Sep 15, 2013 | Beech Ridge, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS
Phillips, Smith score Saturday victories on 400 weekend at Beech Ridge
Austin Theriault earns pole for Super Late Model 300 Sunday
Scarborough, Maine – Ryan Phillips of Buxton, Maine scored a career-first PASS Modified victory, while Gorham’s Craig Smith prevailed in a 75-lap open event for Wildcat/Strictly Stock division racers, topping the feature racing card to kick off Southern Maine Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge 400 weekend at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent will start from the pole in Sunday’s Pro All Stars series Super Late Model 300 after winning his qualifying heat race on Saturday. DJ Shaw of Center Conway, New Hampshire and Corey Bubar of Windham also won heat races to set the 30-car starting field for Sunday’s main event.
Other feature races were held for the mid-week series racers after their originally-scheduled Thursday night event was washed out. Matt Dufault of Turner, Alex Lacognata of Scarborough, Chad Emery of Buxton, Jeff walker of Waterboro and Freeport’s Matt Curtis were triumphant in those events.
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Sep 14, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
The 43-car field for the 5th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway has been announced. The biggest names in American Canadian Tour Late Models will be on hand for the event on Saturday, September 21.
The field will be led by twelve drivers who have won an Invitational qualifier event. A strong contingent from New Hampshire includes Wayne Helliwell, Jr. and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. Vermont drivers Brian Hoar, Jimmy Hebert, Bobby Therrien and Cody Blake claimed qualifier wins. From north of the border, Quebecer’s Jean-François Déry, Alex Labbe, Donald Theetge, Dany Trepanier have all won qualifying events. Travis Stearns of Maine and Eddie MacDonald of Massachusetts complete the 12 Invitational Qualifier winners.
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Sep 12, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – When the forty-three American Canadian Tour Late Model teams hit the track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 21 for the 5th annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational, they will battle for the $7,500 winner purse. It will be the most ever awarded to the victor and more than double the amount posted for the inaugural event back in 2009.
The early favorites to claim the top prize have to be the past winners on the “Magic Mile.” Veteran ACT competitor Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, NH earned the Invitational win back in 2010. He finished third in last year’s event and is currently the hottest driver on the 2013 American Canadian Tour. He has already earned three Tour wins this season plus captured the inaugural International 500 victory back in July. He has never finished outside the top ten in this event and with a win this year he could pocket over $9,000 after bonuses.
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Sep 10, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Vallee-Jonction, Quebec – DJ Shaw and the #60 Precision JLM returned to Autodrome Chaudiere for their fourth race at the track this season as part of the third and final leg of the Autobus La Quebecoise Triple Crown Series and Pro All Stars Series North event. In their last race at the track, Shaw finished second on the track, but after technical inspection he was declared the winner and went into the final race with a show at the Triple Crown Championship.
After being rained out Saturday night, the Thunder Valley National 200 took place on Sunday afternoon in front of another great crowd at the popular Canada track. Starting from the pole position in his heat race, Shaw blazed to the win ahead of point’s competitor Johnny Clark, giving him the 11th place starting spot during the 200 lap feature event.
Shaw worked his way through the field early on and found himself well inside of the top ten. Many cautions plagued the first 100 laps, but Shaw was able to make his way into seventh before the 100 lap break, giving the team 15 minutes to make adjustments.
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Sep 10, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – A thorough engine technical inspection following the Série ACT Montmagny 150 held on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at Autodrome Montmagny, resulted in the following penalties from the American Canadian Tour being issued to the #5QC team of Patrick Cliche. The penaltied are based on violations of ACT’s sealed engine rule, put in place as the cornerstone of ACT Late Model racing in the Northeastern US and Quebec.
Cliche’s engine was found with engine seals that had been tampered with. He and his team have been issued the following penalties:
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Sep 10, 2013 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – The final week of racing in the 2013 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship season went into the record books at Lee USA Speedway on Friday night, with Tommy Tombarello, Jr. wrapping up the season title in the track’s headline division, the Benson Lumber and Hardware Small Block Supermodifieds.
Tombarello’s impressive season aboard the Bobby and Ed Witkum-owned Witkum Brothers Racing machine made it back-to-back championships and three overall for the Haverhill, MA native, who also put in a strong bid for the 2013 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series New Hampshire state championship in the rain-shortened season.
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