Thompson, CT – October 25, 2009 – In their final race of the 2009 season, the Pro Four Modifieds of New England (PFMNE) put on a spectacular show at the Thompson Int’l Speedway Sunday evening. Qualifying for the weekend long event was completed on Friday with Norm Wrenn and Dan Meservey, Jr. picking up heat race wins. Due to extensive rain on Saturday, the Harry Kourafas, Jr. Memorial race was postponed to Sunday. Rob Richardi, Jr. held off the advances of Norm Wrenn to pick up his first win of the season, snapping Wrenn’s World Series win streak.
Richardi, Jr. and Dan Meservey led the 21-car field to post. The #00 of Dave Richardi stole the second and third positions away from Meservey Jr. and Sr. in hot pursuit of his brother. By the time the cars were coming off of turn two, Wrenn had already passed the #16 of Stan Mertz, the #86 of Mark Charette, and #4 of Cory Cleary to claim tenth. Within the next two laps, the #83 of Franky Perry began to catch the #10 of Brian Vincent, and by lap four, he had completed the pass for a top five position. Vincent would also be passed by Wrenn on lap five, but the pass was nullified when the first caution flag of the event was displayed for the #60 of Andy Majors and the #11a of Dan Meservey, who both made contact with the wall in turn three. Both drivers were unable to continue.
On the restart, the top five included the two Richardi brothers followed by Meservey, Jr., Vincent and the #07 of Phil Lausier, who inherited a position in the top five after Sagar retired from the race during the caution period. At the drop of the green, Meservey, Jr. fell off the pace, while Wrenn began his charge to the front. By lap seven he passed Vincent and Perry, and was stalking the Richardis for the first two positions. They would continue to run this way until Lausier went spinning in turn two, necessitating a lap-fourteen caution.
On the restart, the Richardis continued to show the way with Wrenn right on their heels in the third position. Perry and Vincent rounded out the top five. On lap seventeen, Wrenn was able to complete the pass of Dave Richardi with Vincent in tow. While Richardi was battling for the fourth position with Tyler Anderson, who had come all the way from the back, contact was made and the result was a lap nineteen caution flag. Richardi would be able to continue, but Anderson had terminal damage to his #25 mount.
On the restart, Richardi caught Wrenn sleeping and jumped out to a four car length advantage. Eventually, Wrenn would get back to Richardis back bumper, and would hound the race leader all the way to checkers. All of his efforts, however, were not enough as Richardi ended up leading every lap of the 25-lap main. Wrenn finished second, with Perry, Vincent, and George Sherman rounding out the top five. Positions six through ten went to Dave Richardi, Robin Berghman, Lausier, Dick Dubois, and Tim D’Amico. Mark Giordano, Cory Cleary, Jim Darlington, Mark Charette, and Anderson took positions eleven through fifteen. And rounding out the field was Meservey, Jr., Joe Lemay, 2009 Limited Pro Four Modifieds of New England Champion Stan Mertz, Meservey, Sr., Sagar, and Majors.
The first three Limiteds across the line were Mark Giordano, Mark Charette, and Joe Lemay.
Thompson was the final scheduled event of the 2009 season. Next up on the docket is the Four-Cylinder Flea Market at Dennis’ Auto in Spencer, MA. For all of the details on this event and all other off-season events, please stay tuned to www.pro4mods.com.
Hudson NH – It was a fabulous fall afternoon for Pumpkinfest ’09 at Hudson Speedway this past Sunday. With five championships to be decided, the stands and pits were at capacity.
Eric Bacon and Billy Ryder were the top pointmen in the Classic Lights. Bacon held a slim nineteen point advantage over Ryder at the start of their feature so Ryder would have to finish in front of Bacon with at least one car between them to notch his second title in as many years. With both men starting in the last row of the twenty-two car main, all eyes were on those two. Bacon and Ryder both sliced through the field after the drop of the green, never more than a position or two apart. At the halfway point Ryder was running in front of Bacon but got crossed up trying to pass Ralph Cook and got all four wheels off the ground while driving over Cooks hood. Although Ryder drove off after the incident he made numerous pit stops and ended his day early giving the championship to Bacon.
After Ryders incident, Bacon battled side by side for a few laps with Jimmy Ryder Jr. for the lead before pulling away to victory. Finishing second through tenth were Jimmy Ryder Jr., Eddie Gilman, Dennis O’Brien, Matt Seavy, Jon Provost, Jeff Gilman, Paul Colson, Shane Reinhold and Danny Shields.
Dean Wendell held a fifty seven point lead over John Morin heading into the Rookie Stock main and needed almost all of them as he couldn’t get his car hooked up on the outside lane and struggled to finish eighth. Morin finished second in the feature but fell just three points shy of a championship behind Wendell. It was the second championship for the Wendell family at Hudson this year as Dean’s father Mitch won the Outlaw Sportsman championship a few weeks ago.
With his hood acting as rudder, Keith “Slika” Ennis kept his car going straight the entire race and led every lap of the Rookie main except the all important last lap. John Cianciulli passed Ennis in turn one of the last lap to get his third win of the year. Morin also slipped passed Ennis to finish second while Ennis had to settle for third. Fourth through tenth were Corrie Merritt, Larry Fortin, Brian Harron, John Swain, Wendell, Dan Murphy and Scotty Duval.
Dylan Bilodeau started the Thunder Lite feature needing to finish fourth or better to clinch the title and did so finishing second. Derek Griffith was second in points going into the race and did all he could by winning the feature but it wasn’t enough and finished second in points. Third through fifth in the race were Sammy Gilman, Jen Lord and Dan Fortin.
Louie Maher needed to finish fourth or better to clinch the Roadrunner championship and after second place pointsman Jef James slammed the front stretch wall while passing Erik Miller for the race lead and couldn’t race on, the championship was all Maher’s. With Miller sent to the pits for rough driving, Maher took over the race lead and cruised to the win. Second through fifth in the race were Patrick D’Alba, Don Soucy, Johnny Walker and Dean Santzer Jr.
Allan Reiser led the V-6 Modifieds from green to checker for his second win of the year. Keith Caruso finished second in the race and won the V-6 title. Third through fifth in the race were Dick Dubois, Chris Kuebler and Eric Vilandre.
Derek Beaudry won the Spectator Drags and Scotty Duval won both the Flagpole race and the Figure 8 race. Patrick D’Alba won the 4 Cyl. Enduro and Dave McCarthy won the Grand Enduro.
Hudson Speedway’s 62nd annual banquet is Sunday November 8th at King’s Court Banquet Hall in Hudson N.H. Tickets are available until Oct.31st. Please visit www.hudsonspeedway.info for more information.
