Oct 13, 2015 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
photo by Rich Hayes
Lee, NH – Lee USA Speedway’s Oktoberfest went into the record books over the weekend, with two action-packed days of racing bringing the
2015 racing season to a close at “New Hampshire‘s Center of Speed“.
After dozens of qualifying heats were run Saturday afternoon, the early features were run as the sun started to set and a brisk fall night set in. The Hobby Stock B-main was the first event on the slate, with Pelham’s Bret Culleton outrunning Anthony Belfiore to collect the checkered flag.
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Sep 28, 2015 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – Lee USA Speedway’s Oktoberfest 2015 is just two weeks away, with racers representing tracks and tours from all six New England States and beyond expected to compete in the 18 divisions on the schedule at “New Hampshire’s Center of Speed”, closing out the season’s on-track action with one of the most-anticipated events of the year.
Over 300 race teams competed in last year’s version of Oktoberfest, and this year’s schedule invites even more racers, as virtually every type of race car that competes from Connecticut to Maine will fit in the varied set of rules, and a record-setting field is expected enter the weekend’s events.
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Sep 9, 2015 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
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Lee, NH – It was championship night at Lee USA Speedway on Friday, the final weekly program for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions to decide the 2015 division titles at “New Hampshire‘s Center of Speed“.
Haverhill, MA’s Tommy Tombarello, Jr. locked up another Supermodified championship title, but his season didn’t end quite the way he would have liked. He was involved in a scary incident during his qualifying heat, slamming the retaining wall and destroying his championship machine. Tombarello was uninjured in the hard wreck and joined the post-race festivities to accept his championship.
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Aug 19, 2015 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
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Lee, NH – Hudson racer Phil Lausier ran off to the win in the first
2015 appearance by the Pro-4 Modifieds at Lee USA Speedway on Friday night, just one of six feature winners during yet another exciting night of racing action at New Hampshire’s “Center of Speed”.
Lausier jumped out to the lead early in the race, with second-generation racer Norman Wrenn III holding down the second spot until late in the event, when Dave Berghman got past to take runner-up honors. Wrenn was third across the stripe, with Rob Richardi, Jr. and Derek Robbie rounding out the top five.
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Aug 10, 2015 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
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Dave Shullick, Jr. tops ISMA Supers, Keyser, Russell, Dumas, Washburn, and Tellier take NASCAR Whelen All-American Series wins.
Lee, NH – Ridgefield, Ohio’s Dave Shullick, Jr. strengthened his points lead in the International Supermodified Association (ISMA) 2015 championship battle at Lee USA Speedway on Friday night, taking his second career victory in the annual Ollie Silva Memorial Classic aboard the Jim Bodnar entry.
“Shoe II” snatched the lead away from fellow Ohioan Tim Ice on lap 53 of the 75 lap event, and he set the pace the rest of the way to collect the checkered flag. Defending race winner Jon McKennedy of Chelmsford, MA made a late-race charge to finish second, after taking the green deep in the field in the 20th spot.
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Aug 3, 2015 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
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Lee, NH – The biggest race of the 2015 Lee USA Speedway season is on the schedule for next Friday night, August 7th, as the ground-pounding open-wheeled action of the International Supermodified Association (ISMA) comes to town for the annual Ollie Silva Memorial Classic at “New Hampshire‘s Center of Speed”.
Defending race winner Jon McKennedy of Chelmsford, MA has to be considered among the favorites again this year, he‘s coming off a big win in the Sandusky, Ohio Hy-Miler event two weeks ago, and currently sits second in the ISMA point standings behind second-generation racer Dave Shullick II of North Ridgefield, OH, who is also among those expected to contend.
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