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Ryan Hammar Goes Two in a Row at Beech Ridge

Published at May 8, 2013 in Beech Ridge and NELCAR. Closed

The Amsoil Nelcar Legends Tour returned to the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway this past Saturday, May 4th for the running of the Pro All Stars Series event presented by Lee Family Trailer Sales. This event is always one of the biggest of the season for the teams, as it gives them a good starting point going into the summer stretch, which includes ten races on Thursday nights. With 21 of the most competitive Legend Cars in the country, it was set to be another great race at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.

In the first heat race it was the 2x of TJ Laro on the pole with Tylar Braunschweig in the 70 on the outside of the front row. The heat race ran caution free while Laro got out to a lead, but he had defending champion Matt Bourgoine in the 38 right on his bumper the whole time. The two battled hard but Laro was able to keep the lead and take the heat win over Laro. Evan Beaulieu drove from eighth to beat Anthony Pagliarulo by inches for third place.

The second heat race had the 4 of Peter Craig staring in the first position with Nelcar Tour president Terry Kirk on the outside of the front row. With Craig leading most of the way ahead of Kirk, the outside line began to work in with Ryan Hammar in the 2 car taking the lead. He would get his second heat win in a row. Alan Smith drove the 33 to a runner up finish with Matt Grant in the 84 grabbing the third position.

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DJ Shaw Triumphant in PASS North Super Late Model “Southern Maine Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge 150”

Published at May 5, 2013 in Beech Ridge, NELCAR, PASS, PASS Mod, PASS North and PASS Sportsman. Closed

Scarborough, ME – DJ Shaw of Center Conway, New Hampshire drove from 19th starting position to victory lane in Saturday’s Southern Maine Motors 150 for Pro All Stars Series Super Late Models at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine.

Shaw methodically worked his way through a stellar field of contenders aboard his Precision JLM Ford, taking the lead away from Berwick, Maine’s Joey Doiron with about 30 laps remaining, then cruising to the checkered flag with relative ease once in command.

“It’s a good day for Dale Shaw Race Cars. First and second place,” said the winner, who builds, maintains and sets up race cars at the family business for a living.

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Points Leaders Try To Stay On Top For PASS North Return To Beech Ridge

Published at April 30, 2013 in Beech Ridge, NELCAR, PASS, PASS Mod, PASS North and PASS Sportsman. Closed

NAPLES, ME — Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, ME has long been one of the stalwarts on the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Model schedule. The facility has hosted PASS events since 2006 and provides some of the closest action seen anywhere on the circuit. And, much like the first event of the season at Oxford Plains Speedway, this weekend’s Southern Maine Motors 150 will serve as a precursor to one of the biggest races of the season, the PASS 400 weekend at Beech Ridge in September. In fact, the racing has been so competitive that in the last five PASS events at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, five different drivers have gone to victory lane. Among those drivers is Joey Doiron, who scored his first career PASS North victory in last year’s Southern Maine Motors 150. And, if last year’s races are any indication, Doiron believes there will be no substitution for a good setup.

“Well Beech Ridge over the last two years has become a one groove racetrack and the key to success there is to make sure your car can pass on the bottom because everyone else usually lines up on the outside,” said Doiron.

Doiron comes to Beech Ridge in 2013 riding a wave of momentum. He started the season off in February with a big PASS National Series win in the Florida Winter Meltdown and heads into Saturday’s Southern Maine Motors 150 second in points after a runner-up finish at Oxford Plains. Doiron hopes that knowledge gained in previous events at Beech Ridge can produce another win this weekend.

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GRIZCO Racing Owner Steve Griswold Passes

Published at February 16, 2013 in Adirondack, Beech Ridge, Dover, Holland, Irwindale, Jennerstown, Lee USA, Lime Rock Park, Monadnock, NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, Nazareth, NHMS, Riverside Park, Seekonk, Stafford, Star, Thompson, Uncategorized and Waterford. Closed

3-time NASCAR BNS Champion Owner was 64

Steve Griswold, owner of the GRIZCO Racing team for 18 years (1988-2005), passed away on Sunday. He was 64.

Steve and Peg Griswold fielded the #55 entry on the NASCAR Busch North Series (now called K&N Pro Series East). Brad Leighton drove for the team 1995-2002. Mike Stefanik drove the car from 2003-2005. The team captured 3 championships (1999-2000, 2005) with Brad Leighton and Andy Santerre.

