Autodrome St-Eustache PR - Journée Portes Ouvertes et Concours Isa Racing Team le 30 avril / Enduro 200 le 1er mai
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2011-04-29
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Airbone PR - Huge Modified field expected for Airborne opener
For immediate release AS-042711-1 South Plattsburgh, NY – Airborne Speedway begins its 58th season Saturday, May 7 and a large, possibly record-breaking, field of DIRTcar Modifieds is expected to attempt to qualify for the Della Motor Group “Fast 50” main event. |
“We have spoken with several new Quebec teams and some drivers who competed on the CVRA circuit last year,” promoter Mike Perotte said. “Based on those conversations, I think we’re likely to have 35 or more Modifieds for the opener. We’ll have a better idea after the Saturday’s (April 30) practice.” A 35-car Modified field would require a “B” feature or last chance qualifier to complete the ‘Fast 50’. “If that’s what it takes, it’s fine with me,” Perrotte said. Patrick Dupree, the 2010 Ernie’s Discount Tools Modified champion, will be challenged by 2009 Airborne Modified champion Martin Roy of Napierville, QC, Leon Gonyo, Don Scarborough, Greg Atkins, Apple Bowl 100 winner Todd Stone of Middlebury, VT, Bryant Trim, Mike Reyell, and 2010 Rookie of the Year Max Viens of St. Cesaire, QC. Econo Lodge and the Valcour Imaging Group present the season’s first feature event for the J&S Steel Sportsmen, Versatile Trailer Sales Renegades, Keeseville NAPA Mini Modifieds and Busch Bombers. Sportsman Robin Wood of Plattsburgh and Renegade Kevin Boutin of Swanton, VT, will begin defense of their 2010 track championships. The first 1,000 race fans through the gate on opening night will receive a free seat cushion courtesy of Econo Lodge, Valcour Imaging Group and other Airborne sponsors. Gates open Saturday, May 7 at 3 p.m. Adult admission is $15. Kids 12 and under - admitted free. Qualifying heats begin at 5 p.m. Airborne season passes are available. For more information, call the track office 518-561-3208. Free admittance to the grandstands (no concessions) is offered for the Saturday, April 30 practice from noon - 4 p.m. Contact: Tom Herzig 802-882-8131 |
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2011-04-27
MULKERN PR - Sommerville Ready To Join Forces In 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 4.27.11 For more information, visit www.MulkernRacing.com or email TBarrettGWC@hotmail.com Mulkern, Sommerville Ready To Join Forces In 2011 FALMOUTH, Maine – They take two different approaches to their racing, but in the end they have a common goal. Mulkern Racing's drivers just want to win. “Obviously, in my mind I want to win the championship,” said the latest addition to the Mulkern Racing lineup, Canadian driver Lonnie Sommerville. “But I'm not going to finish sixth when I could have won the race because I'm worrying just about points. If you win races, points will take care of themselves. |
“But at the same time, you have to be smart about it – but that's what makes good race car drivers.” Sommerville, from St. John, New Brunswick, will run the entire 2011 PASS North Series season in the Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet – marking his first full-time foray into PASS North competition after several seasons of part-time efforts coupled with a full-time run at the CARQUEST Tour north of the border. The team finished second in the final PASS North standings last season with Ben Rowe behind the wheel of the No. 48. This season, they've brough Sommerville into the mix and added crew chief Gary Crooks of Crooks Racing in Mooresville, N.C. “When we had the open ride (last fall), we were talking with Gary about working withus even before we were talking to