Mike Landry Tops Super Street National Event
Wiscasset, ME- One year ago at the Ray Haskell Ford fall brawl in the Verizon Wireless Super Street division Mike Landry did it all. He lead 78 laps, he set super fast times and had the field covered. Well that was until lap 98 when after a caution Landry’s car developed a mechanical problem and he was forced to call it a day just 2 laps shy of a $10,000 pay check. This year Landry and his crew double checked everything and then went back and checked it again. Mike Landry held off Jeremy Glasier and Adam Chadbourne over the last three cautions to pick up a win in a race that owed the Oakland, ME. driver one. Glasier would hold off Chadbourne for second with Adam finishing third. Fourth went to Dan MaKeage and fifth to Scott Dorr.
In the Aable Auto Parts Mini Stock National event Thomas True from Wiscasset lead all 50 laps to pick up his fifth win of the season at the track. True held off Ryan Ripley over the closing laps to get the win. Ripley would finish second with Tasha Dyer third. Fourth would go to Jeff Hebert and fifth to Mike Dulany.
The New England Transmission’s Strictly Streets saw Mike Short go wire to wire to get his first National win. Larry Emerson held off Wiscasset Champion Mike Moody for second. Moody would have to fight to get third. Fourth went to Ceaser Morgan and fifth went to Steve Pierpont.
The Outlaw 350’s were also on tap for the finale. Josh Childs led a good part of that race and held off David Childs for the win. David would get second with Chris Burgess third. Fourth place was Zach Emerson and fifth went to Addison Bowie. In the lady Outlaws Tasha Dyer was the victor with Chelsea Young in second and Torrie Burgess.
Wayne Whitten nabs Lee USA PASS Mod finale
Scott Grant is the 2009 PASS Mod champion
Wayne Whitten Jr. took off from his front row starting position in Sunday’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Mod feature and led all the way to capture his first PASS Mod victory. Jon Brill drove up to challenge Whitten Jr. for the win but it was too little too late and Brill settled for second. Scott McDaniel wrapped up his season with yet another strong run, coming home third.
The victory was Whitten’s first under the Pro All Stars Series banner. He joins Andy Shaw (3 wins), Scott McDaniel (2 wins), Dan Somes, Steve Bennett Jr., Gary Norris Jr. and Sulo Burbank in the PASS Mod win column.
While Whitten was driving off into the sunset, Bill Dixon and Scott Grant were battling it out for the PASS Mod Championship. Grant enjoyed a ten point advantage heading into the finale and those few extra points came in handy Sunday as Dixon finished the day two spots ahead of Grant in fourth. Neither driver had a great set-up for Lee USA Sunday, but they both survived the battle and Scott Grant came away as the titlist, just a handful of points ahead of Dixon.
Grant is the first PASS Mod Champion since the series inaugural 2004 season to capture the crown without a trip to victory lane. (Mark Lucas earned the 2004 title) Grant’s five top five runs were enough to propel the Waterboro Maine racer to his first Championship.
Scott Grant, Carey Martin, Johnny Clark and Ben Rowe will be joined by their fellow racers, family fans and friends at Verillo’s Conference Center in South Portland ME on Friday November 7th to celebrate their respective series championship.
For complete banquet information and final point standings for all six 2009 series visit www.racewithpass.com or www.proallstarsseries.com .
Unofficial Finish PASS Mod 30 lap feature – Lee USA Speedway – 10/25/09
1) 4 Wayne Whitten Jr. Arundel ME 2) 77 Jon Brill Bridgeton ME 3) 14 Scott McDaniel Livermore ME 4) 33 Billy Dixon, North Waterboro ME 5) 50 Sumner Sessions Norway ME 6) 27 Scott Grant Waterboro ME 7) 53 Richard Ferriera Raynham MA 
56x Wanderson Oliviera Raynham MA 9) 75 Glenn Boss 10) 36 Wayne Maranda 11) 56 Dan Somes, Belgrade ME
Christopher Wins World Series 150
Perley & Fornoro Earn Winged Wins at Thompson
Silk, M. O’ Sullivan, T. O’Sullivan & Barnett Weekly Series Winners
Gentes, Foster & Adams Sunday Outlaw Winners
Thompson, CT: What a difference a day makes. After a rain soaked Saturday, the skies were crystal clear making the way for eleven feature events for the culmination of the XtraMart World Series of Speedway Racing on Sunday, October 25, 2009. Drivers from all over the northeast competed with winning drivers coming from five different states in New England.
Ted Christopher of Plainville, CT, book-ended the season with Thompson Speedway victories in the Whelen Modified Tour. The veteran racer opened the season with a victory in the Icebreaker and capped off the 2009 season with a World Series win. Donny Lia secured the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship with his fourth-place finish.
A last lap pass found Chris Perley of Rowley, MA, in International Supermodified Association (ISMA) victory lane. Nokie Fornoro of Stroudsburg, PA, scored the Northeastern Midget Association 30-lap main event to send his retiring car owner out in grand style.
Ronnie Silk of Norwalk, CT, came out on top of a fierce Sunoco Modified battle to score the World Series win. In racing of the Late Model variety it was Mike O’Sullivan of Springfield, MA, scoring the Super Late Models victory; his brother Tommy made it a family affair winning the Late Models. Rick Gentes of Woonsocket, RI, continued his domination of the Outlaw Late Models with a dominating performance.
Other winners included Larry Barnett of Moosup, CT, in the Limited Sportsman; Sean Foster of Middletown, CT, in the Outlaw Strictly Stocks; and Beth Adams of Winchendon, CT, in Outlaw Mini Stocks. Rob Richardi, Jr. of North Easton, MA, was tops in the Pro-Four Modifieds.
Ted Christopher jumped out to the early lead in the Whelen Modified Tour 150; relinquishing the lead when he headed to pit road for tires after a caution lap 82. He restarted the event inside the top ten and began to meticulously pick his way toward the front. He took the lead on a number of occasions only to have the caution come out to negate the passes. He took over the top spot for the final time from Lia on lap 131.
Ryan Preece recovered from an incident with Todd Szedegy on lap eight to run in the top three for the final half of the event. Doug Coby came on strong late to become a contender. In the end, Christopher sailed to the victory. Preece settled for the second position followed by Coby. Lia wrapped up his championship with a fourth place finish. Rowan Pennink rounded out the top five.
Chris Perley of Rowley, MA, came on strong late in the 50-lap main event for the ISMA Supermodifieds; making a last lap pass to score the victory. The victory sealed the 2009 championship for Perley. While World Series Sunday meant jubilation for Perley, it spelled heartbreak for Mark Sammut.
Sammut had led the lion’s share of the main event holding off the likes of Mike Litchey, Dave Shullick, Jr. and Russ Wood before a right front wheel sheered off his #78 in turn two on lap 42; only eight laps shy of the finish. Following the incident, Shullick inherited the lead with Wood in second. Perley laid in wait until the late stages of the event pouring it on with less than 10 laps to go. The “Rowley Rocket” had moved into the third position and was hunting Wood for second. He took over second position on lap 47. Perley had caught the back bumper of Shullick with two laps to go. On the final lap, Perley made the pass for the lead in turn two to score the victory.
