PASS and ACT have opted to cancel the planned events for Friday, June 19 at Lee USA Speedway with both sanctioning bodies busy with doubleheader weekends at their respective tracks.
After careful consideration, using experience gained at their shared venture in Thompson Speedway, both ACT and PASS Officials have opted to pare down the remaining Lee USA Speedway schedule to maintain a better balance for teams and spectators. The upcoming season is filled with big events taking the main stage while putting the weekly warriors of Lee USA Speedway in a larger spotlight as the season goes on.
Officials are hard at work planning the return to Friday Night Racing on Friday, July 3 during the busy Independence Day Holiday stretch, headlined by the ACT Late Model 100. The second round in the Seacoast Challenge Series, this 100-lap showdown is sure to pit the best of the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour against all comers at New Hampshire’s Center of Speed. The two-week break will also give time for teams to make needed repairs and an opportunity for officials to recruit more teams to join the Friday night action.
The pilots of the Modified Racing Series invaded Lee USA Speedway for the Seacoast 75 on Friday night with Jon McKennedy on the pole position. The Chelmsford, Massachusetts Modified master put the power down from the drop of the green flag as defending series champion Brett Meservey gave chase. McKennedy, with thousands of laps logged at the 3/8-mile oval, played cat and mouse with Meservey to the very end of the caution free event to steal away the victory with Joey Jarvis taking home third behind Meservey.
The Ridge Runners once again proved to be the action of the evening with third-place starter Josh Hodgdon taking advantage of Carl Gagnon’s back-slide from the outside pole. Hodgdon made it to the lead by lap five while behind him 2nd through 5th ran nose-to-tail around the inside groove of Lee USA Speedway. Tyler Fish led Derek McKeen, Kyle Dumas and sub-driver Jimmy Renfrew Jr. in a freight train until Dumas and Renfrew made moves to the front. In the end, Josh Hodgdon took down his first win of the season over Fish and Dumas at the line.
New Hampshire’s Center of Speed will roar with the Mighty Modifieds of the Modified Racing Series in the Seacoast 75 on Friday, June 12.
The Seacoast 75 will be the 45th event for MRS at Lee USA Speedway and stands to kick-off their championship season.
Defending champion Brett Meservey leads the Modified Racing Series into Lee USA Speedway for this Friday’s Seacoast 75 but will face plenty of competition at the 3/8-mile. A pair of former New Hampshire NASCAR State Champions in Nate Wenzel and Tyler Leary will make the trip along with last Saturday’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour winner Jon McKennedy.
A pair of driver swaps will see longtime Super Late Model standout Joey Doiron will be behind the wheel of the KDW #66 and Brian Robie will pilot the Bobby Webber Racing #19. Stew McCormack is bringing his beautifully prepared #04NH while Ryan Doucette, Matt Lashua, Adam LaPoint, Jeremy Zullo, TJ Bleau, Kurt Vigeant and veteran Joey Jarvis are also on the early entry list.
After late-spring rains ended last week’s planned event, officials with the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) are ready to return to Lee USA Speedway for a Friday Night Showdown!
The Super Late Models, Tri-City Lining Street Stocks, Ridge Runners, and MLM Diagnostic Services Crown Vics all return this Friday, June 5.
Sylas Ripley claimed the Friday night opener two weeks ago with the young racer standing atop the Super Late Model standings. Jimmy Renfrew Jr. and Corey Bubar will be among those looking for some redemption in this week’s 50-lap main event.
The Senior Tour Auto Racers (STAR) Sportsman and Modified divisions will return to Lee USA Speedway this Friday, May 29, for a look back at yesteryear at New Hampshire’s Center of Speed. This event will also feature continued track championship action for the Super Late Models, Tri-City Lining Street Stocks, Ridge Runners, and MLM Diagnostic Crown Vics.
The Massachusetts-based STAR Tour has been in action since 1999, helping to keep motor racing history alive and well in New England. This Friday marks their season opener after supporting the yearly car show at the New England Racing Museum in Loudon earlier this month.
