Jun 17, 2015 | Maine Race Tracks, PASS, SLM, Speedway 95, Touring Series News
Photos by Lindsay Ellison
Story by Evan Beaulieu
Hermon, ME – After enjoying a few weeks to celebrate their win at Thunder Road Speedbowl, the #73 JBJ Machine team with Joey Doiron behind the wheel returned to action this past weekend. Race number six of the Pro All Stars Series North brought the team to Speedway 95 just outside of Bangor, Maine for the “Hight Chevrolet 150.” Doiron was looking to keep up the momentum in this race, but engine issues late in the race slowed his pace, but Doiron still managed to grab a eighth place finish.
“We had a top five car at least at the end there, but something went wrong with the motor and I lost the power steering too,” Doiron said after the race, “We had to pit and I made up as much ground as I could, and I’m glad we still salvaged a top ten out of today.”
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Jun 17, 2015 | Maine Race Tracks, PASS, SLM, Speedway 95, Touring Series News
photo by Norm Marx
Hermon, ME – After a few weeks off, the Precision JLM Racing team with DJ Shaw behind the wheel traveled to Speedway 95 near Bangor, Maine for the sixth Pro All Stars Series North race of the season. Shaw lead the race early and continued his strong season with a third place finish in front of a packed crowd at the 1/3rd mile track.
“We had a really good car today, but Mike (Rowe) was really good on that long run we had and we couldn’t get back by him at the end,” said Shaw after the race, “There was definitely a lot of side by side racing all day long, we had fun and I’m happy to leave here with a good result.” (more…)
Jun 15, 2015 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Touring Series News, White Mountain
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Waterbury, VT – The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) makes its annual visit to the White Mountain Motorsports Park in N. Woodstock, NH for the WMMP 150 on Saturday, June 20. The event will be the seventh on the Tour’s 13-race schedule and officially mark the halfway point of the 2015 season.
As with ACT’s 23 previous visits to the 1/4-mile oval, many of the weekly White Mountain Late Model stars will take on the Tour’s best. Although there have been close calls, including former White Mountain Champion Travis Fadden’s third-place finish in 2014, the local drivers are still looking for their big breakthrough in a Tour event.
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Jun 15, 2015 | Granite State Series, Touring Series News
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HUDSON, NH – Derek Griffith continued his stunning season, as the 18-year-old driver picked up his second victory of his career in the Gate City Classic at Hudson International Speedway.
Griffith led the field to green, with Matt Frahm matched to his outside. Mike Parks and Cory Casagrande made contact before the field completed one lap, with Parks spinning to the infield. One the restart, Griffith began to flex his muscles, jumping out to a quick lead, before series rookie Nick Boivin spun off turn 4, bringing out the second caution. The field would settle in for a long green flag run, until Casagrande and Jeremy Harclerode made contact on lap 41, erasing Griffith’s sizable lead. The final caution of the race occurred on lap 47, when George Helliwell and Mike O’Sullivan tangled off turn 2, subsequently ending O’Sullivan’s night.
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Jun 15, 2015 | American Canadian Tour, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
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Barre, VT – John Donahue used a late charge to score his 15th career Thunder Road Late Model victory at Harvest Equipment Night on Thursday, June 11.
The Graniteville, VT veteran was fourth on the race’s final restart on lap 37 of the 50-lap event, but shot up to outside to take the lead from Cody Blake with 10 laps remaining. Donahue then held on during the final sprint to take the first Thursday night win of 2015 after starting 17th in the 27-car field.
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Jun 15, 2015 | Maine Race Tracks, PASS, Speedway 95
HIGHT CHEVROLET 150 AT SPEEDWAY 95 IS THIRD PASS NORTH SLM VICTORY THIS SEASON FOR HALL OF FAMER MIKE ROWE
Hermon, Maine — Mike Rowe of Turner padded his lead in the AIM Recycling PASS North Super Late Model championship chase, posting an impressive victory in the Hight Chevrolet 150 at Speedway 95 in Hermon, Maine on Sunday afternoon. It was the third victory of the season for the Petit Motorsports team, winless on the PASS circuit for nine years before Rowe climbed into their equipment.
Reigning champion DJ Shaw of Center Conway, New Hampshire and Turner’s Glen Luce swapped the lead in the event’s early stages while eventual winner Rowe, who started 11th, worked his way into the top five by the 34th lap. Working traffic like the Hall of Famer that he is, Rowe blasted into the race lead less than five laps later.
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