Monthly Archives: September 2016

Seekonk Speedway reschedules D. Anthony Venditti Memorial to late October due to wet weather

The DAV Memorial race in late October will pay the winner of the Open Competition Pro Stock race $5,000. (Credit: Seekonk Speedway photo.)

The DAV Memorial race in late October will pay the winner of the Open Competition Pro Stock race $5,000. (Credit: Seekonk Speedway photo.)

 

By Lou Modestino

This weekend’s D. Anthony Venditti  Memorial at Seekonk Speedway has been rescheduled due to the predicted rain forecast.  The new dates will be Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29 at 2 p.m. The Friday night divisions include SYRA Mini Cups, Pure Stocks, Sport 4’s and Legends.  Saturday afternoon’s Open Competition divisions will include Pro Stock 150 paying $ 5,000 to the winner, Late Model 50, Street Stocks and Sport Trucks.  Because there are so many special events scheduled during September and October in  New England, the dates that Seekonk  chose were the only ones available. Continue reading

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour makes the fourth and final stop of 2016 at the Stafford Motor Speedway this weekend

It was another busy Friday night at the Stafford Motor Speedway.

Stafford Motor Speedway will play host to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour this weekend Saturday and Sunday, October 1-2 for the final time in 2016.

 

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour makes its fourth and final stop of the season at Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford, Connecticut, for the 44th annual NAPA Fall Final 150 on Sunday, October 2.Below is a look at the NAPA Fall Final 150 and some of the selected race participants.

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Bonsignore has the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour title in his sights

NASCAR Whelen Modfiied Tour

Justin Bonsignore has his sight set on winning the 2016 NASCAR When Modified Tour and this weekend’s NAPA Fall Final will play a significant roll in the outcome.

 

Justin Bonsignore’s second-half surge continued last weekend and now the Holtsville, New York, driver has the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship in his sights as the tour heads into the penultimate event on the schedule, the NAPA Fall Final 150 at Stafford Motor Speedway, in Stafford, Connecticut, on Sunday, October 2. Continue reading

Modified great Jerry Marquis will be the Grand Marshal of the NAPA Fall Final at Stafford Motor Speedway this weekend

It was another busy Friday night at the Stafford Motor Speedway.

Jerry Marquis will start the 2016 Fall Final at the Stafford Motor Speedway this Sunday, October 2 with those famous words “Ladies and Gentlemen start your engines”

 

 

Stafford Motor Speedway has announced that modified great Jerry Marquis will serve as the Grand Marshal of the 44th Annual NAPA Auto Parts Fall Final.  Marquis will send the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour to the green flag for their 150-lap race with the most famous words in motorsports. Continue reading

Chris Donnelly showed the other Sprint Car drivers the way around the Dirt Track at Devil’s Bowl on Sunday

 

Chris Donnelly  (r) will lead the SCoNE Sprint Cars debut at Devil's Bowl Speedway in W. Haven Vermont this weekend. (Credit: SCoNE photo)

Chris Donnelly (#17) gave the rest of the Sprint Car field a driving lesson around the Dirt Track at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in W. Haven, Vermont on Sunday (Credit: SCoNE photo)

Chris Donnelly put on a clinic at the Dirt Track at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Sunday, September 25, dominating the second annual Fabian Earthmoving “Green Mountain Sprint Car Nationals” race for the division’s biggest payday of the season.  “The Professor” headlined a winners list that also included NASCAR Whelen All-American Series victories by Bobby Hackel, Mike Ryan, and Billy Duprey. Continue reading

Oakes sweeps Super Streets Saturday at Wiscasset Speedway

 

The NEMA Midgets paid a visit to the Wiscasset Speedway over the weekend.

 

Some 88 race cars jammed the pits at the Wiscasset Speedway on Saturday night on the coast of Maine.

Last Saturday’s race was all about suspense and surprises, and not just because the Enduros were in town. First, all four regular division races were won by drivers earning their first win of the season. Second, all four division champions secured their titles with a top three victory lane finish. Even with the 2016 season winding down, it’s not shocking that the grand stands at Wiscasset Speedway remain full week after week: like a box of chocolates, you never know what you might get. Continue reading

Johnny Clark scores first win of 2016 at White Mountain Motorsports Park

It took Johnny Clark Almost all season long to win a PASS Super Late Model race last Sunday as that tour performed at the White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, NH.(Credit: Oxford Plains Speedway photo.)

It took Johnny Clark Almost all season long to win a PASS Super Late Model race last Sunday as that tour performed at the White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, NH.(Credit: Oxford Plains Speedway photo.)

