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« En course de qualification nous avons pris le départ en quatrième position et terminé quatrième. Un résultat satisfaisant qui nous a fait gagner une place dans le classement des qualifications. L’objectif de ne pas régresser est atteint » déclara le jeune pilote. |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 5.31.12 THE STORY
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WHO: Lonnie Sommerville, Saint John, New Brunswick
· Lonnie Sommerville has never competed at Riverside Speedway. · Mulkern Racing finished fourth at Riverside Speedway in 2010 with driver Ben Rowe. · Lonnie Sommerville is part of a parade of new faces atop the PASS North Series standings. 2010 Rookie of the Year Joey Doiron leads DJ Shaw (2008 ROY) and Sommerville (2011 ROY) in the points after three races. Sommerville trails Doiron by just 13 points. · Lonnie Sommerville hasn't been outside the Top-5 in the PASS North Series standings at any point in his two seasons on the tour. WHAT THEY ARE SAYING LONNIE SOMMERVILLE, Driver of the Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet, On the bad luck the team has fought in the early part of the 2012 season: “To be honest, I don't consider it bad luck. It's self-inflicted. Star (Speedway) was definitely not doing of our own doing, but we didn't have the best car there. There's no question to me that the setup was off last week, and the carburetor issues, that just put the nail in the coffin. But I'm confident our team will show up with a fast car this week, tune on it in practice and get a little more speed, and then we'll be able to run with anybody. “To be honest, as bad as the season has started, we're still salvaging (finishes) and not behind too far in the points. But we've got to get going and get a string of good races going and get back to where we were last year, that's for sure.” “We just need to regroup. We know we're good enough. Everybody has an off-day. For our 17 or 18 races together we've been pretty good, so we just missed it this one time (at White Mountain). To be as bad as we were at White Mountain was unacceptable, but we're going to bounce back. Nothing's changed with our race team.” UP NEXT The PASS North Series takes a break from a stretch of three consecutive races on quarter-mile tracks in New Hampshire to head north of the border for the PASS 200 at Speedway 660 in Geary, N.B., on Saturday, June 9... The .333-mile speedway is the home track of Lonnie Sommerville, and the hometown favorite has won a pair of prestigious Peterbilt 250 events at the facility in his career. SOCIAL MEDIA Follow Mulkern Racing on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MulkernRacingLLC |
29 mai 2012 Ste-Anne-Des-Plaines, Québec Après avoir eu un très bon début de saison il y a deux semaines, les membres de l'Équipe de course M.A. en sont à leurs derniers préparatifs en vue de la course de samedi soir prochain sur le circuit de l'Autodrome St-Eustache alors que sera présenté la première des trois événements comptant pour le championnat de la Coupe Best Buy. Mathieu Francoeur et Cindy Francoeur retourneront donc derrière leur volant de leurs Sport Compact #71 et #38 qui afficheront un nouveau commanditaire. CMAX Laurentides-Lanaudière, une entreprise de St-Jérôme spécialisé dans la vente de peinture et de pièce de véhicule œuvrant sous la bannière NAPA, a décidé de revenir avec l'équipe pour une deuxième année. Ils joindre donc Centre du camion Provan en tant que partenaire pour la saison 2012. |
La course de ce week-end comptera aussi pour le championnat local de St-Eustache alors que Mathieu occupe le deuxième rang et Cindy le cinquième rang suite à de très bonnes performances des deux pilotes lors de la première épreuve. Ils seront donc en piste pour une finale de 75 tours et on devrait s'attendre à un taux de participations très élevé avec des équipes d'un peu partout au Québec. En ce qui attrait aux qualifications, les départs de ces dernières se feront par pige au sort et l'ordre de départ de la course se fera avec les résultats des qualifications. « Nous avons vraiment hâte de retourné sur piste, affirme Cindy. Nous avons travaillé sur les voitures au cours des derniers jours pour apporté des modifications mineurs mais qui devrait améliorer leurs comportements. Ce sera une longue finale mais mon frère et moi sommes prêt pour cette course. » Les puits ouvriront à compté de 14hrs et les qualifications vers 16h40hrs. Lors de cette soirée, toutes les classes ANCA seront aux rendez-vous ainsi que les ACT Castrol et les Vintages. Un rendez-vous plus qu'intérésant. Équipe de course M.A |
