Waterford, CT — Waterford Speedbowl persevered through a brief thundershower early in the evening before completing its scheduled Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday racing program. Newington native Giovanni Giarratana claimed the night’s Legends Cars feature, while Joey Ternullo of Middletown was victorious in the Bandolero race. In Super X-Car and X-Car feature action, repeat winners were the order of the night as John Yagmin of Tolland and Pete Zaikarite of Niantic each claimed their second consecutive feature wins on the season.
The 20-lap Legends Cars race began with Ed Field in the lead to open the race. Angelo Belsito took over from Field with an inside move on lap-2. Belsito’s move opened the door for Giovanni Giarratana to also move by Field’s inside, taking over second position on lap-4. Giarratana went right after Belsito for the race lead, and secured the position on lap-6. Giarratana then opened up a five length lead over the pack behind which battled for position. Joey Mucciacciaro and Field were locked in a battle, while Dana Dimatteo, Nick Ladyga and Chris Young were all moving up through the top ten.
The first caution finally waved on lap-12 when a car spun through turn four with threatening skies overhead. Under yellow a brief rain and hail storm pounded the race surface but quickly subsided. After track drying efforts, the race was restarted one hour later.
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Published at June 1, 2011
in NHMS.
Loudon, NH — Big Machine Records sensation Steel Magnolia will headline New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s LENOX Industrial Tools 301 FanFest, the ultimate fan party, on Thursday, July 14.
Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones of Steel Magnolia exploded onto the country music scene after winning season two of CMT’s ‘Can You Duet’ competition. The duo signed a record deal in 2009 with Big Machine Records and released their first single, “Keep on Lovin’ You,” which became the fastest-rising single by a male/female duo in country music history. January 1, 2011 saw the release of their self-titled debut album that features hits, “Keep on Lovin’ You”, “Just by Being You (Halo and Wings)” and their current single “Last Night Again.” To date, they have received over nine country music award nominations and have toured with industry veterans, Brad Paisley and Blake Shelton.
Steel Magnolia will be part of the jam-packed, fan celebration, which is free to fans and includes admission to all of Thursday’s exciting events at the speedway. The festivities will feature qualifying and practice sessions for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East New England 125 and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour F.W. Webb 100 races, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series hauler parade and much more family entertainment.
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Thompson, CT — The first of three Tour-Type Modified races will be held this Thursday, June 2nd, at the Thompson International Speedway. The Tour-Type Modifieds were a big hit with Thompson fans last year and are expected to provide exciting, high-speed, wheel-to-wheel competition once again.
Many of the best Modified drivers in the northeast are expected to be on hand for this race. Qualifying will be done with heat races to determine the starting positions in the 40-lap feature event. This format for the Tour-Type Modifieds is reminiscent of the golden era of Modified racing. Both competitors and fans look forward to this extremely competitive style of racing for the most popular type of race cars in New England. The Tour-Type Modifieds will make their second appearance at Thompson on Thursday, July 21st along with the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) 100 lap special event.
With no pre-entry required, track officials can only look at the star-studded fields that made up the Tour-Type Modified races last year. Mike Stefanik, Ted Christopher, Ronnie Silk, Stephen Masse, Charlie Pasteryak, Ed Flemke, Jr , Tony Ferrante, Ryan Preece were among the many Modified stars that competed in these events in 2010.
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