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Seekonk, MA — A record 232 race cars and trucks converged upon the 1/3-mile Seekonk Speedway for the Bay State facility’s season-ending D. Anthony Venditti Memorial Festival of Racing, an action-packed two-day 11-division extravaganza that featured over 650 laps of green flag racing and in excess of $47,000 in purse money and another $5,700 in lap money bonuses. Nineteen year-old Pro Stock rookie Matt Hudon of Acushnet, MA outdueled two-time NASCAR Busch North Series champion Dave Dion of Hudson, NH to win the DAV Battle of the Pro Stocks 100. Hudon, a second year student at Wentworth Institute of Technology, began his career in the speedway’s SYRA Mini-Cup division where he won a championship, and advanced to the top tier division in 2007 after winning Rookie of the Year honors in the Street Stock and Late Model classes.
Thirty-two drivers from as far away as New York and North Carolina attempted to qualify for the 25-car main, which saw Dion and Hudon start in the front row after a random redraw of the top nine qualifiers. Hudon led the initial go-around before Dion, the 63 year-old Hall of Fame racer, gained the advantage in the top groove. The lead duo ran nearly side-by-side for much of the early going, with Ray Parent and Fred Astle, Jr. in third and fourth.
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Oswego, NY — With anticipation building for the East-West Supermodified Shootout that will take place at Concord Motor Speedway on November 2 and 3 as part of the North-South Shootout action, A.J. Russell of Clovis, CA made a long trip to do some testing recently. Russell hauled his West Coast Super number 7 to Berlin Raceway on Sept. 29 to compete with the ISMA and MSA regulars. While not meeting his expectations finish wise, Russell none-the-less gained some insight into the east coast racing and he also enjoyed himself. So much so that he will also compete at Thompson Speedway’s World Series of Racing on Oct. 13-14.
Russell, used to running tracks like Meridian (ID), Rocky Mt. and Spokane (WA), Madera (CA), Douglas (OK) and TRP (AZ), brought the slick number 7 out of the hauler in Michigan and with the help of ISMA tech officials, made the car ready to race. While there are similarities between the West and East Coast built supermodifieds, there are differences - mainly that of the minimum weight. That may not be an issue at Concord.
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Seekonk, MA — Vinnie Annarummo of Swansea, Mass. passed Kirk Alexander of of Swanzey, N.H with just three laps remaining to win the D. Anthony Venditti Memorial Festival of Racing True Value Modified Series 100 lap event at Seekonk Speedway. Alexander’s second place finish clinched the 2007 series point championship.
It was the third win at Seekonk this season for Annarummo and a hard fought victory. After starting the event in third he was placed to the rear of the field following a lap 2 accident with Andy Seuss. Annarummo methodically worked his way back to the front to take the lead on lap 81. Alexander then retook the lead on lap 86 and held off the challenges of Annarummo for the next 11 laps before the final pass for the win.
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Thompson, CT — This weekend the friends of Sonny Richards will proudly present the 7th Annual Sonny “King” Richards Memorial Award. This honor, presented in memory of one of Modified Racing’s most beloved personalities, is bestowed on the individual who has best represented the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, both on and off the track. The winner has been selected by members of the media from nominees that were determined by a panel of esteemed motorsports journalists and close friends of the King.
Previous winners have included Art Barry, Tony Ferrante, Sr., Ralph Solhem, posthumously Tom Baldwin, Sr., and Jerry Marquis. The most recent recipients, photographers Howie & Mary Hodge, continue to represent the Tour with a pride and dignity reminiscent of the King himself.
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Naples, ME — The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Model portion of Saturday night’s show at All-Star Speedway (NH) was rained out. The PASS Modifieds and Pullen Heavy Industries Sportsmen races, which were also a part of the show, ran their events before the weather turned bad.
Gary Norris held off Chris Smith and Tom Oliver to win the PASS Modified feature while Mike Landry, Nate Weston and Dan McKeage were the top three finishers in the PASS Pullen Heavy Industries Sportsmen feature.
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Asheboro, NC — NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour driver Brian Loftin won the battle on Saturday night by scoring a dominating victory in the Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150. It was L.W. Miller, however, that won the season-long war capturing the 2007 Whelen Southern Modified Tour championship.
It was Loftin’s second straight victory from the pole position at Caraway and he did it in convincing fashion by leading 138 laps and taking the win over Tim Brown who finished second in both Saturday night’s race as well as the championship race.
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