Monthly Archives: November 2015

US Pro Stock Championship race to be held at Seekonk Speedway on Tuesday, July 12, 2016

After cultivating the Pro Stocks in southern New England for decades, Seekonk Speedway plans a big Pro Stock National mid-week race around the first NASCAR weekend at NHMS in July 2016  (Credit:  Seekonk Speedway photo.)

After cultivating the Pro Stocks in southern New England for decades, Seekonk Speedway plans a big Pro Stock National mid-week race around the first NASCAR weekend at NHMS in July 2016 (Credit: Seekonk Speedway photo.)

The Pro Stocks  compete at race tracks in New England and throughout the country by their original name, and at some tracks and racing series as Super  Late  Models. The Pro Stock/Super Late Models  race as a weekly racing division, or as a racing touring series which compete at multiple race tracks on an alternating schedule. The Pro Stocks/Super Late Models were created by and introduced to racing by the original builder and promoter of Seekonk Speedway, the late D. Anthony Venditti in 1978. This initiative sanctions Seekonk Speedway as the race track with the right to host. such an event..

Lime Rock Park announces 2016 schedule.

Sam Posey Straight at Lime Rock Park in CT offers some great racing views.  (Credit: LRP photo

Sam Posey Straight at Lime Rock Park in CT offers some great racing views. (Credit: LRP photo

 

The 2016 Schedule at Lime Rock Park:  Four big events, not three like last year, and includes the return of the wildly popular Pirelli World Challenge and Ferrari Challenge series – and a much-improved IMSA show, along with the 34th Historic Festival. (Christmas idea: 2016 Season Pass!)

 

• May 27-29, Pirelli World Challenge Memorial Day Weekend
Pirelli World Challenge (GT, GTA, GTS, GT Cup), world debut of SCCA Pro Racing United States F4 Championship series
, and the Seventh Annual Royals Garage Sunday Car Show

 

• July 22-23, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Northeast Grand Prix & Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge
WeatherTech championship: Prototype Challenge, GTLM & GTD; Continental championship: Grand Sport & Street Tuner. The big news this year is the return of the terrific GTLM class. (For all you Corvette fans, your day has come.) New factory efforts by Ford (the new GT!), Lamborghini, Lexus and Dodge have joined the fray, so this will be a history making event.

NEW for IMSA 2016: Teens 16 and under admitted FREE with accompanying adult

• September 2-5, Historic Festival 34 & Sunday in the Park Concours
250 vintage and historic race cars, 1,200 concours and collector cars, iconic Honored Guests and special collections. Each year’s Festival is always highly anticipated; there’s so much to see and do it’s hard to describe it all!

• September 24, Ferrari Challenge North America Trofeo Pirelli presented by Singha Beer
Lime Rock fans have gotten their wish for 2016: The return of Ferrari Challenge. The 458C Evo is a tremendous racing machine, and seeing a squadron of them at full chat at Lime Rock is not to be missed. For the record, the drivers looooove racing here… Stay tuned for more news, folks…

 

Source: Lime Rock Park PR

 

Scott Payea will return to ACT competition in 2016

 

 

The ACT Tour 2016 Schedules will be released by Thanksgiving

The ACT Tour 2016 Schedules will be released by Thanksgiving

 

Former American-Canadian Tour (ACT) standout Scott Payea will join the team for the 2016 ACT Tour season. Milton, VT’s Payea returns after two years off from racing to compete for the Tour championship behind the wheel of the RPM Racing Engines Ford with car owner and crew chief Rick Paya.

 

Payea previously competed on the ACT Tour for six seasons beginning in 2005. He was the ACT Rookie of the Year in 2005 and finished runner-up in points for three straight years from 2007-2009, losing the 2008 championship to Patrick Laperle by a single point. Payea also won five Tour events, including two victories in the Merchants Bank 150 at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road as well as wins at White Mountain Motorsports Park, Waterford Speedbowl, and Airborne Park Speedway.

 

He then competed weekly at Thunder Road from 2011 through 2013, finishing in the top-10 in points each year. Payea retired from racing at the end of the 2013 season to spend more time with his family, but after two seasons on the sidelines, he jumped at the unexpected chance to return.

 

“I went to a few races to watch with my son, and I found out that there’s no middle ground for me,” Payea said in an RPM Motorsports press release. “I either wanted to be out there on the track or not there at all, so I didn’t go too often. In the back of my mind I was hoping I would get another shot, but I never expected to have a car owner like Rick call me and want me to drive.”

