“Milt” Wright Passes Away

By admin January 8, 2024 ACT, Airborne, Autodrome St-Félicien, Autodrome Val-Bélair, Beech Ridge, Capital City, Catamount, Cayuga, Claremont Motorsports Park, Dover, Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville, Lancaster National Speedway & Dragway, Lee USA, Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour, Milwaukee, Monadnock, New London-Waterford, Obituaries, Oxford Plains, Riverside International Speedway-Antigonish, Riverside Park Speedway, Sanair, Seekonk, Spud, Stafford, Star, Thompson, Thunder Road, Unity, Westboro Speedway, Wiscasset

Milton Francis “Milt” WrightApr 10, 1944 – Jan 3, 2024 STANNARD:  Milton Francis (Milt) Wright,79, died unexpectedly following a brief illness at his home in Stannard on January 3, 2024.…

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NEAR Hall of Fame Class of 2015

By admin August 19, 2015 Catamount, Daytona, ISMA, Lee USA, Lime Rock Park, Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour, Monadnock, NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series, NASCAR WMT, NEAR, New London-Waterford, Nostalgia, Oswego, Seekonk, Spud, Stafford, Star, Thompson, Thunder Road, Westboro Speedway

Victories at LeMans and Daytona International Speedway are among the hundreds of checkered flags owned by the New England Auto Racing Hall of Fame’s class of 2015. Sam Posey, one…

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NEAR Announces 2014 Hall of Fame Class

By admin July 29, 2014 ACT, Airborne, Autodrome Chaudiere, Autodrome Montmagny, Autodrome Saguenay, Autodrome St-Félicien, Autodrome Val-Bélair, Beech Ridge, Canaan Fair, Catamount, Cayuga, Circuit Riverside Speedway Ste-Croix, Claremont Motorsports Park, Concord, Dover, Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville, Flemington, Florence, Greenville-Pickens, Hickory, Holland, ISMA, Jennerstown, Lanier, Lee USA, Lime Rock Park, Martinsville, Milwaukee, Monadnock, NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series, NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, NASCAR WMT, Nazareth, NEAR, NESMRA, New London-Waterford, NHMS, NHRA, North Wilkesboro, Norwood, Nostalgia, Orange County, Oswego, Oxford Plains, PASS, PASS National, PASS North, PASS South, Pines, Plainville, Riverside Park Speedway, Riverside Speedway and Adventure Park, Sanair, Scotia, South Boston, Southern National, Speedway 660, Speedway 95, Spud, Stafford, Star, Thompson, Thunder Road, Unity, Watkins Glen, Westboro Speedway, White Mountain Motorsports Park, Wiscasset

Drivers Deke Astle, Jim Martel, Mike Rowe, Fred Schulz, Ron Wyckoff, drag racing icon Bob Tasca, historian R.A. Silvia and car builder/mechanic Dave Tourigny make up the New England Auto…

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NEAR Introduces “Class Of 2013” At 16th Annual Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony

By admin November 11, 2013 ACT, Airborne, Albany-Saratoga, Autodrome Montmagny, Beech Ridge, Brookline, Catamount, Hudson, Keene, Lee USA, Lonsdale, Manchester, Medford Bowl, NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, NASCAR WMT, NEAR, NEMA, New London-Waterford, Norwood, Nostalgia, Oswego, Oxford Plains, Pines, Plainville, Riverside Park Speedway, Seekonk, Speedway 95, Spencer, Spud, Stafford, Star, Thompson, Thunder Road, Unity, W. Peabody, West Haven Speedway, Westboro Speedway, Wiscasset

South Windsor, CT — On Sunday November 10, the New England Antique Racers (NEAR), presented the 16th annual New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Conducted at Manelley’s…

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NEAR Hall of Famer Rene Charland Passes at 84

By admin October 2, 2013 Airborne, Albany-Saratoga, Catamount, Eastern States, Keene, Lebanon Valley, NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series, NASCAR WMT, NEAR, New London-Waterford, Norwood, Nostalgia, Oxford Plains, Riverside Park Speedway, Seekonk, Stafford, Thompson, West Brattleboro

Rene Charland “Da Champ”: November 13, 1928 – September 30, 2013 Rene M Charland, legendary stock car driver who blazed numerous tracks from Canada to Florida passed away peacefully on…

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