Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
Seekonk Speedway Race Report
SEEKONK, Mass. – Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, finished fourth in the PASS North Series PASS 150 at Seekonk Speedway in Seekonk, Mass., on Saturday, August 6. It was Sommerville’s second straight Top-5 finish, and came after he won his heat race in his debut at the unique .333-mile facility. Sommerville started 11th and moved into the Top-5 by Lap 61. Despite a tight handling race car, Sommerville capitalized on a restart with 12 laps remaining to grab fourth at the checkered flag. (more…)
Joey Doiron: PASS North Series
Seekonk Speedway Race Report
SEEKONK, Mass. – Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, finished 25th in the PASS North Series PASS 150 at Seekonk Speedway in Seekonk, Mass., on Saturday, August 6. Something broke in the rear end of the No. 73 JBJ Machine Chevrolet without warning, and Doiron retired from the event after just 50 laps. (more…)
BRADFORD, VT…… After three runner-up finishes this season, ‘The Fairlee Flier” Kevin Chaffee of Fairlee, VT won the 20 lap USAC Dirt Midget Association at Bear Ridge Speedway Saturday. A former track champion in Sportsman Coupe division, Chaffee is in his rookie year in a midget. Second place finisher Scott Holcomb of Granby, CT started tenth and third place finisher Jeff Horn of Hudson, NH had to come from the tail end after being caught up in a mid-race incident. Ray Miller and Tim Gallant completed the top five.
Chip Grenier Takes First Win of the Season on Safelite Night
Barre, VT – Graniteville’s Chip Grenier claimed his first win of the 2011 season on Safelite Auto Glass Night at Thunder Road on Thursday, August 4. Grenier started on the outside pole, but had a hard battle with Joey Becker and then Grant Folsom during four restarts in the 50 lap event.
After the final restart on lap 34, Grenier and Folsom broke away from the field. Nick Sweet worked his way to third, while Trampas Demers came from the 16th starting position to take fourth with Becker in fifth. Cris Michaud, co-point leader Dave Pembroke, rookie Jimmy Hebert, Matt White and Derek Ming completed the top ten. (more…)
Preece Cops Sunoco Modified Victory Boss Scores #50 in the Extra-Distance TIS Mod Main O’Sullivan Brothers Share Spotlight; Monahan & Baxter Also Score Wins
Thompson, CT (August 4, 2011): Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT, could not be shaken in the Sunoco Modified main event on Thursday night at Thompson International Speedway to score the victory for car owners Al & Cathy Moniz. It was one for the history books for Glenn Boss of Danielson, CT, who scored his fiftieth career win at Thompson in the extra-distance spotlight event for the TIS Modifieds. For the second time this season, the O’Sullivan Brothers of Springfield, MA, shared victory lane at Thompson. Big brother Mike scored the victory in the Super Late Models with Tommy earning top honors in the Late Models. Shawn Monahan of Waterford, CT continued his domination in the Limited Sportsman division with his sixth win of the season. It was a convincing win for Chad Baxter of Pascoag, RI, in the Mini Stocks. (more…)
Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
Seekonk Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, looks to start the season’s final stretch on a high note when the PASS North Series competes in the PASS 150 at Seekonk Speedway in Seekonk, Mass., on Saturday, August 6. Sommerville has never competed at Seekonk Speedway, though the tight .333-mile layout is very similar to his home track in Speedway 660 where he is a multi-time race winner. The Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet is coming off a third-place finish at Oxford Plains Speedway in its most recent outing.
ROCCO, HILL, CIPRIANO, PROVOST, & WOOD SCORE TOWN FAIR TIRE 150 FEATURE VICTORIES AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After a week away, Stafford Speedway was back
racing with the 21st Annual Town Fair Tire 150 program. In NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series feature racing, Keith Rocco outdueled Ted Christopher to
take his third consecutive and sixth feature win of the 2011 season in the
SK Modified® feature, J.J. Hill scored a dominating first win of 2011 by
leading all 30 laps in the Late Model feature, Joey Cipriano nailed down his
fourth win of 2011 in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature, Duane Provost
picked up his first career win in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, and
Josh Wood beat his father Don to the checkered flag to record his third win
of the 2011 season in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature. (more…)
BOBBY SANTOS, III LOOKING TO GET SEASON BACK ON TRACK IN TOWN FAIR TIRE 150 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After a stellar 2010 season that saw him win 4
races and the Whelen Modified Tour championship, Bobby Santos, III and the
#4 Mystic Missile team have found that the path to defending their
championship has been a rocky road. Santos enters the Town Fair Tire 150 at
Stafford Speedway in 9th place in the points standings, 162 points behind
Ronnie Silk. But if there was ever a track on the 2011 schedule that Santos
and his crew can use as a launching pad to get themselves back into
championship contention, it’s Stafford. Since joining the Mystic Missile
team prior to the start of the 2010 season, in 6 Stafford races Santos has
recorded 3 wins, a second, a third, and a 23rd place finish, which was the
result of a blown engine. (more…)
