Jul 23, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS, Touring Series News
Oxford, ME – DJ Shaw and the #60 Precision JLM Racing team returned to the Oxford Plains Speedway this past weekend for the 40th annual TD Bank 250, the biggest race in short track racing. 66 of the country’s best Super Late Model drivers battled for 41 spots in the heat races. Shaw had a great run going, as he contended in the top five for much of the race until a skirmish late in the race left Shaw with damage, and holding on for a 17th place finish at the end of the day.
Throughout the two days of practice, Shaw felt confident in his chances to turn out a good finish in the TD Bank 250. Shaw had run the race in ACT style competition in previous years, but this year was the return of the Super Late Models. He would start from the ninth position in the fifth 25 lap heat race, leaving his work cut out for him as only four cars would make the big show while the rest would be relegated to the consolation and last chance races. Shaw wasted no time on his way to the front though, as he used a timely caution flag to his advantage to work his way forward and take the heat win ahead of his teammate Andy Saunders in the 49 car! The heat win gave Shaw a 5th place starting spot for the 250 lap main event.
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Jul 22, 2013 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – Some folks call him two-time champ, others call him points leader, but after Friday night’s three-segment Benson Lumber and Hardware Small Block Supermodified event, everyone’s now calling Haverhill, MA racer Tommy Tombarello, Jr. “Moneybags”.
Tombarello scored wins in two of the three 25-lap segments of the race to score an impressive win in the season‘s biggest race for the track‘s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series headline division, taking home a big bag of cash with the victory in the Moneybags Special.
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Jul 22, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Plattsburgh, NY – Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, NH, still looking uphill at the $25,000 ACT International 500 winner’s prize as the end of the 300-lap race neared, passed Patrick Laperle with 15 laps remaining to win the inaugural event before one of the largest crowds in Airborne Speedway history Sunday, July 21.
Polewarczyk Jr. outpointed 8-time ACT champion Brian Hoar by winning the first two 100-lap segments of the 300-lap event with Hoar close behind in 2nd place both times.
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Jul 21, 2013 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
The BIG ONE is finally here. This Friday night, July 19th the Lee USA Speedway will feature the biggest most exciting event of the season for the Benson Lumber and Hardware Small Block Supermodifieds; the 2nd Annual “Moneybags Race.” Over $15,000 in total prize money is on the line, by far the richest payday of the year. ISMA’s all-time winningest driver Chris Perley is entered in one of the Witkum Brothers team cars in an attempt to unload most of the loot from the Lee USA regulars.
The race will be run in three segments, each paying $500 to the winner. The starting lineup for the first segment will be determined by time trials. A separate $500 purse will be awarded to the fastest qualifiers. A fast lap may give a driver a leg up in the first segment, but for the second and third segments the finishing order of the previous segment will be reverted. The overall winner will be determined by a point fund paying $2,000 to the winner. It would be difficult to do, but if one driver could dominate the event winning the pole and all three segments, he could walk away with nearly $4,000.
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Jul 21, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Plattsburgh, NY – The American Canadian Tour Late Models ascended on Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY for a day of practice on Saturday, July 20. A total of 46 Late Model teams took advantage of the practice session in anticipation of the Inaugural ACT International 500 scheduled for Sunday, July 21.
Quebec’s Jonathan Bouvrette led a strong contingent of Série ACT competitors and the rest of the field with the fastest time of the day with a 17.054 in the third and final practice session. Fellow Quebecer’s Alex Labbe, Patrick Laperle, Jean-François Déry and David Michaud spent time at the top of the speed charts.
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Jul 19, 2013 | Maine Racing News, Media, Video
Mainely Motorsports TV – 07/17/2013 – Show #320