Mercredi 30 mai 2012 – Dave Paryzo – Directeur des communications La soirée «Découverte » du 26 mai, aura certainement servi de prélude à l'ouverture officielle de cette 62e saison de l'Autodrome Drummond. Elle nous a fait constater encore une fois que la compétition sera très forte et que le circuit de l'Autodrome Drummond sera très rapide en 2012. Dans le cadre de ce programme d'ouverture, les amateurs pourront voir à l'œuvre la spectaculaire série américaine de Sprint Cars «Empire Super Sprint» qui en est à sa 33e visite en sol drummondvillois. Plusieurs coureurs seront à surveiller, notamment le meneur au championnat, Justin Barger #5. Le gagnant de l'an dernier, Kevin Ward Jr. #13 voudra sans aucun doute reprendre là où il avait laissé. Nos Québécois Steve Poirier #28, Alain Bergeron #8, Michael Parent #25, Patrick Vigneault #55 et Étienne Girard #422 voudront eux aussi tirer leur épingle du jeu. |
Du côté des Modifié 358, une épreuve de 75 tours est prévue. Mario Clair #22 qui bénéficie de l'opportunité de partir en pôle position fera tout pour conserver sa position jusqu'au fil d'arrivée. Chose sûr, il ne sera pas seul à batailler pour les honneurs. Bernier, Clair, Bussière, Gougeon, Therrien, Bernard, Dufault et Brouillard auront le couteau entre les dents pour mettre la main sur la victoire. Chez les Sportsmans, malgré sa victoire en finale rien n'est joué pour Steve Bernier #25. Puisque plusieurs coureurs ont joué de malchances lors de la soirée « Découverte », entre autre Martin Pelletier #92 et Mathieu Desjardins #3M. En catégorie Pro-Stock, Jocelyn Roy #05 a reprit là où il avait laissé l'an dernier. Pourra-t-il conserver sa couronne de champion pour une 5e année ? Rien n'est gagné il devra batailler férocement avec ses adversaires. Puis les lightning Sprints poursuivront ce qu'ils ont entamés le 26 mai dernier avec une finale qui risque de nous en mettre plein la vue. Avec comme à l'habitude un peloton de voitures imposants. C'est un rendez vous à ne pas manquer à compté de 18h30 beaucoup d'action est à prévoir. Ouverture des puits à 16h et n'oubliez pas c'est gratuit pour les adolescents de 13 à 17 ans. L'Autodrome Drummond, la F1 de la terre battue ! Dave Paryzo Directeur des communications Autodrome Drummond |
Sweet Claims Victory at Memorial Day Classic FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TR – 053012-38 Attached Photo: NickSweet-AveryMurphy.jpg – Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic Winner Nick Sweet looks on as Race to Read winner Avery Murphy signs his car. (Photo by Big Bigelow) Barre, VT – This past Sunday, May 27 at Thunder Road in Barre, VT, Nick Sweet won the 50th Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic. It completed a dream for the former champion, etching his name into the final spot of the granite block that lists the 50 Memorial Day Classic winners, but his dreams were not the only ones to come true. |
Fayston, VT’s Avery Murphy was named the first winner of the new Race to Read Program at Thunder Road and selected Sweet as the “Driver of the Week.” The most innovative and exciting program to come to Thunder Road in years was started by Street Stock driver Troy Kingsbury of Waitsfield, VT. He has been visiting elementary schools all across Vermont with the promise that if students can read 15 books, they will get to sign the hood of his racecar. Thunder Road has joined the effort by holding a drawing at the races for children who show progress on their reading list. The winner receives a family pass to the races and gains the privilege of choosing the “Race to Read Driver of the Week”. If this driver finishes on the podium in their race, the raffle winner will get the chance to celebrate with their favorite driver in victory lane. When Nick Sweet won on Sunday, a teary eyed Murphy jumped down the steps and onto the track where she patiently waited for Sweet to hop out of his car. When he did, she was interviewed by media, held his trophy in Victory Lane, and was even invited to tech where she signed his car and received his Mekkelsen RV hat. Memories that would last a lifetime were created, all from a child’s love of reading. Sweet was thrilled to be part of what he thinks is the next national phenomenon. “It was quite an honor to be picked, there’s nothing better than the feeling that you’re liked by somebody. Avery