UNOH Perfect Storm 150 on tap for Wednesday
The NASCAR Whelen and Whelen Southern Modified Tours are in the Volunteer State for the UNOH Perfect Storm 150 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) returns to Canaan Fair Speedway this weekend after a three year hiatus, and the Sunday afternoon August 23rd show could easily play out as another case of the home track super late model racers versus the travelling PASS road show.
Canaan ‘s regulars like Jim Renfrew, Walt Hammond and Chris Curtis are likely to take on the PASS Super Late Model teams, and the last two weeks of racing proves it can be done successfully. Home track favorites Randy Turner (NAPA 150, Unity) and Tom Scully Jr. (Cirelli Foods 150, Seekonk) have beaten the best PASS has to offer at their home speedways, and there’s plenty of talent amongst the Canaan weekly racers.
Continue reading ‘Canaan Fair Speedway hosts PASS Triple Header Sunday’
The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) National Championship trail winds north to Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday and Sunday September 12th and 13th, and Hollis Maine PASS North standout Richie Dearborn has filed the first PASS 300 entry.
Dearborn and his family-focused race team have supported the PASS North super late model series from day one. When PASS made its debut at Lee USA Speedway in 2001 Dearborn raced home third. Prior to 2009 he has recorded 3 wins (6th all time) 22 top five (7th all time) and 55 top ten (4th all time) finishes. His 2009 season has had its ups and down, but the team has persevered to record five top five and nine top ten finishes in the first ten PASS North events. That consistency has Dearborn in fourth place in the season long standings, seventy five points behind series point leader Johnny Clark. The PASS 300 will award both PASS North and National Championship points.
Continue reading ‘Richie Dearborn files first PASS 300 entry’
Chassis change paying off for defending champ
Philip Morris is never one to be content with what he’s accomplished. That’s why, despite being the two-time NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national champion and six-time Late Model champion at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va., the 44-year-old Ruckersville, Va., driver isn’t afraid to try something new if it means getting faster.
That’s why, even as he was winning six of the first eight races this season, he partnered with car owner Jim Dean and started experimenting with a new Leavitt chassis. The results were not kind.
“I test drove it a little and really liked it,” Morris said. “It was really fast early – for a quick run. But we found out it would fall off in the race.”
Morris failed to return to Victory Lane between April 1 and July 31, and recorded just five top fives in 11 starts during that time period. A second straight national title was growing more doubtful.
Continue reading ‘Morris Gambles On Third Title’
Wolcott, CT – Monadnock Speedway will host the inaugural “Marilyn’s Passion Midget Race” on Saturday night, Sept. 5. The event memorializes the late Marilyn Angelillo, wife of 14-time owner champion Gene Angelillo and a dedicated NEMA officer. It will feature 45 laps of feature racing for the Northeastern Midget Association and the NEMA Lites.
A combined purse of $12,000-plus awaits the combined divisions. The NEMA winner will get away with at least $1,100. It will be the first Lites race to award prize money, the top three-spots divvying up $600. There’s NEMA heat winners money, a hard charger award plus a special dividend for the first female finisher.
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Daytona Beach, FL — The inaugural trip for the NASCAR Whelen Modified and Whelen Southern Modified Tours to historic Bristol Motor Speedway will take place Wednesday with the UNOH Perfect Storm 150.
Bristol Motor Speedway Data
Race: NWMT, #8 of 14/NWSMT, #7 of 15 | ENTRY LIST
Track Layout: .533-mile concrete oval
Banking: 24-30 degrees in the turns, 6-10 in the straights
Race Length: 150 laps/79.95 miles
Qualifying/Race Data
This is the inaugural event for the NWMT and NWSMT at Bristol Motor Speedway
2009 NWMT Points Leaders
1. Ted Christopher, 1092
2. Todd Szegedy, 1078
3. Ryan Preece, 1065
4. Donny Lia, 1000
5. Rowan Pennink, 978
Continue reading ‘Statistical Advance: Analyzing the UNOH Perfect Storm 150 at Bristol’
