‘Smoke’ Signals Exit

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Stewart To Retire After 2016 Season; Passes Torch To Bowyer In 2017

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Sept. 30, 2015) – After 17 years competing at NASCAR’s highest level, Tony Stewart has decided his 18^th year in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be his last. The three-time series champion will retire following the 2016 season, whereupon Clint Bowyer will take the wheel of the No. 14 machine beginning in 2017.

 

Since 2009 Stewart has held the dual title of driver/owner at Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR). He co-owns the team with Gene Haas, founder of Haas Automation, the largest CNC machine tool builder in North America. Stewart will join Haas as a fulltime owner in 2017, with Bowyer being Stewart’s hand-picked successor to drive the No. 14 car.

 

“This is a moment every driver eventually comes to terms with, and I know this is the right decision for me,” said Stewart, owner of 48 Sprint Cup victories, 15 of which have come with SHR. “2016 will be my last year in a Sprint Cup car, but it’s not my last year in NASCAR. I love this sport and I love being a part of it, and instead of seeing me in a fire suit on Sundays, you’ll see me in a pair of jeans, and maybe even a pair of khakis.

 

“I plan to make the most of my final year as a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and part of that is to ensure that when Clint Bowyer takes over the No. 14 in 2017, he has everything he needs to win races and contend for the championship. I’m very comfortable with this decision and what the future holds for me and Stewart-Haas Racing.”

 

Bowyer is an eight-time race winner in the Sprint Cup Series and finished second in the 2012 championship standings.

“Today is an incredible opportunity and I’m proud and excited to take over the No. 14 in 2017,” said Bowyer, the 2008 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion. “Whether it’s racing him on Sunday or watching my dirt late model teams race at his famed Eldora Speedway, Tony and I share the same passion for racing. That makes this opportunity a perfect fit for me. I appreciate everything he’s done for me and the sport of auto racing. These are big shoes to fill, but boy am I ever looking forward to getting behind the wheel of a champion’s ride, and have Tony there with me along the way.”

 

Haas, who formed Haas CNC Racing in 2002 before partnering with Stewart to create SHR in 2009, embraces the transition.

 

“Tony Stewart has been a game-changer for Stewart-Haas Racing and for motorsports,” Haas said. “I always had an incredible amount of respect for what he could do with a racecar – any racecar, as he’s been successful in everything he’s ever driven. In getting to know Tony Stewart the businessman, I found a very smart person with excellent people skills. He’s extremely valuable to our race team and a strong voice in our sport. His passion for motorsports is unmatched, and I’m proud that his future outside of the No. 14 Chevrolet remains with Stewart-Haas Racing.”

 

The primary partners currently represented on the No. 14 Chevrolet include Bass Pro Shops, Mobil 1, Rush Truck Centers, Code 3 Associates, Coca-Cola, Jimmy Johns and Haas Automation. Announcements regarding the partnership lineup for the No. 14 team in 2016 and beyond will be made in the lead up to the 58^th Daytona 500 on Feb. 21 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. 

“I have been blessed with fantastic partners throughout my racing career, and I take a lot of pride in the lifelong friendships formed and the great business successes we’ve been a part of,” Stewart said. “I never would’ve accomplished all that I’ve achieved in racing if it weren’t for the support of corporate America. They helped a kid from Columbus, Indiana, reach his dreams and I’ll be forever grateful.”

 

About Stewart-Haas Racing:

Stewart-Haas Racing is the title-winning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team co-owned by three-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart and Gene Haas, founder of Haas Automation – the largest CNC machine tool builder in North America. The team fields four entries in the elite Sprint Cup Series – the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet for Stewart, the No. 10 GoDaddy Chevrolet for Danica Patrick, the No. 4 Budweiser/Jimmy John’s Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick and the No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet for Kurt Busch. Based in Kannapolis, North Carolina, Stewart-Haas Racing operates out of a 200,000-square-foot facility with approximately 280 employees. For more information, please visit us on the Web at www.StewartHaasRacing.com, on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/StewartHaasRacing, on Twitter @StewartHaasRcng and on Instagram @StewartHaasRacing. 

 

Congratulations "Bullet" Deserving National Award !

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Congratulations to AUSTIN BLAIS!

He is our UNOH Youth Achievement award winner for the 2015 race season. Austin gets a $500 cash prize along with a $500 scholarship to UNOH. Congratulations to Austin and his whole crew for their awesome performance this season! ‪#‎nwaas‬ ‪#‎nascarhometracks‬ ‪#‎UNOH‬

KYLE BUSCH Earning your Stripes

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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (Sept. 29, 2015) – As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season heads to the 28^th race of the season this weekend, one thing is for certain: Kyle Busch, crew chief Adam Stevens and the entire Interstate Batteries team have been “Outrageously Dependable” in the face of adversity.

 

So it’s only appropriate as the Sprint Cup competitors head to the third race in this year’s Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship playoffs  – Sunday’s AAA 400 at Dover (Del.) International Speedway – that Busch will have the Outrageously Dependable green-and-white-striped colors of Interstate Batteries along for the ride on his No. 18 Toyota.

 

There isn’t likely a team in the garage that has faced more adversity this season than the Interstate Batteries team. After losing Busch for the first 11 races after being injured on opening weekend at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, the No. 18 team rallied back in several ways. First, it brought home four wins over the summer months, along with rallying to make it into the top-30 in the driver standings, solidifying Busch’s spot in the 2015 Chase field.

