Bates and Stone split Modified Twin 25s, LaVair repeats in Mini Stocks
WEST HAVEN, VT – Matt Frahm put on a stock car racing clinic at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday, June 14, dominating the inaugural Carmody Ford “Slate Valley 100” for the Granite State Pro Stock Series. Frahm was joined in victory lane by NASCAR Whelen All-American Series winners Hunter Bates, Todd Stone, and Bobby LaVair.
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June 14, 2013 – CFS is proud to announce that MetalCore, a locally owner and operated company specialized in supplying a variety of metals to consumers and industry, has agreed to become the title sponsor of the CENTRE for Speed’s Maritime Super Series of Stock Car Racing. MetalCore will assist us in providing up to $6000 (SIX THOUSAND) in points fund money for the 4 race series! Add to the points funds an exciting new race day format, a highly competitive points structure, a high weekly payout, and non conflicting events with most speedways and the CENTRE hopes to see strong fields and good car counts in each of the 4 events. The MetalCore Maitime Super Series is features extended lap races for Maritime based Sportsman, Street Stock and Mini Stock cars and is open to all competitors from throughout the region.
Just sayin “Happy Father’s Day”
by Lou Modestino
Louie Mechalides, of Tyngsboro, MA, took the lead on lap 51 and went on to win his second consecutive “Seekonk 100” Saturday night, June 8, at Seekonk (MA) Speedway. Mechalides captured the June event last season.
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By Lou Modestino
For six decades Connecticut photographer Howie Hodge has been creating memories for countless auto racing enthusiasts through his camera lens. A good number of those photos taken were of his first racing love, the tour-type Modifieds.
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John Peters Grabs First Career Legends Win
Survives Rain, Competition To Win At Beech Ridge Motor Speedway
SCARBOROUGH, Maine – John Peters of Westbrook, Maine, won his first career Amsoil NELCAR Legends race, leading the rain-shortened VIP Thursday Thunder 25 from flag-to-flag at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Thursday, June 13.
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Barre, VT – On Sunday, June 16, The Nation’s Site of Excitement Thunder Road will open the gates with free admission for kids 12 and under with a full card of racing action and special events for the whole family.
Racecars from Thunder Road’s Late Model division, Bond Auto Tigers, and Allen Lumber Street Stocks will be lined up at 1:15pm to give rides around the quarter-mile oval to kids in attendance. Thunder Road will also be giving out a free hot dog to all kids.
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Brad Keselowski Racing: Austin Theriault
Battle At Berlin 251 Race Preview
THE STORY
FORT KENT, Maine – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, is back in the seat for Brad Keselowski Racing at the Battle At Berlin 251 at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich., on Saturday, June 15. Theriault made his debut on the flat .438-mile oval last season in the 251-lap main event, finishing 13th in the CRA Super Series sanctioned event. The driver of the BKR No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Ford Fusion is looking forward to continuing his strong run this season in the BKR Fords while competing in one of the biggest races of the first half of the 2013 season. The team practiced and qualified for a 75-lap event at Berlin two weeks ago before the race itself was rained out, but Theriault has not finished outside of the Top-10 in seven consecutive Super Late Model races dating back to last season – including a sixth-place effort at Gresham Motorsports Park in the Southern Super Series Racing Radios 125 in April – and expects to turn in another strong run this weekend.
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Saturday is Kids Night!
It happens just once a year and this Saturday Speedway 660 is proud to present Re/Max Kids Night in the Geary Woods. Kids of all ages will enjoy racing in five exciting divisions and fans 12 and under will go out on the track at intermission for an incredible candy scramble.
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ACT Late Model Tour: Emily Packard
Canaan Fair Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Emily Packard of East Montpelier, Vt., returns to ACT Late Model Tour competition with the Canaan 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., on Saturday, June 15. Packard has made three ACT starts this season, and two weeks ago, she became the first woman to win a NASCAR-sanctioned event at Canaan Fair Speedway when she took the victory in Twin 25s at the track on June 1. This weekend mark’s Packard’s first attempt at qualifying for an ACT Late Model Tour race at her home track, and she’ll do so with the new No. 9x Northstar Fireworks/Berlin Optical Expressions Ford she debuted last weekend in weekly competition. After the Canaan 150, Packard will cap her weekend with a 50-lap Late Model event at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Sunday, June 16.
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