by Jay | Jul 25, 2015 | Connecticut, Thompson
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park’s premier division to return for Sunoco Modified 20/20 Sprint
The Sunoco Modifieds will be in the spotlight at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) for their second annual 20/20 Sprint event on Whelen Night, Wednesday, July 29th.
The Sunoco Modified 20/20 Sprint, presented by King Cadillac GMC will feature a three segment race for the open-wheel division, with the lowest overall point total taking the victory. The first segment will be based upon current points standings, and will be 20 laps in distance. The second segment will be a complete inversion of lead lap cars setting the field, and will also consist of 20 laps. The third and final segment will be lined up by fastest lap times from the first segment, but will only be a 10 lap sprint for the win. This format has been used for both the Late Model and Sunoco Modified divisions at TSMP, and has resulted in high energy wheel-to-wheel action.
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by Jay | Jul 25, 2015 | New
Todd Szegedy Prepared for Call Before You Dig 150 at Stafford Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—While 2003 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion Todd Szegedy has always looked forward to racing at Stafford, he is especially looking forward to coming back to the Connecticut half-mile facility after picking up not only his first win of the 2015 season at Loudon, but his first win together with the Bob Garbarino owned #4 Mystic Missile team.
“Stafford has always been a good track for me and my goal for this year was to get four top-5 finishes and we’re halfway to achieving that goal,” said Szegedy. “It’s a good racing track and it’s a good drivers track so I enjoy coming to Stafford. That was a big deal to win at Loudon. It’s big to win any race and it was nice to get our first win together. That race was extra special for me because in 2013, I took a win away from Donny Lia at Loudon, who was driving Bob’s car at the time. By winning that race, I feel like I gave a win back to those guys. I think it’s very possible for us to win a couple more races this season but it’s also going to be very tough to do that. Getting our first win out of the way was a great feeling but there are a lot of great drivers and teams on the Whelen Modified Tour.”
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by Jay | Jul 25, 2015 | Connecticut, Stafford
Stafford Drivers Jockeying For Position in Call Before You Dig 811 Challenge Points Standings
(Stafford Springs, CT)—With only three more races before the conclusion of the 2015 Call Before You Dig 811 Challenge, drivers will be scrambling to accumulate as many points as they can without going over 811 to receive an $811 bonus from Call Before You Dig.
The CBYD 811 Challenge is a competition open to all NASCAR Whelen All-American Series drivers at Stafford where drivers accumulate a point total based on a points system that awards 100 points for a victory and 5 points less for each subsequent position. The goal is to be one of five drivers who comes the closest to accumulating 811 points without going over to win an $811 bonus from CBYD. The CBYD 811 Challenge began at the 44th Annual NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler on April 24-26 and culminates on August 7 with the Call Before You Dig 150 Whelen Modified Tour event. The five drivers who come the closest to accumulating 811 points without going over will each take home an $811 bonus from CBYD, for a total of $4055. Due to the unprecedented amount of consecutive events completed since April, half points were awarded beginning with the June 26 event.
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by RacingNews | Jul 23, 2015 | PASS
CHARLOTTE, NC (July 22) – After a well deserved break from the heat, Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Model and Pro Late Model competitors will hit the track once again this Saturday night at Caraway Speedway. This weekend’s action at Caraway Speedway will also serve as PASS Fan Appreciation. To celebrate 10 years of PASS racing in the Southeast, PASS fans will be honored with a $20 car load special or a $10 general admission ticket for those fans who might be traveling to the races solo.
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by Jay | Jul 23, 2015 | Granite State Pro Stock, Lee USA, New Hampshire
(Crystal Snape Photo)
LEE, NH – The Granite State Pro Stock Series will return to Lee USA Speedway (NH), on July 24, for the Seacoast 100.
The Seacoast 100 will be the seventh race of the Granite State Pro Stock Series’ (GSPSS) season, and marks the second time running at the Lee, NH 3/8-mile facility.
Point-leader Derek Griffith is excited to return to the track where he picked up his first pro stock win. Griffith won the Pro Stock version of the season-ending Oktoberfest at Lee USA Speedway in 2012.
