by | Aug 12, 2013 | Canada
Fredericton N.B – Dave O’Blenis rolled to an impressive win in the Firecracker 150 at Speedway 660 on Saturday night. O’Blenis drove his Irving Blending & Packaging Sportsman car to the Riverview Ford Lincoln Victory Lane in one of the biggest Sportsman races of the year.
“I am proud of this race team because they worked hard to give me a great car tonight and I also want to congratulate Brent Roy and John Rankin for running me hard and clean in this race” said O’Blenis. “It was great to get the win tonight, especially after having a strong car in the Martins’ Home Heating 100 back in June and not winning that race after breaking the transmission.”
O’Blenis took the lead on lap 24 and although he led the rest of the race, he had to hold off strong challenges from Roy who finished second and Rankin who came home third. O’Blenis, Rankin and George Jamieson won the qualifying heats.
“I like these long races, we always seem to have good runs and usually have good finishes but we have never been able to close the deal and win one of these things” said Brent Roy, who finished third in the Martins Home Heating 100 back in June. “We’ve got a couple of important point races in the next two weeks, but we’re going to come back for the Irving Blending & Packaging Sportsman 100 on SpeedWeekend and try again.”
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by | Aug 12, 2013 | Canada, Pro Stock Tour
(Halifax, NS, August 10, 2013) – It was an emotional night for Terence Bay’s Craig Slaunwhite as he drove his #99 Halifax Glass and Mirror Chevrolet Impala to victory in the 14th Annual Atlantic CAT 250 for the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour. This is Slaunwhite’s first Atlantic CAT 250 victory and had to battle another hometown favorite in Enfield’s Shawn Turple for the victory. Turple brought his Chevrolet home in second, followed by Fredericton, NB’s Shawn Tucker, Turner, Maine’s Ben Rowe and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island’s Darren MacKinnon.
Rowe began his afternoon with setting the pace in the Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials with a 14.310 second lap. After a redraw for the King Freight Lines Dash for Cash, it was Slaunwhite who went to victory lane in the qualifier for the top eight Time Trial competitors and earned the right to start the 250 lap feature from the pole position. Donald Chisholm (Antigonish) and Exide Batteries Rookie of the Race Dylan Blenkhorn (Truro) took home Dartmouth Dodge Heat Races. Slaunwhite led 165 laps to take the Linde Most Laps Led Award. Springvale, PE’s Greg Proude gained 13 positions and finished in 6th position to earn the Absolute Traffic Hard Charger Award. Three leaders swapped the lead six times in a 250-lap race which featured eight caution periods.
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by | Aug 12, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
WISCASSET SPEEDWAY TOP FIVE OFFICIAL FINISH AUGUST 10, 2013
STRICTLY STREET (20 LAPS)
1. #5 Guy Childs, Turner
2. #26 Corey Morgan, Lewiston
3. #39 Gerard Freve, Turner
4. #4 Ben Erskine, Farmington
5. #13 Chuck Gray, Wiscasset
MINI TRUCK (15 LAPS)
1. #22 Jeff Schmidt, Mechanic Falls
2. #69 Ryan Farrar, Sumner
3. #12 Gerry McKenna, NA
4. #3 Duane Booth, NA
5. #32 Herb Farrar, Mechanic Falls
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by | Aug 12, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
SHELBY KIMBALL, JORDAN PEARSON SHARE SPEEDWAY 95 SPOTLIGHT
Jordan Pearson of Glenburn and Shelby Kimball of Cornville finished one-two in the Keystone Automotive Strictly Street Pepsi Beverage Company series race at Speedway 95 Saturday night, giving Pearson his first win of the season and Kimball the three race series win. Pearson took the lead on lap 18 of the 35 lap feature when leader Dave Gray of Dixmont broke his transmission and headed for the pit. Kimball, who was running second, slowed for just a heartbeat behind Gray and Pearson, who was right behind Kimball, drove past her and into the lead. Kimball recovered to finish second, ahead of her brother Matt Kimball, also of Cornville, who finished third. Jim Bragdon of Corinth was fourth in the feature with Keith Ogden of Holden finishing fifth. In the three race Pepsi Beverage Company series, Kimball took the overall win with her brother Matt finishing in second. Alex Berry of Harrington finished third in the series despite finishing the night’s feature in seventh.
Ryan Deane of Winterport rolled to his fifth win of the season in the Dysart’s Late Models after passing early leader Andrew McLaughlin of Harrington on the 6th lap. A solo spin by Carmel’s Ryan Clark brought out the race’s only caution on lap 10, and Deane was able to hold his lead from the restart to the finish. Andy Saunders of Ellsworth came from near the rear of the 15 car field to finish in the second spot, with Orrington’s John Kalel II passing Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs on lap 20 of the 40 lap race to take the third spot. Seekins finished fourth with Ryan Modery of Hermon finishing fifth in a car loaned to him by Hermon’s Mike Hopkins, a part-time racer at the speedway.
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by | Aug 10, 2013 | Connecticut, Thompson
THOMPSON, CT. THE Budweiser 150 at the Thompson Speedway this Thursday will prove to be an extremely important race for both current series point leader Ryan Preece and WMT defending champion Doug Coby. A mere 25 points separate the two in their battle for the 2013 championship crown.
Preece has been the dominant force on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour this year with three consecutive wins and not a single finish outside the top 5 except for the “Tour’s” last outing at Stafford. In the closing laps of there, Preece spun and wound up finishing 16th. Coby, on the other hand, has won two of the last three events and has closed the point gap considerably. Rowan Pennink sits 39 points away from the leader with Mike Stefanik down by 56 and Ted Christopher off the pace by 58 points. With the Tour now into the second half of its season, each race gains more and more importance.
