No makeup date announced; Gate City Classic up next
Canaan, NH — The Granite State Pro Stock Series 112 lap event scheduled for this Saturday, June 23 at Unity Raceway in Unity, ME has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond control. No makeup date has been announced at this time.
The Granite State Pro Stock Series will mark the return of pro stock racing to Hudson International Speedway in Hudson, NH on Sunday, July 8, with the return of the “Gate City Classic”. The 100-lap main event will now be the second event on the 2012 Granite State Pro Stock Series season. Mike O’Sullivan of Springfield, MA scored the win in the season opening event at Monadnock Speedway.
The tight quarter-mile Hudson Speedway is located just off New Hampshire Route 102 on Old Derry Road in Hudson, NH, a short drive from US Route 3 and Interstate 93 and New Hampshire’s second largest city, Nashua, NH.
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UNITY, ME — The Granite State Pro Stock Series will head to the Pine Tree State on Saturday, June 23 to visit the tricky one-third mile Unity Raceway in Unity, ME for race number two of the season. Over 20 cars are expected for the 112-lap main event and the series only appearance in the state of Maine in 2012.
Drivers from all across New England are expected to travel to Maine’s toughest oval, including 15-year old Derek Griffith of Hudson, NH. Griffith scored a second place finish in his first Pro Stock race in the season opening David’s House 106 at Monadnock Speedway.
Rich Eaton of Seabrook, NH, Mike Parks of Walpole, NH, Fran Colson of Gardner, MA, Carl Eriksson of Deep River, CT, Jay Sands of Seabrook, NH, Zig Geno of Canterbury, NH, and Barry Gray of Belchertown, MA, are all expected to attend.
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Published at June 12, 2012
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Unity, Maine – The second annual Big John Phippen Memorial Race, presented by Clark’s Car Crushing, highlights a Father’s Day Weekend doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Unity Raceway. Twin 59-lap main events for Maine’s Fastest Late Model class, offering $1500 to the winner, make up the Phippen Memorial main event.
Phippen, of Town Hill, passed away two years ago minutes after climbing from his racecar at Speedway 95 in Hermon. He racked up many victories at Unity Raceway, Speedway 95 and Wiscasset raceway, and was a champion at all three oval tracks during his long and storied stock car racing career.
Topping the entry list for the event is Johnny Clark of Farmingdale, the most successful driver ever in the Pro All Stars Series. With six series championships racing with the East Coast’s fastest full-bodied stock cars, Clark returns to the site of a $25,000 victory several years ago.
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Canaan NH — In a joint announcement made at the Racers Expo in Portland Maine on Sat. Feb 24th, Unity Raceway promoter, George Fernald and Granite State Pro Stock Series president, Mike Parks announced that on Sat June 23rd the GSPSS will make their first appearance in the state of Maine.
“Unity Raceway has a rich tradition of Pro Stock racing and I am thrilled that we will be able to be a part of Unity’s schedule for 2012” stated Parks.
"Unity Raceway hasn’t hosted a Pro Stock event since 2010 and the GSPSS fits our facility perfect, it will give the opportunity for some of our local Pro Stock teams to compete as well as the guys from southern New England," stated Fernald.
With the year being 2012 we’ve decided to make it a 112 lap event and if things continue to work out we would love to make this an annual event, so mark your calendars now as the Granite State Pro Stock Series comes to the Unity Raceway!
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Leonard L. “Blackie” Hilliard Sr.
MANCHESTER — Leonard L. “Blackie” Hilliard Sr., 84, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta.
He was born in Turner on Nov. 30, 1925, the son of Leroy and Lena (Gavin) Hilliard.
He attended Turner-area schools and served in the Army during the Korean War, stationed at the Artillery and Guided Missile Base in Fort Sill, Okla. He owned and operated Hilliard’s Garage in Manchester for more than 35 years, retiring in 1995. He enjoyed deer hunting and was a member of American Legion Post 207, Augusta.
Blackie raced motorcycles and cars in the midwest and south Florida in the early 1950s. Upon returning to Maine, he won several hundred races on tracks in Belfast, Oakland, Beech Ridge and his favorite, Unity Raceway, where he won 12 track championships and several Governor’s Cups during the 1950s and ’60s. Blackie was among the first inaugural inductees in the Maine Motor Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
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After being postponed weeks ago due to rain, the Nelcar tour was back at Unity Raceway for their 11th event of the season. What has been named, “New England’s toughest oval,” holds true for some of the trickiest cars to handle. The previous two races have been won by two of the series best, Bob Weymouth won the first round while Max Zachem held the checkered flag in the second round.
Terry Kirk in the 17 car lead the field to the green flag for the heat race, but Weymouth was able to get his 399 car to the lead early, and didn’t look back as the incident free 10 lap heat was completed with Weymouth taking the checkered flag. Bobby Timmons was able to grab second, while Zachem made his way to third.
For the feature race, it was the 29 of Tyler Jordan on the pole, while Kirk was on the outside for the green. When the flag flew, Jordan opened up quite a lead on the field, as he lead the first portion of the event until Zachem’s 20 car made his way through and challenged Jordan for the top spot. Just as he took the top spot, the 83 of Brandon Ingalls, making his Legends car debut, spun in turn three, as rookie Tyler Braunschweig went into the sand bank to avoid the spin. When the two were back on the track, the green flag flew again as Zachem took off from the lead, as Timmons’ grabbed second. Zachem didn’t look back, and continued his dominance in the series, grabbing his sixth win. Timmons’ finished second, while Weymouth was able to get around Jordan for third, and Alan Smith had a good run, rounding out the top five.
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The PASS event at Unity Raceway on Sunday has been cancelled due to extremely wet grounds and predicted inclement weather for Sunday. There are talks between PASS and Unity Raceway regarding a make up date and it will be announced as soon as possible.
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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