 

After a solid ninth-place finish in the Chase opener two weeks ago at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, the next bit of adversity struck last week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. With Busch running in the top-10, a right-front-tire issue sent Busch into the outside SAFER barrier and eventually to the garage for repairs. The team returned to the track as quickly as possible, but the result was a disappointing 37^th-place finish.

 

There is some good news on the horizon as the Interstate Batteries team heads to the first cutoff race of this year’s Chase. Busch will head to Dover – statistically one of his better tracks – in hopes of scoring a win, and thus an automatic bid to the Contender Round as one of the final 12 drivers left in NASCAR’s playoffs. However, Busch sits only one point out of the 12^th and final transfer spot, so even a solid finish could vault him into the Contender Round that begins next weekend at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway.

 

Strapped in and ready to go !
 

The Dover stats for Busch and his Interstate Batteries team are impressive – two Sprint Cup wins, five NASCAR Xfinity Series wins and four NASCAR Camping World Truck Series wins. Busch has led 1,018 laps in his previous 21 Sprint Cup starts at Dover, an average of almost 50 per race.

Busch will look to finish what he started in his first trip this season to the “Monster Mile” back in June, when he had a strong run in just his second event back from injury. He ran third with 30 laps to go before an unfortunate incident with a lapped car caused an accident that ended his race early.

 

So, as Busch and his Interstate Batteries team try to advance to the next round of the Chase, they look to build on recent strong runs at Dover in hopes of closing the deal with their green-and-white-striped Interstate Batteries Camry Sunday afternoon on the Delmarva Peninsula. Busch and the No. 18 team will need to continue to earn their stripes in order to be a “contender” in the 2015 Chase following Sunday’s grueling 400-miler. 

 

KYLE BUSCH, Driver of the No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing:

 

What will be the team’s goals this weekend at Dover?

 

“We just need to execute as a team. Dover has been a good place for me. We ran really well there in June until we got in an accident late. I know Adam (Stevens, crew chief) and all the Interstate Batteries guys are working hard to have a good car off the truck and get us off to a strong start this weekend and, hopefully, we can finish off a strong run there this time.”

 

What does it take to be successful at Dover?

 

“Dover, being a concrete track, is challenging. They’re all a challenge, but Dover is especially so, just because of the way you have to run around that place. The way tires sometimes wear out. The way the rubber gets put down there. You’ve got to be fast through the corner. Two-thirds of your lap time is through the turns rather than down the straightaway, so you definitely have to make sure you have a good-handling racecar – one that’s good in the beginning of the run on low air pressures and one that’s good at the end of the run on high air pressures, and even through traffic, too. Some of the most challenging times are when you’re trying to get through traffic with guys.”

Do you enjoy racing at Dover?

 

“It’s definitely a fast racetrack. It’s a fun racetrack, too. It makes it interesting when you get to traffic, when you have to pass guys, when you’re kind of falling down into the hole and jumping back up out of the hole to the straightaways. It’s a good place to race. It’s a competitive racetrack and, when the rubber gets laid down, it definitely changes the whole atmosphere and the whole way you run around that place.”

 

Does going from concrete to asphalt change the way the car handles?

 

“We don’t run on an asphalt racetrack that’s banked like that or shaped like that. The mile tracks we go to that are asphalt are Phoenix and Loudon, and they are relatively flat. The concrete just changes the feel a little bit, of course, and changes the way you approach the racetrack, too.”

 

You have two Sprint Cup wins and a competitive history at Dover. What is your outlook with your history there?

 

“I love that place. It’s fun to race there and it’s a place I’m looking forward to going to with our Interstate Batteries Camry. I went there when I was 18 to race in the Xfinity Series for my first time. It will scare you the first time you race there. You carry so much speed at that racetrack and, for it to be a mile in length and for it to be concrete – concrete surfaces that we race on, anyway, are a little bit slick. It’s definitely a roller-coaster ride and you need to treat it like it’s fun and not to be scared of the place, I think, because you can get so much out of that place. There are two ways about it – you can probably be really, really good there, or really, really bad there. Some days you’re going to be better than others, obviously, with how you can get your car set up compared to the competition.”

 

Late Model Championship Race at the Thompson World Series

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One twenty five lap race to go !  Friday October 16th Qualifying 5:00pm & Feature 7:45 pm

1	9 MA	BRIAN TAGG	326
2	88 MA	KEITH ROCCO	319	- 7
3	70	RICK GENTES	297	-29
4	68	JEFF ROCCO	297	-29
5	4	WILLIAM WALL	290	-36

Hoosier Tire East’s Bob Summers Named Grand Marshal of NAPA Fall Final Weekend at Stafford Motor Speedway

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(Stafford Springs, CT)---Stafford Motor Speedway has announced that Bob Summers of Hoosier Tire East will serve as the Grand Marshal of the 42nd Annual NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final.  Summers will send the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour to the green flag for the 150 lap race with the most famous words in motorsports.