Lonnie,” said Scott Mulkern, team owner and driver of the No. 84 Community Pharmacies/Southern Maine Motors Chevrolet. “Gary has a lot of confidence in Lonnie. Obviously, I've seen him race, and as far as the Canadian drivers, he's one of the top dogs. He's in that league – Scott Fraser, Patrick Laperle, those guys – and I'd put Lonnie right there.” Despite competing right down until the final event of the 2010 season for the PASS championship, Mulkern said that the team won't base success this season around the title hunt. “Lonnie and Gary – the whole team – I know they do want to win it,” Mulkern said. “That's what they're shooting for, and more power to them. But as far as any pressure from me to win the championship, that's not going to come from me. They're racers, and that's what it's about to a lot of them, I know that. But for me, I just want to show up every week and be right there trying to win. “If you look at my style and the way I sometimes shoot myself in the foot (in the race car), I don't care about that championship stuff. Not at all. That's just the way I am. But we also have seen what Lonnie can do. We know what he can do. If he's got a good car, and things are going his way, he can win any race.” Sommerville said the opportunity to drive for Mulkern Racing, and no longer have to maintain his own equipment, made it the right time to make the jump to PASS. “This is the next level, the next step in my career,” Sommerville said. “There are racing goals you want to accomplish in life, and the the northeast, the PASS Tour has the best teams and best drivers onit. Aside from winning a CARQUEST championship, I've done everything I've wanted to do so far. This is where I wanted to take my career.” And Sommerville believes that the pieces are in place to accomplish both of the team's goals – winning races and winning the PASS North Series title in 2011. “The team they've put together, as far as I'm concerned, is as good or better than any as we're going to run against,” he said. “I don't feel a lot of pressure, but having been given this opportnity, I'm confident I can go and beat (five-time PASS champion) Johnny Clark and those guys. Maybe not every week, but as much as they're going to beat us – and that's really exciting.” --30-- |
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Joey Doiron PR : PASS North Series Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Preview
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 4.27.11 For more information, visit www.JoeyDoiron.com or email TbarrettGWC@hotmail.com Joey Doiron: PASS North Series Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Preview THE STORY Joey Doiron aims to collect his first career PASS North Series win when the series opens the 2011 season with the PASS 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, April 30. Doiron won the 2010 Rookie of the Year award in the series, a march he started with a career-best finish of fourth in this very race. Doiron started his racing career at Beech Ridge and considers it his home track. Doiron is coming off a DNF at “The Race” at North Wilkesboro Motor Speedway earlier this month after a blown tire ended his day prematurely. |
THE FACTS WHO: Joey Doiron, Berwick, Maine TEAM: No. 73 JBJ Machine/Dale Shaw Race Cars Chevrolet CREW CHIEF: John Doiron, Berwick, Maine BEST CAREER BEECH RIDGE MOTOR SPEEDWAY FINISH: 4th (May 2010) LAST RACE AT BEECH RIDGE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 23rd (September 2010) WHAT: PASS North Series PASS 150 WHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval) WHEN: 3 p.m., Saturday, April 30 PASS North Series NEXT RACE: May 14, PASS 150, Star Speedway, Epping, N.H. (.25-mile oval) FINAL 2010 POINTS POSITION: 9th (Rookie of the Year) DID YOU KNOW?
