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Rough Riders Prepare for Thunder Road Debut

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troadTBarre, VT – When Thursday night events start at Barre’s Thunder Road this Thursday, June 20, there will be a new twist on the Nation’s Site of Excitement’s racing card: The Rough Riders are coming to town.

The Rough Riders, are a division of 6-cylinder cars, ten years old or older, designed to introduce competitors to racing in a way that is cheap, simple, and most of all, fun. The cars will be painted with family friendly themes, and will have their first event of 2013 on the high banks this Thursday, June 20.
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Mitchell navigates winning the PASS Columbia River 150 at WVSO

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PASS RacingWENATCHEE, Wash. – When you have your worst qualifying effort in over 4 years, you might just wonder if you might have missed the set up but Saturday night Shane Mitchell proved everyone wrong. After qualifying towards the tail end of the field Shane Mitchell came up with his first ever PASS win in the Montana Manroc Columbia River 150. “after qualifying we thought we got it wrong but we kept it and dad was real nervous” Mitchell said in victory lane “When the sun went down the car just came to us and I couldn’t be happier with the win”
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AT RACING: Austin Theriault Finishes Sixth In Battle At Berlin 251

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Berlin Raceway Race Report

MARNE, Mich. – Brad Keselowski Racing development driver Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished sixth in the ARCA/CRA Super Series Battle At Berlin 251 at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich., on Saturday, June 15. Theriault qualified inside the Top-10, raced most of the night inside the Top-5 and was battling with the leaders for a podium finish when he pitted for tires with less than 30 laps remaining. After restarting 16th in the field, Theriault gained 10 spots over the final 20 laps to finish sixth for the first Top-10 finish of his career in the marquee early summer race event.
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EMILY PACKARD: Early ACT Ending For Packard At Canaan

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Canaan Fair Speedway Race Report

CANAAN, N.H. – Emily Packard of East Montpelier, Vt., met with a couple rounds of tough luck at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., finishing 28th in the ACT Late Model Tour 150 on Saturday, June 15. Packard qualified through the first round in the No. 9x Northstar Fireworks/Berlin Optical Expressions Ford Fusion, but the 16-year-old driver was spun at the hands of two other competitors in separate incidents before the race was even 30 laps old. With heavy damage to the car itself, Packard retired from the event early.

WHO: Emily Packard, East Montpelier, Vt.
CREW CHIEF: Neal Woodward, Georgia, Vt.
TEAM: Emily Packard Motorsports No. 9x Northstar Fireworks/Berlin Optical Expressions Chevrolet
SPONSORS: Northstar Fireworks, Fecteau Homes, Berlin Optical Expressions, Yipes! of Barre, VT Shifter Karts, GossCars.com, Be The Match, Rutland Regional Medical Center, R.G. Paving

WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour 150
WHERE: Canaan Fair Speedway, Canaan, N.H. (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 17th
FINISHED: 28th
NEXT RACE: June 20, Late Model 50, Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile oval)

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EMILY, WHAT HAPPENED?
The (No. 51) was up on top of the track, riding on top of the wall. I saw him getting into it with some other guys and they were beating and banging quite a bit. When I saw him slowing down, I thought something had happened to his car. I went to go by him on the inside, and he came right down and clipped my right rear and turned me right into the wall.

The car was really bad. Really, really bad. The entire right front suspension is done. We had to saws-all the rim just so we could get the lugnuts off. It’s in really bad shape. It needs a whole new front clip.

HOW WAS THE CAR DURING THE DAY?
We were a little tight on new tires in practice, but the car was really fast. We had a great heat race. We ran on the outside for half of it with (eventual race winner Joey Polewarczyk Jr.), had the lead for a couple of laps. Unfortunately, we just couldn’t finish up up there.

We fell back to third. We got a minus-one, which wasn’t too bad but we could have gotten more out of it. It stinks because the car was so good all day.

Helliwell Reclaims ACT Point Lead

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ACT LogoWaterbury, VT – Following a second place finish at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, NH last Saturday, June 15, defending American Canadian Tour Stock Car Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. has taken over the points lead heading into a double header weekend.

Helliwell jumped past sophomore talent Jimmy Hebert after mechanical failures on the Hebert machine during the 150-lap feature at Canaan Speedway. Hebert fought through the challenges to finish ninth, and held on to second place in the standings just 11 points behind.
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Extreme Racing is Back! Global RallyCross Championship Returns to Magic Mile

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image002Defending race champion Pastrana among drivers returning for action sports extravaganza

LOUDON, N.H. – New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Global RallyCross officials announced today that the popular SYLVANIA Silverstar zXe Global RallyCross Championship race will return next month as part of the NASCAR race weekend activities. The popular, extreme sports event will run on a new day, Thursday, July 11 as part of the weekend and kick-off FanFest activities.

