Naples ME (10/15) Due to the forecast of persistent showers in the Groveton New Hampshire area for Saturday October 16, The PASS Sportsman event scheduled for Riverside Speedway has been postponed until Sunday October 17.
The schedule remains the same: Pit gate opens at 8:00 AM and the first green flag flies at 1:00 PM
NAPLES ME (10/12) This Mason-Dixon Meltdown is the traditional final round of the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South super late model season and the showdown for the 2010 championship is the kind that race fans dream of. Ryan Blaney and Preston Peltier are locked in a battle that could easily come down to a last lap change in position or even a tie breaker when the pair slug it out at the Meltdown’s latest venue, Newport (TN) Speedway on Saturday October 16.
Blaney leads Peltier by just four points and there’s a two point spread between each finishing position. Peltier needs to gain three spots to take the crown and you can bet that the hard charger will go all out to finish in front of Blaney. But the teenage short track superstar has made it clear that he knows his way around Newport and Peltiers’ task will not be an easy one. Blaney won the Daniel Boone Classic at Newport earlier this season and the 2009 PASS South rookie of the year has proven that he’s got what it takes to earn the championship. Both drivers have three visits to PASS victory lane and nine top tens in the series’ first twelve races, so it’s only fitting that they battle it out for the title in the season finale.
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Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. Dominates Waterford 150
Waterford, CT – Hudson, NH’s Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., a.k.a. Joey Pole, continued his American Canadian Tour hot streak with a dominating win in the final ACT Late Model Tour event of the 2010 season. Pole led 137 laps of the Waterford 150 at Waterford Speedbowl in Waterford, CT. The 21 year old has now won his last three ACT events including the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September and the Milk Bowl at Thunder Road last week (Oct. 3).
Williston, VT’s Brian Hoar finished second and claimed his record tying seventh ACT Late Model Tour Championship. Hoar also leads the all-times ACT Late Model Tour wins list with 28 including three during the 2010 season. Hoar was also the only competitor to finish inside the top ten in all 13 Tour events this season.
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Tony Rossi Wins John Clark Memorial 101 at Riverside Speedway
Groveton, NH – Peacham, Vermont’s Tony Rossi earned his first Bond/WIX Tiger Tour win of the season in the John Clark Memorial 101 at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, NH on Saturday, October 9, 2010. The 2010 Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen Thunder Road Track Champion led the final six laps to take the win.
Hinesburg’s Tom Therrien claimed second, followed by Derrick O’Donnell, Brendan Moodie and Eric Badore to complete the top five. St. Albans, Vermont’s Jason Bonnett claimed the 2010 Bond/WIX Tiger Tour Championship with his sixth place finish. Bonnett led Therrien by nine points going into the fourth and final event. Erik Steel, Jeff Marshall, Mike Martin and Jimmy Hebert completed the top ten.
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Waterbury, VT – The Ford Blue Oval Challenge contingency awards, announced earlier this season for the competitors on the American Canadian Tour (ACT) and various affiliated weekly track participants, was the final bonus at Thunder Road’s Milk Bowl to raise winner Joey Polewarczyk, Jr.’s (Joey Pole) total winnings to over $15,000.00. The race posted over $80,000.00 in posted prize money and awards.
The unique three-segment event, promoted as the ‘toughest short track race in America’, was contested for the 48th time at the high-banked quarter mile oval in Barre, VT on Sunday, October 03, 2010. Joey Pole bested over 60 of the region’s top Late Model teams to win one of the most prestigious short track events in the country. With the $1,000.00 posted by the 2010 FORD contingency program for the event, Joey Pole became not only the youngest to win the event in the past 48 years, but set a record winner’s share of $15,420.00.
Saturday night saw the NEMST’s first visit to the fast 1/3 mile track in Seekonk, MA. Tim Jackson proved that not only Mustangs could win in the NEMST but, suffered from a DQ because of Tire Softener. NEMST rookie and current point leader Chris McKinstry benefitted from Jackson’s misfortune and took home the $1000 payout and win #6 for the season.
24 cars were in attendance for the Kraze Korlacki Speed Equipment Racing Against Breast Cancer event, with 21 starting the feature. As always the faster cars were started at the rear of the feature but quickly worked their way through the even paced pack.
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