by | Jul 19, 2013 | Connecticut, Thompson
Barnett and Gleason Win Limited Sportsman Twin Features
Thompson, Conn: Berlin, Conn. native Matt Gallo stood out as the only first time winner in a sea of repeat winners in this week’s edition of Thursday Night Thompson Thunder. Gallo took down the victory in the Sunoco Modified portion of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series card. Repeat winners included Glenn Boss in the Late Models, Cam McDermott in the Lite Modifieds, and Scott Michalski in the Monster Mini Stocks. Larry Barnett and Jesse Gleason each won 20-lap Limited Sportsman features.
Gallo took the lead of the 30-lap Sunoco Modified feature event from his outside front row starting position and never looked back. He led every lap en route to his first career Thompson Speedway win.
Gallo led the charge at the start of the race with Paul Newcomb and Woody Pitkat rounding out the top three. Gallo was on fire as he pulled away to a commanding half-a-straightaway lead over the rest of the field.
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by | Jul 19, 2013 | ACT, Thunder Road, Vermont
Triple Crown Night for Tiger Rookie Cameron Ouellette
Barre, VT – Jamie “The Hurricane” Fisher of Shelburne, driving the S. D. Ireland No. 18, led the final 18 laps of the Safelite Auto Glass Late Model 50 to become the 6th different winner in the last six races Thursday at Thunder Road. It was the first Late Model victory at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement” since 2009 for the former track champion as well as the 14th of his career.
Fisher overtook rookie Jason Corliss for the lead after gaining three spots in the previous eight laps. Joey Laquerre got underneath Corliss for 2nd when Corliss bobbled in turn four with seven circuits left, but couldn’t close in on Fisher. Corliss wound up 3rd, three car-lengths ahead of Derrick O’Donnell whose 4th-place effort unofficially moved him into lead in the championship point standings. Brooks Clark completed the top-five.
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by | Jul 18, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
Sam Betts of Brewer picked up his first win of the season in the Little Enduros at Speedway 95 Wednesday night as he led the field from the green to the checkers. Only one caution flag slowed the field when Henry Boudreau Jr. of Winterport slid high out of turn four and made contact with the front stretch wall. Travis Beale of Hampden ran close to Betts for the final three laps but was unable to pass for the lead Beale finished second with Dixmont’s Rick Gomm in third.
Amy Houde of Howland led the entire distance in the Ladies series event, finishing ahead of Hermon’s Rhonda Wilbur and Milo’s Erin Evans. The event went the entire distance without a caution, allowing Houde to stretch her lead to about three car lengths at the finish.
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by | Jul 18, 2013 | Canada, Pro Stock Tour, Touring Series News
(Halifax, NS, July 17, 2013) The Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour returns to Riverside International Speedway this Saturday, July 20th for the prestigious IWK 250 presented by Steve Lewis Auto Body. This marquee event will feature current NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Brad Keselowski. Thirty-four drivers from five Canadian provinces and two states in the U.S. have pre-registered for the event with a purse of more than $93,000. The IWK 250 will mark round seven of 12 in the chase for the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour Championship. Grandstand gates and box office for the IWK 250 open at 12:00 PM; Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials will get underway at 3:30 PM followed by an on-track autograph session and concert. Pre-race festivities start at 7:00 PM.
NASCAR champ Keselowski will work a rare off-weekend from his No. 2 Miller Lite Ford ride in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to make an even more rare start at the IWK 250. Keselowski will pilot the No. 13K Cat Car for Kids this Saturday. The Cat Car for Kids program, presented by Atlantic Cat, was initiated in 2008. Prior to race day the car and Keselowski will visit the IWK Health Centre where patients and their families can sign the car as co-sponsors; the annual visit has become a ‘signature’ event on the hospital calendar. The IWK 250 has raised awareness and more than $130,000 for the IWK Health Centre since 2007.
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by | Jul 18, 2013 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
Veteran driver Sam Sessions Gets The Call Behind The Wheel As “Aspire Higher” Program Comes To Fruition This Weekend
SOUTH PARIS, Maine – No matter what happens in the Oxford 250, a group of Oxford Hills Middle School students will see this weekend as a success.
