Hudson N.H. – “Rockin” Ronnie Robinson returned to victory lane at Hudson International Speedway this past Sunday, July 10 in the Rookie Stocks division. It marked the first time since 1995 he took the winners trophy home. Robinson has run sporadically at Hudson in the years since his last win but has made Hudson his home track this year.
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Hudson N.H. – Two time Rookie Stock champion Scotty Duval won his first feature of the 2011 racing
season in the Rookie Stocks at Hudson International Speedway this past Sunday June 26th.
Duval started on the outside pole and got past pole sitter Roger Tangauy in the opening laps.
Duval had a rear bumper full of Corrie Merritt for most of the race and held off multiple challenges from
Merritt. A caution with three laps remaining tightened the field for a restart. After the restart Duval
retained the lead and Jerry Lepage got by Merritt and knocked on Duvals bumper but wasn’t able to
make a pass and had to settle for second place. Third through tenth were Merritt, Bill Heliwell, John
Morin Jr., Dave Heliwell, Dan Murphy Jr., Charles Roberto, Roger Tanguay and Mike Mchugh. Bill
Heliwell and Merritt won the heats. Slika Ennis finished last in the feature. Continue reading “Hudson Race Report for June 26th” »
Hudson NH – Defending Outlaw Sportsmen champion Geoff Rollins picked up his second win in as many races on a picture perfect Fathers Day at Hudson International Speedway on June 19th. Long-time racer Matt “Junk Yard Dawg” Bosowski led the opening laps until 14 year old Derek Griffith grabbed the top spot. Rollins had rolled into second place by lap five and gave chase to Griffith. Rollins smoked his outside rear tire off every corner while closing in on Griffith who was starting to overheat. Rollins got beside Griffith going down the back chute and was able to complete the pass on the next lap.
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Hudson NH – Meegan Lord picked up her first career win in dramatic fashion this past Sunday at Hudson International Speedway. Slika Ennis and Jason Carroll also found their way to the winners circle at the historic high banks in Hudson NH.
From the pole position, Lord led the Thunder Light division to starter Bob Munroe’s green flag and led the caution free race from green to checker. In the first corner of the first lap, Chad Wendell was running right behind Lord but got loose and had to gather it back up enabling Lord to put distance between her and the rest of the field.
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Hudson NH –The Outlaws made their first appearance of the 2011 racing season with defending Outlaws Champion Geoff Rollins picking up the first feature win. Ricky Woodside Jr. held the top spot early in the race before relinquishing it to Ron Lord. Lord held on for a few laps until Rollins chased him down. Rollins spent a lap or two on the high side of Lord, slipped past and wasn’t challenged from that point on.
Fourteen year old Derek Griffith from Hudson N.H. had a fantastic run going until trouble found him. Griffith started last in the field in his first ever Outlaw feature and made his way all the way up to second before a cut tire put him into the wall bringing out the only caution of the race in the closing laps.
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Hudson NH –Hudson Speedway opened its doors for its 64th consecutive season of auto racing this past Sunday May 22nd with Billy Clement Jr., Justin Beecher, and Johnny Reefer all finding their way to victory lane.
Bob Riopelle had the pole position and took the lead at the drop the green flag of the Rookie Stock feature and held the top spot for the first few laps. Clement Jr. made his way up from the third starting spot to challenge Riopelle for the lead and took to the outside groove and made the pass for the lead a lap later. Clement held the top spot from that point until the finish in the caution free event. Riopelle held off several challenges and came home second. John Morin Jr. also had a podium finish coming in third place. Dan Murphy Jr. had a bumpy fourth place finish and Corrie Merritt finished fifth. After Merritt it was Jerry ‘No Brakes’ Lepage, Scotty Duval, Bill Fiske, Jim Junior, Keith ‘Slika’ Ennis, C.J. McLaughlin, Mike McHugh and Ryan Joyce.
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Hudson NH –The Helliwell boys ruled at Hudson International Speedway on the final race day of the 2010 season. All three Helliwells that were racing won in their respective divisions with George Helliwell in the Classic Lites, Bill Helliwell in the Rookie Stocks and Dave ”Hollywood” Helliwell in the Roadrunners.
