Aug 14, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – Following last Sunday’s (8/11) 50-lap Street Stock special at Barre’s Thunder Road, engines were torn down and checked. Thunder Road officials have announced the engines of #38 five-time winner Greg Adams, Jr. and the #16 Dean Switser, Jr. were both found illegal. Adams engine was illegal due to piston and camshaft issues, while the engine of Switser was illegal with camshaft issues. The #92 Garry Bashaw was also found illegal in post race inspection for an illegal carburetor and refusal to allow his motor to be torn down.
Adams, Switser and Bashaw have all been disqualified from Sunday’s Street Stock event. The motor infractions have resulted in a complete loss of points for the 2013 season and all three competitors found illegal have been suspended from racing at Thunder Road or any ACT-sanctioned event for the remainder of the 2013 season.
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Aug 14, 2013 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Once again inclement weather forced the cancelation of the racing program last Friday night at the Lee USA Speedway. This time it claimed the most prestigious event of the season; the 13th Annual Ollie Silva Classic for the ISMA Supermodifieds. Fans and competitors were extremely disappointed but continuous drenching rain made it impossible to run the event. Currently ISMA and the Lee USA Speedway are exploring possible alternate dates and more information will be forthcoming in the next few days.
This Friday night August 16th will be the American Used Auto Parts Ironman’s week on top of the heap of the program with the Harvest 200. The entry level division will be going 25 laps for more money than any previous Ironman event so far this season. Travis Hollins, Evan Horvath, Hannah Shaw, and Danielle Simoneau are just some of the division’s top competitors expected to start the event. More entries are expected for this race and even more are coming as the division prepares for the Ironman Super Series Race October 11th through 13th. A $4,000 purse is in the offering with a cool $1,000 going to the winner. ABSOLUTELY THE BIGGEST PURSE FOR AN ENTRY LEVEL DIVISION OFFERED ANYWHERE. For rules and more information contact the track office at 978-462-4252.
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Aug 14, 2013 | Maine Racing News
Southern Super Series: Austin Theriault
World Crown 300 Race Report
JEFFERSON, Ga. – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished fifth in the Southern Super Series World Crown 300 at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Ga., on Saturday, August 10. It was Theriault’s second straight Top-5 in one of Super Late Model racing’s most prestigious events. Theriault qualified sixth in the Brad Keselowski Racing No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Ford Fusion and tried to play the tire strategy game in the second half of the event, but a long green-flag run to close out the race thwarted that plan and left Theriault running fifth at the checkered flag.
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: Brad Keselowski Racing No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Ford Fusion
CREW CHIEF: Gary Crooks, Mooresville, N.C.
WHAT: World Crown 300
WHERE: Gresham Motorsports Park, Jefferson, Ga. (.500-mile banked oval)
STARTED: 6th
FINISHED: 5th
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AUSTIN, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS WERE GOOD BUT NOT GREAT IN THE WORLD CROWN 300.
Yeah, you kind of hit it right there. It’s a little bit of a disappointment. At the level we’re racing, a Top-5 isn’t bad, but I think we’re plenty capable of more.
We pitted on Lap 100 for tires, and when the caution came out again on Lap 180, we just made some adjustments while everyone else took tires, hoping we’d have another caution later on – but it went green right to the end. We had almost 200 laps on our tires. That’s quite a lot of laps on them. It wasn’t a horrible finish taking all that into account, but it could have been better.
WHAT WERE YOU FIGHTING?
It rained before qualifying, and I don’t know if that had something to do with it. The way we ended practice, we were actually a little free. But when we went out to qualify, the whole balance of the car went the complete opposite direction. I think some of the guys that were too free, it probably benefited them.
I felt like we had a car that was capable of running in the Top-5, but if most everything fell in our favor, that would have helped us out. The car wasn’t perfect in practice, but those weekends are hard to get where you just put it on jackstands and wait for qualifying. You don’t really find those weekends. We were still trying to make the car better, and I think we made some gains. I really appreciate Clay Rogers taking some time on Friday when I was in New Hampshire to work with Gary (Crooks) and get the car tuned in. They found something that helped when I showed up on Saturday.
HOW DID THE IMPOUND AFTER QUALIFYING EFFECT YOUR RACE?
We kind of chased the track for a little while. It was really slick, and a little free (in practice). We tightened it up a little and worked on trying to get some grip in the car. Maybe we went a little too far in qualifying, because we were a little snug then.
With the impound, we couldn’t make any adjustments after qualifying. The track cooled down and gained a little more grip than we expected. We struggled a little bit throughout the race trying to get the car to turn a little better in the center of the corner. I’d say we made it a little bit better, and we were faster at the end of the race, but we didn’t have the tires we needed to run up front. We were one of two or three cars that had tires left in the pits, because we had that long green flag run at the end.
Aug 12, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Greg Adams Takes Street Stock Special Win
Barre, VT – Bill Davis of Monson, MA won his second career M&M Beverage Enduro and pocketed a cool $3,000 at Barre’s Thunder Road on Sunday, August 11. Davis was the only competitor to complete all 200 laps of the thrashing and crashing event.
Don “Dipstick” Tofani led for a good portion of the race before having to pit out of the lead. He recovered to take second with 198 laps completed. Andrew Botala, Mike Cormier, and Nick Gilcris all completed 196 laps and completed the top five. Kelly Miller, Jr., Brandon Gray, Jason Gray, Dan Rae, and Beverly Menard rounded out the top ten.
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Aug 8, 2013 | Maine Racing News, PASS
PASS North Series: Austin Theriault
Autodrome Chaudiere Race Report
VALLEE-JONCTION, Que. – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished a disappointing 19th in the PASS North Series Budweiser 150 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Que., on Tuesday, August 6. Theriault was battling for the lead in the Mulkern Racing No. 18 Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep Dodge with less than five laps remaining when he was turned on the frontstretch just past the start-finish line. Theriault had used a conservative tire strategy to run inside the Top-6 all night long, and he was in position to challenge race winner Kyle Busch on a late-race restart when he was sent through the infield grass after contact.
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: Mulkern Racing No. 18 Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep Dodge
CREW CHIEF: Johnny Killen, Mooresville, N.C.
WHAT: PASS North Series Budweiser 150
WHERE: Autodrome Chaudiere, Vallee-Jonction, Que. (.25-mile oval)
STARTED: 5th
FINISHED: 19th
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