Waterford, CT – The Pro Four Modifieds of New England (PFMNE) took to the Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday, May 30, for an evening of crowd-pleasing action. The night was kicked off with a pity party, where fans flooded the track to see the stars and cars of the PFMNE. Just as the sun began to set, the 4-cylinder mods rolled out for their main event before a packed grandstand. In the end it would be the #1m of “Stormin’ Norman” Wrenn who took home the victory, notching his third consecutive win.
Ten PFMNE racecars were signed into the paddock area for competition. After an aborted start, the 25-lap feature got underway with #07 of Phil Lausier on the pole and the #12 of Rob Richardi, Jr. to his outside. Coming off of turn two, Richardi powered by on the high side, moving into the lead as the #4 of Cory Cleary and the #10 of Brian Vincent raced side-by-side for the third position. Meanwhile, Wrenn drove his Bot-L-Gas Inc. machine from his ninth starting position into the top five.
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Claremont, NH — The True Value Modified Racing Series returns to action this Friday night June 5, when New England’s premier modified touring division visits Twin State Speedway, Claremont, NH., for the running of the “Granite State Harley- Davidson 100.” The feature race will be a 100 lap green flag shootout for the popular ground pounding modifieds.
The event, sponsored by the Lebanon, NH., motorcycle dealership, is the first of two TVMRS events at Twin State this year and the fourth race on the series 15 race schedule for 2009.
Expected entries include many former weekly competitors that raced at Twin State prior to the start of the TVMRS over 5 years ago.
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Published at May 31, 2009
in Seekonk.
Seekonk, MA — On Saturday, May 30, Gerry DeGasparre picked up his first win of the season in the 2nd Annual Dusty Young Memorial. With $1,100 up for grabs for the winner, 18 Late Models came out for this event. Somerset’s Tyler Thompson brought the field down, and found himself leading the first several laps. Matt Breault jumped underneath Thompson, but threw the 7th Sign Graphics Ford too hard into the corner and had to chase it up, giving up the inside to DeGasparre and Kyle Casper.
On lap 7, DeGasparre put the A-1 Custom Auto Body Chevy into the outside and took over the lead. The first caution came out on lap 9, when Thompson spun, gathering Jon Dickerman and Bill Bernard. All would continue. Matt Breault would not be able to hang with Gerry, as Kyle Casper fought with him for second. Ryan Vanasse, fresh off two consecutive victories, was working his way through the field, but could only get as high as second through the middle stages. While racing with Kevin Casper on lap 15, Casper spun his Phil’s Propane Toyota in turn one to bring out the second caution. Frank Duquette slapped the turn one wall, ending his night.
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Waterford, CT — With Ron Yuhas Jr. taking the big payday and the focus of the 13th Annual Budweiser Modified Nationals with his SK-150 win, the Speedbowl support divisions put on great racing of their own for the large Speedbowl crowd and the Scouts that gathered for a night of racing.
The Bob Valenti Auto Mall Late Model 50-lap feature began with Bruce Thomas Jr. and Tim Jordan taking off from their front row starting spots to pace the field. The pair would distance themselves from the rest of the pack under green flag conditions. Jordan remained on Thomas’ bumper as they opened up a straightaway lead by halfway, looking for any mistake the multi-time winner may make. Jordan shadowed Thomas through lapped traffic while Rich Staskowski raced in third, Marc Curtis fourth and Jeff Smith in fifth.
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Hudson, NH — #97 ACT Standout Joey Pole will be trying his hand in the Pro-Stock ranks at Seekonk Speedway in Seekonk, Massachusetts on June 20th 2009.
Pole, who sits currently tied for 2nd place in points in the American-Canadian Tour, has been contact by Car Owner Eric DeSouza to drive a Pro-Stock for him in the 75 Lap Pro-Stock Special to be held at the 1/3rd mile track; also known as “The Cement Palace”
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Waterford, CT — Beautiful weather and a large crowd showed up for conclusion of the 13th annual Budweiser Modified Nationals. So did Groton, CT native Ron Yuhas Jr. Yuhas prevailed in a caution filled SK-150, but mastered every restart thrown his way to win the $5,000 jackpot for the first time in his storied Speedbowl career.
The Budweiser Modified Nationals SK-150 got underway with Frank Ruocco and Jeff Paul leading the star-studded 26-car field to green. The pair spent the first five laps side-by-side with Paul inching his way to the lead when caution waved for debris on lap five. Yuhas made his presence felt early, moving to second on the restart. The outside lane was working for Doug Coby who had advanced to the top three by lap 26 from his eighth starting spot. Yuhas would take the lead from Paul in the outside lane on lap 32 following a restart. Cautions in the early portions of the event prevented the field from settling in and took their toll on the second half of the pack.
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