WISCASSET SPEEDWAY TOP FIVE OFFICIAL FINISH SEPTEMBER 7, 2013
STRICTLY STREET (20 LAPS)
1. #26 Corey Morgan, Lewiston
2. #43 Ben Erskine, Farmington
3. #32 Tasha Dyer, Arrowsic
4. #1 Mike Moody, Topsham
5. #06 Zac Poland, Woolwich
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Antigonish NS, September 7, 2013) – Shawn Tucker (Fredericton, NB) took home his second consecutive and fourth Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour victory of the 2013 season Saturday night in the Lucas Oil 100 at Riverside International Speedway. The event came down to a green-white-checkered finish where Tucker had to hold off hometown favorite Donald Chisholm (Antigonish, NS) and Darren MacKinnon (Charlottetown, PE) for the victory. Second and third finished neck-to-neck with a mere 0.018 second split between the two as they crossed the finish line. Exide Batteries Rookie of the Year contender Dylan Blenkhorn (Truro, NS) came home fourth and sophomore Brad Eddy (Lower Sackville, NS) in the #13 King Competition Ford finished fifth.
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Robbins Sets Sights On Title At Oxford Plains
Sophomore Street Stock Driver Looks To Go Out On Top
SOUTH PARIS, Maine – Two weeks ago, Ryan Robbins won his first feature event of the season. On Sunday afternoon, the sophomore driver from Dixfield hopes to lock up the first Street Stock division championship of his career.
Robbins, 28, has a 17-point lead heading into the final race of the season at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine. Racing begins at 2 p.m.
“It’s funny, because I’m a pretty low-key person, even when it comes to the racing,” Robbins said. “We go to the track, we race, we come home. I try not to get all worked up about it. Even when we win, you just try to think about the next week. But when it gets to this point, you get pretty excited about it. We could go out on Sunday and win this championship.
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Championship ENDURO 200 goes Sunday
Speedway 660 holds it’s final event of the 2013 season this Sunday at 2PM. After getting rained-out on SpeedWeekend, the 2013 ENDURO 200 Championship race will be held on Sunday afternoon. It is guaranteed to be a wild and crazy way to end the racing season.
“The drivers and fans were disappointed not to be able to run the final ENDURO 200 of the season on SpeedWeekend, but everyone is excited about coming back this Sunday to get the race in” said Speedway 660’s Michelle Roy. “The Championship 200 is more intense than the ENDURO’s we held earlier in the season because the title is on the line and drivers will beat and bang a lot harder knowing they’ve got all winter to repair the damage.”
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Sprint-style races highlight Saturday, Sept. 14 program at Devil’s Bowl Speedway
WEST HAVEN, VT – Devil’s Bowl Speedway will guarantee four new faces in victory lane at September’s Vermont 200 Championship Weekend. Stock car drivers who have yet to carry a checkered flag at the fast half-mile oval in 2013 will take part in the second annual “Shootout” races for a chance to hoist the winner’s trophy during the Saturday, September 14 portion of the two-day season finale.
Regular weekly competitors from four weekly divisions will take part in 10-lap, sprint-style Shootout races. A star-studded field of eligible open-wheel racers has been named to the Bond Auto Parts Modified Shootout roster. In one of the season’s biggest surprises, two-time defending track champion Ron Proctor of Charlton, NY owns four runner-up finishes in 2013 but has been denied a victory thus far. Defending Shootout winner Jeff Haskins is again eligible and top drivers Vince Quenneville, Jr., Leon Gonyo, and Joe Williams are also locked in. Dave Snow, Cody Sargen, Jamie LaFountain, Andy Smith, Jamie Proctor, and the father-son team of James Introne, Sr., and Jim Introne, Jr., are also eligible.
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ACT Late Model Tour: Brian Hoar
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Report
BARRE, Vt. – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., finished second in the ACT Late Model Tour Labor Day Classic 200 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Sunday, September 1. The finish was the sixth straight Top-5 finish for the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger and Hoar’s fifth Top-2 finish over that same span. After qualifying on the pole, Hoar ran with the leaders throughout the 200-lap event on the banked quarter-mile, emerging as the first car from the pits on a Lap 116 pit stop. Though he surrendered the lead in heavy traffic on the ensuing restart, Hoar closed to the bumper of eventual winner Travis Stearns on the final lap but could not make a pass in the slippery bottom groove to pull out the victory.
