by | Sep 13, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Five title races within 17 points entering season finale on Sept. 14-15
WEST HAVEN, VT – Stock car racing fans at Devil’s Bowl Speedway will have plenty of number-crunching to do in the grandstands at the Vermont 200 Championship Weekend on September 14-15. Five of the championship races that will be decided during the two-day event have airtight point battles and will undoubtedly come down to the final laps.
The top two drivers in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model division are separated by only four points for the championship. Josh Masterson, a 22-year-old rookie from Bristol, VT, has earned three victories in his freshman season. Cagey veteran Chris Bergeron of Claremont, NH has four wins and trails his young rival by four points – the difference of just two on-track positions – entering the final 100-lap race on Sunday. Both are chased by another impressive rookie, 16-year-old feature race winner Brandon Atkins of AuSable Forks, NY, who is just 31 points out of the lead.
The 100-lap race also counts as the final event in the four-race Vermont State Late Model Championship Series, in which Nick Sweet of Barre, VT leads Chip Grenier of Graniteville, VT by a close 17 points. Sweet has an up-and-down history at Devil’s Bowl but won the track’s most recent Vermont State event – the People’s United Bank 100 – in June. Grenier has taken a shine to Devil’s Bowl, finishing second to Sweet in June and second to Brent Dragon in a photo finish on Vermont 200 Weekend in 2012.
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by | Sep 12, 2013 | PASS
PASS North Series: Austin Theriault
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, returns to both the PASS North Series and the seat of his family-owned Ford Fusion for the Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 300 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Sunday, September 15. Theriault has three Top-10 finishes in as many PASS North Series starts this season, most recently posting a fourth-place finish in the TD Bank Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in July. Theriault is a two-time PASS South Series race winner this season for Brad Keselowski Racing, and he finished seventh in the AT Racing No. 57 Pelletier Ford Ford Fusion at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway back in May. This marks his first appearance in the longest race on the PASS North Series schedule, and it comes just one week after he was wrecked out of the Top-3 while driving for Mulkern Racing in the Thunder Valley 200 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Que.
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by | Sep 12, 2013 | Canada, Pro Stock Tour
(Halifax, NS, September 11, 2013) The Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour will close out another sensational season this Saturday at Scotia Speedworld with the Dartmouth Dodge 200. After 12 events in five cities, over 40 competitors and 1,650 feature laps, it all comes down to the final 200 circuits to decide who will be crowned the 2013 Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour Champion – and who will cash the $10,000.00 cheque! Qualifying for the Dartmouth Dodge 200 gets underway at 3:10 PM with the Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials followed by championship racing set for 4:00 PM. Grandstand gates open at 1:00 PM.
Three-time series champion John Flemming (Halifax, NS) enters the Season Finale Dartmouth Dodge 200 with a 49 point lead over fellow three-time series champ Shawn Tucker (Fredericton, NB). Tucker has been dominating the second half of the season but even if he is able to pull off his fifth win of the season and take the Linde Most Lap Led Award, it would give him the maximum 210 points, meaning Flemming will still only need to finish 19th or better in order to take home his fourth title.
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by | Sep 12, 2013 | ACT, New Hampshire, NHMS, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – When the forty-three American Canadian Tour Late Model teams hit the track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 21 for the 5th annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational, they will battle for the $7,500 winner purse. It will be the most ever awarded to the victor and more than double the amount posted for the inaugural event back in 2009.
The early favorites to claim the top prize have to be the past winners on the “Magic Mile.” Veteran ACT competitor Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, NH earned the Invitational win back in 2010. He finished third in last year’s event and is currently the hottest driver on the 2013 American Canadian Tour. He has already earned three Tour wins this season plus captured the inaugural International 500 victory back in July. He has never finished outside the top ten in this event and with a win this year he could pocket over $9,000 after bonuses.
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by | Sep 12, 2013 | New England, New England Motorsports South
By Lou Modestino
Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, CT, will again host the Valenti Modified Racing Series this Friday night featuring an 80-lap shootout with New England’s premier open-wheel touring division, the Valenti Modified Racing Series in town. The race is the 3rd annual Lincoln Tech 80.
Two weeks ago Friday, a season high 36 cars entered the August race at Stafford, and series officials are confident another strong turnout of race cars could happen again. This Friday’s race is the third and final appearance of the season by the popular series, celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Steven Masse, of Bellingham, Ma, looks to add to his seven series win total. Masse garnered his third win last month at Stafford.
