by Jay | Jul 14, 2009 | ACT, Beech Ridge, Maine
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) will return to the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway (BRMS) on Saturday, July 25, 2009. The “Ridge” was a mainstay for ACT back in the days of veteran racers Rowe, McCabe, Dragon, Crouch, Dion, Cabana and a host of other Pro Stock competitors.
A new crop of Late Model competitors will return to the Beech Ridge event from throughout New England and Canada. They are a diverse group comprising both veteran and new teams. The ACT 150 lap championship event will see a whole new generation of stars, along with some of those familiar names from 16 years ago. Second generation drivers Brent and Scott Dragon, rising stars Joey Polewarczyk from Hudson, NH and current point leader Scott Payea from Milton, VT will be joined by Maine ACT Late Model standouts Glen Luce of Turner and Ricky Rolfe from Albany Township. The Oxford Plains Speedway will also send a large contingent of their weekly stars to the inaugural ACT Late Model event. Oxford champions Travis Adams, Tim Brackett and Shawn Martin are expected to take on the Tour regulars.
“Returning to Beech Ridge has been one of the goals of the American Canadian Tour since we started touring with these Late Model teams about ten years ago”, said ACT President Tom Curley. “There is real excitement for the competitors to be able to compete at one of the premiere short tracks in America. I think BRMS is perfectly suited to our kind of racing. The fans should be in for a great treat, as there should be plenty of cars to make the qualifying intense, and traditionally our 150 lap races have fans on the edge of their seats”, continued Curley.
The American Canadian Tour was designed to give local racers an opportunity to compete on a level playing field with the outside touring teams. The basic concept was to have a series where it was more about driving the cars and setting them up than just buying raw horsepower. The popularity of the American Canadian Tour among teams and fans has proven this to be a good formula for the current times.
The added incentive of winning at Beech Ridge is that the winner will be given an invitation to participate in the New Hampshire Motor Speedway ACT Invitational on Saturday, September 19. This triple-header of racing will feature the NASCAR Whelen Modifieds, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ACT Invitational. ACT teams have been qualifying throughout the 2009 race season. Each touring event in both the US and its Canadian counterpart, the Série ACT Castrol, has brought record fields of cars to this year’s events. The winners all get invited to NHMS for the opening weekend of the Cup Chase. The winner of the Beech Ridge event will earn an invitation, along with 35 other competitors from throughout New England and the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.
Post time for the Saturday, July 25th event is 6:00.
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by Jay | Jul 14, 2009 | Thunder Road
Barre, VT – Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke holds the Late Model points lead by a slim 11 points over Barre’s Nick Sweet at Thunder Road International Speedbowl Season heading into this Thursday’s Times Argus Mid-Season Championship Night. Double points will be on the line. Pembroke and Sweet head into what is possibly the most important event in their campaign to become the “King of the Road” in the 50th Anniversary Season.
Although the eventual champion has not won the Times Argus Mid-Season Championship event since Cris Michaud did it in 2004, it is clear that the event plays a big role in crowning the champion. Since 2003 the soon to be “King of the Road” finished no worse than 8th place with double points on the line. In all but one of those years the champion would leave the Mid-Season Championship event with the point lead. The only exception being in 2007 when champion Dave Pembroke trailed by only one point after Times Argus Mid-Season Championship Night.
Double points are up for grabs in all four of the “Nation’s Site of Excitement” divisions, including the NAPA Tiger Sportsmen. James Hebert of Williamstown leads the Tiger point’s battle by a mere three points over Derrick O’Donnell. The top five are currently separated by just 10 points.
The Allen Lumber Street Stocks point race is just as tight as 2008 champion Jason Corliss of Danville holds an eight point advantage.
Double points should give Ken Christman a chance to close the 26 point gap between himself and the Power Shift Junkyard Warrior point leader Donnie Yates of Montpelier. Four-time feature winner Kevin Streeter is 40 points out of the lead.
Times Argus Mid-Season Championship Night is this Thursday, July 16. All four divisions will be fighting for double points. There will also be an autograph session with all the drivers during intermission. Post time is set for 6:30pm.
by Jay | Jul 13, 2009 | Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson, NH – Keith Walton made a triumphant return to Hudson Speedway this past Sunday evening by winning the Rookie Stock feature. Making his first appearance since his 2007 Rookie Stock championship, Walton started last in the seventeen car main event. While avoiding several spins, Walton methodically sliced his way to the front by the halfway point enroute to victory. Brian Harron placed second, 2-time champion Scotty Duval was third, fourth through tenth were Corrie Merritt, Dan Murphy, John Morin Jr., Dean Wendell, Billy Clement Jr., Larry Fortin and Jerry Lepage.
