The New England Truck Series (NETS) will do battle for the first time under its new banner on May 22, 2010 in Winchester, NH along with the Monadnock Modifieds, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks, Young Guns, and Full Size Enduros scheduled events of the night.
“There could not be a better beginning for the New England Truck Series. Monadnock Speedway is the favorite track of the truck series with a great following of race fans. We are celebrating a new day in the life of our touring division”, states Series Director Lorraine Pard.
The high banking 1/4 mile feature race will showcase the stars of the region’s lone truck division as they look to start their action packed season off in hot pursuit of the coveted Series’ title. The green flag racing compeition begins with our seasoned drivers, and new rookies joining our racing family this season.
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Today’s racing program at Albany-Saratoga Speedway has been cancelled. Practice for all divisions will occur depending on weather. Pit gates open at 10 AM. A rescheduled date is in the works for the ATQMRA, the 50-lap NETS race and the 100 lap, $1,000 to win Enduro race that were scheduled for today.
Sunday’s racing schedule remains unchanged. The program features the 100-lap Modified race between the Race of Champions and Modified Racing Series cars. The Senior Tour Auto Racers (STAR) will also be on hand.
Pit gates open at 8AM, practice starts at 11AM. Grandstands open at 11AM. Racing begins at 1PM.
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The newly-renamed New England Truck Series (NETS) will do battle for the first time under its new banner on Saturday, April 17, when Albany-Saratoga Speedway will swing their gates open to the full-sized race trucks for 50 action-packed laps. NETS will be part of this historic race weekend, which will mark the return of the Speedway to its asphalt roots after operating as a 4/10-mile dirt oval for the past many seasons.
“There could not be a better beginning for the New England Truck Series. Just as Albany-Saratoga Speedway is celebrating a new start, so too, we are celebrating a new day in the life of our touring division. It truly is a pleasure to open our season up with this prestigious event,” NETS Consultant, Josh Vanada, said.
The 50-lap main will showcase the stars of the region’s lone truck division as they look to start their season’s off in hot pursuit of the coveted Series’ title. Defending Series’ Champion Andy Lindeman will lead the charge as he looks to add Albany-Saratoga to an already impressive list of tracks where he has visited victory lane.
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The New England Truck Series held their first rules meeting at the garage of series sponsor FEB Construction in Suffield, CT Saturday December 19, 2009.
This was an introductory meeting announcing the new series name as ”NEW ENGLAND TRUCK SERIES” formally the ARTS series, and discussion of rule changes.
The new staff on board for NETS 2010 season, is Series Director: Lorraine Pard, Race Day Directors Josh Vanada, and Scott Michie, along with Administration/Official: Michelle Pard, Photographer/Official: Ann Marie Pard, and Chief Tech: Bob Ormond.
The NETS can always be counted on to present an exciting and competitive race.
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Published at January 10, 2010
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Lee MA- The Allstar Race Truck series wrapped up the 2009 race season on January 9th at the Cork N’ Hearth restaurant were they held there final awards dinner.
Andy Lindeman #3 of Poestenkill, NY was the Chief honoree earning his third consectutive Championship in the AllStar Race Truck Series.
John St. Germain #14 from West Sand Lake, NY wrapped up his impressive season as the 2009 Rookie of the year along with finishing second in the final season points battle.
Continue reading ‘Lindeman Claims the 2009 ARTS Championship’
Published at November 7, 2009
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The AllStar Race Truck Touring series is already planning for the 2010 season with a new owner behind the wheel. Lorraine Pard, Assistant Race Director with the ARTS series past owner Bob Gelsi of Vineland New Jersey, has stepped up to take the challenge. Lorraine states, “I’m inviting all the AllStar Trucks out there that are sitting or for sale, to come back on board and let’s show how important and professional the touring race trucks are to the sport in the New England Area”.
With plans underway, Lorraine is working on the 2010 schedule setting dates with New Hampshire, CT and New York tracks. A date will be set for a registration owners/drivers meeting early in 2010. You can check the website for additional information. The website address is www.allstarractrucks.com.
Sources:Michelle Pard/AllStar Race Trucks PR
John St.Germain gets the win on Friday, October 23rd at the Thompson Int’l Speedway XtraMart World Series of Speedway Racing while ARTS being honored to be the lead-off main event for this famous event.
St.Germain also won the 8-lap heat race after starting on the outside pole next to Derrick Chriss. St.Germain jumped into the lead at the drop of the green flag and continued the lead to take the checker flag.