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING JOEY DOIRON, Driver of the No. 73 JBJ Machine/Dale Shaw Race Cars Chevrolet, On his chances at Beech Ridge this weekend: “It's Beech Ridge, so I'm always gald to go there. Every time we've been there with PASS, we feel like we've been a winning car through practice and even for most of the race. Something always seems to happen to us. “Hopefully, the luck has to turn around after (The Race at North Wilkesboro). To turn it around with a win would be awesome, or even a Top-5 finish. I'd be more than happy to start the season the way I did last year.” On the racing at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway: “You just can't abuse your stuff too early. I really think the key the last couple of years has been whoever can ride around and stay out of trouble and then be able to paint the (inside) line in the last 50 laps of the race. It doesn't matter if you're a half-second faster than everybody else, if you can't pass on the bottom at the end when everybody starts sliding up to the top of the track, you're not going to be very good. “The track is its own animal. A lot of people consider it like Oxford, but I always think we have a chance to win at Beech Ridge, and at Oxford, usually I can't get out of my own way. So I don't know what it is there.” On his goals for his sophomore season: “I definitely think we can win a race this year. We just need some luck. We put ourselves in position to do it a couple of times last year it seemed, but we just couldn't seem to catch a break when we needed it. “If we can get a win, we can build on that. Hopefully, then we'll pick up another one after that. I think if we can run competitively at the tracks where we think we can, the points will take care of themselves.” UP NEXT The PASS North Series heads to the second race of the season on the smallest track, the PASS 150 at the quarter-mile Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., on Saturday, May 14... Joey Doiron has never competed in a Super Late Model at Star Speedway, but he post a Top-10 finish with a 9th-place run at the high-banked quarter-mile of White Mountain Motorsports Park last season. SOCIAL MEDIA Follow Joey Doiron on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joey-Doiron-Racing/125184144172663 Follow GWC Motorsports Marketing on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Green-White-Checker/45527276443 Follow GWC Motorsports Marketing on Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/GWCNewEngland
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2011-04-26
KnN East PR - Blue Ox 100 Up Next For KnN East
First Stand-Alone Race In Series History at RIR Up next for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East is the Blue Ox 100 at famed Richmond (Va.) International Raceway on Thursday, April 28. The first two races of the 2011 season have produced two different winners, and there will be plenty of candidates to make it three-for-three when the series heads to 'America's Premier Short Track' this week. Following strong performances in each of the first two outings this year, the three-car contingent of X Team Racing looks primed to break through sooner rather than later. Coleman Pressley may have a leg up on the field with three previous starts in NASCAR Nationwide Series action at Richmond, highlighted by a best finish of 18th in the April event last year. In his first two starts in the K&N Pro Series East with X Team, the son of longtime NASCAR driver Robert Pressley has finishes of second and fourth. |
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Autodrome Drummond PR - 20 jours avant l'ouverture officielle
Pour diffusion immédiate Il ne reste que 20 jours avant l’ouverture officielle de l’Autodrome Drummond ! Drummondville, Québec – lundi 24 avril, 2011 – Martin Bélanger, directeur des communications Amateurs de l’Autodrome Drummond, soyez patient ! Il ne reste que 20 jours avant que l’on puisse entendre et voir les puissants bolides autour du circuit de Drummondville. Alors que le 14 mai, nous aurons un avant goût de la saison 2011, un des gros évènements de la saison attire déjà l’attention de plusieurs. | For immediate release Just 20 days left before the Autodrome Drummond opener! Drummondville, Quebec – Monday April 24, 2011 – Martin Bélanger, Public Relations Director Autodrome Drummond race fans, be patient! Only 20 days left before we can hear the engines roaring around the speedway. On May 14th, we will have a good taste for the next season; one of the marquee events is already attracting a lot of attention. |