The Classic Lite feature was much like the Rookies with Eric Bacon coming from the last row in the twenty-two car main event and winning over Billy Ryder, Steve Dickey, Jeff Miller, Jon Provost, Danny Shields Jr., Jimmy Ryder Jr., Dennis O’Brien, Ralph Cook and Eddie Gilman who recovered nicely from a last race ride into the brush off Hudson’s backstretch.
Points leader Jef James was cruising to victory in the Roadrunner feature when mechanical issues sidelined his VW. Louis Maher took over the lead at that point and held on to it until the checkers fell, cutting James point lead in half. Loren Smith Jr. finished a close second. Third through fifth were Patrick D’Alba, Jeff Guillmette and Peter Raby.
J.R. Gorman, Allen Reiser Jr., and Dick Dubois ran nose to tail for the most of the V-6 Modified main. With two to go, Reiser saw an opening under Gorman that closed up as he got there. Contact between the front two sent them to the rear for a restart. Dubois picked up the lead from there and took his car to the checkers with Keith Caruso, Chris Kuenbler, Walter Boucher and Eric Vilande rounding out the top five.
Shauna Randall become the first female feature winner at Hudson Speedway this season with her win in the Thunder Lights, Hudson’s youth racing division. Second through fifth were Nick Gilcris, Gage Harron, Bobby Stirk and Dan Fortin.
Ralph Coombs won the Flagpole Race, Bryan Either won the Spectator Drags, and Ronnie Lord won the Spectator Race.
Next Sunday at Hudson Speedway is the return of the Outlaw Sportsman, plus Mini-cups, Rookies, Roadrunners, Thunder Lights, Spectator Race, Spectator Drags and Flagpole race. Gates open at 4pm with the first race at 6pm. For more info please visit www.hudsonspeedway.info.
by Jay | Jul 13, 2009 | New England, Thompson
THOMPSON, CT The NASCAR Whelen All American Series Super Late Models will face their longest race of the season this Thursday night, July 16th. Their regular 30-lap feature race will be extended to 50-laps for this division of high powered race cars and high profile drivers.
Derek Ramstrom, the young “hot shoe” from West Boylston, MA, is the current points leader in the Super Late Model division and he will lead a very talented field of drivers into the biggest race of the season for this division.
Ramstrom will face stiff competition from veteran drivers Norman Wrenn, Jeff Connors, Mike O’Sullivan and Les Rose, Jr. All of these drivers are in the top five in the points standings at the half way point in the racing season. Many of the very best Super Late Model drivers in the northeast compete weekly at Thompson.
The Super Late Models will be joined by the other five of Thompson’s “Super 6” divisions in the NASCAR Whelen All American Series. In addition, the Thompson Modified division will run double feature events to make up for their event lost to rain back on June 11th. It will be a full night of exciting racing competition.
Next Thursday, July 23rd, the weekly Thursday Night Thunder race program will be a very special night as the True Value Modified Series returns to Thompson for a big 75-lap race. The True Value Modified Series event scheduled for June 18th was postponed due to inclement weather and was rescheduled for the 23rd.
Due to the incredible interest in the True Value Series, the track will open earlier next week to accommodate fan interest. The grandstand will open at 2 PM. Qualifying races will begin at 5:30 PM with feature event racing scheduled for 6:45 PM.
Race fans will find the entire schedule for this special night of racing on the Thompson web site. www.thompsonspeedway.com They may also call the speedway office at 860-923-2280.
by Jay | Jul 13, 2009 | Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire
Winchester, NH: This past Saturday, Monadnock Speedway was able to get two features completed before the heavy rains came in to cancel the rest of the race program. Prior to the rains, the speedway honored a former competitor and tech inspector, Fred Barlow, who lost his battle with cancer in May. The two feature events that competed were the Mini Stocks and Super Stocks where two competitors picked up their first win of the season. Joey Kendall took the Mini Stock checkers as Jeff Wright cruised into victory lane in the Super Stocks.
The Mini Stocks rolled onto the track with Beth Adams leading the field to the green. One lap complete, Joey Kendall made the pass to take the lead as Adams held of Chris Davis for second. On lap five, Rich Fournier, running fifth dropped out of the top ten and eventually pulled into the pits on lap seven giving the fifth spot to last week’s winner Kim Rivet. By alp ten, Kendall began to develop a good lead as Adams, Davis, Jamey King and Rivet followed in the top five. Halfway to go, the leaders worked through heavy lap traffic as Davis continued to work on Adams for second. Rivet attempted to use the lap traffic to get around King for fourth. Lap twenty two, the caution came out setting the field up for a three lap shoot out. On the restart, Kendall continued to lead the way as Davis used all he could to make the pass on Adams. Rivet was on the back bumper of King as she tried to move into fourth while protecting her position from Chris McTaggart. At the checkers, it was Kendall celebrating his first win in 2009 followed by Adams, davis, King and Rivet.
