2024-07-25

American Racer North Series bring another big modified show to Airborne

PLATTSBURGH, NY.-- Thursday, July 25 the Airborne Park Speedway will host the American Racer North Series for a 60-lap feature, paying $4,500 CAD/$3,000 USD to the winner. The ninth race of the 2024 season at the Plattsburgh speed plant will also feature the J&S Steel Sportsman, 9th State Cannabis Renegades and the Moore Recycling Mini Stocks for regular racing action. 

 

After two events in 2024, St. Damase, Quebec's David Hebert leads the American Racer North Series standings by just five points over Airborne regular and 2024 feature winner Chris Raabe. Hogansburg, Ny.'s Carey Terrance sits in 3rd place, 10 points behind Hebert. Steve Bernard and Mario Clair round out the top-five in the points. Another Airborne regular and 2024 feature winner, Felix Roy, is 6th in the standings, 23 points back. Airborne's most recent Be Cool Heating and Air Conditioning 358 Modified winner, Steve Bernier, is 12th in the standings. 

 

Sixteen drivers have competed in both races so far on the series at Le RPM Speedway on May 17 and Mohawk International on June 13: Hebert, Raabe, Terrance, Bernard, Clair, Roy, Martin Pelletier, Luke Whittaker, William Racine, Gage Morin, Bernier, Brianna Ladouceur, Alex Therrien, Thomas Cook and Alan Therrien. Another race, scheduled for Cornwall on June 23, was rained out. Thursday's race will also pay show-up points for Airborne Park Speedway. A number of those drivers are expected to be in attendance Thursday, along with top Airborne drivers like Mike Mahaney and Tim Fuller. 

 

Teams have the option of running Hoosier tires for this event. The minimum right-rear compound is D400, D300 tires are permitted on all other corners. Teams utilizing American Racer Tires must run a minimum SD56 right-rear with no softer than SD48 tires on the right-front and left-rear. The left-front is open. Drivers on Hoosier Racing Tires will not be eligible for bonus or contingency award money. 

 

For the sportsman, renegades and mini-stocks, Thursday's race is a regular show. Sportsman ace Nick Heywood will look to expand his 30-point lead over Joey Scarborough while Donovan Lussier looks to get back in the hunt after finishing seven laps down last week. He is 41 points back of the lead. 

 

In the fender cars, Tylor Terry has some work to do to cut into Shawn Duquette's 28-point advantage in the renegades. Duquette has yet to finish outside the top-five this season. Nate Guay is 3rd in the standings, only two points behind Terry. Ryan Senecal leads the Moore Recycling Mini-Stock standings by four markers over Clintonville's Rick Doner, who endured a nasty roll last week. Kenny Tourville took advantage of several of the top drivers' misfortunes last week, going from 19th to 8th in the A-main. He is 17 points out of the lead in 3rd place. 

 

General Admission price for Thursday's race is $20, kids 12 and under are free as always. Pit pricing will be $30 for members and $40 for non-members. Pits open at 4PM with the stands opening at 5:30PM. Racing starts at 7. 

 

To keep up with racing at Airborne Park, check the points, view live timing and scoring, be the first to know about news about the track, and even test your skills with Fantasy Racing, download the MyRacePass app from the Apple App Store or Google Play and add Airborne Park to your favorites list.


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