Feb 4, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News
Polewarczyk Ready To Add To Resume
HUDSON, N.H. — Joey Polewarczyk Jr. has come a long way since he first visited New Smyrna Speedway five years ago.
That ill-fated trip to Florida Speedweeks in 2006 saw the team lost on its way to the track itself, stuck in the mud for hours on end and with flat tires and engine issues on the motorhome they were driving south. And then there was race week itself, an grueling nine-night event billed as the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing that runs in conjunction with Daytona 500 week up the road at Daytona International Speedway.
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Feb 3, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News
Waterbury, VT –Veterans of the American Canadian Tour (ACT) will find plenty of eager young and veteran talent to challenge them at the inaugural Goodyear Speedweeks Cup event to be held at the New Smyrna Speedway during the upcoming World Series of Asphalt Stock Car racing this month.
Past American Canadian Tour Champions, Brian Hoar from Williston, VT, Karl Allard, Ste Felicien, QC, Donald Theetge, Quebec City, QC and Patrick Laperle from Ste-Denis sur Richeleau, west of Montreal, have all won multiple championships during their successful careers.
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Feb 3, 2011 | NE Racing News
Inaugural ECS $2,500 Challenge planned for Rockingham Park
CHESHIRE, Conn. (Feb. 2, 2011) – Officials at East Coast Snocross (ECS) are working behind the scenes to put together a special high-purse race for riders in the Pro and Semi-Pro divisions during the upcoming event at historic Rockingham Park in Salem, New Hampshire.
The inaugural ECS $2,500 Challenge will be a non-points open format, with two rounds of qualifying planned for Saturday and the Final on Sunday.
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Jan 28, 2011 | NE Racing News
ISOC Eastern Nationals next stop for East Coast Snocross series,
Presented by Woody’s Traction & AMSOIL
CHESHIRE, Conn. (Jan. 28, 2011) – After a much-needed weekend off for snowmobile race teams across the northeast, engines will once again rev up to full song as the national circuit comes to our own back yards.
Teams and officials at East Coast Snocross (ECS) are preparing to join the International Series of Champions (ISOC) at the Vision KIA Eastern Nationals on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 4-5, at the Finger Lakes Casino and Racetrack in Farmington, New York.
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Jan 28, 2011 | NE Racing News
Devil’s Bowl champion edges Thunder Road’s Sweet in online vote
SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT – Stock car racing champion Don Miller has been named the Vermont Motorsports Magazine 2010 Driver of the Year by readers of www.vtmotormag.com.
Nearly 24,000 votes were cast across ten categories in a two-week online poll at the Vermont Motorsports Magazine website. Wells, Vt., driver Miller earned 22% of the vote in the overall VMM 2010 Driver of the Year category. The Sportsman Modified track champion at West Haven’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway edged Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl track champion Nick Sweet of Barre by just two percentage points for the award.
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Jan 18, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – The American Candian Tour (ACT) and Thunder Road International Speedbowl have announced the nominees for the special awards to be handed out this Saturday, January 22 during the 2010 Banquet of Champions ceremony at the Sheraton-Burlington Hotel and Conference Center in South Burlington. Over 400 teams, fans and officials will be in attendance for the celebration.
As in years past, the Most Improved Driver Award and the Sportsmanship Award winners will be selected by votes from their fellow drivers and ACT/Thunder Road officials. The top four nominees for each award have been determined. Also the top five finalists for the Dr. Gordon R. “Doc” Nielsen Rookie Award have been selected.
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