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Mother Nature washed out Friday night’s race at Twin State Speedway in Claremont, NH, the first of two scheduled races this past weekend for the ARTS series. Come Saturday morning at 10:00 AM, Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, NH canceled their weekly Saturday night racing event due to inclement weather which was the second scheduled truck race for this weekend. Scott Michie, ARTS Race Director states, “Hurricane Bill put a damper on the truck series race schedule this weekend but, we are looking forward to this upcoming weekends race in NY”. The next scheduled race for the ARTS series is set for Saturday, August 29 at Bethel Motor Speedway in Bethel, NY the second appearance for this season. For more information go to www.allstarracetrucks.com.
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Battle At the Border (1st round), the AllStar Race Truck Series took the challenge with The SuperTrucks of Canada at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY this past Saturday. The race “Battle At the Border”, which brought together drivers, teams and series officials working as one under the SuperTruck sanction as 21 trucks were present for this exceptional program. There were 16 competitive drivers of the Quebec series, along with 5 competitive drivers from the USA series in attendance to compete.
Martin Daviau, the STC announcer, had a full house crowd, standing and cheering at the time of the presentation NASCAR Intro style of the drivers. Along with the ARTS and STC Officials, NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee, Jean-Paul Cabana of Sanair was also present on the podium in the handshakes to all twenty drivers as they were introduced and walked across the podium. The drivers were buckled in by crew members, and the famous words of racing was shouted by all the fans in English and French, “Gentlemen Start Your Engines”.
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Battle At the Border (1st round), the AllStar Race Truck Series took the challenge with The SuperTrucks of Canada at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY this past Saturday. The race “Battle At the Border”, which brought together drivers, teams and series officials working as one under the SuperTruck sanction as 21 trucks were present for this exceptional program. There were 16 competitive drivers of the Quebec series, along with 5 competitive drivers from the USA series in attendance to compete.
Martin Daviau, the STC announcer, had a full house crowd, standing and cheering at the time of the presentation NASCAR Intro style of the drivers. Along with the ARTS and STC Officials, NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee, Jean-Paul Cabana of Sanair was also present on the podium in the handshakes to all twenty drivers as they were introduced and walked across the podium. The drivers were buckled in by crew members, and the famous words of racing was shouted by all the fans in English and French, “Gentlemen Start Your Engines”.
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Winchester, NH – Gee Perry of Granby, CT driving the #83 sponsored FEB Construction truck won the ARTS 25 lap feature at Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, NH on Saturday, July 18th.
Perry was slated to start 3rd in the feature, but due to mechanical problems with the #12 of Derek Chriss, Perry moved up and started on the pole with Chriss starting in the rear.
At the drop of the green by Bradlee Hector, an honorary starter and Boy Scout, Perry jumped in the lead and led all 25 laps doing everything he had to do to gain maximum points for the night’s events. There were two cautions in the night’s event bunching up the field twice, but Perry was not to be denied as he quickly resumed the lead and left the racing to be done behind him. Brandon Warren and Andy Lindeman swapped positions for a few laps toward the end of the race but at the checker Andy would take 2nd leaving Warren in a close 3rd followed by John St.Germain.
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Published at July 5, 2009
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White Lake NY — The AllStar Race Truck race teams are excited about racing at Bethel Motor Speedway. Their first of two such visits will take place this Saturday, July 11th. The top contenders in ARTS are all expected to be on hand for their feature event race.
Leading the points chase as they head to Bethel and looking for his 4th win is Andy Lindeman. Rounding out the top five in ARTS driver’s points are Gee Perry, John St. Germain, Richard Brooks, and Brandon Warren. St. Germain is at this stage of the season, leading in the points chase for Rookie of the Year.
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Thompson CT-John St. Germain of West Sand Lake, NY, took the All Star Race Trucks victory in a photo-finish. After a long hiatus from racing, it hadbeen 21 years since John St. Germain of West Sand Lake, NY, had visited victory lane. Germain scored the long-awaited victory by inches over pointleader Andy Lindeman in the All-Star Truck Series main event.
Richie Brooks took the lead on a lap 3 restart from early leader John St.Germain. A lap later, St. Germain was able to retake the lead. Gee Perryfollowed through and into second leaving Brooks to fend off the third spotof Brandon Warren. Up front, Perry began to pressure St. Germain for the topspot. On lap 10, it was a four truck battle for the third spot between AndyLindeman, Brooks, Howard Payne, and Warren.
