U.S. Team Takes Team Bonus
St-Denis, Quebec’s Patrick Laperle dominated the third annual American-Canadian Tour (ACT) “Showdown at Chaudiere” at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec on Saturday, August 28. The special all-star race featured 12 of the top drivers from the Quebec-based Série ACT Castrol Edge against 12 of the top drivers from the American-based ACT Late Model Tour.
Laperle started on the pole position after earning a +5 handicap in ACT’s plus-minus handicap system. The U.S. team earned the outside pole thanks to six-time ACT Late Model Tour Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, Vermont, who would lead the first 32 laps. Laperle would take the lead from Hoar on a lap 32 restart and would proceed to lap all but the top three while leading the last 167 laps.
Fellow Quebecer Donald Theetge earned the runner-up position after battling the majority of the event with Hoar. Hoar would earn third while Groveton, New Hampshire’s Randy Potter finished fourth after going down a lap with under 10 laps remaining. ACT Late Model Tour Rookie Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine completed the top five.
Continue reading ‘Laperle Dominates Showdown at Chaudiere’
Takes second win this season at Caraway by leading every lap
Asheboro, NC — For the second time this season Andy Seuss led flag-to-flag in NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour competition at Caraway Speedway – this time winning the Triad Commercial Property Services 150 on Saturday night.
Seuss held off numerous challenges from L.W. Miller, who he also had to fend off in similar fashion for his win in March, to take his eighth career tour win and third tour victory at the .455-mile track in Asheboro, N.C.
A late-race caution following contact between the two leaders, led to the race distance being extended for a green-white-checkered finish.
Continue reading ‘Seuss Goes Flag-To-Flag for Caraway Win’
Series veteran records first pole of 2010, third of his career
Asheboro, NC — Andy Seuss had a little divine intervention in NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour qualifying at Caraway Speedway on Saturday afternoon.
Seuss had tour chaplain Kyle Frosman draw his number in qualifying draw for the Triad Commercial Property Services 150. Seuss went out fourth and put down a fast-lap of 15.880 seconds (103.149 mph) around the .455-mile oval, where last year he scored one of his two career poles.
L.W. Miller was second fastest, with a lap of 15.926 seconds (102.851 mph). Brian Loftin was third, followed by Frank Fleming and Jason Myers.
Continue reading ‘QUALIFYING: Seuss Wins Pole At Caraway’
Asheboro, NC — James Civali likes being out front, even in practice. Civali piloted his No. 79 Hill Enterprises/Coors Light/LeBleu Water Pontiac to the front of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified field in a rain-interrupted practice Saturday afternoon at Caraway Speedway for the running of the Triad Commercial Property Services 150.
Civali finished with a fast time of 16.056 seconds (102.018 mph) just 1/100 of a second faster than Tim Brown, who finished with a time of 16.063 seconds in his No. 02 T&C Motorsports Chevrolet. Defending series champion George Brunnhoelzl III, who won three times last season at Caraway Speedway, was third fastest – with Andy Seuss and Johnny Kievman completing the top five.
Civali enters this weekend as the leader in the championship standings, with slim five-point lead over L.W. Miller (974-969).
Continue reading ‘PRACTICE: Civali Paces Practice At Caraway’
Follow all of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour action from Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, N.C. right here.
For updates throughout the race day, please click here: LAP BY LAP
ENTRY LIST | RACE DAY SCHEDULE | PRACTICE TIMES | QUALIFYING RESULTS | RACE RESULTS
Published at August 28, 2010
in Stafford.
Stafford Springs, CT — Stafford Speedway was back in action with a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series program on Friday night, August 27th. Ted Christopher scored his first victory of the 2010 season in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature, Woody Pitkat took advantage of a green white checkered restart to nail down his sixth victory of 2010 in the 30-lap Late Model feature, Tommy Barrett, Jr. scored his eighth win of 2010 in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature, Dave Yardley won his second feature of 2010 in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, and Cory Casagrande matched his brother Kyle as a three-time winner in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature.
In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Jeff Malave took the lead at the green and set the early pace ahead of Sean Foster, Curt Brainard, Dan Avery, and Jeff Baral. Christopher Jones found the turn 3 wall to bring the caution out with 4 laps complete.
Malave took the lead back under green with Foster in second. Brainard was third, but he washed up the track on lap-7 and lost a host of positions. Baral was now third with Ted Christopher and Ryan Preece behind him. Christopher moved into third on lap-8 and he brought Preece with him by Baral to drop him back to fifth place. Christopher continued his march to the front by taking second place from Foster on lap-13.
[Photo Gallery] by Nicholas Teto
Continue reading ‘Christopher, Pitkat, Barrett, Yardley & Casagrande Score Aug. 27th NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Victories at Stafford’
