by Jay | Jul 30, 2010 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Becker Wins Fourth Career Feature on WDEV/Calkins Night at Thunder Road
Barre, VT – Jeffersonville’s Joey Becker eanred his fourth career Thunder Road Late Model feature win on WDEV/Calkins night on Thursday, July 29. Becker worked his way through the field from his seventh starting position to take the lead on lap 27 from rookie Cody Blake. He held off Senator Phil Scott and Nick Sweet through six more caution flags to earn the win. (more…)
by Jay | Jul 30, 2010 | New England
Richardi, Jr. Grabs Checkers in Caution Filled Seekonk Event
Seekonk, Ma – July 28, 2010 – After a rain cancellation on July 21, the RF Logic/ Bot-L Gas Pro Four Modifieds competed in Seekonk Speedway’s Modified Madness. The drivers were able to complete practice rounds on both the 21st and 28th. The Qualifying events were won by Rob Richardi, Jr. and Franky Perry.
In the main event Stan Mertz and Dave Richardi brought the field to the green and D. Richardi was able to make the pass on Mertz via the high lane. Rob Richardi, Jr. and Dan Meservey Jr., were able to make the pass as well. Action was also heating up in the back of the back as some three wide racing action occurred between the cars of Brian Souza, Brian Vincent, George Sherman, Tyler Anderson and Perry. By lap four, 15th place starter, Adam Norton had already worked his way up to 8th position.
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by Jay | Jul 30, 2010 | Connecticut, Thompson
TC Tops in Sunoco Mods Again at Thompson;
McKinstry Mini Stock Northern Challenge Winner;
Ramstrom, O’Sullivan, Monahan & Marcotte Also Continue Winning Ways
Thompson, CT (July 29, 2010): Ted Christopher of Plainville, CT, continued his domination of the Sunoco Modified division with his seventh victory of the season. A special night for the Mini Stocks found Chris McKinstry of E. Thetford, VT victorious in the Mini Stock Northern Challenge. McKinstry also scored the top honors in the Northeastern Mini Stock Touring season portion of the Challenge. Thomspon’s own Jeff Moffat of Warwick, RI, also shared the limelight.
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by Jay | Jul 30, 2010 | Connecticut, Thompson
Ramstrom Wins Again At Thompson
Derek Ramstrom of West Boylston, Mass., led every lap en route to his fifth feature win of the season at Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Conn., on Thursday night. Ramstrom, the defending Super Late Model champion at the track, now has five victories in just 10 starts this year. He started third in the caution-free 30-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series event and had the lead by the time the field completed the first lap around the high-banked, .625-mile oval. From there, Ramstrom went unchallenged to the victory and gained ground of division points leaders Mike O’Sullivan and Larry Gelinas.
WHO: Derek Ramstrom, W. Boylston, Mass.
WHAT: No. 35 Charter Communications/Matthews Truck Service and Towing Chevrolet
WHERE: Thompson International Speedway, Thompson, Conn. (.625-mile oval)
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
WHAT: 30-lap Super Late Model Feature
STARTED: 3rd
FINISHED: 1st (fifth win of season)
STANDINGS: 1st
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by Jay | Jul 30, 2010 | Canada
MACDONALD BUICK GMC 400 WEEKEND SET TO ROAR AT CFS
(Shediac, N.B.) — A full field of top drivers from throughout the three Maritime provinces will do battle on both Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon as the Centre for Speed (CFS), Atlantic Canada’s Super Speedway and “Metro Moncton’s Playground of Power”, presents its 5th annual mid-summer stock car celebration with the MacDonald Buick GMC 400 double-header weekend.
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by Jay | Jul 30, 2010 | Connecticut, Stafford
JIMMY BLEWETT SEEKS VICTORY AT STAFFORD FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE SEASON IN TOWN
FAIR TIRE 150
(Stafford Springs, CT)—As the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to
Stafford Motor Speedway for the 20th Annual Town Fair Tire 150, one driver
who will be looking forward to the race is Jimmy Blewett. Blewett has won a
race at Stafford in each of the last two seasons and has been in contention
for victory in each of the Whelen Modified Tour’s first two visits of the
2010 season. Blewett finished second to Bobby Santos in the May TSI
Harley-Davidson 125 and finished 15th in the CARQUEST Tech-Net Spring
Sizzler after hitting the wall on the final lap of the race while running in
the top-3. (more…)
by Jay | Jul 30, 2010 | Connecticut, Stafford
BOBBY SANTOS, III LEADS WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP CHARGE INTO
STAFFORD FOR TOWN FAIR TIRE 150
(Stafford Springs, CT)—As the Whelen Modified Tour returns to Stafford
Motor Speedway for the Town Fair Tire 150, the third of four stops for the
Tour in 2010, Bobby Santos, III sits ahead of three former series champions
in the chase for the 2010 title. Giving chase to Santos are 2008 champion
Ted Christopher, 2003 champion Todd Szegedy, and 7-time Tour champion Mike
Stefanik.
“Right now our goal is to win races,” said Santos. “I’ve never raced for
points before this year. At the start of this season, we were only focused
on winning races and that was how we were able to build up our points lead.
There’s no reason why we can’t continue to run up front and win races this
year.” (more…)
by Jay | Jul 30, 2010 | ACT, NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
ACT ANNOUNCES FINAL LIST FOR NHMS INVITATIONAL
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) announced today another list of potential race teams that may be invited to compete in the second annual ACT Invitational at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway over the opening weekend for the NASCAR Chase weekend on September 17-19, 2010.
Two full days of practice at NHMS will be divided between over 70 invited attendees. With just eight (8) teams guaranteed spots in the expanded field of 43 starters, the test sessions will go a long way in deciding who will get the ‘at large’ invitations to what has become one of the most anticipated events of the year for short track fans and teams in the Northeast and eastern Canada.
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by Jay | Jul 30, 2010 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Twin State Speedway Race Preview
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., joins the rest of the ACT Late Model Tour when he heads to the Twin State 100 at Twin State Speedway in Claremont, N.H., on Friday, July 30. Dragon, whose 181 career ACT Late Model Tour starts rank first all-time, is the defending champion of the event. At the midway point of the season, Dragon is second in the ACT standings, just 111 points behind multi-time champion Brian Hoar with several tracks where he owns victories soon to appear on the schedule. Dragon was running in the top-5 last weekend at Beech Ridge just past the halfway mark before being caught in another competitor’s accident — but the No. 55 team rallied through a pit stop to repair damage and ended up in eighth place by night’s end.
WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
TEAM: No. 55 Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/Charlesbois Freightliner/Newton Pellets Chevrolet
BEST CAREER TWIN STATE SPEEDWAY FINISH: 1st (September 2009)
LAST RACE AT TWIN STATE SPEEDWAY: 1st (September 2009)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Twin State 100
WHERE: Twin State Speedway, Claremont, N.H. (.333-mile oval)
WHEN: 7 p.m., Friday, July 30
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by Jay | Jul 29, 2010 | Video
The last event during the Speedbowl’s July 24th racecard – the Street Stock 25 lapper won by Norm Sears. Features (more…)
