N. Woodstock, NH — Jefferson, NH’s Nick Pilotte went wire-to-to wire to win the Woodville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Mini Special at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday, May 22. Pilotte grabbed the lead right at the start from polesitter Jillian Baumgardner and handled a late challenge from rookie Luke Shannon to win the 50-lap main event in the first half of a doubleheader weekend.
By LORI RILEY, HARTFORD COURANT
Beth Paretta always loved cars. Her best friend Stacey Bakaj, though not as enthusiastic, was always along for the ride.
It certainly didn’t come easy for former three-time Buzz Chew Chevrolet NASCAR Modified champion John Fortin Sr. of Holtsville Saturday night at Riverhead Raceway but when all was said and done at the conclusion of 50-laps the 57-year-old elder statesman of the division earned his 35th career victory. Afterwards in victory lane Fortin briefly hinted the victory might also be his very last race noting “I want to go out on top, I have to really think about it I’d like to see a young kid in this car” (more…)
TIMMONSVILLE, SC (May 22) – Monroe, NC’s Zack Miracle used a late-race pass to score his second NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Late Model Stock win of the year Saturday night at Florence Motor Speedway. (more…)
EPPING, N.H. — Woody Pitkat wheeled the No. 6 Truly Hard Seltzer machine for Stan Mertz Racing to a solid eighth place finish in the Tri Track Open Modified Series race at Star Speedway on Saturday, May 22. Pitkat finished third in the qualifying heat, setting him up with a good starting spot for the 100-lap event. After running inside and around the top-10 for the duration of the race, Pitkat finished eighth and leaves the race sixth in the Tri Track point standings, just 16 from the lead, with four races to go.
EPPING, N.H. — After a busy weekend at Star Speedway, Sam Rameau drove the Rameau Family Motorsports machine to a 12th place finish in the Tri Track Open Modified Series 100 on Saturday, May 22. Rameau finished fourth in his qualifying heat, and ran inside and around the top-15 for much of the race. It wasn’t the finish that the team wanted, but Rameau maintains second in the championship standings, just eight points off the lead, with four races remaining.
WINCHESTER, N.H. – Teen sensation Cam Curtis stayed red-hot Saturday, May 22, at Monadnock Speedway, storming to his third Late Model Sportsman feature win in a row. This one was special. (more…)
EPPING, N.H. — Justin Bonsignore ran inside the top-10 for most of Saturday’s Tri Track Open Modified Series event at Star Speedway, but the end result doesn’t show it. The Holtsville, New York, native, driving for Jimmy Paige and the No. 00 team, finished second in his qualifying heat and ran inside the top-five of the feature before pitting close to halfway.
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WATERFORD — Andrew Molleur of Shelton needed only one word to describe his 35-lap Modified victory at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl Saturday — “Redemption.”
“At the final race last year, I led almost every lap but I messed up at the end and I didn’t get the win,” Molleur said in victory lane. “So I was determined tonight not
to let that happen again.” (more…)
