Apr 2, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
The Lee USA Speedway is honored to announce that Governor Maggie Hassan will be the Grand Marshall for the Annual Governor’s Cup 150 on April 14th. In January, Mrs. Hassan became only the second woman ever to be sworn in as New Hampshire’s governor. Prior to becoming governor, she served in the NH Senate for five years representing the 23rd district which includes Exeter and Kingston and was the Majority Leader. Her husband Thomas is principal of Phillips Exeter Academy.
Governor Hassan will welcome the thousands of racing fans flocking to the Lee USA Speedway from all over the northeast and Canada for the very first auto racing event of the 2013 season in the Granite State . She will personally greet the drivers before the race, drop the green flag on the main event, and award the prestigious Governor’s Cup Trophy to the winner.
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Mar 28, 2013 | Beech Ridge, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Bradley Babb Back Behind Wheel In 2013
3rd-Generation Beech Ridge Champion Sets Sights On Title Defense, PASS North Series
WINDHAM, Maine – Bradley Babb isn’t one for hyperbole. Ask him about what it means to be a third-generation champion at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, joining his father and grandfather as a champion in the track’s premier division, and he’s already looking ahead.
“I don’t really know what to say to it,” said Babb, 20, of Windham, Maine. “I mean, I still just want to go out and win races like they’ve always done.”
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Mar 27, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Lynch Joins Série ACT Castrol as Chief Steward
Waterbury, VT – American Canadian Tour officials have announced the hiring of several new officials across the Série ACT Castrol, Thunder Road, and the American Canadian Tour for the 2013 season.
The overhaul is headlined by the hiring of former Kawartha Speedway (ON) manager Derek Lynch as the Chief Steward of the Série ACT Castrol. Lynch started racing with ACT at just 17 years old in the late 1980s, and had won the Oxford 250 before heading to the NASCAR Busch North Series. His career eventually led him to Charlotte, NC, where he worked in fabrication for Darrell Waltrip racing. In 2000, he married Cait Curley, daughter of long-time Thunder Road promoter Tom Curley, and took over management at Kawartha Speedway. He left Kawartha at the end of last season.
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Mar 26, 2013 | Karting News, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, RKS
The kart racing season is about to get underway and Colby Benjamin can’t wait to see the green flag fly. Though Colby has been busy in the off season, “In the off season I have been ice fishing, playing basketball, target practicing and cub scouts.”
Richmond Karting Speedway (RKS), kicks off their race season May 5th, and the Colby is ready to race. “Oh Yeah! Can’t wait to get on the track again. Hoping to get a few more wins this season and try some new tracks.”
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Mar 24, 2013 | Granite State Series, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
With only a few weeks remaining before the 2013 Granite State Pro Stock Series season opener, the teams are putting the final touches on their new mounts. The first hurdle will be acclimating themselves to the biggest speedway they will be facing this year, as Thompson Speedway holds their first practice session on Saturday, March 30.
This first open practice is the first time many of the competitors will be traveling the high banks of The Big T. Some of the younger competitors will be looking at some of the veterans of the series for advice. Fran Colson, who will be competing in his second season of Granite State competition is a veteran of many New England short tracks, and has a handful of wins at the Northeast CT. oval.
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Mar 24, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – As the American Canadian Tour’s 28th season shifts into full gear, teams prepare for the opening race on April 13/14 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH. After one of the closest point battles in ACT history in 2012, eventual Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. edged out 8-time ACT Champion Brian Hoar with a victory in the season finale, and will look to continue his momentum at the Lee opener in 2013.
Helliwell will be challenged by ACT star Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., who got his start in full-bodied stock cars at Lee USA Speedway. While Helliwell has amassed 8 track championships at Lee USA, he remains in search of his first ACT victory at his home track. Polewarczyk won the opener at Lee in 2008.
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