Jul 21, 2015 | NE Racing News, PASS, SLM, Touring Series News
photo by Norm Marx
Plattsburgh, NY – Joey Doiron continued his strong summer this past weekend at Airborne Speedway in one of the Pro All Stars Series biggest races this past weekend at the Airborne Speedway, another race in the PASS National championship series which includes heavy hitters from both the North and the South. Just a few weeks after capturing the inaugural PASS event at Thunder Road and winning the Pro Series 125 at Beech Ridge, Doiron dominated the International 500 event on his way to his third win of the season. Doiron lead for a third of the event, and beat out some of the best in the business, including Brian Hoar and Patrick Laperle at the finish, taking home over $11,000 in the process.
“I knew we had a great car today, the car was great in practice and I knew if we saved our stuff a little bit we’d be there at the end,” Doiron said of the win, “Turns out we had a tire going down at the end, and for the last five or ten laps it was definitely flat, the car started to drag the nose a little bit with about 40 to go and it hadn’t done that all race so I knew something was up, I’m just glad we didn’t have a yellow at the end.” (more…)
Jul 21, 2015 | NASCAR K&N Series, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
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By: Dick Casey
Eddie MacDonald began his busy weekend with a ninth place run in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East’s United Site Services 70 Friday night to kick off the Sprint Cup weekend. The Rowley, Mass. veteran racer then changed fire suits to compete in the Sprint Cup 5 Hour Energy 301 on Sunday.
The tree time K&N winner at Loudon struggled in practice Friday battling a tight racecar but was able qualify the Exit Realty/Grimm Construction Chevy in the 13th position on Friday morning with Eddie Mac saying, “We made a number of changes during practice but we couldn’t dial it in. It was tight during the practices on Thursday but the adjustments we made for qualifying worked enough to get us into a 13th place run. We thought the car would be good for the race but it didn’t work out that way.” (more…)
Jul 21, 2015 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
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Lee, NH – Lee USA Speedway hosted the Mighty Midgets of NEMA and the NEMA Lites on Friday night, along with a full program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action to fill out the night’s racing action at “New Hampshire‘s Center of Speed“.
Third-generation racer Avery Stoehr of Lakeville, MA was the class of the field in the NEMA main, jumping out to the lead early and going the distance to post the win and collect the coveted Marvin Rifchin Memorial trophy. Five-time NEMA champ Randy Cabral of Plymouth, MA was the best of the rest and scored runner-up honors, with Seth Carlson of Brimfield, CT rounding out the podium in third. (more…)
Jul 21, 2015 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
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Plattsburgh, NY – Nick Sweet showed why he’s one of the top American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model drivers in the Northeast on Sunday, July 19, capping a whirlwind two days by winning the ACT International at Plattsburgh, NY’s Airborne Park Speedway.
Barre, VT’s Sweet took the lead for the final time on lap 192 of the 200-lap event, beating out Alex Labbé on the final restart. The Thunder Road Late Model point leader will take home more than $10,000 for the win after lap-leader money and contingencies. The victory was also a redemption for Sweet after finishing second in the event in 2014.
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Jul 20, 2015 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
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Plattsburgh, NY – Sweet almost didn’t make it to qualifying for the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) International 500 at Airborne Park Speedway on Saturday – but he arrived just in time to win the pole for the ACT Late Model 200-lap, $10,000-to-win feature on Sunday, July 19.
Barre, VT’s Sweet, whose wife has been dealing with complications surrounding the early arrival of his third child, decided at the last minute to make the trip for the event. He and his Eric Chase–owned #40VT Late Model team pulled into the pits as the final ACT practice session of the day was wrapping up.
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Jul 20, 2015 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
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Barre, VT – Kyle Pembroke rode the outside line to pick up his second Thunder Road Late Model win in the last three races at the Fairpoint Communications Trophy Dash on Thursday, July 16.
East Montpelier’s Pembroke started on the pole of the 50-lap main event, but used the high groove to get the jump on Milton’s Eric Badore following the race’s only caution on lap 28. Jason Corliss and Nick Sweet followed Pembroke through to second and third, but became locked in a battle of their own for the second position, allowing Pembroke to hang on for the win.
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