Nov 18, 2010 | PASS
NAPLES ME (11/17) Entry forms are already rolling in for the Pro All Stars Series 2011 mega-event, THE RACE at Historic North Wilkesboro Speedway, and it’s a diverse group of PASS regulars that filed the first ten.
The first wave of entry blanks were mailed to 2010 PASS super late model license holders and five time PASS North super late model Champion Johnny Clark was the first to commit to the short track world’s richest super late model event. Clark’s never raced on the iconic ¾ mile speedway but he will take advantage of the two days of practice leading up to the April 9th 300 lapper.He’s competitive whenever he hits the track but he has demonstrated a knack for checkering the big money shows. Clark has to be considered one of the early favorites in what promises to be a strong field.
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Nov 18, 2010 | American Canadian Tour
Waterbury, VT – Barre, Vermont’s Thunder Road has announced its schedule for their 52nd season. The famed high-banked ¼ mile will feature 18 shows, including two American Canadian Tour (ACT) events.
The 2011 Thunder Road season will commence with the 13th Annual Merchants Bank 150 ACT event on Sunday, May 1. The second Tour event is scheduled for Sunday, September 4 with the 33rd running of the 200 lap Bond Auto Labor Day Classic.
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Nov 17, 2010 | NASCAR K&N Series
Busch Sport Scene publisher George Campbell will debut his new book, Busch North Scene: A Ten Year Retrospective, at a book launch party being held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn on November 20, 2010.
Campbell covered auto racing for a variety of national and regional publications in the 1990’s. In 1999 he started his own news print publication, Busch North Scene. His goal was to cover NASCAR in the northeast region of the country with the newspaper. Within two years, George and the staff members had grown the paper into the number one selling NASCAR newspaper on news stands through out much of New England.
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Nov 16, 2010 | American Canadian Tour
Waterbury, VT – American Canadian Tour (ACT) officials announced the 2011 Bond/WIX Tiger Sportsmen Tour schedule featuring three 100-lap events at three different venues.
The Limited Late Model division, which has been competing at Thunder Road in Barre, VT since 1964, will begin their season on their home track as part of a 100-lap double header during the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 29.
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Nov 16, 2010 | PASS
NAPLES ME (11/16) Pro All Stars Series (PASS) President Tom Mayberry has released the entry blank for THE RACE at Historic North Wilkesboro Speedway, along with a comprehensive schedule and pertinent information for the unprecedented super late model showdown set for April 7-9 2011 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. The 300 lap event will carry a purse of $153,920.00 with a minimum of $75,000.00 to the event’s winner. In addition there’s nearly $45,000.00 in PASS loyalty bonuses available to PASS North and South teams that meet the criteria, including a whopping $25,000.00 bonus that could easily be claimed by the race winner.
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Nov 15, 2010 | NASCAR K&N Series
Eddie MacDonald finished 24th in the 3 Amigos Tequila 125 at Phoenix
International Raceway while participating in the final race for the K & N
Pro Series West. The Grimm Construction Chevy was running in the eighth
position when taken out with a hard crash into the turn one wall.
The race was marred with 11 caution flags for 49 laps including three red
flags in the 125 lap event on the mile oval. MacDonald was involved in the
ninth caution on lap 107 when the #2 car of Daryl Harr tried to make in
three wide in turn one with a bonzi move below the yellow line. The west
driver lost it and slid into MacDonald sending both cars up into the
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