Sep 19, 2011 | Beech Ridge, Maine Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series 300
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Report
SCARBOROUGH, Maine– Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, continued his second-half surge in the PASS North Series with a fourth-place finish in the PASS 300 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Sunday, September 18. It marked Sommerville’s fourth-straight Top-5 finish and catapulted him into second in the overall PASS North standings with two races remaining. After starting 17th in the 33-car field, Sommerville took the lead for a brief stint on Lap 131. He fought a tight handling race car, however, over the final third of the event but was able to hold on and give Mulkern Racing two cars in the Top-4 at the checkered flag. Teammate and team owner Scott Mulkern finished second in just his fourth start of the season.
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Sep 19, 2011 | Beech Ridge, Maine Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Scott Mulkern: PASS North Series 300
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Report
SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Scott Mulkern of Falmouth, Maine, continued to find success in a part-time role, finishing second in the PASS North Series PASS 300 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Sunday, September 18. Mulkern overcame a flat tire early and a later penalty on pit road to post his best career PASS finish at Beech Ridge. He moved into second with under 50 laps remaining and dogged eventual winner Johnny Clark all the way to the finish. Mulkern, co-owner of Mulkern Racing, led a strong day from the team with full-time driver Lonnie Sommerville also finishing fourth in the event.
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Sep 19, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
St-Eustache, QC – Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC held off a hard charging Karl Allard over the final 10 laps of the Série ACT Castrol St-Eustache 300 at Autodrome St-Eustache on Sunday, September 18. Laperle led for the majority of the event and unofficially locks up the 2011 Série ACT Castrol title.
Laperle started in the eleventh position and worked his way to the front with the help of seven cautions by lap 79. He would lead the next 98 circuits before pitting out of the lead for tires and fuel on lap 176. With fresh tires it took him just 35 laps to work his way back to the point.
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Sep 18, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, Touring Series News
Série ACT Castrol
Autodrome St-Eustache – St-Eustache, QC
Pos. (Start) Driver, Hometown, Laps Completed
1. (11) Patrick Laperle, St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, QC, 300 Laps
2. (3) Karl Allard, Quebec, QC, 300 Laps
3. (4) Dany Trepanier, St-Edouard, QC, 300 Laps
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Sep 18, 2011 | Beech Ridge, PASS, Touring Series News
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway – 9/17
PASS Mod – 25 Lap Feature
1 23 Dale Shaw 2 60 Dana Reed 3 66 Andy Shaw 4 33 Bill Dixon 5 85 Mitch Miller 6 56 Glen Luce 7 77 John Brill 8 95 Ron Henry 9 14 Scott McDaniel 10 50 Sumner Sessions 11 56x Richie Ferreiera 12 53W Alan Wilson 13 53 Leo Oliverra 14 3 Travis Buzzell 15 9 Mike Mayberry 16 28 Mark Lundblad (more…)
Sep 18, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Groveton, NH – Bradford, VT’s Derrick O’Donnell strengthened his ACT Bond/WIX Tiger Tour point lead with a win in the Johnny Clark Memorial 101 at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, NH on Saturday, September 17. O’Donnell came from the eighth starting position and took the lead after Joe Steffen suffered a flat tire on the final restart of the event.
Steffen lead early before giving up the lead to Bobby Therrien on the first restart of the event. Therrien would lead the next seven laps before pitting during the second caution of the day handing the lead back to Steffen. Steffen held the lead until a flat tire while coming to the green during the final restart. (more…)