Lors du Racemania 6, Brett Hearn avait démontré tout son talent, lors de l’épreuve de 160 tours, il était parti 20e sur la grille de départ et avait dépassé les voitures une à une pour ainsi remporté la somme de $10,000 remis au vainqueur. Un impressionnant total de 45 modifiés comprenant plusieurs pilotes de l’extérieur, étaient présents. Dale Planck et Pete Bicknell, avait complété le podium suivi de Yan Bussière et David Hébert. La 7e édition du Racemania comptera sur 2 soirées consécutives d’évènements. La série MrDIRTcar 358-modifié sera la catégorie vedette lors du vendredi 9 septembre avec une finale de 75 tours. La classe pro-stock aura également une importe manche de la série MrDIRTcar avec 50 tours à compléter. Les sportsmans et STR seront également en action alors qu’ils auront des épreuves de qualifications en vue pour les finales de samedi. Le lendemain, les gros-blocs seront présents à Drummondville dans le cadre de la série Super DIRTcar. Au menu, une finale excitante de 100 tours comprenant les grandes vedettes américaines contre nos pilotes locaux qui font toujours bonne figure dans ce type de course. Les sportsmans auront une épreuve de 50 tours et les STR auront également leur finale. En plus de leur visite lors du Racemania en fin de saison, les gros-blocs auront déjà été en compétition plus tôt dans l’été sur le circuit drummondvillois, avec une finale de 100 tours qui sera présenté le lundi 18 juillet dans le cadre de leur visite annuelle au Québec avec également une épreuve le lendemain à l’Autodrome Granby. Le Racemania 7 et la visite des gros-blocs le 18 juillet, trois évènements à ajouter à votre calendrier de course pour la saison 2011 ! N’oubliez pas de visiter notre page Facebook et continuez de participer au concours dans le but de remporter une passe pour la saison 2011. Suivez le lien suivant pour accéder à notre page http://www.facebook.com/#!/autodromedrummond L’autodrome Drummond là où l’action et l’excitation est au max! Martin Bélanger Directeur des communications Autodrome Drummond | Brett Hearn showed his great talent and experience last year during Racemania 6, during the 160-lap event, Hearn started 20th on the grid and passed other drivers to finish on top and claimed the $10,000 for the win. A total of 45 modifieds including several invaders had showed up in Drummond. Dale Planck and Pete Bicknell completed the podium followed by locals Yan Bussière and David Hébert. Two consecutive nights are planned for the 7th edition of Racemania. The MrDIRTcar 358-Modified Series will have the spotlight on Friday, September 9th with a 75-lap feature. The Pro-Stock category will also have an MrDIRTcar race with 50 laps to complete. The Sportsmans and STR will also see some action has the qualification rounds will determine the starting fields for Saturday night finale. On the following night, the big blocks will be at the track for a Super DIRTcar Series event. On the schedule, a 100-lap race with the great American stars against our local heroes that always delivers great results during these types of races. The Sportsman will have a 50-lap feature with the STR having their feature race. The Super DIRTcar Series has 2 dates for Drummond in 2011, along with the Racemania at the end of the year; the tour will make a stop on Monday, July 18 for their annual visit in Quebec with a stop schedule at Autodrome Granby the following night. The Racemania 7 and the Big Blocks on July 18, 3 great events to add to your racing calendar for summer 2011! Do not forget to visit our Facebook page and participate in our contest in which you could win a season pass for 2011. You access the page by visiting the following link: http://www.facebook.com/#!/autodromedrummond Autodrome Drummond, great racing and always exciting! Martin Bélanger Public Relations Director Autodrome Drummond |
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2011-04-25
PASS NORTH PR - season goes green at Beech Ridge Saturday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Norm Desjardins @ (603) 387-5598 PASS NORTH season goes green at Beech Ridge Saturday Naples ME (4/25) The 2011 Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North campaign goes green at Scarborough Maine's famed Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday April 30 with all three PASS touring series on track for the first time this season. Every team is tied for the points lead and a good start to the yearl builds momentum for the races to come. |
