by Jay | Apr 29, 2015 | Connecticut, Stafford
Penalty Announced From April 26, 2015 SK ModifiedR Feature at Stafford Motor Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Following the completion of the April 25-26 NAPA Spring Sizzler NASCAR Whelen All-American Series feature events, Stafford Motor Speedway officials have announced the following penalty:
#39 SK Modified, Driver Chris Jones
Infraction- Unsportsmanlike conduct, on-track. Unsportsmanlike conduct, off-track. Actions detrimental to the sport.
Penalties- Disqualification from Spring Sizzler feature event, placed to last in the finishing order. Suspended from competition at Stafford Motor Speedway for the next 6 completed events. $250 fine payable to The Shane Hammond Foundation or The Spalding Foundation, through Stafford Motor Speedway. The fine must be paid to the Speedway office prior to the next attended event. Placed on probation through December 31st, 2015.
Revised SK Modified® Feature Finish From 4/26/15
SK MODIFIED® (40)
1) Rowan Pennink, Huntingdon Valley, Pa
2) Glen Reen, Wilbraham, Ma
3) Ryan Preece, Berlin
4) Dan Avery, Somers
5) Ted Christopher, Plainville
6) Keith Rocco, Berlin
7) Justin Bonsignore, West Islip, Ny
8) Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs
9) Sean Foster, Willington
10) Joey Cipriano, III, Waterbury
11) Matt Galko, Meriden
12) Michael Gervais, Jr., Southbury
13) Jeremy Sorel, Westfield, Ma
14) Eric Berndt, Cromwell
15) Tyler Hines, North Haven
16) Mike Christopher, Jr., Wolcott
17) Jeff Rocco, Wallingford
18) Ronnie Williams, Tolland
19) Branden Dion, Taunton, Ma
20) Todd Owen, Somers
21) Jeff Baral, Plantsville
22) David Webb, New Milford
23) Tom Bolles, Ellington
24) John Catania, Agawam, Ma
25) Chris Jones, New Milford
by RacingNews | Apr 29, 2015 | ACT, Lee USA, NEMST, Touring Series News
Lee, NH – Lee USA Speedway swung open the gates Sunday afternoon to drop the green flag on the 2015 season with the annual running of the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 American Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model event. The traditional season-opener also featured the NEMST Mini Stocks and Northeast Classic Lites doing battle at “New Hampshire‘s Center of Speed“.
The Northeast Mini Stock Tour got the honor of being the first feature that took to the fast 3/8th’s mile for the new season, with Cris King leading early and often before 6-time winner and 2014 NEMST champion Toby Wells finally worked his way past and took over the top spot.
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by RacingNews | Apr 29, 2015 | NASCAR, Seekonk Speedway, Sprint Cup
On Sunday, May 3rd, Seekonk Speedway will open its doors for the 70th consecutive season. This time, for the first time since 2005, it will be under the NASCAR Whelen All American Series (NWAAS) banner.
The front gates will open at 11am, with time trial qualifying for the Pro Stocks beginning at 12pm. The time trials are a once a year qualifying effort for the A division, setting the qualifying heats lineup.
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by RacingNews | Apr 29, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), turned in a dominating performance on Sunday at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway – leading six times for a race-high 291 laps – to score his first win of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season and all but lock himself into the 16-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship.
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by RacingNews | Apr 29, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Thunder Road, Vermont
PLATTSBURGH, NY/WEST HAVEN, VT – Airborne Park Speedway and Devil’s Bowl Speedway have teamed up with Yandow Sales & Service of North Ferrisburgh, VT and John Deere in an exciting new partnership for the 2015 stock car racing season. The two tracks will provide four divisions of racing in the locally-rebranded “NASCAR Whelen All-American Series presented by Yandow Sales & Service and John Deere” and the season will begin with the new seven-event Spring Championship Series.
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by RacingNews | Apr 29, 2015 | Connecticut, Thompson
THOMPSON, CT – The North East Street Stock Tour helped make history on April 25, taking part in a Test and Tune on the 1.7 mile road course at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.
Drivers were able to take advantage of over three hours of scheduled practice time, which included a driver’s meeting, explaining the differences between oval racing and road course racing, as well as a lead follow session, showing the preferred racing lines around the track.
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by RacingNews | Apr 29, 2015 | NASCAR, Whelen All American Series
PLATTSBURGH, NY – Airborne Park Speedway is just days away from its first green flag on FedEx Ground Night, Saturday, May 2 at 6:00 p.m., and the fans will be the biggest winners. The track has created a buy-one-get-one-free ticket promotion for opening night for just $15, with kids age 12 under admitted free.
In addition, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel on Tom Miller Road in Plattsburgh will host a free car show on Saturday morning from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon for fans to meet drivers and see the cars up close before the engines rev up for racing. Votes will be tallied for Best Appearing Car awards across all four classes of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS) presented by Yandow Sales & Service and John Deere, with award winners to be announced at the Speedway that evening.
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by RacingNews | Apr 29, 2015 | Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire
(Winchester, NH): With the longest winter in recent memory finally in the past, the snow has melted and the parking lot has finally dried out, the new backed seating area from the old Riverside Park Speedway has been completely installed and the track is ready for spectators as the drivers get ready to go racing once again on the ¼ mile high banked oval at Mondanock Speedway May 2nd.
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by Jay | Apr 28, 2015 | ACT, Lee USA, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Photos by Rich Hayes
Eddie MacDonald staged a familiar battle with eventual winner Wayne Helliwell in the Governor’s Cup 150 at their home track Lee USA Speedway on Sunday May 26 to post a third place finish in an exciting duel. The Grimm Construction/Hancock Electric Chevy started third on the grid after winning the heat to score a +2 rating.
Twenty-seven cars took the green flag under stormy skies that dictated the early race strategy for Eddie Mac saying, “We were riding around comfortably in sixth place when a little rain began to fall around lap 25. It looked like heavy rain would arrive shortly so we decided to go get some spots in case the race ended at the halfway mark. I used up a lot of the car racing on the outside for position. No one was out there so the little bit of rain really hurt the tires. Of course the rain never came but we committed early instead of saving tires for the end. We did what we needed to do ans that’s just racing.” (more…)
by Jay | Apr 28, 2015 | ACT, Lee USA, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Eric LaFleche/VLFPhotos.com photo
Lee, NH — Wayne Helliwell Jr. came out on top of a battle with fellow home track driver Eddie MacDonald to win the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH.
Helliwell took the lead from MacDonald for the final time on a lap 117 restart following a caution for defending champion Joey Polewarczyk Jr.’s spin entering turn 3. The Dover, NH driver then held off McDonald and Maine youngster Brad Babb on two ensuing restarts to win his first Tour race at the 3/8-mile oval and eighth overall.
“We were able to cool our tires down and just crowd (MacDonald) down on that restart,” said Helliwell, who unofficially assumed the point lead following the event. “That helped us get the momentum and the drive up off the turn. Once we got to the lead, we were able to just keep the car on the bottom and roll around.
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Penalty Announced From April 26, 2015 SK ModifiedR Feature at Stafford Motor Speedway
