Jun 17, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (June 16, 2013) – With more than 1,000 riders descending on New Hampshire Motor Speedway over the last three days, the 90th annual Loudon Classic motorcycle weekend wrapped up on Sunday with the highest number of entries in over six years.
More than 60 races were run over the three days at the Magic Mile, including the running of the 90th annual Loudon Classic Middleweight Grand Prix feature event on Saturday, won by Shane Narbonne.
Another 26 races were run on Sunday, highlighted by the Side Car Modern event. Chris Wells and Jeff Gillard picked up the win. The two made a pass on the penultimate lap and never looked back during a race that was littered with passes and bumps.
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Jun 17, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – Thunder Road officials have announced that Kids Night presented by Harvest Equipment scheduled for Sunday, June 16 has been postponed due to inclement weather. A make-up date is to be announced.
The planned event was set to include kids rides in race cars, as well as free admission and a free hot dog for children 12 and under. A full card of stock car racing from the top flight Late Model division will join these special events on the make up date, along with the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen and Allen Lumber Street Stocks.
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Jun 16, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (June 15, 2013) – A wicked spill on Lap 3 cost Shane Narbonne an opportunity to defend his Loudon Classic title from 2011. But the native of Tyngsboro, Mass., made sure he wouldn’t make that mistake again, cruising to his third-career Middleweight Grand Prix championship in the 90th annual Loudon Classic.
“It feels good, especially with this being the 90th,” said Narbonne, who also won the title in 2009. “It was a battle for a while there and then I kind of pulled ahead for a while. It got close at the end, but I was comfortable.
“This race is always a challenge with some of the best riders we have going at it.”
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Jun 14, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (June 14, 2013) – Overcast skies gave way to a beautiful afternoon, just in time to cast rays of sunshine across the Magic Mile during first day of the 90th annual Loudon Classic motorcycle weekend.
Elite riders from the Loudon Road Race Series (LRRS) and Side Car Racers Association (SCRA), as well as amateur riders battled it out around the 1.6-mile road course over nine races, concluding with the exhilarating Motard race, an eight-lap sprint in which competitors battle on a combination of the asphalt road course, as well as areas of the track that includes gravel, grass and several high-flying jumps.
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Jun 12, 2013 | Granite State Series, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
story by Chris Roy
This race season, Casey Call from Pembroke, NH has made the move from racing karts and quarter midgets to racing Bandoleros in the Gifford’s Ice Cream Bandolero Series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS).
The first step for most race car drivers is racing in karts, and according to Casey: “When I was 4 ½, my dad bought me my first Quarter Midget and we started racing it at Route 106 Race Park every weekend. It was a big learning curve for me but I loved every minute of it. In our first year we won seven times and I won the track championship! Since then, I have moved up the karting ranks and have won a total of five Championships between two tracks and was also awarded with Driver of the Year at Twin State Speedway last year!”
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Jun 12, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – After Sunday’s twilight event at Barre’s Thunder Road, the championship point standings are as tight as ever across all divisions heading into Harvest Equipment night at Thunder Road this Sunday, June 16.
The King of the Road title fight remains close in the Late Model division with three points separating the top five in the overall standings. Three former Late Model Champions top the standings, with Dave Pembroke and Jean-Paul Cyr tied for the lead, and reigning King of the Road Nick Sweet just two points behind in third. Behind Sweet is another tie between young talents Derrick O’Donnell and Cody Blake, who sit just three points out of the lead.
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