Sweet Defends Home Turf in Bond Labor Day Classic
Sweet Defends Home Turf in Bond Labor Day Classic
Barre, VT – Barre’s own Nick Sweet will defend his home turf at Thunder Road International Speedbowl against the ACT Late Model Tour stars in this Sunday’s (September 5) 32nd running of the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200. The recently crowned 2010 “King of the Road” will battle with the likes of current ACT Tour point leader Brian Hoar, Brent Dragon, John Donahue, who has won the last three Thunder Road Late Model features, and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. among others.
As the hometown favorite, Sweet has had one of the most outstanding seasons at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement” in recent memory. He has already captured two big wins this season with the Thunder Road season opening ACT Tour Merchants Bank 150 in May and the Carquest Governor’s Cup 100 in June. In the 15 events held at Thunder Road this season Sweet has yet to finish outside the top ten. It is this consistency that helped him claim the 2010 Thunder Road Late Model Championship by just six points last Thursday (August 26).
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Rowe Keeps Title Hopes Alive With Top-5 Finishes
Rowe Keeps Title Hopes Alive With Top-5 Finishes
FALMOUTH, Maine — Ben Rowe sits just a handful of points out of the PASS North Series championship lead as the tour barrels down the homestretch.
Rowe, of Turner, Maine, posted back-to-back Top-5 finishes at Seekonk Speedway in Seekonk, Mass., and Spud Speedway in Caribou, Maine to position himself just 13 points out of the PASS North Series lead with two races remaining.
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NASCAR Veteran Benson Returning to Challenge for the 10th Annual Auto Value 250
NASCAR Veteran Benson Returning to Challenge for the 10th Annual Auto Value 250
Fredericton, NB – Last year’s Auto Value 250 at Speedway 660 Speedway attracted one of the best fields of pro stock cars ever seen in the region. This year’s field has already broken that standard and today veteran NASCAR driver Johnny Benson has thrown his hat into the ring for the 2010 Auto Value 250. The 2008 Craftsman Truck Series Champion and former Nextel/Winston Cup regular announced that he has teamed with Martins Home Heating and Sommerville Racing to make the trek north to Fredericton, NB for the Labour Day event.
PASS 400 week end just around the corner
PASS 400 week end just around the corner
Naples ME (8/31) While the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) super late model race teams are prepping for the return of oval track racing to North Wilkesboro (NC) Speedway this weekend, there’ another big weekend of racing on the horizon when the PASS Super Late Models, Mods and Sportsman take to another history-laden venue in the form of Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on September 11 and 12.
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Competitors Battle to Exciting Finish in Point Finals
Competitors Battle to Exciting Finish in Point Finals
Sunday, Aug 29, 2010 – It was a day to remember at the CENTRE for Speed. The 15 Anniversary of points championships racing would decide the champions in each division for the season and fans were treated to some exciting racing, the thrill of victory and the pain of defeat.
In the Super Sportsman Divisions Craig Ward, a realtive newcomer to the CENTRE had lead most of the season but long time CFS veteran Luc Bourgeois had wittled away at Wards lead bringing it to just a one point margin heading into the final event. Ward would start ahead of Bourgeois in the first heat as dictated by the scoring algorithm for weekly events but anything can happen in Stock Car racing and before the first lap was completed on the first heat in the class Craig Ward found himself in a deficit position that he would battle all day to try to overcome. On the first lap of the first race in his division Ward made contact with the 50 of Jim Duke sending him into a spin and forcing Ward, of Riverview, to take up position at the back of the pack. Ward gained back several positions in the heat and then made another gain in the semi and feature but at the end of the day would end up 2 points shy of Bourgeois who raced flawlessly throughout the event and was crowned the winner of the Championship after finishing second to Ronnie Lane, of River Glade, who was once again unstoppable in his charge to the front. Bourgeois, from Memramcook, was second on the day and class Rookie of the Year – Matt Rodgers of Smithtown was 3rd. Bert Cormier (#3) of Bouctouche was 3rd in the points in the Super Sportsman Division racing the final 3 events with nothing more than a Street Stock motor.
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Theriault Invited To 2nd ACT Invitational – Fort Kent Teen Will Race On New England’s Biggest Stage
Theriault Invited To 2nd ACT Invitational
Fort Kent Teen Will Race On New England’s Biggest Stage
FORT KENT, Maine — One year ago, he was toying with the idea of racing a Late Model for the first time. In a few weeks, he’ll race one on New England’s largest speedway.
Austin Theriault was one of the first 20 drivers named to the starting grid for the 2nd annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The 43-car field for ACT-legal Late Models will compete in a 60-lap race at the 1.058-mile oval on September 18 as part of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 weekend — the first of 10 races in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
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SEPTEMBER SERIES CLOSES OUT FRIDAY NIGHT NASCAR RACING AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY
SEPTEMBER SERIES CLOSES OUT FRIDAY NIGHT NASCAR RACING AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY
(Stafford Springs, CT)—As the summer season begins to give way to the
autumn season, the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season at Stafford
Motor Speedway heads into its final month of Friday night NASCAR racing
before the season ending CARQUEST Fall Final Weekend. The CARQUEST Fall
Final Weekend is scheduled for Oct. 1st through Oct. 3rd and the “September
Series”, Stafford’s three Friday night events in September, give competitors
one final chance to position themselves either into championship contention,
or to move up a spot or two in the points standings before the 2010 season
comes to an end.
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Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour – Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Preview
Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Preview
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., and the ACT Late Model Tour head to the series’ hub for the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt. Polewarczyk won his first career race on unique quarter-mile track in June of 2009, beating 2-time Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart in the process. With two wins for Ford Racing to his credit this season, Polewarczyk is fourth in the ACT standings — just one point out of third with three races remaining. He finished 12th at Thunder Road in May, and he finished 8th last weekend in the all-star Showdown At Chaudiere event. On Monday, Polewarczyk learned that he was one of the first 20 drivers named to the starting grid for the 2nd annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 18.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: No. 97 Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision Ford Fusion
BEST CAREER THUNDER ROAD FINISH: 1st (June 2009)
LAST RACE AT THUNDER ROAD: 12th (May 2010)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200
WHERE: Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile oval)
WHEN: 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 5
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Hudson race report Aug 29th 2010
Hudson NH – John Morin Jr. won the “Mighty”Mike Lewis Memorial race on Sunday evening August 29th at Hudson International Speedway. Lewis was a longtime Hudson/Star competitor who tragically lost his life in a garage accident while prepping his Street Stock for racing at Star in 1998. While he was a warm and caring individual off the track, on the track he had a “take no prisoners” style that many times put him and his cars, usually numbered with the Dale Earnhardt copyrighted #3, in victory lane. Lewis was the 1992 Strictly Stock Champion at Hudson, which was an epic season-long clash with Dean Weber, remembered by longtime speedway fans as one of best ever.
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SPEEDWAY 95 LATE MODEL RESULTS ON HOLD (AGAIN)
SPEEDWAY 95 LATE MODEL RESULTS ON HOLD (AGAIN)
Results of the Saturday night Late Model feature at Speedway 95 are on hold pending a decision from track management regarding the application of the rule regulating engine, transmission and rear end offset.
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