Jun 19, 2010 | NE Racing News
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway returned to racing action
with a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Summer Blast-Off Fireworks program
on Friday, June 18th. Keith Rocco picked up his second conseutive and fifth
overall win of the 2010 season in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature, Michael
Bennett got his first win of 2010 in the 30-lap Late Model feature, Tommy
Barrett, Jr. scored his second victory of 2010 in the 20-lap SK Light
Modified feature, Dave Yardley, III scored his first career victory in the
20-lap Limited Late Model feature, and Don Wood took his second win of 2010
in 15-lap DARE Stock feature.
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Jun 19, 2010 | NE Racing News
Christopher Scores Exciting Sunoco Mod Victory;
O’Sullivan Brothers Make Winning a Family Affair at Thompson;
Barnett, Sullivan & Michalski Also Winners
Thompson, CT (June 17, 2010): Les Hinckley of Windsor Locks, CT, was victorious on Thursday Night as the Modified Racing Series made their first official appearance of the 2010 season at the 5/8-th mile oval at Thompson International Speedway. The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series competitors provided some incredible racing on Thursday Night as well with thrilling finishes. Ted Christopher of Plainville, CT, won his third feature victory of the 2010 season at Thompson in exciting fashion. Mike O’Sullivan of Springfield, MA, won a thriller in the Super Late Models. Brother Tommy O’Sullivan, also of Springfield, MA took a commanding victory in the Late Models. Larry Barnett of Moosup, CT, scored his first win of the season in Limited Sportsman action. Brian Sullivan of S. Windsor, CT, returned to the TIS Modified division and returned to his winning ways while Steve Michalski of Brooklyn, CT, wired the field to score the victory in the Mini Stocks.
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Jun 15, 2010 | NE Racing News
by Matt Childs
Wiscasset, ME- The N.E.S.T ( North East Sport Truck) series rolled into The “Center of Speed” Wiscasset Raceway this Sunday to put on a great show for the fans and did just that. The four cylinder truck series started the cloudy racing program off with their heat race which saw Jeff Schmidt of Mechanic Falls on the pole. Schmidt’s lead would be short lived however as Gray’s Jake Burns powered by Schmidt’s #22 truck before the first lap was complete. Burns, the three time Oxford Plains Speedway truck champion held the lead for two laps before Harpswell’s Opie Allard was able to get by and take the lead. The lead is where Allard would stay for the rest of the heat race as he picked up the checkerd flag. Duane Booth would finish second and Burns in the third posistion.
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Jun 14, 2010 | NE Racing News
Many schools of higher learning provide stadiums and arenas for their
student/athletes to hone their skills for careers after college; yet one
would be hard-pressed to find a university that owned and operated its own
race track to afford its student/athletes the opportunity pursue their dream
in the racing industry. The University of Northwestern Ohio’s Limaland
Motorsports Park is a quarter of a mile high-banked dirt track where
students can race cars built by them in the university shops.
UNOH also sponsors NASCAR events and a driver in every race it sponsors.
Recently, the K&N Pro Series East race at the famed Martinsville Speedway
and driver Eddie MacDonald carried the university’s banner for the UNOH
Performance 200. President Jeff Jarvis is proud of the schools’ heritage and
involvement in auto racing saying, “In 1890, the Lima Business School opened
in downtown Lima and by 1970, we became the first automotive school in Ohio.
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Jun 14, 2010 | NE Racing News
Lee, NH – The American Canadian Tour Late Models rolled into town some forty
strong for the running of the annual Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway
last Friday night, and weekly competitor Miles Chipman became the first
track regular to record a win in the prestigious event.
After four hard-fought 12-lap heat races and a pair of consolation rounds,
an impressive field of 31 starters took the green flag for the
much-anticipated race, which was rained out back on its originally scheduled
date back in mid-April.
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Jun 14, 2010 | NE Racing News
Winchester, NH: This past Saturday, the race event again fell victim to Mother Nature at Monadnock Speedway. The rain came in late morning and was predicted not to let until late Sunday afternoon.
The racing at Monadnock Speedway has been on hold for the last two weeks setting up again for a full card of racing this Saturday, June 19th. The event will feature the speedway’s tour type Modified division, Sportsman Modifieds, Pro 4 Modifieds, Outlaw Pros, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks, Young Guns, 4-cylinder Enduros and Full Size Enduros. The pit gates will open at 1pm with practice starting at 3pm. Racing will start at 6pm. On Sunday, June 20th the speedway will host their first Sunday Series Mudbog event starting at 11am.
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