had to work very hard to be a part of that, so getting chosen by a girl as smart and dedicated as her was great,” Sweet said. “This Race to Read program is just doing everything right in the business. Some day these kids will run our country, and their education is so key right now. I’m surprised that NASCAR and some of the bigger organizations haven’t signed on. It gets kids involved, and that’s what this sport is built on,” he finished. Sweet has already committed to visit schools with Kingsbury in the coming weeks to continue his support for Race to Read. The next Race to Read drawing will be at the Sherwin-Williams event on Sunday, June 10 at Thunder Road. Post time is 4:00pm. Adult tickets are $10, family passes are $20, children 6-12 are $3, and children 6 and under are free. For additional information head to www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com or email us at media@acttour.com or call the Thunder Road office at 1 (802) 244-6963. -30- |
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 (TOLEDO, Ohio) - This week, the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards will arrive for competition in Minnesota for the first time ever, and nine-time series champion Frank Kimmel will be front and center. Kimmel, driver of the No. 44 Ansell/Menards Toyota for ThorSport Racing, will appear at two Menards stores just south of Minneapolis and St. Paul to launch the ARCA race weekend at Elko Speedway in Elko New Market. |
Kimmel's appearances will take place Thursday, from 4-5:30 p.m. at the Burnsville store and from 6:30-8 at the Apple Valley store. The Burnsville Menards is located at 2700 Hwy. 13 W, just west of I-35 W at Exit 3B. The Apple Valley Menards stands at 14960 Florence Trail. The 74-time ARCA race winner will meet and greet fans, sign autographs, and pose for pictures next to his No. 44 show car. Guests who purchase a pair of Ansell gloves inside the store will receive a voucher for a free second pair of gloves, presented by Kimmel outside the store. The race will be the first appearance for the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards at the track south of the Twin Cities, and Menards stores in and around the area will give race fans and store customers the chance to "Save Big Money" on tickets to see the action live for the first time. Through Friday, fans can buy tickets for the ARCA race at $15 - a 40 percent, or $10, discount off of the advertised at-track price - at 32 Menards stores in Minnesota. The store locations are: Alexandria, Apple Valley, Baxter, Blaine, Brooklyn Park, Buffalo, Burnsville, Cambridge, Coon Rapids, Cottage Grove, Dundas, Eden Prairie, Elk River, Forest Lake, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hudson, Hutchinson, Mankato, Maple Grove, Maplewood, Oakdale, Red Wing, two stores in Rochester, St. Cloud, St. Croix Falls, St. Paul Midway, Stillwater, West St. Paul, Willmar, and Winona. The Akona 200 will begin at 8 p.m. on Saturday, with two 45-minute practices scheduled for 2 and 3:15, and Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell following at 5. Each driver in the starting field will participate in an on-track autograph session from 6:30 to 7:30, just before the green flag. All times are Central. Elko Speedway is located at 26350 France Avenue in Elko New Market. The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards has crowned an ARCA national champion each year since its inaugural season in 1953, and has toured over 200 race tracks in 25 states since its inception. The series has tested the abilities of drivers and race teams over the most diverse schedule of stock car racing events in the world, visiting tracks ranging from 0.4 mile to 2.66 miles in length, on both paved and dirt surfaces as well as a left- and right-turn road course in its most recent season. This year, the series visited Alabama's Mobile International Speedway for the first time. In June, the first event at Minnesota's Elko Speedway will give ARCA a race in a 26th state. Founded by John and Mildred Marcum in 1953 in Toledo, Ohio, the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is recognized among the leading sanctioning bodies in the country. Closing in on completing its sixth decade after hundreds of thousands of miles of racing, ARCA administers over 100 race events each season in three professional touring series and local weekly events. CONTACT: Griffin Hickman, ARCA Don Radebaugh, ARCA |
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