Nokie Fornoro of Stroudsburg, PA, knew that today’s event was the final one for his car owner Mike Jarret. He sent him out in style with a World Series victory. Jarret and his MJ Motorsports team would end up losing the owner’s championship by a scant four points to Tim Bertrand, whose driver Randy Cabral had already secured the driver title.
Russ Stoehr had enjoyed a comfortable advantage in the early stages before a high flying Jeff Horn was able to take over the top spot. Jim Miller was having a great run in the third spot. Fornoro began picking off cars after the race hit the halfway maker. Fornoro passed Miller; Stoehr headed to pit road. Cole Carter had worked his way into the fourth position before giving way to his teammate Cabral.
The first and only caution of the event flew when the mount of Erica Santos came to rest in turn two. The yellow erased the sizeable lead Horn had enjoyed. The lightning fast Fornoro lined up to the outside of Horn. Fornoro bolted out to the lead on the restart leaving Horn in second followed by Cabral. The top five positions would not change over the final dash to the checkers with Fornoro taking the win over Horn, Cabral, Carter, and Miller.
Ronnie Silk of Norwalk, CT, bested a 29-car field of Sunoco Modifieds to score the World Series victory. Silk came out on top after a heated battle with Ted Christopher. Rowan Pennink was the early leader; however, under a caution necessitated when Tyler Chadwick went up in smoke, the leader had to be pushed to pit road with mechanical failure. Silk inherited the lead and set sail. Tim Sullivan and Bert Marvin battled for the second spot a distance behind Silk.
Christopher, who had been involved in an incident earlier in the event, was on the march and back into the top-ten with 10 laps in the books. During the long green flag run the second position was being hotly contested between Sullivan and Marvin. The battle for fourth spot was heating up between Danny Cates, Kerry Malone and Timmy Solomito. The battle hit a boiling point when Malone went spinning into the infield to bring out the caution. Cates ducked down pit road under the caution as well.
Once back to green at halfway, Silk was able to maintain his lead. But the man on the move was Christopher; who ran in third. On a lap 15 restart Teddy bolted by Sullivan to take over the second spot. A single lap later, Christopher was the new leader. Silk drifted up into Christopher in turn one. The contact sent both cars sliding. Christopher gathered it up to retain his lead. Silk lost a position to Sullivan.
A hard wreck involving Eric LeClair brought out the caution on lap 17. On the ensuing restart, Silk was able to get back around Sullivan to take over second. Silk then did the cross-over move on Christopher to take the lead back once again. The two swapped grooves and the top spot several times before Silk settled into the lead on lap 20. The battle allowed Marvin to join the battle for the top spot. Woody Pitkat recovered from an earlier incident to run fifth.
The front duo was able to pull a few car lengths ahead of Marvin making it a two-car race for the win. Christopher was stuck to the back bumper of Silk as the laps wound down. Over the final two laps, Silk; however, was able to get away from Christopher. Silk ran under the checkers for the victory a car-length ahead of Christopher. Marvin settled for the third over Sullivan and Pitkat.
Mike O’Sullivan of Springfield, MA, used a bold three-wide move with five laps remaining to score the Super Late Model victory. Newly crowned divisional champion Derek Ramstrom jumped out to the early lead in the main event that went 23-cars strong. It was anything but smooth sailing as the teenager had to contend with cagey veteran Rick Fuller. Ramstrom led from his pole position through a caution at lap seven before relinquishing the top spot to Fuller. Ramstrom immediately fell into the clutches of O’Sullivan.
By halfway, Ramstrom was beginning to look racy again, diving to the inside of Fuller. The battle for third was heating up as well with Wrenn pressuring O’Sullivan. The top five ran nose-to-tail looking for running room. Ramstrom could get alongside Fuller while Wrenn could get a fender below O’Sullivan. Neither could make the pass.
Despite a trio of cautions, the running order in the top four remained unchanged. The battling allowed Larry Gelinas to join the mix. Contact between the lead duo of Fuller and Ramstrom opened the door for O’Sullivan, who went three wide in the outside groove to take over the lead on lap 25. The contact between Fuller and Ramstrom continued in turn four. Ultimately, Fuller went spinning. He did not continue in the event. Ramstrom was able to keep going in third.
O’Sullivan was in command with Norm Wrenn in tow. The battle for the third position was fierce between Ramstrom and Gelinas. Coming off turn four, Gelinas’ #48 appeared to scrape the wall resulting in a flat tire. Gelinas limped around the speedway as O’Sullivan was taking the victory. Wrenn came home second. Ramstrom survived the fireworks to finish third. Jim Banfield and Rob Murphy completed the top five.
In the Late Model feature event, Tommy O’Sullivan of Springfield, MA, scored his fifth win of the season. O’Sullivan and John Materas had checked out from the rest of the field during the early going while the battle from second on back was intense between Corey Hutchings, Dave Trudeau, and Mark Oliveira.
A restart picked up the battle for the second spot between Materas and Hutchings. Contact that involved Trudeau ended Materas’ 2009 championship season with his #73 in the outside wall in turn four. Hutchings sustained damage but was able to continue. Trudeau was also able to continue.
O’Sullivan was able to pick-up where he left off with the race back under green. Woody Pitkat ran in second followed by Mark Oliveira and Ryan Posocco. O’Sullivan was able to withstand a number of restarts to retain his place at the head of the pack.
In the closing laps, O’Sullivan was able to gain some distance over Pitkat. The man on the move was Hutchings. Despite some damage to his #36 he passed cars one-by-one. At the end, O’Sullivan earned another victory for his family. Pitkat ended his triple duty with a second place finish in the Late Models. Hutchings stormed to a third place finish ahead of Mark Oliveira and Ryan Posocco.
Larry Barnett of Moosup, CT, capped off his championship season with a Limited Sportsman victory in the World Series. It was no surprise that Sean Monahan and Barnett would race for supremacy in the Thompson regular division. Monahan took the lead from his pole starting position but had his hands full with a charging Barnett.
Joe Arena and Chris “Moose” Douton ran side-by-side only feet behind the side-by-side battle for the lead. Barnett used a lapped car as a pick exiting turn four on lap nine to gain the lead. Only a few laps later, Monahan dropped off the pace. Barnett enjoyed a sizeable advantage over now second Douton and Josh Galvin. Barnett cruised to the victory over Douton, Josh Galvin, Joe Arena, and Paul Coutu, Jr.
Sean Foster of Middletown, CT, bested a strong and varied mix of competitors from tracks around New England to score the victory in the Outlaw Strictly Stocks, who were the first to take to the race track for feature action on World Series Sunday. The event, which went 25 cars strong, saw Sean Foster and Andy Brooks, Jr. battle side-by-side in the opening laps before Foster gained the advantage.
