Jun 12, 2012 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway
ONE-TWO PUNCH: Stearns Off To Quick Start
Crazy Horse Racing Driver Has Early Oxford Plains Point Lead
Travis Stearns hasn’t competed in a full season of Late Model competition since his rookie season. Then again, he’s never gotten off to a start like this one, either.
Stearns won the 40-lap Late Model feature at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday night for his first trip to Victory Lane in nearly three years, just two weeks after posting a runner-up finish in the season opener at Oxford. After two races against a full field of nearly 30 Late Models each week in the early going, Stearns is the division point leader.
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Jun 11, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
One Point Separates Leaders in All Divisions
Sweet-Scott(Leif).jpg – Thunder Road point leader Nick Sweet (88VT) races under three-time “King of the Road” Lt. Governor Phil Scott (14VT). (Photo by Leif Tillotson)
Barre, VT – Thunder Road’s point leaders have never had it easy, but 2012 may bring more sleepless nights than ever for the three divisions’ top talent. As it sits, the largest gap between first and second in season standings across all divisions at Thunder Road is a stunning one point, leaving point leaders nerve-wracked as the season continues this Sunday (June 17) at twilight.
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Jun 11, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
The Benjamin Motorsports team headed into this past weekends Speedway 660 race with high hope of another good run since the team has always had a lot of good runs at the track. The team is working hard and is also on a pretty good roll since the team has 5 top 5 finishes in there last 6 races.
In practice the 17 car was running well but needed to be a little better if it was going to run for the win. So the team decided to make a few adjustments going into the qualifying race. In the qualifying race Travis started 5th and finished 3rd but had nothing for the 1st and 2nd place cars so a few more adjustments where made for the feature.
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Jun 11, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NASCAR K&N Series, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Eddie MacDonald started deep in the field in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Slack Auto Parts 150 At Gresham Motorsports Park then rallied to an eighth place finish on the half-mile oval.
The Grimm Construction Chevy struggled in practice and qualifying starting 27th in the field. “We had a number of issues the team had to deal with, one of them a tight condition,” said MacDonald. “We just couldn’t get the car to go early, but Rollie and the crew made the right adjustments and the car was really fast right from the start of the race.”
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Jun 11, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
This past Friday night’s racing program at the Lee USA Speedway once again fell victim to inclement weather. Incoming thunderstorms forced the cancelation of the entire program. Racing action at Lee USA will resume this Friday night at 7:15PM. Besides the regular NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing program, the show will also feature the ever popular Quad Wars. Last season the NY team defeated the NH team, and have vowed to do it again. New Hampshire team captain Matt Smith has promised revenge and he and his teammates are determined to do what it takes to prevail.
Along with Quad Wars the Benson Hardware Small Block Supers will be on hand for their 30 lap feature event. Tommy Tombarello was the winner on the last outing. Defending champ Wayne Helliwell Jr. has been close on several occasions, but has yet to win his first feature this season. JR Baril is still considered to be the the favorite in the Prime Storage Late Model Sportsman despite being sidelined in the past two events. Tony Kawejsza won for the first time two weeks ago ahead of a hard charging Michele Fushpanski. Mike Williams, Patrick Tanguay, and Jim Shorey will lead the contingent of David’s Race Car and Components Hobby Stocks while 14 year old Danielle Simoneau will still be looking for her first feature win in the American Auto Ironman division. She was a close second to Jake Rheaume two weeks ago.
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Jun 10, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – Barre’s own Jay Laquerre took the outside lane to victory in the headline Late Model division on Sunday evening (June 10) on Sherwin-Williams night at Thunder Road. Laquerre’s victory was his first since 2001 when he scored his two career victories at the Barre high banks. Jamie “The Hurricane” Fisher made Laquerre work for the win on a late race charge, but settled for second. Cody Blake, former Thunder Road Champion Nick Sweet, and multi-time champion Phil Scott rounded out the top five.
Laquerre took the lead and ran away in the first half of the race after a lap three caution for debris before Fisher caught him using the outside lane in lapped traffic over the final 47 green flag laps. Fisher mounted multiple attacks, cruising to Laquerre’s bumper and pulling down on the inside, only to find himself back in second. Laquerre is thankful Fisher had the same handling condition as they battled for the lead.
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