Jan 6, 2018 | GSPSS, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Returns to Hudson International & NHMS Headline 13-Race Tentative Slate
By: Kyle Souza, GSPSS
WALPOLE, N.H. – Returns to New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Hudson International Speedway headline a tentative 13-race schedule for the Granite State Pro Stock Series in 2018.
The season will begin with a test and tune session on April 28, before drivers take the first green flag at Claremont Speedway on May 4, with a 100-lap main event. The season will conclude and the champion will once again be crowned at New London-Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday, Oct. 20.
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Jan 6, 2018 | PASS, Touring Series News
PASS, NEMST to Headline “Milk Bowl Friday” at Thunder Road
Barre, Vt. – Thunder Road officials announced today that both the Pro All Star Series (PASS) Super Late Models and the North East Mini Stock Tour (NEMST) have been added to the 56th Vermont Milk Bowl Weekend presented by Northfield Savings Bank in 2018. The two series will be part of a special “Milk Bowl Friday” event to be held on Friday, September 28.
It will be the second PASS North visit of the 2018 season to the Barre high banks, joining the Memorial Day Classic event that has been on the PASS calendar since 2015. For NEMST, they will make the trip to Thunder Road for the second time in their history and the first since 2013.
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Jan 6, 2018 | PASS, Touring Series News
PASS South Super Late Models Set For March Return To Caraway
CHARLOTTE, NC (January 3) – Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials announced today that the PASS South Super Late Models will return to Caraway Speedway near Asheboro, NC for the second race of the 2018 season. The South’s original and longest running Super Late Model tour will compete in the RGS Products 125 at Caraway Speedway on Sunday, March 11, with an optional practice day scheduled for Saturday, March 10. The RGS Products 125 will be part of the season opener at Caraway Speedway for the Southern Modified Racing Series (SMRS) Tour Modifieds, which will also be competing for 99 laps. This event will be the first of three that will see two of the region’s premier touring series compete alongside one another, joining the 13th Annual Easter Bunny weekend at Hickory Motor Speedway on Saturday, March 31 and the Memorial Day weekend event at Concord Speedway on Friday, May 25.
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Dec 28, 2017 | Granite State Series, Touring Series News
2018 Schedule Announced For Granite State Pro Stock Series
Returns to Hudson International & NHMS Headline 13-Race Tentative Slate
By: Kyle Souza, GSPSS
WALPOLE, N.H. – Returns to New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Hudson International Speedway headline a tentative 13-race schedule for the Granite State Pro Stock Series in 2018.
The season will begin with a test and tune session on April 28, before drivers take the first green flag at Claremont Speedway on May 4, with a 100-lap main event. The season will conclude and the champion will once again be crowned at New London-Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday, Oct. 20.
“The goal of the series has always been a 14-race schedule,” GSPSS president Mike Parks said. “That seems to be the number that works. We are still working on one more addition that would bring it to 14 races and we should know if that is going to happen just after the holidays.” (more…)
Dec 17, 2017 | North East Mini Stock Tour, Touring Series News
Special Sale Prices for June Event at New HampshireMotor Speedway Will Only Last Until Christmas
Are you looking for a last-minute gift for the New England racer in your life? Does your race team need another expense to write off before the end of the year? Are you just looking for a good deal?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, you may want to get a jump start on the 2018 racing season by buying discounted tickets and/or pit passes for the second annual New England Short Track Showdown, which will return to New Hampshire Motor Speedway in June 2018. This event will take place on Saturday, June 23rd and Sunday, June 24th.
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Dec 17, 2017 | ACT, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Allen Lumber Company has been a supporter of the Thunder Road Street Stocks since 1993 and will return in 2018 after signing a new agreement. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, Vt. – Thunder Road officials announced today that Allen Lumber Company has signed a multi-year agreement to return as the title sponsor for the track’s Street Stock class. The upcoming 2018 season will be the 26th consecutive year that the Vermont-based company has been associated with the Street Stocks.
Allen Lumber Company is one of the longest-running continuous entitlement sponsors at Thunder Road. They began their sponsorship of the Street Stocks in 1989 when it was an eight-cylinder division. After a one-year association with the Flying Tigers in 1992, they resumed their partnership with the Street Stocks in 1993 when it became a four-cylinder class.
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