by Jay | Mar 25, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) announced today that Eddie MacDonald from Rowley, MA and Donald Theetge, of Boischatel, Quebec have filed entries for the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 championship stock car season opener at the Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 15, 2012.
MacDonald has compiled an impressive regional and national record during his racing career. The ‘outlaw’, as he is often known throughout New England, is one of the last of the Northeast independent teams to race on the national stage in the NASCAR K&N Series. He also has recorded an impressive win record in his appearances with his ACT Late Model over the past several years, including two New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) ACT Invitational wins and two TD Bank Oxford 250 wins. His family owns the Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH which is where he first began his racing career.
“We have really enjoyed racing with the ACT guys over the past four or five seasons. There is a great mix of veteran and young talent in ACT racing, and we feel lucky to have won a few of the big shows,” said MacDonald.
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by Jay | Mar 25, 2012 | NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Touring Series News
More Photos – http://checkupracing.com/2012/03/25/nascar-photos-from-fontana-speedway-auto-club-speedway-friday-and-saturday/
Race Story and Results – http://checkupracing.com/2012/03/25/logano-cruises-to-8th-straight-jgr-nationwide-win-at-fontana/
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by Jay | Mar 25, 2012 | Airborne, New England, New York
SOUTH PLATTSBURGH – The 2012 Airborne Speedway schedule gets underway Sunday, April 29, with the Econo Lodge 50 for DIRTCar Modifieds presented by Della Honda and Valcour Imaging. The opening day line-up, presented by Della Honda and Valcour Imaging, will feature five divisions – J&S Steel Limited Late Models, Key RD Trailer Sales Renegades, Adirondack Water Sportsman Modifieds and Busch Beer Mini Modifieds.
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by Jay | Mar 25, 2012 | PASS, Touring Series News
CHARLOTTE, NC – Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials announced today the creation of an exciting new program aimed at giving short track racers across the country a chance at racing in one of the sport’s most legendary events. In 2012, PASS will sanction the revitalized All-American 400 at the Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, TN. “The Road To The All-American 400” will give racers in other major events around the country a chance at racing at Nashville in October. Races that are currently part of the “Road To The All-American 400” include: the Apple Blossom 200 on May 5th at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval in Washington state, the Spears SRL Southwest Tour event on May 12th at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Nevada, the PASS South Firecracker 150 at Anderson Motor Speedway in South Carolina on July 3rd, and the Coors Light Montana 200 at Montana Raceway Park on July 21st. Two additional qualifiers are currently under negotiation and could be added at a later date. Winners at these select qualifying events will be automatic qualifiers for the All-American 400. However, they will have 14 days to file their entry with PASS and pay their entry fee. Also, that driver has to exhaust every means necessary to qualify for the race (time trials, heat race, consolation race, etc). After they’ve exhausted all means, if they have still not gotten into the race, that’s when they will be eligible to fall back on their guaranteed spot.
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by Jay | Mar 25, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway’s SK Light Modified
division will welcome several new drivers to its ranks this season. While
most of the newcomers are young drivers who have worked their way through
the karting ranks, there is one new face to the SK Light division this
season that bucks that trend. Scott Bouley, a 15-year veteran of the K & N
Pro East Series (formerly Busch North Series), will join the SK Light
division, where he will try to put his #26 into CARQUEST Victory Lane and
dance on his roof for the first time since he danced on his roof following a
ProStock feature victory in the 2000 CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring Sizzler.
“We’re going to show up and put the petal to the metal and give it our all,”
said Bouley. “I haven’t danced on the roof since we won at the Sizzler 12
years ago, so it’s been too long. I shopped around last year to see where I
wanted to go racing and Stafford is the best track around, it’s a real class
facility. We’re really excited about the car and I’ll definitely be dancing
on the roof if we can win again.”
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by Jay | Mar 24, 2012 | New England, Touring Series News, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
Canaan, NH. — NEMA midget hot shoe Anthony Nocella, of Woburn, MA.,
knows a thing or two about open-wheel race cars. He has enjoyed success
and lots of it in go-karts, mini-sprints, and the two NEMA sanctioned midget
divisions.
