Sep 12, 2012 | Beech Ridge, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News
John Peters Motorsports: NELCAR Legends Tour
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Preview
John Peters of Westbrook, Maine, will make his Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour debut when the tour heads to Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, for a 50-lap event on Saturday, September 15. The annual extra-distance race is part of the PASS 400 weekend at Beech Ridge, where Peters, 15, became the youngest champion in track history this summer in the entry-level Beetle Bug JV division. The race will be Peters’ only appearance in a Legend car this season, as he takes aim at the series on a regular basis in 2013.
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Sep 11, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – This week, ACT Late Model teams across the northeast held their breath hoping for the call: an invitation to the 4th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 22. No one may have been more satisfied than Vermont teen sensation Emily Packard.
“We were so on edge, I got the call in school today and I’ve been shaking ever since,” said Packard out of breath. “I am so excited about racing up there. We were so happy with the Test ‘N Tune, I’ve been telling my crew ‘We have to go to Loudon’ since the winter,” she finished.
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Sep 10, 2012 | Karting News, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, RKS
Owen Kaffel, made his racing debut this past weekend, competing in the Mainely Motorsports 400 at Richmond Karting Speedway. The fans in the stands and the race teams in the pits cheered as Owen took his first checkered flag of the weekend. Then on Sunday Owen got pack behind the wheel of the #7 kart and won his second straight race.
Now with 2 win under his belt I asked Owen what his plans were to race next season, his response, “PASS Modifieds”. Maybe one day we will see Owen racing with his NASCAR Hero Jeff Gordon.
Sep 10, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – The final Friday night program of weekly racing settled the 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championships at Lee USA Speedway, with 2010 titleist Tommy Tombarello, Jr. returning to championship form and taking the crown in the Benson Lumber and Hardware Small Block Supermodifieds.
Multi-time champ J.R Baril collected top honors in the highly-competitive Late Model Sportsman, Jim Shorey added another championship trophy to his collection in the “Unpredictable” Hobby Stocks, and Jake Rheaume closed out the 2012 season with the Ironman championship honors.
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Sep 10, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Spud Speedway, Touring Series News
Austin Theriault Wins Spud 150
BKR Development Driver Returns Home To Score Victory
CARIBOU, Maine – The home cooking served up at Spud Speedway was just to Austin Theriault’s liking.
Theriault made a triumphant return to the northern Maine short track on Sunday afternoon, winning the track’s season-ending Spud 150 Late Model event for the second time in his career. The 18-year-old ACT Late Model Tour driver and Brad Keselowski Racing development driver first won the event as a 15-year-old in 2009.
“We had a great day up here at Spud,” Theriault said. “It was great to be back at the home track with the home crowd, and see all the people we haven’t seen in a while. I couldn’t be prouder of the whole team. We did a lot of traveling this weekend and they were all tired, but they stuck through and it was good to get them a win. There were quite a few good cars up here.”
Theriault started in the top half of the full Late Model field at Spud, but crew chief Mickey Green made the call for a pit stop early in the race to adjust on an ill-handling race car. Theriault, who sits third in the current ACT Late Model Tour standings, then battled his way back through the field to earn the victory.
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Sep 10, 2012 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
One of the northeast’s most anticipated racing extravaganzas is fast approaching! Thursday September 13th through Sunday September 16th Beech Ridge Motor Speedway hosts PASS 400 weekend presented by Southern Maine Motors.com. It’s an event that will showcase eleven different racing divisions from PASS Super Late Models to the mighty NEMA Midgets.
The action will be fast and furious on Thursday September 13 when the Mid Week Open Series gets the green; Mad Bombers, Outlaws, Stock Fours and Mini Trucks are the stars. There’s 50 laps and $500.00 to win for a 25 car field in each division and these racers are guaranteed to kick of the long weekend of racing in style. First heat is set for 5:45 PM
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