Stafford Springs, CT — Stafford Motor Speedway returned to Friday night NASCAR racing with the kick-off event to its 2007 September Series, a three-week stretch during September that will lead…
Read moreMooresville, NC — John Freeman is a little bit racing. Driving various race cars throughout his young career, he is considered one of the most talented up-and-coming drivers racing in the NASCAR Busch East Series.
When the things we place our trust in are suddenly taken away we find ourselves searching for an answer. We have a difficult time trusting again. We need to have something or someone who, no matter what, will never leave us or forsake us. Christ is the answer. Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Have you ever wanted someone to accept you with all your flaws? Have you ever wished that people could look past all the things you didn’t do well to find the things you did do well? Have you ever wanted someone to love you just for who you are and not want to change you? We all do.
Bob Garbarino’s main concern Saturday morning was getting his RV fixed.Sure, his crew and driver Donny Lia were at
So Garbarino spent much of the day working to get the exhaust manifold leak corrected so that he and his wife, Joan, could drive back home after the race. They had taken the RV out to
Waterford, CT — The 2007 Waterford Speedbowl’s Wild n’ Wacky Champions – Bubby Brouwer (X-Modified), Jason Palmer (Legends),John Yagmin (Super X) and Brad Voglesong (C Car) – will head up the honorees at the Wild n Wacky Awards Party under the tent Wednesday Sept. 19 from 5-9 PM.
High Point, NC — Bill Davis Racing announced today that Donny Lia, one of NASCAR’s Modified Superstars, will drive a fourth truck for the team in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at [Loudon] New Hampshire International Speedway Sept. 15.
The Jericho, N.Y., native has competed in many different series over the years, including the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. Lia had already tamed two of the three most hallowed tracks on the Tour (Stafford [Conn.] Motor Speedway and New Hampshire International Speedway) this season, and he completed the sweep Saturday night when he captured the pole and a win at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. It was his sixth victory of the season.
Marilyn 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 important, its conscience
“Her contributions to our club over the years are many, far too many to count,” said NEMA President Mike Scrivani. “Saying she will be missed seems trite at this point, but Marilyn touched so many of us in positive ways. Whatever the problem, she was there for us. It is a sad time.”
John Donahue spent all of Saturday’s practice sessions at
On lap 94, Donahue and company started to look like geniuses. That’s when the Shaw car moved past polesitter and race leader Scott Payea for the third and final time, and began its march toward the victory.
The Whelen Southern Modified Tour is two races into a three-race run that spans just seven days.
The journey began on Saturday at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in a combination race with the Whelen Modified Tour and followed with Monday’s 150-lapper at Ace (N.C.) Speedway.Now the Whelen Southern Modified Tour is awaiting a return to racing action at Caraway in the Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150.
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Waterford, CT — Two championship races – the Super X and the X Car – remain unsettled as the popular Wild n’ Wacky Wednesday series concludes its 2007 campaign this week. Super X leader John Yagmin is 22 up on Greg Moran Jr. with red-hot Steve Barrett still in the picture as well heading into the Super X 20 lapper. X Car leader Brad Voglesong is still within the reach of Mark Caise (-22) and Patrick Williams (-24) heading into that 20 lapper.
Buddy Brouwer has clinched the X-Modified crown and Jason Palmer needs only to start to clinch sole position of the Legends prize. There’s still much to be settled, however, in both those divisions.
Canaan, NH — A gorgeous Labor Day afternoon, greeted a good crowd of race fans at the Canaan Motorsports Complex in Canaan, New Hampshire, as the Pro All Star Series invaded the 1/3 mile Speedway with their PASS Outlaw Late Models, PASS Mods, PASS Pullen Industries Limited Sportsman, and a four cylinder open. Winners on the day included Walt Hammond, Jason Taylor, George Baldwin and Mark Childs Jr.
The Outlaw Late Models took center stage with a 100 lap main event. By virtue of his heat win, Mike Harnish grabbed the early lead, and held the field at bay til just past the half way point in the event. Alan Wilson and Walt Hammond were challenging on each restart, but never could quite get the jump on Harnish. On lap fifty-four, Harnish apparently missed a shift and fell deep into the field. Wilson was off like a rocket, when suddenly his car careened off the backstretch into the barrier, ending his day. A flat right front tire caused the mishap. This sent Hammond to the point, a position he wouldn’t relinquish for the remainder of the event. Hammond’s margin of victory was nearly a full straightaway. Following Hammond to the line were Jay Sands, Donnie Lashua, Jimmy Rosenfield and Mike Harnish. Heat checkers flew for Harnish, Wilson and Jimmy Renfrew.
Stafford Springs, CT — Following post race technical inspection from the August 31, 2007 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series feature events at Stafford Motor Speedway, the following change has been made…
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In each case it is the defending champions hoping to chase down the current leader and in each case the margin is 20 points. Leader Rob Janovic Jr., a veteran campaigner seeking his first-ever title, leads Dennis Gada, a six-time champion, going into the SK 35 lap feature. Ken Cassidy Jr. has the edge on two-time defending champion Danny Field heading into the Mini Stock 20 lapper.
The Northeastern Midget Association only had four days turn around time after last Wednesday’s mid-week spectacular at Seekonk Speedway that was won by Lou Cicconi. Saturday’s event at Monadnock Speedway was rescheduled after rain forced the postponement of the event originally scheduled for
Brown led the final 82 laps and beat second place driver L.W. Miller by more than half a second.
It was Brown’s second career Whelen Southern Modified Tour victory and it came before an emotional pit crew that consists of several family members.
