2010 Maine Racing Dreams

Story by Chris Roy

This past Thursday drivers Evan Beaulieu of the NELCAR Racing Series and Tasha Dyer a driver from Wiscasset Raceway, met with the students of the “Life Skills Class”, at Rockland High School.  Evan and Tasha spent the time signing autographs for the kids and answering all their questions, that ranged from “How fast do you go” to “Have you ever crashed”.

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TV TIMES By Lou Modestino(For 2/26-2/28/2010)

TV TIMES
By Lou Modestino(For 2/26-2/28/2010)

Last Sunday saw JJ take his fifth win at Fontana which is the good news. The bad news is who will keep JJ from taking another championship and prevent him from making 2010 as another boring year for the NASCAR Cup Series? Maybe Kevin Harvick if he and his team can just eek out a lit more power and stay on track.

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Multi-Time Champs Team Up For National Race

Multi-Time Champs Team Up For National Race

FARMINGDALE, Maine — With 10 championships between them, Maine racers Ben Rowe and Johnny Clark are teaming up for a winter road trip.

A long winter road trip — to Florida.

Rowe, who has four PASS North Series championships as well as PASS South and PASS National championships on his resume, and Clark will field a joint effort for the inaugural PASS Winterfest 150 at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway on Jan. 29-30. The event is the first of five PASS National Championship races scheduled for the 2010 season.

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The Maine Racing Alliance 2010 – Three Maine Tracks, One Maine Champion

The Maine Racing Alliance 2010
Three Maine Tracks, One Maine Champion

Spud Speedway in Caribou, Speedway 95 in Bangor and The Wiscasset Raceway are working together in 2010 to help build the Maine Racing Alliance. All three tracks have one common goal, to establish Late Model Sportsmen racing in Maine under one set of rules. Doug White, owner of The Wiscasset Raceway says, “It will take several years of working together to fully realize the goals of the Maine Racing Alliance. Our Maine Late Model Sportsmen Championship Racing series for 2010 is a great start!” The Maine Racing Alliance is hoping that more tracks get involved and join Spud, Speedway 95 and Wiscasset in creating a Maine division of racing with a statewide rules package.         .

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Rock Maple Racing suspends 2009 operation of Quad-X ATV Series

Rock Maple Racing suspends 2009 operation of Quad-X ATV Series

       DERRY, NH (Mar. 18, 2009) – You don't have to look very far to see wide-ranging effects from the current economic downturn. Everyone from major automobile manufacturers down to the smallest companies have modified their spending habits.
       Businesses and industries that rely on discretionary income are enduring hard times, and that includes every aspect of the motor sports industry. Retailers of ATVs, motorcycles and snowmobiles have seen their lowest sales numbers in many years.
      
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