Summers, now a Hoosier Tire distributor, began his 60-year career in the tire business in 1955 working for the Firestone tire company in Indianapolis.  During his time with Firestone Summers worked with some of the legends of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway such as Mario Andretti, the Unsers, and A.J. Foyt as well as a host of Grand National, Sprint Cup as it is currently known, drivers.  Summers left Firestone in 1981 and a phone call from Bob Newton shortly thereafter got Summers into the business as a Hoosier distributor.  Summers passion for short track racing is still going strong 34 years later operating Hoosier Tire East out of Manchester, CT.  Currently Hoosier Tire East services local tracks Stafford, Thompson, and Waterford as well as the Whelen Modified Tour, and the Super Modifieds at Star Speedway.

“It’s an absolute honor to be the Grand Marshal of the NAPA Fall Final,” said Summers.  “I hung around racing a lot as a kid and I hung around Firestone a lot and when one of the guys quit, I took his place and the rest is history.  Firestone started phasing out of short track racing and I left in 1981 and then a couple of weeks later I got a call from Bob Newton and we made a deal that made me a distributor.  It’s been a great relationship, Hoosier has great people and they’ve done a lot for me and I’ve done a lot for them also.  I’m looking forward to giving the command and I have to also recognize my wife Connie and my son Robbie.  When I first got started in 1981, I couldn’t have got this business going without their help.”

The 2015 NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final Weekend gets underway on Saturday, October 3rd with practice sessions for Stafford’s Whelen All-American Series divisions, the Legend Cars, and the Whelen Modified Tour.  Action continues on with Coors Light Pole Qualifying for the Whelen Modified Tour cars, along with heat races for Stafford’s weekly divisions and the Legend Cars with action wrapping up on Saturday with feature events for the SK Light, Limited Late Model, DARE Stock, and Legend Cars divisions.  The Legend Cars feature will be a national qualifier event.  The NAPA Fall Final continues on Sunday, October 4th with the NAPA Auto Parts Pit Party from 11am-12noon followed by Stafford’s SK Modifieds® and Late Models joining the Whelen Modified Tour in feature action.

Tickets for the NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final Weekend are on sale now at the Speedway Box Office.  Tickets are priced at $38.50 for adult general admission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and under are admitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved seating will be priced at $42.00 for all ages.  All ticket prices include 10% CT Admission Tax. 

For more information on the 42nd Annual NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final, or to order tickets, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at 860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.

Mr. Rooter New England Truck Series Make Historic Changes.

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Lorraine Pard

NETS owner Lorraine Pard has made a agreement to sell the New England Truck Series to a gentleman named Marshall Hurley. Hurley felt the playing field was not level, and that rule changes were needed. Hurley instituted a number of drastic changes with short notice, which upset the competitors.
  Mr. Vin Beedle ( Mr. Rooter) felt this was unfair to the teams and the drivers who had been playing by the same rule book all season. With the blessings of (ALL) the series drivers Beedle created a new truck series, call the Mr. Rooter Truck Series.
  The New England Truck Series and the Mr. Rooter Truck Series are two different organizations.
 I do not have any more information on what NETS intends to do going forward.

  I sincerely wish Pard and Hurley well in their


endeavors. It's possible/probable that they will start a series that is based at the more Northern Speedways (Monadnock,Star, Claremont, Hudson, Etc.)

 MRST intends to race at all 3 Connecticut tracks in 2016 ( 6 at New London Waterford Speed Bowl, 3 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park and 3 at Stafford Motor Speedway with 1 race at Lee USA at October Fest.

The original 2015 schedule had two races left to determine a true champion.

Oct. 10 at Lee USA and at the Thompson World Series on Oct. 16th, 2015

Long Island's #88 Roger Turbush has had a story book season and I hope we have a fantastic finish before the changes in 2016.

As usual I will try to get a interview from a principal on the Race Chatter this Monday Sept 28th at 6:05 pm with more information.

Matt Kenseth Wins the Lobster at NEW HAMPSHIRE

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Kenseth wins at New Hampshire: #20-Matt Kenseth won the Sylvania 300 Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for his 5th win of the season, 2nd win at New Hampshire and 36th career win. Kenseth led 27 of the 300 laps.
#11-Hamlin finished 2nd followed by #22-Logano, #16-Biffle. #19-Edwards, #48-Johnson, #24-Gordon, #78-Truex Jr., #4-Kahne and #31-Newman.

 With his 5th win of 2015, Kenseth now has the most wins of any driver in 2015.
#4-Harvick led 216 laps and dominated the race until running out of fuel, finishing 21st, putting Harvick 21 points out of moving to the Contender round after Dover.

 #18-Busch, who came in to the race 4th in Chase standings, had a tire go down and hit the wall on lap 159. The crew made repairs and Busch was able to make up a few spots and finish 37th. Busch is now 13th in the Chase standings, a point out of the top 12 and advancing.

 There was one red flag on lap 204 for a little over 6 minutes when #10-Patrick made contact with #31-Newman, the #10 spun and hit the wall then got collected by #55-Ragan, knocking both out of the race and leaving foam on the track.
There were 16 lead changes among 7 drivers. There were 9 cautions for 41 yellow flag laps.
The average speed was 106.480mph.

