May 30, 2016 | GSPSS, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Photo Credit Chip Cormie
DJ Shaw pulled off top ten finishes in a double header of competitive races on Memorial Day weekend behind the wheel of his #60 Precision JLM machine. Kicking off the weekend with his first Granite State Pro Stocks start of the season at Monadnock Speedway and then traveling to the historic Thunder Road International Speedbowl with the Pro All Stars Series tour.
In the Granite State Pro Stocks event, Shaw took off from the pole position and won handily over the field in the heat race. After the redraw, Shaw would find himself starting in the third position in for the 100 lap feature event. Managing his car and tires early on, Shaw began to make moves around the races halfway point, as he fought with Mike O’ Sullivan for the third position. On lap 61, the two leaders made contact and spun, handing Sullivan and Shaw the top two positions after a caution flag. Through the races final laps, Shaw charged hard to get by O’ Sullivan but it wasn’t enough as he took the runner up position in the Rydemore 100.
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May 30, 2016 | GSPSS, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Winchester, N.H. – The Rydemore 100 at Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, N.H. started as a steamy one, with temperatures reaching the mid ninety’s. Guy Caron of Lempster, N.H. found himself on the pole with Mike Mitchell of Cumberland, R.I. on the outside. Barry Gray who finished second last week was looking to get his first win of the year starting in the sixth position. Ultimately, it was Mike O’Sullivan of Springfield, MA. in victory lane.
Caron took the lead early in the race and led until lap 61 when he and Gray made contact on the backstretch, and Caron, spun bringing out the first caution of the night. This put O’Sullivan and DJ Shaw of Center Conway, N.H. up front. Glenn Martel of Belmont, NH was the Lucky Dog, winning his lap back and putting him on the road to a fifth place finish.
By lap 65 Mike Parks of Walpole, N.H. had worked his way up to third after starting 12th. The 71 NH of Cory Robert in sixth place, fended off the Caron and Gray for over a dozen laps, until lap 89 when contact was made with Gray.
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May 30, 2016 | Maine Racing News, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
PASS Super Late Models Top Three – L to R: Travis Benjamin #7, 3rd; Winner Glen Luce #7L: and Wayne Helliwell #27, 2nd; with event sponsor Mikkelsen RV representative.
Barre, Vermont – Glen Luce of Turner, Maine claimed an emotional victory Sunday afternoon in the Mekkelsen RV 150 for Pro All Stars Series Super Late Models at Thunder Road international Speedbowl in Barre, Vermont.
Luce, coming off his best-ever season racing stock cars – a season that included a $31,000-plus win in the 42nd Annual Oxford 250 last August – took the lead from and then held off a longtime ACT Tour rival, Wayne Helliwell, Jr., of Dover, New Hampshire.
Helliwell, a multi-time ACT Late Model Tour champion, chased Luce under the checkered flag, earning his runner-up finish the hard way after starting dead last in the quick Super Late Model field. Travis Benjamin of Morrill, Maine nailed down a third-place finish.
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May 30, 2016 | American Canadian Tour, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Danville, VT’s Tyler Cahoon celebrates his first Thunder Road Late Model win in the 54th Mekkelsen Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 29. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, VT – Tyler Cahoon made his first career Thunder Road Late Model win count on Sunday, May 29, holding off a late charge from Scott Dragon for the victory in the 54th Annual Mekkelsen Memorial Day Classic.
The Danville veteran took the lead from Matt White on lap 6 of the 100-lap event, just prior to the second and final caution for Brian Tarbell’s hard encounter with the turn one wall. Cahoon pulled out to a big lead in the middle stages, but had to fend off Dragon in the closing laps to secure the win. The former Street Stock Champion became the third driver in the last four years to score his first Thunder Road Late Model victory in the event.
Dragon settled for second, followed by former Memorial Day Classic winner Jason Corliss in third. Trampas Demers took fourth, while Nick Sweet made a late charge to finish fifth. Brooks Clark, John Donahue, Kyle Pembroke, White, and Cody Blake rounded out the top-10.
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May 28, 2016 | Maine Racing News, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
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MIDLAND, NC (May 27) – Bobby Measmer, Jr. grabbed the lead from Ryan Preece with less than five laps to go and held on to claim his first career Southern Modified Racing Series (SMRS) Presented By PASS win in the Charles Kepley Memorial 125 Friday night at Concord Speedway. After being mired by bad luck, Measmer, a former track champion at Concord, took his first career Tour-type Modified win in front of an excited group of hometown fans.
“To finish second to Ryan Preece is an accomplishment, but I saw he was tight from the center off and I knew it was just a matter of time before I could get him,” said Measmer in victory lane. “We’ve worked really hard, but I tell you, it hasn’t sunk in yet.”
Winston-Salem, NC’s Brandon Ward scorched the treacherous speedway in qualifying with lap of 117.417 miles per hour to claim the C&C Race Souvenirs Pole Award. But, after the top six qualifies redraw, Ward would move back to the sixth starting position, while Cale Gale and James Civali would move up to the front row.
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May 28, 2016 | Maine Racing News, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
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MIDLAND, NC (May 27) – Ryan Moore took advantage of a late race restart over Trevor Sanborn and led the rest of the way to win Friday night’s Old Glory 125 at Concord Speedway for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Models. Moore’s victory was his first since taking the checkered flag at Caraway Speedway nearly two years ago.
“I just tried to run a smart race, these things always some to come down to a couple of restarts at the end and I knew that, so I tried to play it smart and it worked out,” said Moore, driver of the RC Moore Transportation #74. “At Caraway we had a bad race and honestly I was kind of dejected and had enough of it, but my dad, he never gives up and we stuck with it and I guess it’s for times like these.”
In qualifying, Trevor Noles claimed the Precision Built Spindles Pole Award with a lap of 113.314 mile per hour around the fast half-mile. Noles would start on the outside pole position after the top 10 qualifiers redraw, while defending PASS South Super Late Model champion, Tate Fogleman, would move to the pole.
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