2010-09-18

ALBUM PHOTO: SPRINT CUP FINAL PRACTICE

Voici un album de 183 images de la dernière séance d’essais Sprint Cup disputé à la piste de New Hampshire Motor Speedway le samedi 18 septembre 2010.

This is a 183 photo album of final Sprint Cup practice held at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday September 18th, 2010.

Merci à Chantal Roy pour les images.

Thank you Chantal Roy for the pictures.


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Pro All Stars Series news: PASS North White Mountain race report

Dearborn wraps up PASS season on a White Mountain high note

Johnny Clark claims unprecedented fifth Championship

Naples ME  (9/18) –Hollis Maine’s  Richie Dearborn got the best of Travis Benjamin on a late race restart  to capture   Friday night’s  150 lap Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North super late model  feature at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock New Hampshire. Benjamin, who had led from the green flag, held off Cassius Clark to finish second,..743 seconds behind the winner.

 

The victory was Dearborn’s first since PASS visited White Mountain in the fall of 2009 and his fifth in PASS super late model competition.  It was the third time Dearborn and his Chadwick-BaRoss/Dayton Sand and Gravel team earned the win in the fall PASS visit to the fast quarter mile nestled at the foot of Franconia Notch.

Without that late race restart the results could easily have been different. Benjamin looked like he might run away from the field, hungry for his first series win since 2008. Benjamin has been strong in one of Richard Moody’s first rate rides, and he seemed able to pull away from the field at will for the night’s first 130 laps.  But Dearborn was on a charge too, taking second away from Adam Bates on lap 120 and lookimg for a way to get to Benjamin. But the night’s second caution flew on lap 132 ,giving Dearborn the shot he needed and the PASS veteran got the job done when the green flag flew.  At the stripe it was Dearborn, Benjamin, Cassius Clark, Trevor Sanborn and Ben Rowe first through fifth under the checkers.

Johnny Clark was in the mix from the start, charging up to third before rear suspension issues sent him to the pit area for the night with just 33 laps in the books.  The rare DNF left Clark 21st at the finish but the Farmingdale Maine super late model super star’s   point cushion heading into the season finale held up.Tthe Clark’s Car Crushing/Port City Race Cars team earned a third straight PASS northsuper late model  title, their fifth overall. The Championship broke a deadlock with Ben Rowe for most PASS North titles earned. Rowe kept the point race close until a DNF of his own at the PASS 300 took the four time PASS North  titlist out of contention.

Thirteen cars completed all 150 green flag laps. Two caution flags slowed the race which took just thirtyeight minutesto complete..  Heat race wins went to Johnny Clark, Travis Benjamin and Dustin Hubbard.

The PASS North super late model season is in the books, but there’s still plenty of PASS racing on tap up and down the eastern seaboard. The PASS South super late models head for the fabled Hickory Motor Speedway on Saturday September 25th and both the PASS South and PASS National titles will be decided on October 16th when the Mason-Dixon Meltdown premieres at Newport (TN) Speedway. The PASS North  Sportsman series champion will be crowned at Groveton New Hampshire’s Riverside Speedway on Saturday October 16.

 

Unofficial Results: PASS North 150 – White Mt. Motorsports Park – 9/17/10

1 Richie Dearborn 2 Travis Benjamin 3 Cassius Clark 4 Trevor Sanborn 5 Ben Rowe 6 Donnie Whitten 7 Adam Bates 8 Scott Dragon 9 Derek Ramstrom 10 Tom Scully 11 Steve Legendre 12 Nick Ribbe 13 Joey Doiron 14 Mark Patten 15 Gary Smith 16 Sam Gooden Jr. 17 Billy Brady 18 Scott Alexander 19 Kelly Moore 20 Randy Turner 21 Johnny Clark 22 Dustin Hubbard

 

 

 

 

 

 


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LOUDON - ACT POST-PRACTICE

Maintenant que la séance d'essai est terminé et la grille de départ déterminée, les pilotes et équipiers ACT ont congé jusqu'à la fin de la journée – ils seront le dernier groupe à s'élancer en piste aujourd'hui soit après les pratiques Sprint Cup, les courses Wheelen Modified et Camping World Trucks.  Départ prévu à 17h45.

 

Now that practice is over and the starting gri dis set, ACT drivers and crews are off until the end of the day.