In 2005, GRIZCO moved to North Carolina and created the first multi-car team in series history for Andy Santerre, Mike Stefanik and Brad Leighton. The team’s historic final season saw a 1-2 points finish with teammates Santerre and Stefanik. Santerre captured his historic 4th consecutive series championship.

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ACT “Tracks by the Facts” – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway

Published at February 12, 2013 in ACT, ACT LM Tour and Beech Ridge. Closed

Tracks by the Facts – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway

Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine was one of the tracks on the ACT Late Model Tour’s inaugural season in 1992. The 1/3-mile speedway was also on the 1993 schedule before a 16 season hiatus. The tour returned in 2009 and has made annual visit each season since. The 2013 event is scheduled for Saturday, August 17.

· Beech Ridge held the 7th ever ACT Late Model event. Dave Whitcomb took the win in the 50 lapper in September of 1992.

· Austin Theriault is the most recent ACT Beech Ridge winner. He claimed his first career ACT win in a rain shortened event in 2012.

· Beech Ridge has seen six different winners in its six events to date: Dave Whitcomb (1992), Pat Corbett (1993), Brian Hoar (2009), Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (2010), Jeff Taylor (2011), and Austin Theriault (2012).

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PASS to Award 2013 National Champ with Championship Ring at Season’s End

Published at January 23, 2013 in Auburndale, Autodrome Chaudiere, Beech Ridge, Hickory, Oxford Plains, PASS, PASS National, PASS North, PASS South and Southern National Raceway Park. Closed

NAPLES, ME — Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials announced today that the 2013 PASS National Series Champion will be awarded a one-of-a-kind championship ring. PASS, in association with series supporter Northern Race Tire, will present the newly crowned PASS National Champion with the championship ring following the final race of the season as part of the Mason-Dixon Meltdown at Southern National Raceway Park in Kenly, NC. The PASS National Champion’s ring is currently being manufactured by Stylecraft. From Super Bowl rings to civic awards, Stylecraft has been making finely crafted jewelry in the United States for over six decades. The 2013 PASS National Champion’s ring will be massive in size and will be emblazoned with the PASS logo and other jewels. This year’s championship ring is meticulously being designed now and will be unveiled on the PASS website in the coming weeks. It joins an impressive list of awards for the PASS National Champion which includes a chassis from Bull City Race Cars and a custom helmet made by Bell Helmets.

“We are very excited to be giving this opportunity to North America’s best Super Late Model racer,” said PASS President Tom Mayberry. “For whoever wins the 2013 PASS National title, no matter where they go, this championship ring will stand as a symbol of the hard work and dedication it took to achieve one of short track racing’s ultimate goals.”

The PASS National Series is comprised of six elite Super Late Model events throughout North America and gets underway in less than three weeks with the Inaugural Florida Winter Meltdown at Auburndale Speedway on February 8-9. In addition to a talented group of PASS regulars, former PASS National Champions Ben Rowe and Jay Fogleman hope to contain a strong contingent of Florida Super Late Model standouts on the tricky quarter mile oval.

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PASS National Series To Be Highlighted By Major Events and Big Money

Published at January 11, 2013 in Auburndale, Autodrome Chaudiere, Beech Ridge, Hickory, Oxford Plains, PASS, PASS National, PASS North, PASS South and Southern National Raceway Park. Closed

- National Champion’s awards to include chassis and helmet
- 40th Annual TD Bank 250 at Oxford to pay PASS Super Late Model winner $25,000, plus $25,000 in guaranteed lap leader money
- 3rd Leg of Autobus La Quebecois Triple Crown at Chaudiere Will Pay Winner $10,000 to win, plus $20,000 in guaranteed lap leader money
- Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Continues Tradition as Spring’s Premier Super Late Model Event

NAPLES, ME — Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials have released the six races that will make up the 2013 PASS National Championship Series. The schedule is comprised of six premier Super Late Model events in both PASS North and PASS South that will determine an overall PASS National Champion. The PASS National Series will be highlighted by the return of Super Late Model action to the 40th Annual TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in July. And, for the first time, the PASS National Series will take on a more international flavor with an event scheduled in Canada later this year. While awards are currently still being finalized with sponsors, Bull City Race Cars has announced it will award the 2013 PASS National Champion with a chassis and Bell Helmets will provide a helmet to the new title holder.

