Waterford, CT — Finishing fourth in points in the final Waterford Speedbowl SK-Modified standings last year was Tyler Chadwick’s “greatest accomplishment yet” but the 19-year old is hardly satisfied. He’ll return in 2008 “focused on getting that first victory.”
Last season’s top three – champion Rob Janovic Jr., runner-up Dennis Gada and steady Jeff Pearl – are all due back as well and with definite intentions. That trio has eight Speedbowl championships and 110 feature wins among them.
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Naples, ME — Multi-time Canadian late model champion John Fleming has announced his intentions to compete in the full schedule of Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Model races in 2008.
The Halifax Nova Scotia native has made annual PASS North appearances since the series’ inception in 2001, but 2008 will mark his first all out assault on the east’s fastest full bodied racing circuit. Fleming has relocated his race team to Buckfield Maine, where veteran PASS crew chief Seth Holbrook will oversee the preparation of Flemings’ familiar number 97 Roofing Connection/Certainteed Building Products Dodge Chargers.
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Stafford Springs, CT — NASCAR New England, Stafford Motor Speedway’s award winning television program, will return to the New England Sports Network for the 2008 season, marking the third consecutive…
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A young guy stopped by the booth at Motorsports 2008 and was admiring the Tour Modified we had parked there. He asked a simple question, “How much are the tires on these cars?” I gave him a ballpark figure and he seemed surprised at the cost. He explained that he was thinking about running on the tour and wondered how much it would cost. He soon realized that the tires were the least of his concerns.
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Salisbury, MA — Performance Media has reached an agreement to make Sunoco the presenting sponsor of SpeedwayEXPO, its motorsports exposition. On February 29-March 2 the Eastern States Exposition, in West Springfield, MA, the “Home of the Big E,” will become the home of the largest racing show in the Northeast. SpeedwayEXPO will take over the 130,000-square-foot Mallary Complex with exhibits from local and regional race tracks and sanctioning bodies, vendors of performance parts and accessories, retailers of collectibles and memorabilia and much more.
The sponsorship was a perfect fit for both national companies, who have strong ties to the Northeast and share an interest in the strength and longevity of professional and grassroots motorsports. Performance Media also publishes Speedway Illustrated Magazine.
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