Montmagny, QC – Sophomore driver Alex Labbé of St-Albert, QC earned his first career Série ACT Castrol win in a 250 lap event at Autodrome Montmagny in Montmagny, QC on Saturday, July 2. Labbé started ninth in the 22 car field and outran three Série ACT Castrol Champions (Donald Theetge, Karl Allard and Patrick Laperle) for the win. The 2010 Rookie of the Year took the lead with 16 laps to go after contact between leader Karl Allard and a lapped car. (more…)
Ben Rowe scores PASS North Firecracker 150 win
First PASS North checker of 2011 for the four time PASS North Champion
Canaan NH (7/3) Ben Rowe reclaimed the lead from Richie Dearborn on lap 116 of Saturday night’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Firecracker 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway and raced on for his first PASS North win of the season. Alex Gingras and Scott Dragon both earned career best finishes, crossing under the checkers in second and third. (more…)
Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
Canaan Fair Speedway
VIDEO OF LONNIE SOMMERVILLE AT CANAAN FAIR SPEEDWAY:
CANAAN, N.H. – Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, rallied for a hard-fought fifth-place finish in the PASS North Series Firecracker 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., on Saturday, July 2. Sommerville took the lead briefly in the event’s early going after starting fourth, but a broken control arm before the halfway mark significantly hindered the handling on the No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders/Community Pharmacies Chevrolet. Sommerville, who posted his third Top-5 in five races this season in the Mulkern Racing entry, led a total of nine laps on the night. He never dropped lower than sixth in the running order and used a couple of late restarts to crack the Top-5 in his first-ever visit to Canaan. (more…)
Ryan Blaney Claims PASS South “Firecracker 150” Victory at Ace
First PASS South Repeat Winner of 2011
The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Models continued their 2011 season during the Fourth of July weekend on Friday, July 1st, with the Firecracker 150 event at Ace Speedway, located in Altamahaw, North Carolina. Series points leader Jay Fogleman looked like he was going to pad his points lead by winning the event, but at the checkered flag, it was Ryan Blaney earning his second win of the season, the only driver to enter victory lane twice in the 2011 highly-competitive Super Late Model series. (more…)
Winchester, NH. – Defending Valenti Modified Racing Series Champion
Jon McKennedy of E. Chelmsford, MA., took the lead on lap 64 and went on to
win the 8th annual “Firecracker 100” Saturday night, July 2, at Monadnock
Speedway, Winchester, NH. The win was McKennedy’s first of the season,
his first at Monadnock, and his 12thcareer victory with the series.
McKennedy also becomes a guaranteed starter for the prestigious “Ricky’s Race
For Kids,” July 16, at Canaan Fair Speedway, Canaan, NH. That race carries a
$36,500 purse. (more…)
Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
Canaan Fair Speedway Race Report
CANAAN, N.H. – Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, rallied for a hard-fought fifth-place finish in the PASS North Series Firecracker 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., on Saturday, July 2. Sommerville took the lead briefly in the event’s early going after starting fourth, but a broken control arm before the halfway mark significantly hindered the handling on the No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders/Community Pharmacies Chevrolet. Sommerville, who posted his third Top-5 in five races this season in the Mulkern Racing entry, led a total of nine laps on the night. He never dropped lower than sixth in the running order and used a couple of late restarts to crack the Top-5 in his first-ever visit to Canaan. (more…)
