May 19, 2014 | NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News, White Mountain
photo by Norm Marx
The picturesque White Mountain Motorsports Park located on Route 3 in North Woodstock, New Hampshire will be the next stop for the Pro All Stars Series, as the top PASS Super Late Model teams in the northeast invade the ¼ mile speed plant on Saturday, May 24th at 5pm for the Littleton Chevrolet / Buick PASS 150.
WMMP has always been regarded as one of the favorite tracks by most PASS North teams as it is extremely wide, very fast and always allows for plenty of passing. In 2013 weather plagued the event in June forcing postponement of the event to later in the season where it was also rained out. The decision was made to run twin 150’s on August 31st making Labor Day weekend an unbelievable event. Joey Doiron stepped up his program in the first 150, and claimed a hard fought win over Karl Allard, Ben Rowe, David Oliver and DJ Shaw. Doiron came right back in the nightcap and did the unthinkable by sweeping the pair of 150’s on the night. DJ Shaw, Cassius Clark, David Oliver and Derek Ranstrom completed the top five. These events were pivotal in the battle of the PASS North championship, as Doiron ended up second on the season to Cassius Clark, while Shaw placed third.
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May 10, 2014 | NE Racing News, Stafford Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Due to a rainy forecast, Stafford Motor Speedway has announced that tonight’s Late Model Xtra Mart Xtra D program will be postponed to next Friday night, May 16th. There will now be three extra distance feature events with extra cash up for grabs on next Friday night’s racing card. The Late Models will run their 60-lap feature event with $1,475 available to the winner, the DARE Stocks will race their 20-lap Xtra D feature with an additional $50 available to the top-5 finishers, and the SK Lights will run a 22-lap feature with an extra $450 from RH2way Radios to be split among the top-3 finishers.
Tickets for the next Friday night’s Late Model / DARE Stock Xtra D program are priced at $20.00 for adult general admission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, free for children ages 5 & under, and $23.00 for reserved seats.
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May 8, 2014 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Pays Out over $5.5 Million
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour will reach a milestone when the Late Model Tour rolls into Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY next Sunday, May 17. It will be the 250th point counting event for the ACT Late Models, which began touring back in 1992. Also with the completion of the Airborne event, the American Canadian Tour will have paid out over $5.5 Million to the Late Model teams.
Over the past 23 seasons and now 249 events, the Late Models have moved from the shadows of the former ACT Pro Stocks, to the premier stock car touring series in the Northeast.
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May 7, 2014 | NE Racing News, Stafford Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—This Friday night, May 9th, will kick off the 5-race Xtra Mart Xtra D Series at Stafford Motor Speedway. Stafford Speedway’s Late Model drivers will duel this Friday night in a 60-lap feature with the race winner taking home total posted awards of $1,475. The 60-lap Late Model feature event will carry a larger purse with the winner’s check paying out $1,125 and there is $1,000 in bonus money from Xtra Mart Convenience Stores that will be split evenly among the top-5 finishers. Add in the $125.00 in contingency money from CT Trailers and a $25.00 gas certificate from New England Racing Fuel, and the winner of Friday night’s 60-lap Late Model Xtra Mart Xtra D feature event will take home $1,450 in cash and a $25 gas credit from New England Racing Fuel.
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May 5, 2014 | NE Racing News
Midgets, Coupes, and Late Models in record books Mods with 22 laps to go and Fours/Hornets rained out
Bear Ridge photo
BRADFORD, VT – Multi-winner USAC DMA Midget entrant Adam Pierson wasted not time reminding the pack that he will be a contender for the 2014 championship with his dominate performance opening night at Bear Ridge Speedway on Saturday, winning the 25-lap USAC DMA Midget double points feature on KDD Napa night. Pierson, of Fairlee, VT, started tenth on the grid and took the lead on lap 4, rolling to an easy win. Jeff Champagne and last year’s defending champion Joe Krawiec came across the line 2nd and 3rd.
A wild ride by Denny Zimmerman former INDY Rookie of the year would bring out the red flag, Zimmerman was a-okay and racing would resume with little incident. Rounding out the top five were Anthony Nocella and Josh Sunn.
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May 5, 2014 | Stafford Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—After winning two races and finishing 8th in the points standings as a DARE Stock rookie in 2013, Wethersfield native Frank L’Etoile, Jr. has signed KOMA Unwind as a primary sponsor for the 2014 season. In a somewhat unusual story, it was the sale of a car that brought L’Etoile and KOMA together for the 2014 season.
“My dad and my grandfather sold their modified to the owner of the company and he started the KOMA Unwind Modified Madness Series,” said L’Etoile. “They went down to Statesville, NC with a proposal and KOMA gave me a call back about a month later and they were looking to expand and get their product going in the north. It’s the biggest sponsor I’ve ever had. For a DARE Stock, I think it’s one of the biggest sponsors in the division. It’s a name brand that people will recognize and it’s definitely going to help us out with paying for fuel and some tires here and there. It certainly won’t hurt.”
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