May 12, 2011 | NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
Star Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, looks for a second straight Top-5 finish to open the PASS North Series season in the Star 150 at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., on Saturday, May 14. Sommerville, who has joined Mulkern Racing to compete full-time in the series for the first time, comes off a strong fourth-place effort in his debut at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway two weeks ago. Sommerville has never competed at Star Speedway, though his home track of Speedway 660 in Geary, N.B., is very similar in size and layout.
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May 12, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News
Brian Hoar: ACT Late Model Tour
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., heads in as the ACT Late Model Tour championship leader when the series runs The Big Jab 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, May 15. Hoar has a win and two Top-5 finishes to start the season as he searches for a third straight ACT title and record eighth championship overall. Despite a runner-up effort in last year’s non-point TD Bank Oxford 250, Hoar has yet to win at Oxford – where the series will run twice in just over a month’s time.
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May 11, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., looks to gain ground on the ACT Late Model Tour championship leaders when the series runs The Big Jab 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, May 15. The all-time ACT leader in starts has been plagued by power steering issues through the first two events of the season, but the veteran driver has forged ahead to sit seventh in the overall standings. This will mark the third straight event in which Dragon will compete for Avery Motorsports.
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May 11, 2011 | NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Joey Doiron: PASS North Series
Star Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Joey Doiron looks to rebound from a disappointing start to the 2011 season when the PASS North Series competes in the Star 150 at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., on Saturday, May 14. The 2010 PASS Rookie of the Year won his one and only career start at the newly-resurrected Star Speedway, having taken the checkered flag in an open competition Late Model race at the track in 2008. This marks his first start in a Super Late Model on the flat quarter-mile track.
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May 9, 2011 | PASS, Touring Series News
Naples ME (5/10) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North super late models begin a two week run of bull ring racing on Saturday May 14 when the the series returns to the Weber family’s Star Speedway/ for 150 green flag laps. The racing is fast and close at the Epping New Hampshire oval, and the venerable quarter mile will deliver an exciting, action packed feature from green to checkers.
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May 8, 2011 | PASS, Touring Series News
FIve races, five different faces in PASS South super late model winners circle
The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Models traveled to Virginia’s South Boston Speedway on Saturday night and after 150 green flag laps Andy Loden drove to victory lane to earn his first win of the 2011 racing season.
24 drivers hit the track under the sunny skies and Preston Peltier made it two fast times in a row with a 15.049-second lap. Cale Gale, Loden, Philip Morris, Daniel Hemric, Jody Lavender, Justin Wakefield, Stephen Nasse, Ryan Blaney and David Quackenbush rounded out the top-10 qualifiers.
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