ACTion News – Wednesday, April 30, 2008
-by Justin St. Louis
Average car count at American-Canadian Tour Late Model stock car events in 2008: 51. In both races completed thus
far, fields of 52 and 50 cars showed up to qualify at Lee USA Speedway and Oxford Plains Speedway, respectively,
for starting grids of 30 and 33 cars. Simply amazing.
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With all of the offseason updates nearly complete, and with much anticipation, Wiscasset Raceway will finally open its 2008 season this Saturday afternoon with Opening Day presented by Lester Morse Auto Sales of Wiscasset. The finishing touches are being put in place for what track owner Doug White is counting on as a comeback season for "Maine's Center of Speed".
BARRE, VT – The 10th Annual Merchants Bank 150 will open the 49th season of stock car racing at
the “Nation’s Site of Excitement,” Barre’s Thunder Road, this weekend, Sat./Sun., May 3/4. The Merchants Bank 150 is the third round for the American-Canadian Tour Championship Late Models, and raises the curtain for Thunder Road’s weekly NAPA Tiger Sportsman, Allen Lumber Street Stock, and Power Shift Online Junkyard Warrior divisions.
Naples ME (April 28, 2008) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North makes the drive to Speedway 95 this Saturday May 3rd for their only appearance of 2008 at the Hermon Maine oval, and all four PASS North racing divisions will be in action.
Veteran Earns 28th Career Victory
STAFFORD, Conn. (April 27, 2008) – Ted Christopher captured the second event of the 2008 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season when he drove to victory Sunday in the Tech-Net Spring Sizzler at Stafford Motor Speedway.