Analyzing The Whelen Modified Tour At Delaware
Daytona Beach, FL — The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour’s inaugural trip to Canada is up next with the Delaware 150 on Sunday, Sept. 4 at Delaware (Ont.) Speedway.
Selected Driver Highlights:
Eric Beers (No. 45 Chevrolet)
• Has two wins, nine poles and 67 top 10s in 164 career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour starts.
• Is fourth in points with six top 10s in 10 races.
• Leads all drivers in laps completed with 1,479, one shy of the entire season’s total.
Justin Bonsignore (No. 51 Chevrolet)
• The 2010 Sunoco Rookie of the Year.
• Has a win, two poles and 11 top 10s in 26 starts.
• Is up to a career-best 10th in points with a win and five top-fives.
James Civali (No. 79 Pontiac)
• Has four wins a pole and 34 top 10s in 67 career NWMT starts. Also has two wins, three poles and 12 top 10s in 16 career NWSMT appearances.
• Is 12th in the 2011 NWMT standings with four top 10s in 10 races.
• Has competed in four of six NWSMT races this year and is 16th in points with three top 10s.
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Moran H. Rabideau 1929-2011
BRATTLEBORO Moran H., “Sonny” Rabideau, 82 of Walker Place died unexpectedly early Tuesday morning, August 9, 2011 at his home following a period of failing health. Mr. Rabideau was born in Brattleboro on May 16, 1929 the son of Henry and Lena (Burdo) Rabideau. He was raised and educated in town and had attended Saint Michael’s Parochial School. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War stationed in Austria. He returned home to Brattleboro following his honorable discharge from active service in 1951.
Mr. Rabideau had been employed as a machinist working at Tri-State Automotive where he retired from following 42 years of faithful service with the company. On a part-time basis he plowed snow during the winter months for Chester Majdak. In his earlier years while residing in the Fort Dummer section of Brattleboro, he worked at the former Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates on Cotton Mill Hill. Active civically, he was a life member of the American Legion, Brattleboro Post #5 and the V.F.W. Carl M. Dessaint Post #1034. Mr. Rabideau also held membership in the F.O.Eagles, Brattleboro Aerie #2445, the F&AM, Brattleboro Lodge #102, the Brattleboro Shrine Club and the Cairo Shrine Temple of Rutland where he served as captain of its skimobile unit.
An accomplished stock car driver known as the “Flying Frenchman”, he competed throughout the New England circuit winning 109 feature races in the 1950s, 60′s and 70s. To his credit, he won five New England Dirt Track championships, four Vermont Dirt Track championships and in 2005 was inducted into the New England Antique Racers Hall of Fame. Previously he was inducted into the Claremont (NH) Owners and Drivers Association Hall of Fame. Mr. Rabideau was highlighted in a January 2005 feature article published in the Reformer. In conjunction with his lifelong passion for auto racing he enjoyed hunting, travel and time shared with his family especially his grandchildren. With his wife he always looked forward to annual vacations in Florida.
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