Connecticut’s Ted Christopher will be one of the favorites to win the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour opening round of 2015 in the upcoming Icebreaker at Thompson Speedway set for April 11-12. (Credit: NASCAR Home Track photo.)
The Icebreaker on April 11-12 marks the opening of the 75th season at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP). To commemorate the occasion, TSMP will be holding a 75 lap race for their premiere NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, the Sunoco Modifieds.
Classic cars such as the 1962 Chevy Impala Super Sport are typically seen at the three major Southeastern MA cruise nights. (Credit: photo gallery. )
By Lou Modestino
The Brockton based Wheels of Time will try to get the 2015 cruise night schedule off to a start at the Raynham Taunton Park on Rt. 138 in Raynham on Thursday night, April 9 at 4 p.m. They will continue to run every other Thursday starting on April 23, May 7, May 21, June 4, June 18, July 2, July 16, July 30, August 13, August 27, September 10. Some of these dates could change due to rain-outs.The club’s annual car show is set for Sunday, September 20 with a rain date of Saturday, September 26. That club will wind up the 2015 season with two more cruise nights set for Thursday’s September 24 and October 8. The move to Raynham Park a few years ago, from Southeastern Regional Votec in Easton, gave the Wheels of Time almost unlimited parking spaces and this cruise night continues to grow. Continue reading
Wayne Helliwell, Jr. is one driver, among others, is favored to win in three 150 lap ACT races at Lee, Oxford and Thunder Road. (Credit: ACT Tour photo.)
The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) will compete in three 150-lap events on three completely different tracks in all three northern New England states to open the 2015 season. The New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150, now re-set due to snow on April 28, is the usual traditional opening event for ACT teams held yearly at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH. Teams will now start off the 2015 season at Oxford Plains Speedway (OPS) in Oxford, ME on April 18, then Lee USA followed by their annual visit to Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT on May 3.
Eddie MacDonald of Rowley will have to wait another two weeks before he races his ACT Tour Late Model at his home track Lee USA Speedway in NH. (Credit: ACT Tour photo.)
The never-ending winter of 2015 has forced officials of the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and the Lee USA Speedway to postpone the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150, originally scheduled for Saturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12.
Turner, Maine’s Ben Rowe started the 2015 season off with a win at Anderson Speedway in the PASS Super Late Model feature. (Credit: PASS Tour photo.)
Three-time Pro All Stars Series (PASS) National Champion Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine began his title defense in style with a thrilling win in Saturday night’s Peach Blossom Special for the PASS South Super Late Models at Anderson Motor Speedway. Rowe held off rookies Zane Smith and Jared Fryar to snap a winless streak dating back to November, 2013 when he won the North-South Shootout at Caraway Speedway.
Fast and Furious exotic cars like this 2012 Lucra C4 will be on display this weekend at the Seaport Center in Boston. (Credit: World of Wheels photo.)
Championship Auto Shows, Inc. is known for presenting iconic custom vehicles from television and film at its Autorama, World of Wheels, and Cavalcade of Customs events. This year, CASI is pulling out all the stops to showcase vehicles from one of Hollywood’s most popular film series. “Furious 7,” the newest film in the series, is set to release to the public, Friday, April 3, 2015. Continue reading
The ACT Tour Late Models are set for a big 2015 season with special events. (Credit: ACT Tour photo.)
The 2015 American-Canadian Tour (ACT) schedule is shaping up to be one of the biggest in recent memory. The U.S. Tour will hold 13 point-counting events and three special events at 12 different tracks throughout the northeastern United States and Canada, featuring a variety of long-standing events, new tracks, and new alliances.
Denny Zimmerman at the wheel of his NASCAR Modified when he raced up-and-down the East Coast with the Eastern Bandits. (Credit: Shaney Lorenzet photo.)
By Lou Modestino
One of the famed Eastern Bandits, Denny Zimmerman of Connecticut, has committed to attend the 11th Annual Norwood Arena/New England Dragway South Reunions set for Sunday, June 7, at Bezema Motors on US Rt. 1 in Norwood from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. He was among three other members of that group that traveled the eastern seaboard back in the 60’s.
Jon Beekhuis is one of the more knowledgeable on-air personalities covering Indy Car races for over two decades. Credit: ESPN photo.)
By Lou Modestino
NASCAR’s move to NBC from ABC/ESPN triggered a lot of musical chairs of the various on-air personalities during the off-season. It even continued into the early season. We are sure that could be a few more as the dust settles and the networks continue to jockey for position. As the sanctions make changes in TV rights networks, It keeps those sports agents for those on-air personalities busy drawing up contracts and negotiating compensation for their clients. Continue reading
Predicting who can beat Eddie MacDonald in April’s Governoro’s Cup ACT opener at Lee USA Speedway will be hard. Because Eddie has been able to string several races on various late Model circuits from last year into the February pre-season ACT events at New Smyrna Speedway in Fla. (Credit: ACT Tour photo.)
Eddie MacDonald of Rowley has gone on to win just about every major regional Late Model race, including championship efforts in the NASCAR K&N Series, the Oxford 250 (twice), Bond Auto ACT Invitational at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (twice), Thunder Road’s famous Milk Bowl, and recently he swept the triple 100 lap features in a very competitive field at the World Series of Asphalt Racing at New Smyrna Speedway.