The PASS North Super Late Models, Mods, and Sportsman highlight the season opener and its the perfect cure for those off season racing blues. The early entry list includes a few surprises and a number of new names. Tracy Gordon returns to PASS competition in a second entry from the Frahm stables; he'll team up with Matt Frahm in his return to PASS North. Gordon's name appears twice in the PASS North win column. Kirk Thibeau is on the list, as are Ridge regulars David Oliver and Bill Rodgers, a guy that's already proven he can take on the PASS regulars and win. Canada is well represented with Lonnie Sommerville, Shawn Turple and Matt Matheson all on board for the season opener. Bryan Kruczek has stepped up to the super late model ranks and he'll make his PASS debut at Beech Ridge. Mike Landry is a familiar face in the PASS Sportsman series, but he will wheel a super late model Saturday.. Chris Thorne is making an infrequent PASS North appearance and . PASS North rookie Kyle DeSouza will attempt his first Beech Ridge PASS super late model start. . There's several new combinations seeking success in the series. Mike Rowe will return to full time competition with a new combination. Peter Pettit and Steve Perry have partnered to field the full time PASS ride for the Maine legend. Lonnie Sommerville is a familiar name to PASS North fans but he will make his PASS North season debut with Scott and Vicki Mulkern's potent race team; Mulkern himself will take his best shot at a Beech Ridge win, too.. Five time series champion Johnny Clark ,Richie Dearborn, 2010 PASS North rookie of the year Joey Doiron, Travis Benjamin, Scott Alexander, Ben Rowe, Ricky Morse , Bill Penfold, Scott Chubbuck and Derek Ramstrom, are just a few of the names on the early entry list and you know that the season opener will attract an overflow field of the fastest full fender racers in the region. Beech Ridge has two pre season practice sessions scheduled.. The track will offer up open test sessions on Thursday and Friday April 28 and 29 from 2:00 PM until 6:00 PM. The PASS Mods, PASS Sportsman, the Texas Roadhouse North East Mini Stock Tour, NELCAR Legends, and the Pro Four Modifieds join the PASS North super late models on Saturday's schedule.The first heat race rolls off at 3:00 PM. Watch the early entry list grow at www.proallstarsseries.com. Beech Ridge Motor Speedway is on line at www.beechridge.com . The speedway is located at 70 Holmes Road in Scarborough Maine. |
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PRO ALL STAR SERIES SOUTH RESULTS - Stephen Nasse Wins PASS South Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media, contact Norm Desjardins @ (603) 387-5598 PHOTOS: please credit Speed51.com Stephen Nasse Wins PASS South Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway PASS Rookie battles hard with Preston Peltier to earn his first PASS win Hickory NC (4/24) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South presented by JE Pistons and Roush Yates Performance Products headed to the famed Hickory Motor Speedway (NC) on Saturday, April 23rd, for the prestigious Easter Bunny super late model showdown, the first PASS National event of the 2011 race season. Florida native Stephen Nasse went to victory lane after a rough and tumble battle with defending PASS South Champion Preston Peltier. |
44 of the nation's top Super Late Model drivers hit the track to earn their way into the field during qualifying and, it was Preston Peltier claiming the pole with a 14.734-second lap over Justin Wakefield, Bradley McCaskill, Andy Loden and Dean Clattenburg. With the top-20 drivers locked into the field, the remainder of the racers were split into two last-chance races, where the top-three drivers from each race earned their spot in the starting field. In the first last-chance race, yellow fever kept the cars bunched up while big names tried to race their way into the Easter Bunny. With Jody Lavender and Cassius Clark firmly in the first-two positions the battle on the track was for the third and final transfer spot Becca Kasten had it until the white-flag lap but contact with Dylan Kwasniewski sent Kasten went back to fourth and Kwasniewski went on to make the feature. The second last-chance race was a bit calmer with only one yellow flag slowing the field. David O’Dell drove his way to the front and the win, taking the first of the three transfer spots. John Batten and Dillon Oliver, who started the second last-chance race on the front row, crossed the line second and third respectively, also earning their way into the big race. The balance of the field was filled by provisionals to equal a 30-car field. After the top-10 redraw Jay Fogleman (who qualified eighth) and Steve Legendre (who qualified tenth) started on the front row with Justin Wakefield and Blaney occupying row two. Legendre got a great start, taking the lead with Fogleman dropping in second. A few laps later, Wakefield used his bumper to get second from Fogleman with Blaney working his way to third, Nasse fourth and Fogleman back to fifth. The first yellow flag flew at lap nine after contact sent Clattenburg and Roger Lee Newton around in turn two, stacking up the field. Most cars were able to drive off, but many including Gray Gaulding, Batten, Jimmy Weller and Kwasniewski had various levels of damage and had to pit for repairs. Wakefield got a great restart, taking the lead from Legendre. But Nasse was on a