May 7, 2012 | NASCAR K&N Series, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Eddie MacDonald and the Grimm Racing Team are busy readying for the 14 race K&N Series East schedule with the first race on the famed half-mile of Bristol Motor Speedway on St Patrick’s Day, March 17. This is the first race for the East Series at Bristol and the excitement can be felt throughout the shop.
“This is our Super Bowl of short track racing, just like Daytona is for the top divisions.” said Eddie MacDonald. “We have been looking forward to this date since it was announced on the schedule. Everyone in our organization is excited about racing at Bristol. Personally, I can’t wait to get out on that track on test day in preparation for the race. NASCAR has the East Series scheduled for the test day on Monday, February 27 and we are looking forward to learning as much as we can.”
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May 7, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – Defending NASCAR Whelen All American Series Small Block Supermodified champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover is going to have his hands full trying to defend his title when the 2012 season takes the green flag on Friday night, May 11, a week late due to an opening night rainout.
At least three other former champions will be in the field looking to knock him off the throne, many of whom have already been at the track shaking down their racers during the two pre-season test and tune sessions. Some 16 cars have already turned laps on the fast 3/8ths-mile oval this year.
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May 7, 2012 | Beech Ridge, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
The Benjamin Motorsports team started the 2012 season at Beech Ridge this past Saturday. After practice was cancelled on Friday, that kinda put the team a little behind the eight ball but after practice on Saturday morning the team was confident that they could have a good race.
Starting in the fifth position in the qualifying race and finishing second in just fifteen laps the team knew they were good to run in the top ten but didn’t feel they had a car capable of winning so a few adjustments were made after the qualifying race. (more…)
May 6, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
West Haven, VT – Wayne Helliwell Jr. of Dover, NH dominated the second half of The Fox 101.5 Spring Green 112 on the way to his first ever American Canadian Tour victory on Sunday May 6, 2012 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway. Helliwell took over the lead on lap 58 and had to fend off a late race attack from Hudson, NH’s Joey Polwarczyk Jr. to take the checkers. Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, ME stormed from the 20th starting position to take over third, Ray Parent and Randy Potter completed the top five.
The race began with weekly competitor Craig Bushey leading the first lap after a +5 in the ACT plus minus system earned him the second starting position. Multi-time Oxford Plains Speedway Champion Ricky Rolfe took over for the next 26 laps before the lead was briefly wrestled away by former Thunder Road Champion Nick Sweet. Sweet only held on to the lead for two laps before Groveton’s Randy Potter took over the point.
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May 6, 2012 | Beech Ridge, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
PASS North: Joey Doiron breaks through at Beech Ridge
Scarborough ME (5/5) Berwick Maine’s Joey Doiron charged to the lead on lap 87 of Saturday’s PASS North Southern Maine Motors.com 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway to earn a convincing victory, the first for the series’ 2010 Rookie of the Year. Lonnie Sommerville raced home in second followed by Derek Ramstrom, Cassius Clark and DJ Shaw. Doiron came from tenth on the grid and drove under Sommerville and race leader Shaw for a lead he would never relinquish.
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May 6, 2012 | Beech Ridge, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Report
Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, started the 2012 PASS North Series season off on the right foot by finishing second in the SouthernMaineMotors.com 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, May 5. The result marked Sommerville’s fourth straight Top-5 finish at Beech Ridge in the Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet dating back to this event last season. Sommerville led on two different occasions early in the race after starting fourth in the 32-car field, but a long green-flag run to the checkered flag kept him just short of the top spot at the finish line.
Related Story – Doiron Collects 1st Career PASS North Series Victory at Beech Ridge
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