Joey Doiron Scores Top-10 In Star 150

Joey Doiron: PASS North Series
Star Speedway Race Report

EPPING, N.H. – Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, finished 10th in the PASS North Series Star 150 at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., on Saturday, May 14. It was Doiron’s first Top-10 of the season, but came in an unconventional fashion – after sitting in the second on the final restart of the race, he ended up with a wrecked race car along the frontstretch wall after contact with another car racing to the checkered flag. Doiron started third for his best start of the season and raced inside the Top-10 during the entire caution-filled event.

WHO: Joey Doiron, Berwick, Maine
TEAM: No. 73 JBJ Machine/Dale Shaw Race Cars Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: John Doiron, Berwick, Maine

WHAT: Star 150
WHERE: Star Speedway, Epping, N.H.
STARTED: 3rd
FINISHED: 10th
LAPS LED: 0 times for 0 laps
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Lonnie Sommerville Finishes 4th In Star 150

Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
Star Speedway Race Report

EPPING, N.H. – Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, finished fourth in the PASS North Series Star 150 at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., on Saturday, May 14. It was Sommerville’s second fourth-place finish in as many starts this season. Sommerville started eighth in the 22-car field, but an early domino-effect spin set him back to shotgun on the field. He rallied back to the Top-10 by Lap 100 and was sitting on the outside pole on the first of several green-white-checkered restarts. After a couple of leaders got together, he was forced to settle for the fourth-place finish.

WHO: Lonnie Sommerville, Saint John, New Brunswick
TEAM: Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders/Community Pharmacies Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Gary Crooks, Mooresville, N.C.

WHAT: Star 150
WHERE: Star Speedway, Epping, N.H.
STARTED: 8th
FINISHED: 4th
LAPS LED: 0 times for 0 laps
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Austin Theriault Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview

Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview

THE STORY

Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, looks to bounce back as the ACT Late Model Tour competes in The Big Jab 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, May 15. Theriault failed to qualify for the Tour’s most recent event at Thunder Road International Speedbowl earlier this month after finishing an impressive seventh in his RPM Motorsports debut at Lee USA Speedway. Theriault made his ACT debut as a 15-year-old at Oxford in October of 2009, and last season he led 29 laps in this very event.
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Lonnie Sommerville Star Speedway Race Preview

Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
Star Speedway Race Preview

THE STORY

Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, looks for a second straight Top-5 finish to open the PASS North Series season in the Star 150 at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., on Saturday, May 14. Sommerville, who has joined Mulkern Racing to compete full-time in the series for the first time, comes off a strong fourth-place effort in his debut at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway two weeks ago. Sommerville has never competed at Star Speedway, though his home track of Speedway 660 in Geary, N.B., is very similar in size and layout.
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Brian Hoar Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview

Brian Hoar: ACT Late Model Tour
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview

THE STORY

Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., heads in as the ACT Late Model Tour championship leader when the series runs The Big Jab 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, May 15. Hoar has a win and two Top-5 finishes to start the season as he searches for a third straight ACT title and record eighth championship overall. Despite a runner-up effort in last year’s non-point TD Bank Oxford 250, Hoar has yet to win at Oxford – where the series will run twice in just over a month’s time.

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Joey Doiron Star Speedway Race Preview

Joey Doiron: PASS North Series
Star Speedway Race Preview

THE STORY

Joey Doiron looks to rebound from a disappointing start to the 2011 season when the PASS North Series competes in the Star 150 at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., on Saturday, May 14. The 2010 PASS Rookie of the Year won his one and only career start at the newly-resurrected Star Speedway, having taken the checkered flag in an open competition Late Model race at the track in 2008. This marks his first start in a Super Late Model on the flat quarter-mile track.
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