Mar 10, 2016 | American Canadian Tour, Lee Speedway, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Eric Lafleche/Victory Lane Radio photo
Waterbury, VT – The 2016 American-Canadian Tour (ACT) season begins in just a month’s time on Sunday, April 10, when the ACT Late Model Tour travels to Lee USA Speedway for the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150. The annual event will kick off a milestone season for ACT in both the United States and Canada.
The upcoming season will mark the 25th year of competition for the ACT Late Model Tour, which was created in 1992. Meanwhile, the Quebec-based Série ACT is entering its 10th season, having been born in 2007 out of the former Série National Late Model Sportsman division.
Both Tours continue to be among the most sought-after racing series in the Northeastern United States and eastern Canada. ACT will visit 15 different race tracks during the 2016 season, traveling from the banks of the St. Lawrence River to the eastern shores of Long Island Sound. The 13-race U.S. Tour schedule will be contested at 11 different tracks, matching the most in Tour history. Nearly 160 different drivers attempted to qualify for at least one ACT-sanctioned event in 2015, and with a number of changes and additions to the schedule in 2016, that number may grow even larger.
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Mar 9, 2016 | Lee Speedway, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – Lee USA Speedway owners and promoters Red and Judy MacDonald are getting ready for their 30th consecutive season operating “New Hampshire’s Center of Speed”, and dozens of teams are busy in their shops doing their cars to prepare for the Friday night regular season opener on May 27th.
The 2016 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at Lee USA will once again be headlined by the EKeys4cars Supermodifieds, with the R & R Public Wholesalers “The Tool Store and More” Late Model Sportsmen, David’s Race Cars and Components Hobby Stocks, Tri-City Line-X Ironman, and MLM Diagnostics Pure Stock divisions rounding out the weekly program.
Defending and four-time (2010, 2012, 2013, 2015) Super Modified champion Tommy Tombarello Jr., of Haverhill, MA will once again be the man to beat in the Supers, coming of an impressive five-win season that brought him to the title once again last year. Tommy wrecked hard on championship night in 2015, but his team has been hard at work and will have the champ ready to go for the opener.
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Feb 10, 2016 | Lee Speedway, Maine Race Tracks, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, North East Mini Stock Tour
The North East Mini Stock Tour is pleased to announce a new official photographer for the 2016 racing season. The new photographer is currently covering events in Florida for Area Auto Racing News and has spent many season shooting across New England speedways as well as being the official photographer for Canaan Fair Speedway and Claremont Speedway.
Wally Morton of Extreme Action Photo will be taking the controls this year while documenting the exciting NEMST action all across the region with his great photography skills. “Wally is an asset to add to the NEMST group of officials and will give our teams access to the shots they need to show appreciation of current supporters while giving high action photos to bring new sponsors and fans into the series” NEMST Promoter Bob Guptill said. (more…)
Dec 9, 2015 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
Although the 2015 racing season has ended, the excitement at Lee USA Speedway continues heading into the winter months with the first of many announcements that are expected to come in advance of the 2016 season.
At the annual Banquet of Champions on November 21, it was announced that Seacoast Wholesale would be stepping up to play a major role in the sponsorship of the highly-competitive Late Model Sportsman division at “New Hampshire’s Center of Speed”, and more details on the specifics were released this week.
Seacoast Wholesale is located on Lafayette Rd. (Rte. 1) in Hampton Falls, NH and specializes in quality pre-owned cars, trucks, and SUV’s, both foreign and domestic. (more…)
Nov 24, 2015 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
photo by Rich Hayes
Manchester, NH – The annual Lee USA Speedway “Banquet of Champions”
closed out the 2015 season at the Executive Court Inn and Conference Center on Saturday night, with Tommy Tombarello, Jr., Jay Sands, Dennis Dumas, Troy Washburn, and Jesse Tellier celebrated as the best of the year at New Hampshire’s “Center of Speed”.
After Master of Ceremonies John Spence, Track Manager Bill Callen and owner Red MacDonald recognized the loyal staff and legion of sponsors, it was on to showcasing the accomplishments of the best drivers to circle the seacoast oval in the past season.
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Oct 13, 2015 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
photo by Rich Hayes
Lee, NH – Lee USA Speedway’s Oktoberfest went into the record books over the weekend, with two action-packed days of racing bringing the
2015 racing season to a close at “New Hampshire‘s Center of Speed“.
After dozens of qualifying heats were run Saturday afternoon, the early features were run as the sun started to set and a brisk fall night set in. The Hobby Stock B-main was the first event on the slate, with Pelham’s Bret Culleton outrunning Anthony Belfiore to collect the checkered flag.
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