Mar 27, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Lynch Joins Série ACT Castrol as Chief Steward
Waterbury, VT – American Canadian Tour officials have announced the hiring of several new officials across the Série ACT Castrol, Thunder Road, and the American Canadian Tour for the 2013 season.
The overhaul is headlined by the hiring of former Kawartha Speedway (ON) manager Derek Lynch as the Chief Steward of the Série ACT Castrol. Lynch started racing with ACT at just 17 years old in the late 1980s, and had won the Oxford 250 before heading to the NASCAR Busch North Series. His career eventually led him to Charlotte, NC, where he worked in fabrication for Darrell Waltrip racing. In 2000, he married Cait Curley, daughter of long-time Thunder Road promoter Tom Curley, and took over management at Kawartha Speedway. He left Kawartha at the end of last season.
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Mar 26, 2013 | Karting News, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, RKS
The kart racing season is about to get underway and Colby Benjamin can’t wait to see the green flag fly. Though Colby has been busy in the off season, “In the off season I have been ice fishing, playing basketball, target practicing and cub scouts.”
Richmond Karting Speedway (RKS), kicks off their race season May 5th, and the Colby is ready to race. “Oh Yeah! Can’t wait to get on the track again. Hoping to get a few more wins this season and try some new tracks.”
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Mar 24, 2013 | Granite State Series, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
With only a few weeks remaining before the 2013 Granite State Pro Stock Series season opener, the teams are putting the final touches on their new mounts. The first hurdle will be acclimating themselves to the biggest speedway they will be facing this year, as Thompson Speedway holds their first practice session on Saturday, March 30.
This first open practice is the first time many of the competitors will be traveling the high banks of The Big T. Some of the younger competitors will be looking at some of the veterans of the series for advice. Fran Colson, who will be competing in his second season of Granite State competition is a veteran of many New England short tracks, and has a handful of wins at the Northeast CT. oval.
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Mar 24, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – As the American Canadian Tour’s 28th season shifts into full gear, teams prepare for the opening race on April 13/14 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH. After one of the closest point battles in ACT history in 2012, eventual Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. edged out 8-time ACT Champion Brian Hoar with a victory in the season finale, and will look to continue his momentum at the Lee opener in 2013.
Helliwell will be challenged by ACT star Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., who got his start in full-bodied stock cars at Lee USA Speedway. While Helliwell has amassed 8 track championships at Lee USA, he remains in search of his first ACT victory at his home track. Polewarczyk won the opener at Lee in 2008.
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Mar 20, 2013 | Maine Racing News
Reid Lanpher
Dirty Dozen Cup: Reid Lanpher
Southern Nat’l Motorsports Park Race Report
KENLY, N.C. – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, posted his first career Top-5 finish for JR Motorsports on Saturday, March 16, when he finished fifth in the second of two Dirty Dozen Cup 100s at Southern National Motorsports Park in Kenly, N.C. Lanpher, 14, finished sixth in the first 100-lap Late Model Stock event in just his second effort in the No. 8 JRM Chevrolet fielded by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. After qualifying ninth – his best time-trialing effort to date – Lanpher used tire management strategy to gain positions in the second half of the green-to-checkered opening 100-lap race. He finished sixth, one spot behind JRM teammate and reigning NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Motor Mile Speedway champion Josh Berry, for his first career Top-10 finish with the team. Lanpher redrew for the outside pole to start the second 100-lap race, but a tight race car – and another caution-free event – made track position difficult to attain. He settled in to finish a strong fifth.
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Mar 20, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Lee Speedway, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News
story by Christopher Roy
Dave Farrington has spent the racing off season studying, “I am in my final semester of college at the University of Maine in Orono, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. On the weekends, it’s straight home to work on the race cars.”
The 2013 race season is about to get underway as the race teams get ready for the first green flag of the season. “As of right now, we know we will be going to Lee for the ACT event and then going to Oxford for the PASS event. Depending on the results from those two races may set the rest of schedule for 2013. We have plenty of options with two different cars now to run some weekly events at tracks like Oxford, BRMS, Wiscasset, and maybe a few events at Thompson.”
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