George Helliwell was first to win picking up his second feature win in the Classic Lites. Billy Ryder was second to cross the stripe. Dwayne Skofield finished third. Shane Reinhold had his best finish of the season with a fourth place run. Eddie Gilman was running third most of the race and had third by a large margin on the white flag lap but got sideways in turn one and drove through the infield and by the time he was back on track had slipped to fifth and finished in that spot. Sixth through tenth were Ryan Bishop, Paul Colson, Danny Shields, Craig Lambert and Hulk Harton. Helliwell and Shields won the heats.
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Hudson NH – Dick Dubois won the battle but Keith Caruso won the war in the V-6 Modified Division’s season ending race at Hudson International Speedway on Sunday afternoon October 3rd. Caruso won the season long points Championship for the second season in a row. Caruso had a large cushion over second place pointsman Eric Vilandre and just needed to start the feature race to clinch his second consecutive V-6 Mod title.
Vilandre had a much smaller lead over third place pointsman Chris Keubler and needed to borrow a few cars but hung on to second in points by days end. Vilandre’s engine blew up the last time the V-6 Mods raced and borrowed a ride for the last day of racing but that car had axle issues during pace laps before the start of the heat so Vilandre borrowed another car for the feature, this time from Walter Boucher who had just won the heat. Vilandre had more mechanical issues in Boucher’s car when he got loose off turn two, slid through the infield and messed up the transmission ending his day but with enough points to keep Kuebler behind him.
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Hudson, NH – With a dominating racecar Jay Maki won his first career Outlaw Sportsman win at Hudson International Speedway on Sunday afternoon September 26th. Maki started on the outside pole and survived getting turned sideways in front of the field after a first lap caution to win. Kevin Kephardt and Ron Bolduc also had podium finishes. Fourth through tenth were Mitch Wendell, Geoff Rollins, Pete “The Travelin’ Man” Fiandaca, Bobby Allen, Ricky Bobby, Keith Dynamite and Tim Casey. Pete Jarek took his old street stock out of mothballs for his first visit to HIS in a decade and came home a respectable 11th out of 23 starters. Maki and Ron Lord Jr. won the heats.
John Morin Jr. won his division leading fifth feature of the 2010 season in the Rookie Stocks. Morin Jr. had the race in hand from early on in the caution-free race. Slika Ennis had his race car “Gertrude” hooked up and running fast and got up to second early on but couldn’t gain ground on Morin Jr. and finished second. Roland Laplante continued his late season surge with his third podium finish in the last three races with a third place finish. Dan Murphy Jr. was all over Leplante the entire race but couldn’t make a pass and settled for fourth. Corrie Merritt dirt-tracked his way to a fifth place finish. Sixth through tenth were Dean Wendell, Jerry Lepage, Charles Roberto, Heath Toutellotte and the grizzled veteran Bob Riopelle. Morin Jr. and Lepage won the heats.
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Hudson NH –Peter Fiandaca scored a popular win in the Outlaw Sportsman division at Hudson International Speedway on Sunday afternoon Sept. 12th.
Fiandaca started on the outside but slipped back in the opening laps allowing pole sitter Ron Lord Jr. to lead the first few circuits. Tim Casey took a turn leading some laps after passing Lord Jr. Mitch Wendell was next up to lead the race when he passed Casey on a restart after a caution for Jay Maki who was trying to BBQ his carburetor off turn two. The next to lead was Geoff Rollins but his lead lasted about fifty feet as a caution came out for a spinning Wendell and it was determined the Rollins was involved in Wendell’s spin putting both drivers to the rear for a restart. Fiandaca inherited the lead at that point and brought the famed #135 under the checkers in first for the 323rd feature win of his long career. Wendell came back to finish second. Casey was third followed by Rollins, Bobby Allen, Kevin Kephardt, Ricky “Bobby” Woodside, John Meany, Keith “Dynamite” Walton and Lord Jr. Casey and Woodside won the heats.
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