(Press Release from New Hampshire Motor Speedway)
More than 60 riders and drivers from this year’s Loudon Road Race Series, MOAT Mountain Road Course Series and J&J’s Yolk & Co. Oval Series were recognized at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. on Saturday, November 16.
LOUDON, N.H. – The 2019 champions from three local racing series were honored at the annual awards banquet held for the first time at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. on Saturday, November 16. Two New England racers – Rick Doucette of the Loudon Road Race Series and Shaun Buffington of the MOAT Mountain Road Course Series and the legend car division of J&J’s Yolk & Co. Oval Series – each took home 2019 Track Champion titles from New Hampshire Motor Speedway in their respective series.
Doucette is no stranger to winning, making this his ninth Loudon Road Race Series (LRRS) Track Championship. This win marks his third year in a row, and prior to that, he won the title consecutively from 2010-2015. This year, the Sandown, N.H. native will be going home with a total of 11 trophies. Not only is Doucette the champion of the Combined 300 Superbike, Formula 50 Lights, GTL and Lightweight Grand Prix expert divisions, he is the first runner up in the Middleweight Superbike, Combined 300 Supersport and Formula 40 Lights expert divisions and the second runner up in the Combined 500 Superbike, Heavyweight Superbike and Middleweight Grand Prix expert divisions.
“It was a good season,” said Doucette. “I’m happy to defend again, but we’re going to try one more time – I want an even 10. It’s been a fun year, as always, and I like celebrating with everybody that I race with.”
Vicente Frontinan received the Loudon Road Race Series Amateur Achievement Award after being named the champion of the Middleweight Supersport, Middleweight Formula 40, Formula 40 Unlimited, GTU and Middleweight Grand Prix amateur divisions.
Buffington, who is the Track Champion in both the MOAT Mountain Road Course Series and the legend car division of J&J’s Yolk & Co. Oval Series for the seventh time, had a phenomenal 2019 season at NHMS, landing on the podium after every single race, that included 19 first place finishes, two second place finishes and three third place finishes. Buffington also took home the 2019 Master Road Course and Oval World Championship at the Road Course World Finals, which were held at Atlanta Motorsports Park in Dawsonville, Ga. on November 3.
“Being the only one to have won it here is pretty special,” said Buffington, a Plainfield, Conn. native. “Championships aren’t won on the track necessarily. A lot of hard work goes into it, both in the off season and during the season. We just got back from Atlanta, where we all had a lot of success, so it definitely makes tonight more fun, and everybody can celebrate. This was the best year I’ve ever had racing as far as setting the goals and actually meeting all of those goals, and we’ve already started getting ready for next year.”
Brianna McHugh from the Loudon Road Race Series, Matt Haufe from the MOAT Mountain Road Course Series and Tom Searles from the legend car division of J&J’s Yolk & Co. Oval Series were all recognized as rookies of the year in their respective series.
The Loudon Road Race Series, Road Course Series and Oval Series* will all return to New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the spring of 2020 for another season of close side-by-side racing.
2020 Schedule:
Loudon Road Race Series
May 2-3 and 16-17
June 19-21
July 4-5 (off-site at New Jersey Motorsports Park)
August 1-2 and 29-30
September 19-20
October 3-4
Road Course Series
May 2-3, 9 and 16-17
June 20-21 and 27
July 25
August 1-2 and 29-30
September 11
*The Oval Series schedule is TBD and will be posted on NHMS.com at a later date.
For ticket information for all events at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, including the November 28, 2019-January 5, 2020 Gift of Lights presented by Eastern Propane & Oil, the June 13-20, 2020 Motorcycle Week at NHMS, the July 17-19, 2020 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 race weekend and the September 11-12, 2020 Full Throttle Fall Weekend visit the speedway website at NHMS.com or call Fan Relations at (603) 783-4931.
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Complete List of 2019 Champions
Loudon Road Race Series:
Expert
Track Champion: Rick Doucette
Combined 300 Superbike: Rick Doucette
Combined 300 Supersport: Shawn Barron
Combined 500 Superbike: Benjamin Gloddy
Combined 500 Supersport: Benjamin Gloddy
Formula 50 Lights: Rick Doucette
Formula 40 Lights: Charles “Jesse” Sandoz
Formula 40 Unlimited: Eric Wood
GTL: Rick Doucette
GTO: Tyler Wasserbauer
GTU: Scott Greenwood
Heavyweight Superbike: Scott Greenwood
Heavyweight Supersport: Scott Greenwood
Lightweight Grand Prix: Rick Doucette
Lightweight Sportsman: Brett Guyer
Lightweight Superbike: Charles “Jesse” Sandoz
Lightweight Supersport: Steven Heider
Middleweight Formula 40: Scott Greenwood
Middleweight Grand Prix: Scott Greenwood
Middleweight Superbike: Scott Greenwood
Middleweight Supersport: Scott Greenwood
Motard: Elijah Block
Moto 3: Shawn Spear
Super Singles: Kevin Allen
Super Twins: Charles “Jesse” Sandoz
Thunderbike: Charles “Jesse” Sandoz
Ultralight Grand Prix: Brett Guyer
Ultralight Superbike: Peter Gaboriault
Unlimited Grand Prix: Eric Wood
Unlimited Superbike: Eric Wood
Unlimited Supersport: Eric Wood
Amateur
Amateur Achievement: Vicente Frontinan
Formula 50 Lights: Michael Dimond
Formula 40 Lights: Stephen Biehl
Formula 40 Unlimited: Vicente Frontinan
GTL: Charles Blumberg
GTO: Thomas Hynes IV
GTU: Vicente Frontinan
Heavyweight Superbike: Anthony DiCecca
Heavyweight Supersport: Paul Hosue
Lightweight Grand Prix: Charles Blumberg
Lightweight Sportsman: Brooks Saunders
Lightweight Superbike: Charles Blumberg
Lightweight Supersport: Charles Blumberg
Middleweight Formula 40: Vicente Frontinan
Middleweight Grand Prix: Vicente Frontinan
Middleweight Superbike: Brian Fernald
Middleweight Supersport: Vicente Frontinan
Motard: Brooks Saunders
Moto 3: Jeff Vader
Super Singles: Daniel Zimmer
Thunderbike: Kevin Fogg
Ultralight Grand Prix: Michael Zoner
Ultralight Superbike: Michael Dimond
Unlimited Grand Prix: Brian Fernald
Unlimited Superbike: David Caldwell
Unlimited Supersport: Brian Fernald
MOAT Mountain Road Course Series:
Track Champion: Shaun Buffington
J&J’s Yolk & Co. Oval Series (Legend Division):
Track Champion: Shaun Buffington
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