When the Valenti Modified Racing Series opens it’s ninth season March 31, and
April 1, at Connecticut’s Waterford Speedbowl, at the annual Budweiser
Blastoff Weekend, Nocella will give the ground-pounding open-wheel modifieds
a shot, thanks to car-owner Kevin Stuart, of Lowell, MA.
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by Jay | Mar 24, 2012 | Bear Ridge, New England, Vermont
Car counts growing for Vermont’s only dirt track
BRADFORD, VT — The 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series roster is filling up in a hurry as stock car drivers from many backgrounds plan to call Bradford, VT’s Bear Ridge Speedway their summer home for 21 action-filled events. New additions have been made across the board in all divisions.
The top-tier Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified division will see a strong freshman class as six-time Limited Late Model Robert Tucker of Topsham, VT moves up along with fellow Late Model standouts Richie Simmons of Bradford, VT and “Rapid” Troy Comeau of Rumney, NH. Second-generation drivers and twin brothers Jacob and Joey Scarborough of Brandon, VT have also entered the division; their father Don Scarborough was the 1997 Bear Ridge Speedway track champion. Former asphalt standout “Fast Eddie” Patterson of Websterville, VT will also make his Modified debut. Veteran Bob Shepard of West Topsham, VT also returns to the Modifieds in 2012.
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by Jay | Mar 23, 2012 | ACT, Airborne, New England, New York, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – Thunder Road has announced that all its 2012 season pass holders will receive half price off the $18 general admission ticket to the American Canadian Tour Fall Foliage at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY on Saturday, October 6. The event will feature the 200-lap final point-counting ACT event of the season.
2012 season passes, either reserved seat gold passes or general admission passes, are good for admission to all 18 events at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement.” The 18 events of 2012 include special events such as the 50th People’s United Bank Milk Bowl, the ACT Merchants Bank season opener, the ACT Bond Auto Labor Day Classic, the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic and the Vermont Governor’s Cup. Season pass holders also get to enter the grandstand area 15 minutes before regular general admission tickets.
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by Jay | Mar 23, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway has again lined up an
impressive field of current and former open wheel champions for its CARQUEST
Champions For Charities Event as part of CARQUEST Super Saturday on June
30th. During the coming weeks, SMS will offer a profile on each of its
championship winning drivers and the charity they will be racing for and
this week’s CARQUEST Champions For Charities spotlight falls on Woody
Pitkat, the 2006 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Division 4 Regional
Champion, who will be racing to help support The Victory Junction Gang Camp.
The Victory Junction Gang Camp was built in honor of Adam Petty and they
provide life-changing experiences for children with chronic medical
conditions or serious illnesses. Victory Junction has opened it’s doors to
over 14,000 children from all 50 states and 4 countries since opening in
2004. Located in Randleman, NC, Victory Junction is partnered with 30
different hospitals to deliver health care to its campers, who are dealing
with such chronic medical conditions and serious illnesses as Autism,
Cancer, Craniofacial Anomalies, Diabetes, Hemophilia, Sickle Cell and Spina
Bifida. The cost for a child to attend Victory Junction is $2,500, but
thanks to generous donations, no child or family incurs that cost.
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by Jay | Mar 23, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson
THOMPSON, CT. The season opening Icebreaker at the Thompson International Speedway is just around the corner. The winter has quickly turned to feelings of spring and with that comes the start of a brand new racing season. Thompson’s Icebreaker is the most anticipated race of the year and will be held the weekend of April 14th and 15th.
This two-day racing spectacular will feature the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and Thompson’s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions at the largest and fastest track in southern New England.
The race for championship honors starts at the Icebreaker and drivers in each of the divisions featured will be on hand to kick off the season-long search for a championship title. Race teams work long and hard during the winter months to prepare for a strong showing at the year’s first event. Some teams will introduce brand new race cars for the 2012 campaign while others will rely on completely rebuilt cars that served them well last year. New race teams and new drivers are joined by veterans of the sport to create a new and exciting atmosphere.
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MacDonald has compiled an impressive regional and national record during his racing career. The ‘outlaw’, as he is often known throughout New England, is one of the last of the Northeast independent teams to race on the national stage in the NASCAR K&N Series. He also has recorded an impressive win record in his appearances with his ACT Late Model over the past several years, including two New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) ACT Invitational wins and two TD Bank Oxford 250 wins. His family owns the Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH which is where he first began his racing career.