 

They will run after the Sprint Cup practice, Wheelen Modified and Camping World races.  The start of the race is scheduled for 17h45.



 

La grille de départ pour l'épreuve de 60 miles a été déterminée par le biais de la pige.  Les pilotes avaient été séparés dans trois groupes selon le résultat des tests le mois dernier.

The starting grid for the 60 miles race was determined by the luck of the draw.  Drivers having been split into 3 groups based on recent testing.

 

Star

Pos

Car no

Name

Firstname

1

*7me

Luce

Glen

2

15ct

Smith

Jeff

3

18vt

Fisher

Jamie

4

03me

Adams

Travis

5

71on

McHattie

Dan

6

*3me

Spencer

Dennis Jr.

7

02nh

Potter

Randy

8

52nh

Chipman

Miles

9

42ma

Zuidema

Jeff

10

21qc

Dery

JF

11

*8nh

Caron

Guy

12

27nh

Helliwell

Wayne Jr.

13

32vt

Cyr

Jean-Paul

14

07me

Luce

Scott

15

51me

Rolfe

Ricky

16

80qc

Theetge

Donald

17

*5ri

Staskowski

Richard

18

44vt

Pembroke

Dave

19

78nh

Welch

Quinny

20

14vt

Scott

Phil

21

94me

Martin

Shawn

22

48qc

Allard

Karl

23

17ma

MacDonald

Eddie

24

91qc

Laperle

Patrick

25

89vt

Payea

Scott

26

88vt

Sweet

Nick

27

37vt

Hoar

Brian

28

97nh

Polewarczyk

Joey Jr.

29

15vt

Laquerre

Joey

30

55nh

Leighton

Brad

31

55vt

Dragon

Brent

32

26vt

Donahue

John

33

*4me

Babb

Bradley

34

57me

Theriault

Austin

35

17on

Holtom

Justin

36

16ny

Lamberton

Mark

37

60me

Brackett

Tim

38

04me

Watson

TJ

39

51qc

Hamel

Patrick

40

36qc

Labbé

Alex

41

84on

Jackson

Larry

42

40qc

Michaud

David

43

77nh

Hayward

Mark

 

Rappelons que l'an dernier Eddie MacDonald avait remporté l'épreuve avec une marge de trois longueurs sur Nick Sweet, Brandon Watson, Patrick Laperle et John Donahue.

 

Ce matin en pratique Brad Leighton, Nick Sweet, Eddie MacDonald et Patrick Laperle ont tourné les temps les plus rapides, soit des 31.7sec/tour.

 

C'est à David Michaud que revient les honneurs du plus grand nombre de crevaison, il en a eu 3, lors des essais ce matin.  Michaud nous disait avoir passé à d'autres jantes pour pallier au problème puisque les pneus se décollaient de la jante.

 

Alex Labbé et Karl Allard étaient aussi très rapide ce matin et feront surement bonne figure.

 

L'épreuve qui était de 50 tours l'année dernière passe à 60 tours cette année.  D'après Tom Curley, lors de la réunion des pilotes, il ne serait pas surprenant que la course passe à 100 tours dès l'année prochaine.  Si c'est le cas les stratégies d'arrêt aux puits deviendrait un facteur.

 

D'ici là souhaitons bonne chances à tous les coureurs.

Let's recall that last year's race was won by Eddie MacDonald with a 3 car margin over Nick Sweet, Brandon Watson, Patrick Laperle and John Donahue.

 

This morning in practice Brad Leighton, Nick Sweet, Eddie MacDonald, Brad Leighton and Patrick Laperles were quickest all turning laps in the 31.7sec/lap range.

 

Montreal driver David Michaud wins the honours for most flats, he had 3 of them, in this morning practice session.  Michaud tolds us he has replaced the wheels in hopes of fixing the problem... the tires were coming unglued from the wheels.

 

Alex Labbé and Karl Allard were also quick this morning and will surely do well in the race.

 

Last year the race was 50 laps, while this year it will be 60 laps.  As per Tom Curley, during the driver's meeting, it is a possibility, as early as next year, that the race goes to 100 laps.  If it is, pit stop strategy will become a factor.

 

Until then, let's wish all competitors good luck for today's race.

 

 

 

 


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