Local driver Derek Griffith hopes to turn the current racing season round with a strong finish at the Star Speedway in Epping, NH in the Granite State Pro Stock Series main event this weekend. (Credit: Kevin Rice photo.)
By Lou Modestino
Derek Griffith, the young and talented Pro-Stock driver from Hudson, NH, is looking to rebound after a pair of disappointing finishes as the Granite State Pro Stock Series returns to the quarter-mile Star Speedway in Epping, N.H. Continue reading
Millis, MA standout Modified driver Tommy Barrett, Jr. showed the rest of the Valenti Modified Racing Series drivers the way around the Stafford Motor Speedway. (Credit: Howie Hodge photo)
By Lou Modestino
19-year old Tommy Barrett, of Millis, MA, used a daring three-wide pass on a lap-57 restart, to go on and win the Valenti Modified Racing Series sanctioned 80-lap race on Friday night at the Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford Springs, CT. Continue reading
Tommy Barrett, Jr. of Millis, fresh off his Modified Victory at Bristol, hopes to be on a roll going into Friday night’s Valenti Modified Series race at Stafford. Credit:NASCAR Home Tracks photo)
By Lou Modestino
The Valenti Modified Racing Series opens Labor Day weekend at the Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, CT, Friday, August 29, with another 80-lap feature race on tap, the final appearance by the series there this season. Continue reading
Brad Babb (center) celebrates his first Granite State Pro Stock win at Hudson International Speedway with his crew. (Credit: Crystal Snapp photo)
By Lou Modestino
Brad Babb fended off threats from Barry Gray and Matt Frahm to claim the victory in the Hudson Hugger at Hudson International Speedway, recording his first victory with the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS). Continue reading
Cassius Clark showed the rest of the PASS Super Late Model Tour at Speedway 95 in Hermon, ME (Credit:: PASS Tour photo.)
By Lou Modestino
Cassius Clark of Farmington survived a rough-and-tumble finish to wrestle victory away from DJ Shaw in Sunday’s Hight Chevrolet 150 Pro All Stars Series Super Late Model race at Speedway 95 in Hermon, Maine. Continue reading
Kingston’s Randy Cabral (center) showed that he still has the fortitude to win NEMA Midget features in spite of early season problems. (Credit: NEMA photo )
By Lou Modestino
Randy Cabral showcased his team’s strength of car and driver, Ryan Krachun picked up his first ever NEMA Lite win and Joey Payne bested some of his open-wheel contemporaries in midget action at Epping NH’s Star Speedway on Saturday night. Continue reading
Dwight Jarvis of Ascutney, VT was a popular winner among the fans at the VMRS race at Monadnock Speedway (Credit: Yankee Racer photo)
By Lou Modestino
It didn’t have the dramatic finish like last weeks race at Seekonk, but it had the same result, a large vocal crowd greeting the race winner, this time fan favorite 41-year veteran Dwight Jarvis, when he exited his race car. Jarvis had just won the annual Valenti Modified Racing Series sanctioned ‘Victor Johnson Memorial 100’ and the Monadnock Speedway crowd let him know they liked what they saw. Continue reading
Defending champion Nick Sweet #88 will be going at it with a bunch of other Thunder Road drivers in the Labor Day Classic 200 at the Quarry Hill track in Barre, VT. (Credit: Leif Tillotson photo)
By Lou Modestino
The largest purse of the four-race Vermont State Championship is up for grabs at the 36th annual Coca-Cola Labor Day Classic at Thunder Road in Barre, Vermont on Sunday, August 31. The 2014 Thunder Road Championship will also be decided after one of the closest and most competitive seasons of racing at Thunder Road in recent memory. Continue reading
Carver’s Keith Johnson manages to keep racing MX once in a while to keep in shape. He rode in the recent SuperX event held at the Marshfield Fairgrounds and finished a respectable runner-up in the Pro Class. (Credit: Capeway Rovers photo)
By Lou Modestino
We took in the Bettencourt Honda Suzuki SuperX at the Marshfield Fair. There were a lot of riders there from 8 year old kids to the old pros in their mid 40’s. In the 50 cc and over Owen Covell aboard a Cob of Plymouth took that class while Matthew Will of Halifax won the 50 cc on his KTM. Larry Fortin came all the way up from Tolland, CT to take the 65cc A/B. In the Lite Pros, Robert Marshall of Stow took that class on his KTM while Robert Marshall got to victory lane and aboard his Kawasaki. Continue reading
Joey Pole of Hudson, NH is always a contender when he races a Late Model, Super Late Model and ACT Tour Late Model (Credit; NHMS photo)
By Lou Modestino
Two former winners and a new young gun were the first to accept invitations to the 6th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational to be held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) on Saturday, September 20, 2014. Invitations were first sent to those who qualified throughout the season by winning either an ACT US event or Série ACT event in Quebec. Continue reading