Jun 19, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Weekly Racing Begins This Thursday Dave Pembroke’s (44VT) win last Sunday (June 17) put him back in the title hunt heading into this Thursday’s (June 21) Casella Waste Management Night.
Barre, VT – This week Casella Waste Management presents the return of weekly Thursday night (June 21) racing to Barre’s Thunder Road. All three premiere divisions will be in action for a full card of racing under the lights to kick off a summer to remember.
After a sensational start to the season, Barre driver Nick Sweet leads the Late Model point standings heading into Thursday night’s event. Close on his tail is Lt. Governor Phil Scott looking to claim a record fourth Late Model title at Thunder Road. Fresh off his win, defending champion Dave Pembroke and Waterbury’s Brett Wheeler join the group of drivers seeking to dethrone Sweet atop the Late Model standings.
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Jun 19, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NASCAR K&N Series, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Pre-Race Pit Pass for Both Sprint Cup Races Sold Out
LOUDON, N.H. (June 19, 2012) – Imagine having the opportunity to hang out in the Celtics locker room before they take the court at the TD Garden. Or how about a quick run around the bases at Fenway Park minutes before the first pitch. New Hampshire Motor Speedway has provided fans with this opportunity when it comes to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
The speedway increased its “pre-race pit pass” allowance by 300 percent for the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 on July 15 and the SYLVANIA 300 on Sept. 23, and fans didn’t waste any time for their opportunity to get up close and personal with their favorite drivers and teams.
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Jun 18, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
NAPLES ME (6/18) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North super late models will make the trek to Vallee-Jonction’s Autodrome Chaudiere for their only Quebec appearance of the season on Saturday June 23 for the Habitations Dany Legace 150, and there’s a new man on top of the point standings as the fastest full fender race cars in the USA and Canada travel north of the border.
Travis Benjamin is the new man atop the point standings and he’s having the kind of season that Champions are made of. Benjamin has three top five finishes in the tours’ first four events. He’s finished second twice, both times to defending PASS North Champ and defending Autodrome Chaudiere race winner Johnny Clark. Benjamin leads Clark by two points (852-850) heading into the weekend, and DJ Shaw (847), Cassius Clark (846) and Joey Doiron (838) are all right behind the top pair.
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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 18, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Eager Competitors Head to White Mountain Motorsports Park
The most competitive battle in the Northeast continues with the American Canadian Tour stock cars this coming Saturday, June 23 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, NH. Dover, NH’s Wayne Helliwell, Jr. leads the field by a 2-point margin in search of his first ACT Championship at a track where he finished a stout third in 2011, but his title hopes are under attack from ACT’s biggest stars.
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Jun 18, 2012 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Speedway 95
Hermon’s Mike Hopkins took off from the outside pole position in the 50 lap Sinclair Towing Service feature for the Dysart’s Late Models Saturday night at Speedway 95 and won the event by almost half a track over the rest of the field. The real action took place in the battle for second place where Phil Richardson of Hermon and Brenton Parritt of Steuben battled for second and third over the last half of the race. Parritt finally got by Richardson on lap 42 to take the second spot at the finish. Richardson had to settle for third after winning last week’s main event. The battle for fourth and fifth wasn’t decided until the 44th circuit when Nick Jenkins of Milo finally took fourth from Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs, who finished in fifth. Because of the torrid pace set by Hopkins on his way the win, and the last caution period coming on lap 18, only 8 of the 19 starters finished on the lead lap.
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