Up in central Vermont the stock car action is in full swing with the summer season’s arrival. That Thursday night action will continue until the last week in August 2016
Matt White of Northfield grabbed the lead halfway through the race, then held off a late-race challenge from Eric Badore of Milton to claim the 50-lap Late Model feature on North Country Federal Union Night at Thunder Road.
It’s $10,000 to win for the 13th Open Wheel Wednesday which is set for June 29 at Seekonk Speedway. The Cement Palace will host the Tri Track Open Modified series for the third straight year. The event will also include the NEMA Midget Boston Louie and the NEMA Lites. The race was originally called Modified Madness before it hooked up with the early summer Tri-Track Series event. Continue reading
Vintage sports cars descend on Thompson’s 1.7 mile roadcourse.
Over 100 vintage sports cars, spanning across nearly a century, will converge on the 1.7-mile road course at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) this week, June 23-25, for the 3rd Annual Vintage Motorsports Festival. This event will feature drivers from two of the premier vintage racing clubs in the Northeast, the Vintage Racer Group (VRG) and Vintage Sports Car Club of America (VSCCA), on the historic road course. In its third year of running, the event continues to grow as one of the most anticipated races of the season at Thompson.
This year the featured marque will be Alfa Romeo. This group will be honored with a special Alfa-only race on both Friday and Saturday, featuring a wide range of models from Alfa Romeo’s impressive racing history, including the Alfa Romeo Monza, Giulietta and GTV.
Alfa Romeo car owners are also invited to join in the festivities on Saturday, as one of the featured car corrals for the event. In addition to a special parking area, they will enjoy parade laps around the track at lunchtime on Saturday. The event will also include car corrals for BMW, Porsche, Corvettes and British car owners.
TSMP is thrilled to welcome special guest and former IndyCar driver, Lyn St. James, to the 2016 event. One of the top female drivers to have raced in this country, she has been awarded Rookie of the Year at the Indy 500 and is a winner of the Daytona 24 Hours race. She will be featured as the guest speaker at the Participants’ Dinner on Friday evening, and will also be holding a book signing in the Paddock area on Saturday at 12:30 PM.
The 3-day event will feature a Practice day on Thursday, and Qualifying and Racing all day Friday and Saturday.
In honor of our Armed Forces, U.S. Military, Reserves and National Guard will receive free admission to the Vintage Motorsports Festival. Veterans will receive a discounted ticket.
Source: TMSP/Theresa Condict
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Tri-Track Series continues to pick up momentum for 2016 and moves to Seekonk for Wednesday, June 29 Open Wheel Wednesday.
When the NorthEast Race Cars and Parts Tri Track Open Modified Series hits the track at Seekonk Speedway next Wednesday night for the annual Open Wheel Wednesday, Jeff Rocco will have a familiar sponsor on the side of his ride.
Eddie MacDonald(right) is gets congrats from his father Red MacDonald for making it again to victory lane. (Credit: Ed MacDonald photo.)
Eddie MacDonald will team up again with Super Late Model owner Dave Lemieux in the PASS 150 at Lee USA Speedway on Friday night, June 24. The pair joined forces to win the first ever SLM race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last year and hope to repeat that performance at the very familiar surroundings of Lee. Continue reading
Nine PASS North Tour are within striking distance of the tour championship and this Friday night, June 24 race at Lee USA will be critical to that end.
After a few weeks off due to rain, the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Models will be back on track Friday night at Lee USA Speedway in New Hampshire. Coming in to this weekend’s action, nine drivers are in striking distance for the championship, including Tamworth, NH’s Jeremy Davis. While Davis sits ninth in points, the Granite State favorite is not happy with his results, scoring only one top 10 finish so far this season.
Justin Bonsinore has taken advantage of his home court experience to win at Riverhead Raceway’s familiar turf this Saturday night, June 25. Credit: NASCAR Home Track photo.)
Three of Bonsignore’s eight career victories have come at the tough, intense quarter-mile, where the Holtsville, New York, driver was the 2011 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track champion in the Modified division. He also has two career victories at Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, New Hampshire, another of the quarter-mile bullrings where the tour has competed in recent seasons.
With one-quarter of the racing season completed the focus will be on winning the championships in the track’s four NASCAR weekly divisions.
The stock car racing season is only one-quarter of the way complete on the Asphalt Track at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, but the championship battles are already heating up. As the annual “Hometown Heroes” Night presented by Rutland Regional Medical Center and Whelen Engineering approaches on Saturday, June 25 at 6 p.m., all four divisions of the weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series are gearing up for exciting title races throughout the summer. Continue reading
NEMA’s Mike Scravani Memorial at Monadnock Speedway brought out the best of that club’s competitors.
Jim Chambers dominated the feature event in the Northeastern Midget Association’s Iron Mike Scrivani Memorial, in a race that was only slowed by a single caution. In the Lites segment, PJ Stergios captured an impressive victory, coming from deep in the field to win the event. The race commemorated Iron Mike Scrivani, long time NEMA car owner, and famous open wheel owner in the Northeast.
Joe Arena proves that he’s a force to be reckoned with when ever he races with the Northeast Street Stock Tour.
Joe Arena is proving that 2015 was no fluke. The Bristol, CT-driver won his third North East Street Stock Tour (NESST) race of the season last Friday night at Lee USA Speedway.