 

Payea joins a team which has won eight ACT Tour Championships and nearly 40 ACT Late Model races with drivers including Jean-Paul Cyr, Brian Hoar, Nick Sweet, and Austin Theriault. RPM Motorsports recently won the final two races of the 2015 ACT season at Airborne Park Speedway and Thompson Speedway with Brian Hoar at the controls. But Hoar announced in Victory Lane at Thompson that he was stepping away from racing to spend more time with his own family, creating the opportunity for Payea to return to the driver’s seat.

 

“The announcement of Rick Paya and his RPM team bringing Scott Payea back to the 2016 ACT Tour can prove to be a game-changer,” ACT President Tom Curley said. “We know the kind of credentials that the RPM team brings to any organization, and Scott certainly proved what an outstanding racer he had become before he made the decision to spend some time with his young family. That decision alone shows the character of Scott Payea. This team will be strong beginning with our opening event at Lee USA Speedway in April. Teams that love to compete, like early contenders Wayne Helliwell Jr. and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., will be happy to have this kind of quality competition joining us on the 2016 ACT campaign.”

 

The 2016 ACT U.S. and Série ACT schedules are expected to be released by Thanksgiving.

 

Source: ACT Tours PR

Short Track racers ready of the Mason Dixon Meltdown 200

Turner, Maine's Mike Rowe will be joined by his son Ben Rowe at the weekend's Mason-Dixson Meltdown at the Hickory Speedway in NC.  (Credit:: PASS Tour photo.)

Turner, Maine’s Mike Rowe (center) will be joined by his son Ben Rowe at the weekend’s Mason-Dixson Meltdown at the Hickory Speedway in NC. (Credit:: PASS Tour photo.)

 

Top short track racers from across the country are making their way south as they prepare for this weekend’s Mason-Dixon Meltdown 200 at the legendary Hickory Motor Speedway.  This Saturday’s 200 lapper at Hickory also doubles as the 2015 season finale for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Model division.  The South’s longest running and most prestigious short track championship will be decided between points leader Tate Fogleman and challengers Zane Smith, Matt Craig, and Jody Measamer. Continue reading

ODonnell, Davis and Moodie honored at Thunder Road Banquet of Champions

 

T Road competitors break bread at the 2015 Banquet of Champions.

T Road competitors break bread at the 2015 Banquet of Champions.

 

Thunder Road International Speedbowl honored its 2015 Champions with the annual Banquet of Champions at the Barre Elks Club on Saturday, November 14. Derrick O’Donnell received the top honors for the third consecutive season in the Thunder Road Late Model division, while Brendan Moodie and Jamie Davis earned their first Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen and Allen Lumber Street Stock championships, respectively. Continue reading

Griffith to be honored at Granite State Pro Stock Series Championship Awards Banquet

Derek Griffith will be in the spot light at the Granite State Pro Stock Series banquet

Derek Griffith will be in the spot light at the Granite State Pro Stock Series banquet

The Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) has announced the date to the year-ending 2015 Championship Awards Banquet. This year’s banquet will take place Saturday, January 9, at one of New Hampshire’s premier event destinations, the Executive Court Banquet Facility in Manchester, NH. The top-10 in the final point standings in the series’ fourth full season will be honored, as well as the 2015 champion, Derek Griffith.

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Four drivers will go to Hickory Speedway with a shot at the PASS South Championship on Nov. 21

The PASS South Championship will be determined on Novermber 21 at Hickory Speedway

The PASS South Championship will be determined on November 21 at Hickory Speedway

As a long 2015 season for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Models gets set to come to an end next weekend at Hickory Motor Speedway, race fans will be focused on a thrilling championship battle.  Four drivers will come to Hickory with a shot at the South’s most prestigious Super Late Model championship at the completion of 200 green flag laps in the 10th Annual Mason-Dixon Meltdown.  Since 2006, the Meltdown has seen some of the biggest names in Super Late Model racing go to victory lane including Cassius Clark, Ben Rowe, Johnny Clark, Justin Wakefield, and Preston Peltier. Continue reading

PASS announces it’s South Schedule

 

 

PASS Pro All Stars Series

PASS announced it’s Southern Tour in order to give its Northern Teams an opportunity to to run some  of the pre-season events

 

 

Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials announced today the final three dates on the 2016 PASS South Super Late Model schedule.  The South’s longest running Super Late Model series will return to Anderson Motor Speedway in South Carolina, while Hickory Motor Speedway will receive a third PASS South Super Late Model event in the fall of 2016.  East Carolina Motor Speedway in Robersonville, NC joins the PASS South schedule for the first time in 2016 and will fill out the 11th anniversary season’s slate of races.  The 2016 season will consist of 15 races at 8 speedways in three states. Continue reading