WHO: Brian Hoar, Williston, Vt.
TEAM: RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger
CREW CHIEF: Rick Paya, Georgia, Vt.
WHAT: ACT Labor Day Classic 200
WHERE: Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile banked oval)
STARTED: 1st
FINISHED: 2nd
NEXT RACE: September 21, 5th annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H. (1.058-mile oval)
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The Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour will make its third and final visit of the season to Riverside International this Saturday for the Lucas Oil 100. The high banks of Riverside’s 1/3 mile oval will play host to race 11 of 12 for the high-octane touring series. The event will also mark the third and final Lucas Oil presented race of the season. With local heroes and championship contenders all expected in the field on Saturday, action in the Lucas Oil 100 is sure to be intense. Please note time changes for this event – Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials will get underway at 3:30 PM with racing slated for 4:30 PM.
With only two races remaining on the 2013 schedule the chase for the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour Championship is quickly coming to a close. Three-time series champ John Flemming (Halifax, NS) holds a 74 point lead over fellow three-time series champion Shawn Tucker (Fredericton, NB). Tucker is the most recent winner on the series but with only two races remaining and a maximum of a 60 point gain per race time is running out to catch Flemming. Tucker will keep his eyes set on maintaining his second place position over current series champion Shawn Turple (Enfield, NS) who trails by less than 20 points. Darren MacKinnon (Charlottetown, PE) and Greg Proude (Springvale, PE) round out the top five in the championship standings.
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Antique Racers to Join Vermont 200 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Restored racecars bring past to present at track’s season finale
WEST HAVEN, VT – Devil’s Bowl Speedway will look a bit like the days of old at its Vermont 200 Championship Weekend on September 14-15, as the New England Antique Racers (NEAR) club roars around the half-mile oval for the first time. A vibrant group of restored and revitalized racecars are expected for the two-day event for display both on and off the track.
Open-wheel Modified and Coupe racers from across the barnstorming northeastern racing days of the 1960s and ‘70s will run in practice and race events during the Vermont 200 Weekend. Many of the NEAR cars attending the event will be identical in construction to those that competed at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on both asphalt and dirt surfaces several decades ago.
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NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS SOUTH
By Lou Modestino
End of summer racing continued Wednesday night at Connecticut’s Waterford Speedbowl as another round of Wild ‘n Wacky racing hit the race track. Fans were treated to an action packed night, watching Angelo Belsito of Auburn, MA and Dave Yardley of Berlin each score repeat wins from a week ago in the INEX Legend Cars and Super X-Car features respectively. Brad Voglesong of Middletown rallied late to take the win in the X-Car division and Colchester’s Anthony Marvin won another INEX
Bandolero feature. Roubert Goulet of Southington and Christopher Lee of Uncasville shared honors in the night’s Wacky race.
The 2013 season was celebrated in the final installment of Thursday Night Thompson Thunder (TNTT) with Keith Rocco, Rick Gentes, Cam McDermott, Steve Kenneway, and Eric Bourgeois earning division titles. NASCAR Whelen All American Series winners included Woody Pitkat in the Sunoco Modified division, Tom Carey, Jr. in the Late Models, Glenn Griswold in the Lite Modifieds, Scott Sundeen in the Xtra Mart Limited Sportsman division, and Eric Bourgeois in the Mini Stocks. Toby Wells took down the victory in the North East Mini Stock 20-lap feature.
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Loudon,
NH – Thirty-five American Canadian Tour Late Model teams attended the annual test and tune session at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Wednesday, September 4 in preparation for the 5th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational in a couple weeks. The full day of practice only saw a couple of incidents and several different teams atop the time charts.
Williamstown, VT’s Jimmy Hebert set the fast time of the day with a 31.491 at an average speed of 120.9 mph. Hebert has two ACT wins already this season and is currently sitting third in the standings. Hebert was the cause of the second minor incident of the day as he cut a right front tire and swiped the wall coming off turn two. The car received some damage but he was able to limp it back to the pit area.
