by Jay | Apr 5, 2010 | NASCAR, New England, Thompson
ICEBREAKER THIS WEEKEND AT THOMPSON
THOMPSON, CT The annual racing season opener, The Icebreaker, will be run this weekend at the Thompson International Speedway. The two-day event will feature the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and Thompson’s own “Super 6” NASCAR Whelen All-American series divisions.
Racers will qualify their cars on Saturday with feature events for the Sunoco Modifieds and Super Late Models rounding out the day. Sunday’s racing activities will begin at 12 Noon with the WMT 150-lap main slated for a 3:15 PM start.
Thompson’s Icebreaker event is a New England tradition that signals the start of another great season of wheel-to-wheel racing competition at the famed, 70 year old racing oval. Thompson International Speedway opened in 1940 as the first asphalt race track in the country.
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by Jay | Apr 1, 2010 | New
Hulten Speed Sports nets 10 class titles in 2009-10 RMR snocross season
ST. JOHNSVILLE, N.Y. (Mar. 31, 2010) – Even at the regional level of snowmobile racing, earning back-to-back championships is no easy task.
Just don’t tell that to the folks at Hulten Speed Sports. After Danny Poirier dominated the Rock Maple Racing (RMR) circuit in 2008-09, many wondered how the team would top that feat in 2010.
Enter one Bobby ‘The Rage’ LePage, of Duluth, Minnesota. LePage brought national experience to HSS, and it showed all season long. LePage fought ski-to-ski all winter with chief rival Mathieu Morin, and when it came down to the wire — he had what it took to succeed.
LePage entered last weekend’s season finale trailing by just one point in Pro Open and two in Pro Stock. To earn the titles, he would have to win his heats and capture both finals. In one of the most focused efforts ever witnessed in RMR, he pulled it off. Bobby earned both class titles, giving Hulten Speed Sports and Polaris their second straight RMR Pro championship.
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by Jay | Mar 31, 2010 | ACT, New England
YEAR OF THE DRAGON: Brent Dragon Sets Sights on 1st ACT Championship
MILTON, Vt. — The goal is simple for a driver who carries a surname synonymous with stock car racing in the region. Brent Dragon wants to win the ACT Late Model Tour championship in 2010.
“It’s been that way for the last 25 years it seems,” Dragon said recently.
This year, though, there is even more optimism coming from the Dragon race shop than in offseasons past. For starters, Dragon finished the 2009 season as one of the hottest Late Model drivers in New England, winning three times after June 1 and finishing fifth in the final ACT standings.
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by Jay | Mar 31, 2010 | NASCAR K&N Pro Series
JOEY POLEWARCZYK JR.: K&N PRO SERIES EAST
South Boston Speedway Race Preview
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East rookie Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., will compete in the series’ South Boston 150 at South Boston Speedway on Saturday, April 3. Polewarczyk, who posted an 11th-place finish last week in the season opener at Greenville-Pickens Speedway has remained in North Carolina this week to help his Fadden Racing team prepare the No. 16 for South Boston.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: No. 16 Fadden Racing Chevrolet
CAREER STARTS AT HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 0
BEST CAREER K&N PRO SERIES EAST FINISH: 6th (Sept. 2008, NH Motor Speedway)
WHAT: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East South Boston 150
WHERE: South Boston Speedway, South Boston, Va. (.400-mile oval)
WHEN: 3 p.m., Saturday, April 3
NASCAR K&N PRO SERIES EAST
LAST RACE (March 27): Finished 10th (Greenville Pickens Speedway, Greenville, S.C.)
POINTS POSITION: 12th (after one of 10 races)
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by Jay | Mar 31, 2010 | PASS
BEN ROWE: PASS NATIONAL SERIES Hickory Motor Speedway Race Preview
Four-time PASS North Series champion Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine, will compete in the PASS Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, N.C., on Saturday, April 3. Rowe is the defending champion of the event.
WHO: Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine
TEAM: Mulkern Racing/No. 48 Community Pharmacies Chevrolet
BEST CAREER FINISH AT HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 1st (2009)
WHAT: PASS Easter Bunny 150
WHERE: Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, N.C. (.363-mile oval)
WHEN: 8 p.m., Saturday, April 3
PASS NATIONAL SERIES
LAST RACE (Jan. 31): Finished 14th (New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.)
