Sep 13, 2010 | North East Mini Stock Tour
The 2010 North East Mini Stock Tour rules meeting and Championship Banquet will be held on Saturday November 6th with at 6:00 PM. This year’s banquet will be held at the Fireside Inn and Suites located right off the Maine Turnpike in Auburn.
The rules meeting will kick off the night at 6:00 PM with a buffet style dinner being served at 7:00. Championship Awards for the top 10 in points will be given out at 8:00. There will be social time and a bar available for the entire night and into early morning! The rules meeting and banquet are being held on one again this year in an effort to save teams from long distances from traveling twice.
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Sep 13, 2010 | North East Mini Stock Tour
With a bunch of new cars in the pits the NEMST rolled into PASS 400 Weekend at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. The NEMST was very excited to be a part of the biggest race weekend in Maine. The heat races rolled off at 12:15 and featured Ashley Marshall, the 2010 Oxford Champion, and Tim Collins taking home their respective heat wins.
After the PASS Modified feature it was time for the thundering mini stocks to steal their part of the show. With Nik Coates and Jeff Hebert starting on front row of the 18 car field the point leaders would have a long ways to get to the front.
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Sep 9, 2010 | North East Mini Stock Tour
The North East Mini Stock Tour is geared up and ready to show what they have got at one of the biggest racing weekends in Maine. The Pro All Stars Series Beech Ridge 300 lap national event will be held Sunday along with NEMST heats and features as well as PASS sportsman and PASS mods. This will be the largest crowd the NEMST has ever performed in front of, with fierce battles all year long the competition is guaranteed to be at its best. The four days of racing kicks off Thursday with the local midweek heroes waging for battle. Friday will be practice for all the premier divisions and Saturday will hold support division features and qualifying. While the big show all gets underway on Sunday.
A 50 green flag lap feature event will be in store for the touring minis of the NEMST as well as 10 lap heats rolling off at 12:00 PM sharp. The largest ever NEMST field is expected with cars coming from 6 New England states. Many new faces will join the tour regulars of Cayer, Melcher, and Boyle all trying to knock off standout rookie Chris McKinstry. The aforementioned McKinstry is out to 108 point lead, and four wins, in the series standings after second place and defending champion Emerson Cayer had engine troubles at White Mountain Motorsports Park. From second on back to the eighth spot in points the battles get closer and closer with less than 100 points separating all drivers.
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Sep 2, 2010 | North East Mini Stock Tour
September 12 Beech Ridge
PASS 400 Weekend
September 18 Unity
Presented by Maineracing.com
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Aug 24, 2010 | North East Mini Stock Tour
The North East Mini Stock Tour will be making their first appearance at Twin State Speedway in Claremont, NH on October 16 and 17 for TSS’ Fall Challenge Weekend. The event will be the ninth and final event for the NEMST in 2010. The NEMST will bring its challenging full bodied minis into western New Hampshire for 50 green flag laps where the 2010 Champion will be crowned. After a few phone calls and email’s NEMST director Bob Guptill and Mike Parks of TSS got the deal confirmed over the weekend.
With the average car count growing and growing the NEMST will provide excellent racing on the challenging 1/3 mile oval. With most race seasons starting to wind down the NEMST is headed into full swing with races at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on September 12, Seekonk Speedway on October 2, and Unity Raceway on October 10 before coming to a head at TSS on the following weekend.
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Aug 22, 2010 | North East Mini Stock Tour
With a bright weather forecast and predicted car count the North East Mini Stock Tour rolled up into North Woodstock, New Hampshire for their second and final visit of the year at White Mountain Motorsports Park. The day got started off early with some practice sessions that got many of the new drivers used to the fast high banked ¼ mile track. As six o’clock rolled around it was time to start the heat races. NEMST had the first heats of the night with 16 cars on hand. The first heat winner was Tim Collins and the second heat went to Loren Smith. Emerson Cayer who came into the night second in points lost a motor early on in his heat race ending his night.
After some quick adjustments and changing track conditions the 50 lap NEMST feature rolled off the grid. With Dylan Lancaster and Roger Ducharme bringing the field down in front of head starter Jordan Harnish the field got the green flag. Lancaster pulled out to an early lead while Ducharme fought his way to the bottom. The tight track with very narrow straights caused the point leaders to be a little more cautious bringing themselves up through the field. Tim Boyle showed that he was the class of the field early on by picking off cars one by one.
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