May 20, 2013 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
Lee, NH – The early-season battle for the 2013 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championship continued last Friday night at Lee USA Speedway, with Mike Netishen making it three winners in three races when he easily outran the field to score his first win of the season in the Benson Lumber and Hardware-sponsored 30-lap feature event for the Small Block Supermodifieds.
Leslie Keyser broke out to the early lead when the green waved, but the field was quickly brought under caution when “Super Dave” Sanborn, fresh off a win the week before, lost power and came to a stop in turn one with just two laps in the record books.
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May 19, 2013 | NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Runner-up finish in borrowed car keeps Joey Doiron atop Series standings
Vallee-Jonction, QC – Patrick Laperle of St. Denis, Quebec rebounded from an early-race spin to earn his first trip to victory lane in Pro All Stars Series North Super Late Model competition in six years on Saturday night in the Frameco 150 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec.
Charging from the back of the pack after starting from 16th position in the 28-car Super Late Model field, Laperle wheeled his LaSalle Ford/Vision Harley-Davidson-sponsored machine through traffic almost flawlessly, setting up a late-race battle versus hometown competitor Martin LaTulippe, in the closing laps.
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May 19, 2013 | Granite State Series, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
When the Granite State Pro Stocks kicked off their inaugural season in 2012, it was at the high banks of Monadnock Speedway that hosted the first ever event, the David’s House 106. On Saturday, May 25, Monadnock will hose the second annual David’s House 106.
With two events completed, Mike O’Sullivan leads the charge into the Winchester, NH speed plant. In the two events contested, the Springfield, MA native is coming off second and third place finishes, and comes in as the defending winner of the David’s House 106.
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May 19, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Plattsburgh, NY – Two weeks ago at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, Eight-time American Canadian Tour Stock Car Champion Brian Hoar lost the race by .028 of a second – the closest margin of victory in ACT history. The ACT 100 at Airborne Speedway on Saturday, May 18 was decided by the exact same margin, but this time it was all Hoar, earning the victory with an epic last lap pass of ACT Point Leader Jimmy Hebert, leaving rival Wayne Helliwell, Jr. to round out the podium in third.
In the early going, Hebert muscled by polesitter Eric Chase in the outside lane to gain the lead, bringing Helliwell in tow along with Tiverton, RI’s Ray Parent. The trio split from the field, setting a blistering pace that sent the leaders into lap traffic before lap 30 of the 100-lap event. Meanwhile, Hoar quietly worked his way from his 13th starting position into the top five.
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May 17, 2013 | NE Racing News, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. – Ladies and gentlemen, start your ovens! In front of New Hampshire Lodging & Restaurant Association (NHLRA) dignitaries and Celebrity Chefs, New Hampshire Motor Speedway executive vice president and general manager Jerry Gappens officially waved the green flag on the beginning of NH Restaurant Week.
Standing on the Granite Stripe, which serves as the Magic Mile’s start/finish line, Gappens gave Celebrity Chefs personalized hand-engraved knives to commemorate the occasion.
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May 13, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Bethany Moreau pulled up to the stoplight, waiting to make a right turn onto Lake Avenue next to the Verizon Wireless Arena. But when Manchester Police Department officers asked her to pull over for wearing her seat belt, a routine traffic stop turned into a lucky day for Moreau, close to 300 drivers rewarded with tickets to July’s New Hampshire 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Monday as part of the state’s Buckle Up NH campaign.
Magic Mile officials handed out “Good Tickets” to motorists who were seen wearing their seat belts by members of the MPD. Drivers were given two tickets to the New Hampshire 300 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on July 14 at NHMS.
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