by Jay | May 13, 2010 | ACT, Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. joins the ACT Late Model Tour for the second event of the season — the WJAB 150 on Sunday, May 16, at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine. Three of the first five races on the ACT schedule have been rained out, including last week’s event in Plattsburgh, N.Y. After a 12th-place finish in the season opener at Thunder Road International Speedbowl on May 2, Polewarczyk returns to Oxford Plains Speedway — where he’s won two ACT races in his career, including this very event last season. In his last six starts at Oxford, including two TD Bank Oxford 250s, Polewarczyk has two wins and five top-five finishes.
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by Jay | May 13, 2010 | ACT, Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour – Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
Brent Dragon and the ACT Late Model Tour are ready for the second event of the season — the WJAB 150 on Sunday, May 16, at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine. Three of the first four races on the ACT schedule have been rained out, including last week’s event at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., where Dragon is a 3-time track champion. With more career ACT starts (175) than anyone in the tour’s history, Dragon heads to Oxford where he’s had some measure of success over the last couple of seasons. He won the pole for the prestigious TD Bank Oxford 250 last July — leading nearly 100 laps in the event before finishing sixth — and has finished in the top-10 in each of the last three 250s.
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by Jay | May 13, 2010 | Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford Plains Speedway Kicks Off 60th Anniversary Season
OXFORD, ME – Oxford Plains Speedway is kicking its 60th Anniversary Season in style with a display of race cars in Portland’s Monument Square this Friday, May 14, Speedway Owner Bill Ryan announced today.
“We are happy to be starting another great season and can think of no better way to start than to have race cars on display in Monument Square. We open Sunday, May 16 with the American Canadian Tour and racing fans from all over New England and Canada will make the trip to Oxford to see the most competitive and exciting racing in Maine,” Ryan said.
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by Jay | May 12, 2010 | Video
Flashback to last year’s originally scheduled Little League night on May 16th with several drivers interviews in the Pits by (more…)
by Jay | May 11, 2010 | New Hampshire
Opening Day at Big Daddy’s Speedbowl
Opening Day, Spring Fling, or just Mother’s Day at the races; whatever
you choose to call it, the first day of business at Big Daddy’s
Speedbowl, the Burning Bush Homecenter night, was an interesting one.
The venue has been around since 1961 and was previously known as
Rattlesnake Motordrome, the Legion Speedway, The Pines, the Nor-Way
Pines, and the Legion Bowl. Since last October Mike “Big Daddy” Rivers
has been in charge and the 2010 season opened with a much different
facility than the 2009 closed with.
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by Jay | May 11, 2010 | Connecticut, Stafford
CHANGE MADE TO LIMITED LATE MODEL ORDER OF FINISH FROM MAY 7TH LINCOLN TECH LATE MODEL 100 PROGRAM AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Following post race technical inspection from the
May 7th Lincoln Technical Institute Late Model 100 NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series feature events at Stafford Motor Speedway, the following
change has been made to the official Limited Late Model order of finish.
Unofficial Limited Late Model feature winner George Nocera, Jr. was
penalized for a rules infraction. Nocera’s car did not meet the minimum car
weight requirement and he was penalized from his finishing position of 1st
place to the last place finishing position of 13th place. (more…)
by Jay | May 8, 2010 | Video
See the Late Model division take centerstage on May 7th, 2010 at Stafford Motor Speedway with the 16th Annual Lincoln (more…)
by Jay | May 7, 2010 | Video
On the road with Sid as he travels to WATR 1320AM for an appearance on Gary Danko’s Speedway Line Report (more…)
by Jay | May 6, 2010 | Whip City
Todd Bertrand Romps to Whip City Win,
Cupid Shoots Arrow Through Mark Irving’s Fuel Tank
BY MARK McKEON
WESTFIELD,MA – Todd Bertrand used his equipment to full advantanage at Whip City Speedway, winning his heat and then defeating 17 competitors to capture the season opening 270cc Mini Sprint feature.
“Our Skeetz motor gave us plenty of power, and the anti-roll adjustment package that Danny Drinan built for the RTS chassis let me adjust the car to run where the track was good,” Bertrand said. “It’s the same chassis package that Damien Gardner is using on his USAC Midget.”
Bertrand led from green to checker, often accumulating long leads that were wiped out by numerous caution flags. His only serous competition came from fellow heat winner Mark Irving, until Irving ran out of fuel halfway through the 20 lap feature.
“That’s what happens when you fall in love and get engaged,’ Irving joked after the race. “You forget to put fuel in the race car.”
In Quad 4 Midget action, Joe Krawiec picked up where he left off last year and drove the Skip Matczak owned Seals-It mount to victory. The always colorful Vince Jacobs had a strong opening, winning his heat and coming from fifth to finish second in the feature. (more…)
by Jay | May 4, 2010 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson NH – With overflowing pits and a standing room only crowd Hudson Speedway swung open its gates for its 65th consecutive season of racing on Sunday May 2nd.
The first division to get pit steward John Hennessey’s call to take to the speedway for feature racing was Hudson’s youth division, the Thunder Lites. Hudson N.H.’s own Derek Griffith started second in the field and wasted no time taking the lead from pole-sitter Sammy Gilman. Griffith held the point from there on. Defending Thunder Lite champion Dylan Bilodeau started third and got past Gilman to come home second. Third through fifth were Dean Smith, Justin Beecher, and Chad Wendell. Gilman retired early with mechanical woes.
The next class to take to the Hudson high banks was the New England V-6 Modifieds .Pole-sitter Eric Vilandre led the first five circuits before 2009 V-6 Modified champion Keith Caruso took over. Caruso cruised to victory while Dick Dubois passed Vilandre to place second. Vilandre hung on for a third place finish with Chris Keubler fourth and William Wallace fifth.
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