Daniel A. Dulude, 52, of
Born in
He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Lillian Dulude of
A private funeral service was held at the Darlington Mortuary of L. Heroux & Son in
Sources: Providence Journal/Projo.com
Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. will take a 53-point lead over Wayne Reutimann Jr. of Zephyr Hills, Fla. into the “Super Saturday” Sept. 15 “Hew Hampshire 75” at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Kaeding extended his K & N Silver Crown Championship Series lead with a third-place finish in Sunday night’s “Ted Horn 100” at the DuQuoin (Ill.) State Fairgrounds.Shane Cottle of
The race at NHIS will be the first for the series at the 1.058-mile oval. A 75-lap feature race is on tap and will follow the
Thompson, CT — The second annual Sunoco MODIFIED MANIA is on track for this coming weekend of September 8th & 9th. With 400 laps of Modified feature event racing, fans of these open wheel, super-fast racecars will get to see an entire weekend of nothing but their favorite kind of short track racing.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will lead the six-division MODIFIED MANIA race weekend. It will mark the fourth appearance of the Whelen Modified Tour at Thompson this year. Race winners James Civali (ICEBREAKER), Donny Lia (June 21st) and Todd Szegedy (Aug. 16th) will all be on hand along with all of the top competitors on this exciting touring series.
The Bob Valenti Auto Mall Speedway Bowling Tournament pitted Middletown’s Brad & Lisa Voglesong against Trumbull’s Duane Noll and Rick Whittle of Mystic. In the final tally, “Out Of Control” Duane Noll and “Sick Rick” Whittle proved to be consummate professionals in the sport of auto-bowling (a Speedbowl original), soundly defeating Team Volglesong in the final round.
Waterford, CT — Two time champion and present point leader Kirk Alexander, Swanzey, NH; reached a milestone and roared to victory Saturday night in the “Town Fair Tire 100” True Value Modified Racing Series event at the famed Waterford, CT; Speedbowl. Alexander scored his fifth win of the season, his twenty fifth TVMRS career victory, and has now become the only driver to win a race at every track competed on by the traveling series, now in it’s fourth season.
Dale Evonsion, E.Hartland, CT; and Todd Patnode, Swanzey, NH; brought the 27 car field to green with Evonsion jumping into the lead and setting a fast pace early on. Jimmy Dolan, Bethel, CT; Patnode, Jack Bateman, Canaan, NH; and Alexander led lap one but by the fifth go around, Les Hinckley, Windsor Locks, CT; moved quickly toward the front. He was running second when the first of seven yellow flags slowed the race for a crash involving Brian Schofield, Monsen, MA. Schofield was not injured.
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WEST HAVEN, VT – If Ken Tremont Jr. has a to-do list hanging in his garage, he can scratch off “win a 100-lapper at Devil’s Bowl.” Tremont virtually locked up…
Read moreSeekonk, MA — Swansea, MA’s Scott Cestodio continued his string of successful finishes in the 2007 Sunday Spectacular programs, winning his third 25-lap feature of the season before a crowd in excess of 10,000 spectators on September 2. The 24 year-old earned the pole via a random draw for starting spots, and led the 20-car field down to the green with fellow veteran Mark Boisvert.
The duo battled side-by-side for the lead for several laps, with both drivers taking a turn out front. By lap 6, however, Cestodio had cleared Boisvert, with Carlos Silva, Amy Arsenault, John A. Robidoux, Steve Cromwell, Bob Hinckley, George Correia, John Robidoux, and Charles Beal comprising the remainder of the top ten.
American-Canadian Tour (ACT) stock car racer “Irish” John Donahue of Graniteville, VT scored an upset first career win in the $50,000 ACTion Super Series 29th Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl on Sunday afternoon. Donahue battled polesitter and race leader Scott Payea of Milton, VT for 94 laps before taking over for good and driving virtually uncontested to a victory worth more than $6,000.
“It seems like we couldn’t do anything wrong all day,” Donahue beamed in the winner’s circle. “We finally got a Tour win, and we did it at Thunder Road. Yes!”
Martinsville, VA — Donny Lia is in the middle of a career-defining season. He got the victory of a lifetime Saturday night in the Made In American Whelen 300 at Martinsville Speedway.
“It’s the biggest one of my career so far,” said Lia. “It means a lot for me to win here.”
Lia held off Ted Christopher for the win in the race – the annual combination event between the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour. Not only did the victory further solidify Lia’s Whelen Modified Tour points lead, it comes two weeks after his friend and fellow driver John Blewett III passed away following a racing accident.
Seekonk, MA — Rehoboth, MA’s David Darling inherited the lead when Todd Annarummo and Fred Astle, Jr. crashed while battling for the win on the white flag lap and held…
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Waterford, CT — Jeff Pearl came from deep in the pack to win the first 25-lap SK segment of the “Double Down Shootout” at the Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday evening.
In the nightcap SK event, it was Todd Ceravolo followed by Dennis Gada, Keith Rocco, Tyler Chadwick, and, Jeff Paul. For the second consecutive year, Gada was the overall “Double Down” winner.
Other feature winners were Kirk Alexander (True Value Modified Series), Ed Reed Jr. and Larry Goss (Late Model), Walt Hovey and Josh Galvin (Sportsman), Ken Cassidy Jr. and Phil Evans (Mini Stock).
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Norwich – Edwin F. Yerrington Sr., 78, of 31 Trading Cove Circle, passed away Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007, at his home. He was born Oct. 14, 1928, in Norwich, the…
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