Sep 24, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NASCAR K&N Series, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Eddie MacDonald battled his way from deep in the field in both the K&N Pro Series East and American Canadian Tour events on Saturday as part of the big NASCAR Cup weekend at the Magic Mile. The three time winner fought an ill-handling car in the G-Oil 100 at the beginning of the race to post an impressive eighth place finish as the checkered flag flew. The Grimm Construction/ Hancock Electric Pontiac took the green flag in the 26th position due to the luck of the draw in the Bond Auto Parts ACT Invitational only to have the exciting run end in disappointment.
MacDonald started the 11th race in the K&N series in the 18th position with MacDonald saying, “It really was a surprise we didn’t qualify better. The car handled good but we just didn’t get it done to start where we wanted to be. But Rollie and I thought we would be okay for race, but obviously we had some problems right away.”
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Sep 23, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
NHMS family presents gift basket to Baby Katie
LOUDON, N.H. (Sept. 23, 2012) – Shawna Arnold thought she had one lap to go, but the checkered flag fell early for the birth of her fourth daughter Baby Katie.
The Belmont mom returned to New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday, site of the “Miracle at the Magic Mile.” Last week, Arnold delivered her baby girl in the backseat of the family sedan in the parking lot at NHMS.
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Sep 23, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Laperle, Polewarczyk Battle to Second and Third
Loudon, NH – Tiverton, RI’s Ray Parent took his “feel good” story to another level with a payday worth over $6,000 on Saturday, September 22 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, picking up his first-ever ACT victory in the 4th Annual Bond ACT Invitational. Parent upset Serie ACT Castrol Champion Patrick Laperle, and former Invitational winner Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. for the emotional win.
Two-time Invitational winner Eddie Macdonald demoralized the field in the early going, charging from the 26th starting position while ACT Rookie of the Year Jimmy Hebert flew to the front. Hebert had made it from sixth to third in the first lap, and by lap 12 had powered by Former Oxford Plains Speedway Champion Ricky Rolfe for the point. Hebert began to pull away until teen sensation Emily Packard heartbreakingly backed into the wall on lap 15, ending her day.
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Sep 23, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Hudson, N.H. native Polewarczyk finishes in third
LOUDON, N.H. (Sept. 22, 2012) – With only one top-five to his name through the first seven races on the American-Canadian Tour this season, Ray Parent didn’t set his expectations very high as the series made its annual stop at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. But thanks to a hard-working crew and a smartly run race, Parent picked up one of the biggest victories of his career at Saturday’s fourth annual Bond Auto Parts ACT Invitational.
“I can’t say enough about how hard my guys work,” said Parent, a native of Tiverton, R.I. “This is just unbelievable. This feels so good and it’s so great to see all that hard work pay off with us standing here in Victory Lane at New Hampshire.”
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Sep 23, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Points leader picks up first-career win at ‘The Magic Mile’
LOUDON, N.H. (Sept. 22, 2012) – Victory Lane has long eluded Doug Coby at the “The Magic Mile”. On Saturday, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour points leader finally ended an 18-race winless drought at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, crossing the Granite Stripe first to win an action-packed F.W. Webb 100.
Coby took the lead on a late restart and coasted across the finish line after the caution came out for a hard crash involving Ted Christopher, who was running second and in contention for his sixth career win at NHMS before being taken out by rival Donny Lia.
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Sep 23, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Loudon, NH – Norwood, Ontario’s Ryan Kimball and North Ferrisburgh, Vermont’s Jamie Aube will lead the 42-car Bond Auto ACT Invitational field to green at New Hampshire Motor Speedway at approximately 4:30pm today (Saturday, September 22).
The fourth annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational has a star-studded field of champions from Northeastern U.S. and Eastern Canada. Two-time Invitational champion Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, Massachusetts will try to earn his second straight Bond Auto ACT Invitational win from the 26th starting spot. Another former Invitational winner Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, New Hampshire will be starting from the 33rd starting spot.
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