by Jay | Jul 13, 2013 | Canada
TUCKER TRIUMPHS IN THE FAST EDDIE RACEWEAR 100 AT PETTY RACEWAY SATURDAY NIGHT
(Moncton, NB, July 13, 2013) – Shawn Tucker of Fredericton took home his first victory of the season by holding off all comers on a restart with three laps remaining to capture the Fast Eddie Racewear 100. The win is Tucker’s first career victory at Petty Raceway and the 19th of his career on the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour. Tucker, in the #52 Rockico Equipment Impala, crossed the line first ahead of Jonathan Hicken of Brudenell, PE, and Dylan Gosbee of Cornwall, PE. Darren MacKinnon (Charlottetown, PE) had to settle for fourth on the night with point leader John Flemming (Halifax, NS) completing the top five in the Fast Eddie Racewear 100.
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by Jay | Jul 13, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Stone Untouchable, Masterson Breaks Through at Devil’s Bowl Mid-Season Championship
Gordon, LaVair take double-points victories
WEST HAVEN, VT – NASCAR Whelen All-American Series stock car driver Todd Stone got one for the thumb on Friday, July 12, dominating the Bond Auto Parts Modified feature at the double-points Rutland Herald Mid-Season Championships at Devil’s Bowl Speedway. The Middlebury, VT driver was seemingly in his own league during the 35-lap race, taking his fifth victory in nine starts on the year.
Stone needed just six laps to shoot from his 10th starting position into the lead and easily distanced himself from the field. He withstood three restarts alongside Hunter Bates, also of Middlebury, VT, en route to the win. Bates was second at the finish. Leon Gonyo of Chazy, NY won a heated battle for third place, besting Jessey Mueller of Olmstedville, NY and Vince Quenneville, Jr., of Brandon, VT.
With point values doubled for all preliminary and feature races on the night, Stone earned 100 points for his feature victory but stretched his overall championship lead by only six points. Bates made a major gain by winning the Sunoco Race Fuels Semi-Feature – a race which Stone failed to qualify for – taking 20 bonus points for that victory. Bates now trails Stone by only 35 points (591-556), cutting his previous deficit by nearly half.
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by Jay | Jul 13, 2013 | NASCAR, Nationwide Series, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS, Video
The CNBC Prime’s “The Profit” 200 came to an exciting end on Saturday afternoon. Kyle Busch held on through three green-white-checkered attempts to hold off his teammate, Brian Vickers.
by Jay | Jul 13, 2013 | Canada
Cooper Captures Street Stock Feature at Speedway 660
Heidi Cooper won the DMR Auto Sales & Service Street Stock main event at Speedway 660 on Saturday night. Cooper beat Roger Slocum in one of the tightest finishes in the history of racing in the Geary Woods. According to the electronic transponders, used to score the race cars, Cooper crossed the stripe three hundreds of a second ahead of Slocum.
“That was an unbelievable finish and I am really proud to bring this race car into the Riverview Ford Lincoln Victory Lane” said Cooper. “I gave Roger the inside lane and he raced me clean for the last few laps and it was so close at the finish line that neither of us actually knew who won the race.”
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by Jay | Jul 13, 2013 | Media, NASCAR, New Hampshire, NHMS, Sprint Cup, Video
Brad Keselowski talks to the media about winning the pole and other topics
by Jay | Jul 13, 2013 | Modified, NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS, Touring Series News
Loudon, NH (July 2013) – Ryan Newman has a lot of racing scheduled for this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon as he attempts to do the double, driving WIX Filters-sponsored entries in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Whelen Modified Tour races.
Newman is scheduled to run the Modified race Saturday before returning to his regular driving duties Sunday behind the wheel of Stewart-Haas Racing’s (SHR) No. 39 Chevrolet SS.
For Newman, running the Modified race offers him a chance to have a little fun and a release from the stress of his day job, where he is currently fighting to race his way into position to claim a coveted spot in the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship.
This weekend’s race couldn’t come at a better time for Newman. Given his track record at the “The Magic Mile,” he and his No. 39 team expect to score a strong finish, if not contend for the win, in Sunday’s 301-miler.
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by Jay | Jul 13, 2013 | NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS, Sprint Cup, Touring Series News, Video
Defending Sprint Cup Champion Brad Keselowski rejuvinated his season Friday by notching the pole for Sunday’s Camping World RV Sales 301.
by Jay | Jul 13, 2013 | Connecticut, Stafford, Video
by | Jul 12, 2013 | ACT, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Barre, VT – The spotlight was on NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Clint Bowyer at Thunder Road Thursday (July 11), but when the night ended, it was Barre’s Cody Blake who was hoisting the Vermont Lottery Commission Governor’s Cup in victory lane.
21-year-old Blake in his North Country Federal Credit Union No. 99 spent the final laps with a mirror full of Nick Sweet, who was weaving at his bumper looking for a chance to pounce. “I told him on the radio – stay on the bottom, he can’t get you,” father Greg Blake said. “There wasn’t any emotion from him until the last two laps.”
“He drove a phenomenal race,” Sweet said. “My car was really good and I was all over him. I hope we gave the fans a good show.”
“It’s a dream come true,” Blake said in victory lane where he was presented the trophy by Gov. Peter Shumlin. “It’s just amazing.”
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by | Jul 12, 2013 | Connecticut, Thompson
Thompson, Conn: John Lowinski-Loh of Milford, Mass., Steve Kenneway of Lowell, Mass. and Chad Baxter of Pascoag, RI all captured their first season wins on Whelen Engineering night in Thursday Night Thunder at Thompson (TNTT). Other NASCAR Whelen All-American Series winners included Keith Rocco of Meriden, Conn. in the Sunoco Modified division with his fourth victory of the season and John Studley of Framingham, Mass. in the Lite Modifieds.
Lowinski-Loh has a proven record of success at Thompson Speedway and that’s why it was no surprise that he continued that pattern behind the wheel of a Late Model. Lowinski-Loh nailed his first victory in only his fifth start in the highly competitive division after taking the lead at lap 14 from John Falconi.
Falconi and Damon Tinio led the field to green with Falconi taking the point in turn two after a brief side-by-side battle. Lowinski-Loh took over second on the second circuit with Tinio settling into third.
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