by Jay | Sep 25, 2012 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Thunder Road Officials have announced a fifty thousand ($50,000) dollar bonus to be awarded to any competitor that can win all three segments of the 50th People’s United Bank Milk Bowl on the weekend of September 29th and 30th.
The $50,000 award is an added bonus to posted awards already exceeding $120,000, making the race one of the biggest sporting events in Vermont’s history. In the Milk Bowl’s long history, three drivers have completed the feat of winning all three segments: Larry Demar (1967), Dave Dion (1975), and Robbie Crouch (1986). Others have come dangerously close, and no one more than Williston’s Brian Hoar.
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by Jay | Sep 25, 2012 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Brett Moffitt and the Hattori Racing Enterprises (HRE) #11 Toyota team headed to New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) in Loudon, NH for the 11th race of the 2012 season, taking with them a 20 point lead in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship point standings. Thanks to Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) and Travis Pastrana, Moffitt was able to bring the same car he drove to Victory Lane at NHMS in 2011. The #11 HRE team hauled the car to the “Magic Mile” and crewed it, so the weekend’s racing was genuinely a joint endeavor by the two teams.
In addition to being the defending race winner and having 2 previous pole awards at NHMS, Moffitt also brought a string of 5 consecutive top-five finishes to Loudon, where 40 cars attempted to qualify for the 36 positions on the starting grid in the G-Oil 100. The entries represented 15 states and 5 foreign countries.
Moffitt and the #11 Nitro Circus The Movie 3D Toyota were 3rd on the speed charts after practice, with a speed of 29.981 seconds (127.040 mph). When it came time to qualify, Moffitt got up on the wheel and laid down a lap of 29.648 seconds (128.467 mph) to capture his 4th Coors 21 Means 21 pole award of the 2012 season, setting a new track qualifying record in the process. Moffitt has been on the pole in 4 of the series’ 11 races to date. This was Moffitt’s 3rd pole at the “Magic Mile” and the 8th of his NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career.
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by Jay | Sep 24, 2012 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
NORTH WOODSTOCK NH (9/22) Derek Ramstrom won a restart battle with Mike Landry on lap 48 of Saturday night’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park and the young veteran stayed out front the rest of the way to capture his second PASS North Super Late Model feature win of 2012. Travis Benjamin chased Ramstrom to the line and Scott Dragon claimed the final spot on the podium. Ben Rowe had a solid day, finishing fourth, and Johnny Clark completed the top five.
The race was Ramstroms’s fifth career PASS North Super Late Model win. His first win of 2012 came at his home track, Thompson (CT) International Speedway, where he recently captured his third Super Late Model division Championship.
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by Jay | Sep 24, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Thompson
The 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track champions at Thompson International Speedway have been named following the conclusion of the regular weekly race programs. The final review of the points standings for each race run since the season-opening Icebreaker has been completed and a champion for each of the track’s seven racing divisions has been declared.
Ryan Preece, the 21 year old from Berlin, CT., claimed the Sunoco Modified title. The track’s premier division ran 19 races in the 2012 season and Preece won 10 of them. He managed to bank some 922 track points in the process and, in so doing, bested some of the most talented Modified drivers in the northeast. Preece had an outstanding year driving for Al and Kathy Moniz of North Falmouth, MA. Veteran Kerry Malone, the 2008 division champ, finished second and was followed by Rookie Dennis Perry, 2003 and 2010 champ, Ted Christopher and the 2006 title holder, Woody Pitkat.
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by Jay | Sep 24, 2012 | Massachusetts, Seekonk Speedway
Fred Astle, Bill Bernard, Rick Martin and Rey Lovelace win the battles. Dave Darling, Gerry DeGasparre Jr, Mike Cavallaro and Paul Lallier win the wars at Seekonk Speedway.
Kyle Casper jumped out to the front of the 18 car Pro Stock field and set the pace for the first 33 laps before the first caution came out. Over those 33 laps, the Somerset native had his hands full with 2 time former champion Dick Houlihan. Tom Scully Sr ran third for the first 30 laps before spinning in turn two. Tom was able to continue without losing any laps, but was out of the hunt for a win.