Veteran Sam Sessions of South Paris, Maine, will enter the “Aspire Higher” No. 0 Oxford Hills Middle School Chevrolet in the 40th annual TD Bank Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, July 21. It will mark Sessions’ first race at Oxford Plains in seven years, and it comes in a car that has a very special background.
Oxford Hills Middle School students in the school’s “Aspire Higher” program have joined Crazy Horse Racing owner Mitch Green over the last two years in taking the No. 0 car from an idea to a reality.
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by | Jul 18, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Media, Photos, Vermont
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WEST HAVEN, VT – Devil’s Bowl Speedway isn’t just for the stock cars of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series anymore. The West Haven, VT facility will open its gates on Wednesday, July 24 to welcome both the Walker International Circus and Rally North America for special events.
The day begins with 80 sleek and sporty street-legal cars from Rally North America’s “C.J. Pony Parts-Rally New England 2013” trek. The four-day, 1,300-mile journey will help raise funds for Camp Sunshine, a retreat for children with life-threatening diseases and their families. The Rally runs through Downtown Rutland, VT on Wednesday morning and stops at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, where each of the 80 teams will shake their cars down on the half-mile track. The Rally also visits the famous road course at Watkins Glen (NY) International and the Oxford (ME) Dragway.
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by | Jul 18, 2013 | VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
Canaan, NH. – The hot summer schedule and 10th anniversary season continues this weekend, Saturday, July 20, when the Valenti Modified Racing Series returns to Oxford, Maine, for the 40th annual TD Bank 250 weekend. The series will be making its sixth appearance at Oxford in the last seven years.
In previous events, five different drivers have visited victory lane at the famed oval. Two are expected Saturday.
One is popular local favorite, David Pinkham of Buxton, expected to compete in the Tom Greeley owned # 22. Pinkham is a three-time series winner and the 2008 winner of the Oxford race.
Joe Doucette, of Framingham, MA, has run a limited schedule this season but will return to the site of his first and only series win. Doucette electrified the crowd in 2011 when on lap 97; he passed for the lead to a thunderous roar from the grandstands
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by | Jul 18, 2013 | Maine
Theriault Has High Oxford 250 Aspirations
BKR Driver Hopes Home State Provides Backdrop For A Big Win
FORT KENT, Maine – Two summers ago, Austin Theriault became the youngest podium finisher in the nearly four-decade history of the Oxford 250 when he finished third behind NASCAR star Kyle Busch. Last year, he returned just as strong for the midsummer classic and posted another third-place finish.
Now the 19-year-old Fort Kent, Maine, native is ready to try and finally bring home the big trophy when he heads to the 40th annual TD Bank Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, July 21. After competing under Late Model rules in each of the last two seasons, Theriault will be making his first start in the race as a PASS North Series-sanctioned Super Late Model race.
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by | Jul 18, 2013 | ACT, Touring Series News
Packard Set To Make International 500 History
Sophomore Late Model Driver Heads To One Of Favorite ACT Stops
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Emily Packard would like for nothing better than to see her second career Late Model victory come in a historic event for the ACT Late Model Tour.
Packard, of East Montpelier, Vt., will join roughly 40 Late Model teams from around the region for the inaugural $140,000 ACT International 500 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Sunday, July 21. Airborne was the site of Packard’s first career ACT Late Model Tour start last fall, and the racy half-mile track remains one of her favorite places on the Tour.
She’s hoping her comfort level on the bigger tracks will pay dividends this weekend.
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by | Jul 18, 2013 | ACT
Hoar Ready To Add New Piece To Trophy Case
8-Time ACT Champion Eyes Win In Inaugural International 500
GEORGIA, Vt – It’s been two months since Brian Hoar was last in a race car, but when he gets back behind the wheel of the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger he’s hoping to recreate some of the excitement of his last ride.
Hoar matched the closest margin of victory in ACT Late Model Tour history when he won the ACT 100 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., in mid-May – and he’d gladly take a similar victory this weekend in the inaugural $140,000 ACT International 500 at Airborne on Sunday, July 21. The unique segmented race featuring three 100-lap sprints on the .500-mile track carries a guaranteed winner’s share of $25,000.
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