Scarborough, Maine- The NASCAR Whelan All American Series returned to Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday night and when the fast paced show was over Steve Carrier and Frank Wear took top division feature race victories.
ST-EUSTACHE, QUÉBEC – American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model stock car driver Patrick Laperle began the defense of his 2007 Série ACT Castrol championship in dominating fashion on Sunday at Autodrome St-Eustache near Montréal. The St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, QC driver quickly made his way from 15th starting position in the St- Eustache 100 to the front of the pack, and took the lead from outside polesitter Steven Boissonneault on lap 48.
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Naples ME (May 18, 2008) Two time Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Champion Johnny Clark led all but lap one of the Ray Haskell Ford 125 Sunday afternoon to record his first PASS victory of 2008. The Hallowell Maine ace continued his dominance at the coastal oval where he’s been a winner in three of the past four PASS sanctioned super late model events. Travis Benjamin gave Clark all he could handle though, looking for a way around and under Clark for nearly 100 laps. Benjamin had to settle for second by less than a car length at the checkers. Ben Rowe had a solid run in third, with Cassius Clark and Adam Bates completing the top five. Rookie D.J. Shaw s’ sixth place finish was his best PASS result to date; Kelly Moore, Scott Chubbuck, Richie Dearborn and Steve Berry rounded out the top ten. Johnny Clark, Ben Rowe, and Ritchie Dearborn were heat race winners. The race was slowed by nine caution flags. Twenty of the twenty three starters were running at the finish.
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Newton, IA (May 18, 2008): Matt Kobyluck posted his first top-10 of the NASCAR Camping World Series East season when he drove the #40 Mohegan Sun Casino Chevrolet home to a ninth place finish in the US Cellular 200 at Iowa Speedway Sunday afternoon. The Uncasville, CT-native came from a 26th place starting position and led twice throughout the 200-lap race.
“We were really pleased with the finish especially considering about 40-50 laps before the end, we picked up a vibration,” said Kobyluck. “It turned out that the left front tire had a flat spot on it.”
Fifty-two cars took time for the 44-car field with Kobyluck posting a speed of 130.316 mph (24.172 seconds) in qualifying.
NEWTON, Iowa – Brian Ickler packed his bags in December and moved to North Carolina, starting from scratch in the hub of NASCAR in an effort to further his career.
The payoff for the 22-year-old Ickler came Sunday when he drove his family-owned No. 15 Ickler Motorsports Chevrolet to Victory Lane in the US Cellular 200 at Iowa Speedway. To get there, Ickler had to out-race a field full of some of the top up-and-coming drivers in the NASCAR Camping World Series, as well as NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kasey Kahne – less than 24-hours removed from his own victory in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Challenge at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C.
For the 2008 race season. TJ Watson racing in the late model series at Lee USA Speedway this year in Lee NH. Unfortunately the rain has cancelled the last 2 races. But look to see TJ and the Watson race team take to the track next weekend May 24th