“Thanks to a lot of time and effort by a group of really dedicated people, we are very pleased to announce our 2013 PASS National Series,’” said PASS President Tom Mayberry. “These events exemplify what’s great about short track racing and we feel each of them will attract the best Super Late Model drivers competing today. All of these events are unique and will prove to be a challenge for our competitors. And, with the addition of races in Florida and Canada, a broad base of fans will get to see racers from all over North America come together and compete to see who truly is the best of the best.”
The PASS National Series gets underway in less than a month with the Inaugural Florida Winter Meltdown at Auburndale Speedway on February 8-9. In addition to a talented group of PASS regulars, former PASS National Champions Ben Rowe and Jay Fogleman hope to contain a strong contingent of Florida Super Late Model standouts on the tricky quarter mile oval.

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Nelcar Announces 2013 Schedule

Published at December 11, 2012 in Beech Ridge, NELCAR, Oxford Plains, Speedway 95, Spud, Star and Wiscasset. Closed

The 2013 Nelcar schedule has been released. The 20th season for the popular North East Legends Tour consists of a 27 race schedule across six race tracks, as once again the Nelcar Tour holds one of the most diverse schedules in the area. Once again, all races will hold INEX sanctioning and count towards the US Legends Cars national point standings.

The highlights of the new schedule include a larger presence with the Pro All Stars Series, as the Tour will be running companion events five times over the course of the season at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway and Oxford Plains Speedway. Included in that is the Tour running on one of the biggest stages in all of short track racing, the Oxford 250 weekend on July 20-21. Also included are the season opener and finales for the PASS North Tour.

The schedule however, will start up with the re-opening of Wiscasset Raceway, which was purchased last season by Richard Jordan as he looks to bring the track back to life. The Tour was always a mainstay at the facility and will race at the high banked 3/8th mile four times during the 2013 season.

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VMRS To Celebrate 10 Years With 19-Race Schedule in 2013

Published at December 1, 2012 in Beech Ridge, Canaan Fair, Lee USA, Monadnock, Oxford Plains, Seekonk, Stafford, Thompson, VMRS and Waterford. Closed

Canaan, NH — With New England’s Valenti Modified Racing Series celebrating its 10th anniversary next season,President and Founder Jack Bateman has announced a 19-race schedule
for the 2013 campaign.

The series will return to the State of Maine twice next summer with invites back to the Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford 250 weekend, July 20, and the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME., August 3.

The series visits the State of Connecticut eight times with the Waterford Speedbowl hosting the season opener, April 6 & 7, and a return engagement August 10.

Stafford Springs Motor Speedway adds a third event in 2013. The first race is June 21, with the popular 80-lap races also on tap August 30, and September 13.

Thompson Speedway offers a different twist with two Sunday events and a return to the season ending World Series of Speedway Racing, Saturday, October 19. The Sunday 75-lap races are May 19, and July 28.

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PASS Announces Ambitious Schedules For North and South Super Late Models in 2013

Published at November 23, 2012 in Anderson, Autodrome Chaudiere, Beech Ridge, Canaan Fair, Caraway, Dillon, Hickory, Myrtle Beach, Oxford Plains, PASS National, PASS North, PASS South, SC, South Boston, Southern National Raceway Park and White Mountain. Closed

PASS To Sanction $25,000-to-win Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway
PASS South Returns To Southern National Raceway Park

NAPLES, ME — Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials released the 2013 schedules today for both the PASS North Super Late Models and PASS South Super Late Models. In its 13th year of operation, PASS will sanction over 30 Super Late Model races across North America in 2013, including the previously announced PASS Northwest races at Wenatchee Valley Super Oval in Washington and the PASS National opener at Florida’s Auburndale Speedway on February 9th.

The PASS North schedule consists of 13 confirmed dates with races in Maine, New Hampshire, and the Canadian province of Quebec. PASS South has 14 confirmed dates with races in the Carolinas and Virginia. Both schedules could see up to two more additional dates to be added by January.

“We are very pleased to have our 2013 schedules out for the PASS North and PASS South Super Late Models at such an early date,” said PASS President Tom Mayberry. “It is my hope that our teams of talented racers and mechanics around the country can start making plans for next year and hopefully this schedule release will help out in their search for sponsors. I think the PASS fans will enjoy the tracks we are going to in 2013 and will have the chance to see some really great racing at some outstanding venues.”

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2013 ACT Schedule Announced

Published at November 15, 2012 in ACT, ACT LM Tour, Airborne, Beech Ridge, Canaan Fair, Devil's Bowl, Lee USA, NHMS, Riverside, Sanair, Star, Thunder Road and White Mountain. Closed

Three New Tracks Slated for 2013

ACT officials have announced a 14-race schedule for the 2013 American Canadian Tour season at eleven different Northeast short tracks. The schedule will include three new additions to the Tour schedule. There will also be three more non-point counting special events during the 2013 campaign.