Continue reading ‘St. Germain Wins ARTS Main Event at Thompson International Speedway’
Thompson, CT — The AllStar Race Truck race teams are excited about returning to the Thompson International Speedway. Their first of two such visits will take place this Thursday, June 25th.
The top contenders in ARTS are all expected to be on hand for their feature event race. Leading the points chase as they head to Thompson and looking for his 4th consecutive win is Andy Lindeman. Rounding out the top five in ARTS driver’s points are Gee Perry, Richard Brooks, Brandon Warren and John St. Germain. Brooks is, at this stage of the season, the leader in the points chase for Rookie of the Year.
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Winchester NH–Andy Lindeman won the AllStar Race Truck Series 30-lap green to checker feature event at Monadnock Speedway on Saturday, June 13th continuing his winning streak. Greg Butler of East Hampton, CT driving the #85 sponsored by East Hampton Auto Parts sat on the pole with Derek Chriss of Averill Park, NY driving the #12 sponsored by Dan Engwer Wholesale Florist on the outside.
At the drop of the green it was the inside line that surged ahead sending the outside line toward the back. Greg Butler and Richard Brooks of Groton, CT driving the #46 sponsored by TK’s Custom Auto set off battling for the lead with Brandon Warren of Chicopee, MA driving the #55 sponsored by Team Kurtis Fight For A Cure For Cancer In Kids and Lindeman of Poestenkill, NY driving the #3 sponsored by Dawson’s Towing and the rest of the pack closely behind them. As Greg Butler, Brooks, Warren, & Lindeman battled for the lead amongst themselves they put a little bit of distance between themselves and the rest of the pack with Chriss, Gee Perry of Granby, CT driving the #83 sponsored by FEB Construction, John St.Germain of West Sand Lake, NY driving the #14 sponsored by JCS Repair, Dan Butler of Manchester, CT driving the #25 sponsored by DRG Custom Apparel, and Tom Smith of Hope Valley, RI driving the #64 sponsored by TK’s Custom Auto battling for 5th.
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Andy Lindeman of Poestenkill, NY won the AllStar Race Truck Series 2009 season opener at Twin State Speedway on Friday, May 15th. This was the first half of a double header weekend. Andy drives the #3 sponsored by Dawson’s Towing, Thorpe Electric, Freedman Bros. Salvage, Well’s Communications, JCS Truck Repair.
The day’s event started off with two 10-lap heat races. 2008 Rookie of The Year, Greg Butler, Jr. of East Hampton, CT driving the #85 sponsored by East Hampton Auto Parts, Cottman Transmission of Portland, Storm Tech, Jepson Racing Engines, and G & S Auto Center went from green to checker winning the first heat. Rookie John St.Germain of West Sand Lake, NY driving the #14 sponsored by Dawson’s Body Shop, JCS Repair, Larry Dickinson Construction, BPW Enterprises, and PDT Taping won the second heat setting up the field for the feature event.
Continue reading ‘Lindeman Sweeps ARTS Season Opener Double-Header Weekend’
Published at March 23, 2009
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Vineland, NJ — AllStar Race Truck Series (ARTS) Eastern Series Director Bob Gelsi, announced the 2009 season schedule of 13 confirmed race events with 3 TBA’s to be announced later on. These dates take the series to several tracks in New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New York.
ARTS season opens with a doubleheader weekend starting on Friday May 15th at Twin State Speedway in Claremont, NH with their weekly racing divisions. Saturday May 16th ARTS travels to Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, NH to race along with the modifieds and their regular racing divisions.
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Published at February 20, 2009
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The Allstar Race Truck Series will be heading to Speedway Expo ’09 located on the Big E Fairgrounds in Springfield, MA, February 27-March 1.
This racing exhibit historically attracts a large turnout of tracks, race series,and vendors offering a sneakpeak at the up coming 2009 racing season.
Representing the ARTS series, truck #83, FEB sponsored Chevy of Gee Perry, will be on display at the Monadnock Speedway booth along with weekly Nascar race machines.
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Published at December 11, 2008
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2009 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
3/28/09 Waterford Speedbowl
5/15/09 Twin State Speedway
5/16/09 Monadnock Speedway
5/30/09 TBA
6/13/09 Monadnock Speedway
6/25/09 Thompson Int’l Speedway
7/11/09 TBA
7/18/09 Monadnock Speedway
8/8/09 TBA
8/21/09 Twin State Speedway
8/22/09 Monadnock Speedway
9/12/09 TBA
9/26/09 Monadnock Speedway
10/3/09 Twin State Speedway
10/16-18/09 Thompson Int’l Speedway
