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Carlson/Feigel Eying 2013 NEMA Crowns

Published at March 7, 2013 in Lee USA, NEMA, Oswego, Riverside, Seekonk, Stafford, Star, Thompson and Waterford. Closed

Brockton, MA — Car owner Gene Feigel is not shy. He and his driver Seth Carlson see themselves as contenders for the 2013 Northeastern Midget Association championships.

The team found another Drinan chassis to replace the one that was destroyed at Beech Ridge. It was also the one he drove to victory at Seekonk Speedway’s Open Wheel Wednesday. Carlson, who will not be 21 until October, was one of 11 NEMA winners last year.

While veterans like Randy Cabral, Russ and Greg Stoehr, Adam Cantor and Jim Miller did checker, youth was served as well. Ten of last year’s 11 winners will be back including youngsters Anthony Marvuglio, Todd Bertrand and Anthony Nocella.

NEMA begins its 61st season April 6-7 at Waterford Speedbowl’s Blast Off.

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10 Winners Back in NEMA Fold; Cabral, Russ Stoehr Head List

Published at March 7, 2013 in Airborne, Lee USA, Monadnock, NEMA, Oswego, Riverside, Seekonk, Stafford, Star, Thompson and Waterford. Closed

Brockton, MA – The Northeastern Midget Association had 11 different winners in 2012, making it one of the most competitive campaigns in club history. Expect to see 10 of them back as NEMA begins its 61st season April 6-7 at Waterford Speedbowl’s Budweiser Blast Off.

Defending champion Randy Cabral moved into the top-five on NEMA’s all-time win list a year ago. Cabral, the only multiple winner last year, returns with car owner Tim Bertrand. He and Russ Stoehr, a six-time champion who sits third on the all-time list, head up the list of returnees. Stoehr is back in the Dumo’s Desire car.

The returning winners include Greg Stoehr, Jim Miller, Todd Bertrand, Anthony Marvuglio, Seth Carlson, Anthony Nocella and John Zych Jr. Adam Cantor will not drive but will return as part of the Cantor No. 33 crew.

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2013 NEMA Rulebook Available

Published at February 22, 2013 in Airborne, Lee USA, Monadnock, NEMA, NEMA Lites, Oswego, Riverside, Seekonk, Stafford, Thompson and Waterford. Closed

2013 NEMA Rulebook

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Tentative 2013 NEMA Lites Schedule Released

Published at December 26, 2012 in Lee USA, NEMA Lites, Oswego, Riverside, Seekonk, Stafford, Thompson and Waterford. Closed

Tentative 2013 NEMA Lites Schedule
Date, Track
Sat., April 6 Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT
Fri., May 31 Lee USA Speedway, Lee, NH
Sat., June 29 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs, CT
Fri., July 12 Lee USA Speedway, Lee, NH
Fri., Aug. 9 Lee USA Speedway, Lee, NH
Sat., Aug. 10 Riverside Speedway, Groveton, NH
Sat., Aug. 17 Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT
Sat., Sept. 14 Oswego Speedway, Oswego, NY
Sat., Oct. 5 Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT
Sat-Sun., Oct. 12-13 Lee USA Speedway, Lee, NH

NEMA is in discussion with promoters at several other tracks for additional races.

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Tentative 2013 NEMA Schedule Released

Published at December 26, 2012 in Lee USA, NEMA, Oswego, Riverside, Seekonk, Stafford, Thompson and Waterford. Closed

Tentative 2013 NEMA Schedule
Date, Track
Sat.-Sun., April 6-7 Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT
Sat., June 29 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs, CT
Fri., July 12 Lee USA Speedway, Lee, NH
Wed., July 17 Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, MA
Sat., July 27 Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT
Sat., Aug. 10 Riverside Speedway, Groveton, NH
Sat., Aug. 17 Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT
Sat., Sep. 14 Oswego Speedway, Oswego, NY
Sat.-Sun., Oct. 5-6 Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT
Sat.-Sun., Oct. 19-20 Thompson International Speedway, Thompson, CT

NEMA is in discussion with promoters at several other tracks for additional races.