Foster had his hands full with Thompson regular Mike O’Sullivan before mechanical woes sidelined the Springfield, MA, driver with only two laps remaining; leaving Foster to run unchallenged to the checkers. Sean Thibeault, Ryan Lineman, Anthony Crimaldi III, and Chris smith rounded out the top five.
Beth Adams of Winchendon, NH, wired the field to score the victory in the Outlaw Mini Stocks. Adams took advantage of her pole starting position to move out to a sizeable advantage almost immediately over the 26-car field. The fierce battle for second between Bill Leonard, Mark Panaroni, Chris McTaggart, and Joseph Kendall helped Adams stretch her advantage.
Leonard was able to assert himself into the second spot with McTaggart in tow. McTaggart was all over the back bumper of Leonard over the final stages of the event. Thompson regular Scott Michalski had moved up from his 20th starting position to run inside the top five but watched his good run come to an end with a spin in turn three as the field approached the final lap. Adams was the class of the field taking the victory over Leonard, McTaggart, Ian Brew, and Kendall.
Rick Gentes of Woonsocket, RI, turned in a commanding performance to score the Outlaw Late Model victory. He had built up a straight away advantage over a budding battle for second between George Rego and Dennis Botticello. The battle cooled when Botticello fell off the pace losing several positions. Gentes was in a groove as he went on to take a dominating win by nearly a half a lap advantage over Rego, Jimmy Rosenfield and Nick Gravel and Daryl Stampfl.
In the Pro-Four Modifieds, Rob Richardi, Jr. of North Easton, MA, held off a ferocious assault from Norm Wrenn to score the victory for the Pro-Four Modifieds.
The track will be silent but there will still be action on the grounds of the Thompson International Speedway with Don Hoenig’s Original Automotive Swap Meet and Flea Market on November 7&8, 2009. For more details visit www.thompsonspeedway.com. Look to the track’s official website for news about the 2010 season.
Whelen Modified Tour 150 Finishing Order (Top Ten): 1. Ted Christopher, Plainville, CT; 2. Ryan Preece, Berlin, CT; 3. Doug Coby, Milford, CT; 4. Donny Lia, Jericho, NY; 5. Rowan Pennink, Huntingdon Station, PA; 6. Chris Pasteryak, Lisbon, CT; 7. Erick Rudolph, Ramsomville, NY; 8. Kevin Goodale, Riverhead, NY; 9. Ronnie Silk, Norwalk, CT; 10. Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs, CT.
ISMA Super Modifieds Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Chris Perley, Rowley, MA; 2. Dave Shullick, Jr., N. Ridgeville, OH; 3. Russ Wood, Pelham, NH; 4. Mike Lichtey, Innerkip, Ontario; 5. Justin Belfiore, Ipswich, MA; 6. Bobby Magnor, Oswego, NY; 7. Jeff Holbrook, Oswego, NY; 8. Dan Lane, Essex, MA; 9. Ben Seitz, Bourne, MA; 10. Ray Graham, Jr., Ankeny, IA.
NEMA Midgets Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Nokie Fornoro, Stroudsburg, PA; 2. Jeff Horn, Ashland, MA; 3. Randy Cabral, Plymouth, MA; 4. Cole Carter, Brownsburg, IN; 5. Jim Miller, Weymouth, MA; 6. Paul Scally, Raynham, MA; 7. Chris DeRitis, Philadelphia, PA; 8. Rich Gerbe, Elmont, NY; 9. Abby Martino, Norfolk, MA; 10. John Zych, Jr., Mendon, MA.
Sunoco Modifieds Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Ronnie Silk, Norwalk, CT; 2. Ted Christopher, Plainville, CT; 3. Bert Marvin, Waterford, CT; 4. Tim Sullivan, S. Windsor, CT; 5. Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs, CT; 6. Eric Goodale, Riverhead, NY; 7. Danny Cates, Chaplin, CT; 8. Rick Shawn, Bradford, RI; 9. Dave LaCroix, Fitchburg, MA; 10. Frank Hirt, III, Danbury, CT.
Super Late Models Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Mike O’Sullivan, Sprinfield, MA; 2. Norm Wrenn, Nashua, NH; 3. Derek Ramstrom, Worcester, MA; 4. Jim Banfield, S. Glastonbury, CT; 5. Rob Murphy, Rochester, CT; 6. Steve Desmarais, Westport, MA; 7. Dennis Maxfield, Fitchburg, MA; 8. Greg Kleila, Lindenhurst, NY; 9. Larry Gelinas, Buxton, ME; 10. Mike Cavallaro, Seekonk, MA.
Late Models Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Tommy O’Sullivan, Springfield, MA; 2. Woody Pitkat, Stafford Springs, CT; 3. Corey Hutchings, Salem; 4. Mark Oliveira, Blackstone, MA; 5. Ryan Posocco, Stafford Springs, CT; 6. Dillon Moltz, Waterford, CT; 7. Damon Tinio, Mendon, MA; 8. Robert O’Connell, Wrentham, MA; 9. Mike Scorzelli, Malta, NY; 10. Joe Oliver, Commack, NY.
Limited Sportsman Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Larry Barnett, Moosup, CT; 2. Chris Douton, Waterford, CT; 3. Josh Galvin, Franklin, CT; 4. Joe Arena, Bristol, CT; 5. Paul Coutu, Jr., Thompson, CT; 6. Brandon Plemons, Uncasville, CT; 7. Phil Evans, Uncasville, CT; 8. Joe Coates, Eastford, CT; 9. Jay Sundeen, Douglas, MA; 10. Jesse Gleason, Lisbon, CT.
Outlaw Late Models Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Rick Gentes, Woonsocket, RI; 2. George Rego, Dartmouth, MA; 3. Jimmy Rosenfield, Middleboro, MA; 4. Nick Gravel, Pepperell, MA; 5. Daryl Stampfl, Norwood, MA; 6. Randy Burr, Middleboro, MA; 7. Billy Schulz, Norton, MA; 8. Mark Hudson, Norton, MA; 9. Dennis Botticello, Suffield, CT; 10. Mark Curtis, Worcester, MA.
Outlaw Strictly Stocks Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Sean Foster, Middletown, CT; 2. Shawn Thibeault, Plainville, CT; 3. Ryan Lineham, Coventry, RI; 4. Anthony Crimaldi, III, Port Monmouth, NJ; 5. Chris Smith Scarborough, ME; 6. Andy Brooks, Jr., Winchendon, MA; 7. Leslie Keyser, Northfield, NH; 8. Andy Durand, Chicopee, MA; 9. Danny Gamache, Jr., Seekonk, MA; 10. Mike O’Sullivan, Springfield, MA.