Joining Masse will be current point leader Rowan Pennink, of Huntingdon Valley, PA, Tommy Barrett, of Millis, Ma, winner of the June race at Stafford, Louie Mechalides, of Tyngsboro, MA, Richard Savary, of Canton, MA, and Chris Pasteryak, of Lisbon, CT.
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by | Sep 12, 2013 | New England, New England Motorsports North
By Lou Modestino
This Saturday, September 14th, marks the end of the regular season for all divisions at Riverside Speedway on Roger’s Campground Championship Night. The battle most fans are keeping an eye on, the Sign Depot Limited Late Model top two drivers are separated by a mere 1 point. “Hollywood” Chandler Davis has been trailing most of the year, but gained just enough points to give him the advantage over Doug Laleme entering Championship Night. Sitting third, still mathematically in the hunt, Jourdan Davis is just 25 points from the lead. The Sign Depot Limited Late Models have put on a heck of a show all year long, and look to continue that trend this Saturday.
The Angels division has a great finish waiting in the wings. Vanessa Brown leads the way with 567 points, but is flanked by Jenna Randall with 562 points, and Tina Leveille with 561. Brown and Randall have racked up the wins this year, but Leveille’s consistency has kept her right in the hunt. Keep an eye on these ladies as they engage in battle on Roger’s Campground Championship Night.
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by | Sep 11, 2013 | PASS, Touring Series News
CHARLOTTE, NC (September 10) – As the temperatures begin to cool and the days shorten, Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Model teams know it’s time to for their second trip of the season to Hickory Motor Speedway. The Over The Mountain 150 Presented By CV Products is always a favorite stop for the South’s top short track touring drivers. Hickory has long been a stomping ground for some stock car racing’s most talented drivers. And, for PASS South Super Late Model racers, it has been a place that both veteran and young drivers could show case their talents.
Jared Irvan first stepped behind the wheel of a PASS South Super Late Model at last year’s Over The Mountain 150. Driving a black and red #28 reminiscent of the Havoline paint schemes his father Ernie piloted from 1993 through 1997, young Jared was impressive throughout the weekend ultimately finishing seventh in his series debut. After a slow start to the 2013 season, Irvan has come on strong as of late finishing third at Caraway Speedway in May and falling just short of his first win by finishing second to Ross Kenseth at South Boston Speedway. Despite his recent success, Irvan knows that racing can be cruel at times. After all, he failed to qualify at this year’s Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory.
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by Jay | Sep 10, 2013 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Stafford, Touring Series News, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
Canaan, NH. – Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, CT, will again host the Valenti Modified Racing Series this Friday night featuring an 80-lap shootout with New England’s premier open-wheel touring division, the Valenti Modified Racing Series in town. The race is the 3rd annual Lincoln Tech 80.
Two weeks ago Friday, a season high 36 cars entered the August race at Stafford, and series officials are confident another strong turnout of race cars could happen again. This Friday’s race is the third and final appearance of the season by the popular series, celebrating its 10th anniversary.
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by | Sep 10, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Touring Series News, Vermont, Whelen All American Series
Modified Twin 50s at Devil’s Bowl Speedway to decide national rookie champion
WEST HAVEN, VT – Devil’s Bowl Speedway may be celebrating one of its drivers as a national NASCAR champion at the Vermont 200 Championship Weekend on Sunday, September 15. On the strength of nine main event victories in 2013, Todd Stone of Middlebury, VT leads the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS) “Division I” national rookie standings entering the final event of the year.
Stone has been a dominant force in the Bond Auto Parts Modified division at Devil’s Bowl and is in a tight race for the national Rookie of the Year presented by Jostens award with Late Model driver Bobby McCarty of Summerfield, NC. Unofficially, Stone leads McCarty by just nine points (519-510), but has two opportunities to gain points in twin 50-lap Modified races at the Vermont 200 Weekend and clinch the title.
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by | Sep 10, 2013 | Canaan, Maine, New Hampshire, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News, Whelen All American Series
Wentworth Finishes Strong At Oxford Plains
Welch Wins Final Canaan Race, Crazy Horse Cars Fast At NHMS
SOUTH PARIS, Maine – Don Wentworth of Otisfield, Maine, is a veteran stock car driver who won’t quibble with one inevitable truth in short-track racing: It’s better to finish strong than it is to sputter to the finish line and spend all winter trying to figure out what went wrong.
Wentworth made sure he put a solid capper on the 2013 season at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, posting a pair of podium finishes in the final two events of the inaugural Pro Late Model season at the track. Wentworth won the 40-lap feature at Oxford on August 30.
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Five title races within 17 points entering season finale on Sept. 14-15
