by RacingNews | May 9, 2015 | ACT, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT—The 2015 American-Canadian Tour (ACT) season has reached the quarter-pole of its 15-race schedule. While former champions Wayne Helliwell Jr. and Joey Polewarczyk Jr. find themselves at the top of the standings, a growing crop of new and young racers are making their presence known.
Windham, ME’s Brad Babb has been one of the drivers to beat so far. Babb returned to the ACT Tour full-time in 2015 driving a car owned by Joey Laquerre. He scored his first ACT podium finish at the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup, then earned a storybook win in the Merchants Bank 150 at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road. It was the first race at Thunder Road since Laquerre’s grandson, up-and-coming local racer Joey M. Laquerre, died in an ATV accident last October.
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by RacingNews | May 9, 2015 | Connecticut, New England Motorsports North, Stafford
Stafford Speedway was back on track under the lights for the first time in 2015 with the BFF Friday program on Friday night, May 1st. Ronnie Williams took the lead early and then had to hold off challenges from Eric Berndt, Rowan Pennink, and then Keith Rocco to claim victory in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature, Josh Wood was the winner in the 30-lap Late Model feature, Joey Ferrigno was the winner of the 20-lap SK Light feature, Cliff Saunders won the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, Trace Beyer won the 15-lap DARE Stock feature, and Dana DiMatteo won the 20-lap Legend Cars feature.
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by RacingNews | May 9, 2015 | New England Motorsports North
Bryan Kruczek of Newmarket, New Hampshire claimed his first-ever victory in a Super Late Model car in the Southern Maine Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram 150 for AIM PASS Super Late Models Saturday at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough.
Kruczek led early and late in the 150-lap grind, swapping the top spot with hometown racer Kelly Moore through the opening stages of the race, cruising with the contenders during a stretch dominated by Turner’s Glen Luce, then outrunning a late charge by Dave Oliver of Standish.
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by RacingNews | May 9, 2015 | Connecticut, NASCAR, Stafford, Whelen All American Series
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Only two races into the 2015 race season, Rowan Pennink and the #99 SK Modified® team have one win and they sit atop the SK Modified® championship points standings. But Pennink, winner of the inaugural NAPA Auto Parts SK 5k, has July 10th, the date of the 2015 NAPA SK 5k, circled on his calendar as the race he wants to win.
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by RacingNews | May 9, 2015 | Connecticut, NASCAR, Stafford, Whelen All American Series
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Ingersoll Rand is “Official Power Tools of NASCAR” and as part of that, they are offering fans and drivers the opportunity to win some great prizes and tools as part of their NASCAR Home Tracks Program. Once a month during the 2015 season, the winning teams from three of Stafford’s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions will have the opportunity to take home an Ingersoll Rand tool prize pack with a value of up to $600. Fans have an opportunity to win prizes also, by participating in the Ingersoll Rand text-to-win contest each week through the end of August.
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by RacingNews | May 9, 2015 | Connecticut, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway’s Contingency Program was implemented prior to the start of the 1999 season and with the program now in its 17th year of existence, it has grown to the point where there is over $44,000 in contingency bonuses up for grabs to Stafford drivers in 2015.
“We’re very grateful to our contingency partners for making our program possible,” said Mark Arute, Stafford COO/GM. “Over the last 17 years it has grown by leaps and bounds. When we first started the program, the goal was to offer bonus money to help our competitors offset some of their costs. Now there is bonus money available to all the weekly divisions through several different programs that pay out contingency bonuses. Our weekly race partners have a rookie bonus program that we feel is second to none, and we have several unique programs like the XtraMart Xtra D and CBYD 811 Challenge.”
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by RacingNews | May 8, 2015 | Connecticut, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway kicks off its 2015 Xtra Mart Xtra D program with the Late Model division going 50-laps this Friday night, May 8. In addition to the $1,000 that will be split among the top-5 finishers, the race features total posted awards of over $8,600 with $1,475 in total awards available to the winner.
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by RacingNews | May 8, 2015 | ACT, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Waterbury, VT – The American Racer Three Star program is designed to recognize three non-podium finishers, in no particular order of performance, who had outstanding races at ACT U.S. Tour events. There are no specific criteria for deciding who might receive the award of a free American Racer Tire (value $125.00), but a special effort by a team, exceptional race, just plain old hard luck, or any other accepted reason to give the award is used to decide the award recipients.
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by RacingNews | May 8, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (May 6, 2015) – – In an announcement Tuesday at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in uptown Charlotte, Dylan Lupton was announced as a returning member of the NASCAR Next program for the 2015-2016 class.
NASCAR Next, an evolution of the Next9 initiative that began in 2011, is an all-embracing industry initiative to help spotlight the sport’s rising stars – and boost fan recognition around talent that will grow into NASCAR Sprint Cup Series mainstays.
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by RacingNews | May 8, 2015 | PASS
CHARLOTTE, NC (May 5) – Two-time Pro All Stars Series (PASS) National Champion, Jay Fogleman, will make his return to the driver’s seat for this Friday night’s Daniel Boone Classic at Kingsport Speedway. Friday night’s 125 lapper at Kingsport will mark the first time Fogleman has sat behind the wheel in competition since March, 2014 at the PASS South Super Late Model season opener at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. The 2013 PASS South Super Late Model Champion will join his son, Tate, who currently sits third in the standings as the two Durham, NC drivers prepare for Friday night’s first trip for the series to Kingsport Speedway.
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Waterbury, VT—The 2015 American-Canadian Tour (ACT) season has reached the quarter-pole of its 15-race schedule. While former champions Wayne Helliwell Jr. and Joey Polewarczyk Jr. find themselves at the top of the standings, a growing crop of new and young racers are making their presence known.