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The Setup For A Legendary 5th Anniversary

Published at December 10, 2012 in Lee USA, Monadnock, NEMST, NHMS, Riverside, Stafford, Star, Thompson, Thunder Road, Waterford and Wiscasset. Closed

The North East Mini Stock Tour (NEMST) will carry its large head of steam built in 2012 of large car counts and breathtaking racing with photo finishes into 2013, the NEMST’s fifth year in competition. The NEMST held its first event at Canaan Fair Speedway May 23, 2009 with Emerson Cayer taking home first NEMST winner’s trophy. Since that day the tour has held 33 additional events with 13 different Feature winners. The largest news in NEMST history came in February of 2012 when the dates at New Hampshire Motor Speedway were released for the mini-stocks to run on the 1.6 mile road course and the mini-oval setup in turn 2, as well as the news in 2011 of the NEMST signing on national sponsorship from Texas Roadhouse.

“We have worked very hard in making the series better from year to year and raising the bar for competitors, fans, and sponsors alike. The news of 3 brand new to us race tracks and the return to the NEMST’s home state of Maine is sure to make a tidal wave throughout the mini-stock racing community.” said NEMST Promoter Bob Guptill. Big news came in the form of one new track confirmed at the year end Championship Banquet in November with a date at the famed ½ mile of Stafford Motor Speedway confirmed in April for Stafford’s opening weekend Spring Sizzler.

Without further suspense, here is the 2013 Schedule of Events.

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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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NEMA Releases 2012 Tentative Schedules

Published at January 6, 2012 in Lee USA, NEMA, NEMA Lites, Oswego, Riverside, Seekonk, Stafford, Star, Thompson and Waterford. 0 Comments

2012
March 31 Waterford NEMA & Lites Heats + Lite Feature
April 1 Waterford NEMA Feature
May 23 Waterford Lites
June 8 Lee Lites
June 16 TBA
June 23 Waterford Lites
June 30 Stafford NEMA
July 5 Thompson NEMA – Marvin Rifcin
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NEMA Releases 2011 Schedules

Published at January 19, 2011 in Lee USA, NEMA, NEMA Lites, Riverside, Seekonk, Stafford, Thompson, Thunder Road, Twin State and Waterford. 0 Comments

2011 schedules for NEMA MIDGETS and NEMA LITES are now posted. Discussions with Oswego, Airborne, and Star speedways for additional events are still proceeding.

NEMA
Sun. A. 4/3/2011 Waterford Speedbowl
Sat. N. 5/28/2011 Riverside Speedway Tenative
Sun. A. 5/29/2011 Thunder Road Speedbowl Tenative
Sat. N. 6/11/2011 Twin State Speedway
Tues. N. 6/28/2011 Stafford Motor Speedway
Thurs. N. 7/7/2011 Thompson Int’l Speedway
Fri. N. 7/15/2011 Lee USA Speedway
Wed. N. 7/20/2011 Seekonk Speedway
Sat. N. 7/30/2011 Waterford Speedbowl
Sat. N. 8/13/2011 Waterford Speedbowl
Sat. N. 8/27/2011 Seekonk Speedway
Sat. N. 9/3/2011 TBA
Sun. A. 10/8/2011 Seekonk Speedway
Sun. A. 10/15/2011 Thompson Int’l Speedway

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Jason Bonnett Crowned 2010 Bond/WIX Tiger Tour Champion

Published at October 9, 2010 in ACT, ACT Tiger Sportsman and Riverside. 0 Comments

Tony Rossi Wins John Clark Memorial 101 at Riverside Speedway

Peacham, Vermont’s Tony Rossi earned his first Bond/WIX Tiger Tour win of the season in the John Clark Memorial 101 at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, NH on Saturday, October 9, 2010. The 2010 Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen Thunder Road Track Champion led the final six laps to take the win.

Hinesburg’s Tom Therrien claimed second, followed by Derrick O’Donnell, Brendan Moodie and Eric Badore to complete the top five. St. Albans, Vermont’s Jason Bonnett claimed the 2010 Bond/WIX Tiger Tour Championship with his sixth place finish. Bonnett led Therrien by nine points going into the fourth and final event. Erik Steel, Jeff Marshall, Mike Martin and Jimmy Hebert completed the top ten.