Super Stock competitor, Wayne Lacey, led the field onto the track where the field of Super Stocks followed Lacey in a very emotional parade lap with the checkered flag in honor of Fred Barlow. Once the parade lap was complete, the field set for their starting position with Kevin Ouellette leading the field to the start. Before one lap was complete, the caution flew as Bob Bedaw made contact with Ken Springer. On the restart, the field again had problems as Kevin Ouellette suffered a tire issue as the whole field scattered collecting multiple cars in the caution. The start of the race was determined to be a single file start where Jeff Wright led the field to the green. Wright held off Bill Johnston for the lead as Jeremy Sorel ran in third. On lap six, the caution was shown again for Rookie Heath Renaud. On the restart, Wright again was shown as the leader as Sorel was all over Johnston for second. Matt Mead was on the back bumper of Lacey for fourth. Half way to go, Wright began to check out as the top five behind him fiercely battled for position. Sorel patiently awaited the opportunity for second as he attempted several times under Johnston but backed off. Mead continued to work on Lacey as he tried the outside. Three laps to go, Mead made the pass on Lacey and tried to run the top three. At the end, it was Wright taking down his first win of the season followed by Johnston, Sorel, Mead and Lacey.
The Modifieds took to the high banked ¼ mile with Rob Williams on the pole. One lap complete, Vic Johnson was scored the new leader. On lap two the caution flew as a multiple cars in the back of the pack spun. On the attempt to restart lap three, heavy rains came in red flagging the Modified feature event.
This Saturday, the speedway will host Kayem Hot Dog Night as the Modifieds will return to complete their 50 lap feature event. The race program will also include a 35 lap Super Stock Showdown, Outlaw Pros, Mini Stocks, All Star Race Trucks, 4-cylinder and Full Size Enduros. Race time is at 6pm. For more information, log onto the speedway’s website, www.monadnockspeedway.com.
Mini Stock Results: Joey Kendall, Winchendon, Ma; Beth Adams, Winchendon, Ma; Chris Davis, Winchester, NH; Jamey King, Orange, Ma; Kim Rivet, Chicopee, Ma; Chris McTaggart, Swanzey, NH; Tim Jackson, Winchendon, Ma; Derek Bergquist, Warwick, Ma; Joe Rogers, Ludlow, VT; Dennis Wallace, Jaffrey, NH; Brennan Johnson, Winchendon, Ma; Luois Maher, Spencer, Ma; James Hancock, Litchfield, NH; Bill Meany, Gardner, Ma; Bob Chapdelaine, Chicopee, Ma; Ron Normandin, Fitchburg, Ma; Shawn Doubleday, Belchertown, Ma; Rich Fournier, Warwick, Ma
Super Stocks Feature: Jeff Wright, Jaffrey, NH; Bill Johnston, Athol, Ma; Jeremy Sorel, Westfield, Ma; Matt mead, Richmond, NH; Wayne Lacey, Montague, Ma; Bob Bedaw, Whately, |Ma; Ken Springer, Swanzey, NH; Scott Cashman, Keene, NH; Andy Brooks, Winchendon, Ma; Nancy Muni, Harwinton, CT; Heath Renaud, Vernon, VT; Dana Shepard, Putney, VT; Kevin Ouellette, Fitchburg, Ma; Ed Brehio, Baldwinville, Ma; Dave Knight, Marlborough, NH; Dave Striebel, Hinsdale, Ma
by Jay | Jul 12, 2009 | ACT, NASCAR
Peterborough, ON – Brad Leighton of Center Harbor, NH captured his second ACT Tour victory of the 2009 season in the Summer Sizzler 200 at Kawartha Speedway in Peterborough, ON. Leighton started on the outside pole with a plus four handicap in ACT’s plus/minus system and led until Patrick Laperle took control on lap 27.
Laperle wouldn’t hold the lead for long as Randy Potter got by him on lap 56. Potter and Laperle then battled until a caution flag on lap 92 when Potter along with several other cars pitted for fresh tires and gas. Laperle would not be contested again until Joey “Pole” Polewarczyk, Jr. caught him on lap 113.
Laperle and Pole rubbed fenders until lap 139 when Laperle lost the lead for good. It then appeared that Pole was going to run away from the field until a caution on lap 181 grouped the field back together and brought Potter within striking distance. Pole and Potter then swapped the lead through three more late restarts until it appeared Potter had issues on the lap 189 restart.
