Hudson Speedway pics 10-14-12
Hudson Speedway race report for Oct. 14th racing
Hudson NH- Hudson Speedway concluded its 65th consecutive racing season on Sunday October 14th. Racing got started late after an hour and half rain delay but with the help of drivers and spectators driving around the wet oval in race cars and personal vehicles the track was dried quickly.
The first feature to race was the B and L Used Auto Parts Thunder Lights. Max Chaput of Nashua NH led the first half of the feature while Nick Dombroski of Derry NH and Andrew Morin of Nashua NH were closing in on him. Dombroski got to Chaput first and took to the outside lane. Dombroski spent four laps on the outside of Chaput finally getting by him with two laps to go. Dombroski held on to the lead till the end of the race. Chaput had a career best second place finish followed by Morin, Kris Schroeder and Jarrod Howard. Chaput won the heat.
Andrew Morin is the 2012 B and L Used Auto Parts Thunder Lights points Champion.
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Rain Date Announced for 50th Milk Bowl
A third attempt at the $160,000 50th Annual People’s United Bank Milk Bowl will be run at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road on Sunday, October 28th with a post time of 1pm. The three-segment race has qualified 30 cars, of the 51 who attempted, for what is considered the “Toughest Short Track Race in America.”
Long-time Promoter Tom Curley was careful in choosing the day for the biggest race in Vermont’s history, as many of ACT’s leading drivers will participate in Lee USA Speedway’s OctoberFest event this coming weekend. “We certainly do not want to conflict with one of the best facilities on our Tour, so we chose to run on Sunday, October 28,” said Curley.
Along with the Milk Bowl will be a $20,000 Late Model Reserve Feature, as well as Mini Milk Bowls for the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen and Allen Lumber Street Stocks to decide their track championship battles.
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“Halloween at 100 MPH” for Devil’s Bowl Speedway’s Vermonster 150 Enduro
$1,500 top prize could await October 20 winner; Spectator Races and costume contest on tap
WEST HAVEN, VT – It’s hell on wheels and Halloween at 100 miles per hour when Devil’s Bowl Speedway opens its gates for the Vermonster 150 Enduro on Saturday, October 20 at 1:00pm. The rock-‘em-sock-‘em survival race will be held no matter if the forecast calls for rain, shine, snow, or vampire attack. The event is open to any car, mini-van, or light-duty pickup truck that meets specifications.
Entries have already been filed from all corners of Vermont and eastern New York State, and many more are expected leading up to the race. Should 50 or more racers compete, the victory will be worth a cool $1,500 – all indications indicate a full field will be on hand. Enduros are run regardless of track or weather conditions, and typically contain a few metal-crunching, bone-jarring, crowd-pleasing wrecks and lots of wild and crazy racing action. Races are only stopped by a red flag in the event of an emergency. Vehicles are virtually street-legal with only safety modifications allowed. All teams are required to provide a scorer for the event, and the first driver completing the full 150-lap distance will be named the winner.
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Santos Checkers In Thompson WMT Finale; Coby Crowned Champion
Santos Checkers In Thompson WMT Finale; Coby Crowned Champion
World Series Wins To Pitkat, Summers, Cabral and Gelinas
Thompson, Conn: Thompson International Speedway capped off a historic weekend that included an all time high of 337 cars over 16 divisions with a celebration of Doug Coby’s championship in victory lane. The World Series of Auto Racing victory lane also hosted Bobby Santos as Whelen Modified Tour winner, Woody Pitkat in the Sunoco Modifieds, Randy Cabral in the NEMA Midgets, Rob Summers in ISMA Super Modifieds, and Larry Gelinas in the Super Late Models.
Santos held off a determined Todd Szegedy to win the Sunoco Race Fuels – Town Fair Tire 150 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race and collect his second consecutive win this season and 8th career victory. Coby finished sixth and won his first Whelen Modified Tour Championship.
