Jul 30, 2010 | North East Mini Stock Tour
Rookie Chris McKinstry of East Thetford, VT grabbed his second NEMST victory of the season in dramatic fashion by only 1 inch over Tim Boyle. McKinstry started deep in the field in 15th place but rallied to the front by lap 10.
Early race action saw Tim Collins lead the first lap but that was short lived as the flyin’ Scirocco of Loren Smith overtook Collins on lap 2 where he lead all the way until the halfway point of the event. On lap 8 McKinstry poked his Mustang out in front of all the other competitors to bring the field back around to the stripe. On lap 10 there was contact on the backstretch between Tim Boyle and Loren Smith, that sent Smith into the wall causing some suspension damage ending the night for the 41 car. On the restart McKinstry showed the way but Boyle was fighting hard on the outside and pulled even down every straightaway.
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Jul 30, 2010 | PASS
Ben Rowe: PASS North Series – Riverside Speedway Race Preview
Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine, is the PASS North Series’ most recent winner as the series heads to the Summerfest 150 at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, N.H., on Saturday, July 31. Rowe took round three of the PASS National Championship Series by winning the PASS 75 at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway last week for his second win of the season. He’s never won at Riverside Speedway — one of the few PASS tracks where he’s never visitied victory lane — but has closed to within 14 points of leader Johnny Clark atop the standings with five races to go. In eight starts this year, he’s yet to miss the top-10 and has seven top-five finishes.
WHO: Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine
TEAM: No. 48 Community Pharmacies Dodge
BEST CAREER RIVERSIDE SPEEDWAY FINISH: 3rd (June 2005)
LAST RACE AT RIVERSIDE SPEEDWAY: 4th (July 2009)
WHAT: PASS North Series Summerfest 150
WHERE: Riverside Speedway, Groveton, N.H. (.25-mile oval)
WHEN: 5 p.m., Saturday, July 31
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Jul 30, 2010 | American Canadian Tour
Barre, VT – Jeffersonville’s Joey Becker eanred his fourth career Thunder Road Late Model feature win on WDEV/Calkins night on Thursday, July 29. Becker worked his way through the field from his seventh starting position to take the lead on lap 27 from rookie Cody Blake. He held off Senator Phil Scott and Nick Sweet through six more caution flags to earn the win.
Scott took second while Sweet finished third. Last week’s feature winner Rich Lowrey earned fourth and Cris Michaud rounded out the top five. Eric Chase took sixth, while point leader Dave Pembroke bounced back from an early spin to earn seventh. Matt White, Jay Laquerre and Brooks Clark completed the top ten.
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Jul 29, 2010 | American Canadian Tour
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) announced today another list of potential race teams that may be invited to compete in the second annual ACT Invitational at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway over the opening weekend for the NASCAR Chase weekend on September 17-19, 2010.
Two full days of practice at NHMS will be divided between over 70 invited attendees. With just eight (8) teams guaranteed spots in the expanded field of 43 starters, the test sessions will go a long way in deciding who will get the ‘at large’ invitations to what has become one of the most anticipated events of the year for short track fans and teams in the Northeast and eastern Canada.
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Jul 28, 2010 | North East Mini Stock Tour
For the first time in NEMST’s brief history the touring series is heading to one of the fastest racing facilities in New England. Thompson International Speedway is hosting their inaugural Mini Stock Challenge featuring a 15 lap NASCAR mini stock race, a 20 lap NEMST points race, and then taking the top ten from each race and holding a 20 lap mini stock shootout to see who has the fastest mini in the north east. The winner of the shootout event will be rewarded with additional purse as well as a guaranteed starting spot in the four cylinder nationals being held at Seekonk Speedway on October 2nd.
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Jul 27, 2010 | American Canadian Tour
Ste-Croix, QC – St-Felicien’s Karl Allard won his fourth Serie ACT Castrol Edge event of the season at Circuit Riverside Speedway in Ste-Croix, QC on Monday, July 26. Allard started in the 10th position and took the lead from Jimmy Cormier after a lap 28 restart. He then held off Patrick Laperle through five more restarts and led the remaining 72 laps.
Laperle had to settle for second while Cormier got back by Donald Theetge late in the race to earn third. Theetge came home fourth followed by Jean-Francois Dery rounding out the top five. Patrick Hamel, Sylvain Lacombe, Max Descoste, Jacques Poulin and Stephane Descoste completed the top ten.
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