Leighton took advantage of Potter’s mishap and got by Pole for the final lead change on lap 191. Pole would hang on to finish second followed by ACT Tour point leader Scott Payea in third. Karl Allard and Jonathan Urlin finished fourth and fifth. Brian Hoar, Patrick Laperle, Dave Morgan, Brandon Watson and Chip Grenier filled out the sixth through tenth positions.
Leighton scored his first victory of the season at the ACT Tour opener at Lee USA Speedway in April, where he received the first invite to the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 19th. Therefore the total number of qualifiers remains at eleven.
The ACT Tour has next weekend off but many of them will make the trip to Oxford Plains Speedway for the Oxford 250 on Sunday, July 19th. The next ACT Tour event will be at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, ME on Saturday, July 25th.
Unofficial ACT Tour Summer Sizzler 200 Results – 1.Brad Leighton (55NH) Center Harbor, NH, 2. Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (97NH) Hudson, NH, 3. Scott Payea (89) Milton, VT, 4. Karl Allard (48QC) St-Felicien, QC, 5. Jonathan Urlin (4) London, ON, 6. Brian Hoar (37) Williston, VT, 7. Patrick Laperle (91) St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, QC, 8. Dave Morgan (70) Buckhorn, ON, 9. Brandon Watson (19) Stayner, ON, 10. Chip Grenier (9VT) Graniteville, VT, 11. Ricky Rolfe (51ME) Albany TWP, ME, 12. Donald Theetge (80) Boischatel, QC, 13. Derek Lynch (15) Warkworth, ON, 14. Dan McHattie (71) Cavan, ON, 15. Pete Vanderwyst (72) St. Thomas, ON, 16. Cole Powell (25) Mount Bridges, ON, 17. John Donahue (26VT) Graniteville, VT, 18. Justin Holtom (17ON) Ottawa, ON, 19. Glen Luce (7ME) Turner, ME, 20. Sylvain Lacombe (3) Terrebonne, QC, 21. Claude Leclerc (11PQ) Lanoraie, QC, 22. Daniel Descoste (2) St-Joseph du Lac, QC, 23. Randy Potter (02NH) Groveton, NH, 24. Pete Potvin (41) Graniteville, VT, 25. Stéphane Descoste (10QC) OKA, QC, 26. Tyler Cahoon (38VT) St.Johnsbury, VT, 27. Mike Sinopoli (8) Courtice, ON, 28. Nick Sinopoli (1) Oshawa, ON, 29. Bryan Mercer (81) Port Hope, ON, 30. Spencer MacPherson (31) Carleton Place, ON, 31. Ryan Kimball (16) Norwood, ON, 32. Tim Kirby (07) Carleton Place, ON, 33. Darragh Moroney (5) Peterborough, ON, 34. Tim Fernandes (77) Peterborough, ON, 35. Eric Chase (40VT) Milton, VT, 36. Brent Dragon (55VT) Milton, VT, 37. Yvon Bédard (67) St.Nicolas, QC.
Unofficial ACT Summer Sizzler 200
Pos Car # Driver
1 55NH Brad Leighton
2 97NH Joey Polewarczyk, Jr.
3 89 Scott Payea
4 48QC Karl Allard
5 4 Jonathan Urlin
6 37 Brian Hoar
7 91 Patrick Laperle
8 70 Dave Morgan
9 19 Brandon Watson
10 9VT Chip Grenier
11 51ME Ricky Rolfe
12 80 Donald Theetge
13 15 Derek Lynch
14 71 Dan McHattie
15 72 Pete Vanderwyst
16 25 Cole Powell
17 26VT John Donahue
18 17ON Justin Holtom
19 7ME Glen Luce
20 3 Sylvain Lacombe
21 11PQ Claude Leclerc
22 2 Daniel Descoste
23 02NH Randy Potter
24 41 Pete Potvin, III
25 10QC Stéphane Descoste
26 38VT Tyler Cahoon
27 8 Mike Sinopoli
28 1 Nick Sinopoli
29 81 Bryan Mercer
30 31 Spencer MacPherson
31 16 Ryan Kimball
32 07 Tim Kirby
33 5 Darragh Moroney
34 77 Tim Fernandes
35 40VT Eric Chase
36 55VT Brent Dragon
37 67 Yvon Bédard
Brad Leighton Wins Summer Sizzler 200 at Kawartha Speedway
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Peterborough, ON – Brad Leighton of Center Harbor, NH captured his second ACT Tour victory of the 2009 season in the Summer Sizzler 200 at Kawartha Speedway in Peterborough, ON. Leighton started on the outside pole with a plus four handicap in ACT’s plus/minus system and led until Patrick Laperle took control on lap 27.
