Brad Babb Racing: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Race Report
Brad Babb of Windham, Maine, finished eighth in the 45-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Pro Series feature event at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, August 25, to unofficially retake the division point lead with one race remaining. Babb started 19th in the 23-car field, cracked the Top-10 by the Lap 20 mark and then battled in heavy traffic to hold onto the eighth position. It was Babb’s second-straight Top-10 finish in the No. 4 Babb Wood Contractors/McGoldrick Bros. Blasting Chevrolet and earned him a 14-point lead in the standings with only next Saturday night’s final point race remaining on the schedule. Babb’s father, five-time Beech Ridge Motor Speedway track champion Bobby Babb, finished a season-high third on Saturday night. (more…)
RPM Motorsports Inches Closer To ACT Late Model Tour Lead
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., retook the lead with less than 10 laps remaining and went on to win the ACT Late Model Tour Can-Am 200 at Circuit Riverside Speedway on Saturday night, August 25. The win was Hoar’s third of the season and his third consecutive at Riverside.
“Three in a row – man, I love this place,” said Hoar, who now has five career ACT victories at the track. “It was as an awesome race. We had a really good car, and we just bided our time. (Jean-Francois Dery) was really good, and he used it up finally. We just kept the pressure on him all night long.” (more…)
Burton’s, Glyn Nott is the 2012 Martin’s Home Heating Champion at Speedway 660. After thirteen years in the division Nott finally earned the title that has eluded him over the years. Nott trailed Sportsman point leader Randy Moore by 17 points heading into the Fan Appreciation Night of Champions. But Nott won his heat, dash and the feature to claim the championship.
“It took a hat trick to get the job done tonight and it is unbelievable that we finally got the Sportsman championship and you know what, this team and my family along with our sponsors made this happen” said a jubilant Nott in Speedway 660’s Victory Lane. “It took thirteen years to win this thing and we are going to celebrate this title in a big way.”
Nott took the checkered flag three times on the biggest point night of the year. Bradley Logan won the other heat. Matt Rodgers finished second in the feature and Jason Shannon came home third. Matt’s brother Andrew Rodgers was the Sportsman rookie of the year. (more…)
Dave Darling, Bill Bernard, Craig Pianka and Darryl Church are Bald Hill Dodge night winners at Seekonk Speedway.
Dave Darling rolled to his fourth Pro Stock win of the season, extending his championship lead in his quest for his third title. Ryan Vanasse took the lead on the opening lap after squeezing in between Phil Meany and Kevin Folan. Once out front, Vanasse seemed to pull away from the pack with ease, opening up a ¾ straightaway lead at one point.
Tom Scully Jr sat in the runner up position, and tried to hang onto the A&A Auto Parts Chevy, but had heavy pressure from Mike Brightman for a dozen laps, then from Darling once he started to put pressure in the Wheelock’s NAPA Auto Group Ford. But there was no stopping the Bristol Toyota Scion Camry, and Darling used up only 5 laps to go around Scully Jr. Once up to second, he had his work cut out for him, and Vanasse had already checked out. Little by little, Vanasse’s lead started shrinking. With the lapped traffic around him, he started to run a little more cautiously, allowing things to straighten out ahead of him before making his moved. With 10 laps to go, Darling was within 3 car lengths behind. On lap 32, the first caution of the night came out when Tom Scully Sr. stalled in turn two. (more…)
Packed House Watches Proctor Take Big Step Toward Devil’s Bowl Championship
Twin Late Model features produce two first-time winners
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A full grandstand watched veteran open-wheel stock car driver Ron Proctor take a big step toward his second-straight NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Bond Auto Parts Modified championship on Sugar & Spice Night at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday, August 24. Proctor was in the thick of a fierce battle at the front of the 35-lap race when incidental contact between his car and leader Joe Williams broke a suspension part on Williams’ car and forced him to retire at lap. Almost simultaneously, Proctor’s championship rival, Vince Quenneville, Jr., suffered an engine failure while running in third place.
Proctor, of Charlton, NY, ran to the victory for his third win of the year, and opened up his point lead on Quenneville from a slim three points to a more comfortable 28-point cushion, unofficially, with just two races remaining in the championship season. (more…)
Nick Lascoula and Len Souza pick up first wins. Chris Lima and Tyler Boudreau repeat. Kaitlyn Donovan wins first of the season.