Blaney Wins Xfinity Race at Kentucky

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Ryan Blaney wins XFINITY race at Kentucky Speedway: #22-Ryan Blaney won the VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 at Kentucky Speedway for his 4th XFINITY Series win. He took the lead from #3-Ty Dillon on a green-white-checker finish to grab the win. Dillon held on for second, followed by #7-Regan Smith, #9-Chase Elliott, #33-Brandon Jones, #62-Brendan Gaughan, #60-Chris Buescher, #54-Erik Jones, #6-Darrell Wallace, Jr., and #20-Matt Tifft (in his first NXS race).
Polesitter, #18-Daniel Suarez, ran up front early in the race, but had late transmission issues and finished 23rd.
There were 10 cautions [ties a track record] for 55 laps and 17 lead changes among 7 leaders. The race was red-flagged for 18 minutes for track cleanup after an accident on lap 100 between #42-Brennan Poole and #0-Harrison Rhodes.
The average speed was 110.238mph.

Kentucky Speedway XFINITY Race Fast Facts:
Ryan Blaney won the 4th Annual VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300, his fourth victory in 41 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
This is his second victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2015.
This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in five races at Kentucky Speedway.
Ty Dillon (second) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Kentucky Speedway. It is his 20th top-10 finish in 2015.
Regan Smith (third) posted his third top-10 finish in 11 races at Kentucky Speedway.
Darrell Wallace Jr (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chris Buescher leads the point standings by 19 points over Ty Dillon.
(NASCAR Integrated Marketing)(9-26-2015)

XFINITY Driver standings following Kentucky Speedway:
[6 races remaining]
1) #60-Chris Buescher, 982
2) #3-Ty Dillon, 963, -19
3) #9-Chase Elliott, 957, -25
4) #7-Regan Smith, 935, -47
5) #6-Darrell Wallace, Jr., 874,-108

Sunn Scores Victory in USAC DMA Race

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Sunn Scores Victory in USAC DMA Race @ Bear Ridge Speedway, Teammate Pierson Gets the Championship 

Ellington, CT: FMR Racing teammates where victorious this past Saturday night at Bear Ridge Speedway in the USAC Dirt Midget Association, one with the race win and the other with the series championship.

With this being the last race of the season, the feature lineup was determined by time trails and no Dash race. With Adam Pierson in the 76M turning the fast laps in time trials he would have had the pole except for a top four redraw which put Pierson to fourth giving the pole to the 5 of Derek Graham. 

The nights feature race was twenty five laps in length with action on each and every one of those laps. With the 5 of Graham on pole followed by the 1W of crowd favorite Ray Miller, the first row was ready to take the green. On lap one, Graham held the point with three wide racing for the top four positions while the 67 of Josh Sunn was now second followed by the 18C of Mike Chaffee and Ray Miller in the 1W now back to fourth. By the time the field came back around for lap two, Sunn in his 67 was now leading with Graham in the 5 running second. Back in the pack was the 76M of Adam Pierson working his way to the front to join his teammate Sunn. By lap eight, Pierson had succeeded in taking the second position from the 5 of Graham while Sunn in the 67 still held the point. The top four was comprised of Sunn (67), Pierson (76M), Graham (5) and the 18C of Mike Chaffee. Just as the 76M of Pierson had passed the 67 of Sunn, the 33 of Tim Gallant spun in turn one which brought out the caution. Since the lap had not been completed, Pierson was moved back to second with Sunn holding first. Back to green and Sunn showed his strength with holding off the pack to maintain his lead while teammate Pierson stayed second and the 5 of Graham holding down third spot. The top four put on a great show at the front while the remaining field ran laps three and four wide along with passing for positions on each lap. As the race leader Sunn in the 67 was clicking off laps, he had begun to lap the tail end of the field. As the last checker flag of the race season waived, it was Josh Sunn in the 67 from White River Junction, VT for the win followed by his FMR teammate Adam Pierson in the 76M for second and the 5 of Derek Graham rounding out the top three. 

In other series news, Adam Pierson was award the New England Race Fuel Triple Crown award for scoring the most points during the series three race run earlier this season. 

With his second place finish in the last race, Adam Pierson became the 2015 series champion for the second year in a row. 

To learn more about the USAC Dirt Midget Association, please visit the series website at www.usacdma.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DirtMidgetAssociation

Feature Race Results from 9/26/15:

1) Josh Sunn 67

2) Adam Pierson 76M

3) Derek Graham 5

4) Mike Chaffee 18C

5) Dean Christensen 69

6) Robert Tucker 17

7) Ray Miller 1W

8) Kevin Chaffee 4

9) Adam Whitney 12

10) Tim Gallant 33

11) Jeff Champagne 15

12) Rick Stone 10

13) Barry Kittredge 21

14) David Moniz 9

15) Jeff Horn 1R

16) Andy Barrows 64

17 Alex Rose 11

Lap leaders: Lap 1 was the 5 of Derek Graham, laps 2 to 25 was the 67 of Josh Sunn

Mark Hann

Public Relations & Marketing

USAC Dirt Midget Association

 

Act Tour Results Invitational 50 Lap at Loudon, NH

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MacDonald Tames New Hampshire Again for 4^th Invitational Win

Loudon, NH – Eddie “The Outlaw” MacDonald took advantage of a well-timed caution to surge to the lead with 15 laps remaining and win the 7^th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 26.

