by Jay | Aug 22, 2011 | Granite State Pro Stock, New England, New Hampshire, Twin State
Wilk first in Granite State Pro Stock Series record book
Sixteen cars enter Gary’s Disposal 100 in series’ debut at Twin State Speedway
CLAREMONT, NH — Chris Wilk etched his name in the record books as the first-ever winner on the new Granite State Pro Stock Series on Friday night, winning the Gary’s Disposal 100 at Twin State Speedway. Wilk survived a green-white-checker restart and a late charge from Donnie Lashua for the win.
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by Jay | Aug 22, 2011 | Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire
Lee, NH – The annual Ollie Silva Memorial ISMA Supermodified Classic was the headline attraction at Lee USA Speedway on Friday night, and the traveling series put an impressive, caution-free 75-lap main event into the record books in less than 18 minutes.
Russ Wood, winner of the inaugural ISMA event at Lee USA back in October 1988, broke out to the early lead, and set the pace for the first 29 laps before losing the top spot to Jeff Locke, a former Small Block Supermodified competitor at Lee. Wood retired to the pits with mechanical issues two laps later.
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by Jay | Aug 22, 2011 | ACT, Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway
ACT Pics from Oxford 8-20-2011
credit Eric LaFleche/www.VLFPhotos.com
by Jay | Aug 22, 2011 | Modified, Seekonk Speedway
Seekonk, MA – Les Hinckley, of Windsor Locks, CT., passed
race leader Dwight Jarvis, of Ascutney, VT., on lap 78, to go
on and win the Valenti Modified Racing Series “Seekonk 100”
Saturday night at Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, MA
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by Jay | Aug 22, 2011 | New
Second win of the weekend and the second career win at Winchester for Chase Elliott.
by Jay | Aug 22, 2011 | ACT, Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway
(Oxford, ME) –Joey Polewarczyk, the driver of the #97NH Poles Automotive, NH Precision Ford Fusion came away with a solid ninth- place finish at one of his favorite tracks that the American-Canadian Tour visits.
Joey would talk about Oxford, “As the laps wore on, our car just lost most of its rear bite. We lost some weight because of the fuel being used up and the car was pretty hard to handle, towards the end.”
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by Jay | Aug 22, 2011 | PASS
Accomplished Racer Earns Victory in Hard-Fought Battle to the Checkered Flag
The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Models headed to South Boston Speedway in Virginia on Saturday, August 20th, for the “PASS 150 Presented by Gazette Virginian” event, the 10th race of the 2011 season. In the nine previous races of the year, multiple drivers, including Chris Eggleston, Stephen Nasse, Roger Lee Newton and Bubba Pollard, all went to the PASS South victory lane for the first time. On Saturday, one more name was added to the list as accomplished racer Clay Rogers earned his first series victory.
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by Jay | Aug 22, 2011 | Legends, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Story by Evan Beaulieu
The Thursday Thunder series came to a close this past week at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. With just three points separating leader Kevin Hutchens and second place Evan Beaulieu, this was one of the closest battles for the championship that the series has ever seen. Along with the points battle, there was plenty of drivers who were looking for a win before the season ended. For the final time in 2011, the Legends took the track for what was set to be a fantastic close to the season.
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by Jay | Aug 22, 2011 | Beech Ridge, Legends, Maine, New England
The Thursday Thunder series came to a close this past week at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. With just three points separating leader Kevin Hutchens and second place Evan Beaulieu, this was one of the closest battles for the championship that the series has ever seen. Along with the points battle, there was plenty of drivers who were looking for a win before the season ended. For the final time in 2011, the Legends took the track for what was set to be a fantastic close to the season.
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by Jay | Aug 22, 2011 | Video
