— It’s not the Oxford 250 or the Snowball Derby, but the Coastal 200 does serve an important purpose on the racing landscape in the state of Maine. Where more high-profile races rely on some measure of star power to draw attention and maintain their prestige, the Coastal 200 at Wiscasset Speedway is a throwback […]
Starting Over: DJ Shaw Uses Late Restart To Win Pro All Stars Series Race At Beech Ridge
April 30, 2016 by 1 Comment
— SCARBOROUGH, Maine — There wasn’t much Joey Doiron had to say about the finish of Saturday’s Pro All Stars Series race. “We have to get our car better on restarts,” Doiron said. “It’s not the first time that’s happened to us here.” What happened was that DJ Shaw got the restart of the race […]
First Time: Ben Tinker Wins First Career PASS Modified Race
April 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment
— SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Never in his wildest dreams did Ben Tinker think he’d find success so quickly. The PASS Modified rookie took the lead shortly following a lap eight restart and never looked back, cruising to his first career victory in the division Saturday afternoon at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Tinker, of New Gloucester, […]
NORTHERN POINTS: Benjamin, Beech Ridge And Battling For Championships
April 28, 2016 by 3 Comments
— It’s Thursday again… Time to open the garage door, dust off the ol’ Mini Stock and take it for a test spin around the cul de sac at the end of the street… I’M GUESSING NEITHER Travis Benjamin nor Mike Rowe are off to the starts they thought they’d enjoy to their respective Pro […]
The Wild Ones: Ben Rowe Wins Thrilling Pro All Stars Series Race At Oxford Plains Speedway
April 17, 2016 by 4 Comments
OXFORD, Maine — Words. Pictures. Video. None of them adequately tell the story of what took place in the final 300 feet of the Pro All Stars Series race on Sunday afternoon. What will tell the story? The boisterous crowd reaction — a mix of hollers, boos, cheers and screams — which greeted Ben Rowe […]
Northern Points: Pro All Stars Series, American-Canadian Tour Seasons Start In Earnest This Weekend
April 14, 2016 by Leave a Comment
— After the smiles faded from victory lane and the breeze that belted teams and fans relentlessly for hours finally subsided, there was a collective sigh of relief from a remote area in the back corner of the Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park pit area on Sunday afternoon. For the most part, barring a couple of […]
ACT & PASS Set To Open The First Of Four Doubleheaders On Sunday
April 13, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(Press Release from American-Canadian Tour) With Mother Nature postponing the first event for the second consecutive year, the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) is ready to open the 2016 racing season at Maine’s Oxford Plains Speedway. The event, scheduled for Sunday April 17, will be one of four doubleheader combination races with the Pro All Stars Series […]
RaceDayCT Daily Poll: Favorite Full Bodied Regional Racing Division In New England?
April 12, 2016 by 3 Comments
The Pro All Stars Series and North East Street Stock Tour treated fans at the Icebreaker this weekend at Thompson Speedway to quality events. In less than two weeks the Mr. Rooter New England Truck Series will open its season at Stafford Motor Speedway’s NAPA Spring Sizzler. And in a few weeks the American Canadian […]
Spring Break: Garrett Hall wins Pro All Stars Series season opener at Thompson
April 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment
— THOMPSON, Conn. — While it may not have first appeared that way, Garrett Hall got a lot more than an escape from the winter weather when his family-operated race team went to Florida in February for speedweeks at New Smyrna Speedway. On Sunday, the notes he took on the high-banked half-mile at New Smyrna […]
Old Familiar Feeling: Trevor Sanborn grabs Pro All Stars Series pole at Thompson
April 9, 2016 by Leave a Comment
— THOMPSON, Conn. — It was just like old times at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on Saturday afternoon. Driving for the team owner that gave him his Super Late Model start, in a car that was built some seven years ago, Trevor Sanborn won the pole position for the Pro All Stars Series season-opening Icebreaker […]
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