by Jay | Jul 25, 2010 | Canada
WARD GRABS SECOND FEATURE AS TWO ROOKIES MAKE SUPER SPORTSMAN DEBUTS AT CFS
(Shediac, N.B.) — Craig Ward (#02) of Riverview picked up his second career feature win during Saturday evening’s ‘Car Load Night’ points championship stock car racing action at the Centre for Speed (CFS), Atlantic Canada’s Super Speedway and “Metro Moncton’s Playground of Power”.
“I waited ten years for the first feature win here at CFS, so I’ll try to savour this second one even more,” said Ward as he climbed out of his Ron Arsenault Engines Super Sportsman Monte-Carlo during an interview in victory lane after his 25-lap main event win. “This one I’m dedicating to my wife and kids who have stood by me throughout and have had to do without a few things so I could pursue my favorite sport,” he added.
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by Jay | Jul 25, 2010 | Maine, Spud
Aroostook Trusses Northern Lights
1. Wayne Fox Jr. – Caribou
2. Paul Caron – Caribou
3. Ken Cormier – Grand Isle
4. Eric Argraves – Castle Hill
5. Jason Levesque – Caribou
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by Jay | Jul 25, 2010 | ACT, Beech Ridge, Maine
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Report
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., finished eighth in the ACT Late Model Tour 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, July 24. Dragon was running inside the top-5 on lap 89 when his car was collected in an incident involving cars running ahead of him, and after pitting for repairs and restart outside the top-15, he rallied to finish eighth. Dragon unofficially leaves Beech Ridge still second in the ACT standings.
WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
TEAM: No. 55 Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/Charlebois Freightliner/Newton Pellets Chevrolet
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour ACT 150
WHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 5th
FINISHED: 8th
LED: 0 times for 0 laps
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by Jay | Jul 25, 2010 | ACT, Beech Ridge, Maine, New England
Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. Earns Ford First ACT Tour Win
Scarborough, ME – Hudson, NH’s Joey “Pole” Polewarczyk, Jr. earned Ford its first ACT Late Model Tour win at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, ME on Saturday, July 24. Pole moved from his fourth starting position to take the lead on lap 14. He held the lead and lapped the majority of the field until lap 83.
On the lap 83 restart Pole lost the lead to Farmington, ME’s Jeff Taylor, who also competes with a Ford crate engine. Taylor held onto the lead for 13 laps before Pole took back over for good. Taylor remained in second until he blew a tire with just under 20 laps remaining.
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by Jay | Jul 25, 2010 | ACT, Beech Ridge, Maine, New England
Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Report
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished a career-best second in the ACT Late Model Tour 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, July 24. It capped a whirlwind week for the 16-year-old ACT Rookie of the Year candidate, after he failed to qualify for the TD Bank Oxford 250, was invited to a test session at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in August and then recorded his first ACT podium finish. Theriault was the highest-finishing rookie in the race, and he also advanced the most spots of any driver in the field — charging up the outside lane from his 22nd starting spot.
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: No. 57 Varney Insurance/Hogan Tire/Daigle & Houghton Ford Fusion
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour ACT 150
WHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 22nd
FINISHED: 2nd
LED: 0 times for 0 laps
NEXT: Friday, July 30, ACT 100, Twin State Speedway, Claremont, N.H. (.333-mile oval)
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by Jay | Jul 25, 2010 | Canada
3 Times Lucky For Sommerville
Saturday night in the Geary woods was a thriller to say the least. Twenty seven cars made their way to Speedway 660 to compete in the Parts for Trucks 100. Chris Hughes and local native Matt Harris started on the front row of the 24 car field. The race which was hampered by a lot of cautions during the first 50 laps improved in style with a thrilling finish involving four front runners. Lonnie Sommerville, Shawn Tucker, Craig Slaunwhite and Shawn Turple were the players and the 1/3 mile oval was the field of play. Sommerville had been sent to the rear of the field three times during the event while Tucker had been issued the same faith once himself. Both drivers made their way to the front of the field with just 8 laps to go. At lap 92 Turple had led over half of the race (67 laps) but on the restart on lap 92, Slaunwhite would take the lead. The #99 of Slaunwhite seemed to be primed to take home the victory: Enter Lonnie Sommerville and Shawn Tucker. After a caution with just 2 laps to go, Sommerville and Tucker sat 3rd and 4th behind Slaunwhite and Turple. Sommerville dove to the inside off the restart and nestled himself right on the bumper of the #99 while Tucker was waiting patiently or not so patiently in the wings. With 1 lap to go Slaunwhite and Sommerville were battling hard with Sommerville getting the 99 loose with just 2 turns to go. Slaunwhite who was desperately trying to fight back left the door open for Tucker to slide into 2nd. On the last turn Sommerville cleared the two and took the checker in one of the most thrilling finishes in recent tour events. Finishing 2nd was a thrilled Shawn Tucker and a disappointed #99 Craig Slaunwhite finished a very respectable 3rd. The top Speedway 660 car was #88 of Kevin Moore finishing in 8th place. Other notables were Matt Harris in 11th, Jordan Gahan in 16th and Brian Gillespie in 23rd spot.
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by Jay | Jul 25, 2010 | ACT, Beech Ridge, Maine, New England
Joey Polewarczyk Gives Ford Racing 1st ACT Victory
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — It feels like the first time.
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. handed Ford Racing its first ACT Late Model Tour victory on Saturday night, winning the ACT 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. The victory was Polewarczyks first of the season and the fifth of his ACT career.
“It feels awesome to give Ford its first win,” said Polewarczyk, who led the final 53 laps of the event. “They’ve stuck with us from the beginning. Whenever we had problems, they were right there to support us. I’m so happy to do this for them.”
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by Jay | Jul 25, 2010 | Beech Ridge, Maine
Steve Carrier and Corey Bubar headline Beech Ridge winners.
Scarborough,Maine-Steve Carrier notched his second NASCAR Pro Series feature win on Saturday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Corey Bubar was the winner of the Sport Series main event with Matt Gain taking the Wildcat win. Shawn Brackett rounded out the night of winners with the Road Runner checkered flag. The NASCAR Pro Series 40 lap race was led to the green flag by Jay Sands who led the opening 11 laps. Steve Carrier moved into contention and found racing room to the inside of Sands on the 12th circuit to move to the front. Back in the fourth position behind third place running Chuck Colby, 6 cars were in a 3-row side by side race for position. While the racing back in the field was tight, Carrier was pulling away and took the race win in a caution free 40 lap dash. Jay Sands was second with Chuck Colby third. Bill Rodgers won the battle for fourth place with Dan McKeage fifth.
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by Jay | Jul 24, 2010 | Video
At the Speedbowl during the July 17 event to watch the Street Stock race (won by Ed Puleo) and the (more…)
by Jay | Jul 24, 2010 | Maine, Unity
Burgess, Bellows make it two straight wins at Unity Raceway
Unity, ME – Jeff Burgess of Fairfield won his second straight Late Model feature race Friday night, topping the card at Unity Raceway. Other feature winners on the program included Brad Bellows of China, Andy Turbovsky of Winslow, Cary Davis of Solon, Gregg Cummings of Augusta, Justin Moore of Madison, Mika Wilson of Chelsea, Jayson Bosworth of Cornville and Alex Fernald of Benton.
Burgess had turned around a dismal season the previous week with a triumphant run in his Late Model, and Friday night the veteran car builder made it back-to-back feature victories in the top class at Unity Raceway.
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