ACT Can-Am 200 at Riverside Postponed Due to Rain

by | Aug 28, 2011 | ACT, Canada

ACT Tour Racing
ACT Can-Am 200 at Riverside Postponed Due to Rain

Ste-Croix, QC – The ACT Late Model Tour and Série ACT Castrol combined Can-Am 200 at Circuit Riverside Speedway in Ste-Croix, QC scheduled for Saturday, August 27 has been postponed due to rain.

Forty-one cars attempted to qualify for the event with thirty-six making the field. The field of 36 was set before the rains came following the B-Feature. Those 36 cars will return on Sunday, September 11 to complete the 200 lap distance. (more…)

Mackenzie wins second straight championship

by | Aug 28, 2011 | Canada

Mackenzie wins second straight championship

Fredericton N.B. August 27, 2011

Ken Mackenzie of Salisbury began racing at Speedway 660 in 2010 and at the end of the 2011 season Mackenzie has captured two Martin’s Home Heating Sportsman division championships.

Mackenzie did not win a feature all season; with his worst finish being eighth all season. He would finish third in the feature on the night with Glyn Nott of Burton winning the feature and John Rankin of St. Martin’s in third.
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Dave Pembroke Takes 2011 “King of the Road” Title

by | Aug 27, 2011 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont

Thunder Road
Dave Pembroke Takes 2011 “King of the Road” Title
Phil Scott Wins 100-Lap Aubuchon Finale

Barre, VT – Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke earned his second career Thunder Road Late Model title with a seventh place finish in the 100-lap finale on Aubuchon Night, Friday, August 26. Pembroke came into the night leading John Donahue by 38 points. He lengthened his lead with a win in his heat race and sewed up the title in the feature.

It was Pembroke’s first season in his new Ford powered ride sponsored by VSECU and Lamoille Valley Ford. Pembroke’s previous title came in 2007. He is also a previous Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen Champion in 1999. He has won just about every big Late Model race at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement” with wins in the Milk Bowl, Labor Day Classic, Memorial Day Classic and Merchants Bank 150.
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PREECE, MAVLOUGANES, CHARLAND, CASAGRANDE, & WOOD SCORE AUG. 26 NASCAR WHELEN ALL-AMERICAN SERIES FEATURE VICTORIES AT STAFFORD

by | Aug 27, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford

Stafford
PREECE, MAVLOUGANES, CHARLAND, CASAGRANDE, & WOOD SCORE AUG. 26 NASCAR WHELEN ALL-AMERICAN SERIES FEATURE VICTORIES AT STAFFORD

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway was back on track with a
5-division NASCAR Whelen All-American Series event on Friday, August 26.
Ryan Preece picked up his fourth win of the 2011 season in the 40-lap SK
Modified® feature event, Jim Mavlouganes picked up his first Late Model
feature victory in 6 years in the 30-lap Late Model feature, Bob Charland
picked up his first career victory in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature,
Cory Casagrande picked up his second win of 2011 in the 20-lap Limited Late
Model feature, and Josh Wood picked up his fourth win of the 2011 season in
the 15-lap DARE Stock feature.

In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Curt Brainard took the lead at the
green, but Woody Pitkat streaked into the lead on lap-2. With 2 laps
complete, the caution came out for Michael Bennett, who was slow on the
track. (more…)

SHAWN THIBEAULT AND KEVIN GAMBACORTA LOCKED IN ULTRA TIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP RACE IN STAFFORD’S LIMITED LATE MODEL DIVISION

by | Aug 26, 2011 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford

Stafford
SHAWN THIBEAULT AND KEVIN GAMBACORTA LOCKED IN ULTRA TIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP RACE IN STAFFORD’S LIMITED LATE MODEL DIVISION

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Along with their SK Modified® division, Stafford’s
Limited Late Model division features a championship battle that currently
has Shawn Thibeault leading Kevin Gambacorta by only 8 points, or 4
positions on the track. While Gambacorta has won track championships at
Stafford in the DARE Stock division in 2004 and the Limited Late Model
division in 2006, Thibeault is experiencing a championship chase for the
first time in his racing career. (more…)