Jun 7, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
St-Croix, QC – The Série ACT event at St-Croix, QC’s Riverside Speedway scheduled for Saturday, June 8 has been postponed due to rain. The makeup date is set for Sunday, June 9 with a post time of 1:00pm.
After rainouts at Autodrome Montmagny and Autodrome St. Eustache, this marks the third time in a row the Série ACT opening event has been postponed due to rain. The 2013 season will attempt to open once again on Sunday with a more promising forecast.
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Jun 6, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Center Conway, NH – After three weeks off, DJ Shaw and the Precision JLM team will return to competition this weekend at Speedway 660 in New Brunswick, Canada for the fourth race of the PASS North Series season. Caught up in a wreck at Chaudiere Autodrome last time out, the team is looking forward to going north of the international border once again to Speedway 660, a track that DJ Shaw enjoys racing at.
“We usually run pretty good at Speedway 660,“ Shaw said of this weekend’s race, “I like racing there and as long as we can keep the fenders on it this weekend we should have a shot to win.”
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Jun 6, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Berwick, ME – It’s been three weeks since the PASS North Series was last on the track, and Joey Doiron with the 73 Wild Willy’s Burgers team have been anxious to get back on the track after one of the strongest starts in the Series history. After his improbable second place effort last time out at Chaudiere Autodrome, the team holds a 26 point lead over second place and defending PASS North champion, Travis Benjamin. This weekend the team will head north of the border once again to Speedway 660, a track Doiron has been looking forward to returning too.
“We had a great car there last year at 660,” said Doiron of the upcoming event, “We just had a few mechanical failures that set us back, so I’m looking forward to getting back up there and having another solid run.”
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Jun 6, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – VP Racing Fuels has added a $1,000 pole qualifier award bonus to the highest paying American Canadian Tour stock car race of the summer: the Inaugural ACT International 500 at Airborne Speedway on July 20/21.
The ACT competitor who qualifies in the top position for the first of three 100-lap segments for the Late Models will earn the $1,000 bonus. The marquee summer event already boasts a purse of over $140,000, with a guaranteed $25,000 going to the winner.
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Jun 6, 2013 | PASS
CHARLOTTE, NC (June 5) – As the halfway point of the 16 race season nears for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Models, veterans Jay Fogleman and Kyle Grissom are once again duking it out for the series championship. But heading into Saturday night’s 150 lapper at Virginia’s South Boston Speedway, a new group of contenders has emerged this year looking to challenge for wins. A stellar contingent of rookies has impressed this year in the PASS South Super Late Model division which includes Brandon Lynn, Spencer Davis, Cole Timm, Tate Fogleman, and Karl Weber. For Lynn, Davis, and Timm, their paths to the PASS South Series might have differed greatly, but the goals are all the same.
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Jun 6, 2013 | PASS
Get Ready for the PASS 150!
Speedway 660 rolls out the red carpet for the Pro All Star Series on Saturday night. Qualifying for the PASS 150 begins at 7PM. Over twenty race teams from the PASS roster are expected to make the trip north this weekend. Several drivers from the Maritime Parts for Trucks Tour and the Re/Max Group Four Realty Pro Stock division are also expected to enter the race.
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