Jul 10, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (July 10, 2013) – New Hampshire Motor Speedway officials announced today that NASCAR Nationwide Series drivers Austin Dillon and Sam Hornish Jr. will sit down with Mark and 2K of WOKQ’s “Morning Waking Crew” during the annual free WOKQ FanFest on Thursday, July 11 at 7:45 p.m.
Dillon leads the NASCAR Nationwide Series with six poles and sits fifth in the standings. Hornish Jr. has a win, a series-high 12 top-10s and is positioned second in points. Not only will the two be in competition for the trophy in Saturday’s CNBC Prime’s “The Profit” 200, but they make up half of the eligible drivers for the NASCAR Nationwide Series “Dash 4 Cash,” a bonus program that awards four qualified pilots $100,000 to the highest finisher among those four drivers at the Magic Mile.
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Jul 10, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – Patrick Laperle from St. Denis, QC has confirmed his entry in the American Canadian Tour (ACT) 500 event scheduled for Sunday, July 21 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY.
Laperle is a 4 time ACT Champion, with titles in the Serie ACT in 2007, 2011 and 2012. Laperle also won the US ACT title in 2008.
“My team is coming to Plattsburgh to win the $25,000.00 dollar first prize,” said Laperle. Laperle credited his legion of Quebec fans in helping the 91QC team’s decision to race in the International 500.
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Jul 10, 2013 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – The Lee USA Speedway Prime Storage and Warehouse Late Model Sportsmen took center stage on Friday night for the running of the annual Firecracker 100, an extra-distance, extra-payoff race, with a mandatory pit stop getting crews involved in determining the final outcome.
Two-time 2013 feature winner Geoff Rollins took advantage of a front row start and jumped out to the lead early, and he stayed there over the first half of the race, with former champion Ryan Green holding down the second spot as the field reached the crossed flags.
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Jul 10, 2013 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NEMA, Touring Series News
Brockton, MA – Two-time defending Northeastern Midget Association champion Randy Cabral insists he doesn’t look at the point standings, not this early in the season anyway. He might not be looking but others are and that includes two-time winner John Zych Jr.
Only 13 points separate leader Cabral and Zych as NEMA visits Lee USA Speedway Friday night. Fact is, Todd Bertrand (-26), Russ Stoehr (-38) and Ian Cumens (-45) are locked into a tight battle atop the standings. .
Andy Barrows takes a 51-point bulge into the accompanying NEMA Lites event. Carl Medeiros Jr., who won twice at Lee last year, is determined to cut into that gap. Dan Cugini, Avery Stoehr and P.J. Stergois hold down spots three through five.
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Jul 8, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Scarborough, ME – Even with rainouts postponing a number of the races in the Pro All Stars Series North, DJ Shaw and the #60 Precision JLM team haven’t let that keep them from the track. After two wins in two races in weekly competition, Shaw and the team were riding on positive momentum going into round four of the PASS North tour at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Shaw grabbed his first win of the season in the last PASS race at the Scarborough track, and took the win a week ago in the Nascar Whelen All-American Series “Pro Series 100.”
After a quick rainstorm earlier in the day to keep the theme of the season going, Shaw drove to a fourth place finish in his heat race. This would give Shaw a 12th place starting position for the 150 lap feature event.
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Jul 8, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Scarborough, ME – After several rain outs, Joey Doiron and the #73 Wild Willy Burger’s team was back in action this past weekend at their home track of Beech Ridge Motor Speedway for the fourth event of the Pro All Stars Series North. Doiron and the team have been stellar at the 3/8th mile track recently, finishing in the top five in three of their last four starts at the track. They continued that streak with a strong fourth place effort on Saturday night.
“We finished about where we should’ve tonight,” Doiron explained after the race, “We battled a tight racecar all night and kept getting pinned on the bottom on each restart, we used up our right front just trying to keep our track position, but I’m glad we were able to get another strong run to keep the momentum going.”
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