by Jay | May 31, 2015 | Canada
BLENKHORN GOES TWO FOR TWO AT IRVING OIL BLENDING & PACKAGING 100
(Moncton, NB, May 30, 2015) – Dylan Blenkhorn of Truro, Nova Scotia recorded his second Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour feature win in as many races by driving to victory lane in the Irving Oil Blending & Packaging 100 at Petty International Raceway. Blenkhorn made the winning pass in his #67 Quinn Flooring Chevrolet on the outside of Greg Proude’s #29 Atlantic Dodge Dealers Dodge on Lap 61 and held on for his fifth career Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour victory. Darren MacKinnon (Milton Station, PE) made a last lap pass in the final corner on Proude (Springvale, PE) to take second. Proude was third with Marty Prevost (Fall River, NS) and Donald Chisholm (Antigonish, NS) completing the top five.
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by Jay | May 31, 2015 | Connecticut, NE Street Stock Tour, Stafford, Touring Series News
Douton Victorious at Seekonk Speedway
Home Track Drivers Strong, Suffer Mechanical Issues
SEEKONK, MA – Home-track drivers started the day strong, but Chris “Moose” Douton rose above to take the victory at the inaugural championship event on the North East Street Stock Tour at Seekonk Speedway.
Corey Hutchings and Douton led the field to green, with Hutchings leading the first lap, but was quickly overtaken by Douton. The Waterford, CT resident settled in to a rhythm, until Ryan Lineham suffered distributor troubles, stopping on the racetrack, bringing out the only caution of the race. John Hanafin had advanced to the fifth spot for the restart, after starting 12th, and began to cut through the top five, finding himself on Douton’s bumper. Hanafin used his experience at the track to his advantage, diving underneath Douton, and taking the lead on lap 18.
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by Jay | May 31, 2015 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
FMR Racing Finishes 1st & 2nd at USAC DMA Race
Ellington, CT: It was a night of first during the USAC Dirt Midget Association race at Bear Ridge Speedway with new teams racing for the first time and FMR Racing taking a 1-2 finish in the feature. It was also the first trip of the 2015 race season to the Vermont track for USAC Champion John Heydenreich who has over 500 wins in racing.
The first heat race of the night had the 18C of Mike Chaffee starting on the pole with the 47 driven by Scott Holcomb starting second. As the race went green, Holcomb in his 47 jumped out front to the point and had command of the race until the first yellow on lap three for the 50 of Vince Lucca who had mechanical issues. Back under green, Holcomb kept the lead with the 4 of Kevin Chaffee now taking second dropping Mike Chaffee in the 18C back to third. While the battle for the top spot was taking place, Adam Pierson in the 76M was charging forward and quickly moved into second as the 4 of Kevin Chaffee fell out of the race with mechanical problems. By lap ten and as the checkered flag waived, it was Scott Holcomb of North Granby, CT in the 47 taking the win followed by Adam Pierson of East Corinth, VT in the 76M for second and the 18C of Mike Chaffee who is from Corinth, VT rounding out the top three.
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by RacingNews | May 30, 2015 | Connecticut, NASCAR, Stafford, Whelen All American Series
(Stafford Springs, CT)— Stafford Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with the Ltd. Late Model Xtra Mart Xtra D 25 program on Friday, May 29th on what was also Military Appreciation Night. Xtra Mart Convenience Stores put up a $500 bonus that was split evenly among the top-5 finishers in the extra distance Ltd. Late Model feature event. Al Saunders was the big winner, taking his second feature win of the 2015 season in the 25-lap Ltd. Late Model feature. Keith Rocco picked up his second win of the 2015 season in the SK Modified® feature, Tom Fearn picked up his first win of the season in the Late Model feature, Matt Swanson was a first time career winner in the SK Light feature, Trace Beyer got his second win of the season in the DARE Stock feature, and Cory DiMatteo won his second Legend Cars feature of the season.
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by RacingNews | May 30, 2015 | ACT, Touring Series News
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Flashback one year to the former Riverside Speedway in Groveton, Packard starts last in the final heat and drives her way to the front capturing her first American Canadian Tour pole. A few hours later, the 18 year old East Montpelier Vermont driver has led the most laps and has a 5th place finish.
