt Midget Association Race at Vermont’s Bear Ridge Speedway
Ellington, CT: Under cloudy skies and rain showers, nineteen USAC Dirt Midget Association teams made the trip to Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, Vermont for this past Saturday nights race action. After waiting out Mother Nature and track preparations, the teams were able to practice then move right into the feature race with no heats.
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