Jun 30, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Brent Dragon Hitting His Summer Stride
MILTON, Vt. – Coming off an impressive Top-5 finish at Thunder Road International Speedbowl last Sunday afternoon, Brent Dragon feels like his combined effort this season is finally rounding into form.
Dragon, who during the offseason combined his Dragon Motorsports No. 55 Furniture World of VT/Beverage Mart/Charlesbois Freightliner Chevrolet team with Avery Motorsports, said he believes that the learning curve for the dual focus is about to hit its stride as the summer stretch of racing commences.
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Jun 30, 2011 | NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
Canaan Fair Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, looks to turn his bad luck around when the PASS North Series heads to the Firecracker 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., on Saturday, July 2. Sommerville, who is coming off back-to-back finishes outside of the Top-10 thanks to mechanical woes, has never competed at the facility – but his Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders/Community Pharmacies Chevrolet team is the defending champion of this event. The event kicks off a busy stretch for the PASS North Series, with the race serving as the first of three events in an 11-day stretch.
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Jun 29, 2011 | NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Canaan, NH- Stock Car Driver Joey Polewarczyk announced earlier this month that the Pro All-Star Series (PASS) Super Late Model Race, hosted by Canaan Speedway dubbed the “Firecracker 150” was circled on his calendar.
Polewarczyk Jr, a Hudson, NH native has never made a Super Late Model start at the fast 1/3-mile speedway but he feels his recent victory in the Inaugural Subway Fresh Fit 150 Late Model race will give him the added confidence to ensure a great finish.
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Jun 23, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. ACT Series-Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
Oxford, ME. – ACT Late Model Series Driver #97 Joey Polewarczyk Jr of Hudson N.H. readies himself to return to one of his favorite tracks that the American-Canadian Tour visits each year, Oxford Plains Speedway.
Joey and crew started 2011 with winning the Inaugural Goodyear Speedweeks Cup in Florida and then it’s been up and down since then.
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Jun 23, 2011 | NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
Autodrome Chaudiere Race Preview
THE STORY
Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, joins the PASS North Series for its debut at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee Jonction, Que., with the Habitations Dany Lagace 150 on Saturday, June 25. Sommerville hopes to rebound from a tough effort last time out at Speedway 660, when a mechanical failure took him out of contention shortly after leading the 200-lap event. He has never raced at Autodrome Chaudiere, though he and the Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet team did get the opportunity to test at the track earlier this month. Sommerville enters the weekend third in the PASS North standings, just 26 points off the lead through three races.
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Jun 23, 2011 | NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Joey Doiron: PASS North Series
Autodrome Chaudiere Race Preview
THE STORY
Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, heads north of the border for the second straight PASS North Series race, when the series competes in the Habitations Dany Lagace 150 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee Jonction, Que., on Saturday, June 25. The event marks the PASS debut at Chaudiere. Doiron enters the weekend off consecutive Top-10 finishes on the tour, and he will be one of the few drivers in the field with on-track experience on Chaudiere’s high banks. Doiron is ninth in the series standings through three races.
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