Outlaw Mini Stocks Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Beth Adams, Winchendon, MA; 2. Bill Leonard, Wood River Junction, RI; 3. Chris McTaggart, N. Swanzey, NH; 4. Ian Brew, Wood River Junction, RI; 5. Joseph Kendall, Winchendon, CT; 6. Mark Panaroni, Ivoryton, CT; 7. Nick Maniatis, Hooksett, NH; 8. Tony Kumiega, Palmer, MA; 9. Derek Bergquist, Warwick, MA; 10. Jeff Moffat, Warwick, RI.
Pro-Four Modifieds Feature Finish (Top Five): 1. Rob Richardi, Jr., North Easton, MA; 2. Norm Wrenn, Nashua, NH; 3. Frank Perry, Holbrook, MA; 4. Brian Vincent, Coventry, RI; 5. George Sherman, Framingham, MA.
PASS South: Johnny Clark is the Man of the Hour at Greenville-Pickens
Ben Rowe claims PASS South title
Naples, ME 10/26/09- The 2009 season finale for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South super late models is officially in the books and for the second straight year, a driver by the name of Johnny Clark has closed out the southern schedule as the final event winner. Last year the 2008 PASS North champ took the win at the Mason Dixon Meltdown as the tour finished out at the South Boston Speedway while this year he duplicated the feat, claiming both the PASS North title and winning at the PASS South “Howler” finale at Greenville-Pickens Speedway to wrap up the 2009 season. Johnny held off another veteran in Jay Fogleman for the win. Fogleman showed true grit Saturday after starting the day at the hospital with symptoms of the flu. DJ Shaw was third followed by Ben Rowe in fourth and Randy Porter fifth.
The 125 lap “Howler” was only slowed for two cautions, allowing for tons of green flag racing. A pair of veterans in Porter and Fogleman led the field to green after the series’ mandatory redraw of the top ten qualifiers. Justin Wakefield, who was the quickest in qualifying, would start the race from the ninth position. Close racing between the pair provided the majority of the action for the first half of the event until the yellow flag waived for the first time on lap sixty. Many of the top ten took the opportunity to make adjustments to their cars including second place man Fogleman.
The pit stops gave Johnny Clark track position, allowing him to get around Preston Peltier on lap seventy-eight for the lead and he never looked back. Several hard charges by DJ Shaw were answered each and every time by Clark. Just as in the first half, Jay Fogleman stole the show in the second half as he was the highest finishing car who pitted during the lap sixty caution period.
The man of the hour might have been Johnny Clark but the man of the year was Ben Rowe. Rowe captured the PASS South super late model Championship in a way unheard of in all forms of auto racing. The Maine driver made sixteen round-trips south wheeling cars for four different race teams over the fourteen race schedule on his way to becoming the 2009 PASS South series champion. PASS South Rookie of the Year Ryan Blaney impressed with second in the final standings, and Preston Peltier parlayed three race wins to a strong third place in the points.
Rowe capped off a dream season with his second Pro All Stars Series title in as many weeks. Seven days prior he earned his fourth PASS South win of the season on his way to capturing the four race PASS National Championship series. Rowe chased Johnny Clark for the PASS North title all season long as well, eventually finishing second to Clark with two PASS North wins and twelve top ten finishes along the way.
While this weekend’s Howler 125 closed out the action for the Pro All Stars Series in 2009, fans won’t have to wait near as long as they have in the past to see the stars of the series back in action. On January 29th and 30th 2010 the first ever PASS Florida Winterfest will take place at New Smyrna, Florida’s New Smyrna Speedway. Details of the event will be announced in the coming weeks.
For more information including schedules, standings, and results for all PASS sanctioned touring series visit their home on the web at www.racewithpass.com. For marketing or media questions contact Norm Desjardins at 603-539-3368 or for technical
information contact Scott Reed at 207-625-3230.
Unofficial Results – PASS South super late model “Howler” 125 – Greenville Pickens Speedway 10/24/2009
1
54
Johnny Clark
2
4S
Jay Fogleman
3
60
DJ Shaw
4
4N
Ben Rowe
5
32
Randy Porter
6
47
Corey Williams
7
98
Justin Wakefield
8
32x
Corey Gibson
9
2
Ralph Carnes
10
62
Brandon Ward
11
23
Lonnie Sommerville
12
10
Ryan Blaney
13
5
Preston Peltier
14
48
John Batten
15
91
Heath Hindman
16
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Tim Nooner
17
71
Jimmy Doyle
18
88
Tom Stokes
19
8
Cassius Clark
20
29
Austin Northcutt
21
28
Terry Horak
22
80
Shannon Mines
23
20
Steven Legendre
24
35
Devin Jones
25
93
Tayla Orleans
Sullivan, Churchill, St. Germain & Anderson Scored Feature Victories to Open Thompson’s 2009 World Series
Thompson, CT: Friday of the Thompson International Speedway XtraMart World Series of Speedway Racing is traditionally reserved for qualifying for a host of regular Thompson divisions and the always varied and exciting Outlaw divisions. In an effort to be proactive with a less than stellar forecast, Speedway Management decided to run feature events for the ARTS Truck Series, the SK Lights, TIS Modifieds, and Mini Stocks.
After post race technical inspection, John St. Germain of West Sand Lake, NY, was scored as the winner of the ARTS Trucks. Brit Anderson of Branford, CT, scored the victory in the SK Lights Modifieds. TIS Modified champion Brian Sullivan of S. Windsor, CT, put an exclamation point on his 2009 season with a victory at the World Series. Randy Churchill of Niantic, CT, continued his prowess in the Mini Stocks with a win.
When the checkered flag flew it looked as if rookie Brandon Warren of Chicopee, MA, had scored his second consecutive ARTS victory. After refusing technical inspection, John St. Germain of West Sand Lake, NY, was credited with the victory to kick-off the 2009 World Series feature race action. Germain jumped out to take the early lead in the 20 lap main event. While Andy Lindeman was making his way to the runner-up position, St. Germain was distancing himself from the rest of the field. Chris Correll ran in the third position being closely pursued by Howard Payne.
Just shy of halfway marker, the battle for second began to heat up between Lindeman, Correll, and Payne. As the three ran nose to tail, St. Germain was able to maintain his near straightaway lead.
Correll encountered problems in turn two just after taking the crossed flags. Correll was able to keep his truck moving. Further back in the pack, Tony Naglieri had problems to ultimately bring out the caution. Going back to the last completed green flag lap, Correll was able to get his spot back.
On the ensuing restart, front row restarters St. Germain and Lindeman made substantial contact right under the flag stand. Fourth running Payne was also collected in the incident. Correll went from spinning on lap 10 to being the new leader on the second attempt at the same lap restart.
Warren grabbed the top spot away from Correll exiting turn two of lap 10. Contact between a host of trucks inside the top five had trouble on the restart allowing St. Germain to streak through the field. By lap 12, St. Germain was already back into the second position and searching for more. Payne had worked his way into the third spot as Correll continued to fall through the pack.