Laperle wouldn’t hold the lead for long as Randy Potter got by him on lap 56. Potter and Laperle then battled until a caution flag on lap 92 when Potter along with several other cars pitted for fresh tires and gas. Laperle would not be contested again until Joey “Pole” Polewarczyk, Jr. caught him on lap 113.
Laperle and Pole rubbed fenders until lap 139 when Laperle lost the lead for good. It then appeared that Pole was going to run away from the field until a caution on lap 181 grouped the field back together and brought Potter within striking distance. Pole and Potter then swapped the lead through three more late restarts until it appeared Potter had issues on the lap 189 restart.
Leighton took advantage of Potter’s mishap and got by Pole for the final lead change on lap 191. Pole would hang on to finish second followed by ACT Tour point leader Scott Payea in third. Karl Allard and Jonathan Urlin finished fourth and fifth. Brian Hoar, Patrick Laperle, Dave Morgan, Brandon Watson and Chip Grenier filled out the sixth through tenth positions.
Leighton scored his first victory of the season at the ACT Tour opener at Lee USA Speedway in April, where he received the first invite to the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 19th. Therefore the total number of qualifiers remains at eleven.
The ACT Tour has next weekend off but many of them will make the trip to Oxford Plains Speedway for the Oxford 250 on Sunday, July 19th. The next ACT Tour event will be at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, ME on Saturday, July 25th.
Unofficial ACT Tour Summer Sizzler 200 Results – 1.Brad Leighton (55NH) Center Harbor, NH, 2. Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (97NH) Hudson, NH, 3. Scott Payea (89) Milton, VT, 4. Karl Allard (48QC) St-Felicien, QC, 5. Jonathan Urlin (4) London, ON, 6. Brian Hoar (37) Williston, VT, 7. Patrick Laperle (91) St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, QC, 8. Dave Morgan (70) Buckhorn, ON, 9. Brandon Watson (19) Stayner, ON, 10. Chip Grenier (9VT) Graniteville, VT, 11. Ricky Rolfe (51ME) Albany TWP, ME, 12. Donald Theetge (80) Boischatel, QC, 13. Derek Lynch (15) Warkworth, ON, 14. Dan McHattie (71) Cavan, ON, 15. Pete Vanderwyst (72) St. Thomas, ON, 16. Cole Powell (25) Mount Bridges, ON, 17. John Donahue (26VT) Graniteville, VT, 18. Justin Holtom (17ON) Ottawa, ON, 19. Glen Luce (7ME) Turner, ME, 20. Sylvain Lacombe (3) Terrebonne, QC, 21. Claude Leclerc (11PQ) Lanoraie, QC, 22. Daniel Descoste (2) St-Joseph du Lac, QC, 23. Randy Potter (02NH) Groveton, NH, 24. Pete Potvin (41) Graniteville, VT, 25. Stéphane Descoste (10QC) OKA, QC, 26. Tyler Cahoon (38VT) St.Johnsbury, VT, 27. Mike Sinopoli (8) Courtice, ON, 28. Nick Sinopoli (1) Oshawa, ON, 29. Bryan Mercer (81) Port Hope, ON, 30. Spencer MacPherson (31) Carleton Place, ON, 31. Ryan Kimball (16) Norwood, ON, 32. Tim Kirby (07) Carleton Place, ON, 33. Darragh Moroney (5) Peterborough, ON, 34. Tim Fernandes (77) Peterborough, ON, 35. Eric Chase (40VT) Milton, VT, 36. Brent Dragon (55VT) Milton, VT, 37. Yvon Bédard (67) St.Nicolas, QC.
Unofficial ACT Summer Sizzler 200
Pos Car # Driver
1 55NH Brad Leighton
2 97NH Joey Polewarczyk, Jr.