The 2010 American Canadian Tour season will come to a close tomorrow (Sunday, October 10) with the Waterford 150 at Waterford Speedbowl in Waterford, CT. Twenty-five cars competed in Saturday’s (October 9) qualifying and twenty-four will take the green in Sunday’s main event. Post time is 12:30pm.
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Sanborn Seals the Deal at PASS Summerfest 150

Published at July 31, 2010 in PASS, PASS North and Riverside. 0 Comments

Naples, ME — Trevor Sanborn found a way to get by team mate Travis Benjamin on lap 83 of Saturday nights Pro All Stars Series (PASS) super late model feature at Groveton NH’s Riverside Speedway, earning his first career PASS North win. Sanborn and Benjamin gave the Richard Moody Racing team a sweep of the top two spots. Richie Dearborn crossed the line third.

Sanborn has been fast all season long, leading 262 laps prior to the Summerfest 150. But despite several podium finishes, the two time PASS South race winner had been unable to drive under the checkers first in the northern series until Saturday night.

Ben Rowe picked up six spots from the grid to finish fourth; 2009 Summerfest 150 winner Cassius Clark was fifth. Donnie Whitten had another solid run in sixth, while point leader Johnny Clark finished outside of the top five for just the second time in 2010 with a seventh place result. Scott Chubbuck, Gary Drew and Adam Bates raced home eighth, ninth and tenth.

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PASS Mod Win Number Three for Shaw at Riverside

Published at July 31, 2010 in PASS, PASS Mod and Riverside. 0 Comments

Naples, ME  –  Andy Shaw came back strong after an early race tangle to pass Scott McDaniel on a lap 25 restart and win his third Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Mod feature of 2010 at Groveton New Hampshire’s Riverside Speedway. The win was Shaw’s eighth feauture victory in the ultracompetitive PASS open wheel division.

The 40 lap go got off to a rough start with a pair of cautions that involved several of the front runners including Mike Mayberry, Wayne Whitten Jr., Kevin Douglass and Shaw. After a pair of restarts a race finally broke out with Rich Ferreira out front. Scott McDaniel charged past Alan Wilson for second and claimed the lead from Ferreira on lap six. McDaniel had the look of a winner as he took off from the pack, building up a sizeable lead over Wayne Whitten Jr. Meanwhile Shaw was rumbling through the field after his lap four dustup joining a great scrap for second with Whitten, Wilson, and Ferreira.

By lap 23 second place was Shaw’s and he set sail to try and chase down McDaniel. McDaniel had done his best to run away from the rest of the field, building up a huge lead as the battle for position continued behind him.

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PASS North Tackles Riverside Speedway Saturday at Summerfest 2010

Published at July 27, 2010 in PASS, PASS Mod, PASS North and Riverside. 0 Comments

Naples ME – The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) traveling road show heads for northern New Hampshire’s Riverside Speedway this weekend, headlining the Saturday July 31 edition of Summerfest 2010 at the tough little bullring nestled on the banks of the Connecticut River.

The PASS North Super Late Models will transition from the fastest track on the schedule to the series’ tightest when they pay their annual visit to the Groveton New Hampshire quarter mile. Ben Rowe is coming off a win at Thompson International Speedway where the average speeds reach 120 miles per hour, but the short track superstar is equally at home on the quarter miles. Still Rowe doesn’t have a “Grovetona” win to his credit, unlike Johnny Clark, Cassius Clark and Kelly Moore.

Cassius Clark is having a solid 2010. He’s third in the point standings with five top tens in eight starts, but there’s a big goose egg in his win column and Riverside might be the place where Clark corrects that. Johnny Clark seems to have taken a liking to Riverside’s high banks with feature wins in 2004 and 2008. The PASS North super late model point leader lost a few markers to Rowe at Thompson and he will be looking to regain those valuable championship points and more on Saturday night.
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2010 PASS North Super Late Model Schedule Released

Published at December 1, 2009 in Beech Ridge, Canaan Fair, Lee USA, PASS, PASS North, Riverside, Seekonk, Speedway 660, Speedway 95, Thompson and White Mountain. 0 Comments

Pro All Stars Series (PASS) President Tom Mayberry has announced the series’ tenth anniversary super late model schedule .The fastest full fender short track racers in the east will visit ten speedways in four states and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The venues range from New England’s fastest short track, the 5/8 mile Thompson International Speedway, to the tight confines of the Riverside Speedway quarter mile.