In the closing laps, Payne had caught St. Germain; giving Warren the breathing room he needed to apparently grab the win. Payne jockeyed behind St. Germain but could not muster up a pass. Warren took the checkers but it was St. Germain getting the win. Payne, Lindeman, Correll, and Richie Brooks rounded out the top five.
By virtue of his victory, St. Germain earned Rookie-of-the-Year honors. The third-place finish was enough to give Andy Lindeman the 2009 ARTS Truck Series championship.
After being extended an invitation to run at the World Series, the Stafford Speedway regular division put on a great show with Brit Anderson of Branford, CT, taking down the inaugural victory. Earl Pelletier jumped out to the early lead from his pole starting position. Kyle Spencer took over the second position from Erica Santos before hunting down Pelletier. Anderson was looking to make his move into the top-three; racing wheel-to-wheel with Santos. Up front, Spencer was glued to the back bumper of Pelletier. Santos and Anderson continued to run side-by-side.
Spencer made the cross-over move exiting turn four to take the lead from Pelletier. Anderson was able to take the position away from Santos on the same lap. Anderson continued his march to the front grabbing the second position from Pelletier. On lap eight, Anderson was all over the back bumper of Spencer. Pelletier settled into the third spot while Santos had her hands full with Michael Gervais, Jr.
Anderson was the new leader by lap 13. A spin by Shawn Brule brought out the caution on lap 14. After one failed attempt at the restart, Anderson was able to motor away from Pelletier. Over the last green flag run, the hottest battle of the field was between Eric Santos and Pelletier.
Anderson cruised to the checkers ahead of Spencer. Santos beat Pelletier to the stripe to score a podium finish. Pelletier finished the event in fourth position. Gervais crossed the line fifth but was found to be in violation of the rules. Raymond Grassetti was credited with fifth.
In the TIS Modified division, Brian Sullivan picked up where he left off in the regular season. The newly crown champion turned his pole starting position into a ten-car length advantage. Behind the leader, Brian Tagg ran with Cam McDermott and John Studley in tow.
With Sullivan handily out front, the remainder of the top five ran nose to tail as Shane Michalski joined the fray. Tagg maintain second over McDermott and Studley. The caution flew on lap on lap 15 when Ryan Morgan, making his first TIS start, made hard contact with the outside wall in turn three. On the restart Sullivan was able to retain his lead but he had his hands full with Tagg. Michalski was able to grab the fourth spot from Studley on the restart.
Michalski looked to be making a bid on McDermott but settled back in line. After the initial onslaught, Tagg settled in behind Sullivan as well. Sullivan went on to score his seventh victory of the season. Tagg capped off a great season with a runner-up finish. Michalski and Studley completed the top five.
Randy Churchill of Niantic, CT, ended the regular season with a Mini Stock victory. He started the World Series off by leading the opening laps of the Mini Stock main event. He finished off the run with the victory over a strong 21 car field.
Under green, Chuck Rogers began to run down leader Churchill. Eric Bourgeois was looking racy working over Bert Ouellette for third. Chad Baxter looked to join the action as well; catching Bourgeois.
At halfway, Churchill had, again, managed to gain a little breathing room on Rogers, who fell into the grasp of Ouellette. Publicover had joined the tight pack from second on back. As Churchill entered lap traffic, the action was really heating up inside the top-five.
Bourgeois got along side Ouellette but could not make the pass. He found himself playing defense instead of offense as Baxter looked to take the spot away. Baxter was able to free himself from Bourgeois and set his sites on Ouellette. Publicover was followed in Baxter’s tire tracks.
Contact between Ouellette and Baxter on the final lap sent the Ouellette spinning in turn two. The field raced to the checkers with Churchill scoring his fourth win of the season. Rogers came home second ahead of Publicover On the track, Baxter was scored fourth. His racer failed inspection giving Bourgeois the fourth spot over Jeff Moffat inside the top five.
A complete schedule of practice followed by a great line-up of feature events is scheduled for World Series Saturday. Qualifying is highlighted by time trials for the Whelen Modified Tour and heat races for the ISMA Supermodifieds and NEMA Midgets. Heat races are also scheduled for the Sunoco Modifieds, Super Late Models and Late Models. The feature action is set to include for the Pro-Four Modifieds, Limited Sportsman, Outlaw Late Models, Outlaw Mini Stocks, and Outlaw Strictly Stocks. For a complete line-up for both Saturday and Sunday log on to thompsonspeedway.com.
ART Trucks Feature Finish (Top Five): 1. John St. Germain, West Sand Lake, NY; 2. Howard Payne, Shelton, CT; 3. Andy Lindeman, Poestenkill, NY; 4. Chris Correll, Old Lyme, CT; 5. Richie Brooks, Groton, CT.
SK Light Feature Finish (Top Five): 1. Brit Anderson, Branford, CT; 2. Kyle Spencer, Montgomery, MA; 3. Erica Santos, Franklin, MA; 4. Earl Pelletier, Wolcott, CT; 5. Raymond Grassetti, Monson, MA
TIS Modified Feature Finish: 1. Brian Sullivan, S. Windsor, CT; 2. Brian Tagg, Oxford, MA; 3. Cam McDermott, Scituate, RI; 4. Shane Michalski, Woodstock, MA; 5. John Studley, Framingham, MA; 6. Jay Sundeen, Douglas, MA; 7. John Michael Shenette, Thompson, CT; 8. Ryan Morgan, Mystic, CT; 9. Denis Leger, North Reading, MA.
Mini Stock Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Randy Churchill, Niantic, CT; 2. Chuck Rogers, Quaker Hill, CT; 3. Andy Publicover, Sudbury, MA; 4. Eric Bourgeois, E. Haddam, CT; 5. Jeff Moffat, Warwick, RI: 6. Steve Michalski, Brooklyn, CT; 7. Mike Viens, Seekonk, MA; 8. Mike Gorgievski, Auburn, MA; 9. Roger Ducharme, Foster, RI; 10. Ian Brew, Wood River Junction, RI.
Sullivan, Churchill, St. Germain & Anderson Scored Feature Victories to Open Thompson’s 2009 World Series
Thompson, CT: Friday of the Thompson International Speedway XtraMart World Series of Speedway Racing is traditionally reserved for qualifying for a host of regular Thompson divisions and the always varied and exciting Outlaw divisions. In an effort to be proactive with a less than stellar forecast, Speedway Management decided to run feature events for the ARTS Truck Series, the SK Lights, TIS Modifieds, and Mini Stocks.
After post race technical inspection, John St. Germain of West Sand Lake, NY, was scored as the winner of the ARTS Trucks. Brit Anderson of Branford, CT, scored the victory in the SK Lights Modifieds. TIS Modified champion Brian Sullivan of S. Windsor, CT, put an exclamation point on his 2009 season with a victory at the World Series. Randy Churchill of Niantic, CT, continued his prowess in the Mini Stocks with a win.
