Apr 11, 2013 | New England Motorsports North
By Lou Modestino
Riverside Speedway welcomes two new sponsors for the upcoming season. Bond Auto Parts and Marshall Insurance Agency are proud to join Riverside Speedway in bringing racing to the North Country in 2013.
Bond Auto Parts, supplier of auto parts all over northern New England, will be sponsoring the American-Canadian Tour race on June 2nd. As talks are still in the works, there will be more news in the upcoming days about a Hard Charger award. With over 40 stores in New Hampshire, Vermont, Northern Massachusetts, and Eastern New York, including local stores in Lancaster, Littleton, Gorham, and Colebrook, Bond Auto parts has been serving New Englanders since 1956.
Lancaster’s own Marshall Insurance Agency, located at 92 Main Street, has stepped up to sponsor the Daredevils division at Riverside Speedway. The Marshall Insurance Agency has been offering home, auto, and business insurance in the North Country since 1928. (more…)
Apr 2, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, New England Motorsports North, NHMS, Touring Series News
Exotic Driving Experience opens doors at NHMS for 2013 season
LOUDON, N.H. (April 2, 2013) – New Hampshire Motor Speedway officials are happy to see the snow melting and the track drying in time for a unique event that will drop the green flag on the 2013 season at the Magic Mile. The Exotic Driving Experience, featuring super-fast supercars such as Ferrari, Lamborghini and Aston Martin, will scream into the Granite State April 5-7 in the first of several planned stops through the spring, summer and fall.
The Orlando-based driving class will use the Magic Mile’s 1.6-mile, winding road course, allowing serious thrill-seekers an opportunity to push the limits and feel the acceleration, speed and precise handling of some of the coolest high-performance vehicles in the world.
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Mar 27, 2013 | New England Motorsports North
By Lou Modestino
Spring is here and soon Southwest NH’s Monadnock Speedway will be bustling with competitors and fans witnessing the best of the Northeast racing talent that New England has to offer. The traditional Bond Auto Parts Spring Dash 100 will kick off the season featuring one of three events for the Valenti Modified Racing Series on Saturday, April 20th. The special event will also highlight the 2013 debut of the veterans and rookies in the NASCAR premiere division of the Sportsman Modifieds plus Super Stocks, Mini Stocks, Thunder Stocks, Lightning Stocks and Young Guns. All the action will start at 5pm.
The management of Monadnock Speedway anticipates this season to be a successful one as many new competitors will be calling the Monadnock Speedway their new home. The 2013 schedule also offers a variety of racing series venues including the ever-growing Granite State Pro Stock Series and the return of Northeast Midget who have not competed in the last two years at the speedway. (more…)
Mar 19, 2013 | New England Motorsports North
By Lou Modestino
Local NASCAR stock car drivers and their high-speed racing machines are flocking to the Diamond Run Mall in Rutland, VT for the 12th Annual Rutland Regional Race Car Show. The popular event will be held on Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24 and will showcase racers from around the region, including competitors from Devil’s Bowl Speedway in nearby West Haven, VT.
As many as a dozen NASCAR Whelen All-American Series drivers and cars are expected to represent Devil’s Bowl Speedway at the event including Bond Auto Parts Modified racers Jeff Haskins of Wells, VT and Cody Sargen of Greenfield Center, NY, rookie Late Model drivers Josh Masterson of Bristol, VT and Seth Bridge of Mendon, VT, and two-division star Hunter Bates of Middlebury, VT. Devil’s Bowl Speedway will also have a display booth with information about the 2013 racing season.
he Rutland Regional Race Car Show will be open on Saturday, March 23 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.and Sunday, March 24 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.While admission is free, all attendees are encouraged to make a donation to the March For Babies charity; donation details will be available during the event. (more…)
Mar 13, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, NE Racing News, New England Motorsports North
By Lou Modestino
American Canadian Tour officials have announced that the Inaugural ACT International 500 to be held at Airborne Speedway on the weekend of July 20/21 will exceed a total purse of $140,000, making it the richest event in ACT’s 28-year history.
Airborne Speedway Promoter Mike Perrotte can’t wait to get the weekend started.
“I’m extremely excited to have a race of this magnitude here. It will be without a doubt the biggest event ever held at Airborne Speedway,” said Perrotte. “It’s a big boost to our community. Fans from all over will get to watch more than 500 laps of exciting short track racing from teams all over New England, New York, Rhode Island, Quebec and Ontario. It’s going to be a huge event.”
American Canadian Tour teams on both sides of the border are fired up for a chance at the enormous payday. 8-time American Canadian Tour Champion Brian Hoar and his team see it as a shot at history. (more…)
Mar 7, 2013 | New England Motorsports North
By lou Modestino
The Lee USA Speedway will be presenting its Annual Car Show in the Lilac Mall in Rochester, NH. The show will run from Friday, March 15th through Sunday, March 17th and will feature cars from all four of the NASCAR Whelen All American Series divisions competing at Lee USA Speedway on a weekly basis as well as many of the touring series that will visit the speedway over the course of the season. Lee USA’s small block supermodifieds, late model sportsman, hobby stocks, and iron man will be on display as well as representatives of the Valenti Modified Series, the Northeast Mini Stock Tour, the Northeast Midget Association(NEMA), ACT Tour and the Classic Lites.
Set-up for the Lilac Mall show will be on Thursday evening March 14 at 9 p.m. The mall will be open for viewing from 9 a.m. thru 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 9 a.m. thru 5 p.m. on Sunday. Lee USA Speedway officials will be on hand from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday for competitors wishing to register their cars for the upcoming season or to gain any additional information they may need. (more…)