The Tour will return to 2012 tracks Lee USA Speedway, Thunder Road, Devil’s Bowl Speedway, Airborne Speedway, White Mountain Motorsports Park, and Beech Ridge Speedway in 2013. A visit to Riverside Speedway in Groveton, NH is planned for a 150-lap event on Sunday, June 2nd and will mark the first time ACT has raced there since 2004. The American Canadian Tour will also head to Canaan Fair Speedway on Saturday, June 15th for the first time since 2005, and has set a date for Star Speedway on Saturday, July 6, last visited in 2003.

The American Canadian Tour schedule will include two point-counting combo events with the Canadian Série ACT Castrol at Sanair Super Speedway, which will be increased to a 150-lap event from 100, and at St-Croix, QC’s Circuit Riverside Speedway for the 4th Annual Can-Am 200.

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Beaulieu Outlasts Field in National Qualifier

Published at September 18, 2012 in Beech Ridge and NELCAR. Closed

Amsoil Nelcar Legends Tour – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway – September 15, 2012

Scarborough, ME — The Amsoil Nelcar Legends Tour was back at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway this past weekend for the final time of the 2012 season. It was one of the biggest weekends in short track racing, the PASS 400 weekend, featuring many of the top divisions in New England. The Legends drivers were up for a big prize, not only racing in front of the huge crowd, but the race was a 50 lap National Qualifier, and whoever won their division would get a provisional into the A-Main at the Legends Nationals at Atlanta Motor Speedway later this year. With tight point's racing and just three races remaining , the race was set to be a thriller for the crowd.

The first heat race rolled onto the track with point's leader Matt Bourgoine on the pole with the 4 of Peter Craig on the outside. At the start, Bourgoine was able to get away from the field and lead while it was a tight battle behind him for second. The 12 car of Charlie Buxton worked his way through and took the runner up spot with Alan Smith in the 33 right behind. That's how it finished as the heat ran clean and green with Bourgoine taking the win with Buxton and Smith rounding out the podium.

Heat race number two rolled out and ironically enough the pole sitter was the driver chasing Bourgoine in the points, Evan Beaulieu in car 56. On his outside was Beech Ridge regular Tylar Braunschweig in the 70 car. At the start, Beaulieu was able to pull away with the lead while once again the field was getting sorted out for the second spot. It was another clean and green heat race, with Beaulieu taking the win over the 2 of Ryan Hammar and the 399 of Bob Weymouth.

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Medeiros, Chambers “Lite’ Up The Ridge

Published at September 16, 2012 in Beech Ridge and NEMA Lites. Closed

Scarborough, ME – Carl Medeiros Jr. collected his fourth NEMA Lites win and Alan Chambers checkered for the first time in 25-lap features at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway’s Pass 300 Weekend.

Medeiros was in the right spot at the right time on Saturday night. He inherited the lead when Kenny Johnson lost a motor late in the event and then survived a restart. Medeiros is the division’s only multiple winner this season.

On Sunday, Chambers beat Danny Cugini by less than half a car length in a sizzling display. Both drivers came back from disqualifications on Saturday. Behind by three quarters of a straightaway at the halfway point, Cugini rallied over the final circuits, his last-ditch dive to the inside of Chambers falling .046 of a second short.

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Nocella, Cabral NEMA Winners at “The Ridge”

Published at September 16, 2012 in Beech Ridge and NEMA. Closed

Scarborough, ME — Defending champion and current point leader Randy Cabral (Bertrand 47) ended the streak at 10, capturing Sunday’s 30-lap Northeastern Midget Association feature on PASS 300 Weekend at Beech Ridge Speedway. The streak of NEMA having no double winners reached double figures Saturday night with Anthony Nocella’s triumph in the Seymour 4.

Coming from the seventh starting spot, Cabral took command with a daring outside move around Greg Stoehr five laps into Sunday’s event. He went on to finish ahead of Stoehr, Nocella, Mike Ordway (Bertrand 47b) and Maine stock car standout Trevor Sanborn, the latter making his NEMA debut in the Bundy 2.

Cabral joked in victory lane, pointing out he, unlike Nocella, “was able to drive to victory lane.” Nocella indeed walked there on Saturday night, a flat right rear causing him to spin just a few yards after taking the checkered.