Nick Lascoula picked up his first career Nick’s Pit Stop Legends win on Friday, sliding by Shaun Buffington as the pair came off of turn four on the white flag lap. By lap one, Lascoula moved up from his fifth starting position, and set the pace early on. Buffington, coming back after an early exit last week started his march toward the front had early struggles, as he was spun on the opening laps before collecting it back up and continuing on. While he lost positions, he immediately started his drive through the field. The first, and only, caution came out on lap two, when Tom Gray came to a stop in turn two. Tom had taken over championship lead with last weeks’ win, but was struggling with mechanical issues all night.
Once back underway, Lascoula started to pull away from the field, setting a comfortable pace. Taylor Martin was trying to keep pace with the Abington native, but fell to third when Buffington slid past at the halfway point. With just laps remaining, Buffington made the move to put his #23 at the top of the leaderboard. The Plainfield, CT native started to put some breathing room between he and Lascoula, but the Young Lion wasn’t about to let the three time winner take this one away. Lascoula started to reel in Buffington, and closed back up with two laps remaining. As they raced off the second turn, Lascoula found the inside lane opening just a bit, and squeezed underneath. As they raced off of turn four, Buffington’s engine seemed to give up the ghost in a shower of white smoke, giving the former SYRA 600 Champion his first career win in the Nick’s Pit Stop Legends. Nick Ladyga of Voluntown, CT crossed the line in second, with Martin of Windham, NH third, Branden Dion of Taunton, MA fourth. Buffington coasted across the line in fifth. (more…)
Current NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour points leader and defending UNOH Showdown champion, Doug Coby, will lead an impressive field of open-wheel NASCAR Modifieds to Thompson September 8th & 9th. The second annual UNOH North/South Showdown at Thompson Speedway will feature both of NASCAR’S Modified Touring divisions in a weekend racing spectacular.
The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour will travel north to take on the northern Whelen Modified Tour in a race program like no other. Each Tour will conduct separate qualifying and each will compete in its own individual points race. The WMT will run their Town Fair Tire 75-lap main event and the SWMT will compete in its own Green Pointe Energy 75-lap feature. Once each of these races is complete, the best of each Tour will be combined into the non-points, 50-lap UNOH Showdown race with more than $50,000.00 on the line with the winner’s share amounting to more than $15,000.00. (more…)
RPM Motorsports: ACT Late Model Tour
Brian Hoar Riverside Speedway Race Preview
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., continues to chase an unprecedented ninth career ACT Late Model Tour title when the Tour heads to the Can-Am 200 at Riverside Speedway in Saint Croix, Quebec, on Saturday, August 25. Hoar is a four-time winner at Riverside Speedway, including last year’s event when he swept both ends of a weekend doubleheader at Quebec tracks. The race is a combination race with the Canada-based ACT Castrol Series. Off a second place finish last time out in the ACT 100 at Sanair Super Speedway, Hoar sits third in the ACT standings with three races remaining, just 44 points out of the lead. On Wednesday following the Can-Am 200, the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger team will travel to New Hampshire Motor Speedway to participate in a day-long test session for the ACT Late Model Tour in preparation for the fourth annual ACT Invitational at the track next month. (more…)
Joey Doiron Racing: PASS North Series
Stafford Motor Speedway Race Preview
Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, joins the PASS North Series for its inaugural visit to Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford, Conn., for the PASS 125 on Sunday, August 26. Doiron has never competed on the historic half-mile track in the heart of NASCAR Modified country, but he enters the weekend off a Top-5 finish last time out at White Mountain Motorsports Park on August 12. Doiron currently sits seventh in the PASS North Series standings with four Top-5s and seven Top-10s in 11 starts this season. (more…)
Brad Babb Racing: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway
Dave Darling, Bill Bernard, Craig Pianka and Darryl Church are Bald Hill Dodge night winners at Seekonk Speedway.
Current NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour points leader and defending UNOH Showdown champion, Doug Coby, will lead an impressive field of open-wheel NASCAR Modifieds to Thompson September 8th & 9th. The second annual UNOH North/South Showdown at Thompson Speedway will feature both of NASCAR’S Modified Touring divisions in a weekend racing spectacular.
Joey Doiron Racing: PASS North Series