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by Jay | Mar 30, 2010 | New England
LePage sweeps Pro finals at Rock Maple Racing snocross finale
Todd, Woskob split Semi-Pro finals
FINDLEY LAKE, N.Y. (Mar. 29, 2010) – Veteran snowmobile racer Bobby LePage had only one option heading into last weekend’s season finale. Trailing his weekly rival Mathieu Morin by just one point in Pro Open and two in Pro Stock, his goal was to win both finals.
With determination in his eyes and well-prepared sleds in his grasp, LePage went out and swept the Pro finals as Rock Maple Racing (RMR) completed the ninth and final round on the 2009-10 snocross series Sunday afternoon at the beautiful Peek’n Peak Resort & Spa. Unofficially, LePage locked up the 2010 RMR Pro championships.
In Saturday’s grueling 20-lap Pro Open final, LePage (Hulten Speed Sports/Polaris), of Hermantown, MN, grabbed the holeshot and led all the way. Poirier slotted into second at the start and stayed there until Morin (Ingles Performance/Ski-doo) powered by at the end of lap five. Morin, of Val D’Or, QC, tried to reel in LePage but settled for second (by an 18-second margin), while Poirier filled out the podium. The final point tally and class champions within all five divisions will be official later this week.
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by Jay | Mar 30, 2010 | New England, Thompson
MODIFIED TOUR TOPS ICEBREAKER LINE UP
THOMPSON, CT The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour opens its 2010 season at the Thompson International Speedway on Icebreaker weekend. The traditional Icebreaker race program is scheduled for Saturday, April 10th and Sunday, April 11th.
The Modified Tour was formed in 1985 and has run more of its races at Thompson than at any other NASCAR race track. Since its inception, the Modified Tour has made an amazing 109 appearances at the storied Connecticut race track and nearly every championship in that division has been determined at the season-ending World Series of Speedway Racing at Thompson.
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by Jay | Mar 30, 2010 | New England
2009 Series Champion Wrenn Captures Pro Four Modifieds of New England Season Opener at Waterford Speedbowl
Waterford, CT – March 27, 2010 – The RF Logic / Bot-L-Gas Pro Four Modifieds of New England racing series took their first green of the season at Waterford Speedbowl this weekend. Practice rounds were held Friday, followed by another round of practice, qualifying heats, and the feature race on Saturday.
George Sherman and Billy Joerres lead the field to the green in the first heat. By the second lap Brian Vincent started to get under Joerres, and Norm Wrenn was close behind. On the following lap, Wrenn took to the outside of Vincent, while Sherman held a strong lead. As Wrenn began to look to the outside of Sherman for the lead, Joerres began to blow smoke and slow down. Wrenn passed Sherman for the lead and they took the checked followed by Vincent, Mertz and Rob Richardi, Jr., who hit the wall in the fourth corner on the last lap as a wheel snapped off of his car. Billy Joerres rounded out the field.
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by Jay | Mar 30, 2010 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series
Kobyluck Fights For 16th Place Finish At Greenville
Greenville, S.C. (March 28, 2010): A disappointing qualifying effort set the stage for Saturday night’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series East opener for Matt Kobyluck and the Mohegan Sun Casino race team. Kobyluck had to start 25th in a 30-car field and battle his way through the field only to lose a tire at lap 113 and hit the wall in turn two. His determination gave him the momentum to salvage a 16th place finish in the Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150.
It wasn’t all an uphill battle though.
Kobyluck kicked off the day by topping the speed charts in the first practice session, but the No. 40 Mohegan Sun Casino Chevrolet didn’t get much track time in the second session.
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by Jay | Mar 27, 2010 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road
LEIGHTON TO DEFEND TITLE AT ACT LEE USA OPENER
Waterbury, VT – Center Harbor, New Hampshire’s Brad Leighton, defending Champion of the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup has entered the opening event for the American Canadian Tour (ACT) at the Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 18, 2010. Leighton won the 2009 event after holding off the 2008 Governor’s Cup winner, Joey Polewarczyk, from nearby Hudson, NH.
Over fifty cars attempted to qualify for the event that saw nine different leaders before Leighton took over on lap 132 of the 150 lap grind. There were only five cautions in the event that saw one of the largest opening day crowds at Lee USA in many years.
“I am happy to get this first win of the season here at Lee Speedway, and I am really happy that in a few months I will be able to head about 30 minutes up the road to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) for the first ACT Invitational,” said an excited Leighton in victory lane.
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