Sep 20, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, NHMS, Touring Series News
Crazy Horse Racing Shines In ACT Field
Nine CHR Teams Invited To Race At New Hampshire Motor Speedway
SOUTH PARIS, Maine – No matter how you do the math, the numbers add up for Crazy Horse Racing when it comes to the fifth annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., this weekend.
A total of nine Crazy Horse Racing teams will take the green flag in the 43-car field on Saturday, September 21. From full-time ACT Late Model Tour teams and to local short-track teams with multiple wins this season, the nine drivers and teams headed to NHMS this weekend have been part of a strong second half of 2013.
“As a company, we’re really excited and happy to have our teams going to Loudon, because they had to do well to get invited,” said Crazy Horse Racing owner Mitch Green. “It’s important because it means our people performed well enough during the year to get some attention and get invited to one of the crown jewels of (ACT Late Model Tour racing).”
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Sep 20, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, NHMS, Touring Series News
ACT Late Model Tour: Emily Packard
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Emily Packard of East Montpelier, Vt., returns to her favorite track on the schedule – New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. – for the 5th annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational on Saturday, September 21. Packard made her debut at the 1.058-mile oval last season as a Late Model rookie, and buoyed by a strong outing in a recent test session at NHMS, she has high hopes for a strong showing this weekend as part of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 weekend. She enters the weekend after a Top-3 run at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, Vt., was thwarted by a broken hub in the closing laps.
THE FACTS
WHO: Emily Packard, East Montpelier, Vt.
CREW CHIEF: Neal Woodward, Georgia, Vt.
TEAM: No. 9x Northstar Fireworks/Berlin Optical Expressions Ford
SPONSORS: Northstar Fireworks, Fecteau Homes, Berlin Optical Expressions, Yipes! of Barre, VT Shifter Karts, GossCars.com, Be The Match, Rutland Regional Medical Center, R.G. Paving
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Sep 20, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Scarborough, ME – Joey Doiron and the #73 Wild Willy’s Burgers team had a disappointing run in the Southern Maine Motors 300 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. After struggling to find the handle with their car all weekend, they were collected in two incidents, but fought hard until the end of the Pro All Stars Series North marathon with a 15th place finish.
Thanks to a new partnership with ARBodies, the 73 machine went from its usual black Impala body to a new white ARBodies Dodge Challenger, turning many heads with the new look. He started and finished third in the heat race, giving him a 12th place starting position for the 300 lap event.
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Sep 18, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
story by Chris Roy
The Giffords Ice Cream Bandolero Series has its final race of the season this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). Last weekend new comer 15 year old, AJ Eastman of Fishers Island, NY got his 1st win at NHMS ¼ mile track. AJ took the lead early in the feature race and lead every lap, holding off the 90 of Casey Call and the 21 of Jacob Perry, to take the checkered flag.
So what is it like for AJ to race in the Bandolero Series at NHMS, “It’s a lot of fun, very exciting, with lots of competitive racers.”
The ¼ mile track at NHMS is a unique style similar to a “D” shape track as the front straight away is flat and, turns 1 through 4 and the back stretch is all banked. “The facility itself is amazing. The track is challenging due to the transition between the banking and the flatness of the front stretch.”
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Sep 18, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Scarborough, ME – DJ Shaw continued his late season surge for the Pro All Stars Series North Championship with a runner up finish at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in the 8th Annual Southern Maine Motors 300. The #60 Precision JLM machine was fast all day, and ran in the top three for most of the event and picked up a lot of points in the championship picture with just one race remaining.
“We had a solid car all day and it was fun racing for the win with Austin (Theriault) and Derek (Ramstrom),” Shaw said after the event, “I didn’t want to push it too hard there at the beginning but coming from outside the top ten and then having to race as hard as everyone else was up front, but all in all it was a great race and great points day for us, we have a shot going into Oxford.”
The weekend started out on Saturday with the heat races. Shaw started on the outside of the front row, and overtook Brad Babb early to grab the heat win. That was the second heat win of the season for Shaw, who has been stellar in the qualifiers lately. The big 300 lap feature event took place the next day on Sunday in front of a great crowd at Beech Ridge. (more…)
Sep 17, 2013 | NE Racing News, Schedules
Heritage Museum(Sandwich, MA)-Now Through 10/27/13 Driving Our Dreams Concept Cars.
Monday, 9/16/13
Cardi’s Furniture(Rt. 2, W. Warwick, RI)-Cruise Night, 5 p.m.
Haywagon Restaurant(Uxbridge, MA)-Cruise Night, 5 p.m.
Mark’s Auto Parts(East Granby, CT)-Cruise Night, 5-9 p.m.
Oak Harbour Vlllage(967 South County Trail, Rt. 2, Exeter, RI)-Cruise Night 5 p.m.
Susi Q’s Place(208 Plainfield Pike, North Scituate, RI)-Cruise Night, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, 9/17/13
A&W Restaurant(Rt. 44, Greenville, RI)-Cruise Night, 5:30 p.m.
Cornerstone Pub(273 Nooseneck Hill Rd., Rt. 3, Exeter, NH)-Cruise Night, 5 p.m.
Cozy Grille(473 Tiogue Ave, Rt. 3, Coventry, RI)-Cruise Night, 4 p.m.
Rite Aid Plaza(Cobb’s Corner, Canton, MA)-Cruise Night, 5 p.m.
Slater Memorial Park(Armistice Blvd., Pawtucket, RI)-Cruise Night, 5 p.m.
South County Commons(Rt. 1, South Kingstown, RI)-Cruise Night, 5 p.m.
Susi Q’s Place(208 Plainfield Pike, North Scituate, RI)-All Bike Night, 5 p.m.
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