by Jay | Aug 14, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
AT Racing: ACT Late Model Tour
Austin Theriault Sanair Speedway Race Report
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished third in the rain-delayed ACT 100 at Sanair Super Speedway in Saint Påie, Quebec, on Sunday, August 12. After completing the first seven laps Saturday night, the race was resumed on Sunday afternoon on the .875-mile triangle – with Theriault being sent to the rear of the field after ACT officials had questions about his right rear tire. With just one caution flag over the final 93 laps, Theriault rolled all the way from 37th to third and was within striking distance of the leaders for the win off the race’s final corner. It was the seventh Top-10 finish in as many starts this season for Theriault, who also has six Top-5 finishes in seven ACT races in 2012.
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by Jay | Aug 14, 2012 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Dale Shaw, Joe Pastore top Mod, Sportsman fields
NORTH WOODSTOCK NH (8/12) Center Conway New Hampshire’s DJ Shaw charged from deep in the field to take the lead on lap 53 of Sunday afternoon’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North super late model feature,earning his second win of 2012 at North Woodstock New Hampshire’s White Mountain Motorsports Park. Shaw kept Lonnie Sommerville and Cassius Clark in his mirrors for the final seventy laps in a rain shortened 123 lap feature.
Kyle DeSouza and Lonnie Sommerville led the field to the green and Sommerville quickly dispatched with DeSouza for the early lead. Sommerville’s team mate and car owner Scott Mulkern raced past DeSouza on a lap 27 restart and took the lead from Sommerville when the pair restarted after a lap 34 yellow. 15 laps later Sommerville reclaimed the lead but Shaw was ready to take up the challenge, moving up to second on lap 49. Shaw, who has a White Mountain late model track title to his credit, drove by Sommerville on lap 53 and opened up a commanding lead despite two more restart challenges from Sommerville. Mulkern’s good day came to an end after a dust up with John Donahue sent him into the turn one wall, just as mother nature let loose with showers that ended the race.
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by Jay | Aug 13, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
RPM Motorsports: ACT Late Model Tour
Brian Hoar Sanair Super Speedway Race Report
SAINT PIE, Quebec – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., finished second in the rain-delayed ACT 100 at Sanair Super Speedway in Saint Pie, Quebec, on Sunday, August 12. The eight-time ACT Late Model Tour champion moved into sole possession of third-place in the current Tour standings, just 45 points out of the lead with three races remaining. The combination event with the ACT Castrol Series was completed on Sunday, after being halted by rain with seven laps complete the night before. Hoar started 12th in the field when weather washed out qualifying and the starting grid was set via practice times. After falling back early in traffic, the No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger closed onto eventual winner Wayne Helliwell Jr.’s bumper with under five laps remaining on the .875-mile triangle.
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by Jay | Aug 12, 2012 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Mulkern Racing: PASS North Series
Lonnie Sommerville WMMP Race Report
Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, finished second in the PASS North Series 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Sunday, August 12. The race was shortened to 123 laps by rain. After starting on the outside pole, Sommerville led a total of 40 laps in the event in the Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders/Southern Maine Motors Chevrolet and never fell out of the Top-2 in the event. It was the second straight Top-5 finish for Sommerville, who finished fifth last weekend at Seekonk Speedway.
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by Jay | Aug 12, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
Helliwell Flies High, Claims Victory in Sanair 100
Saint-Pie, QC – American Canadian Tour point-leader Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover, NH beat the rain and nearly 40 other competitors to claim the victory at Sanair Super Speedway in St-Pie, QC on Sunday, August, 12. Helliwell was hunted by eight-time Champion Brian Hoar who finished on his tail in second, and young sensation Austin Theriault to complete the podium. Rowley, MA’s Eddie Macdonald took fourth, and former Serie ACT Castrol Champion Karl Allard rounded out the top five.
After completing seven laps before getting rained out the previous night, Patrick Laperle re-assumed the lead in the early laps stretching out over fellow ACT Castrol Champion Karl Allard, and Helliwell. The race was slowed by just one yellow, when the car of rookie Etienne Cliche spun on lap 35. With the field back together, Helliwell mounted his attack, passing Allard for second and finally diving hard underneath Laperle for the lead on lap 55. From there, Helliwell sliced through lap traffic, leaving only 16 cars of the 39 car starting field on the lead lap.