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by | Aug 10, 2013 | ACT, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Williams Takes Tiger Win and Dudley Scores Again on WDEV/Calkins Night
Barre, VT – Eric Chase, the Milton, VT helicopter pilot, got a chance to beam in victory lane after 14 years of trying by wiring the Late Model field from the outside pole on WDEV/Calkins Night at Thunder Road on Thursday, August 8.
Chase was put to the test over the second half of the 50-lap feature by veteran Dave Whitcomb who spent many a lap alongside his Gary Clay Builders No. 40. Whitcomb tucked inside to play a few laps of defense when teenager Emily Packard arrived to contest the top positions. Whitcomb made a final bid on the outside in the final three laps and Packard nosed underneath him to finish 2nd on the final circuit.
Jason Corliss was a close 4th, followed by fast-closing Scott Payea. Positions 6-10 went to Jamie Fisher, Trampas Demers, Joey M Laquerre, Mike Bailey and Derrick O’Donnell.
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by | Aug 10, 2013 | Canaan, Devils Bowl, New Hampshire, Vermont
Northern Modified Challenge Series at Canaan, NH still on for Sunday
WEST HAVEN, VT – Devil’s Bowl Speedway will suffer another cancellation on Friday, August 9, as heavy rains and a forecast that includes possible flooding in the West Haven, VT area have wiped out Interstate All Battery Center of Rutland Night presented by Green Mountain Water Environment Association.
The event was scheduled to include NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing for the Bond Auto Parts Modified, Late Model, Renegade, and Central Vermont Motorcycles Mini Stock divisions, as well as kids’ racecar rides and Spectator Racing. No rescheduling announcements have been made to date.
The Northern Modified Challenge Series, a new five-race championship sanctioned by Devil’s Bowl Speedway management, will make its maiden voyage to New Hampshire’s Canaan Fair Speedway on Sunday, August 11 for the Subway Fresh Fit 50. Racing begins at 1:30pm.
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by | Aug 10, 2013 | PASS
WENATCHEE, WA (August 8) – The best short track racers from across the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada will be making their way to Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval (WVSO) this weekend for the final leg of the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Northwest Triple Crown. The Wenatchee Valley 300 will see some of the best Super Late Model drivers in North America compete for 300 green flag laps this Saturday night in one of Central Washington’s richest events of the season. The race winner could potentially take home more than $10,000 for their efforts.
The Wenatchee Valley 300 will take its place in a line of prestigious short track events sanctioned by the PASS in 2013 which includes the Easter Bunny 150 at North Carolina’s Hickory Motor Speedway, the Autobus La Quebecoise Triple Crown at Quebec’s Autodrome Chaudiere, and the 40th running of the TD Bank 250 at Maine’s Oxford Plains Speedway, the richest and most famous short track event in motorsports. The Wenatchee Valley 300 will cap off an exciting trio of PASS Super Late Model races held at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval this year, the first two being won by Garrett Evans and Shane Mitchell.
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by | Aug 10, 2013 | Canada, Pro Stock Tour
(Halifax, NS, August 8, 2013) The Atlantic Cat 250, Halifax’s most anticipated stock car racing weekend of the season, returns to Scotia Speedworld this Friday and Saturday for two days of full throttle excitement! The two day event will attract over 5000 fans and the best stock car drivers from the Maritimes and abroad. Friday night the Dartmouth Dodge Sportsman will kick things off as they go head to head on the 3/10th mile oval for 100 laps in the Dartmouth Dodge 100. On Saturday race fans will see the stars of the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour battle for 250 grueling laps in the weekend’s main feature, the Atlantic Cat 250, which has a posted purse of over $50,000.00! Gates open at 5:00 PM on Friday, qualifying for the Dartmouth Dodge 100 will begin at 7:30 PM. Gates open at 2:00 PM on Saturday with Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials for the 14th Annual Atlantic CAT 250 at 4:10 PM.
The Dartmouth Dodge Sportsman will take centre stage on Friday night for the Dartmouth Dodge Sportsman 100. The race, which is a part of the three-race Maritime Sportsman Challenge, is expected to draw over 30 cars from Atlantic Canada. Defending Dartmouth Dodge Sportsman Series champion Aaron Boutilier (Porter’s Lake, NS) leads the Maritime Sportsman Challenge standings over defending Dartmouth Dodge Sportsman 100 winner Colby Smith (Cape Sable Island, NS) and Shawn McLean (Havelock, NB). They will all have to hold off Scotia Speedworld regulars who will be defending their home turf on Friday including point leader Darren Wallage (Oakfield, NS), Harry Ross White (Noel Road, NS) and last week’s first time main feature winner Wade Slauenwhite (Beaverbank, NS). Action on Friday also includes the Coors Light Trucks and the ACE Lumbermart Thunder and Lightning divisions with the green flag set to drop at 7:30pm.
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by | Aug 8, 2013 | Connecticut, Thompson
RAIN DROPS KEEP FALLING….
THOMPSON, CT. The race program for tonight, August 8th, at the Thompson Speedway has been cancelled. The weather, for the third consecutive week, forced Thompson management to pull the plug on the scheduled race event that was to have featured the Valenti Modified Racing Series and Thompson’s five NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions in an evening filled with high speed, exciting competition.
The track will announce an updated race schedule and will post it on their web site. www.thompsonspeedway.com Fans are asked to click on the NASCAR logo in the upper right hand corner of the opening web page to reach the familiar Thompson site. Fans may go directly to the traditional site at www.thompsonspeedwayoval.com
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