When the checkered flag flew it looked as if rookie Brandon Warren of Chicopee, MA, had scored his second consecutive ARTS victory. After refusing technical inspection, John St. Germain of West Sand Lake, NY, was credited with the victory to kick-off the 2009 World Series feature race action. Germain jumped out to take the early lead in the 20 lap main event. While Andy Lindeman was making his way to the runner-up position, St. Germain was distancing himself from the rest of the field. Chris Correll ran in the third position being closely pursued by Howard Payne.
Just shy of halfway marker, the battle for second began to heat up between Lindeman, Correll, and Payne. As the three ran nose to tail, St. Germain was able to maintain his near straightaway lead.
Correll encountered problems in turn two just after taking the crossed flags. Correll was able to keep his truck moving. Further back in the pack, Tony Naglieri had problems to ultimately bring out the caution. Going back to the last completed green flag lap, Correll was able to get his spot back.
On the ensuing restart, front row restarters St. Germain and Lindeman made substantial contact right under the flag stand. Fourth running Payne was also collected in the incident. Correll went from spinning on lap 10 to being the new leader on the second attempt at the same lap restart.
Warren grabbed the top spot away from Correll exiting turn two of lap 10. Contact between a host of trucks inside the top five had trouble on the restart allowing St. Germain to streak through the field. By lap 12, St. Germain was already back into the second position and searching for more. Payne had worked his way into the third spot as Correll continued to fall through the pack.
In the closing laps, Payne had caught St. Germain; giving Warren the breathing room he needed to apparently grab the win. Payne jockeyed behind St. Germain but could not muster up a pass. Warren took the checkers but it was St. Germain getting the win. Payne, Lindeman, Correll, and Richie Brooks rounded out the top five.
By virtue of his victory, St. Germain earned Rookie-of-the-Year honors. The third-place finish was enough to give Andy Lindeman the 2009 ARTS Truck Series championship.
After being extended an invitation to run at the World Series, the Stafford Speedway regular division put on a great show with Brit Anderson of Branford, CT, taking down the inaugural victory. Earl Pelletier jumped out to the early lead from his pole starting position. Kyle Spencer took over the second position from Erica Santos before hunting down Pelletier. Anderson was looking to make his move into the top-three; racing wheel-to-wheel with Santos. Up front, Spencer was glued to the back bumper of Pelletier. Santos and Anderson continued to run side-by-side.
Spencer made the cross-over move exiting turn four to take the lead from Pelletier. Anderson was able to take the position away from Santos on the same lap. Anderson continued his march to the front grabbing the second position from Pelletier. On lap eight, Anderson was all over the back bumper of Spencer. Pelletier settled into the third spot while Santos had her hands full with Michael Gervais, Jr.
Anderson was the new leader by lap 13. A spin by Shawn Brule brought out the caution on lap 14. After one failed attempt at the restart, Anderson was able to motor away from Pelletier. Over the last green flag run, the hottest battle of the field was between Eric Santos and Pelletier.
Anderson cruised to the checkers ahead of Spencer. Santos beat Pelletier to the stripe to score a podium finish. Pelletier finished the event in fourth position. Gervais crossed the line fifth but was found to be in violation of the rules. Raymond Grassetti was credited with fifth.
In the TIS Modified division, Brian Sullivan picked up where he left off in the regular season. The newly crown champion turned his pole starting position into a ten-car length advantage. Behind the leader, Brian Tagg ran with Cam McDermott and John Studley in tow.
With Sullivan handily out front, the remainder of the top five ran nose to tail as Shane Michalski joined the fray. Tagg maintain second over McDermott and Studley. The caution flew on lap on lap 15 when Ryan Morgan, making his first TIS start, made hard contact with the outside wall in turn three. On the restart Sullivan was able to retain his lead but he had his hands full with Tagg. Michalski was able to grab the fourth spot from Studley on the restart.
Michalski looked to be making a bid on McDermott but settled back in line. After the initial onslaught, Tagg settled in behind Sullivan as well. Sullivan went on to score his seventh victory of the season. Tagg capped off a great season with a runner-up finish. Michalski and Studley completed the top five.
Randy Churchill of Niantic, CT, ended the regular season with a Mini Stock victory. He started the World Series off by leading the opening laps of the Mini Stock main event. He finished off the run with the victory over a strong 21 car field.
Under green, Chuck Rogers began to run down leader Churchill. Eric Bourgeois was looking racy working over Bert Ouellette for third. Chad Baxter looked to join the action as well; catching Bourgeois.
At halfway, Churchill had, again, managed to gain a little breathing room on Rogers, who fell into the grasp of Ouellette. Publicover had joined the tight pack from second on back. As Churchill entered lap traffic, the action was really heating up inside the top-five.
Bourgeois got along side Ouellette but could not make the pass. He found himself playing defense instead of offense as Baxter looked to take the spot away. Baxter was able to free himself from Bourgeois and set his sites on Ouellette. Publicover was followed in Baxter’s tire tracks.
Contact between Ouellette and Baxter on the final lap sent the Ouellette spinning in turn two. The field raced to the checkers with Churchill scoring his fourth win of the season. Rogers came home second ahead of Publicover On the track, Baxter was scored fourth. His racer failed inspection giving Bourgeois the fourth spot over Jeff Moffat inside the top five.
A complete schedule of practice followed by a great line-up of feature events is scheduled for World Series Saturday. Qualifying is highlighted by time trials for the Whelen Modified Tour and heat races for the ISMA Supermodifieds and NEMA Midgets. Heat races are also scheduled for the Sunoco Modifieds, Super Late Models and Late Models. The feature action is set to include for the Pro-Four Modifieds, Limited Sportsman, Outlaw Late Models, Outlaw Mini Stocks, and Outlaw Strictly Stocks. For a complete line-up for both Saturday and Sunday log on to thompsonspeedway.com.
ART Trucks Feature Finish (Top Five): 1. John St. Germain, West Sand Lake, NY; 2. Howard Payne, Shelton, CT; 3. Andy Lindeman, Poestenkill, NY; 4. Chris Correll, Old Lyme, CT; 5. Richie Brooks, Groton, CT.
SK Light Feature Finish (Top Five): 1. Brit Anderson, Branford, CT; 2. Kyle Spencer, Montgomery, MA; 3. Erica Santos, Franklin, MA; 4. Earl Pelletier, Wolcott, CT; 5. Raymond Grassetti, Monson, MA
TIS Modified Feature Finish: 1. Brian Sullivan, S. Windsor, CT; 2. Brian Tagg, Oxford, MA; 3. Cam McDermott, Scituate, RI; 4. Shane Michalski, Woodstock, MA; 5. John Studley, Framingham, MA; 6. Jay Sundeen, Douglas, MA; 7. John Michael Shenette, Thompson, CT; 8. Ryan Morgan, Mystic, CT; 9. Denis Leger, North Reading, MA.
