by Jay | Aug 25, 2013 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
Alex Labbe Marches to ACT Riverside St-Croix Can-Am Win
St-Croix, QC – Alex Labbe of St-Albert, QC led the final 80 laps of the American Canadian Tour Can-Am 200 at Circuit Riverside Speedway Saturday, August 24 on his way to his first Série ACT win of the season. Labbe held off runner-up finisher Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. over the last several restarts to claim the victory in the combination ACT US and Série ACT QC event. It was his second career Série ACT win and first since joining the Larue Industrial Snow Blower team in 2013.
Pole sitter Jean-François Déry jumped out to the early lead over the first 27 laps until Wayne Helliwell, Jr. climbed his way from his ninth starting position to challenge for the lead. The pair would swap the lead several times through numerous restarts with Helliwell leading the majority of the first 120 laps. On lap 121, Labbe jumped to the point and would never relinquish the lead. Polewarczyk made several attempts to steal the win but could not find the grip on the outside and settled for second just ahead of Déry.
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by Jay | Aug 25, 2013 | Canada
Fahey makes history at Speedway 660
Aug 24, 2013
Fredericton N.B.- Greg Fahey did something on Saturday night that no other driver has done in the history of Speedway 660. Fahey won the 2013 Martins Home Heating Sportsman division title and became the first driver to win titles in all of Speedway 660’s top three divisions.
Fahey who owns three pro stock and two street stock championship trophies won his first sportsman title and sixth overall. The Charlotte County native captured his latest championship by winning his heat and dash and finishing second in the feature on Fan Appreciation Night of Champions.
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by Jay | Aug 25, 2013 | Canada
TUCKER TAKES THIRD VICTORY OF THE SEASON AT PARTS FOR TRUCKS 150
(Halifax, NS, August 24, 2013) Shawn Tucker of Fredericton, NB drove to victory in Round Ten of the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour on Saturday evening at Petty International Raceway. Tucker took the lead on Lap 77 from defending Parts for Trucks 150 champion Shawn Turple (Enfield, NS) and would not relinquish the lead over the second half of the event after Turple led the most laps of the race from the outside of the front row. Tucker’s #52 Rockico Equipment Limited Chevrolet crossed the line first over Jonathan Hicken (Brudenell, PE) and Exide Batteries Rookie Dylan Blenkhorn (Truro, NS), who scored his first career podium on the Tour. Completing the top five in the Parts for Trucks 150 were Prince Edward Island’s Darren MacKinnon (Charlottetown) and Dylan Gosbee (Cornwall). (more…)
by Jay | Aug 24, 2013 | Massachusetts, Seekonk Speedway
Earl Curtin inherits Pure Stock Phil’s Propane Triple Crown win. Tyler Boudreau and Joey Lembo break through. Lascoula and Rolando win.
Earl Curtin III inherited the Phil’s Propane Triple Crown win after apparent winner Jesse Melberg failed post-race tech. Danny Massa led the first lap before Jay Fortin took over at the top of the leader board. Fortin set the pace until the tenth circuit when Curtin took over the lead.
With a dozen laps remaining, Melberg, who started ninth, worked his way to the outside and wrestled the lead away from Curtin. As the laps wore down, last week’s winner, John Robidoux closed in on Curtin, and over the final half dozen laps, the pair raced side by side, swapping the eventual winner’s position back and forth. Curtin held on by a nose, with Ed Flanagan, Jamie Salley and Dan Massa fourth and fifth.
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by Jay | Aug 24, 2013 | Connecticut, Lime Rock Park, Road Racing, Video
by Jay | Aug 24, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Stone Sweeps Devil’s Bowl Doubleheader
Bergeron, Masterson win again in Late Models
Todd Stone put an exclamation point on a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series stock car racing doubleheader at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday, August 23, sweeping a pair of 25-lap features in the track’s headline Bond Auto Parts Modified division. Stone was joined on the winner’s list during the Sugar & Spice Restaurant Night card by Late Model drivers Chris Bergeron and Josh Masterson, Renegade racers Stephen Donahue and Richie Turner, and Mini Stock competitors Jake Noble and Chuck Bradford.
Stone put on a passing clinic in the two main events, driving from 12th and 13th starting positions in the respective feature races. The Middlebury, VT driver was unstoppable in the opening race, driving from the back to pass Dave Snow for the lead at lap 15 and then cruising to an easy victory. Joe Williams of Scotia, NY came from seventh to take the runner-up spot, with Joey Roberts of Fletcher, VT third. Snow, of Brandon, VT, held on for a career-best fourth, with Vince Quenneville, Jr., of Brandon, VT fifth. (more…)
by Jay | Aug 24, 2013 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Sweet Puts on a Clinic, Wins Late Model 100
Nick Sweet went home with the winner’s trophy/hardware on Aubuchon Night after a masterful performance in the Late Model 100 Friday at Thunder Road.
It was the first win of the season for the defending track champion, who came from 18th on the starting grid in the St. J Auto No. 88.
Sweet shot underneath eventual runner-up Jean-Paul Cyr for 2nd on lap 52, took the lead from Brett Gervais a lap later and then quickly drew out to a commanding advantage.
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by Jay | Aug 24, 2013 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Thompson, Touring Series News, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
Savary Wins First VMRS Race At Thompson
Thompson, CT. – Richard Savary, of Canton, MA, won his first Valenti Modified Racing Series event Thursday night, August 22, with an impressive run in the 75-lap feature race
Savary, who started 15th in a 21-car lineup, chased race leader Rowan Pennink, of Huntingdon Valley, PA, for five laps before passing Pennink on lap 72 to go on to victory.
It was a special win for the second-generation driver who has won races in other divisions at Thompson but this was his first score in a full-blown modified.
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by | Aug 23, 2013 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Thunder Road International Speedbowl has announced the postponement of Aubuchon Hardware Night scheduled for Thursday, August 22 due to forecasted rain. The event has been rescheduled for tomorrow (Friday, August 23).
The event is the second to last of the regular Thursday night shows at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement.” Derrick O’Donnell sits atop the Late Model point standings over Nick Sweet. Sweet will have to make up some ground in the Aubuchon 100-lap feature event tomorrow to have a chance at catching O’Donnell before the “King of the Road” battle concludes next Thursday, August 29 with VP Fuels Night.
Thunder Road Late Models, Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen and Allen Lumber Street Stocks will be back in action tomorrow, Friday, August 23. Qualifying will begin at 6:00 pm sharp.
by | Aug 23, 2013 | Maine
Southern Super Series: Austin Theriault
Montgomery Motor Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
FORT KENT, Maine – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, rejoins the Southern Super Series as it heads to the 49th annual Alabama 200 at Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday, August 24. Theriault has never visited the semi-banked half-mile oval, but the Brad Keselowski Racing development driver has made three Southern Super Series starts this season and has yet to finish outside the Top-10 in any of them. In his most recent start in the BKR No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Ford Fusion, Theriault finished fifth in the prestigious World Crown 300 at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Ga., earlier this month. Theriault has posted four consecutive Top-5 finishes in his starts for BKR heading into Montgomery, and in his last 10 races this season with the team he has six Top-5s and 10 Top-10s.
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