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Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Hosts Miller Lite American Celebration Tuesday Night

Published at July 2, 2012 in Beech Ridge. Closed

Beech Ridge Motor Speedway will host a rare Tuesday night event tomorrow. A 50-lap Pro Series race will headline the Miller Lite American Celebration  along with regular-distance events for Sport Series (35) Wildcats (30) and Road Runners (20). Fireworks will also highlight the program. Mike Landry, Brandon Ingalls, Dan Bean and Adam Ricci will be looking to repeat their success from Saturday's races.

Gates open at 3:30 PM and admission is only $12. Children 12 and under are free.

Beech Ridge Motor Speedway is located at 70 Holmes Road, Scarborough, ME 04074. For additional information, visit http://www.beechridge.com.

Rodgers Wins Beech Ridge Title In Close Race

Published at February 6, 2012 in Beech Ridge and NASCAR WA-AS. Closed

 

Emerges From Trio Of Contenders For Division Championship

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Bill Rodgers won the closest NASCAR Pro Series division point race in the 63-year history of Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in 2011. The margin of a single point gained Rogers, 47, of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, his first NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship. He also won the 2011 NASCAR state championship.

Rodgers’ season got a big assist when he was joined by the crew that helped the late Bub Bilodeau win three track championships and two state titles. Bilodeau passed away from an apparent heart attack at the track on June 5, 2010.

“Bub’s crew chief Tom Nason and I got together last winter,” Rodgers said. “His guys didn’t have a team to race with, and I never had a full-time crew like theirs before. Having the same crew consistently brought more consistency out of the car. That’s what put us in the position to compete for the championship.”

Rodgers entered the final race night with a one-point lead over Trevor Sandborn, 22, of East Parsonsfield, Maine, and two ahead of Aaron Ricker, 21, of Tamworth, N.H. All three were competing for their first Beech Ridge championship.

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Rodgers Wins Beech Ridge Title In Close Race

Published at February 1, 2012 in Beech Ridge. Closed

Emerges From Trio Of Contenders For Division Championship

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Bill Rodgers won the closest NASCAR Pro Series division point race in the 63-year history of Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in 2011. The margin of a single point gained Rogers, 47, of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, his first NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship. He also won the 2011 NASCAR state championship.

Rodgers’ season got a big assist when he was joined by the crew that helped the late Bub Bilodeau win three track championships and two state titles. Bilodeau passed away from an apparent heart attack at the track on June 5, 2010.

“Bub’s crew chief Tom Nason and I got together last winter,” Rodgers said. “His guys didn’t have a team to race with, and I never had a full-time crew like theirs before. Having the same crew consistently brought more consistency out of the car. That’s what put us in the position to compete for the championship.”

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NEAR Presents “Class of 2012” At 15th Annual New England Auto Racing Hall of Fame Inductions

Published at January 30, 2012 in Airborne, Albany-Saratoga, Autodrome St. Eustache, Beech Ridge, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Daytona, Dover, Eastern States, Holland, Hudson, Keene, Lakeville, Langley, Lee USA, Lonsdale, Martinsville, Monadnock, NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, NASCAR WMT, NEAR, New Smyrna, NHMS, Norwood, Nostalgia, Oswego, Oxford Plains, Plainville, Pro 4 Mod, Riverhead, Riverside Park, Seekonk, South Boston, Spencer, Stafford, Star, Thompson, Twin State, USAC, Utica-Rome, W. Peabody, Wall, Waterford, Westboro and Wiscasset. Closed

East Windsor, CT — On Sunday January 29, The New England Antique Racers (NEAR), presented the 15th annual New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame Inductions. Award-winning sportswriter Matt Buckler served as Master of Ceremonies for the well-attended event held at LaRenaissance Banquet Hall in East Windsor, CT.

Receiving induction honors this year were drivers Reggie Ruggiero, Joey Kourafas, Moe Gherzi, Jerry Humiston, and Roland Lapierre Sr., owner/mechanics Mario Fiore and Jim Jorgensen and track operator Irene Venditti.

Though not present due to prior commitments, longtime Northern media personality Dave Moody was the recipient of the prestigious “Jack Ratta Memorial Media Award.” Veteran auto racing journalist and Hall of Fame Member Pete Zanardi received the Danny Pardi Memorial Award for his many contributions to NEAR over the years.

