by Jay | May 29, 2012 | Airborne, New England, New York
George Foley of Vermontville took the lead on lap nine of the 30-lap Modified feature at Airborne Speedway Saturday night and went on to become the first two-time winner of the season.
Foley’s Shamrock Bar& Grill/Pulsifer Logging No. 34 was Chevy-powered after having Ford engine problems a week ago. Adam Bartemy, who stuck with Foley during the middle third of the race, yielded two spots in the final laps and finished 4th.
Patrick Dupree of Saranac Lake got up for second. Ernie’s Discount Tools Modified point leader Pat McGrail of Candiac, QC, was third. Todd Ormsby of Ausable Forks rounded out the top five.
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by Jay | May 29, 2012 | Hudson, New England, New Hampshire
A special Memorial Day program went into the record books at Hudson International Speedway on Monday afternoon, with a full card of stock car and Enduro action entertaining the crowd on another perfect afternoon for racing.
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Andrew Morin picked up the Thunder Light win over Nick Dombrowski to start off the day’s feature event activity, and the action got even tighter as the day went on. The New England V-6 Modifieds made their first appearance of the year on the high banks, and the open wheelers put on a terrific battle to the finish in their feature event.
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by Jay | May 29, 2012 | Maine, New England, New Hampshire, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Cassius Clark made an early outside charge in Saturday nights Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North 150 to capture the lead and score the super late model feature win at White Mountain Motorsports Park. Joey Polewarczyk earned the second spot with defending series champion Johnny Clark third, DJ Shaw fourth and Travis Benjamin fifth.
The win was Clark’s first PASS North checker since the 2009 season and the fourteenth of his PASS North career.
Gary Smith and Travis Benjamin led the twenty six car field to the green and it was Benjamin jumping out to the lead with Joey Pole, Derek Ramstrom, Smith and Ben Rowe in tow. Clark was coming from his eighth starting spot and as the field strung out he rambled up the outside groove, putting his Hight Chevrolet out front on lap eighteen.
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by Jay | May 29, 2012 | PASS, Touring Series News
In what was arguably the best race so far in 2012 for the PASS South Series, Kyle Grissom managed to hold off a pack of hungry drivers in a green-white-checker finish to pick up his second career win at the Concord Speedway winning the CV Products 125. Veteran racer Jay Fogleman matched a season best finish of second, while local racer Bobby Measmer rounded out the podium after leading seventy-nine laps of the 125 lap event.
The 125 lap event that has quickly grown in popularity throughout the area’s “Race Weeks” got off to a surprising start in qualifying with Kyle Beattie setting fast time in his first super late model start of the year after racing all year in the new PASS/CCS Super Limited Series support division. After the series redraw of the top ten qualifiers Ryan Blaney, who qualified ninth, took the number one starting spot with Clay Rogers driving for Brad Keselowski to his outside in second.
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by Jay | May 29, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson
The much anticipated return to Thursday night racing at Thompson International Speedway gets underway this coming Thursday night, May 31st. at 6 PM. Thursday Night Thompson Thunder, better known as TNTT, will feature six divisions of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions in qualifying races and feature events.
Thursday night races have become a mainstay at Thompson and have proven to be very popular with both fans and competitors. The race program is run virtually non-stop. The track has set a target of 9:30 PM to have the show over. This allows fans to enjoy a fun night out and still be able to be home at an early hour.
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by Jay | May 28, 2012 | Media, New England, Photos, Thunder Road, Vermont
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Race Story – Nick Sweet Rolls to First Memorial Day Classic Victory at Thunder Road
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by Jay | May 28, 2012 | Maine, New England, Unity
Brian Whitney of Burnham completed a weekend sweep of Late Model competition Sunday at Unity Raceway, leading all 34 laps in the Butch Burgess Memorial Race, honoring the late racer and race car fabricator from Oakland.
Whitney won the first heat race, earning the pole starting position alongside second heat race winner Jeff Burgess, son of the race’s namesake. Unfortunately for Burgess, the Unity Raceway reigning champion and point leader, he was in a borrowed mount seeing action for just the second time, his regular ride sidelined by engine woes. Whitney jumped into the lead, built a healthy margin, and led the entire distance in a caution free feature event.
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by Jay | May 28, 2012 | New England, New Hampshire, White Mountain Motorsports Park
With highexpectations, a lot of excitement and a pit full of cars, White Mountain Motorsports Park threw open the gates Saturday night for its first night ofcompetition in its 20th season of competition. With the Pro All Star Series Super LateModels in town for their first visit in 2012 and a huge crowd on hand for alate afternoon start, temperatures in the high 70’s the conditions were rightfor some fantastic action on the racetrack.
Qualifyinggot under way with the Lil’ Caesar’s Kids Truck Division, with the win going toIrasburg, VT’s Brandon Croteau in the #4 truck. The wins in the two Beacon Resort Strictly Stock qualifiers went to the#3 of Ray Eames out of Berlin, NH and to the #4 of Shane Sicard hailing from Barton,VT. In the Shuttle Connection Late Modelsit was Bernie Lantagne in the #3 from McIndoe Falls, VT and track championQuinny Welch in the #78 out of Lancaster. NH starting the year off withwins. In the Woodsville Guaranty SavingsBank Mini Stock division it was Whitefield, NH’s Ben Bellanger in the #99topping the field. The Avery’s SweepingTiger Sportsman division saw the return of former champion Thumper Griswoldfrom Bath, NH in the #77 taking the qualifying win.
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by Jay | May 28, 2012 | Massachusetts, New England, Seekonk Speedway
Six time Pro Stock champion Fred Astle Jr jumped out front early, and held of challenges from Kevin Casper and Dave Darling to pick up a thrilling win. Ken Spencer took off from his outside pole position start, and set the pace for the first several laps. Astle moved his way through the pack using the inside lane, making some daring moves, and quickly closed in on the K. Spencer Electric machine. Astle moved past Kyle Casper and pole sitter Phil Meany by lap 8, and quickly found his way past Spencer on lap 10.
While Astle was able to open up a 6 car length lead, Kevin Casper moved into second, and started to close in the distance to the leader. As the laps reached the ¾ mark, Casper was hounding the Wood Frame Structures Chevy, and tried everything he could to put his Phil’s Propane Ford out front. While the pair raced hard, Rehoboth’s Dave Darling was breaking free from the pack, and hunting down the lead duo. As they crossed the line with just 5 laps to go, Darling moved his Bristol Toyota Scion Camry to the outside, and went to work. At the white flag mark, Darling was even with Casper, and as they raced into turn three on the final lap, he tried one last move, but came up .163 short for his second win of the season. Casper held on for third, just .164 behind Astle. Ryan Vanasse and Mike Brightman rounded out the top five.
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by Jay | May 28, 2012 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
In a race that had eluded his prestigious racing career, Barre, VT’s Nick Sweet methodically worked his way to the victory in the 50th Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic at Thunder Road in Barre, VT on Sunday, May 27, 2012. The Memorial Day Classic was the first of four events in the Vermont State Late Model Championship series. Sweet held off Lt. Governor Phil Scott and Brent Dragon, who flew through the field from the 12th and 16th starting positions to finish second and third.
The race began with pole sitter and former Oxford Plains Speedway Champion Ricky Rolfe showing the way early, only to engage with a heated back and forth struggle with Milton’s Scott Payea. Rolfe and Payea traded the lead back and forth, side by side for more than half of the race. Scott and Sweet trailed the pair for the majority of the exchange as the top four ran in a tight battle for the point. Scott took over on the outside lane for 12 laps only to see Nick Sweet steal it away for good on a lap 68 restart.
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