Caribou Maine’s Spud Speedway is a new stop for the series, with an 8/21 race date scheduled. The season will open on April 18th at Speedway 95 and conclude at White Mountain Motorsports Park on either September 17 or 18. One additional race date is still under negotiation. A finalized schedule will be confirmed by January 1, 2010.
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Cassius Clark Cruises to PASS Super Late Model win at Riverside

Published at July 27, 2009 in PASS, PASS North and Riverside. 0 Comments

Groveton, NH — Cassius Clark wrestled  the race lead from Donnie Whitten on lap ten of Saturday’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) super late model Summerfest 150  at Groveton New Hampshire’s Riverside Speedway  and never looked back to record his first PASS  feature win of 2009. Clark’s victory ended a PASS North winless streak dating back to October of 2007 for the 2008 PASS National Championship series titlist. Kelly Moore brought his NAPA Chevrolet home second and pole sitter Donnie Whitten earned his best result of 2009 by finishing third. Ben Rowe and DJ Shaw rounded out the top five.

Only a pair of minor caution periods slowed the 150 lap event that took just forty three minutes to complete.  Point Leader and defending race winner Johnny Clark had a subpar night finishing ninth, the last car to complete all 150 laps. Derek Ramstrom was involved in one of the few on track skirmishes, resulting in a 13th place run. Ben Rowe worked his way up to fourth from  his  eleventh place spot on the starting grid to gain a little ground in the title chase, and Adam Bates recorded a sixth place finish to keep pace with the title contenders.

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PASS Super Late Models, Mods highlight Summerfest at Riverside

Published at July 21, 2009 in PASS, PASS Mod, PASS North and Riverside. 0 Comments

Groveton, NH — There’s something for everyone this weekend when Groveton New Hampshire’s Riverside Speedway once again hosts Summerfest 2009, a weekend of motorized mayhem that promises to be bigger and better than ever.

Presented by Dalton Mountain Motors and the Marshall Insurance Agency, the two day extravaganza kicks off on Friday with the $1,000.00 to win Jake McDowell Memorial Street Stock 100 plus late models, and daredevils. The monster trucks share the spotlight, with Predator and Pouncer on hand to wow the fans. The action gets underway at 7:00 PM.On Saturday night its PASS time, with the lightning quick Pro All Stars Series super late models taking center stage for 150 laps of green flag racing on the tough quarter mile. The popular PASS Mods share the spotlight with Riverside’s own Cyclones, Daredevils and Angels, plus another round of monster truck thrills and chills with Predator and Pouncer. Saturday’s events kick off at 5:00 PM .

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PASS North Announces Schedule Changes, Additions

Published at January 23, 2009 in Canaan Fair, PASS, PASS Mod, PASS North, PASS Sportsman, Riverside and Unity. 0 Comments

The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) has announced several changes to the 2009 PASS North super late model schedule.

On Saturday May 16 the super late models will tackle Maine’s toughest oval, Unity Raceway.  Sunday August 23 the traveling pros will return to Canaan Fair Speedway. Unity action gets the green at 3:00 PM and the first heat race at Canaan will take to the speedway at 2:00 PM.

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PASS Racing Out In Force This Weekend

Published at August 16, 2007 in PASS, PASS Mod, PASS North, PASS Outlaw, Riverside and Wiscasset. 0 Comments

passnorth.jpgNaples, ME — PASS style racing is back at Wiscasset Raceway this Sunday afternoon August 19th with heat races starting at 3PM, and it’s almost in full force. The PASS Outlaw Late Models will be at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, NH on Friday night at 7:45PM along with the PASS Modifieds, the Riverside Super Stocks and Street Stocks on two for one night – two adult tickets for the price of one. Then on Sunday, the modifieds will make the trek over the mountains to the Maine shoreline for a full afternoon of PASS style action at Doug White’s Wiscasset Raceway.

With over 30 PASS Super Late Models, the fastest full-fendered cars in the northeast, expected to attempt to qualify through the PASS heat races, the 150 green-flag feature will be a show to see as the best drivers in the biggest, fastest, baddest cars battle it out for supremacy on the shoreline.

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