{"id":3343,"date":"2010-09-14T17:56:09","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T22:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2010-09-14T17:56:09","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T22:56:09","slug":"%e2%80%98atlantic-speed-weeks%e2%80%99-set-to-kick-off-this-saturday-at-centre-for-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/%e2%80%98atlantic-speed-weeks%e2%80%99-set-to-kick-off-this-saturday-at-centre-for-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Atlantic Speed Weeks\u2019 set to kick off this Saturday at Centre for Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Atlantic Speed Weeks\u2019 set to kick off this Saturday at Centre for Speed<\/strong><\/p>\n

September 14, 2010 – Shediac (N.B.) \u2013 The Centre for Speed (CFS), Atlantic Canada\u2019s Super Speedway and Metro Moncton\u2019s \u2018Playground of Power\u2019, is set to host the 10th Annual \u2018Atlantic Speed Weeks\u2019 Motorsports extravaganza during three weekends between September 18 and October 16 to cap off the 2010 stock car and motorsports season in Atlantic Canada.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, September 18 at 1:00 p.m., CFS will kick things off with the Atlantic Street Rod Drag Racing and Tuner Championships which are open to all street legal cars. Those interested in competing in the Slalom, Oval Time Trial, Street Drag, and Burnout events should visit the CENTRE\u2019s website (www.centreforspeed.com) for all the details. Saturday\u2019s \u2018Atlantic Street War\u2019 event will feature the hottest street-legal racing action you\u2019ve ever seen in our region as the coolest and baddest rides and drivers come out to show exactly what they\u2019ve got.
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\nOn the weekend of October 2 and 3, CFS will host the Maple Leaf Foods 2010 Atlantic Stock Car Championships. Over 100 drivers and teams from throughout Atlantic Canada and Maine, including a number of current and former track, tour and defending Atlantic Champions, have so far registered to compete in this prestigious event. A total of over $37,000 in payouts will be available for teams in the five stock car divisions of Pro Stock, Sportsman, Streetstock, 4-cylinder Mini Stock and Four Fun racing events during this two-day stock car extravaganza weekend.<\/p>\n

Two feature races will highlight this Atlantic Stock Car Championships weekend with the Sportsman 100 on Saturday, October 2 and the Maple Leaf Foods Pro Stock 150 on Sunday, October 3, both starting at noon. The October 2 event will also feature Atlantic Championship races for Mini Stock (50 lap feature) and Four Fun (75 lap feature) division drivers. Sunday\u2019s action will also include Atlantic Championship racing for Streetstock competitors (75 lap feature) as well as a 50-lap consolation event for Sportsman competitors.<\/p>\n

The 2009 Atlantic Stock Champions, Kirk Thibeau of Fort Fairfield, Maine (Pro Stock) and John Rankin of St. Martins, N.B. (Sportsman), will be on hand to defend their titles against a field of top stock car drivers from most speedways in Atlantic Canada, including for the second year in a row competitors from two Newfoundland speedways \u2013 Avondale and Thunder Valley Speedways.<\/p>\n

The final event of the 2010 Atlantic Speed Weeks, the Monster Truck Nationals and Demolition Championships, is set to rumble into CFS on Saturday, October 16 (Rain or Shine), starting at 1:00 p.m. with an on-track autograph session followed by \u2018car-crushing, high flying\u2019 Monster Truck action at 2:00 p.m. This final event of the 2010 motorsports season will feature six top-level, 1,800 horsepower Monster Trucks, as seen on the Speed Network, in side-by-side car-obstacle course racing, as well as freestyle and wheelie competitions. This \u2018crush and bang\u2019 afternoon of action will also include a GIANT Demolition Derby as well as a full set of Thrasher division events including a \u2018Full Contact\u2019 race, a \u2018Racing Blind\u2019 event and a Burnout competition.<\/p>\n

“Were very excited about this year\u2019s 10th anniversary Atlantic Speed Weeks events,” says Tim Wile, track promoter and general manager for the Centre for Speed (CFS). “We’ve got a super field of competitors in all divisions and the cars continue to register every day. We should have one of the strongest overall fields of stock cars that we’ve ever seen at our facility for this year\u2019s annual event, including strong representations from each of the stock car facilities in our region including Fredericton, Halifax, Sydney, Antigonish, Charlottetown, Newfoundland and Maine.”<\/p>\n

“There are two things that make these three weekend events unique,” said track promoter Wile. “Fans, drivers and crews get a chance to celebrate the end of the racing season in friendly competition, without any pressure, and it’s also an opportunity to match skills with most of the top teams from throughout the region – in every class with a chance to be named the ‘best of the best’ in your division.”<\/p>\n

The CENTRE for Speed is a 128-acre motor sports park which includes Atlantic Canada\u2019s largest and fastest stock-car oval along with several other racing facilities. The CENTRE overlooks the Northumberland Straight and is located 5 kms east of Shediac\u2019s Parlee Beach in the village of Grand Barachois, New Brunswick.<\/p>\n

Full schedule details are available at www.centreforspeed.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Atlantic Speed Weeks\u2019 set to kick off this Saturday at Centre for Speed September 14, 2010 – Shediac (N.B.) \u2013 The Centre for Speed (CFS), Atlantic Canada\u2019s Super Speedway and Metro Moncton\u2019s \u2018Playground of Power\u2019, is set to host the 10th Annual \u2018Atlantic Speed Weeks\u2019 Motorsports extravaganza during three weekends between September 18 and October […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[110,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-new-england"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}