Aug 22, 2010 | North East Mini Stock Tour
With a bright weather forecast and predicted car count the North East Mini Stock Tour rolled up into North Woodstock, New Hampshire for their second and final visit of the year at White Mountain Motorsports Park. The day got started off early with some practice sessions that got many of the new drivers used to the fast high banked ¼ mile track. As six o’clock rolled around it was time to start the heat races. NEMST had the first heats of the night with 16 cars on hand. The first heat winner was Tim Collins and the second heat went to Loren Smith. Emerson Cayer who came into the night second in points lost a motor early on in his heat race ending his night.
After some quick adjustments and changing track conditions the 50 lap NEMST feature rolled off the grid. With Dylan Lancaster and Roger Ducharme bringing the field down in front of head starter Jordan Harnish the field got the green flag. Lancaster pulled out to an early lead while Ducharme fought his way to the bottom. The tight track with very narrow straights caused the point leaders to be a little more cautious bringing themselves up through the field. Tim Boyle showed that he was the class of the field early on by picking off cars one by one.
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Aug 22, 2010 | American Canadian Tour
Canaan, NH – St. Albans, Vermont’s Jason Bonnett claimed the win in the third Bond/WIX Tiger Tour 100 event of 2010 held at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, NH on Saturday, August 21. Bonnett survived four early cautions as he climbed his way through the field from his 15th starting position to inherit second on lap 20 after Joel Hodgdon was spun out of the lead by Derrick O’Donnell. After a three lap battle with rookie Jason Corliss, Bonnett took the lead for good and dominated the remainder of the event.
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Aug 19, 2010 | North East Mini Stock Tour
This Saturday will mark the second and final trip for the North East Mini Stock Tour to venture into Woodstock, NH at the lightning fast quarter mile White Mountain Motorsports Park. Rookie Chris McKInstry is heading in with the series point lead but long time competitor and 2009 NEMST Champion Emerson Cayer is hot on his shoes. McKinstry is 3 of 4 in NEMST races this year with his only loss coming at White Mountain on July 3rd.
As the points race is heating up so is NEMST interest among other drivers. This weekends race will be the first start for multiple drivers on the NEMST. The early summer winner Justin Trombley who finished second in overall points last year will not be making the 5 hour trek to White Mountain. Tour new comer Adam Polvinen has recovered from a hard wreck while leading at Wiscasset on August 8th and is heading into New Hampshire for his first time on the high banked track.
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Aug 18, 2010 | PASS
Spud Speedway’s a wild card in the PASS North title chase
Naples ME (8/17)The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) super late model and modified stars and travel to the crown of Maine this weekend for their first ever appearance at Caribou’s Spud Speedway, a new venue for the traveling circle track circus that carries serious points implications for the pair of drivers battling for the super late model title.
At Spud there won’t be any notes for the crew chiefs to fall back on, no on track experience for the drivers. So, the teams that get a handle on the quickest way around the speedway in the least amount of time will have a definite edge. As the points paying races wind down, success at Spud will be key to capturing the 2010 super late model Championship
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Aug 16, 2010 | PASS
Groveton, New Hampshire — Mike Landry of Oakland, Maine prevailed in the 75-lap Pro All Stars Series main event, while point leader Andy Shaw of Conway was best in a 40-lap PASS Mod feature race on ‘Clash of The Titans’ Sunday at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, New Hampshire.
Landry had to work from deep in the field in order to work his way past early race leader and pole sitter Carey Martin of Denmark, Maine. Dan McKeage of Gorham, Maine later got by Martin after an intense battle lasting several laps, often times in lapped traffic. McKeage briefly battled Landry on a couple of late restarts, settling for runner-up honors under the checkered flag.
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Aug 16, 2010 | PASS
NAPLES ME – (8/15) Seekonk Speedway regular David Darling took over lead from Derek Ramstrom on lap 107 of Saturday night’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) 150 at Seekonk Speedway and fought back a challenge from Trevor Sanborn to defend his home turf and join the list of PASS Super Late Model feature winners. Trevor Sanborn was three car lengths back at the finish, followed by Ramstrom, Ben Rowe and Johnny Clark.
Darling and car owner Gary Johnson came to the track Saturday planning to use the practice sessions to tune up the Johnson Landscaping ride, with no plans to even enter the event. But the work Darling and his team put in during practice encouraged them to go ahead and take on the PASS touring pros and the result was a big payday and the hardware that goes with it.
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