LEE, NH- For many race teams the annual Lee USA Speedway Oktoberfest
this Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be their final laps run on a race
track this year. For many race fans, this is also the last party weekend of
the year.
The racing begins on Friday with an open practice for most divisions
from 3-7:00 PM, followed by a pizza and beer party in the Checkered Flag Pub
with a DJ, karaoke and dancing at 7 PM.
Lee USA Speedway closed out the 2010 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late
Model championship season on Friday night, and Wayne Helliwell, Jr. put an
exclamation point on his title run by scoring feature win number eight of
the season in the E Keys 4 Cars 25-lapper.
Helliwell was easily the class of the field and led flag to flag in the
Bruce Bernhardt Ford to pick up the victory, with Pat Floyd finishing a
distant second. Bobby Baillargeon, Steve Knowlton, and Tom Fuller rounded
out the top five finishers.
LEE, NH- It has been an exciting race season at New Hampshire’s Center of
Speed, the Lee USA Speedway, but the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
season comes to a close this Friday night, September 17th, with Oktoberfest
weekend on October 22nd -24th still to come.
Friday will be the final points night, with a season-long battle for the
Small Block Supermodified Track Championship on the line. Thomas Tombarello
Jr., and Billy Osborne are so close in the standings, it is likely that
whoever crosses the finish line first in their 25-lap feature event will
with the title. If they should both falter, Mike Netishen still has not been
mathematically eliminated from pulling the upset.
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Six-time International Supermodified Association (ISMA) Chris Perley added
another big win to his already-impressive resume with a victory in the 45th
running of the Classic at Lee USA Speedway on Saturday night.
Perley came into the night as a four-time overall Classic winner, including
the past two in a row, and he tied the legendary Ollie Silva and Russ Wood
to become just the third driver in Classic history to make the trip to
victory lane three years running.
Lee, N.H. – Indianapolis 500 veteran and multi-time supermodified champ Joe Gosek is the latest entry for the 45th Annual “Classic” Championship 100, Saturday night, Sept. 11, here at Lee USA Speedway.
Gosek joins a long list of drivers who will be competing in New England‘s longest running traditional oval-track racing event.
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Late Model championship at Lee USA Speedway on Friday night, capturing his
eighth win of the season in the 25-lap E Keys 4 Cars-sponsored feature
event.
Helliwell’s impressive eight-win season aboard the Bruce Bernhardt Ford
locked up the title with another week still remaining on the schedule, and
marks the second consecutive Late Model championship for the team.
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