Aug 10, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
Williams Takes Tiger Win and Dudley Scores Again on WDEV/Calkins Night
Barre, VT – Eric Chase, the Milton, VT helicopter pilot, got a chance to beam in victory lane after 14 years of trying by wiring the Late Model field from the outside pole on WDEV/Calkins Night at Thunder Road on Thursday, August 8.
Chase was put to the test over the second half of the 50-lap feature by veteran Dave Whitcomb who spent many a lap alongside his Gary Clay Builders No. 40. Whitcomb tucked inside to play a few laps of defense when teenager Emily Packard arrived to contest the top positions. Whitcomb made a final bid on the outside in the final three laps and Packard nosed underneath him to finish 2nd on the final circuit.
Jason Corliss was a close 4th, followed by fast-closing Scott Payea. Positions 6-10 went to Jamie Fisher, Trampas Demers, Joey M Laquerre, Mike Bailey and Derrick O’Donnell.
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Aug 10, 2013 | PASS
WENATCHEE, WA (August 8) – The best short track racers from across the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada will be making their way to Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval (WVSO) this weekend for the final leg of the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Northwest Triple Crown. The Wenatchee Valley 300 will see some of the best Super Late Model drivers in North America compete for 300 green flag laps this Saturday night in one of Central Washington’s richest events of the season. The race winner could potentially take home more than $10,000 for their efforts.
The Wenatchee Valley 300 will take its place in a line of prestigious short track events sanctioned by the PASS in 2013 which includes the Easter Bunny 150 at North Carolina’s Hickory Motor Speedway, the Autobus La Quebecoise Triple Crown at Quebec’s Autodrome Chaudiere, and the 40th running of the TD Bank 250 at Maine’s Oxford Plains Speedway, the richest and most famous short track event in motorsports. The Wenatchee Valley 300 will cap off an exciting trio of PASS Super Late Model races held at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval this year, the first two being won by Garrett Evans and Shane Mitchell.
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Aug 10, 2013 | Canada, Pro Stock Tour
(Halifax, NS, August 8, 2013) The Atlantic Cat 250, Halifax’s most anticipated stock car racing weekend of the season, returns to Scotia Speedworld this Friday and Saturday for two days of full throttle excitement! The two day event will attract over 5000 fans and the best stock car drivers from the Maritimes and abroad. Friday night the Dartmouth Dodge Sportsman will kick things off as they go head to head on the 3/10th mile oval for 100 laps in the Dartmouth Dodge 100. On Saturday race fans will see the stars of the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour battle for 250 grueling laps in the weekend’s main feature, the Atlantic Cat 250, which has a posted purse of over $50,000.00! Gates open at 5:00 PM on Friday, qualifying for the Dartmouth Dodge 100 will begin at 7:30 PM. Gates open at 2:00 PM on Saturday with Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials for the 14th Annual Atlantic CAT 250 at 4:10 PM.
The Dartmouth Dodge Sportsman will take centre stage on Friday night for the Dartmouth Dodge Sportsman 100. The race, which is a part of the three-race Maritime Sportsman Challenge, is expected to draw over 30 cars from Atlantic Canada. Defending Dartmouth Dodge Sportsman Series champion Aaron Boutilier (Porter’s Lake, NS) leads the Maritime Sportsman Challenge standings over defending Dartmouth Dodge Sportsman 100 winner Colby Smith (Cape Sable Island, NS) and Shawn McLean (Havelock, NB). They will all have to hold off Scotia Speedworld regulars who will be defending their home turf on Friday including point leader Darren Wallage (Oakfield, NS), Harry Ross White (Noel Road, NS) and last week’s first time main feature winner Wade Slauenwhite (Beaverbank, NS). Action on Friday also includes the Coors Light Trucks and the ACE Lumbermart Thunder and Lightning divisions with the green flag set to drop at 7:30pm.
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Aug 8, 2013 | Maine Racing News, PASS
PASS North Series: Austin Theriault
Autodrome Chaudiere Race Report
VALLEE-JONCTION, Que. – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished a disappointing 19th in the PASS North Series Budweiser 150 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Que., on Tuesday, August 6. Theriault was battling for the lead in the Mulkern Racing No. 18 Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep Dodge with less than five laps remaining when he was turned on the frontstretch just past the start-finish line. Theriault had used a conservative tire strategy to run inside the Top-6 all night long, and he was in position to challenge race winner Kyle Busch on a late-race restart when he was sent through the infield grass after contact.
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: Mulkern Racing No. 18 Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep Dodge
CREW CHIEF: Johnny Killen, Mooresville, N.C.
WHAT: PASS North Series Budweiser 150
WHERE: Autodrome Chaudiere, Vallee-Jonction, Que. (.25-mile oval)
STARTED: 5th
FINISHED: 19th
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Aug 8, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS
PASS To Crown Champions; Lightening Fast Winged Sprints To Tackle Southern National Motorsports Park
CHARLOTTE, NC (August 7) – Pro All Stars Series (PASS) President Tom Mayberry is pleased to announce that a deal has been finalized to include the Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Cars at this year’s season ending Mason Dixon Meltdown at Southern National Motorsports Park in Kenly, NC. The 8th Annual Mason Dixon Meltdown will be held November 22-23 and will serve as one of the biggest PASS races of the year. Several champions will be crowned at the Meltdown including the PASS National Super Late Model Champion, the PASS South Super Late Model Champion, and the PASS Pro Late Model Champion. In addition to 200 green flag laps of PASS Super Late Model racing, the Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Cars will bring an added element of speed and excitement to an already action packed weekend.
“The Mason Dixon Meltdown has always been exciting because it brings the best Super Late Model racers from the North and South together for one final time as we crown the PASS National and PASS South Champions,” said PASS President Tom Mayberry. “The addition of the Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Cars will be great. It will give our fans the chance to not only see Winged Sprint Cars race on asphalt, but it will also give them a glimpse of some of the fastest cars to race on short tracks period. These guys have been setting track records everywhere they go and I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see them do the same at Southern National.”
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Aug 7, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
ACT Late Model Tour: Brian Hoar
Sanair Super Speedway Race Report
ST. PIE, Quebec – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., finished fifth in the ACT Late Model Tour Sanair 150 at Sanair Super Speedway in St. Pie, Que., on Saturday, August 3. Hoar started on the outside of the front row and led a total of 28 laps in the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger, but an aggressive setup and transmission woes combined to cost him valuable track position in the first half of the event. Following a mandatory mid-race pit stop, Hoar’s car came back to life – though heavy rains conspired to cut the event short five laps from the finish and halt his march back toward the front of the field.
WHO: Brian Hoar, Williston, Vt.
TEAM: RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger
CREW CHIEF: Rick Paya, Georgia, Vt.
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Sanair 150
WHERE: Sanair Super Speedway, St. Pie, Que. (.875-mile oval)
STARTED: 2nd
FINISHED: 5th
NEXT RACE: August 17, Beech Ridge 150, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
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