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by Jay | Jul 23, 2015 | ACT, Airborne, New York
photo by Norm Marx
Plattsburgh, NY – Joey Doiron continued his strong summer this past weekend at Airborne Speedway in one of the Pro All Stars Series biggest races this past weekend at the Airborne Speedway, another race in the PASS National championship series which includes heavy hitters from both the North and the South. Just a few weeks after capturing the inaugural PASS event at Thunder Road and winning the Pro Series 125 at Beech Ridge, Doiron dominated the International 500 event on his way to his third win of the season. Doiron lead for a third of the event, and beat out some of the best in the business, including Brian Hoar and Patrick Laperle at the finish, taking home over $11,000 in the process.
“I knew we had a great car today, the car was great in practice and I knew if we saved our stuff a little bit we’d be there at the end,” Doiron said of the win, “Turns out we had a tire going down at the end, and for the last five or ten laps it was definitely flat, the car started to drag the nose a little bit with about 40 to go and it hadn’t done that all race so I knew something was up, I’m just glad we didn’t have a yellow at the end.” (more…)
by Jay | Jul 23, 2015 | NASCAR, New Hampshire, NHMS
photo by RPM 360
By: Dick Casey
For the second year in a row, Eddie MacDonald drove the Go Green Racing Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday, July 19 to take the checkered flag in 37th place. With DraftDemons.com as the main sponsor, Eddie Mac started 41st and completed 295 of the 301 lap event before a huge crowd at the “Magic Mile.”
“Racing at the Cup level is a life-long dream and to be able to do it two years in a row thanks to owner Archie St. Hilaire and DraftDemons.com owner Mike Alden is fantastic,” said Eddie Mac after the race, “I have so many people to thank for this opportunity. It was a lot of fun to race with the best in the business. Of course I would have liked to finish better but the team was pleased with the run because it helped them out in the point’s race. I guess 42 of the 43 cars finished which is unusual. There are usually more cars than that in the pits during the race. All in all it was a great experience and the crew was great the entire weekend. Archie has a super group of guys on the team. Clinton (Cram-crew chief from Belchertown, Mass.) did everything possible to help me out and I appreciate all his help. He made some great adjustments to make me more comfortable. Spotter Curtis (Aldridge) was in my ear helping me get around the track. He is really calm and when you are out there with 42 other cars it gets hectic.” (more…)
by Jay | Jul 23, 2015 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series, NHMS
photo by RPM 360
By: Dick Casey
Eddie MacDonald began his busy weekend with a ninth place run in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East’s United Site Services 70 Friday night to kick off the Sprint Cup weekend. The Rowley, Mass. veteran racer then changed fire suits to compete in the Sprint Cup 5 Hour Energy 301 on Sunday.
The tree time K&N winner at Loudon struggled in practice Friday battling a tight racecar but was able qualify the Exit Realty/Grimm Construction Chevy in the 13th position on Friday morning with Eddie Mac saying, “We made a number of changes during practice but we couldn’t dial it in. It was tight during the practices on Thursday but the adjustments we made for qualifying worked enough to get us into a 13th place run. We thought the car would be good for the race but it didn’t work out that way.” (more…)
by RacingNews | Jul 23, 2015 | ACT, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) resumes its 2015 championship chase this Saturday, July 25 at Oxford, ME’s Oxford Plains Speedway. The Oxford Plains 150 is the eighth on the ACT Tour’s 13-race schedule and their second visit of the season to the 3/8-mile oval. The event was previously scheduled for June 27 before being postponed.
The second half of the year will see the continued championship battle between New Hampshire veterans Wayne Helliwell Jr. and Joey Polewarczyk Jr. Two-time ACT Tour Champion Wayne Helliwell Jr. holds a 17-point lead over defending Champion “Joey Pole” with each driver recording three wins to date.
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by RacingNews | Jul 23, 2015 | New England Motorsports South, Stafford
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rd Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with Girls Night Out / Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund Track Walk program with all 6 divisions in action plus a track walk that raised money for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. Taking down feature victories were on the night were Ryan Preece in the SK Modified® feature, Michael Bennett in the Late Model feature, Stephen Kopcik in the SK Light feature, Al Saunders in the Ltd. Late Model feature, Marcello Rufrano in the DARE Stock feature, and Dana DiMatteo in the Legend Cars feature.
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