Jun 11, 2015 | American Canadian Tour, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
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Barre, VT – The 56th Thursday night opener at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road rolls to the line on June 11 at 6:30pm with Harvest Equipment Night featuring Kids Rides. With it, N. Haverhill, NH’s Derrick O’Donnell resumes his drive for history.
The two-time defending “King of the Road” is seeking to become only the second driver in Thunder Road history to win three straight top-division championships. Chuck Beede won the first three Late Model titles from 1992-1994.
“For a team that just won the championship, I think we’ve worked harder than we ever have in this offseason to make sure we can do it again,” O’Donnell said prior to the start of the season. “We’re still getting better every year.”
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Jun 11, 2015 | American Canadian Tour, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
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Barre, VT ?? The cars and stars of Barre, VT’s Thunder Road Speedbowl are set to host the first Thursday night event of the 2015 season on June 11 with Harvest Equipment Night. The event marks the 56th Thursday opener at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement”, where summer Thursday night stock car racing has been a tradition since the track opened in 1960.
The first Thursday night event of the year will also see the annual Kid’s Rides. Kids 12 and under will have the opportunity to ride along in a Thunder Road Late Model, Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman, or Allen Lumber Street Stock around the high banks.
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Jun 11, 2015 | Granite State Series, More Maine Racing News, Touring Series News
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HUDSON, NH – With the point battle beginning to take shape early, the Granite State Pro Stock Series will travel to one of the most unique tracks on the circuit, Hudson International Speedway, for the Gate City Classic, June 14.
Young Gun Derek Griffith leads the standings entering the fourth of twelve events on the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) schedule. Finishing in the top four in each race to begin the season, Griffith holds a slim two-point advantage over Barry Gray, and just eight points back to Larry Gelinas in third, entering the event. Hudson International Speedway is Derek Griffith’s home-track, but has yet to pick up a victory at the ¼ mile facility with the series, whereas Gelinas visited Victory Lane in 2014.
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Jun 8, 2015 | NE Racing News, North East Mini Stock Tour, Touring Series News
Sonnhalter Falls Inches Shy In Speedbowl Finish
Many teams across New England felt that the 2014 NEMST event at Waterford Speedbowl may have been the final time the series battled on the weathered Connecticut surface. Thankfully Waterford Speedbowl was bought in the off season and kept a race track. The NEMST would have a chance to return to one of the raciest tracks in New England once again, this time under a new name, management, and officials.
Saturday night the touring mini stocks filled the gates of New London-Waterford Speedbowl with a 20 car field set to take green later in the evening. Nick Anderson and Toby Wells won their respective Environmental Engines heat races however Wells would be forced to start in the rear of the field after failing to report directly to the NEMST inspection trailer following the heat race. The invert of 4 rows was drawn by Anderson after winning his heat.
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Jun 7, 2015 | ACT, American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Polewarczyk Takes Third Win of Season in People’s United Bank 100
West Haven, VT – Defending American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Champion Joey Polewarczyk Jr. took his third win of the season in the People’s United Bank 100 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, June 6.
Hudson, NH’s “Joey Pole” worked his way up from the seventh starting position and got inside Tour point leader Wayne Helliwell Jr. on lap 74 of the 100-lap event. Pole completed the pass a lap later and motored away to win a caution-free race.
“You never really expect a race to go caution-free, but with this Tour, it can happen,” Pole said. “100 laps is kind of a short race for us, so our plan was to try and get to the front as quick as we could. But in the beginning I was battling with Travis Stearns and couldn’t really make much ground. So I backed off for a little while, and finally said ‘let’s try it again’.
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Jun 5, 2015 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
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Waterbury, VT—The stars of the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) will visit Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT for the People’s United Bank 100 on Saturday, June 6. Many Tour drivers will be looking for their first win at a track that two ACT Champions have had a firm grip on.
Dover, NH’s Wayne Helliwell Jr. and Williston, VT’s Brian Hoar have combined to win all five ACT Tour events at Devil’s Bowl since the series began visiting the ½-mile oval in 2011. Two-time ACT Tour Champion Helliwell won three straight races in 2012 and 2013, while eight-time Champion Hoar captured the 2011 and 2014 events. Both competitors will try to add to their win totals on Saturday.
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