Aug 29, 2011 | NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
LOUDON, N.H. (Aug. 29, 2011) -During the SYLVANIA 300 weekend New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the NASCAR Hall of Fame and Tommy Baldwin Racing are offering every modified fan’s dream, a Richie Evans ticket package to celebrate his induction into the Hall of Fame.
Evans is recognized as the “king” of modified racing. He captured nine NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championships in a 13-year span, which included eight consecutive championships from 1978-85. “The Rapid Roman” collected multiple track championships across the Northeast and hundreds of victories, including a 37-win season during a stretch of 60 modified races in 1979. He was also named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998.
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Aug 28, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
ACT Can-Am 200 at Riverside Postponed Due to Rain
Ste-Croix, QC – The ACT Late Model Tour and Série ACT Castrol combined Can-Am 200 at Circuit Riverside Speedway in Ste-Croix, QC scheduled for Saturday, August 27 has been postponed due to rain.
Forty-one cars attempted to qualify for the event with thirty-six making the field. The field of 36 was set before the rains came following the B-Feature. Those 36 cars will return on Sunday, September 11 to complete the 200 lap distance. (more…)
Aug 25, 2011 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
LOUDON, N.H. (Aug. 25, 2011) -Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and four-time New Hampshire Motor Speedway winner Tony Stewart “smoked” the competition today, racing go-karts at F1 Boston in preparations for the SYLVANIA 300, the second race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup on Sept. 25.
Stewart, who pilots the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, made a pit stop in Braintree, Mass. to mingle with local media members. The group then hit the thrilling track filled with sharp turns and rolling hills for some side-by-side karting action.
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Aug 25, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – The Thursday, August 25 race program at Thunder Road International Speedbowl presented by Aubuchon Hardware/Benjamin Moore Paints has been postponed due to rain. The event has been rescheduled for Friday, August 26 with post time remaining at 6:30pm.
The event will be the final point counting race for the Late Models. The “King of the Road” will be crowned following a special 100-lap feature. Dave Pembroke currently sits atop the standings and is trailed by John Donahue, Nick Sweet and Phil Scott.
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Aug 25, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Nick Sweet: ACT Late Model Tour
Riverside Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Nick Sweet of Barre, Vt., makes his first visit to Riverside Speedway in St. Croix, Que., when the ACT Late Model Tour competes in the Can-Am 200 on Saturday, August 27. It will be the second turn in the RPM Motorsports No. 57 RPM Racing Engines Ford for Sweet, who finished 12th in his debut with the team last weekend at Oxford Plains Speedway. The race on the unique .625-mile odd-shaped oval is a combination event with the Canadian-based ACT Castrol Series.
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Aug 25, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Riverside Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., looks to break a run of bad luck when the ACT Late Model Tour joins the ACT Castrol Series for the combination Can-Am 200 at Riverside Speedway in St. Croix, Que., on Saturday, August 27. Dragon finished fifth in 2010 at Riverside, an oddly-shaped, flat .625-mile oval. Dragon will be taking his own Dragon Motorsports car to the event, hoping to rebound from a 17th-place run at Oxford Plains Speedway last weekend – after which he found a mechanical issue that had led to the car’s recent handling issues.
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