Aug 6, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Legendary car builder Jim Belfiore has been chosen as Grand Marshall for this Friday night’s Annual 75 lap Ollie Silva Memorial Summer Classic at the Lee USA Speedway presented by Haffner’s Gasoline and Fuels, “It Kicks.” Belfiore , who considered Ollie Silva as a personal friend, describes his selection as “A great honor.”
Born and raised in Haverhill, MA, Jim Belfiore was a participant during the early days of super modified racing both as an owner and a driver, and was a charter member of New England Super Modified Association organization. He also earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at U Mass Lowell. Career opportunities took him to San Jose, CA where he resided for several years. He attained a Master’s Degree in California, and it was in the Golden State where his enthusiasm for super modified racing was rekindled.
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Aug 4, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – The David’s Race Cars and Components Hobby Stocks took center stage at Lee USA Speedway Friday night, and they wowed the crowd with a non-stop, green-to-checker 50-lap main event in their biggest race of the season.
Niko Maniatis quickly broke out of the pack to set the pace when flagman Don Horvath let them loose, leading the first eight circuits before he fell to the charge of Chris Jacobson, who went the distance from there to collect the win, holding off a tough challenge from multi-feature winner Jim Shorey in the late laps to score top honors.
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Jul 23, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
LEE, NH – Defending NASCAR New England Champ Wayne Helliwell Jr. won Friday night’s “Moneybags 100” overall point championship here at Lee USA Speedway.
Driving the Witkum No. 21 winged supermodified, Helliwell combined a win with a pair of second place finishes to take the overall title. He won $5,000 paid to him from moneybags full of cash in Victory Lane plus a Championship Trophy from race sponsor Benson Lumber and Hardware.
Helliwell of Pelham, NH, started his night off well by setting a new track record in time trials, earning the pole position in the opening 35-Lap Segment of the main event. Turning the three-eights mile oval in 13.796 seconds, he narrowly edged P. J. Stergios by .34 of a second.
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Jul 16, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – Open-wheel fans were treated to over 100 laps of feature event action at Lee USA Speedway Friday night, as the NEMA and NEMA Lites Midgets joined the weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Small Block Supermodifieds on the card.
Due to a weather-related postponement a few weeks prior, the NEMA Lites competed in a pair of 25-lap feature events during the course of the evening. Carl Medeiros, Jr. of Westport, MA turned in an impressive run to pick up the win in the held-over main, his first career Lites win.
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Jul 9, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – With two chances to add to his 2012 win total at Lee USA Speedway Friday night, defending NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Small Block Super Modified champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. came up empty, scoring a DNF in the first half of the Benson Lumber and Hardware doubleheader and missing the second race completely.
This left the door to victory lane wide open, with 2010 champion Tommy Tombarello, Jr. picking up the win in the first of two 25-lap feature events, with Leslie Keyser, Ryan Gath, Mike Netishen, P.J. Stergios, Tony Carroll, Mike Spurling, Sparky MacIver, and Mike Ordway, Jr. the rest of the top ten.
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Jul 2, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, Modified Racing Series, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Lee, NH – The Laticrete Port City 100 for the Valenti Auto Mall Modified Racing Series took center stage at Lee USA Speedway Friday night, and there was plenty more feature event action on tap due to the rain that interrupted the last NASCAR Whelen All-American Series show a week earlier.
The 100-lap race went caution free well past halfway, with Jon McKennedy (1-5), Chris Pasteryak (6-17), and Rowan Pennink (18-82) leading laps before the real action started. McKennedy got back to the lead on lap 83, but he was knocked out of contention when Tommy Barrett tried to grab the lead.
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