 

The Rowley, MA driver started 20^th and was running a distant third to Jimmy Hebert and Joey Polewarczyk Jr. when the caution came out for early leader Jeff Rocco’s spin in turn four on lap 31 of the 50-lap event. But MacDonald came to life on the restart, eventually grabbing the lead from “Joey Pole” and holding on through a final caution to beat the impending darkness and score his fourth Invitational win.

 

“I was a little worried,” MacDonald said. “I didn’t think that there would be a caution, but Hebert and Pole had almost a straightaway on us, so I knew that if I really pushed it hard I would haven’t anything for them at the end. It was kind of a gamble, and luckily for us it worked out and the caution came out at the right time.”

 

Wallingford, CT’s Rocco surged to the lead on the start from the outside pole and led the first five laps. Hebert then grabbed the top spot from his 10^th starting position followed shortly thereafter by Pole. The two then drew away from the field on a long green-flag run, as Pole eventually caught Hebert in lapped traffic and was riding on his bumper when Rocco spun.

 

Pole outgunned Hebert for the lead on the restart, but MacDonald sliced around both to take the lead on lap 36. The field had one more shot at MacDonald on a restart with six laps to go following John Donahue’s spin, but Pole came under attack from rival Wayne Helliwell Jr. for second, allowing MacDonald to drive off into the sunset.

Pole nipped Helliwell by 0.022 seconds at the finish line for second. Patrick Laperle took fourth while Hebert faded to fifth. Woody Pitkat, Jonathan Bouvrette, Tom Carey Jr., Dillon Moltz, and Alex Labbe completed the top-10.

 

The ACT U.S. Tour and Série ACT travel to Plattsburgh, NY’s Airborne Park Speedway for the 41^st Fall Foliage 200 next Saturday, October 3. It will be the season finale for Série ACT with the Tiger Sportsman/Renegade Team Challenge also on the card. Post time is 2:00pm.

7^TH ANNUAL BOND AUTO ACT INVITATIONAL

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

Pos, Start Pos, Driver, Car #, Hometown, Laps

1. ( 20 ) Eddie MacDonald ( 17MA ) , Rowley, MA , 50 Laps
2. ( 16 ) Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. ( 97NH ) , Hudson, NH , 50 Laps
3. ( 21 ) Wayne Helliwell, Jr. ( 27NH ) , Dover, NH , 50 Laps
4. ( 17 ) Patrick Laperle ( 91QC ) , St-Denis, QC , 50 Laps
5. ( 10 ) Jimmy Hebert ( 58VT ) , Williamstown, VT , 50 Laps
6. ( 15 ) Woody Pitkat ( 07MA ) , Sturbridge, MA , 50 Laps
7. ( 23 ) Jonathan Bouvrette ( 41QC ) , Blainville, QC , 50 Laps
8. ( 6 ) Tom Carey, Jr. ( 10MA ) , New Salem, MA , 50 Laps
9. ( 27 ) Dillon Moltz ( 5CT ) , Waterford, CT , 50 Laps
10. ( 19 ) Alex Labbe ( 48QC ) , St-Albert, QC , 50 Laps
11. ( 13 ) Brandon Atkins ( 4NY ) , Au Sable Forks, NY , 50 Laps
12. ( 30 ) Jean-François Déry ( 21QC ) , Quebec, QC , 50 Laps
13. ( 14 ) Ray Parent ( 17RI ) , Tiverton, RI , 50 Laps
14. ( 25 ) Nick Sweet ( 40VT ) , Barre, VT , 50 Laps
15. ( 26 ) Brad Babb ( 15NH ) , Windham, ME , 50 Laps
16. ( 28 ) Bobby Santos ( 15VT ) , Noblesville, IN , 50 Laps
17. ( 5 ) Ryan Vanasse ( 11RI ) , Warwick, RI , 50 Laps
18. ( 3 ) Walt Hammond Jr. ( 98NH ) , Orange, NH , 50 Laps
19. ( 7 ) Josh Masterson ( 11NY ) , Charlotte, VT , 50 Laps
20. ( 24 ) Guy Caron ( 8NH ) , Lempster, NH , 50 laps

 

 

 

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results F.W.Webb Loudon,NH.

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LOUDON, N.H. – Doug Coby bumped Ryan Preece out of the race lead in Turn 1 after taking the white flag and drove away from New Hampshire Motor Speedway Saturday evening with the F.W. Webb 100 trophy in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour action.
The contact brought out the yellow and checkered flags for Coby after Preece collected a number of other cars in the aftermath. Preece was scored in 19th at the time the caution came out.
The result was a big boost to the title defense hopes of the driver from Milford, Connecticut, who is back in the game with two races remaining on the schedule. Twenty-five tallies behind Preece entering the event, Coby moved to within 11 of new championship leader Woody Pitkat at 529-518 while Preece slipped to second at 521.
Coby was in control for the majority of the event, but Preece moved to the lead on the Lap 100 restart after the eighth of nine cautions in the event. As they exited Turn 1 of the final lap, Coby got into the back bumper of Preece, sending him up the track.
Patrick Emerling ended up second for his best finish in 67 career starts. Bobby Santos was scored in third followed by Justin Bonsignore and Ron Silk.
Donny Lia, Jeff Goodale, Chase Dowling, Dave Sapienza and Pitkat brought home the top 10.
The F.W. Webb 100 featured 16 lead changes among four drivers. It will air on NBCSN on Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. ET.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will be back in action Sunday, Oct. 4 at Stafford Motor Speedway for the NAPA Fall Final 150.Source: NASCAR Home Tracks Whelen Media Press Release & Getty Image
Final Standings