3 89 Scott Payea
4 48QC Karl Allard
5 4 Jonathan Urlin
6 37 Brian Hoar
7 91 Patrick Laperle
8 70 Dave Morgan
9 19 Brandon Watson
10 9VT Chip Grenier
11 51ME Ricky Rolfe
12 80 Donald Theetge
13 15 Derek Lynch
14 71 Dan McHattie
15 72 Pete Vanderwyst
16 25 Cole Powell
17 26VT John Donahue
18 17ON Justin Holtom
19 7ME Glen Luce
20 3 Sylvain Lacombe
21 11PQ Claude Leclerc
22 2 Daniel Descoste
23 02NH Randy Potter
24 41 Pete Potvin, III
25 10QC Stéphane Descoste
26 38VT Tyler Cahoon
27 8 Mike Sinopoli
28 1 Nick Sinopoli
29 81 Bryan Mercer
30 31 Spencer MacPherson
31 16 Ryan Kimball
32 07 Tim Kirby
33 5 Darragh Moroney
34 77 Tim Fernandes
35 40VT Eric Chase
36 55VT Brent Dragon
37 67 Yvon Bédard
by Jay | Jul 12, 2009 | New
Hermon’s Mike Hopkins returned to Dysart’s Late Model racing at Speedway 95 in fine fashion Saturday night as he won the feature event. Hopkins started off the season with a win in his first ever Dysart’s Late Model event, but wrecked the next week, and has been out of competition until returning two weeks ago. This week he picked up where he left off by beating one of the best in the business to the checkered flag. The race started with Hopkins and Greg Morse of St. Albans in the second row, and the pair took off, passing the front row quickly, with Morse leading the first 12 laps. On the 13th circuit, Morse suddenly checked up going into turn three, and Hopkins was so close to his bumper he couldn’t react fast enough, and wound up hitting Morse and spinning him out. On the restart Morse retained his position, as the incident was obviously not his fault, and held the lead the rest of the way to the checkers. Finishing in second, but not far behind, was the old veteran from Bar Harbor, John Phippin Jr. with Hermon’s Dale Swoboda in third. Shane Clark of Winterport was fourth with Morse hanging on for a fifth place finish. Swoboda was the winner of the 10 lap qualifier earlier in the program.
The Allenfarm Fence Company Sport-Fours were the featured division of the night as they raced for 35 laps in the second of their three race series for the season. Hermon’s Ralph Allen held the lead for the first 23 laps until his car started losing grip on the track and he spun out of the lead in turn four, giving the lead up to Hudson’s Rick Grant. Grant held off a serious challenge for the lead from points leader David Green of Hampden, who had been battling with Grant for second until Allen’s misfortune placed the pair at the front. The battle continued to the end, with Grant taking the win and Green settling for second. Old Town’s Brent Fletcher finished a strong third, with Kyle Gallant of Veazie and Gary Richards of Stetson rounding out the top five. During the post race interview, Green was presented with the Mainly Mororsports TV show’s Speedway 95 Driver of the Month award for the month of May. Green currently sits atop the Sport-Four point standings and will represent the Speedway at the 4 cylinder Nationals at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough on August 2. Roy Hathorne won the qualifier and started the feature ion the pole, but finished back in the pack following a lap 33 trip into the turn 4 tire wall.
In Strictly Street action, Doug Day of Bangor, a veteran driver who came up through the ranks as far as the Pro Stock Division, returned to victory lane in the Strictly Streets as he made his second appearance of the season in this division. Day is preparing a Late Model for competition at the Speedway, and has been driving the Dave McCullough prepared Camaro in the Strictly Streets since their driver Jordan Pearson was suspended from competition for infractions occurring while he was competing in the Wednesday night Truck Division. Day finished third in his first appearance in the division a week ago, and took his first win in several years in his second night in the car. The win didn’t come easy as Day had to fend off points leader Bradley Norris of Ellsworth, who challenged Day from the lap 14 restart where Day took the lead. Norris challenged hard, pulling up alongside Day in the final laps, but his car got increasingly loose and he was unable to complete the pass for the lead. Norris finished second with Shawn Hamel II of Bangor in third. Shawn Racilla of Dover-Foxcroft placed fourth with Shawn Hamel of Bangor in fifth. Norris won the night’s qualifier, putting him on the pole for the feature.
Kris Watson of Hermon returned to victory lane in the Super Streets again this week after taking the lead from Holden’s Steve Moulton on a lap 9 restart caused when Lindsey Young spun her Camaro on turn 4. Coming off a win and a second place finish at Unity Raceway the past two Friday nights, Watson made it two wins in a row at Speedway 95. Moulton finished in second, followed by pole sitter Nick Kinney of Danforth in third. Mike Overlock of Franklin held a steady pace and stayed out of trouble to post his second top five in as many races. Lindsey Young recovered from her lap 9 spin to finish in the fifth spot. Hermon’s Doug Sinclair and Milton Ketch of Greenbush both ended up in the pit area early after hammering on each other long enough to cause both cars enough damage to eliminate them from the event.
Saturday night racing continues at Speedway 95 on July 18 at 6:30 with a 75 lap Little Enduro race filling in for the Late Models, who have the night off. The Strictly Streets, Super Streets and Allenfarm Fence Inc. Sport-Fours will also be racing that night
by Jay | Jul 12, 2009 | New
Thompson CT (7/1//2009) Derek Ramstrom turned in a dominant performance to win Saturday nights’ Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Model Full Fender Frenzy 75 at Thompson International Speedway. Ramstrom took the lead on lap one and kept the field in his rear view mirror, leading from green to checker. Richie Dearborn continued his streak of top five finishes with a second place run and Johnny Clark finished third.
