Mar 6, 2012 | Granite State Series, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Canaan NH. – As the 2012 race season nears, the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) driver roster continues to grow. ‘We are very excited with the support we are receiving from the race teams” stated GSPSS president Mike Parks. As of today we have 24 teams registered and we believe there are still more to come. Multi time Track Champions Babe Branscombe and Barry Gray head the list of recent registered teams, along with Modified Racing Series stand out Les Hinckley making his return to full fendered racing. Strong competitors from all over New England have stated intent to follow the tour this season. Drivers like: Mike O Sullivan, Fran Colson, Mike Parks, Chris Wilk, and Bryon Baker along with veterans like Dennis Maxfield, Richie Eaton, Jake Vanada and Steve Gauthier. With this strong support the 2012 GSPSS season has nothing but promise. We continue to receive calls all the time regarding the upcoming season, and we are still working on securing more race dates. The Goal of the GSPSS was to have 12 events but at this point its looking like it will end up around 8, which is fantastic for the inaugural season. The series kicks off with the David’s House 106 on May 26th at Winchester NH’s Monadnock Speedway with an expected purse exceeding $15,000 and a full field of the region’s best Pro Stock teams in action! You can find more information at www.gspss.net
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Mar 5, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Austin Theriault: The Rattler 250
South Alabama Speedway Race Report
KINSTON, Ala. – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished seventh in the caution-filled Rattler 250 at South Alabama Speedway in Kinston, Ala., on Sunday, March 4. Theriault started 11th in the Brad Keselowski Racing No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Dodge after rain washed out all on-track activity on Saturday, and then he patiently avoided a slew of wrecks around him to post his best career Super Late Model finish. Theriault had worked into the Top-10 during the first half of the event, before another competitor’s car spun into him and hurt the left rear of the No. 29. The team made several pit stops to try and repair the handling on Theriault’s car, using some tire strategy en route to the seventh-place finish at the checkered flag.
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: BKR No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Dodge
CREW CHIEF: Gary Crooks, Mooresville, N.C.
WHAT: The Rattler 250
WHERE: South Alabama Speedway, Kinston, Ala. (.400-mile banked oval)
STARTED: 11th
FINISHED: 7th
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Mar 3, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
2011 Série ACT Castrol season. Photo by Stephane Lazare.
Waterbury, VT – American Canadian Tour veteran Claude Leclerc of Lanoraie, Quebec has filed a full season entry for the 2012 Série ACT Castrol season. Leclerc is coming off an 8th place effort on the series in 2011. It was his fifth straight top ten in the final standings.
Leclerc began competing on the former NASCAR North Tour during its inaugural 1979 season. He competed full-time in each of the Tour’s seven seasons through 1985, and finished in the top ten six times, including third in the 1981 standings. He continued to race full-time with the ACT Tour from its inception in 1986 through its final Pro Stock season in 1995. From 1979 through 1995, Leclerc had the most starts of any driver on the NASCAR North/ACT Tour with 397. He finished in the top ten in the standings in 13 of the 17 seasons, and earned six career wins.
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Mar 3, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Snocross, Touring Series News
Long awaited return to Maine on tap for East Coast Snocross series,
Presented by AMSOIL and Woody’s Traction
CHESHIRE, Conn. – It’s no secret that Maine has some of the finest snowmobile trails in the country, and is also home to thousands of race fans with numerous active paved ovals in the state.
Now, after a five-year absence, all of those sled-loving powersports and racing enthusiasts have reason to cheer. Championship snowmobile racing finally makes a long-awaited return to the Pine Tree state, as East Coast Snocross (ECS) invades Carrabassett Valley on Saturday and Sunday, March 10-11, at the Sugarloaf Regional Airport.
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Feb 29, 2012 | PASS, Touring Series News
Many New Faces Set To Challenge Standard Bearers For PASS South Title in 2012
CHARLOTTE, NC (February 29) – To say that fans and drivers alike are anticipating the 2012 Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Model season would be a vast understatement. Defending PASS South Champion Ryan Blaney moves up to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series and will also debut in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Blaney will continue to run a limited PASS South schedule, but that leaves the field wide open to returning veterans and bright-eyed newcomers for the championship.
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Feb 29, 2012 | NASCAR K&N Series, Touring Series News
Gomez Plans Ambitious Race Schedule in 2012 and a Run at the NASCAR K&N Pro Series Championship
Jonathon Gomez
TWIN FALLS, IDAHO (February 29, 2012)- Jonathon Gomez, driver of the #22 Approved Memory/Century Boatland Chevrolet in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series, started last season with a runner-up finish at Phoenix. He is hoping to improve by one spot as he kicks off his 2012 campaign at the famed desert oval in the Talking Stick Resorts “50” Saturday night.
Gomez took much of last season off to concentrate on business and allow the team to regroup and prepare race cars for a championship effort this season.
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