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Pennink Celebrates Modified Racing Series Victory; O’Sullivan Claims Two Wins On World Series Weekend
Thompson, Conn: Rowan Pennink’s victory in the Valenti Modified Racing Series 75-lapper highlighted an action packed night at Thompson International Speedway that offered 11 features of racing. John Studley, John Lowinski-Loh, Tommy O’Sullivan, Jesse Gleason, Eric Bourgeois, Glen Thomas, Jr., Chris Correll, and Dave Richardi all visited victory lane on World Series weekend. Eric Berndt won his second career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour pole for Sunday’s 150-lap tour race.
Rowan Pennink picked up his third victory of the season in the Valenti Modified Racing Series after taking the lead at lap Justin Bonsignore led from the pole before caution slowed the race for the first time at lap two. On the restart, Bonsignore drove back out front with Todd Owen right on his bumper. On lap four, Owen shot around to the lead with Bonsignore and Christopher in tow. Owen drove straight to the front when racing resumed after a caution on lap 11 with Chris Pasteryak getting underneath Bonsignore for second. Pasteryak attached himself to Owen’s bumper, and heading into turn one on lap 17, shot to the bottom and drove to the lead. Pasteryak put some distance over the rest of the field once out front while Christopher took over second. Louie Mechalides took that spot from Christopher when the Plainville, Conn. native pulled his ailing machine onto pit road at lap 34. Mechalides set his sights on Pasteryak, who was maneuvering through lapped traffic nearly a second in front of him. Caution flew at lap 40 with many cars electing to go down pit road, but Pasteryak was not one of them. Rowan Pennink joined Pasteryak on the front row for the restart, and took over the lead when the green flag dropped. On the next circuit, Brad VonHouten and Leo Oliviera made contact. Oliviera’s car climbed the outside retaining wall and traveled over 100 feet on that wall before coming to a stop in the middle of turns one and two. The race went under red flag conditions as safety and track personnel attended to Oliviera, who escaped unharmed, and his car. On the restart, Pennink jumped to the lead with Pasteryak and Richard Savary in tow. Lap 50 brought out the caution once again, and on the restart, Pennink drove straight to the front as Pasteryak held off a challenge for second. Jon McKennedy and Steve Masse rounded out the top-four. McKennedy used the bottom to get by Pasteryak on lap 54 while Masse followed his line on the following circuit. Pennink held off McKennedy through two more restarts, but it was getting harder for him to shake McKennedy, who was glued to his rear bumper as they hit five laps to go. Caution flew with two laps to go setting up a green-white-checkered finish, but even that was not enough to shake Pennink, who drove to the victory.
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Video: Super Dave ISMA Wreck @ Thompson 10/13/2012
“Super Dave” Sanborn’s bad luck continues with a hard crash in his Big Block Supermodified at Thompson International Speedway.
Pennink and Christopher Hope To Repeat At Thompson
Canaan, NH. – Huntingdon Valley, PA., driver Rowan Pennink and Ted Christopher, of Plainville, CT., winners at Thompson (CT) Speedway this season, hope to be able to repeat this weekend when the Valenti Modified Racing Series competes at the annual World Series of Speedway Racing, Saturday night, October 13, for the first time. Track owner Donald Hoenig added the series to the annual event last month.
Pennink won the VMRS race in May while Christopher scored his victory in July. Christopher will wheel Joe Brady’s # 00 car.
Pennink is currently giving chase to two-time series champion Jon McKennedy, of E.Chelmsford, MA. Last week Pennink claimed the victory at Seekonk (MA) Speedway closing the gap to 37 points behind McKennedy in his chase for the title.
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Unity Raceway: Entries Pouring In For Long John 100
Full Field Of Late Models Expected At Unity Raceway October 13-14
UNITY, Maine – A pair of track champions highlight the list of entries for the the New England Auto Parts Late Model 100, the main event of the annual season-ending Long John Weekend at Unity Raceway this weekend, October 13-14. Both 2012 Unity Raceway Late Model champion and three-time Long John 100 winner Jeff Burgess have already registered for the $1,500-to-win event.
A total of six divisions return to the track to represent the best of stock car racing in the state of Maine. Track owner Ralph Nason believes it could be the most competitive Long John 100 in years.
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