Jul 26, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
One of this season rising stars in the Giffords Ice Cream Bandolero Series is 8 year old Charles Macko, from Chester, Vermont.
Charlie first felt the need for speed when on vacation with his family, “I went to Phoenix Arizona with my family on vacation. While we were there, we went to an amusement park. They had a kart track there. I was really small (3 years old), but there was nobody there, and the guy let me into the kart. I have loved driving and going fast ever since.”
This season Charlie is racing the number 99 The Killarney Pub bandolero at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. There is quite difference from the quarter midgets that Charlie raced in the past compared to the bandoleros cars now. “The bandolero car is very different from the form of karts I was in before. It is enclosed, much faster, and really big. I have to steer it with more force. It is much more work.”
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Jul 26, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – Brooks Clark of Fayston won the Times Argus 75-lap Late Model main event on Mid-Season Championship double-points night at Thunder Road despite losing a half-track lead with eight laps to go because of the race’s lone caution.
Clark took the lead for keeps on lap 33. On the restart, he had 16 year-old Joey Laquerre, who drove a courageous race, on his outside with Brett Gervais and rookie point leader Derrick O’Donnell of North Haverhill, NH in row two, ahead of Kyle Pembroke and Nick Sweet.
Clark got a quick jump on Laquerre and immediately took the A. W. Clark Jr. & Son No. 68 to the rim of the race track. The win was Clark’s second of the season. He thanked his team for rebuilding his car after a hard crash Sunday in the ACT International 500 at Airborne Speedway. “It’s been a long week for my crew,” he said.
O’Donnell overtook Laquerre on the final lap to finish second and maintain his spot atop the Late Model standings. Nick Sweet, who started 19th, finished 4th at Laquerre’s rear spoiler. Kyle Pembroke of Montpelier was 5th.
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Jul 24, 2013 | American Canadian Tour
ACT International 500: Emily Packard
Airborne Speedway Race Report
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Emily Packard of East Montpelier, Vt., finished 32nd overall in the inaugural ACT International 500 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Sunday, July 21. Packard was collected in a multi-car crash on the very first lap in the second of three 100-lap segments that made up the unique ACT Late Model tour event, ending the day early for the No. 9x Northstar Fireworks/Berlin Optical Expressions Ford Fusion. Packard qualified 25th for the 40-car field on the .500-mile oval, and she finished 21st in the opening 100-lap segment. When the front row got together on the initial start of Segment No. 2, several cars stacked up and were left with heavy damage. Packard hit the frontstretch wall, pushing her radiator all the way into her engine and bending the rear end of the car to effectively force her out of the event.
WHO: Emily Packard, East Montpelier, Vt.
TEAM: No. 9x Northstar Fireworks/Berlin Optical Expressions Ford Fusion
CREW CHIEF: Neal Woodward, Georgia, Vt.
SPONSORS: Northstar Fireworks, Fecteau Homes, Berlin Optical Expressions, Yipes! of Barre, VT Shifter Karts, GossCars.com, Be The Match, Rutland Regional Medical Center, R.G. Paving
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Jul 23, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Eddie MacDonald survived the grueling ACT International 500 in Plattsburgh, N.Y. in the American Canadian Tour’s inaugural event nosing out Booby Therrien at the line on the final lap for fourth place in the final segment to vault the veteran racer into a third place overall finish. The two day event on the half mile oval in upstate New York culminated with three segments on Sunday for 100 laps each with 40 cars taking the first green flag.
Eddie Mac ran fourth, fifth, and fourth in the Hancock Electric sponsored Chevy in the three segments for a combined score of 13, good enough for third place behind ACT‘s dominant performers in winner Joey Pole and runner-up Brian Hoar. The Freddie Peterson owned Chevy came from a tenth starting position in the heat to nip Brent Dragon at the line to advance to the feature with a +4 rating. The long time K&N Pro Series East and part-time ACT driver took the green flag in the fifth spot in the first 100 lap segment. The field would be inverted in each of the final two segments.
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Jul 23, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
ACT International 500: Brian Hoar
Airborne Speedway Race Report
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., finished second in the inaugural ACT International 500 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Sunday, July 21. Hoar won the third and final 100-lap segment after finishing second in each of the first two segments in the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger. Hoar, who has eight career ACT Late Model tour wins at the .500-mile track, was leading in every single segment before late-race caution periods cost him victories in the first two segments. After winning his heat race, Hoar qualified 10th in the first segment for his best starting position in any of the three 100-lap events after full field inversions following each segment.
WHO: Brian Hoar, Williston, Vt.
TEAM: RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger
CREW CHIEF: Rick Paya, Georgia, Vt.
WHAT: ACT International 500 (three 100-lap segments)
WHERE: Airborne Speedway, Plattsburgh, N.Y. (.375-mile oval)
STARTED: 10th
FINISHED: 2nd overall (2-2-1, 5 pts.)
NEXT RACE: August 3, ACT 150, Sanair Super Speedway, St. Pie, Que. (.875-mile triangle) (more…)
Jul 23, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS, Touring Series News
Oxford, ME – In the first TD Bank 250 to feature the Super Late Models since 2006, Joey Doiron and the 73 Wild Willy’s Burgers/JBJ Machine team had an incredible day, finishing second after leading 26 laps in the biggest short track race in the country. Many of the biggest stars of motorsports have competed in the annual 250 lap event at Oxford Plains Speedway. 66 of the best Super Late Model drivers tried to qualify for the 41 car field that paid $25,000 to win.
Starting the weekend out with practice on both Saturday and Sunday morning, the team felt confident in their chances going into the heat races. It wasn’t going to be easy however, as Doiron drew 10th place in the first heat race. The pre-race draw is one of the most intriguing parts of the day, as only four cars will get in to the race through the heat races, and the rest go to consolation and last chance races. Doiron wasted no time in his heat to find the front however, as he used the outside groove to work his way forward. With ten laps to go in the 25 lap heat, he was in a transfer spot for the 250. He didn’t stop there though, as he drove to a third place finish, giving him a 13th place starting spot for the main event.
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