by Jay | Jun 25, 2012 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, New England, Vermont
Harrington grabs Coupe checkers
Chris Donnelly returned to victory lane in a big way at Bear Ridge Speedway on Wells River Savings Bank Night on Saturday, driving from last place on the 21-car starting grid to win the 35-lap Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified feature. The Piermont, NH veteran put on a show, passing cars in both low and high grooves for his first 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series win of the year.
Donnelly piloted the No. 91 Tuck’s Repair-sponsored Bicknell chassis owned by Tim Tucker to the win after avoiding a six-car wreck on the opening lap, then slicing through the pack as the laps clicked away.
“It doesn’t get any better than that, 21st to the win,” Donnelly said after catching his breath in victory lane. “It’s been a long time since I had a car that good. Thanks to Tim Tucker for letting me drive it tonight.”
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by Jay | Jun 24, 2012 | Massachusetts, New England, Seekonk Speedway
Dave Darling is perfect in extra distance in 2012. Rick Martin makes it back to Victory Lane. Joe Kohler picks up first win of the season, DeGasparre wins second LM event.
Dave Darling was daring and dynamic on Saturday, June 23, as he picked up his second win of the season in the 75 lap Pro Stock main event. His last win came on opening day, in the first 75 lap feature of the season. Darling used a late race restart to move past Tom Scully Jr, who dominated the middle portion of the event, and took over the lead for good.
John Dabrowski led the early portion of the race, as he and Ken Spencer raced wheel to wheel for the first several laps, swapping the lead back and forth. It wasn’t until a lap 12 caution when Scully lined up aside Dabrowski and was able to power past into the lead. While Scully Jr spent the middle portion of the race at the top of the leader board, there was a lot of action going on behind him. Darling was weaving his way through the field from his 12th place starting position, and was able to put himself in the right place at the right time, using the inside and outside lanes, and a couple of timely cautions to close in on Scully. Several cars held the runner up position, but without much luck. Mike Brightman ran second for a while, only to fall out of the top three, and have a tire go down with less than 10 laps to get. Kevin Casper was running third when a cut left rear tire sent him around and into the wall midway through the event. Ryan Vanasse was sent to the rear for the contact with Casper, but worked his way back up to second by the time the checkered fell.
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by Jay | Jun 24, 2012 | ACT, Maine, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
THE STORY
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, returns to the ACT Late Model Tour for the White Mountain 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Saturday, June 23. The race marks the first Tour race in one month and the only stop of the season at the high-banked quarter-mile. Theriault has been busy during ACT’s off weeks, competing in a pair of weekly Late Model races at White Mountain, while also driving the Brad Keselowski Racing Super Late Model in the midwest. Currently, Theriault sits fourth in the ACT standings, just 19 points out of the lead in a tight title chase.
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by Jay | Jun 24, 2012 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Wayne Helliwell Jr. and the Bruce Bernhardt owned Ekeys-4-Cars, Unique Ford team headed to White Mountain Motorsports park Saturday night after more than a month off from the traveling American Canadian Tour series. The last event at Oxford Plains Speedway saw Helliwell’s only finish outside the top 10 in 18 races in the 2012 season. A faulty radiator cap caused an engine failure and relegated the team to a 30th place finish.
Carrying the momentum from Canaan Fair Speedway were they have reeled off 9 consecutive wins; Helliwell rolled from the 3rd position in heat #3. Wasting no time he would take the lead from Ben Ashline in less than a half a lap and go on to take the win with a +2 to his credit. That half a lap would be the only time Helliwell would not be out front for the remainder of the night.
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by Jay | Jun 24, 2012 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
Craig Bushey wins again in Late Models
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Rising stock car racing star Jessey Mueller posted his second NASCAR Whelen All-American Series victory of the season in the Bond Auto Parts Modified division on Whelen Engineering “Hometown Heroes” Night at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday, June 22. The 17 year-old from Olmstedville, NY had a convincing drive from eighth starting position to take the lead from Jamie Proctor at the halfway point, then drove away to the win in the 35-lap main event.
Mueller had suffered through tough luck and crashes in recent weeks but credited the victory to his family-based team.
“My dad and my mom pour everything into this race car with their Mueller & Sons Heavy Duty Towing business, and this whole team has been working hard. It feels great to win again for them,” Mueller said in victory lane.
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by Jay | Jun 24, 2012 | Connecticut, Media, Modified, NASCAR, Photos, Waterford
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by Jay | Jun 24, 2012 | ACT, New Hampshire, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover, NH dominated the White Mountain 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday, June 23 for his second career American Canadian Tour win. Helliwell led all 150 laps after starting on the pole and won uncontested.
Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. won a hard fought battle for the runner-up position, beating Eric Chase who completed the podium. Austin Theriault and Brian Hoar completed the top five after swapping paint several time over the final laps. Ray Parent, Brent Dragon, Jimmy Hebert, Ricky Rolfe, and Randy Potter rounded out the top ten.
Helliwell crushed the field, lapping all but the top eleven cars. The 150 lap event was completed in one hour and five minutes with eight cautions. Twenty-two of the thirty-one cars that took the green flag were on the track for the checkers.
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by Jay | Jun 23, 2012 | ACT, New Hampshire, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
RPM Motorsports: ACT Late Model Tour
Brian Hoar White Mountain Motorsports Park Preview
THE STORY
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., returns to ACT Late Model Tour competition this week for the White Mountain 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Saturday, June 23. The eight-time ACT champion has three career wins at White Mountain in the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge on his resume, and he’s hoping that past experience will help catapult him back into the series points lead this weekend. Hoar sits third in the standings, just 11 points out of the lead, with six races remaining in the season. After battling tire issues in his most recent ACT outing, Hoar got things back on track with a second-place finish last weekend in the I Am Vermont Strong 100 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway – the second of four races this season in the Vermont State Championship Late Model Series.
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by Jay | Jun 22, 2012 | Canada, PASS, Touring Series News
Mulkern Racing: PASS North Series
Lonnie Sommerville Chaudiere Race Preview
THE STORY
Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, travels west across Canada to join the PASS North Series in the Habitations Dany Lagace 150 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec, on Saturday, June 23. The driver of the Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet will be looking to rebound after back-to-back disappointing outings, including an 11th-place finish last time out at his home track of Speedway 660 in Geary, New Brunswick. Despite the rough patch, Sommerville sits only 16 points out of the PASS North Series championship lead with 11 races remaining on the schedule.
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by Jay | Jun 22, 2012 | Canada, New England, PASS, Touring Series News
Joey Doiron Racing: PASS North Series
Joey Doiron Autodrome Chaudiere Race Preview
THE STORY
Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, heads north of the border with the PASS North Series for the Habitations Dany Lagace 150 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec, on Saturday, June 23. Doiron will try and rebound from a mechanical failure last time out at Speedway 660 that dropped the No. 73 JBJ Machine/Scarborough Downs Chevrolet out of the series points lead for the first time this season. Doiron was never a factor the last time PASS headed to Chaudiere, having been involved in an accident in his qualifying race. After four races, he sits fifth in the series standings – just 14 points out of the lead.
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