Aug 6, 2016 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Unity Raceway
This weekend, Unity Raceway prepares for another exciting Sunday of competition. Having four different winners in four Late Model Races, with last week being a first career win in the division. Kris Matchett was victorious, picking up his first win in his second full season of Late Models. Since making the jump, he’s raced the car at Wiscassett and Speedway 95 as well as Unity, and was glad that the win came at his home track that started it all. It
… was also more honorable that it came on the most competitive weekly LMS race Unity has seen in the last couple years. Other victors this season are John Kalel, last years champion, Ben Erskine, and Nick Hinkley. Biting at their heals is Ryan Robinson though, with three, third place finishes thus far, can he make it five for five this Sunday.
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Aug 4, 2016 | GSPSS, Maine Racing News, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
WALPOLE, N.H. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) stop at Riverhead Raceway originally scheduled for Saturday July 30 will not be rescheduled.
The series stopped at the 1/4 mile bullring this past Saturday night July 30 and even though weather forecasts called for no rain throughout the entire week, Mother Nature hit hard with rain falling and forcing the cancellation of the nights action.
Though originally the series was going to return, the track and series officials decided it would be best to not — but also decided that the race will become an annual event for the future.
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Aug 3, 2016 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS
NAPLES, ME (August 3) – Since it’s inception in 1974, the HP Hood Oxford 250 has been an event that can make\ a racecar driver’s career. Annually, one of the better attended races in asphalt short track racing, the HP Hood Oxford 250 will once again take place on August 26-28 at the legendary Oxford Plains Speedway, paying $25,000 to the winner. With additional lap leader bonus money also on the line, this year’s HP Hood Oxford 250 winner could potentially take home up to $50,000.
With his win in the inaugural event, Joey Kourafas cemented his name in the record books. Short track legend and South Carolina racer, Butch Lindley, became the first driver outside of New England to win when he took the checkered flag in 1976. And the race took on international significance when Ontario’s Don Biederman claimed the win just one year later. But, the HP Hood Oxford 250, has also seen surprise winners like Scott Robbins, Jeramie Whorff, and Roger Brown. For many, that was the case when Turner, ME’s Glen Luce dominated to take the win last year. But, Luce has quietly shown himself to be one of the strongest drivers in the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Model division over the last couple of years. And Luce has definitely noticed a difference since winning one of short track racing’s most challenging events.
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Aug 3, 2016 | American Canadian Tour, Beech Ridge, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – The chase for the 2016 American Canadian Tour (ACT) Championship heads to the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine this Saturday for event number ten (10) of the 2016 season. Following the 150-lap White Mountain Motorsports Park event, there are only fourteen (14) points separating the current point leader. Nick Sweet, (Barre, VT), from Scott Payea, (Milton, VT), and Rowley, Massachusetts’ Eddie MacDonald sits in third, just nineteen points (19) points behind Payea. It will be the first of two events to be held in 2016 at the third mile coastal speed-plant, one of the favorite stops for teams on the ACT US series. [The ACT Fall Foliage 200 will join the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) on September 17 & 18 for the annual PASS 300 event at the 1/3 mile.]
In the previous nine events when the ACT teams have visited Beech Ridge there has never been a repeat winner. Two of the current top three in points, Sweet and MacDonald, each have a win at the ‘Ridge during that time.
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Aug 3, 2016 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – The most highly-anticipated race of the year comes to Lee USA Speedway this Friday night, August 5, with the annual running of the “Ollie Silva Memorial Classic” for the International Supermodified Association (ISMA) showcasing the world’s fastest short-track racing machines in lightning-fast action at “New Hampshire’s Center of Speed”.
Fresh off a dominating performance last weekend that saw him collect the checkers in both the preliminary “Fast 40” on Friday night and the tradition-rich Hy-Miler Nationals 100 last Saturday night at the famed Sandusky Speedway in Ohio, Dave Shullick, Jr. has to be counted among the favorites in the Ollie Silva Memorial race.
Ohioan Shullick been hot on the ISMA trail since June, winning three out of four races, and he’s the defending Ollie Silva Memorial champion as well. Shullick’s win last August was his second at Lee, having already visited victory lane in the 2008 edition of the race.
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Aug 3, 2016 | GSPSS, Maine Racing News, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
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WALPOLE, N.H. – For the second time in 2016, the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) is headed for Claremont Speedway.
This Friday, the GSPSS kicks-off the month of August at the 1/3 mile Claremont oval with the running of the Bond Auto 100 under the lights in New Hampshire.
Back in June, fans were left on the edge of their seats when Jeremy Davis, DJ Shaw and Derek Griffith battled hard in the final laps of the 100-lap feature, making the race itself worth the price of admission. In the end, Davis drove by Griffith on the final lap and rolled into victory lane behind the wheel of his No. 09.
This time, Belchertown, Massachusetts native Barry Gray, who leads the series point standings, is hoping to have better luck compared to June and challenge those up front. Gray struggled with the setup under the hood of his No. 29 and finished sixth at the first visit. He hopes this time will result in a better finish.
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