Jun 16, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (June 15, 2013) – A wicked spill on Lap 3 cost Shane Narbonne an opportunity to defend his Loudon Classic title from 2011. But the native of Tyngsboro, Mass., made sure he wouldn’t make that mistake again, cruising to his third-career Middleweight Grand Prix championship in the 90th annual Loudon Classic.
“It feels good, especially with this being the 90th,” said Narbonne, who also won the title in 2009. “It was a battle for a while there and then I kind of pulled ahead for a while. It got close at the end, but I was comfortable.
“This race is always a challenge with some of the best riders we have going at it.”
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Jun 14, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (June 14, 2013) – Overcast skies gave way to a beautiful afternoon, just in time to cast rays of sunshine across the Magic Mile during first day of the 90th annual Loudon Classic motorcycle weekend.
Elite riders from the Loudon Road Race Series (LRRS) and Side Car Racers Association (SCRA), as well as amateur riders battled it out around the 1.6-mile road course over nine races, concluding with the exhilarating Motard race, an eight-lap sprint in which competitors battle on a combination of the asphalt road course, as well as areas of the track that includes gravel, grass and several high-flying jumps.
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Jun 14, 2013 | Maine Racing News
Brad Keselowski Racing: Austin Theriault
Battle At Berlin 251 Race Preview
THE STORY
FORT KENT, Maine – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, is back in the seat for Brad Keselowski Racing at the Battle At Berlin 251 at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich., on Saturday, June 15. Theriault made his debut on the flat .438-mile oval last season in the 251-lap main event, finishing 13th in the CRA Super Series sanctioned event. The driver of the BKR No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Ford Fusion is looking forward to continuing his strong run this season in the BKR Fords while competing in one of the biggest races of the first half of the 2013 season. The team practiced and qualified for a 75-lap event at Berlin two weeks ago before the race itself was rained out, but Theriault has not finished outside of the Top-10 in seven consecutive Super Late Model races dating back to last season – including a sixth-place effort at Gresham Motorsports Park in the Southern Super Series Racing Radios 125 in April – and expects to turn in another strong run this weekend.
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Jun 13, 2013 | Canada, Maine Racing News
Saturday is Kids Night!
It happens just once a year and this Saturday Speedway 660 is proud to present Re/Max Kids Night in the Geary Woods. Kids of all ages will enjoy racing in five exciting divisions and fans 12 and under will go out on the track at intermission for an incredible candy scramble.
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Jun 12, 2013 | Granite State Series, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
story by Chris Roy
This race season, Casey Call from Pembroke, NH has made the move from racing karts and quarter midgets to racing Bandoleros in the Gifford’s Ice Cream Bandolero Series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS).
The first step for most race car drivers is racing in karts, and according to Casey: “When I was 4 ½, my dad bought me my first Quarter Midget and we started racing it at Route 106 Race Park every weekend. It was a big learning curve for me but I loved every minute of it. In our first year we won seven times and I won the track championship! Since then, I have moved up the karting ranks and have won a total of five Championships between two tracks and was also awarded with Driver of the Year at Twin State Speedway last year!”
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Jun 12, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – After Sunday’s twilight event at Barre’s Thunder Road, the championship point standings are as tight as ever across all divisions heading into Harvest Equipment night at Thunder Road this Sunday, June 16.
The King of the Road title fight remains close in the Late Model division with three points separating the top five in the overall standings. Three former Late Model Champions top the standings, with Dave Pembroke and Jean-Paul Cyr tied for the lead, and reigning King of the Road Nick Sweet just two points behind in third. Behind Sweet is another tie between young talents Derrick O’Donnell and Cody Blake, who sit just three points out of the lead.
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