NE Truck Feature @ Waterford 4/6/2013
Feature race for the New England Truck Series at Waterford Speedbowl for the Budweiser Blastoff Weekend.
Bandolero Feature @ Waterford 4/6/2013
Feature race for the Bandoleros at Waterford Speedbowl for the Budweiser Blastoff Weekend
Merchants Bank 150 Opens 54th Season At Thunder Road
The field splits to avoid a multi-car accident in last year’s Merchants Bank 150 at Thunder Road. The stars of the American Canadian Tour will be in town on April 27/28 to kick off the 2013 season at The Nation’s Site of Excitement. (Photo Credit: Leif Tillotson)
Merchants Bank 150 Opens 54th Season At Thunder Road
Car Show Returns to Barre
Barre, VT – The snow is finally melting as race teams and fans prepare for the first real sign of springtime: The 15th Annual Merchants Bank 150 at Barre’s Thunder Road on the weekend of April 27/28.
The race serves as the opening point-counting event for the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen and Allen Lumber Street Stocks, but will also bring in the stars of the American Canadian Tour to challenge the local Late Model division. Last season fans saw 8-time ACT Champion Brian Hoar pick up his second win of the season at the Nation’s Site of Excitement, with eventual ACT champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. on his tail. Helliwell will be looking to score the victory at his home track, but he joins a long list of favorites to steal the opening event.
7-time ACT Champion Jean-Paul Cyr knows the toils of the Merchants Bank event all too well.
“Last year I thought we had it won before a mis-communication on pit road,” said Cyr, referring to when he pitted late in a caution, giving up the lead and starting at the back of the field mid-race. “I love Thunder Road, so I’m ready to go out and win it this time around,” he finished. (more…)
Street Stock Heats @ Waterford 4/6/2013
Truck Heat @ Waterford 4/6/2013
RPM MOTORSPORTS: Hoar, Paya Ready For ACT Opener At Lee USA Speedway
8-Time Champion, RPM Motorsports Set Sights Limited 2013 Schedule
GEORGIA, Vt. – After combining to win more races and championships than any driver and car owner tandem in the history of the ACT Late Model Tour, Brian Hoar and Rick Paya are shifting gears in 2013.
The decorated driver and owner/crew chief combination will compete part-time on the ACT Late Model Tour this season, beginning this weekend with the season-opening New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, N.H., on April 20-21.
“I just have a lot going on business-wise and personal-wise, and I’ve been racing a long time,” said Hoar, 40, who has won the last two ACT races at Lee USA. “Life is all about balance and balancing everything between family, work and racing. My family and I are just as busy as ever. Spending so much time racing (became harder) with all of my work requirements and things I wanted to do with the family. (more…)
Moffitt Wins Pole and Takes Points Lead at Greenville Pickens Speedway
Grimes, IA – Brett Moffitt, driver of the #11 Don Valley North Toyota Scion Toyota for Hattori Racing Enterprises (HRE) qualified on the pole for the Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 presented by G-Clean. This was Moffitt’s ninth career pole award, his third from Greenville Pickens Speedway in Greenville, SC, and his first pole of the 2013 season. Moffitt also claimed a solid 5th place finish, bringing his driver statistics to 36 top-ten finishes out of 49 career starts.
Running on the flat asphalt of Greenville required significant changes in set up after the high banks of Bristol, where the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East ran the previous race. The #11 HRE team had prepared a great car, and they brought it to the track ready to race. Moffitt was fast in both practice sessions. The #11 HRE Toyota Camry finished the first practice session in third place, and Moffitt had the fastest car on the track during the final practice of the day, outpacing the rest of the field by .098 seconds. “The car is right where we need to be for qualifying,” said Moffitt as the final practice wound down. Qualifying results later confirmed Moffitt’s comments.
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Late Model Heats @ Waterford 4/6/2013
Heat races for the Late Models at Waterford Speedbowl for the Budweiser Blastoff Weekend.
April 6, 2013 Wiscasset Speedway photos
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REID LANPHER: Lanpher Posts Podium Finish For JR Motorsports
Reid Lanpher
Dirty Dozen Cup: Reid Lanpher
Southern Nat’l Motorsports Park Race Report
KENLY, N.C. – Fourteen-year-old Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, continued his impressive performance with JR Motorsports, finishing third in the second half of the Dirty Dozen Cup Twin 100s at Southern National Motorsports Park in Kenly, N.C., on Saturday, April 6. In addition to his career-best finish in the No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, Lanpher also posted his best career qualifying effort with a fifth-place run in time trials earlier in the day. Lanpher started ninth in the second 100-lap Late Model Stock feature and was running down the leaders after climbing all the way to third by the time the checkered flag flew in the caution-free event. In the first 100-lap race, he was running inside the Top-10 when contact from another competitor shuffled him to the back half of the field before Lanpher rallied to finish ninth. Lanpher now has two Top-5 finishes and four straight Top-10s – all in the last four races – with the team owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. (more…)