by | Jul 1, 2013 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
By Lisa Maguire
It was an action packed evening under the bright lights at Wiscasset Speedway last Saturday. Fans filled the bleachers to cheer on their favorite drivers. In addition to its regular lineup of Thunder 4’s, Prostock, Super Stock, and New England 4 Cylinder Prostock, there was also a conclusion to last weeks Late Model Sportsman 45 Lap feature, which had been rained out. There was also a bonus Late Model race on the roster, as well as a flagpole race.
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by | Jul 1, 2013 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
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WISCASSET SPEEDWAY TOP FIVE OFFICIAL FINISH JUNE 29, 2013
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by Jay | Jun 30, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
RYAN MODERY WINS SPEEDWAY 95 LATE MODEL FEATURE
Just three weeks after graduating from Hermon High School, 17 year old Ryan Modery of Hermon found himself in Maine State Lottery Victory Lane at Speedway 95 Saturday night after winning the 40 lap Dysart’s Late Model feature. Modery, last year’s Rookie of the Year in the division, passed Corinth’s Lloyd Nickerson on lap 18 of the caution free event and held Nickerson at bay to the end. Nickerson finished in second, about 2 feet behind Modery, with 2012 division champion Andy Saunders of Ellsworth finishing third despite a broken sway bar on his car. Saunders started 10th on the grid and was in third by lap 20 and gaining on the leaders before his car broke, causing him to only be able to maintain his position. Last week’s winner, John Kalel II of Orrington finished in fourth after starting near the rear of the 16 car field. Harrington’s Andrew McLaughlin finished fifth after starting third on the grid.
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by Jay | Jun 30, 2013 | NASCAR, Touring Series News, Trucks
Successful NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Debut for Moffitt
Grimes, IA – Brett Moffitt made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) on Thursday, June 27th, in the No. 13 ThorSport Racing AISIN Toyota Tundra. He brought home a very respectable 14th place finish in the UNOH 225 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, KY, on the notoriously bumpy but fast 1.5 mile asphalt circuit.
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by | Jun 29, 2013 | ACT, Thunder Road, Vermont
Harvest and Fairpoint Events Become Sunday Shows
Barre, VT – Thunder Road International Speedbowl officials have announced the rescheduling of the Harvest Equipment and the Fairpoint Communications rained-out events as special Sunday evening shows.
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by | Jun 29, 2013 | ACT
Montmagny, QC – Autodrome Montmagny officials have postponed the Série ACT 250 scheduled for Saturday, June 29 due to forecasted rains. The event will be run on Sunday, June 30 with Série ACT qualifying beginning at 2:00pm.
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by Jay | Jun 29, 2013 | Connecticut, Stafford, Video
by | Jun 28, 2013 | Legends, NELCAR
16-Year-Old Grabs Second Win In Last Three Starts At Home Track
SCARBOROUGH, Maine – John Peters of Westbrook, Maine, won the 25-lap Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour feature event at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Thursday, June 27. It was the second career Legends victory for the 16-year-old driver and second in the last three weeks.
Peters has finished in the Top-3 in four of his last five NELCAR starts.
“I’m super-excited to get another win,” Peters said. “With Thursday Thunder being the core of our season, this is really great. It sets us up really well for the rest of the season in the points.”
Unofficially, Peters inherited the VIP Thursday Thunder Series point lead with the win.
Peters, who became the youngest champion in Beech Ridge Motor Speedway history when he won an entry-level division title last season at 15 years old, started fifth in the 22-car field Thursday. He moved quickly into the Top-3, then stalked the race leader until there were fewer than 10 laps remaining.
On Lap 16, Peters drove the No. 51 Cash For Clunkers/Derek Kneeland Racing Sedan to the bottom of the track off of Turn 2 on the .333-mile oval and completed the pass as he rolled through the third turn.
“It was a chore,” Peters said of the move for the lead. “Evan (Beaulieu)’s so much fun to race with. I got to him, and I tried the outside a couple times and there was just nothing there. He just slipped up a little bit, and I had to throttle it up and get in there. It was tough – he did what he had to do, and I got a little lucky and was able to squeeze in there just in time.”
Peters was never seriously challenged over the closing laps. The win made up for his first career win two weeks ago, which came in a rain-shortened event and resulted in a heavily damaged race car.
“To have one that we actually won without demolishing the race car – yeah, it feels good to finally win one,” Peters said.
“I was passing a lot of fast cars in practice, so I knew that I would have a competitive car. In the feature, I was surprised at how quickly I was able to get to the front. The car hooked up everywhere I put it, other than the outside.”
Peters and the rest of the NELCAR Legends Tour return to action this Saturday, June 29, when he visits Speedway 95 in Hermon, Maine, for the second time this season.
by | Jun 28, 2013 | ACT, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Due to rain the Fairpoint Communications event scheduled for Thursday, June 27 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT has been postponed. The event will be made up at a later date that will be announced soon.
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by | Jun 28, 2013 | Connecticut, Thompson
THOMPSON, CT. A persistent drizzle and a forecast for heavy rains forced Thompson Speedway management to cancel the race program for Thursday, June 27th. Racing will return to the historic 5/8ths mile oval on Thursday, July 11th.
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