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by Jay | Aug 12, 2012 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, New England, Vermont
Simmons with First DIRTcar Win in Bear Ridge Nailbiter; Horniak in John Poor Memorial
Holcomb with 2nd USAC win; Ellsworth, Bell turn bad seasons around with victories
Hometown dirt track stock car driver Richie Simmons waited through a two-hour rain delay to etch his name in the record books as a 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified winner for the first time at Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, VT on Saturday night, winning the 40-lap Walker Motor Sales feature event in a thrilling finish.
Simmons, in his first full year in a Modified, jumped into the lead at the second lap after passing rookie Troy Comeau of Rumney, NH. Simmons held through a spate of early caution periods and held an extensive advantage in the middle stages of the race, but Comeau reeled the leader in as Simmons negotiated lapped traffic late in the going. Comeau nosed ahead to lead with five laps remaining, but Simmons fought back to lead lap 36.
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by Jay | Aug 12, 2012 | Massachusetts, New England, Seekonk Speedway
Kenny Spencer breaks 2 year winless drought in Pro Stock Action. Jeramee Lillie wins 3rd LM feature. Gerard Berthelette picked up first Sam’s Club Street Stock win. Lenny Guy grabs first Sport Truck win.
Kenny Spencer of Taunton jumped out front on the opening lap of the 40 lap Pro Stock feature and never looked back as he picked up his first win in over 18 months at Seekonk Speedway. With Spencer out front, the field behind was jockeying for position. Kyle Casper of Somerset sat in the runner up position, following the Janine’s Machine around the 1/3 mile oval, trying to hold off the challenges of Tom Scully Jr.
Ryan Vanasse was working the outside lane, and moved into the third spot on a lap eight caution, and started to challenge Casper for second, but started to slide back on the outside, but settled in and followed the lead duo until Dick Houlihan slid underneath and took over the third position. On the final restart, Houlihan moved underneath Casper and moved into second.
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by Jay | Aug 12, 2012 | Beech Ridge, Maine, New England
Story by Evan Beaulieu
With just two weeks remaining in the VIP Thursday Thunder Series for the Amsoil Nelcar Legends Tour, many different drivers were still looking to break into Victory Lane and time was running out. The driver victorious tonight however has had his share of victories and championships in his career. The 21 car field took to the racetrack as the final event of another exciting night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, and another great show was in the making.
On the pole was another veteran of the Tour, Chad Harrington behind the wheel of car 46 with the 2 of sophomore driver Ryan Hammar on the outside of the front row. On the start, Hammar was able to use the outside line and vault himself to the lead with Harrington in second. Just a few laps into the race however, the 17 of Terry Kirk and the 81 of Dan Winter made contact through turns one and two, which resulted in Winter going for a spin and snapping his rear axle, ending his night early after limping back to the pits.
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by Jay | Aug 11, 2012 | New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Joey Doiron Racing: PASS North Series
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
THE STORY
Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, will look to shake his recent run of bad luck when the PASS North Series heads to the PASS 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Sunday, August 12. Doiron finished eighth at White Mountain Motorsports Park back in May for his fourth Top-10 finish in five career races there. Though he has finished outside the Top-10 in each of his last two races this season – at Oxford Plains Speedway and at Seekonk Speedway with mechanical woes – Doiron is looking to begin a strong stretch run to this season at White Mountain.
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by Jay | Aug 11, 2012 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
Vermont State Late Model Championship to be Decided at Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Sweet, Pembroke tied for lead entering final round on September 16
Devil’s Bowl Speedway will be the site of the first Vermont State Late Model Championship Series celebration in a quarter-century on Sunday, September 16. The 100-lap finale for the renewed four-round stock car championship will be part of a new tradition at the West Haven track – the “Vermont 200” weekend – which also features a 100-lap event for the track’s weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Bond Auto Parts Modified division.
Brought back in 2012 after a 25-year hiatus, the Vermont State Championship Series pits the very best Late Model stock car teams from the fast, progressively-banked Devil’s Bowl half-mile and the high-banked, quarter-mile bullring at Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl in Barre, VT against each other to crown an overall champion. A total of 44 drivers have attended the first three events, including invaders from New York, New England, and eastern Canada.
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