1	2	Doug Coby	Dunleavy's Repair/HEX Performance	102
2	07	Patrick Emerling	Buffalo Auto Auction	102	0.731
3	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records	102	1.127
4	51	Justin Bonsignore	M3 Technology	102	1.793
5	15	Ron Silk	15-40 Connection/LFR Chassis	102	1.870
6	8	Donny Lia	Sypher Construction/Bardahl	102	2.112
7	9	Chase Dowling*	S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy's Repair	102	2.121
8	36	David Sapienza*	Frankie's Towing/Wine Country	102	2.545
9	46	Jeff Goodale*	Riverhead Building Supply	102	2.936
10	38	Woody Pitkat	Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East	102	3.325
11	56	Craig Lutz*	Lutz Motorsports	102	4.605
12	16	Timmy Solomito	Diversified Metals/R.B. Enterprises	102	4.649
13	18	Ken Heagy	Buoy One Seafood/East End Statuary	102	5.390
14	70	Andy Seuss	Rockingham Boat/Leon Holmes Excavating	102	5.489
15	99	Jamie Tomaino	Dunleavy's Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler	102	6.040
16	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscaping Supply/TRC Electric	102	6.488
17	75	Shawn Solomito	Eastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc.	102	7.482
18	37	David Salzarulo	Brickenmore Bricks	102	9.245
19	6	Ryan Preece	TS Haulers/East West Marine	101	1 Lap
20	4	Todd Szegedy	Montanari Fuel	101	1 Lap
21	22	Ted Christopher	Canto Paving/Ferguson Waterworks	101	1 Lap
22	82	Danny Watts, Jr.	Horton Avenue Materials	101	1 Lap
23	19	Brandon Oltra*	Oltra Racing	100	2 Laps
24	89	Matt Swanson*	Spafco Race Chassis/FMR Racing	98	4 Laps
25	33	Wade Cole	Performance Engines/Kendall Oil	98	4 Laps
26	7	Ryan Newman	Menards/Wix Filters	96	6 Laps
27	13	James Civali	Cape Cod Aggregates/Seekonk GP	95	7 Laps
28	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing/Supreme Skylights	95	7 Laps
29	3	Troy Talman*	Bridgewater-Raynham O.D./DCU/NAPA	88	14 Laps
30	14	Max Zachem*	ThrowBridge Transport/Dunleavy's	83	19 Laps
31	01	Melissa Fifield	Eastern Propane & Oil	69	33 Laps
32	93	Rowan Pennink	Van Wickle Auto Supply	62	40 Laps
33	83	Tom Rogers, Jr.	CAC Industries/WM Inc.	43	59 Laps
34	64	Anthony Nocella*	Nocella Reclamation/Hughes

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results 9-26-15

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Austin Dillon wins New Hampshire #33-Austin Dillon won the UNOH 175 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon. He started on the pole and led 80 laps for his 7th career win. #88-Matt Crafton finished second followed by: #98-Johnny Sauter, #17-Timothy Peters, #8-John Hunter Nemechek, #14-Daniel Hemric, #4-Erik Jones, #29-Austin Theriault, #5-Dalton Sargeant, and #54-Gray Gaulding. There were 6 caution flags for 32 laps and 6 lead changes among 5 leaders.
 New Hampshire Race Fast Facts:
Austin Dillon(i) won the 18th running of the UNOH 175, his seventh victory in 67 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2015.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in four races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Matt Crafton (second) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 13 races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2015.
Johnny Sauter (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in five races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
John H. Nemechek (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Erik Jones # leads the point standings by 7 points over Matt Crafton.
(NASCAR Statistics) (9-26-2015)
Driver standings following New Hampshire:
1) #4-Erik Jones, 666
2) #88-Matt Crafton, 659, -7
3) #19-Tyler Reddick, 647, -19
4) #98-Johnny Sauter, 617, -49
5) #14-Daniel Hemric, 558, -108

Davis, Rocco on Front Row for 7th Bond Auto ACT Invitational

15vt Bobby Santos

Posted By Wayne G. Barber & Photos by Wayne G. Barber

Loudon, NH – Todd Davis of Claremont, NH and Jeff Rocco of Wallingford, CT will start on the front row for today’s 7^th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational. The event features 43 American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model drivers from the Northeast United States and eastern Canada.

 

Davis is a long-time ACT Tour competitor making his fourth Invitational start, while multi-time Thompson Speedway Late Model winner Rocco is making his first appearance in the Invitational. Fellow first-timer Walt Hammond Jr. of Orange, NH and Newport, NH’s Kyle Welch make up the second row followed by Ryan Vanasse and Tom Carey Jr.

 

2012 Invitational winner Ray Parent of Tiverton, RI will lead former event winners as he comes from the 14^th starting spot. 2010 winner Joey Polewarczyk Jr. starts 16^th. Three-time winner Eddie MacDonald and defending Champion Wayne Helliwell Jr. start 20^th and 21^st.