mission, moving around Legendre for second and into the lead on lap 12. Legendre moved back up to the second position with Wakefield third, Blaney forth, and Loden up to fifth. While Nasse and Legendre distanced themselves from the field, Loden worked his way up to the third position with Blaney running fourth and Wakefield running fifth at lap 50. PASS fans were treated to side-by-side battles throughout the field as drivers were racing hard for every inch on the track. The hard racing slowed though on lap 68 as the second yellow flew when McCaskill and Colt James got together in turn two. Their contact collected Newton, who had significant damage and had to park it for the night. At the caution, Nasse, Legendre, Blaney, Loden and Peltier rounded out the top five. Legendreclaimed the lead off the restart, sending Nasse back to second at lap 70. The top-five cars, which also included Loden, Peltier and Blaney, all ran nose to tail at the front. The third yellow flew at lap 78 as Kyle Benjamin and Brandon Lynn went around in turn two. Both were able to drive off without any assistance. On the restart Legendre almost had Nasse cleared for the lead but on lap 81 Nasse used the high side to take the lead back. Nasse and Legendre distanced themselves from the rest of the pack with the battle on the track for the next 20 laps happening between Loden, Blaney and Peltier for the third position. Just past lap 100 Peltier moved his way to fourth, then to third. At lap 110 he passed Legendre for second, looking to run down Nasse for the lead. Peltier went high while working around lapped traffic, losing a few spots on the track. That put Legendre back to second with Blaney in third and Peltier to fourth. All three cars battled hard for the second spot until they came up on the lapped car of Lynn. Contact between Blaney and Lynn sent Lynn’s car around on the front stretch, giving Blaney some body damage and costing him several positions on the track. On the restart with less than 30 laps to go Peltier worked his way to second and then put the pressure on Nasse for the lead. The pair got together several times with Peltier prevailing for the top spot. Nasse tried to get back to the front but with 20 laps to go Peltier was able to drive away from the field with Nasse, Fogleman, Legendre and Blaney all giving chase. With just two laps remaining a hard battle behind the leaders brought out the yellow flag as Ben Rowe and Weller made contact in turn four, sending Weller around. At the yellow, Peltier, Nasse, Fogleman, Ben Rowe and Clark were running in the top five. Nasse had his opportunity on the final restart. Peltier and Nasse banged fenders and bumpers and Nasse got to the checkered flag first to earn his first PASS South Super Late Model win. “That was crazy,” said Nasse in victory lane. “I didn’t think there was going to be another caution in the race. I was planning on coming home second. He (Peltier) drove me clean and I really do appreciate that.” Many veterans in the PASS series earn their victories with tire management throughout the race, but Nasse went all out every lap of the event. “I knew with this Crate (motor) car I wasn’t going to use up too much of the rear tires, so I kind of let the dog eat and tried to get as far ahead as I could just in case it went all green.It is amazing. I haven’t been to the winner’s circle in a while. This is a definite pick-me-up. All the crew worked so hard to get this win.” Peltier did everything he could to win the race, but came up one position short, frustrating the series veteran. “This thing was just a little slow on restarts,” said Peltier. “It took a few laps for it to get going. I did everything but wreck him. To be honest with you, I am getting tired of finishing second. That is the third one this year. It is time for a win.” Fogleman, who made the move to the series a few years back and has achieved success in PASS South competition since, crossed the line third. “I am glad everything went good for the fans,” said Fogleman. “I knew as soon as I talked to these guys and what they were doing with this series that I made the right decision (to race PASS), and I just hoped everyone else would get on board. It looks like all the real racers are coming this way.” Blaney and Ben Rowe rounded out the top five. PASS South presented by JE Pistons and Roush Yates Performance Products will be back in action at South Boston Speedway (VA) on Saturday, May 7th. The next PASS National event will be Saturday, May 28th, at Motor Mile Speedway (VA). For more information the Pro All Stars Series visit www.proallstarsseries.com. Unofficial Results – PASS South presented by JE Pistons/Roush Yates Performance Products The Easter Bunny – Round One, PASS National Championship Series – Hickory Motor Speedway -4/23
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