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by RacingNews | May 30, 2015 | Airborne, NASCAR, Whelen All American Series
PLATTSBURGH, NY – Stock car racing fans have a Saturday night full of action on deck at Airborne Park Speedway on May 30, as Casella and Morrisonville Septic present a big program and a special family four-pack ticket offer. The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series presented by Yandow Sales & Service and John Deere gets the green flag at 6:00 p.m., along with a 50-lap Enduro and the first-ever Ernie’s Discount Tools “King of the Hill” Elimination Tournament, all for as little as $20 for a family of two adults and two kids.
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by RacingNews | May 29, 2015 | PASS
NAPLES, ME (May 27) – A season of “firsts” will continue on Independence Day weekend when the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Models will make their debut at the 1-mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) in Loudon. In addition to PASS, North America’s top touring Super Late Models will be joined by the Sportsman cars and North East Mini Stock Tour (NEMST) on Sunday, July 5 at NHMS.
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by Jay | May 28, 2015 | New England, New England Motorsports North
NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH
By Lou Modestino
The tradition of the Spring Green, which began in 1974 at Catamount Stadium in Milton, VT, has moved around over the years from track to track. It has been run at Plattsburgh, NY’s Airborne Park Speedway on 21 occasions, the most of any track. The list of winners is a history book of Late Model racing in the northeast (see below). The 41st edition of the race took place at Airborne last Sunday, arguably one of the favorite tracks the ACT Late Models appear at each year. A perfect day for racing and a spirited battle between friendly rivals Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, NH and St-Denis, QC’s Patrick Laperle kept fans from both sides of the border happy for the entire event. The other seven-team battle that raged for the second half of the event was also an example of great short track racing.
**[Just some of the names to have won the Spring Green over the years from Northern NASCAR, NASCAR North, the ACT Pro Stock Tour, the Tiger Sportsman Tour, and the ACT Late Model Tour: Dragon (3), Dion, Cabana, Mike Barry, Leclair, Kourafas, Fadden, Leclerc, Hanley, Lepage, Hoar, Nason, Scott, Cyr, Helliwell, Polewarczyk, Jr.]**
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by Jay | May 28, 2015 | Beech Ridge, Maine
photo supplied by BMR
Scarborough, ME – Evan Beaulieu and the 56 Hancock Lumber team were back at their home track of Beech Ridge Motor Speedway this past weekend for the season opener of the Nascar All-American Series, Pro Series division. After two weeks of practice with some promising results, Beaulieu and the team felt confident in their car going into week one. However, track conditions threw the team a curveball, as Beaulieu fought his way to a 14thplace finishing position in the 24 car field.
“I was really optimistic going into this race given the way the car’s handled the past few weeks at practice,” Beaulieu said of his night, “I thought for sure since we started the race on four new tires we’d be great, but the track tightened up a lot. I’m just ran the outside and drove the thing as hard as I could, and I’m surprised we finished 14th, we will take that and make the right adjustments for next weekends race so we can run near the front.” (more…)
by Jay | May 28, 2015 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
Credit Photos: – Mary & Peter Taylor
Wiscasset Speedway was packed with fans last Sunday afternoon, all gathered to watch some exciting racing action. On the agenda were Outlaw Mini’s, Modifieds, Strictly Street, and the Spotlighted main event, The Coastal 200, sponsored by Jordan Lumber and Jordan Excavation. The two-hundred lap Late Model Sportsman event had a total purse in excess of $18,000 with $3,000 going to the winner. In addition to the purse, there was lap leader money in excess of $4,000. This included a $500 halfway bonus, complements of New England Race Fuels.
The Coastal 200 kicked off with three heat races. The heat races were sponsored by Norm’s Used Cars and Truck’s by Norm, both of Wiscasset. One hundred dollars went to each of the three heat winners. Those winners, who started at the pole were the #33 of Josh St Clair. Josh St Clair was the 2014 Coastal 200 winner. Winner of the second heat was the #17 of Chris Thorne. Third heat winner was Andrew McLaughlin of the #26. (more…)
