by Jay | Jun 7, 2010 | NASCAR
Kobyluck Posts Top-Five Finish At Martinsville
Martinsville, Va. (June 7, 2010): Matt Kobyluck wheeled the No. 40 Mohegan Sun Casino Chevrolet to a solid fourth place finish in the inaugural UNOH 200 at Martinsville Speedway Sunday afternoon. Rain halted the race 175 laps into it’s 200 lap scheduled distance. It was Kobyluck’s second top-five of the season and moved the team up to seventh in the points four races into the schedule.
“It was a great day for us,” said Kobyluck after the race. “I was hoping that they’d be able to get the track dried out for us in time to finish the last 25 laps because I think we had a car to win today.”
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2010 | Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire
Full Card of Racing at Monadnock Speedway
Winchester, NH: Due to the weather reports of severe storms and tornados this past Saturday, the management of Monadnock Speedway was forced to cancel the race event for the safety of all.
The cancellation set a very busy race schedule for the next two weeks. This Saturday, June 12th, the speedway will host a full venue of racing. The night will be filled with action from the Modifieds, Sportsman Modifieds, Outlaw Pros, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks, Young Guns, 4-cylinder and Full Size Enduros along with visiting tours of the N.E. Truck Series and New England Antique Racers.
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2010 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, Thunder Road, Vermont, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Tom Therrien Wins Bond/WIX Tiger Tour at White Mountain
North Woodstock, NH – Hinesburg’s Tom Therrien earned the first win on the 2010 Bond/WIX Tiger Tour at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday, June 5. Therrien started in 17th and didn’t take the lead until lap 83, when he got by the 2009 Thunder Road Champion Jimmy Hebert. Therrien would hold off Hebert in a three lap sprint setup by a caution on lap 97. Therrien took the checkers just infront of Hebert in second and his brother Bobby Therrien in third. Hebert had led the majority of the race after the early leader Tony Rossi spun on lap 33.
Thunder Road Late Model star Dave Pembroke finished fourth followed by Jason Bonnett rounding out the top five. ACT Late Model Tour regular Chip Genier took sixth, Joey Roberts seventh, Mike Ziter eighth, Derrick O’Donnell ninth and Eric Badore completed the top ten.
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2010 | New England, Seekonk Speedway
Modified Racing Series Heads to Seekonk Speedway Saturday Night
Seekonk, MA – After competing in New York and Vermont the last three weeks, the Modified Racing Series, sponsored by BobValenti AutoMall.Com, returns to familiar territory Saturday night, June 12, 2010, when the touring division featuring open-wheel modified race cars invades the famed Seekonk, Speedway, Rte 6, Seekonk, MA. for the first of three race dates at the popular oval.
The New England based series, now in its seventh season, has seen five different winners in five races to date.
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2010 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
KEITH ROCCO SET TO DEFEND TITLE IN 37TH ANNUAL COORS LIGHT SK MODIFIED® 100 AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford’s SK Modified® division takes to the track
for the first of two extra distance events of the 2010 season with the 37th
Annual Coors Light SK Modified® 100 on June 11. Keith Rocco has been the
man to beat in the SK Modified® division thus far in 2010 at Stafford,
winning three of the first five races. Rocco outlasted Stafford’s all-time
winningest driver Ted Christopher in a duel for the ages in last year’s
Coors Light SK Modified® 100, swapping the lead no less than 5 times over
the final 35 laps of the race, and he looks to once again reign supreme in
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2010 | New England, New Hampshire
Patriots/Sox Tickets to Benefit Ricky’s Race for Kids at Canaan
Canaan, N.H. — With the 3rd annual Ricky’s Race for Kids to benefit David’s House happening next month, those responsible for the event, in honor of the late Ricky Miller,
are hard at work preparing for the annual fundraiser.
A racing accident left Miller with a severe concussion which ultimately led to his passing in 2004, at the age of 34.
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by Jay | Jun 6, 2010 | Beech Ridge, Maine, New England
Trevor Sanborn: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Sanborn Wins 2nd Straight Outing At The Ridge
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Trevor Sanborn continued his dominance of the 2010 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday night, winning the track’s 40-lap Pro Series feature. It was Sanborn’s second straight victory to open the season at Beech Ridge, and his 10th career Pro Series win. The race was shortened by rain to 39 laps, and it was unfortunately marked by the untimely passing of multi-time track champion Bub Bilodeau. Bilodeau, an early mentor of Sanborn’s racing career, suffered a heart attack following the event while still in his race car.
WHO: Trevor Sanborn, Parsonsfield, Maine
TEAM: Cushman Competition/Pleasant Hill Auto Sales/Knight’s Flooring No. 29 Ford
WHAT: NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, Pro Series division
WHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 20th
FINISHED: 1st
LED: 1 time for 34 laps
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by Jay | Jun 6, 2010 | PASS
Naples, ME 6/5/10- Andy Loden’s high, wide, and handsome move to the outside of Jay Fogleman on lap ninety-one of Friday night’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Piedmont Pride 150 at Ace Speedway sealed his second career PASS South series super late model victory in less than a week. Point leader Preston Peltier continued his consistent streak with a second place finish followed by Jimmy Weller with a career best third. Two young guns in Devin Jones and Stephen Nasse rounded out the top five.
The Piedmont Pride 150 marked the series’ first trip to the pristine 4/10th mile facility and it showed early and often in the first twenty five laps. The yellow flag was displayed four times in the first fourteen laps including a red flag situation coming out for the night’s first incident on lap four. Several drivers had their race cut short including third place points man Heath Hindman who had the hardest hit of the night when his #91 RTV Chevy Impala pounded the turn one wall mid air.
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by Jay | Jun 5, 2010 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
TOMMY BARRETT, JR. BECOMES YOUNGEST WINNER IN STAFFORD HISTORY; GALLO,
PITKAT, GAMBACORTA, AND WOOD ALSO SCORE USG EVENT NIGHT FEATURE VICTORIES
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Friday, June 4th was USG Event night at Stafford
Motor Speedway and it was a history making night. Three weeks after Joey
Cipriano became the youngest driver to ever win a feature race at Stafford,
Tommy Barrett, Jr. lowered that record by winning the 20-lap SK Light
Modified feature for his first career win. There were two other first time
winners at Stafford as Matt Gallo scored his first career SK Modified®
victory in the 40-lap feature, and Josh Wood was a first time career winner
in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature. Woody Pitkat continued his white hot
start to the 2010 season with his second consecutive and third overall win
of the year in the 30-lap Late Model feature, and Kevin Gambacorta nailed
down his second win of the year in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature. (more…)
by Jay | Jun 5, 2010 | Video
Friday, June 4th was USG Event night at Stafford Motor Speedway and it was a history making night. Three weeks (more…)
