Aug 3, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Beech Ridge, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
CRAZY HORSE RACING: A ‘New’ Arrival On ACT Tour
SOUTH PARIS, Maine – When Austin Theriault won the ACT Late Model Tour 150 last Saturday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, it wasn’t just the young driver’s first career victory in the series.
The win also marked the first ACT Late Model Tour victory for the new 2012 chassis unveiled by Crazy Horse Racing over the winter.
“I’ve got a lot of people to thank. This was a long time coming,” Theriault said after winning on Saturday night. “Crazy Horse Racing, my parents, Pelletier Ford, the fans for coming out and cheering me even when we missed it.”
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Aug 3, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Joey Doiron Racing: PASS North Series
Seekonk Speedway Race Preview
THE FACTS
Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, looks for his second PASS North Series win of the season in the PASS 150 at Seekonk Speedway in Seekonk, Mass., on Saturday, August 4. Doiron has always considered Seekonk Speedway one of his favorite stops on the PASS circuit, likening it to Star Speedway – another of his favorite tracks where he has encountered success over the last couple of seasons. The No. 73 JBJ Machine/Scarborough Downs Chevrolet is looking to rebound from a recent run of bad luck to get back into the championship picture.
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Aug 3, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Gonyaw, Smith Take Feature Victories
Barre, VT – Shelburne’s Dennis Demers showed his son, and the rest of the Late Model field, how it was done on WDEV/WLVB/Calkins night at Thunder Road on Thursday, August 2. Demers was chased by late charging Nick Sweet and South Barre’s Mike “Beatle” Bailey to the checkers.
Jeffersonville’s Joey Becker took the early lead from pole-sitter Bailey, but it only took until lap 12 for Bailey to find his groove in the outside lane and reclaim the lead. Bailey ran from the field while father-son duo Dennis and Trampas Demers stormed through the field nose to tail from mid-pack. By lap 20 the pair had reached second and third and engaged in a no-holds-barred family duel for the second position. Father Dennis Demers on the high side, son Trampas below, they battled it out until lap 30 when Dennis finally surged ahead. Seven laps later he slipped underneath Bailey for the lead, while point-leader Nick Sweet methodically picked off the top five one by one in the last ten laps of the race. Sweet broke up the family affair by claiming second in the closing laps, leaving Bailey to third place, Trampas Demers to fourth, and Brooks Clark to round out the top five. Three-time Champion Phil Scott finished sixth, and Becker, Chip Grenier, Eric Chase, and Cody Blake rounded out the top ten.
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Aug 3, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Sanair Turns to Night Racing for First Time Ever
Waterbury, VT – For the first time since July of 2006, American Canadian Tour officials have announced a return to the historic Sanair Super Speedway in St-Pie, QC on Saturday, August 11. To add to the event, the 7/8 mile triangular oval will present the race under the lights for the first time in history.
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Aug 2, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Mulkern Racing: PASS North Series
Lonnie Sommerville Seekonk Race Preview
THE STORY
Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, joins the PASS North Series in its return to Seekonk Speedway in Seekonk, Mass., for the PASS 150 on Saturday, August 4. Sommerville finished fourth in this event a year ago in the No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders/Southern Maine Motors Chevrolet and is looking for a return to form on a track very similar to his home track. The tight, .333-mile Seekonk Speedway layout is akin to Speedway 660 in Geary, New Brunswick, where Sommerville is a two-time Auto Value 250 champion.
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