 

St-Albert, QC’s Alex Labbe was the fastest in the morning practice session with a lap of 30.879 seconds and will start 19^th in the Invitational. Nick Sweet was second-fast, followed by MacDonald, Jimmy Hebert, and Polewarczyk.

 

Two drivers encountered problems during practice. Scott MacMichael’s car shut down early in the session, while Jonathan Bouvrette developed overheating issues. Both are working repairing their cars for the Invitational.

 

The 7^th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational is set to roll this afternoon at 5:00pm following the completion of the Whelen Modified Tour event.

7^TH ANNUAL BOND AUTO ACT INVITATIONAL

STARTING LINE-UP

Start Pos, Driver, Car #,   Hometown

1. Todd Davis ( 34NH ) , Claremont, NH
2. Jeff Rocco ( 68CT ) , Wallingford, CT
3. Walt Hammond Jr. ( 98NH ) , Orange, NH
4. Kyle Welch ( 9NH ) , Newport, NH
5. Ryan Vanasse ( 11RI ) , Warwick, RI
6. Tom Carey, Jr. ( 10MA ) , New Salem, MA
7. Josh Masterson ( 11NY ) , Charlotte, VT
8. Matt Anderson ( 49NH ) , Franklin, NH
9. Larry Gelinas ( 91CT ) , Buxton, ME
10. Jimmy Hebert ( 58VT ) , Williamstown, VT
11. Dave Farrington Jr. ( 23ME ) , Jay, ME
12. Rowland Robinson, Jr. ( 28ME ) , Steuben, ME
13. Brandon Atkins ( 4NY ) , Au Sable Forks, NY
14. Ray Parent ( 17RI ) , Tiverton, RI
15. Woody Pitkat ( 07MA ) , Sturbridge, MA
16. Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. ( 97NH ) , Hudson, NH
17. Patrick Laperle ( 91QC ) , St-Denis, QC
18. Dany Trepanier ( 19QC ) , St-Edouard, QC
19. Alex Labbe ( 48QC ) , St-Albert, QC
20. Eddie MacDonald ( 17MA ) , Rowley, MA
21. Wayne Helliwell, Jr. ( 27NH ) , Dover, NH
22. John Donahue ( 31VT ) , Graniteville, VT
23. Jonathan Bouvrette ( 41QC ) , Blainville, QC
24. Guy Caron ( 8NH ) , Lempster, NH
25. Nick Sweet ( 40VT ) , Barre, VT
26. Brad Babb ( 15NH ) , Windham, ME
27. Dillon Moltz ( 5CT ) , Waterford, CT
28. Bobby Santos ( 15VT ) , Milford, Mass.
29. Aaron Fellows ( 29NH ) , Croydon, NH
30. Jean-François Déry ( 21QC ) , Quebec, QC
31. James Linardy ( 77MA ) , Somerville, MA
32. Jean-Pierre Ouimet ( 07QC ) , Terrebonne, QC
33. Ricky Roberts ( 3VT ) , Washington, VT
34. Scott MacMichael ( 7NH ) , Newbury, NH
35. Bucky Demers ( 26NH ) , Cornish, NH
36. Alby Ovitt ( 0NH ) , Somersworth, NH
37. John Lowinski-Loh ( 20MA ) , Blackstone, MA
38. Mike Ziter ( 54VT ) , Barre Town, VT
39. Rich Dubeau ( 30NH ) , Plainfield, NH
40. Martin Goulet Jr. ( 83QC ) , Marcouche, QC
41. Mike Kenison ( 3NH ) , Lancaster, NH
42. Ryan Olsen ( 61NH ) , N. Haverhill, NH
43. Paul Charette ( 14CT ) , Woodstock, CT
    
    
    
    
    

Cole Carter joins NEMA at World Series

Posted by Wayne G. Barber & photos by Wayne G. Barber Collection

Cole Carter Enters NEMA Finale at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park World Series of Racing
Bridgewater, MA


Cole Carter, a USAC open-cockpit mainstay and a member of one of America’s premier racing families, will be in the Northeastern Midget Association field at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park for the World Series of Racing on Saturday, October 17th.
The son of the legendary “Pancho” Carter, Cole will be a teammate of former series champion Randy Cabral of Kingston and Todd Bertrand of Danielson, CT in Bertrand Motorsports entries. He’ll steer the Boston Louie Memorial winning #39 typically driven by Bertrand and Bertrand will run the #74 driven this season by reining NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion, Doug Coby and Joey Payne. Coby and Payne both captured 2015 wins in the #74.
Carter will join a strong field led by Cabral, the all-time NEMA winner at Thompson, 2013 Champion and points leader John Zych, Avery Stoehr of Lakeville, Seth Carlson, Jim & Alan Chambers, Bethany Stoehr and Paul Scally of Raynham.
Among current competitors, Russ Stoehr of Bridgewater and Zych are the other previous Thompson winners scheduled to be on hand in the field.
Cole Carter’s racing genes include both grandfathers – Duane Carter and Carl Forberg – and an uncle – the late Dana Carter – as well as his dad Poncho who, in addition to many Midget and Sprint successes, had 17 Indianapolis 500 starts, including a pole run in 1985. Pancho was also the USAC National Sprint Car champion in 1974 and 1976. 

