by Jay | Sep 29, 2012 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
RPM Motorsports: 50th Annual Milk Bowl
Brian Hoar Thunder Road Race Preview
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., will attempt to become only the second four-time champion of the prestigious People’s United Milk Bowl on Sunday, September 30, at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt. Hoar, who is the reigning Milk Bowl champion, won the event in back-to-back seasons of 1998-199 and will try and join Robbie Crouch as the event’s only four-time winner of the unique, three-segment event. Hoar and the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger team won both ACT Late Model Tour events at Thunder Road this season, including the Labor Day Classic 200 on September 2.
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by Jay | Sep 28, 2012 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman and Allen Lumber Street Stock seasons have reached the final hour, as both divisions will close out championship point battles this weekend, September 29 and 30, at the 50th People’s United Bank Milk Bowl. The race, which offers extra purse and segment style racing, will be the last point-counting event for both divisions.
Wolcott’s Brendan Moodie, Jr. currently holds a nine-point advantage over a hard-charging Bobby Therrien of Hinesburg coming into the final event. Both drivers are looking for their first-ever Tiger Championship. Two-time Tiger Champion Shawn Fleury sits in third place just 12-points back, with Milton’s Eric Badore and Williamstown driver Mike Ziter completing the top five championship contenders.
The Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen have endured one of the closest championship point battles in recent history, one where seven of the current top ten have led the standings at some point during the year. Many drivers have seen a glimpse of the championship. One will walk away with it this coming weekend.
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by Jay | Sep 28, 2012 | Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS, Touring Series News
Mulkern Racing: PASS North Series
Lonnie Sommerville Oxford Plains Race Preview
Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, heads to the PASS North Series season finale in the PASS 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, September 30. Sommerville and the Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders/Southern Maine Motors Chevrolet sits fifth in the overall PASS North Series standings with the final race of the season remaining, and the team is hoping to cap 2012 with its first win of the season. Sommerville – who enters the weekend off a seventh-place finish last weekend at White Mountain Motorsports Park – posted a pair of Top-10 finishes at Oxford in 2011, including a seventh-place effort in the 2011 season finale won by his car owner and teammate, Scott Mulkern.
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by Jay | Sep 28, 2012 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS, Touring Series News
Joey Doiron Racing: PASS North Series
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, looks to put an exclamation point on the season with the PASS North Series holds its final race of 2012 with the PASS 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, September 30. Doiron has one win and a career-high five Top-5 finishes in 2012, and last season the No. 73 JBJ Machine/Scarborough Downs Chevrolet posted a pair of Top-10 finishes in two races at Oxford Plains. Doiron is coming off mechanical troubles at White Mountain Motorsports Park last week, and is looking to get things turned in the right direction as the season comes to a close.
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by Jay | Sep 27, 2012 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, Vermont
Two big shows in one to end 45th racing season on Saturday
Bear Ridge Speedway’s 45th stock car racing season ends with a bang on Saturday with a double-bill for the 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series. The final three races of the third annual New England Dirt Track Championships presented by Perry Oil Service and 99ROCK, postponed one week by rain, will kick off the first-ever Vermont Crate Motor Nationals event. Racing begins at early start time of 5:00pm.
Twenty-six Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified cars were on hand for qualifying heats at the New England Dirt Track Championships on Saturday, September 22 before heavy rain washed out the 50-lap, double-points main event. Fairlee, VT racers Adam Pierson and Kevin Chaffee are just 43 points apart for the Modified title; Pierson is trying for his third-straight and eighth overall Bear Ridge championship, while Chaffee guns for his first Modified title.
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by Jay | Sep 27, 2012 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
By Phil Whipple
ACT Correspondent
BARRE, Vt. — It’s known as the one of the toughest short track races in the nation, and this year’s edition is going to be very special for a number of reasons.
Race fans around the northeast are gearing up for a very special weekend in Vermont on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29-30, as officials at Barre’s famed Thunder Road International Speedbowl present the 50th annual People’s United Bank Milk Bowl.
With its three-segment, Monza- style format with an inverted field after each stint, the Milk Bowl is without argument the biggest annual challenge for any driver who earns a coveted starting position.
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by Jay | Sep 27, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Thompson
With the Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing presented by Town Fair Tire and Xtra Mart only three weeks away, the Thompson International Speedway if in full swing preparing for the incredible three-day racing spectacular.
This year’s World Series event, October 12-14, will be the biggest World Series ever with special attention directed to the Saturday night portion of the program. In previous years, roughly half of the participating divisions ran their feature events on Saturday night in front of large crowds who enjoyed the incredible diversity of race cars and race trucks. This year, that same Saturday night fun will be significantly increased with the addition of a Valenti Modified Racing Series 75-lap feature event. Divisions that will be part of the feature event lineup on Saturday will qualify on Friday except for the Valenti Modifieds. VRMS competitors will qualify and race on Saturday. The divisions racing on Sunday will qualify early Saturday afternoon.
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by Jay | Sep 27, 2012 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS, Touring Series News
Naples ME (9/26) All racing roads lead to Oxford Plains Speedway this weekend when three Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North racing series wrap up their 2012 season.
The final round of the PASS super late model title fight headlines Sunday’s action when two second generation racers duke it out for the crown.
Cassius Clark went into last weekend’s penultimate round at White Mountain Motorsports Park with a slim eight point championship lead, but an early race tangle for Clark combined with a strong second place run by Travis Benjamin turned the tables atop the standings. Now Benjamin’s the man on top of the heap, but his eight point margin is by no means comfortable.
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by Jay | Sep 26, 2012 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
Wiscasset Speedway Fall Fury
Saturday, October 20th, 2012
Rain Date Sunday, October 21st, 2012
Pit Gate Open 6:30am – Main Gate Open at 8:00am – $5.00 Donation Per Person Each Gate
Practice Begins at 9:00am
Drivers Meeting Promptly at 10:15am
Racing Begins Promptly at 11:05am w/Wicked Good Vintage Race Cars
All Entries $5.00 Donation Per Person
In dedication to everyone who supported Save Wiscasset Speedway, we say THANK YOU and invite you to celebrate with the one racing event for the 2012 season…….
Run What Ya Brung & Have Lots of Fun!
This is a low cost, end of the season racing event for pure fun and entertainment. Just like last year, you bring it and we’ll find a place for you to race it! There will be tires and fuel available for sale only for your convenience – no requirements to purchase, feel free to race your own tires and fuel.
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by Jay | Sep 26, 2012 | Granite State Pro Stock, Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Granite State Pro Stock Series Championship Showdown Set for Monadnock
Cabral Leads Baillargeon by 14 points entering season finale
WINCHESTER, NH — Granite State Pro Stock Series point leader Bobby Cabral will take a 14-point lead into the season finale JBH 100 on Saturday, September 29 at Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, NH.
Cabral, of East Kingston, NH, has had an impressive season thus far, as he had picked up top-five finishes in every event until the series last race at Canaan Fair Speedway. The veteran racer won the Gate City Classic 100 at Hudson Speedway in July and has been steady in the inaugural season of the Granite State Pro Stock Series. His worst finish on the season is a seventh place finish.
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