Door-to-door collisions. A 70-foot jump. And a 10-time X Games gold medalist in Victory Lane highlighted last year’s debut event. Overwhelmed by the positive feedback from fans, NHMS and GRC officials have worked since February to bring the series back this July. A new course setup will include a 140-foot long dirt ramp, which will replace the 70-foot steel ramp jump.
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LOU MODESTINO’S NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORT SCHEDULE FOR 6/17-6/23/13

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Monday, 6/17/13
Cardis Furniture Superstore(Quaker lane(Rt. 2)W.Warwick, RI)-Cruise Night, DJ, 5:30-8:30,p.m.
Mark’s Auto Parts(E. Granby, CT)-Cruise Night, Food, Music, Raffles, Vendors, 5-9 p.m.
Oak Harbour Village(567 South County Trail, Exeter, RI)-Cruise Night, 5 p.m. To Dusk.
Suzi Q’s place(208 Plainfield Pike, North Scituate, RI)-Cruise, DJ, 4-9 p.m.
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LEE USA SPEEDWAY FROM FRIDAY, JUNE 14

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leeLee, NH – The annual Lee USA Speedway “El Camino Night” attracted a strong contingent of NECOA members to the race track on Friday night, with dozens of the unique machines joining the weekly NASCAR Whelen All American Series racing program for some parade laps and a wild burnout contest that had the fans cheering for more.

Prior to the start of the evening’s feature event action, fans and competitors once again stood for a moment of silence, this time in memory of NASCAR racer Jason Leffler, who lost his life in a dirt track Sprint Car race, as well as longtime speedway supporter Howard “Howdy” Clapp of Groton, MA, who passed away during the week.
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DJ Shaw Takes Win in Return to Chaudiere

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chaudiere_win61513Vallee-Jonction, Quebec – DJ Shaw made the most of an off weekend from PASS competition, taking the win at Autodrome Chaudiere in a 150 lap open competition race. Using this race as a test session of sorts for the final two races of the Pro All Stars Series North Autobus Quebecois Triple Crown Series, the team was confident they had made the right changes to the setup since their last trip to Chaudiere.

The day started off with rain showers breaking up the practice sessions, but anytime the #60 Precision JLM Toyota Camry went on the track, it was flawless. Starting on the pole in his heat race, Shaw drove away from the field and made it look easy to take the win, giving him the outside of the front row for the feature event.
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NAUGHTY 40 RACING: McKeage Finishes 10th At Beech Ridge

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Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Report

SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Dan McKeage of Gorham, Maine, finished 10th in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Pro Series 40 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, June 15. It was the third straight Top-10 finish to open the season for the 2010 track champion. McKeage rallied from two spins at the hands of other drivers, each one coming as he was racing his way into the Top-5 with the Naughty 40 Racing No. 40 Top Gun Construction Chevrolet. After two pit stops from the crew for repairs and adjustments on the fly, McKeage was able to drive from the back to salvage a good points night.
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ANDY SAUNDERS TAKES SPEEDWAY 95 LATE MODEL WIN

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Speedway 95For the first 32 laps of the 40 lap Dysart’s Late Model feature at Speedway 95 Saturday night, rookie Andrew McLaughlin of Harrington and John Kalel II of Orrington waged a side by side battle for the lead, with McLaughlin leading the majority of the laps by less than half a car length. Defending champion Andy Saunders of Ellsworth sat behind the battling duo in third spot, just waiting for his chance at the lead. Just as Saunders nosed ahead of Kalel to claim the second spot, the red flag flew when Ryan Dean of Winterport had his car catch fire and head for the infield. On the restart, the veteran Saunders started beside McLaughlin and took the rookie to school. Saunders ran the inside groove and wrestled the lead from McLaughlin on lap 33 and led the final 7 laps for the win. McLaughlin continued his impressive run and took the runner up spot with Deane Smart of Milford surging to a third place finish. Fourth went to Bangor’s Donny Blanchard with Kalel finishing in fifth. Twenty Late Models started the feature with only the one red flag stopping the action after an early caution before the completion of lap one caused a restart with all cars returned to their original starting positions.
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MULKERN RACING: Bobby Timmons Finishes 3rd at Beech Ridge

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Beech RidgeNASCAR Whelen All-American Series: Bobby Timmons
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Report

SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Bobby Timmons III of Windham, Maine, finished a season-high third in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Pro Series 40 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, in Saturday, June 15. Timmons made a quick drive to the front in the Mulkern Racing No. 48 Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep/Timmons Machine Dodge from his sixth-place starting spot, and he was engaged in a three-car battle for the lead over the second half of the race. Timmons found himself shuffled back out of contention for the win on a couple of late-race restarts, but he was happy to have driven away with a podium finish and a strong effort after a rough start to the season.
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