May 31, 2017 | GSPSS, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
WALPOLE, N.H. – On the heels of his first career Granite State Pro Stock Series victory at Riverhead Raceway on May 20, Mike Mitchell is leading the series into action this Friday night at Claremont Speedway. A 100 lap, $2,000 to win feature event will showcase some of the top Northeast Super Late Model talent on the very track where the series began back in 2011.
The third-mile provided fans with one of the most memorable series events in 2016, when Jeremy Davis, Derek Griffith and DJ Shaw battled right to the finish, with Davis coming out on top at the checkered flag.
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May 30, 2017 | ACT, NE Racing News, Thunder Road
The Myers Container Service Triple Crown Series will see the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers run a trio of extra-distance events beginning this Sunday, June 4 with the Harvest Equipment event. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, Vt. – Thunder Road officials have announced the creation of the Myers Container Service Triple Crown Series for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers. The series will feature a trio of extra-distance races for the famed division with its own season-ending championship and point fund.
The first leg of the Myers Container Service Triple Crown will be held this Sunday, June 4 as part of the Harvest Equipment event, while the second leg is scheduled for Fairpoint Communications Night on Thursday, July 20. The Triple Crown Series champion will be crowned Thursday, August 10 on Cody Chevrolet Cadillac Night. All three events will award Thunder Road championship points along with Myers Container Service Triple Crown points.
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May 30, 2017 | NE Racing News, PASS, SLM, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – DJ Shaw of Center Conway, New Hampshire nailed down his first Pro All Stars Series North Super Late Model victory of the season down in dominant fashion, leading all but two laps in Sunday’s Mekkelsen Memorial Day Classic at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vermont.
Shaw, the defending PASS North Super Late Model champion, won his heat race while turning in a lap of 11.571-seconds, unofficially the fastest lap recorded in competition at the newly-paved, 57-year-old, ¼-mile oval track. Shaw’s Precision JLM 60 was also quickest in the main event, a couple of tenths off his heat race at the track temperatures rose.
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May 28, 2017 | Mods, NE Racing News, PASS, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Center Conway, NH’s D.J. Shaw (left) celebrates his PASS Super Late Model victory with Bruce Mekkelsen of Mekkelsen RV Sales & Rental. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, Vt. – Hinesburg’s Bobby Therrien took the lead early and never looked back en route to capturing the 55thMemorial Day Classic presented by Mekkelsen RV Sales & Rental at Barre’s Thunder Road on Sunday, May 28. It was the first Thunder Road Late Model victory for the multi-time American-Canadian Tour (ACT) winner.
After previously winning his heat, Therrien sliced through the field from the 10th starting position, grabbing the top spot from pole sitter Brooks Clark on a lap-16 restart. The former Flying Tiger champion held off a host of challengers during a series of yellows, then walked away from the field during an extended green flag run following a competition caution on lap 60.
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May 26, 2017 | ACT, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Thunder Road will open its season with the Memorial Day Classic presented by Mekkelsen Sales & RV for the first time since 1994, and opens under new ownership for the first time since 1982. [Buzz Fisher photo}
For the first time since 1994, racers will be competing on a freshly paved track surface, which was recently completed by Pike Industries. Coincidentally, 1994 was also the last time Thunder Road opened the season on Memorial Day weekend. The Super Late Models were in action that day as well with the former ACT Pro Stock Tour. Sunday’s event is also the first since the track was purchased by former racer Cris Michaud and local businessman Pat Malone.
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May 26, 2017 | NE Racing News, PASS, SLM, Touring Series News
photo by Norm Marx
By Dick Casey
(PASS) 150 lap feature on Sunday, May 21 at Autodrome Montmagny in Quebec. The Rowley, Mass driver started tail in the seventeen car field due to a weight mix up. Eddie Mac drove the Dave Lemieux owned Pro Stock/SLM through the stellar competition to post the fifth place run.
Eddie Mac posted the fastest time in both practices and was poised to compete for the win but a mix up at the scales forced the #17 to start in the rear with Eddie Mac saying, “We were a few pounds heavy on the left side when we went over the scales so we moved the weight around but we didn’t go back over the scales and that was our fault. It was too bad because the car was really fast and had a great shot to contend for the win.”
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