Steve Moulton of Holden used a late race caution to his advantage as he passed race long leader Shane Tatro of Holden on the restart and led the final 5 laps of the 50 lap Gardner Construction Enterprises Series event for the Maine State Lottery Sportsman Division. Tatro had led from the drop of the green until the caution fell on lap 43. Tatro and Moulton swapped the lead for 2 laps when the caution fell again on lap 45. It was all Moulton from that point on, although he admitted to using a little blocking on the final 2 laps to keep Tatro behind him. Tatro finished second followed by D.J. Moody of Prospect, who was almost a half lap behind the two leaders in third. Fourth went to Kris Matchett of Skowhegan with Gene Wasson of Greenbush in fifth. Only the top three finished the race on the lead lap. Moulton won the event’s qualifying race and started the feature on the pole.
In the evening’s other extended length feature. Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs brought his old Strictly Street car out of mothballs and won the 35 lap Pepsi Bottling Company series event. Seekins took the lead on the 8th circuit and held it through one restart on lap 26 when Alex Berry of Harrington and Shawn Hamel II of Bangor tangled and spun on the front stretch. Seekins was able to hold off points leader Andrew McLaughlin of Harrington on the restart to garner his first win of the season. McLaughlin finished second with Cornville’s Shelby Kimball recovering from an early race spin to finish third. Jim Carr Jr. of Clifton finished fourth after running in the top three most of the race. Fifth went to Duane Dunifer Sr. of Carmel. Kimball won the qualifier for the night, placing her on the pole for the feature.
Barre, VT – As the nation celebrates Independence Day, Barre’s Thunder Road prepares with two weekly shows in a stretch of just three days. Tuesday night’s (July 3) event will include a dazzling fireworks display, complete with a full card of championship stock car racing, and Thunder Road will be back in action just two days later on Thursday (July 5) for regular weekly racing.
Tuesday’s fireworks show has long been a special part of the celebration in Vermont, and Thunder Road Vice President Darla Hartt feels this tradition is particularly memorable. (more…)
Lakes Region’s Eric Grant Band to Perform NASCAR Weekend
LOUDON, N.H. (June 27, 2012) – Already packed to the brim with exclusive entertainment, “The Magic Mile” is making its annual WOKQ FanFest even bigger. New Hampshire Motor Speedway executive vice president and general manager Jerry Gappens announced this morning on WOKQ’s “The Morning Waking Crew” show that local country group, the Eric Grant Band, will perform on July 12.
Hailing from the Lakes Region in Laconia, N.H., Eric Grant Band recently appeared on TLC’s “On the Fly,” a reality TV show produced for Southwest Airlines. The show began filming from when the band took off from Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, N.H., to Nashville, Tenn., where they recorded their first full-length CD “Country as It Gets,” set for release on Friday, June 29 at the Lakes Region Casino in nearby Belmont, N.H. (more…)
Persistent rain showers forced Speedway 95 management to cancel the racing program scheduled for Saturday June 23. After an hour delay, a track drying effort and one lap of a Bomber heat race, the rain started again and halted racing for the night. The 50 lap Gardner Construction Enterprises Sportsman series race #2, scheduled for Saturday night will be run on next week’s program in conjunction with the Pepsi Beverage Company Strictly Street 35 lap series event #2 regularly scheduled for that night. The Dysart’s Late Models, Sport-Fours and Bombers will all be racing their normal features when racing resumes on June 30 at 7:00 p.m. (more…)
This weeks show – special thanks to Dave McGuire for the pieces he continues to provide us from Star Speedway. Monster Jam highlights and Ron Hubbards top 10 photos from the openers that he attended are also in tis weeks episode.
Milford’s Garett Hayman showed up at Speedway 95 Wednesday night with the car to beat, but no one was able to beat it as he won both 25 lap features in the Little Enduro Division. In the first 25 lap event, a caution free series race for the division, Hayman passed pole sitter Andrew Crosby on the 6th lap and cruised to the win . Crosby finished second with Scott Bonney of Bangor finishing third. Fourth went to Carmel’s Jeremy Scott and Charles McKusick of Abbott finished fifth. In the second event, the field was reversed and Hayman started last . By lap 6, he was past Crosby again and had the win in hand until a lap 21 red flag stopped the race. On the restart, Crosby tried a mad dash from his third place position up the inside of Hayman, but Hayman wisely pulled up to give Crosby room, then used the outside groove to power past Crosby to pick up his second win of the night. Crosby was again second with Ladies Division driver Danielle Beale of Hampden finishing third after accepting track owner Del Merritt’s invitation to the ladies to join the field. Dennis Burns of Carmel finished fourth with Chris Hitchcock of Hampden fifth. (more…)
Steve Moulton of Holden used a late race caution to his advantage as he passed race long leader Shane Tatro of Holden on the restart and led the final 5 laps of the 50 lap Gardner Construction Enterprises Series event for the Maine State Lottery Sportsman Division. Tatro had led from the drop of the green until the caution fell on lap 43. Tatro and Moulton swapped the lead for 2 laps when the caution fell again on lap 45. It was all Moulton from that point on, although he admitted to using a little blocking on the final 2 laps to keep Tatro behind him. Tatro finished second followed by D.J. Moody of Prospect, who was almost a half lap behind the two leaders in third. Fourth went to Kris Matchett of Skowhegan with Gene Wasson of Greenbush in fifth. Only the top three finished the race on the lead lap. Moulton won the event’s qualifying race and started the feature on the pole.
