by Jay | Jul 3, 2011 | PASS
Ryan Blaney Claims PASS South “Firecracker 150” Victory at Ace
First PASS South Repeat Winner of 2011
The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Models continued their 2011 season during the Fourth of July weekend on Friday, July 1st, with the Firecracker 150 event at Ace Speedway, located in Altamahaw, North Carolina. Series points leader Jay Fogleman looked like he was going to pad his points lead by winning the event, but at the checkered flag, it was Ryan Blaney earning his second win of the season, the only driver to enter victory lane twice in the 2011 highly-competitive Super Late Model series.
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by Jay | Jul 3, 2011 | Maine, New England, Unity
Unity, Maine – Brian Whitney is proving to be an extra-distance specialist in the Late Model division at Unity Raceway. The Burnham racer followed up a Father’s Day 100-lap victory with a 75-lap score on Independence Day weekend in the top-tier class last Saturday night.
Whitney swapped the lead with point leader Jeff Burgess of East Madison during the early stages of the event, then raced side-by-side with Freedom’s Dylan Turner for several laps before he was booted from contention.
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by Jay | Jul 3, 2011 | Maine, New England, Unity
Mike Hopkins of Hermon continued his winning streak at Speedway 95 Saturday night as he barely edged out Liberty’s Josh St. Clair to take the Late Model win. Hopkins started 8th in the 16 car field and was at the point by lap 10. St.Clair was involved in a lap one incident and had to restart at the back of the pack, making his charge to the front more dramatic, as he worked his way to the second spot by lap 12. A late race caution had St. Clair and Hopkins restarting on the front row, but Hopkins was able to regain his lead and hold off St. Clair to post his 6th win in a row. St. Clair got as far as Hopkin’s door in the battle for the lead in the last three laps but Hopkins was able to use the faster outside lane to fend off the challenge. In his post race interview, Hopkins admitted that St. Clair had the faster car, but just wasn’t able to get off the corners on the inside lane well enough to complete the pass. St.Clair settled for a close second, followed by Winterport’s Shane Clark in third. Bob Seger Jr. of Frankfort finished in fourth, followed by pole sitter Ryan Deane of Winterport in fifth. Donny Blanchard of Bangor, George Dunn of Eastbrook, Ryan St. Clair of Liberty, Alex Waltz of Damariscotta and John Kalel II of Orrington rounded out the top 10. The remainder of the finishing order was 11. Duane Seekins, Stockton Springs, 12. Jesse Smith, Bangor, 13. Dale Swoboda, Hermon, 14. Deane Smart, Bradley, 15. Dave St. Clair, Liberty, and 16. Greg Ellis of Hermon. (more…)
by Jay | Jul 3, 2011 | Monadnock Speedway, New England, New Hampshire, PASS
Winchester, NH. – Defending Valenti Modified Racing Series Champion
Jon McKennedy of E. Chelmsford, MA., took the lead on lap 64 and went on to
win the 8th annual “Firecracker 100” Saturday night, July 2, at Monadnock
Speedway, Winchester, NH. The win was McKennedy’s first of the season,
his first at Monadnock, and his 12thcareer victory with the series.
McKennedy also becomes a guaranteed starter for the prestigious “Ricky’s Race
For Kids,” July 16, at Canaan Fair Speedway, Canaan, NH. That race carries a
$36,500 purse.
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by Jay | Jul 3, 2011 | Beech Ridge, Legends, Maine, New England
Story by Evan Beaulieu
Every time the Amsoil Nelcar Legends Tour visits the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, there is bound to be a good show put on. This past Thursday night was even better than most with some of the most aggressive and hardest racing ever seen out of the Legends Car drivers. Normally, the cars that are open wheel for the most part are not supposed to touch without consequence, but tonight, the drivers were able to make it work, but run as clean as the tour is known for, running caution free.
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by Jay | Jul 3, 2011 | Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway
Austin Theriault: Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford Championship Series Race Report
OXFORD, Maine – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished 15th in the Oxford Championship Series 40-lap Late Model event at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, July 2. Despite finishing fifth in his first-round heat race, Oxford’s handicapping system dictated that Theriault would start deep in the 30-car field in 21st. Without the benefit of a caution flag in event, Theriault had to pick his way through traffic on his way to the 15th-place finish in a tuneup for the TD Bank Oxford 250 in three weeks.
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by Jay | Jul 3, 2011 | Canaan, New England, New Hampshire, PASS
Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
Canaan Fair Speedway Race Report
CANAAN, N.H. – Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, rallied for a hard-fought fifth-place finish in the PASS North Series Firecracker 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., on Saturday, July 2. Sommerville took the lead briefly in the event’s early going after starting fourth, but a broken control arm before the halfway mark significantly hindered the handling on the No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders/Community Pharmacies Chevrolet. Sommerville, who posted his third Top-5 in five races this season in the Mulkern Racing entry, led a total of nine laps on the night. He never dropped lower than sixth in the running order and used a couple of late restarts to crack the Top-5 in his first-ever visit to Canaan.
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by Jay | Jul 3, 2011 | Canada
Fredericton N.B. July 2, 2011
On the eve of the third annual FanFest 2011 where upwards of 4,000 fans filled the bleachers at Speedway 660, St. Martins John Rankin made the podium for the first time this season winning the Martins Home Heating Sportsman feature.
The feature was dominated early on by Steve Seveck of Temperance Vale and Danny McNeill of Douglas, with Seveck holding onto first spot through the first ten laps before Seveck’s No. 44S and McNeill’s No. 80 got together in turn two giving Saint John’s Randy Moore the lead with Rankin moving up to second.
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by Jay | Jul 3, 2011 | NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Less than five months later, at the site of his biggest failure, David Ragan got it right.
On the second attempt at a green-white-checkered-flag finish, Ragan was out front when caution flew on the 10th lap of overtime in Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, giving the driver of the No. 6 Ford his first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory.
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by Jay | Jul 3, 2011 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, New England, Vermont
BRADFORD, VT………. “Flatfoot” Joe Krawiec of Bristol, CT came from a ninth starting spot to win his third consecutive USAC Dirt Midget Association feature at Bear Ridge Speedway Saturday night. Preferring to run the high line whenever traffic allowed, Krawiec finished 1.8 seconds ahead of Scott Holcomb of Granby, CT. Veteran Midget racer Jeff Horn of Hudson, MA was third.
USAC DIRT MIDGET ASSOCIATION RACE RESULTS: July 2, 2011 – Bradford, Vermont –
Bear Ridge Speedway
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