3rd Different Winner In 2016 NEMST At Speedway 95
2016 Texas Roadhouse North East Mini Stock Tour presented by Twisted Tea
Bleak forecasts and gloomy skies surrounded the days leading up to the return of the North East Mini Stock Tour along with its sponsors Texas Roadhouse and Twisted Tea to the one third mile flat oval in Hermon, ME. The last race at Speedway 95 for the NEMST was held in May of 2009 the first year of the mini stock touring series which has since become one of the most recognized in New England.
That first day saw Justin Trombley take home the feature win, a driver that has had so many laps around the oval he could do it with his eyes closed. Fast forward to 2016. Trombley has decreased the number of tour races he competes in currently and the tour has drawn in the highest caliber of four cylinder competitors the region has to offer. Those competitors include Haywood Herriott and Zach Audet who both won their heat races during Sunday’s event, as well as 2 time champion Emerson Cayer and entering point leader Nick Maniatis.
ACT LATE MODEL SO. NEW ENGLAND TRIPLE HEADER TO WATERFORD
Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. Returns
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) returns to the New London-Waterford Speedbowl (NLWS) this Saturday night for the first time since 2010. The opening of the first round of three races for the newly created ACT Southern New England ACT affiliate Late Model tracks will take place for ACT touring teams and the weekly Late Model teams from New London-Waterford Speedbowl, Seekonk Speedway, and Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park this Saturday night, May 21. The three track alliance was put together after last season to help support the ACT fender type divisions that have been introduced to over a dozen tracks throughout the Northeast over the past decade.
“We are all looking forward to this triple-header series in Connecticut and Massachusetts. It has been in the planning process for a few years, and ACT is pleased to see the interest and growth of our full body kind of racing in the region. The talent level has improved dramatically over the years at our affiliate tracks, and of course, there will be the important ‘home track advantage’. The 100 laps at the Speedbowl should be a great event at one of the best tracks in the East for competitive Late Model racing,” said Tom Curley, President of ACT.
Emily Packard finishes 20th in Spring Green 116
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Not one of her original planned races this season, Emily Packard and her Northstar Fireworks/Packard Fuels team decided to add the Spring Green 116 race, but a tough outing at Airborne Park Speedway would result in a 20th place finish. “Not the outcome we had hoped for,” said Packard. “The car was pretty good throughout a majority of the race, but it just went bad towards the end of the final run. I still feel like we are headed in the right direction, unfortunately, the last couple of finishes just don’t reflect how good a car we have had.”
As the 19-year old rolled out for the first practice of the day, it only took a couple of laps to realize that the team needed to get the car up off the track to keep it from bottoming out. Fixing the initial issue, the team spent the rest of the three practices working on the car, getting it comfortable for her to drive. “Unfortunately, the car was so tight in practice,” said Packard. “We spent two practices loosening up the car, and by the third practice it was still tight, but was a little better than it had been.”
Aliyah Neale #14 – NHMS 5/14/16
MacDonald Beats Sweet, Weather for Spring Green Win
Plattsburgh, NY – Eddie MacDonald beat the best of the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and the weather to boot on Saturday, May 14, passing Nick Sweet in the closing laps to win the 42nd Spring Green 116 at Plattsburgh, NY’s Airborne Park Speedway.
Rowley, MA’s MacDonald had worked from his 13th starting position into the top-5 when a rain shower just past the halfway point threatened to halt the event. But the rain eventually passed, and MacDonald made his move during the final green flag run, getting to the outside of Sweet with 11 laps remaining as the two worked through lapped traffic. MacDonald cleared Sweet a lap later and powered to his sixth career ACT Late Model Tour win.
Alex Labbe started on the pole and assumed the lead after an early back-and-forth battle with Brandon Atkins. Fellow Quebecer Patrick Laperle eventually reeled Labbe in on lap 36, with Sweet right behind.