Heat race winners Jay Fogleman and Ramstrom brought the field to the green and Ramstrom quickly jumped out front over Travis Benjamin, Kelly Moore, DJ Shaw and Fogleman. The young man who calls Thompson his home track built up a ten car advantage by lap ten and looked dominant from the get go. The race stayed under green for better than fifty laps as Ramstrom continued his drive into the sunset, but the battle for second through fourth between Moore, Shaw and Dearborn heated up. Fogleman took the fifth spot away from Rowe on lap fifty three and set sail after the front four.
D.J. Shaw’s great run ended abruptly in the turn three wall with an apparent flat right front tire. The first caution flag of the night brought Ramstrom back to the field, erasing a huge advantage. The caution remained out for a few additional laps when Fogleman’s ride quit on the front stretch and the Durham North Carolina –based PASS South star was done for the evening. . When the green flew it was Ramstrom and Moore with Dearborn and a resurgent Travis Benjamin in the first four spots. The caution lights came on a second time when Ben Rowe stopped at the top of turn two. Rowe pitted for a right front tire and returned to the speedway but the four time PASS North champ received a one lap penalty for stopping on the track to draw the yellow.
Ramstrom held the point on a wild three wide restart but the third and final caution came four laps later when series point leader Adam Bates pounded the turn three wall in a carbon copy of DJ Shaw’s crash.
Ramstrom, Moore, Dearborn, Benjamin and Johnny Clark took the green on lap fifty-eight, and Ramstrom once again held sway but Dearborn, Clark and Benjamin all made their way around Moore.
Ramstrom continued to build on his advantage as Johnny Clark looked for a way around Richie Dearborn. Dearborn was able to pull away from Clark in the waning laps, but there was no challenging Ramstrom. The seventeen year old from just up the road in Worcester Massachusetts earned his second career PASS super late model victory in convincing fashion.
Eight cars finished on the lead lap in a fast paced shoot out slowed three times for cautions. Ramstrom is the fifth winner in the seven PASS SLM races to date. Only Johnny Clark and Ben Rowe have visited victory lane twice as the season reaches the half way mark.
The Pro All Stars Series super late models get back on track in a hurry with a special Tuesday night July 14 appearance at Lee USA Speedway for the PASS Bastille 200. The PASS Mod s return for race number two of the Twin State series, and Lee’s own small block supermodifieds and Iron Man series will fill the bill. The racing goes green at 6:00 PM.
For more information visit www.leeusaspeedway.com; The Pro All Stars Series is on line at www.racewithpass.com and www.proallstarsseries.com .
Unofficial Results – PASS North super late model Full Fender Frenzy 75 – Thompson International Speedway – Thompson CT – 7/11/2009 – with finishing position, (starting position), car number, driver, hometown, (laps completed)
1 (2) 35 Derek Ramstrom, Worcester MA (75) 2 (5) 33 Richie Dearborn Hollis ME (75) 3 (13) 54 Johnny Clark Hallowell ME (75) 4 (4) 17 Travis Benjamin Morrill ME (75) 5 (3) 47 Kelly Moore Scarborough ME (75) 6 (10) 20 Steve Legendre St. Johnsbury VT (75) 7 (7) 6 Steve Desmarais (75) 8 (19) 17A Scott Alexander, Orrington ME (75) 9 (12) 4 Ben Rowe Turner ME (74) 10 (17) 85 Nick Ribbe West Kingston MA (74) 11 (9) 8 Cassius Clark Farmington ME 12 (74) (8) 12 John Danbrowski West Bridgewater MA (74) 13 (16) 7 Donnie Whitten Wells ME (73) 14 (14) 42 Dave Macomber Manorville NY (73) 15 (15) 36 Dale Silvia Warwick RI (72) 16 (1) 4S Jay Fogleman Durham NC (62) 17 (11) 98 Adam Bates Warner NH (58) 18 (6) 60 DJ Shaw, Center Conway NH (55) 19 (18) 70 Walter Sutcliffe East Haven CT (25)
by Jay | Jul 12, 2009 | New
July 11, 2009
Fredericton, NB – After an exciting weekend of racing last weekend, fans were looking forward to the big races this weekend, the Twin 100’s. The Martin’s Home Heating Sportsman 100 and Coast Tire Best of the Best Pro Stock 100 are now in the books at Speedway 660. Unfortunately Mother Nature has been less than kind this summer. The good news is, it was a gorgeous day for racing.