John Zych points leader

Carter will join a strong field led by Cabral, the all-time NEMA winner at Thompson, 2013 Champion and points leader John Zych, Avery Stoehr of Lakeville, Seth Carlson, Jim & Alan Chambers, Bethany Stoehr and Paul Scally of Raynham.
Among current competitors, Russ Stoehr of Bridgewater and Zych are the other previous Thompson winners scheduled to be on hand in the field.
Cole Carter’s racing genes include both grandfathers – Duane Carter and Carl Forberg – and an uncle – the late Dana Carter – as well as his dad Poncho who, in addition to many Midget and Sprint successes, had 17 Indianapolis 500 starts, including a pole run in 1985. Pancho was also the USAC National Sprint Car champion in 1974 and 1976.
Cole has been running USAC periodically over the last fifteen years, climbing to as high as fourth in the 2005 USAC standings. He has also driven Sprints, Silver Crown and Infiniti Pro Series cars. His last starts for Bertrand Motorsports resulted in a runner up effort to Cabral in 2010 at the World Series and a duplicate of that run, finishing second to Cabral in the 2014 World Series at TSMP.
Source: NEMA Media Press Release

Randy Cabral chasing John

Coby Sweeps 2015 New Hampshire Poles

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Coby On Point For Saturday’s Whelen Modified Tour F.W. Webb 100

Getty Image

LOUDON, N.H. – Doug Coby earned a season sweep of Coors Light Pole Awards at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when he took the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour’s top qualifying honors for the F.W. Webb 100.
Coby, of Milford, Connecticut, posted a fast lap of 29.130 seconds (130.752 mph) to notch his eighth career pole overall and third at the 1.058-mile oval. It was his fourth Coors Light Pole of the 2015 season, which includes the Whelen Modified Tour’s first trip to NHMS in July.
Bobby Santos qualified outside pole with a quick circuit of 29.249 (130.220) while Woody Pitkat was third-fastest at 29.256 (130.189).
Timmy Solomito, Justin Bonsignore, Ryan Newman, Anthony Nocella, Andy Seuss and Chase Dowling brought home the top 10 in the 34 car field.
Championship points leader Ryan Preece qualified 17th at 29.616 (128.606) after he led all cars in the morning practice session. He brings a one-point lead in the standings to NHMS over Pitkat while Coby is 25 back in third.
The F.W. Webb 100 will go green on Saturday at approximately 3:30 p.m. following the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series’ UNOH 175. The F.W. Webb 100 will be telecast on NBCSN on Oct. 1 at 7 p.m.Source Getty Image and NASCAR Home Tracks Media Press Release

1	2	Doug Coby	Dunleavy's Repair/HEX Performance	29.130	130.752
2	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records	29.249	130.220
3	38	Woody Pitkat	Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East	29.256	130.189
4	8	Donny Lia	Sypher Construction/Bardahl	29.291	130.033
5	16	Timmy Solomito	Diversified Metals/R.B. Enterprises	29.307	129.962
6	51	Justin Bonsignore	M3 Technology	29.382	129.630
7	7	Ryan Newman	Menards/Wix Filters	29.423	129.450
8	64	Anthony Nocella*	Nocella Reclamation/Hughes Motors	29.440	129.375
9	70	Andy Seuss	Rockingham Boat/Leon Holmes Excavating	29.441	129.371
10	9	Chase Dowling*	S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy's Repair	29.458	129.296
11	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing/Supreme Skylights	29.481	129.195
12	07	Patrick Emerling	Buffalo Auto Auction	29.482	129.191
13	4	Todd Szegedy	Montanari Fuel	29.489	129.160
14	89	Matt Swanson*	Spafco Race Chassis/FMR Racing	29.530	128.981
15	22	Ted Christopher	Canto Paving/Ferguson Waterworks	29.536	128.954
16	15	Ron Silk	15-40 Connection/LFR Chassis	29.594	128.702
17	6	Ryan Preece	TS Haulers/East West Marine	29.616	128.606
18	14	Max Zachem*	ThrowBridge Transport/Dunleavy's	29.639	128.506
19	13	James Civali	Cape Cod Aggregates/Seekonk GP	29.738	128.079
20	93	Rowan Pennink	Van Wickle Auto Supply	29.863	127.542
21	75	Shawn Solomito	Eastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc.	29.997	126.973
22	3	Troy Talman*	Bridgewater-Raynham O.D./DCU/NAPA	29.999	126.964
23	46	Jeff Goodale*	Riverhead Building Supply	30.021	126.871
24	56	Craig Lutz*	Lutz Motorsports	30.023	126.863
25	36	David Sapienza*	Frankie's Towing/Wine Country	30.030	126.833
26	83	Tom Rogers, Jr.	CAC Industries/WM Inc.	30.044	126.774
27	37	David Salzarulo	Brickenmore Bricks	30.242	125.944
28	99	Jamie Tomaino	Dunleavy's Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler	30.477	124.973
29	18	Ken Heagy	Buoy One Seafood/East End Statuary	30.477	124.973
30	19	Brandon Oltra*	Oltra Racing	30.553	124.662
31	82	Danny Watts, Jr.	Horton Avenue Materials	30.589	124.515
32	33	Wade Cole	Performance Engines/Kendall Oil	30.622	124.381
33	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscaping Supply/TRC Electric	31.250	121.882
34	01	Melissa Fifield	Eastern Propane & Oil	32.128	118.551