Aug 18, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Brooks Clark Wins First Late Model Feature at Thunder Road
Barre, VT – Vermont ACE Hardware night at Thunder Road in Barre, VT on Thursday, August 18 saw two first time winners in victory lane. Brooks Clark of Fayston claimed his first career Late Model feature win. Clark battled hard from the outside pole to edge pole sitter Jamie Aube before the first and only caution of the 50 lap event came on lap ten. Clark and Brett Wheeler broke away from the pack following the restart. The two battled through lapped traffic in the later stages of the event but Wheeler didn’t have enough to get by.
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Aug 18, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, joins the ACT Late Model Tour as he returns to one of his favorite tracks in the northeast for the Q 97.9 ACT 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, August 20. Theriault is coming off an impressive second-place finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last weekend in the AT Racing No. 57 Varney Insurance Ford and returning to the site of his eye-opening podium finish in last month’s TD Bank Oxford 250. Theriault’s run last weekend jumped him two spots in the ACT standings to fifth.
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Aug 18, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News
Nick Sweet: ACT Late Model Tour
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Nick Sweet of Barre, Vt., makes his RPM Motorsports debut as the ACT Late Model Tour competes in the Q 97.9 ACT 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, August 20. Sweet, the reigning Thunder Road International Speedbowl track champion and 2008 ACT Rookie of the Year, will be driving for his third team in 2011. He enters the week on a hot streak of sorts at Oxford after finishing second in this year’s TD Bank Oxford 250 as the runner-up to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch.
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Aug 18, 2011 | Maine Racing News, Speedway 95
CHELSEA YOUNG AND JIM CARR WIN FEATURES AND SERIES AT 95
Chelsea Young of Winterport took the lead from Becky Elston of Carmel on the 18th lap of the 25 lap Ladies 3rd series race of the season feature Wednesday night at Speedway 95 and went on to win the event and the overall points title in the three race series. Elston finished second in the feature with Danielle Beal of Hampden in third. Fourth went to Nicole Smith of Bangor and Amy Houde of Howland finished fifth. Official series results are; 1. Chelsea Young, Winterport 2. Danielle Beal, Hampden 3. Becky Elston, Carmel, 4. Amy Houde, Howland 5. Nicole Smith, Bangor 6. Kayla Allen, Bucksport.
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Aug 18, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News
Brian Hoar: ACT Late Model Tour
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., looks to make it two ACT Late Model Tour victories in a row when the Tour heads to the Q 97.9 ACT 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, August 20. Hoar has five wins this season in his pursuit of his record eighth career ACT championship after winning the inaugural ACT All-Star Challenge at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last weekend. Hoar has never won at Oxford, though he he has not finished outside the Top-5 in two starts at the track this season in the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge.
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Aug 17, 2011 | Karting News, Maine Racing News, RKS
Story by Chris Roy
Kassidy Burton, travels every weekend from her home in Wiscasset, ME to Richmond Karting Speedway (RKS) so she can race her number 12 race kart. One thing that is very interesting about this little driver…… she is only 4 years old!!!
She got her idea to go racing when she went to watch a friend race. “Back in June when I saw my friend Connor Wenners race, I decided that I wanted to try too” Kassidy stated.
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