Monday, 5/20/13
Cardi’s Furniture(Rt.2, W. Warwick, RI, EX. 8 Off I-95)-Cruise Night, 5 p.m.
Haywagon Restaurant & Creamery(504 Hartford Ave, Uxbridge, MA)-Cruise Night, Music, 5 -8:30 p.m.
Mark’s Auto Parts(E. Granby, CT)-Cruise Night, Food, Music, Raffles, Food, Fun, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, 5/21/13
AW Restaurant(Rt. 44, Greenville, RI)-Cruise Night, 5 p.m.
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A seen over the week of May 10, 2013 on WAGM TV in a five part series, Rene Cloukey goes behind the scenes with Austin Theriault.
Part 1 – Austin Theriault is just 19 years old, but he has already had success on several stock car racing series. The Fort Kent native has moved to North Carolina to pursue his dream of racing at the highest level.
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SUPERSTOCK (25 LAPS)
1. #1 Adam Chadbourne, Woolwich
2. #3 Bobby Mesimer, Wiscasset
3. #2 Josh Bailey, Wiscasset
4. #2R Ryan Robinson, Clinton
5. #05 James Osmond, Wiscasset
6. #48 Dan Nesmith, Wiscasset
7. #27 Nate Yeaton, Woolwich (1)
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(Halifax, NS, May 19, 2013) Halifax, NS’s John Flemming raced his Action Car & Truck Accessories Dodge Charger from the back in just 25 laps to win the 2013 Season Opener Lucas Oil 150 at Scotia Speedworld on Sunday night. Flemming started on the outside with three laps to go and rode the outside groove to the victory around defending series champion Shawn Turple of Enfield, NS. Greg Proude of Springvale, PE rebounded from a late spin in Turn One to finish third with Daryl Mahar (Hubley, NS) and sophomore Steve Ross (Waverley, NS) completing the top five.
Flemming started the day off taking the top spot in the Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials with a quick circuit of 14.285 seconds. Following a shake-up of the top nine drivers and a 10 lap race, Shawn Tucker of Fredericton, NB took home the King Freight Dash for Cash giving him the pole position to start the Lucas Oil 150. Dartmouth Dodge Heat Races were won by Proude, New Glasgow, NS’s George Koszkulics, and Antigonish, NS’s Donald Chisholm. Dylan Blenkhorn (Truro) backed up his sixth place starting spot in the Lucas Oil 150 by finishing sixth and taking the first Exide Batteries Rookie of the Race Award of the season. Terry Dougay (Albany, PE) gained 21 spots to receive the Absolute Traffic Services Hard Charger Award. Turple led 66 laps to pocket the Linde Most Laps Led Award. Five leaders swapped the lead ten times throughout the 150-lap affair.
Justin McNeil (Bedford, NS) won a 50 lap Maritime League of Legends Tour race to start the day off. Joining McNeil on the podium was Matt Moore (Falmouth, NS) and Emily Meehan (Rawdon, NS).
The next event for the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour is the Fast Eddie Racewear 100 on Saturday, June 1st at Petty International Raceway at 6:00 pm.
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Thompson, Conn. (May 19, 2013) – Inclement weather at Thompson International Speedway on Sunday, May 19, forced the postponement of the day’s racing events that were to include the Modified Racing Series (MRS). After completing qualifying for nearly all of the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series divisions and a single heat race of the three scheduled for the VMRS Modifieds, a persistent drizzle turned steadier; ending any attempts at feature racing.
The Modified Racing Series portion of the event has been cancelled. Details on the make-up for the Weekly Racing Series will be announced at a later date.
Runner-up finish in borrowed car keeps Joey Doiron atop Series standings
Vallee-Jonction, QC – Patrick Laperle of St. Denis, Quebec rebounded from an early-race spin to earn his first trip to victory lane in Pro All Stars Series North Super Late Model competition in six years on Saturday night in the Frameco 150 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec.
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Holcomb tops USAC Dirt Midgets, Mastic wins First in Coupes
BRADFORD, VT – Veteran stock car driver Chris Donnelly of Piermont, NH Rim Rode to victory on Valley Floors night at Bear Ridge Speedway. Donnelly used the extreme outside lane to blast his way to the front from his 14th starting position, taking the lead on lap 24 from Evan Kingsbury in the 40 lap event for the Bond Auto DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds. Evan Kingsbury of Bradford finished second with former Champion Gary Seimons rounding out the top three. Donnelly also won the Blackmount Equipment Semi-Feature.
Both of Speedway 95’s top performing lady drivers, Emma Libby of Glenburn and Shelby Kimball of Cornville overcame adversity to win their respective extended length feature races at the Hermon oval Saturday night. In the Sport-Four Coca-Cola series event, 15 year old Emma Libby of Glenburn was sent to the rear of the 15 car field along with Dedham’s Keith Ogden following a lap 5 scuffle that brought out the race’s third caution flag. Libby then made an impressive charge to the front, methodically passing car after car without the help of any additional caution flags, running down and passing Hudson’s Donny Silva for the lead with 6 laps to go in the 35 lap race. Silva finished second with Hermon’s Andrew Crosby taking third. Kevin Hartley of Hermon finished fourth with Carmel’s Bradley Dolan in fifth.
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