 

Six-time PASS Super Late Model champion Johnny Clark scores first win of the year at White Mountain Motorsports Park

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Bonsignore seeks first Fall Final NWMT win at Stafford Motor Speedway

Championship point leader Justin Bonsignore goes into the crucial VMRS 100 at Waterford Speedbowl this weekend  looking to pad his lead. (Credit: NASCAR hometrack photo)

 

For Justin Bonsignore and the #51 Phoenix Communications / M3 Technology team, the 2016 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season has been a stark contrast to their 2015 season.  Although they won 2 races last season, Bonsignore finished in 10th place in the points standings and was never a championship contender.  Fast forward to 2016 and Bonsignore and the #51 team have again won 2 races but are now second in the standings behind Doug Coby.  Bonsignore has 3 races remaining to make up a 20-point deficit and with three top-5 finishes at Stafford, including a second place finish in the most recent NWMT race in August, he is looking to collect his first career Stafford victory in the NAPA Fall Final 150 on October 1st & 2nd. Continue reading

Kevin Harvick drives past Matt Kenseth to win the Bad Boy Off Road 300 on Sunday at NHMS

Kevin Harvick wins Bad Boy Off Road 300 at NHMS Kevin Harvick wins Bad Boy Off Road 300 at NHMS  (Credit: HHP photo.)

 

After a rough start to the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, Kevin Harvick came to New Hampshire Motor Speedway on the elimination bubble entering Sunday’s Bad Boy Off Road 300. With Matt Kenseth looking to become the first driver to ever win three straight Cup races at NHMS, Harvick played the spoiler, using a great restart to drive past Kenseth and into the Round of 12.

“When you get in these situations it is fun to be able to succeed,” said Harvick, who jumped from 13th in the standings to an automatic advancement into the next round. “It is kind of like an addiction, you get to compete at this level and you love the rush and I’m just proud of everybody on the team.”

It was the third of the season and the 34th of his career for Harvick, who was making his 100th start for Stewart-Haas Racing. Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and Kurt Busch – all Chasers – finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively.

Carl Edwards rebounded from a late pit road commitment penalty to finish sixth, while Martin Truex Jr. followed up his win last week in Chicago with a seventh-place finish despite leading a race-high 141 laps.

“We raced with Matt for so long at the end I burned the tires up. It was unfortunate to have a car that good all day and lead that many laps and come home seventh, but the team gave us a great car,” said Truex. “It was tough racing, hard racing. I felt I could push the issue a little more, but I didn’t want to have contact. He is a teammate, so it would have been an awkward meeting on Tuesday if I knocked him out of the way for a second win in the first round.”

Jimmie Johnson finished eighth and Kyle Larson finished 10th. Kasey Kahne (ninth) was the only non-Chaser to finish inside the top-10.

Chasers finishing outside the top-10 include Chase Elliott (13th), who was a top-five car for much of the day, Denny Hamlin (15th), Austin Dillon (16th), Jamie McMurray (19th), and Chris Buescher (30th).

Tony Stewart, who is also in the Chase, finished 23rd in his final race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Fans held up oversized Stewart cut-outs of his face to honor the retiring three-time NHMS Cup winner during driver introductions and on Lap 14.

Kenseth, who led 105 laps and much of the last third of the race, took the outside line on a late restart. Harvick wasn’t going to be fooled, though, and stayed with Kenseth through the “Wicked Fast Restart Zone” all the way into the first turn, where he eventually overtook Kenseth for the lead and pulled away for the victory.

“I didn’t do a good job on that last restart,” said Kenseth. “He was laying back, which you should to get a good run, and I spun the tires. I don’t want to say I don’t care about points, but it is the farthest from my mind. In a position to win and had preferred position on the restart – I just totally didn’t get it done, which is disappointing.”

With just next weekend’s race at Dover International Speedway remaining in the three-race opening round, Harvick joins Truex as the only drivers locked into the Round of 12.

“For 10 weeks you have to perform at the top level and give all that you have,” said Harvick. “It’s just that time of year. Now we need to focus on what we need to do to keep the momentum going.”

 

Source: NHMS PR/Kristen Lestock

 

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Sixth NASCAR Camping World Truck series victory for William Byron at NHMS on Saturday

 

William Byron NASCAR Camping World Track Series driver.

William Byron celebrates his victory at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday. (Credit NHMS photo)

William Byron came to New Hampshire Motor Speedway as the top overall seed for the inaugural Camping World Truck Series Chase. After Saturday’s UNOH 175, the 18-year-rookie is now locked into the next round of the Chase. Byron led 161 laps and drove away from the field in a dominant performance for his series-leading sixth victory of the season.

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