Sep 28, 2015 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
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For the fourth time in seven outings Eddie MacDonald powered to an impressive win in the Seventh Annual Bond Auto Parts ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September, 26. The Exit Realty/Hancock Electric Chevy started 20th in the 43 car field to take the checker flag in a convincing win in the 50 lap event.
“This is my favorite track so to get this win in front of all our fans, friends, and family is fantastic,” said the jubilant veteran racer. “To be able to win this event four times in seven tries is due to all the hard work everyone puts into this car. From Freddie and Sheila (Peterson) on down, none of this would be possible without a lot of effort. When the race started we knew we had a fast car but we didn’t have time to waste because the race was only fifty laps. Fortunately, the car responded well and I was able to get up in contention early.”
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Aug 10, 2015 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Race Tracks, Touring Series News
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Eddie MacDonald fought his way through the field from a 22nd starting position to score a third place finish in the American Canadian Tour’s Beech Ridge 150 in Scarborough, Maine on Saturday, August 8. Eddie Mac had to qualify for the race in a consi after getting dumped in the heat race.
Eddie Mac bounced back from the set back and put on an impressive display of driving from the rear of the starting grid of 27 cars. Before that could happen, things took a turn for the worse with the Exit Realty/Hancock Electric Chevy in third place in the heat race when the #17 RI decided to dump the #17Ma with two laps remaining in the 12 lap heat. The top four cars from the three heat races gained starting positions for the 150 lap feature. This forced Eddie Mac into the 12 lap consi starting ninth with the top five making the feature. Eddie Mac finished fifth.
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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 9, 2015 | NE Racing News, NHMS
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By: Dick Casey
Eddie MacDonald and Go FAS Racing will again represent an all New England team in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup New Hampshire 301 on Sunday, July 19 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The Rowley, Mass. legendary driver will join forces with team owners Archie St. Hilaire from Old Orchard Beach, Maine and Frankie Stoddard from No. Haverhill, N.H. DraftDemons.com owned by Mike Alden from Beverly, Mass. will sponsor the #32 Ford Fusion for the second year in a row for the 301 lap event.
“This is a thrill to drive for Archie, Frankie, and Mike again this year,” said Eddie Mac, the winner of the inaugural PASS North race at NHMS last Sunday. “Go FAS Racing made my life-long dream come true to race in the Sprint Cup and now I get the opportunity to do it again. The excitement is building and this is incredible to be part of this. I love racing at Loudon and to do it a Cup car is awesome. Those guys have been fantastic to me and I can’t thank Mike Alden enough for sponsoring us again. I spent a lot of time with Mike last year and he is an (more…)
Jul 6, 2015 | NE Racing News, NHMS, PASS, SLM, Touring Series News
Photos by Norm Marx
Eddie MacDonald wins again at NHMS in first-ever Super Late Model race at New England’s Superspeedway
Loudon, New Hampshire – Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, Massachusetts added another page to his impressive New Hampshire Motor Speedway resume, scoring an impressive victory in the AIM 60 Pro All Stars Series race, the first-ever Pro All Stars Series Super Late Model race at the “Magic Mile.”
It was the seventh victory on the 1.058-mile oval for MacDonald, a three-time winner in NASCAR K&N East Series competition at NHMS, to go along with three race victories in ACT Invitational Late Model competition.
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