Aug 30, 2017 | ACT, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre’s Nick Sweet (foreground) was the winner of the 2016 Vermont Milk Bowl. The 55th edition of the legendary event is scheduled for Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, Vt. – The 55th Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank is just around the corner at Barre’s Thunder Road. Track officials have announced plans for the latest running of the famed event at the Barre high banks on Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1, with five divisions of racing action that promise something for every racing fan in the Northeast.
The 55th Milk Bowl is the biggest event on the Thunder Road calendar with a storied history that dates back to 1962. It has been captured by the biggest names of Northeast U.S. and Canadian Late Model racing over the decades from four-time winner Robbie Crouch to three-time champion Nick Sweet. Many of today’s top American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and Thunder Road Late Model drivers are expected at the 55th edition as well.
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Aug 30, 2017 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
photo by Rich Hayes
LEE, N.H. — A full 14-race program, including six feature events, plus “Back to School Night” rides in race cars for youngsters and the Senior
Tour Auto Racers Tour for older race fans highlights this Friday night’s action at Lee USA Speedway.
Hobby Stocks will be running in twin 25-lap feature events presented by David’s Race Cars of Derry, N.H. The two 25-lap features give drivers a chance at their biggest payday this season.
Late Model Sportsmen cars will run qualifying heats plus a 30-lap feature race. The late models are corning off a 50-lap feature last week won by Frankie Eldredge, topping a 20-car field.
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Aug 30, 2017 | ACT, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
BARRE, VT – American Canadian Tour rivals Scott Payea of Colchester, Vt. and Dillon Moltz of Waterford, Ct. resume their bid for the 2017 ACT Late Model Tour title at the 39th running of the Coca-Cola Labor Day Classic 200 at Thunder Road Sunday, September 3.
Payea leads Moltz by 28 points with two events remaining. Both drivers are seeking their first ACT championship.
Payea drove the Harrison Concrete and Redi-Mix No. 37 to victory in the Community Bank 150 on the Barre high banks earlier in the season. Moltz, who is coming off a recent win at White Mountain Motorsports Park, finished 3rd in the first Thunder Road tour event.
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Aug 30, 2017 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
photo by Rich Hayes
Lee, NH – The Lance Davis Memorial race for Late Model Sportsman was the featured attraction at Lee USA Speedway on Friday night year, honoring the longtime competitor who passed away suddenly in 2003 at the age of 42.
This year’s edition of the race brought a strong field of entries as always, with Stratham driver Frankie Eldredge not only taking home top honors in the extra-distance 50-lap feature event, but moving into the lead in the season-long points chase as well.
When the feature event went green, Eldredge wasted little time, making his move to the front in the early going. Frankie was in command from there, and despite some heavy pressure from George Helliwell of Pelham in the late laps, he held on to collect the win. Helliwell checkered second, with Jay Sands of Hampton taking home third place honors.
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Aug 30, 2017 | NE Racing News, Thunder Road
Barre’s Jason Corliess earned his third Thunder Road Late Model win of the season in dramatic fashion on Jet Service Envelope/Accura Printing Night. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, Vt. – Hometown driver Jason Corliss scored his third Thunder Road Late Model win of the season in dramatic fashion at Jet Service Envelope/Accura Printing Night on Thursday, August 24. The number-thee point driver fended off fellow Barre competitor Cody Blake and South Burlington’s Trampas Demers in a three-car thriller to take his seventh career Late Model victory in the Thursday night finale.
Corliss appeared to have the race in hand after getting the jump on Milton’s Eric Chase following the second and final restart on lap-29 of the 50-lap event and pulling out to a big advantage. But Blake reeled him in after getting around Chase and began looking to Corliss’ outside in the closing laps.
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Aug 24, 2017 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
LEE, N.H. — The Lance Davis Memorial Sportsman Late Model 50-lap feature race highlights this Friday night’s 13-race program here at Lee USA Speedway.
A hot 2017 point championship battle sets the stage for the Davis Memorial event which began in 2003 after the sportsman driver died at 42 from a heart attack.
Bryan Kruczek, driving the Brian House No.88 from Haverhill, leads the current point standings with 555 but Frankie Eldredge, of Stratham, N.H., trails by just five points. Kris Miller, Bedford, N.H., is third only eight points off the lead. Jay Sands, Hampton, N.H. is fourth with 537 and Jimmy Russell, Exeter, N.H., rounds out the top five at 524.
Along with prize money, the top 10 finishers in the Davis Memorial also will win special trophies donated by Luc Tanguay who raced with Davis for years.
The Ironman Division will run two 25-lap feature races as part of Friday’s full program. Hobby Stocks will have a 25-lap main event while
the super-modifieds will run a 30-lap feature. All divisions will run 10-lap qualifying heats.
Dave Helliwell, of Salem, N.H., leads the super-modified point standings in the Witkum Brothers No.21 with 498. Leslie Keyser, fresh off his 40-lap $4,000 win in the “Super Shootout”, is second with 457 while John Burke, of” Derry, N.H., is third in his new winged No.01 super-mod. Others in Friday night’s super-modified lineup include Mike Keddy, of Raymond, N.H.,
Moe Lattime, in the Dick Osborne No.59 from Kingston, N.H., and Haverhill’s Tommy Tombarello.
Fans also will have a chance to race with their own cars on Friday. The “Spectator Drags” allow spectators to compete in two-lap events with the final race being five laps to the checkered flag. Fans must~Bse approved
safety helmets and seatbelts.
The first Ironman feature opens Friday’s program at 7 p.m.
