May 3, 2012 | Beech Ridge, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
The long awaited PASS North super late model season opener at Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway gets the green this Saturday May 5th, and if the early entry list is any indication the Southern Maine Motors.com 150 is shaping up to be a barn burner.
As of Monday May 1st the pre entry list boasts thirty of the fastest full fender short track racers in the United States and Eastern Canada. The talent that has made PASS a “must see” attraction are back; Johnny Clark, Lonnie Sommerville, Ben and Mike Rowe, Cassius Clark, Kelly Moore, Scott Mulkern , Travis Bemjamin, Gary Smith, Derek Ramstrom, DJ Shaw – all past PASS feature winners and names that could stage a race amongst themselves and keep any crowd on the edge of their seat.
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May 3, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Excitement Builds for Inaugural VT State Championship
Phil Scott celebrates a Thunder Road feature win during the 2011 season. (Photo by Leif Tillotson)
Barre, VT – The first entry for the recently announced Vermont State Late Model Championship series has been received from Phil Scott, the Lt. Governor of Vermont from Berlin. The all-time win list leader at Barre’s Thunder Road and multi-time Champion is an early favorite to win the Vermont State Championship Series.
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May 2, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
BLACK AND BLUE: Doiron Ready For New Season
Consistency Will Be Key In 2012 PASS North Series Run
A short mid-season vacation in 2011 may turn out to be key to the 2012 fortunes of Joey Doiron Racing.
Joey Doiron returned from a two-week hiatus last season to turn in his most impressive performances of the entire year, an effort that Doiron believes energized the team and could serve as a springboard for his current PASS North Series effort. That season starts on Saturday, May 5, with the SouthernMaineMotors.com 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.
Doiron is as excited as he’s been for any season opener in his three-year Super Late Model career.
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May 1, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
BKR Development Driver 5th At Pensacola; Posts Top-10 In ACT Race
Planes, trains and automobiles. That’s what it felt like for Austin Theriault this weekend.
The 18-year-old Brad Keselowski Racing development driver hit opposite ends of the East Coast in a three-day span, posting a career-best Super Late Model finish of 5th in Florida less than 48 hours before returning to New England to post a Top-10 run in ACT Late Model Tour action at Thunder Road International Speedbowl.
“It was a long weekend, a lot of miles and a lot of racing, but I had a lot of fun, too,” Theriault said after finishing ninth Sunday in the Merchants Bank 150 at Thunder Road. “The Late Model, the Super Late Model – they both have four tires, but they really drive a lot different. At first, honestly, I don’t think I even realized how different they can be. But getting out here (at Thunder Road) and jumping into the Late Model and launching off into that first turn this weekend, it was like, ‘Whoa.’”
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Apr 30, 2012 | Granite State Series, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Legendary Car Owner To Give Command For Granite State Pro Stock Series Season Opener
WINCHESTER, NH — Legendary NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour car owner Mario Fiore has been named the grand marshal for David’s House 106 presented by Fenton Family Dealerships Granite State Pro Stock Series event at Monadnock Speedway on Saturday, May 26. David’s House 106 event will benefit Ricky’s Race for Kids, a charity that assists David’s House, a home-away-from-home that offers support for families with children receiving treatment through Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, in Hanover, NH.
Ricky’s Race for Kids was created in the memory of the champion stock car racer Ricky Miller, who passed away in 2004. Miller was a one-time crew member and driver for Fiore.
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Apr 29, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – Eight-time and defending ACT Champion Brian Hoar, of Williston VT, rode a hot streak on his way to his second win in a row on the ACT Tour in the Merchants Bank 150 on Sunday, April 29 at Thunder Road. Hoar fought off former Lee USA Champion Wayne Helliwell Jr, of Dover NH, and two-time Serie ACT Castrol Champion Patrick Laperle of St. Denis, QC for his first ever Merchants Bank 150 win.
Hoar started from the second position, after a +6 plus minus out of his heat, and stole the lead from Thunder Road defending Champion Dave Pembroke on lap 21. Hoar paced the field for 19 laps only to lose the lead to seven-time ACT Champion Jean Paul Cyr on lap 40. Cyr took the lead and looked unstoppable for 79 laps, slicing and dicing through lap traffic, until lap 109 caution in which he pitted after the other leaders to take tires. Helliwell Jr, and two-time Merchants Bank 150 Champ Nick Sweet battled it out before Sweet headed down pit road on a lap 116 caution, leaving Hoar, Laperle, and Helliwell to fight for the win.
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