Once back underway, Houlihan worked the outside and edged ahead of Casper before the next caution came out. His lead however would be short lived, as Astle nudged under Houly and took over the top of the leaderboard for the final three laps. Houlihan held off a hard charging Mike Brightman for second. Ryan Vanasse and Dave Darling were fourth and fifth. With his fifth place finish, Dave Darling is the 2012 Pro Stock Champion, his third with car owner Gary Johnson and crew chief Ronnie Pond.
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by Jay | Sep 23, 2012 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS, Touring Series News
Eddie MacDonald battled his way from deep in the field in both the K&N Pro Series East and American Canadian Tour events on Saturday as part of the big NASCAR Cup weekend at the Magic Mile. The three time winner fought an ill-handling car in the G-Oil 100 at the beginning of the race to post an impressive eighth place finish as the checkered flag flew. The Grimm Construction/ Hancock Electric Pontiac took the green flag in the 26th position due to the luck of the draw in the Bond Auto Parts ACT Invitational only to have the exciting run end in disappointment.
MacDonald started the 11th race in the K&N series in the 18th position with MacDonald saying, “It really was a surprise we didn’t qualify better. The car handled good but we just didn’t get it done to start where we wanted to be. But Rollie and I thought we would be okay for race, but obviously we had some problems right away.”
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by Jay | Sep 23, 2012 | ACT, New Hampshire, NHMS
RPM MOTORSPORTS: ACT Invitational
Brian Hoar NH Motor Speedway Race Report
LOUDON, N.H. – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., finished seventh in the fourth annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Saturday, September 23. Hoar started 27th in the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger in the handicapped draw for the ACT Late Model Tour event, and he was able to methodically work toward the Top-10 with a loose race car. He was part of a seven-car breakaway over the final 10 laps but was unable to gain any more positions by the time the checkered flag fell on Lap 50.
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by Jay | Sep 22, 2012 | ACT, New Hampshire, NHMS, Touring Series News
Loudon, NH – American Canadian Tour officials have announced the starting lineup for the 4th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, set to roll off at 4:30pm on Saturday, September 22. 42 ACT competitors drew numbers for their positions in the starting lineup.
Drawing the pole for the event was Ontario driver Ryan Kimball, who is currently second in overall points at Kawartha Downs Speedway near Peterborough, ON. Dueling with Kimball on the front row will be former K&N Pro Series Champion, and Barre, VT Thunder Road competitor Jamie Aube. Maine star T.J. Brackett of Buckfield, ME will start third, with multi-time Oxford Plains Speedway Champion and fellow Mainer Ricky Rolfe starting fourth. Rookie Ben Lynch of Huntersville, NC will start fifth.
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by Jay | Sep 22, 2012 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS, Touring Series News
Norwood, Ontario’s Ryan Kimball and North Ferrisburgh, Vermont’s Jamie Aube will lead the 42-car Bond Auto ACT Invitational field to green at New Hampshire Motor Speedway at approximately 4:30pm today (Saturday, September 22).
The fourth annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational has a star-studded field of champions from Northeastern U.S. and Eastern Canada. Two-time Invitational champion Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, Massachusetts will try to earn his second straight Bond Auto ACT Invitational win from the 26th starting spot. Another former Invitational winner Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, New Hampshire will be starting from the 33rd starting spot.
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by Jay | Sep 22, 2012 | Canada
Shediac’s CENTRE for Speed is set to host the Maritimes largest ever Monster Truck Racing event this weekend. In keeping with its MONSTER TRUCK mantra of “Go Big or Stay Home” CFS has amassed field of seven Monster Trucks for it’s 4th annual D.R. Scrap Atlantic MONSTER Nationals which will run this Saturday and Sunday. Trucks include some of the worlds best MONSTER JAM competitors including several world record holders such as Jon Zimmer (in his new “Excalibur” Truck), RB Moler in WV Mountaineer, and Mike Vaters in “Black Stallion”. Other trucks include Jeff Bursey’s “Towasauruswrex” and Tim Mente’s “Storm Damage” plus Hurricane Force. Iron Warrior rounds out the field of seven with Mike Vaters Jr at the helm and looking to make a name for himself. Iron Warrior replaces Higher Education who was originally scheuled to appear until the truck suffered a major engine failure in a show last weekend. The speedway says it has added some height to a few jumps and some additional infield elements to facilitate the Wheelie and Freestyle events and is hoping to continue to build on the success of last years show. (more…)