A pivotal figure during the formative years of the sport and truly one of the regions earliest stars, Moe Gherzi came to stock cars following a brief fling with midget racing during the busy post-war era. Gherzi won for some of the best teams in the early days of the sport while displaying a flashy style which became his trademark. Nicknamed “Moneybags” owed to a knack of winning many big-dollar events, he tasted success at virtually all of the regions tracks. He later served as the longtime Racing Director at Connecticut’s Plainville Stadium. Accepting for her late father from presenter Dave Dykes was Ms. Alma Michaud.

[Photo Gallery] by Nicholas Teto

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Holdridge Adds Name to First Time List at Beech Ridge

Published at August 6, 2011 in Beech Ridge and VMRS. 0 Comments

Scarborough, ME — Two weeks after Joe Doucette scored a popular first time win at Oxford, ME., veteran Mike Holdridge, of Madison, CT., took his turn in victory lane after capturing the Valenti Modified Racing Series sanctioned, “Beech Ridge 100,” Saturday night, August 6, at the historic Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME.

Les Hinckley, of Windsor Locks, CT., and local favorite, David Pinkham, Buxton, ME., swapped the lead back and forth in the early going with Pinkham taking the top spot leading laps 16 through 41.

Rowan Pennink, of Huntingdon Valley, PA., led lap 42 with Pinkham, Dwight Jarvis, of Ascutney,VT., and Holdridge chasing the leader.

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Valenti Modified Series Set to Invade Beech Ridge Saturday

Published at August 1, 2011 in Beech Ridge and VMRS. 0 Comments

Canaan, NH — After an unexpected week off thanks to Mother Nature, the Valenti Modified Racing Series returns to the State of Maine, and the famed Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, in Scarboro, Saturday night, August 6, when the open-wheel, 600 horse-powered modifieds, compete in a 100 lap green-flag event.

Saturday’s event will be the Series fifth appearance at the historic speedway. To date, five different drivers have visited victory lane, at “The Ridge.”

Eight different drivers have visited victory lane in 2011 on the VMRS circuit. Several winners this season and current top point men are expected as the series heads into a busy month of August.

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ACT Track Facts: Speedways on the 2011 ACT Schedule By the Numbers

Published at December 1, 2010 in ACT, ACT LM Tour, Airborne, Beech Ridge, Devil's Bowl, Lee USA, NHMS, Oxford Plains, Thunder Road, Twin State and White Mountain. 0 Comments

In anticipation of the 2011 ACT Racing Guide, which will be published and ready for sale soon, we’ll take a look at the speedways on the 2011 ACT Late Model Tour schedule. All of these stats (and more) can be found in the 2011 ACT Racing Guide. The stats below include ACT Late Model Tour point counting events only, unless otherwise noted. More information on the Racing Guides will be available soon.

ACT Late Model Tour 

Airborne Speedway – Plattsburgh, NY – ½ mile
First ACT event: May 23, 1992
# of ACT events: 38
Total event payout: $563,079
Number of starters: 1,176
Most starts: Dave Whitcomb (34)
Most wins: Brian Hoar (7)
Most top fives: Brian Hoar (16)
Most top tens: Brent Dragon (25)
Most money earned: Brian Hoar ($28,702)

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Rowe Repeats As Maine Champion

Published at November 17, 2010 in Beech Ridge and NASCAR WA-AS. 0 Comments

New England legend defends state title in close battle

Daytona Beach, FL —  Even in a self-professed down year, Mike Rowe was able to add to his championship resume.

The 60-year-old from Turner, Maine, collected his second straight NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Maine championship. Rowe, who has won multiple track and series championships throughout New England, brought home his first NASCAR title last year. He successfully defended that crown by a slim five-point margin over Dan McKeage.

Rowe had one win, seven top fives and 11 top 10s in 12 starts at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine. While he finished third to track champion McKeage and runner-up David Oliver in Beech Ridge’s Pro Series Division, Rowe was able to accumulate enough points to claim the state title.

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Johnny Clark Scores PASS 300

Published at September 12, 2010 in Beech Ridge, PASS, PASS National and PASS North. 0 Comments

Scarborough ME — Johnny Clark got his shot at the lead late in Sunday’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) 300 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway and he led when it counted to earn his second win in PASS North’s longest and richest super late model race. Clark passed Bill Rogers with forty to go and held off Cassius Clark by less than three tenths of a second to earn 2010 victory number five for the Clark’s Car Crushing team.

Cassius Clark took his EJ Prescott mount to the front several times throughout the event and looked like the man to beat, but a long battle over third with Richie Dearborn delayed him from catching the front pair until the day’s final restart with nineteen to go. Cassius got to Johnny’s rear bumper cover but the second generation Farmington Flyer raced the leader hard and clean to the checkers, settling for second.

