Jul 16, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – Open-wheel fans were treated to over 100 laps of feature event action at Lee USA Speedway Friday night, as the NEMA and NEMA Lites Midgets joined the weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Small Block Supermodifieds on the card.
Due to a weather-related postponement a few weeks prior, the NEMA Lites competed in a pair of 25-lap feature events during the course of the evening. Carl Medeiros, Jr. of Westport, MA turned in an impressive run to pick up the win in the held-over main, his first career Lites win.
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Jul 9, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – With two chances to add to his 2012 win total at Lee USA Speedway Friday night, defending NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Small Block Super Modified champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. came up empty, scoring a DNF in the first half of the Benson Lumber and Hardware doubleheader and missing the second race completely.
This left the door to victory lane wide open, with 2010 champion Tommy Tombarello, Jr. picking up the win in the first of two 25-lap feature events, with Leslie Keyser, Ryan Gath, Mike Netishen, P.J. Stergios, Tony Carroll, Mike Spurling, Sparky MacIver, and Mike Ordway, Jr. the rest of the top ten.
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Jul 2, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, Modified Racing Series, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Lee, NH – The Laticrete Port City 100 for the Valenti Auto Mall Modified Racing Series took center stage at Lee USA Speedway Friday night, and there was plenty more feature event action on tap due to the rain that interrupted the last NASCAR Whelen All-American Series show a week earlier.
The 100-lap race went caution free well past halfway, with Jon McKennedy (1-5), Chris Pasteryak (6-17), and Rowan Pennink (18-82) leading laps before the real action started. McKennedy got back to the lead on lap 83, but he was knocked out of contention when Tommy Barrett tried to grab the lead.
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Jun 18, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – Defending NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Small Block Supermodified champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. returned to his winning ways in the 30-lap feature event at Lee USA Speedway Friday night, running away to collect his first checkered flag of the 2012 season.
Leslie Keyser moved out to the early lead when flagman Don Horvath unfurled the green flag to let the Benson Lumber and Hardware feature event loose, but just five laps into the race, he was headed to the pits and still looking for his first career win.
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Jun 11, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NASCAR K&N Series, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Eddie MacDonald started deep in the field in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Slack Auto Parts 150 At Gresham Motorsports Park then rallied to an eighth place finish on the half-mile oval.
The Grimm Construction Chevy struggled in practice and qualifying starting 27th in the field. “We had a number of issues the team had to deal with, one of them a tight condition,” said MacDonald. “We just couldn’t get the car to go early, but Rollie and the crew made the right adjustments and the car was really fast right from the start of the race.”
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Jun 11, 2012 | Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
This past Friday night’s racing program at the Lee USA Speedway once again fell victim to inclement weather. Incoming thunderstorms forced the cancelation of the entire program. Racing action at Lee USA will resume this Friday night at 7:15PM. Besides the regular NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing program, the show will also feature the ever popular Quad Wars. Last season the NY team defeated the NH team, and have vowed to do it again. New Hampshire team captain Matt Smith has promised revenge and he and his teammates are determined to do what it takes to prevail.
Along with Quad Wars the Benson Hardware Small Block Supers will be on hand for their 30 lap feature event. Tommy Tombarello was the winner on the last outing. Defending champ Wayne Helliwell Jr. has been close on several occasions, but has yet to win his first feature this season. JR Baril is still considered to be the the favorite in the Prime Storage Late Model Sportsman despite being sidelined in the past two events. Tony Kawejsza won for the first time two weeks ago ahead of a hard charging Michele Fushpanski. Mike Williams, Patrick Tanguay, and Jim Shorey will lead the contingent of David’s Race Car and Components Hobby Stocks while 14 year old Danielle Simoneau will still be looking for her first feature win in the American Auto Ironman division. She was a close second to Jake Rheaume two weeks ago.
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