(Stafford Springs, CT)—With the 38th Annual Coors Light SK Modified® 100
on tap this Friday night at Stafford Motor Speedway, the race winner is
guaranteed to walk away with a winner’s check for $2,300. If the winning
car has the proper contingency decals on their car, the winner’s check could
be worth as much as $2,600.
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Riverview Ford Lincoln Season Opener & DQ Kid’s Day
June 1, 2011
Fredericton N.B. – This Saturday June 4, 2011, Speedway 660 will host a full day of excitement. Fans won’t just see excitement on the track, but the young races fans will have double the excitement with the Kids Day festivities. DQ has hopped on board for another year with Speedway 660 to sponsor the kid’s day festivities.
The evening’s events will begin with an “In-the-Pits” pre-race autograph session from 5:30-6:15 pm, where kids get to meet, have pictures taken and get autographs from their favourite drivers. This is a chance for the young race fans to talk to the drivers as they are not permitted to go in the pit area under the age of 16 during the races. The drivers especially look forward to the opportunity of meeting their race fans and sign autographs for the kids. This is a chance for the drivers to interact with their youngest fans for an extended period prior to the race. The drivers rarely get to leave the pit area as they are usually busy with pre-race meetings and the preparing their cars for the night’s events.
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Video – Watkins Glen Preview
THUNDER ROAD TO HELP BARRE FLOOD VICTIMS
Free admission to next Thunder Road event
Waterbury, VT –Thunder Road International Speedbowl has been supported by hometown Barre, Vermont fans for over 52 years. Now one of the most well-known short tracks in North America is going to give back on Sunday, June 12.
“We are inviting Barre flood victims to ‘take a break’ and join us on Sunday, June 12. The clean-up and sorrow from the most devastating floods since 1927 have shown what a resilient town Barre is. The people and city will bounce back. The folks of Barre have helped Thunder Road through some tough times over the years, and we wanted to give back in a small way. We hope a few hours of fun will be our way of saying thanks to our neighbors”, said Tom Curley co-owner of Thunder Road with Ken Squier.
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Oxford, ME. – #97 Joey Polewarczyk Jr of Hudson N.H. is excited about making his return to Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, ME for the Big Jab 150 this Saturday, June 4. The last ACT Race at Oxford ended early for the Polewarczyk Jr Race Team as they fought Mechanical issues, which led to them not qualifying.
Polewarczyk Jr has a successful history at the famous 3/8 mile oval. In 12 Career Starts, Joey has seven Top-10’s and five Top-5’s, including two victories (2008, 2009).
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Cody Hodgson: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
Bowman Gray Stadium Race Preview
THE STORY
Cody Hodgson of Escalon, Calif., resumes his quest to become NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Sunoco Rookie of the Year in the Army Strong 150 at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Saturday, June 4. This marks the series’ first visit to the historic quarter-mile track, though several teams – including the Dave Davis Motorsports entry for Hodgson – did test at the track last month. Hodgson sits fourth among rookies in the series standings through four races and 12th overall. Qualifying for the event takes place on Friday night, June 3, with the main event slated for the next night at the track known as “The Madhouse.”
(Shediac, N.B.) — The Centre for Speed, Atlantic Canada’s Super Speedway and “Metro Moncton’s Playground of Power”, is set to kick off its 16th stock car racing and motorsports season with a reconfigured, longer and tighter racing surface as well as other significant upgrades, including a newly paved entrance road to the speedway, all designed to provide spectators with enhanced
entertainment value,
This Sunday’s season opening event will feature drivers from throughout New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island battling it out in the first of three Maritime Super Series for Sportsman 100 races to be held at CFS during the summer, as well as weekly points championship racing in Shediac Sportsman, Mini Stock and Four Fun divisions., Sunday’s program will be the first of 20 motorsports and musical events to be presented at the CFS during 2011.
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Brian Hoar: ACT Late Model Tour
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., will try and add to his record ACT Late Model Tour win total in The Big Jab 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, June 4. Hoar collected victory No. 30 of his career in the Spring Green 111 two weeks ago, giving him two wins in the first three races of the season and a commanding early lead atop the standings. Despite a runner-up effort in last year’s non-point TD Bank Oxford 250, Hoar has yet to win at Oxford – where the series will run twice in a span of three weeks.
$20 per car load fan appreciation special up next
One week after the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Model racers battled at Motor Mile Speedway in Virginia, the series is back in action for the seventh race of the 2011 season in the “Orange Blossom Special 125” event at Orange County Speedway in North Carolina. With six different winners so far during the season, fans will be on the edge of their seats for 125 green flag laps of door-banging, tire rubbing action for just $20 per car load.
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-Shell-Pennzoil Dodge Driver Categorizes Kansas Scenario As “Doubly Important…Plus”-
KANSAS CITY, Kans. (May 31, 2011) – Shell-Pennzoil Dodge driver Kurt Busch heads into this weekend’s STP 400 at Kansas Speedway looking to post his best-ever finish on the 1.5-mile tri-oval track. One thing for sure is that the 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champ certainly realizes the importance of the Kansas track on the schedule, especially since a second race was added there for the 2011 season.
“Yeah, it’d be easy to just look at the schedule now and say, ‘Hey, they added another race at Kansas and that’s twice the significance as far as the big picture goes,’” said Busch, who came from behind to post a fourth-place finish in Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. “But the second race at Kansas is much more than just adding a second race. You’d be extremely accurate to label it as doubly important…plus. It’s definitely more than just twice the amount of points on the line. (more…)