by Jay | Dec 24, 2011 | ACT, Canada, New England
Waterbury, VT – The 2012 schedule featuring twelve (12) point- counting events, and the special combination event with the ACT US teams, the “Showdown at Chaudière”, has been announced for the popular Castrol Late Model racing series sanctioned by The American Canadian Tour (ACT).
Four tracks will host three events each from the opening event at the Autodrome Montmagny east of Quebec City in late May through the close of the race season at the Autodrome Ste. Eustache outside Montreal. Circuit Riverside Speedway in Ste. Croix, QC and Autodrome Chaudière will each host three events, including the CAN-AM combination event with ACT Castrol teams and ACT US teams and the fifth annual “Showdown at Chaudière”.
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by Jay | Dec 23, 2011 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
New rules to pit David “602” crate engines against 358-cubic inch Goliaths
WEST HAVEN, VT — The past and future will clash in a horsepower war at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in 2012. The buzz around the West Haven, VT stock car track has turned to the rulebook, as the headline NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Modified division will pit David against Goliath next summer.
The Modified rulebook embraces the modern-day General Motors “602” crate engine — a cost-effective, momentum-dependent motor — but throws a lion into the ring by allowing the return of the 358-cubic inch engine — an unlimited, high-tech, high-horsepower fire breather. The move will allow Devil’s Bowl teams to compete at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY and other tracks, and vice versa.
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by Jay | Dec 23, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—With the release of a schedule that has seen many
new events as well as a few new twists and turns to it, Stafford Motor
Speedway has continued to expand its 2012 schedule with the addition of the
New England Truck Series to its 40th Annual CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend that
is scheduled for Sept. 28-Sept. 30. The New England Truck Series (NETS)
will be making only their second ever appearance at Stafford. The trucks
were first at Stafford as part of the PRA Big Car Series event in August
2006 that was won by Chris Correll. (more…)
by Jay | Dec 23, 2011 | New England, Vermont
Dirt Track Racing Front Runner edges out ACT Tiger Champion O’Donnell
BURLINGTON, VT — Dirt track stock car racing driver Kevin Chaffee has been named the Vermont Motorsports Magazine 2011 Driver of the Year by the readers of www.vtmotormag.com
Over 13,000 votes were cast across eleven categories in a two-week online poll at the Vermont Motorsports Magazine website. Fairlee, Vt., driver Chaffee earned 26% of the vote in the overall VMM 2011 Driver of the Year category. The DIRTcar Sportsman Modified, USAC Dirt Midget Association, and Sprint Cars of New England winner edged ACT Bond/WIX Tiger Tour and Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Tiger Sportsman champion Derrick O’Donnell, of Bradford, Vt., by 35 votes for the award.
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by Jay | Dec 23, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—For Stafford Late Model driver Tony Lafo, the 2012
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season is a chance for he and his #82 team
to continue to build upon the progress they achieved with their car during
the 2011 season. While a couple of hard crashes prevented the team from
competing in all of the races this past season, Lafo managed a best finish
of 8th and he finished the year in 16th place in the Late Model points
standings. While that points position might not sound all that promising on
paper, Lafo says his team made significant progress during the year and he
is looking to build upon that progress for the 2012 season at Stafford.
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by Jay | Dec 23, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson
THOMPSON, CT. The 2012 NASCAR racing schedule at the Thompson International Speedway has been released. The twenty race lineup has generated considerable excitement as it contains a wide variety of racing programs for both competitors and fans.
The 2012 racing season at Thompson will kick off with the traditional Icebreaker event on the weekend of April 14-15 which will mark the opening of both the Thompson season and that of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. The season will conclude with the traditional World Series of Speedway Racing in October. Competitors and fans are urged to download a copy of the 2012 schedule so that they can see the entire, season-long lineup of racing action at the historic speedway.
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by Jay | Dec 23, 2011 | NASCAR
2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion and 24-Time Race Victor
To Compete in Full 2012 Sprint Cup Season with Car Owner James Finch
CHARLOTTE, N.C., (Dec. 22, 2011) – “I just want to get back to having fun in the racecar.”
Those were the words spoken by Kurt Busch just a few days after the season-ending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Banquet in Las Vegas. Today, the 2004 Sprint Cup champion is well on his way toward that simple goal as he’s teamed with Phoenix Racing to run the full 2012 Sprint Cup schedule.
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by Jay | Dec 23, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After winning his second Limited Late Model track
championship this past season, Kevin Gambacorta will make the move up the
ladder from the Limited Late Model division to the Late Model division and
run for Rookie of the Year honors. The championship for Gambacorta this
season was the third overall track title he has claimed at Stafford and he
will begin a quest for a track championship in a third different division
after purchasing the #64 Late Model that Michael Bennett has piloted to 5
victories and three top-6 points finishes.
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by Jay | Dec 21, 2011 | Video
by Jay | Dec 20, 2011 | Video
2011 NASCAR Night of Champions Touring Series Awards Gala opening video
