Epping, NH – Ipswich, Mass. driver Justin Belfiore took a dominating win of the All-Star Classic Saturday night – a race he’d always dreamed of winning. He led the way after the first segment of the race, reformatted this year into two 75-lap segments. He then went on to dominate the second portion, especially after ISMA point leader Chris Perley had been eliminated late in the first race in a hard crash off the first turn. Justin acquired his third career ISMA-Wirtgen race by taking the prestigious Classic win and he also was able to give his young son Justin, a sweet birthday present to remember.
“I can’t believe it,” said Belfiore in victory lane. “The lap traffic was kind of tough. I’ve been doing this for a long time. I had a perfect car. My luck finally held out. I ran lean in practice and the team made it just right. I thought Chris was going to be tough there as the race went on. He and I were kind of swapping spots a couple times but then he got in that accident. I didn’t know if I had anyone to race with. He was the only one that was passing cars the way I was.
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Thompson, CT — The 75 lap True Value Modified Racing Series portion of Modified Mania at Thompson International Speedway was postponed after completing only 2 laps because of inclement weather. The event has been rescheduled for Saturday Sept. 22 with a time to be announced at a later date. Andy Seuss of Hempstead, N.H. was leading the event when the rain began. (more…)
Epping, NH — Ben Seitz of Pocasset, MA, became the first North East Midget Association three-peat winner during the 2007 season for the Helping Hands of America/Wirtgen America series with a stunning performance on Saturday night at the All-Star Classic. The victory came on the heels of an extremely emotional week for the North East Midget Association, when one of the club’s most beloved, Marilyn Angelillo, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer.
Angelillo was, officially, the Northeastern Midget Association’s secretary for many years. Unofficially, she was the club’s social director, points keeper, publicity agent, organizer, sounding board, problem solver and, most importantly, its conscience. Marilyn, along with husband Gene, and the Dumo’s Desire crew amassed 14 owner championships throughout the last three decades.
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Newburgh, NY — Tayla Orleans of Wrentham, MA scored her second win of the season in the Allison Legacy North Race Series. The race was red checkered on lap 29 after a spectacular crash by the 81 of Paul Tuthill (Washingtonville, NY) on the back stretch. The finish line scored the 24 of Kristy Chaves (Little Compton, RI) in second place followed by Anthony Frissora. (Shrewsbury, MA) in third. Check back for a full report of Saturdays ALNRS exciting finish.
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Seekonk, MA — Two-time track champion Fred Astle, Jr. of Westport, MA passed six-time race winner David Darling on the 30th circuit and held off the point leader on a…
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Asheboro, NC — NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour driver L.W. Miller didn’t win the 2007 championship on Saturday night at Caraway Speedway, but the Mooresville, N.C. resident took a big step forward to reaching his title hopes thanks to his victory in the Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150.
It was L.W. Miller’s fifth win of the season and his fifth straight victory at Caraway dating back to last season. The victory allowed L.W. Miller to pad his Whelen Southern Modified Tour championship lead with only three races remaining.
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Waterford, CT — Dennis Gada passed Keith Rocco with 17 circuits remaining, going on to win the 35-lap SK Modifed feature at the Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday evening. It was the defending track champions fifth victory of the season.
Other feature winners were Bruce Thomas Jr. (Late Model), Walt Hovey (Sportsman), Kyle James (Mini Stock), and, Mark Bakaj (Legends).
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Thompson, CT — Chris Pasteryak of Lisbon, Conn., Andy Seuss of Hempstead, N.H. and Jimmy Kuhn of Bridgewater, Mass were the winners of the True Value Modified Series qualifying races at Thompson International Speedway on Saturday. Those drivers will make up the first three starting positions in Sunday’s 75 lap event.
Dwight Jarvis, Louie Mechalides and Tom Abele, Jr. will start in positions 4-6. The first 18 starting positions were locked in by the qualifying races. The remainder of the field will be determined by a consolation race on Sunday.
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