Long stretches of green flag racing and plenty of lead changes highlighted the afternoon. Seekonk Speedway regular Tom Scully led from the pole to lap 30 when Cassius Clark took over and ran off to a straightaway lead. Scully took back the top spot on a restart and then it was Scott Chubbuck using the outside line to take a turn up front. Beech Ridge regular David Oliver led next, putting defending and three time race winner Mike Rowe a lap down just before the 100 lap mark.

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Shaw, McKeage and McKinstry Winners on PASS 400 Sunday

Published at September 12, 2010 in Beech Ridge, NEMST, PASS, PASS Mod and PASS Sportsman. 0 Comments

Scarborough ME – The PASS Sportsman and Mod series joined the North East Mini Stock tour on Sunday’s PASS 400 Weekend card and all three divisions came through with exciting extra distance feature racing for the fans in the stands.

Grant Aither led thirty two PASS Sportsman racers to the green and kept the lead until both Jay Sands and Craig Smith slipped under the LEE USA track champion on lap five when Smith took the point away from Sands and Clyde Hennessey followed him through. Smith kept the field at bay until lap 35 when mechanical issues ended his afternoon. Sands resumed command and ran away and hid, but another caution erased his straightaway lead. Meanwhile the PASS points leaders had worked their way toward the front Mike Landry, Dan McKeage, and Carey Martin restarted 4th, 6th and 7the respectively. On the restart Landry made his way to second with McKeage hot on his heels. Now it was time to challenge Sands. Sands ran the second groove and Landry the bottom, the pair battling side by side at the half way mark. Hennessey sat third, McKeage fourth and Martin fifth when the field received the crossed flags.

The second half of the 100 lapper featured some longer green flag runs and there was no lack of action. Sands and Landry were still battling for the point and Carey Martin won a battle with McKeage for fourth. The yellow flag flew at lap seventy one and PASS Sportsman point leader Landry was forced to pit returning to the line- up twentieth. Sands now had Martin on his tail with McKeage, Hennessey, and Corey Bubar the top five.

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Vaughn, Dow and Beaulieu Claim Saturday PASS 400 Weekend Wins

Published at September 11, 2010 in Beech Ridge, PASS, PASS Mod, PASS National, PASS North and PASS Sportsman. 0 Comments

Scarborough, ME — Day three of PASS 400 weekend was highlighted by qualifying for all three PASS North touring divisions plus features for the Legends, Road Runners and Wildcats.

144 race cars rolled through the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway back gate and from the first green to the final checker the fans in the stands witnessed short track racing at its finest.

Tom Scully Jr., Joey Doiron, David Oliver and PASS Super Late Model point leader Johnny Clark all claimed their qualifiers. Super Late Model consolation rounds went to PASS National Series point leader Preston Peltier and 2009 PASS North Rookie of the Year Nick Ribbe. Sunday’s Last Chance race will determine the final qualifiers for the 300 lap, $10,000 to win PASS 300.

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Thursday Night Open Gets PASS 400 Weekend Off to a Fast Start

Published at September 10, 2010 in Beech Ridge and PASS. 0 Comments

Naples, ME — The stars of Maine’s mid week racing series took the spot light Thursday, opening four days of motorsports mania at Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.120 of the fast and furious racers answered the call to get the sixth annual PASS 400 party started in style.

The Four Cylinders kicked off the night with a fifty lap feature and a thirty-one car field. Kyle Hewins made it two in a row on PASS 400 Thursday night, surviving a torrid battle with Troy Jordan. The pair worked lap traffic for much of the night and Jordan got the better of Hewins from laps 11 to 26 but Hewins was able to drive under Morse to reclaim the lead. The pair put on a show as they worked lap traffic, splitting slower cars and battling for the $500.00 payday e but into the end it was Hewins by 6 car lengths.

The 305/Mad Bomber feature was up next and Adam Lovejoy jumped out front early. Trouble was, Lovejoy made that jump a little too soon and he was docked four spots at the next yellow. That put Paul Ureneck out front on the restart but Lovejoy wasted no time getting to second, putting his ride on Ureneck’s bumper by lap 15. AT the half-way mark it was still Ureneck with Lovejoy hot on his heels, then a straightaway back to Kirk Bean, John Lord and Jason Inman. Lovejoy saw an opening on the bottom and took over the top spot at the line on lap 31 to claim the feature over Ureneck, Kirk Bean, Jon Lord and Jason Curtis.

