Brian Hoar (37VT) and Wayne Helliwell, Jr. (27NH) fight for the win in the Merchants Bank 150 at Thunder Road on Sunday, April 29.
Waterbury, VT – Eight-time ACT Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, VT has sent a strong message for his title defense, notching wins in the first two ACT events of the season. But perhaps the stronger message has been sent not by Hoar, but by Wayne Helliwell Jr. of Dover, NH who rides second overall in the series.
Helliwell, the four-time Lee USA Champ, has finished second in each of the opening two events. In the season opener at Lee USA Speedway, he looked to have the car to beat and launched an assault on the back bumper of Hoar for the last ten laps at the track he calls home. More impressively, the Bruce Bernhardt-owned team came to Thunder Road, a track where they had typically struggled, and had the crowd on their feet with yet another late race assault of the eight-time Champion. The cheers paused momentarily with two laps to go after contact from Helliwell, hungry for his first ACT Tour win, had Hoar sideways out of turn four. A classy lift allowed Hoar to gather it back up and head to his first ever Merchants Bank 150 win. (more…)
I would like to say thank you for all the emails and phone calls of excitement and encouragement of our opening day. I have recieved so many emails and text messages from so many people saying how wonderful opening day was. Thank you for all your support and I look forward to a great season.
~Track Manager – Roger Collins
NEXT RACE THIS SUNDAY MAY 6TH
GATES OPEN AT 8AM (more…)
The long awaited PASS North super late model season opener at Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway gets the green this Saturday May 5th, and if the early entry list is any indication the Southern Maine Motors.com 150 is shaping up to be a barn burner.
As of Monday May 1st the pre entry list boasts thirty of the fastest full fender short track racers in the United States and Eastern Canada. The talent that has made PASS a “must see” attraction are back; Johnny Clark, Lonnie Sommerville, Ben and Mike Rowe, Cassius Clark, Kelly Moore, Scott Mulkern , Travis Bemjamin, Gary Smith, Derek Ramstrom, DJ Shaw – all past PASS feature winners and names that could stage a race amongst themselves and keep any crowd on the edge of their seat. (more…)
Excitement Builds for Inaugural VT State Championship
Phil Scott celebrates a Thunder Road feature win during the 2011 season. (Photo by Leif Tillotson)
Barre, VT – The first entry for the recently announced Vermont State Late Model Championship series has been received from Phil Scott, the Lt. Governor of Vermont from Berlin. The all-time win list leader at Barre’s Thunder Road and multi-time Champion is an early favorite to win the Vermont State Championship Series. (more…)
BLACK AND BLUE: Doiron Ready For New Season
Consistency Will Be Key In 2012 PASS North Series Run
A short mid-season vacation in 2011 may turn out to be key to the 2012 fortunes of Joey Doiron Racing.
Joey Doiron returned from a two-week hiatus last season to turn in his most impressive performances of the entire year, an effort that Doiron believes energized the team and could serve as a springboard for his current PASS North Series effort. That season starts on Saturday, May 5, with the SouthernMaineMotors.com 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.
Doiron is as excited as he’s been for any season opener in his three-year Super Late Model career. (more…)
Brian Hoar (37VT) and Wayne Helliwell, Jr. (27NH) fight for the win in the Merchants Bank 150 at Thunder Road on Sunday, April 29. 
A short mid-season vacation in 2011 may turn out to be key to the 2012 fortunes of Joey Doiron Racing.