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From the monthly archives: "May 2011"

NNS Race Recap: Kenseth Powers Past Edwards For Nationwide Win At Charlotte

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CONCORD, N.C. — In his first Nationwide Series start of the season — and his first ever in the current-generation racecar — Matt Kenseth out-dueled Roush Fenway Racing teammate Carl Edwards to win Saturday’s Top Gear 300 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Subbing for sidelined Trevor Bayne, Kenseth won the 26th Nationwide race of his career. Edwards ran second, followed by Kyle Busch, polesitter Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Reed Sorenson. Brad Keselowski, Steve Wallace, Brian Scott, Aric Almirola and Elliott Sadler completed the top 10.
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BRENT DRAGON: Memorial Day Classic Race Preview

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Brent Dragon: Memorial Day Classic
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Preview

ACT Tour Racing

THE STORY

Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., takes a break from ACT Late Model Tour racing to compete in the Memorial Day Classic 100 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Sunday, May 29. Though the track is a hub for ACT, this event is a non-points event geared toward the quarter-mile’s Tour-legal Late Model division. Dragon was the 2006 champion of this event. Once again, he will be competing with his own Dragon Motorsports-owned No. 55 car, the same car he took to Devil’s Bowl Speedway last weekend.

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PASS returns to Virginia’s Motor Mile Speedway Saturday

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$20-per-car general admission fan appreciation special for second PASS National event of 2011

PASS South gets back on track this Saturday May 28 at one of the country’s finest short tracks, the ultra fast Motr Mile Speedway, just outside of Radford Virginia. The Motor Mile race is round two of the six race PASS National Championship battle, and series President Tom Mayberry has colaborated with the speedway to offer up a special thank you to Motor Mile and PASS South fans.
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Thunder Road Announces First Annual Home Run Derby

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Thunder Road

Barre, VT – Thunder Road has announced the first annual Thunder Road Home Run Derby scheduled as part of “Kid’s Day” during the Harvest Equipment program on Sunday, June 19.

Kids ages 12 and under who wear a baseball hat or shirt to Thunder Road this Sunday, May 29 and on Sunday, June 12 will be able to sign up for the Home Run Derby drawing at the announcer’s tower. During intermission of the Sunday, June 12 event six (6) names will be drawn randomly.
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Doiron To Make NASCAR Debut At Beech Ridge

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Joey Doiron: NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Preview

THE STORY

Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, enters NASCAR Whelen All-American Series competition when he races in the season-opening event for the Pro Series division at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, May 28. Doiron, who has a career-best PASS North Series finish of fourth at the track in 2010, has never competed in a 40-lap weekly event at the track. It will be his second time out this season with a car that made its 2011 debut at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, N.C., early last month.
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TV TIMES EXTRA – By Lou Modestino (for 5/27/11)

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The 100th Anniversary of the Indy 500 is scheduled to take place this Sunday. And capitalizing on the occasion was Gerry Gappens, the vice president and general manager of New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH. He was in the Hub earlier this week at the Fours Restaurant on Canal Street, along with three Indy Car drivers who flew into Logan from Indy, in the effort to set the tone for NHMS’s return to an IZOD Indy Car race to be held there on Sunday, August 14, the date for the Indy Car 225. The fastest open wheel race cars will return to New England after a 13-year absence.

On hand to promote the return engagement was Australian Will Power, now a resident of Charlotte, NC, the center of NASCAR country. Power reflected on his recent qualifying run at Indianapolis, “I expected to be running for the pole but my car wasn’t fast at first. But I’m still happy to be in the second row at Indy (starting fifth).” Will drives the Team Penske Honda and is the point leader in that series after he scored two wins at the Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham and at the Sao Paulo Indy 300. The other Penske cars didn’t qualify as well as Power did. Will thinks that his biggest opposition will come from Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Townsend Bell and Dan Weldon. “I really haven’t thought about winning the 500 but if I did, it would be a big deal,” he said.
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WEEKEND’S MEMORIAL DAY CLASSIC WILL SHOWCASE NEW TALENT

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Thunder Road practice session a bonus for many teams

Waterbury, VT – Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl fans will see lots of talent during the twin 100 lap events at the Mekkelsen Memorial Day Classic Twin 100’s on Sunday, May 29, 2011. Following a three-hour practice session under perfect weather conditions this week, there is a new corps of Thunder Road racers poised to challenge the veteran teams.
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Joey Polewarczyk Jr. Looks for Redemption at the Thunder Road Memorial Day Classic

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Barre, VT – American-Canadian Tour Late Model Driver, #97 Joey Polewarczyk Jr of Hudson, N.H. will be racing his Poles Automotive, NH Precision, Hedman Hedders Ford Fusion at Thunder Road Speedbowl, Sunday, May 29 in the non-ACT Points counting; 49th Annual Thunder Road Speedbowl Memorial Day Classic.

This marks a return trip to the event for Polewarczyk Jr, who led 81 of 100 laps in 2009. They did not compete in the 2010 event.
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BRENT DRAGON: Flat Tires Cost Dragon Top-10 At ACT Spring Green

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Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Devil’s Bowl Speedway Race Report

ACT Racing

WEST HAVEN, Vt. – Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., overcame two flat tires to finish 11th in the ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 111 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Sunday afternoon, May 22. Dragon started fifth in the 32-car field and was beginning to challenge for the lead when he cut the first of two right rear tires after only a handful of laps. After charging from the back of the back to the Top-10, he was hit with the same misfortune a second time – ultimately settling for 11th, but leaping two spots to fifth in the ACT standings after three events.

WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
TEAM: No. 55 Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/Charlesbois Freightliner Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Donnie Avery, Ashland, N.H.

WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 111
WHERE: Devil’s Bowl Speedway, West Haven, Vt. (.500-mile oval)
STARTED: 5th
FINISHED: 11th
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Hoar Earns 30th Career ACT Late Model Tour Victory

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WEST HAVEN, Vt. – Brian Hoar reached a career milestone and checked another box off his bucket list on Sunday afternoon.

Hoar won the ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 111 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, becoming the first driver in Tour history to win 30 career races by collecting his first-ever Devil’s Bowl victory. Ironically, Hoar led the final 37 laps in his RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge en route to the win.

He had never competed on the track before Sunday.
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