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Mid-Week Warriors Kick Off PASS 400 Weekend at Beech Ridge Thursday

Published at September 6, 2010 in Beech Ridge, PASS, PASS Mod, PASS National, PASS North and PASS Sportsman. 0 Comments

Naples, ME — Their racing divisions have the best names in the sport;: Mad Bombers, Mighty Trucks, Outlaws, Varsity, Runnin’ Rebels, Beetle Bugs and a whole bunch more. They’re the Mid Week Warriors that take little more than a street car (or truck), add the required safety equipment and go racing. For many competitors they are in their first race car ever, and for others the mid week racing wars are just perfect for their budget. It takes cubic inches and talent to win at this level, not cubic dollars.

Maine’s midweek racers put on some of the most competitive and exciting racing out there and they will be in the spotlight Thursday September 9th when they kick off PASS 400 weekend ay Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Depending on car count there’s up to fifty laps of racing and five hundred dollars on the line for the winners. That payday is more than most of these guys and gals can earn in a season, so there’s plenty of incentive to win this one. The back gate at Beech Ridge swings open at noon and practice gets underway at 2:00 PM.

2009 Thursday night feature wins went to Kyle Hewins (Runnin’ Rebel four cylinder), Chad Binette (MightyTrucks), Jason Curtis (Junior Varsity) and Larry Emerson (Outlaws).

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The PASS 400 Weekend is Just Around the Corner

Published at August 31, 2010 in Beech Ridge, NEMST, PASS, PASS Mod, PASS National, PASS North and PASS Sportsman. 0 Comments

Naples ME —  While the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) super late model race teams are prepping for the return of oval track racing to North Wilkesboro (NC) Speedway this weekend, there’ another big weekend of racing on the horizon when the PASS Super Late Models, Mods and Sportsman take to another history-laden venue in the form of Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on September 11 and 12.

It’s the sixth edition of PASS 400 weekend, a four day motorsports extravaganza that’s become a must attend event for racers and race fans from all over the eastern seaboard. It’s the longest race of the season for all three PASS North touring series, and there’s track time for almost every circle track division one can find in northern New England.

There’ll be a full field of super late models on hand to try and break the Rowe stranglehold on the 300 lap grind. Mike and Ben Rowe finished 1-2 in the inaugural PASS 300 and Ben earned the victory in 2006. Ben’s dad was back in victory lane in 2007 but Johnny Clark broke the Rowe win skein in 2008. Mike Rowe came back in 2009 to score his third PASS 300.

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Barry Wins at Beech Ridge, Becomes Tenth Winner

Published at August 7, 2010 in Beech Ridge and VMRS. 0 Comments

Scarborough, ME — Preston, CT, driver Kenny Barry scored his second career win Saturday night with the Northeast’s Modified Racing Series, sponsored by BobValentiAutomall.com, at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME. Barry becomes the tenth different winner in eleven races and the fifth different winner of the “Beech Ridge 100.”

Series point leader, Jon McKennedy, E. Chelmsford, MA, took the lead from pole-sitter Jacob Dore, Sanford, ME, on lap three and set the pace for the next 63 laps before being passed by Barry. Barry led the final 33 laps to pick up the win, the first for his father, noted car builder Art Barry.

For the second race in a row Dwight Jarvis, Ascutney, VT, finished second followed by Mike Holdridge, Madison, CT, Todd Annarummo, Swansea, MA, and Les Hinckley III, Windsor Locks, CT.

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Modified Racing Series Beech Ridge Bound Aug. 7

Published at August 3, 2010 in Beech Ridge and VMRS. 0 Comments

Scarborough, ME — With 9 winners in 10 races, a three-way battle developing for the series championship, and eight races remaining on the 2010 schedule, the Modified Racing Series, sponsored by BobValentiAutoMall.Com, heads to Scarborough Maine, Saturday night, Aug 7, to the historic Beech Ridge Motor Speedway for the sixth annual “Beech Ridge 100.” for modified race cars.

Defending series champion, Jon McKennedy, of East Chelmsford, MA., takes a slim seven-point lead into Beech Ridge, a race he won a year ago, with 2006 champion Dwight Jarvis, Ascutney, VT, hot on his heels. Windsor Locks, CT., veteran Les Hinckley has slipped to third, 18 points back. All three are entered.

Maine race fans can expect to see two local drivers compete in this weekend’s event.

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