Southern Racers Prepare For Upcoming PASS Carolina Doubleheader at Anderson and Hickory

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PASS photo

CHARLOTTE, NC (June 8) – As the weather continues to heat up down south, so does the racing.  For the first time in series history, the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Models will compete on back-to-back nights at Anderson Motor Speedway and Hickory Motor Speedway.  The PASS Carolina Doubleheader will take place June 17-18 and will see the best Super Late Models in the south compete at two of the region’s most challenging speedways.

Anderson Motor Speedway in the South Carolina Upstate will host the Electric City Twin 125s on Friday night, June 17th and will feature both the PASS South Super Late Models and the Southern Modified Racing Series (SMRS) Tour Modifieds.  Last year, Jared Irvan prevailed over Roger Lee Newton and Clay Rogers in one of the best races of the season.  With the addition of the SMRS Tour Modifieds, fans of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Tennessee will get their final opportunity to see two of the fastest divisions in racing compete together prior to the North-South Shootout at Concord Speedway in November.  Filling out this exciting card of racing at Anderson Motor Speedway will be the USAC Eastern Midgets, B-M Modifieds, and Front Wheel Drive divisions. (more…)

DEVIL’S BOWL AMERICAN RACER THREE STARS

American-Canadian-Tour       Waterbury, VTThe American Racer Three Star program will continue in 2016. The program is designed to recognize three teams in no particular order of performance that had outstanding races at ACT US Tour events. There are no specific criteria for deciding who might receive the award of a free American Racer Tire (value $125.00), but a special effort by a team, exceptional race, just plain old hard luck, or other accepted reason to give the award is used to decide the recipients.

 

The three stars are chosen by officials and winners will receive certificates for the use of a free American Racer tire at a future Tour race of their choosing during 2016.

 

The awarding of the stars does not allow for anybody in the top three to receive the recognition.

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YOUNG STARS ARRIVE AT THUNDER ROAD FOR HARVEST EQUIPMENT EVENT

thunderWaterbury, VT – The popular win in the 54th running of the Memorial Day Classic,

by Tyler Cahoon, Danville, VT was a sign of the emergence of another group of young talent that has arrived at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement”, Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl in Barre, VT.

 

Cahoon may have won the race, but Thunder Road and race fans also look like winners with the group of talented young teams who have recently become competitive with the ‘old guard’ teams, like fellow Green Mountain veteran racers Nick Sweet, Barre; Phil Scott, Middlesex, VT; John Donahue, Graniteville, VT; Dave Whitcomb, Essex Jct., VT; Trampas Demers, Shelburne, VT and Matt White, Northfield, VT.

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PASS North Super Late Models Return To White Mountain This Weekend

photo by Norm Marx

photo by Norm Marx

NAPLES, ME (June 7) – After a two year absence, the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Models will return to New Hampshire’s White Mountain Motorsports Park this Saturday afternoon for the Foley Oil Company 150.

 

The race for the 2016 PASS North Super Late Model championship is heated, with seven drivers within 68 points of one another heading to White Mountain this weekend.  Of those seven drivers, four are former PASS North champions, led by current points leader and Granite State native, DJ Shaw.

 

Another former series champion, Ben Rowe, leads all drivers with 8 PASS North wins at White Mountain, but has not gone to victory lane there since 2008.  6-time PASS North champion Johnny Clark has also won at White Mountain, taking the checkered flag there en route to two of his championships in 2010 and 2011.

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Lee USA Speedway 6/3/16 race Report

DJ Shaw Victory Lane Lee USA (Rich Hayes Photo)

DJ Shaw Victory Lane Lee USA (Rich Hayes Photo)

Lee, NH -The Granite State Pro Stock series invaded Lee USA Speedway to join the NASCAR Whelen All American Series season weekly divisions on Friday night, with DJ Shaw of Center Conway taking down the GSPSS 100-lap win in impressive fashion.

Shaw and Jeremy Davis of Tamworth led the field to green for the GSPSS main, with some intense competition that saw the lead swapped several times along the 100-lap distance. Davis quickly moved past polesitter Shaw to gain the point, where he stayed past the 20-lap mark.

By lap 30, Hudson’s Derek Griffith, the series’ defending champ, had worked past to take command, but he was under quickly attack with Bryan Kruczek of Newmarket who pressured him right through the halfway mark. Davis and Shaw had settled into third and fourth at the crossed flags, saving their tires for a late-race run.

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