Mini Stock Feature Finish (Top Ten): 1. Randy Churchill, Niantic, CT; 2. Chuck Rogers, Quaker Hill, CT; 3. Andy Publicover, Sudbury, MA; 4. Eric Bourgeois, E. Haddam, CT; 5. Jeff Moffat, Warwick, RI: 6. Steve Michalski, Brooklyn, CT; 7. Mike Viens, Seekonk, MA; 8. Mike Gorgievski, Auburn, MA; 9. Roger Ducharme, Foster, RI; 10. Ian Brew, Wood River Junction, R.
Whelen Modified Tour Championship To Be Settled This Sunday At Thompson
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 22, 2009) – When the green flag drops on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour’s season finale – the World Series of Speedway Racing presented by Xtra Mart – this Sunday at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway, the waiting game will finally be over.
Donny Lia took his fourth checkered flag of the season last time out on Oct. 4 at Stafford (Conn.) Motor Speedway and moved into the championship points lead for the first time this year. The 2007 titlist has little breathing room atop the standings, however, as Ryan Preece crossed the line third that day to sit a mere 26 points out of first.
After a scheduled off week, the 2009 championship was to be settled at Thompson on Oct. 18, but rain and snow forced the event to be postponed. Now with a more promising forecast, the World Series of Speedway Racing looks likely to take the green flag this Sunday, and the Whelen Modified Tour champion will finally be crowned. The three-week layoff has led to heightened anticipation for both title contenders.
“I’m really pumped up and excited to go to Thompson,” Lia said. “It’s been about three weeks since we raced, and it was supposed to be two weeks, so you just get amped up. You want to go to the race track and race. These three weeks off has seemed like forever.”
Preece – like Lia – has avoided getting impatient, but is likewise anticipating returning to the track.
“I’m ready to race,” Preece said. “You get all these people talking about the championship – who they want to win, who wants to win – that kind of deal. You kind of just want it to come, and get it over with. I’m just looking forward to the race, and seeing if we can pull it off.”
While both have not lost sight of the big picture, they intend to bring the same mentality to the track this weekend that they have each and every race this year: race to win.
“You go to every race to win the race,” Preece said. “That’s what you’re paid to do. That’s what we want. We’re definitely going [there] to win the race, and we have the car and the team capable of doing it. I’m definitely going there looking to win the race, and let the points fall wherever they do.”
Although Lia has a points cushion entering the weekend, don’t expect him to ride around on Sunday either.
“You kind of stick to the same principles and same goals, which is to win the race,” Lia said. “We always just go for the win and get the best finish we can. Just take the same approach to it, try to win the race and let everything else fall into place from there.”
Lia can clinch his second NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour crown in three years by finishing fifth or better at Thompson, but with Preece so close behind, there are a number of scenarios that will make every lap important in the season finale.
The World Series of Speedway Racing presented by Xtra Mart is scheduled to commence for the Whelen Modified Tour with practice and qualifying on Saturday, Oct. 25. The 150-lap race is set to go green on Sunday, Oct. 25 at approximately 3:30 p.m.
Naples ME (October 22, 2009) There’s two title battles on tap for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) this weekend, and the tightest is in the PASS Mods where Scott Grant leads Andy Shaw by a scant eight points heading into the season finale at Lee (NH) USA Speedway’s Oktoberfest .
The top three are only separated by ten markers with Bill Dixon holding down the third spot. It would take some doing for Steve Bennett Jr. or Scott McDaniel to capture the cro0wn; the pair is nineteen and twenty seven points back respectively. Certainly they both have a shot at advancing in the standings, if not capturing the championship outright.
There are fourteen divisions of racing on tap at Lee USA this weekend. The weekend kicks off on Friday October 23rd with practice from 3:00 to 7:00 PM, with a Pizza/Karaoke party to follow. On Saturday October 24th the action gets underway in earnest with practice from noon until 2:00 PM and qualifying races right after practice. Sunday October 25th it’s feature racing only and the first feature of the day will roll off at noon.
For all the details on Oktoberfest, point your browser to www.leeusaspeedway.com . The Pro All Stars Series is on line at www.racewithpass.com or www.proallstarsseries.com
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) sanctioning body announced today that they have renewed an agreement with Goodyear Racing to utilize various Goodyear produced racing tires through 2014.
Tom Curley, President of the ACT, and managing partner of Thunder Road Speedbowl in Barre, Vermont said, “Goodyear is known the world over as the pre-eminent racing tire. The introduction of the Goodyear brand has been one of the most important decisions we have made over the past decade. The various Late Model tracks that have joined the ACT business model have made Goodyear their tire of choice, and race teams unanimously have endorsed this decision.”
ACT was instrumental in working with Goodyear engineers and marketing personnel in the research and development of the 8” slick currently used at ten (10) ACT affiliate tracks and on both the ACT US Touring Series and Série ACT Castrol in Canada.
“I remember the first test we did on this tire six years ago. It was early November and we had to shovel the snow off Thunder Road to get the test conducted. We ran that first tire test for what seemed like 500 laps under pretty awful conditions, and then tested again in the Spring after the engineers ‘tweaked’ a few things. The Goodyear tire and ACT crate motor, along with the other cost-saving systems that have been implemented, have turned out to be the best thing that has happened to racing in our region,” said Late Model driver Joey Laquerre, a fifty year veteran of stock car racing.
Laquerre also tested the seven inch (7”) treaded tire for the popular “Tiger Sportsman’ division at Thunder Road. “We have now been on the tire for a couple of years and it works great”, he said. The 7” treaded tire, which is being used at both Thunder Road and Airborne Park Speedway, services a limited Late Model type car.
Scott Junod, Goodyear Sales Manager, Short Track Racing, said, “We have enjoyed tremendous growth in the Northeast short track market over the past five race seasons with our ACT affiliation. All of us, including Goodyear Race Tire engineers Graham Carney and Joel Reichert, have especially enjoyed and appreciated working with the ACT teams in the continuing development of both our Late Model units and the Sportsman tire.”
The Goodyear model D2672 and D2882 model tires are used at Thunder Road Speedbowl in Barre VT, New Hampshire tracks Lee USA Speedway, White Mountain Motorsport Park, and Twin State Speedway. Oxford Plains Speedway in Maine, as well as Seekonk Speedway in Massachusetts are also part of the ACT Late Model program. Tracks using the Goodyear brand through the ACT program in Canada include Capital City Speedway in Ottawa and the Kawartha Downs Speedway in Ontario. Both the ACT US Tour and the Série ACT Castrol utilize the Goodyear slick.
Circle J Tires is the supplier of Goodyear tires on behalf of ACT in the United States. Contact number is 802.244.6964. For more information on Goodyear racing tires visit the Goodyear web page at www.racegoodyear.com.
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