Aug 7, 2013 | Maine Racing News, PASS
Theriault To Tackle PASS At Autodrome Chaudiere In The No. 18
FALMOUTH, Maine – Brad Keselowski Racing development driver Austin Theriault will drive for Mulkern Racing in the PASS North Series event at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec, this Tuesday, August 6.
Theriault, a Fort Kent, Maine, native, will drive the Mulkern Racing No. 18 Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep Dodge in the Budweiser 150. It will mark Theriault’s second career appearance in the No. 18 and his first Super Late Model start at Autodrome Chaudiere.
“I’m excited to have this opportunity,” said Theriault, who has two PASS South Series victories in 2013. “Scott and Vickie Mulkern have been very good friends to our family, and they’ve been a big part of helping me get to where I am today. I’m looking forward to racing the No. 18 this week and trying to get them a win.”
Theriault will be part of a two-car effort for Mulkern Racing at Chaudiere. Tony Ricci of Westbrook, Maine, is slated to drive the No. 84 Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep/Community Pharmacies Dodge.
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Aug 6, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
story by Chris Roy
Alex Vorrilas of North Reading, MA is racing Legends in the Moat Mountain Road Course Series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). This past weekend, Alex raced a double header on the road course at NHMS, getting his fourth podium finish this season. Before the race, I sat down and spoke with Alex about his racing career: “Throughout my childhood, there had always been racecars in my life, and for some reason I never seemed to express any interest in the sport. I competitively ski raced from the age to three to about eighteen, and loved playing soccer as a kid. Instead of helping my dad work on his 700 horsepower GT Endurance car, I would kick a soccer ball against our barn door while he tweaked and adjusted the engine. It seemed to be a tradition in my family to begin racing, since both my grandfather and my dad both attained their auto racing licenses when they were eighteen years old.
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Aug 6, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – Brett Wheeler of Waterbury Center met Phil Scott’s challenge on a late race restart and sped off to victory in the Harvest Equipment Night Late Model 50-lap main event on a rare Monday night of stock car racing at Thunder Road.
Wheeler started on the pole and left everyone in the dust before a caution for Joey M Laquerre’s spin on lap 39 brought his Spherion No. 1 back to the field. Scott lined up alongside Wheeler in the Lamberton Electric/Maplewood No. 14, but wasn’t able to hang at Wheeler’s door.
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Aug 6, 2013 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
LEE, N.H. — Top super-modified drivers from throughout the U.S. and Canada are in the field for the 14th annual Ollie Silva Memorial Classic this Friday night here at Lee USA Speedway, marking the only appearance this season of the International Super-Modified Association.
Mike Lichty, the hottest super-mod driver on the ISMA circuit thus far, will be driving his 900-horsepower fuel-injected winged No. 84 as the pre-race favorite to beat. Towing in from the Toronto suburb of Innerkip, Ontario, Lichty has won major events this season at Oswego, N.Y., Stafford, Ct., Sandusky, Ohio, and is the defending ISMA point champion.
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Aug 5, 2013 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
The rest of Lee’s weekly divisions were in action as well, with Ryan Gath capturing his second checkered of the year in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Small Block Supermodifieds, Bobby Melvin grabbing his first of the campaign in the Prime Storage and Warehouse Late Model Sportsmen, and Wayne Osborne collecting his first career win in the American Used Auto Parts Ironman main event.
Prior to the start of feature event racing, another round of one-on-one Spectator Drags took to “New Hampshire’s Center of Speed”, with the win going to hometown driver Andrew Harmon of Lee, who put his immaculate Z-28 Camaro into the winners circle after holding off Steve Dickey, Jr. in the final round.
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Aug 5, 2013 | Granite State Series, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
WINCHESTER, NH- Barry Gray from Belchertown, Mass., did everything he could to make a clean pass on race leader Mike Parks, but it wasn’t until Parks spun his tires on a lap 79 restart that Gray was able to take the lead and win the Granite State Pro Stock Series JBH Memorial 100 on Saturday night at the Monadnock (N.H.) Speedway.
“There are a lot of strong cars in this division,” Gray said in victory lane. “When you win a race doing this it’s a real good deal. My hats off to my crew. I want to thank Monadnock Speedway. It’s nice that the Pro Stocks have a place to go.”
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Theriault To Tackle PASS At Autodrome Chaudiere In The No. 18