Today’s event featured regular points racing the in the Coast Tire Street Stock, Martin’s Home Heating division had their first big race of the 2009 season and the second and final race of the Best of the Best two race series sponsored by Coast Tire.
In the Coast Tire Street Stock division Brian Fox was the big winner of the afternoon picking up a win in dash and the 20-lap feature. Fox took the lead late in the race. Trent Noble who was having a good run led a lot of the race but came up a little short. Mike Francis finished a close second and Matt Matheson rounded out the top 3 for a podium Finish.
The Martins Home Heating Sportsman 100 was very exciting. The big battle all evening was between Michael Banks and Calvin Rankin. The two battled back and forth with many lead changes between the two. Competition was fierce tonight. It looked like the race was between Banks and Rankin until Myles Harris sprinted into the picture. Most of the drivers favored the high side of the track until Myles took his # 31 to the bottom and got him in the top spot. Harris came in the scene much later but he was there in the end to take the win in the Martin’s Home Heating Sportsman 100. Michael Banks finished second and picking up seven hundred and fifty dollars in bonus money from Martin’s Home Heating for leading on laps 25, 50 and 75. Unfortunately Michael Banks failed post race technical inspection. Matt Maillet finishes a strong third. This is a very competitive division with a lot of drivers that could take the win each week. The race tonight proved that.
There were 18 cars that started the Coast Tired Best of the Beat Pro Stock 100. When the green flag fell Brian Gillespie sprinted into the early lead and soon after was challenged my Lonnie Sommerville. Lonnie was driver the #87 car for Matt Harris. Harris had won race 1 and was unable to race tonight. Lonnie challenged Brian for the lead and then moved the #87 to the top spot. Around lap15 a huge wreck involving many of the cars took out half of the field. Unfortunately most of the cars involved were unable to get back on track. Luckily no one was injured. This left 9 cars on the restart. The big race after that was for third between Brent Wiggins and Greg Fahey. The two battled back and forth for many laps. Brian Gillespie finished in second and Brent Wiggins rounded out the top three. The Winner of the Best of the Best series was Greg Fahey.
Tune in next Saturday night for the Enduro 200. This is the first time an enduro has been on a Saturday night. The other weekly points divisions will not be racing.
Make sure you don’t miss another action packed weekend of racing at Speedway 660, it is sure to be WicKID!
by Jay | Jul 12, 2009 | New
Wiscasset, ME- Montville’s Bryan Robbins has a lot of racing experience. He and his brothers Jerry and Craig who are known as the Flyin’ Robbins Brothers have raced in everything from a Mini Stock to a Street Stock to a Late Model and more. However Saturday at Wiscasset Raceway Bryan found himself behind the wheel of a Verizon Wireless Super Street and he also found his way to victory lane picking up his first feature win of the season. Robbins beat Ed Drake by about a car length at the finish line. Behind the lead pair Jeremy Glasier held off Brian Fortin for third. Fortin would finish fourth with Allan Moeller Jr. fifth.
In the Aable Auto Parts Mini Stocks Thomas True of Wiscasset picked up another feature victory in his Red’s Eat’s Dodge Neon. Readfield’s Pete McCollett would take home second with 15 year old Tasha Dyer finishing third. 2008 division champion Dylan Lancaster would wind up fourth with Ryan Ripley fifth.
The U.S. Cellular Mini Truck division put on a great show for the crowd which saw Ryan Hayes pick up his third win of the season. Tony Field made his first trip to Wiscasset a worth while one as he would take home second. Opie Allard of Harpswell finished third. Russ Anderson and “The Tool Man” Brian Beauileu finished fourth and fifth respectively.
Ian Bresnehan picked up the feature victory in the New England Transmission Strictly Street division. Rookie Alex Waltz picked up his first career top three in second. Mike Moody finished third. Nate Yeaton took home fourth and Wally Henderson fifth.
In the Steel’s Real Rod’s and Custom’s Late Model’s Sidney’s Chris Thorne won his second feature event of the season. Adam Chadbourne finished second with Nick Reno coming home in third. Fourth would go to Seth Raven and fifth to T.J. Watson.
The Clark’s Car Crushing Pro-Stock’s saw Randy Turner win his third feature of the season at the “Center of Speed”. Randy had to hold off Jeff Burgess for the win. Second would go to Burgess and third to Charlie Colby. Chuck Colby would bring home fourth and Scott Moore fifth.
The North East Mini Stock Tour found their way to Wiscasset Raceway for the first time in the tour’s short history. Emerson Cayer won their fifty lap feature event. Ricky Potter finished second with local hero Tasha Dyer third. Fourth would go to Reggie Bickford and fifth to Loren Smith.
