OPENING DAY AT WISCASSET RACEWAY THIS SATURDAY

With all of the offseason updates nearly complete, and with much
anticipation, Wiscasset Raceway will finally open its 2008 season this
Saturday afternoon with Opening Day presented by Lester Morse Auto
Sales of Wiscasset. The finishing touches are being put in place for
what track owner Doug White is counting on as a comeback season for
"Maine's Center of Speed". The facility has undergone a face lift over
the winter months and through the spring with fresh paint, many more
sponsor billboards and banners, an updated race program, and more fan
friendly amenities, plus a larger staff of employees and volunteers
ready to greet fans coming through the gates this weekend. Many more
changes have been made behind the scenes to make things easier for the
drivers and crews and to help run a safer and more competitive show
for everyone. As an added feature, Wiscasset Raceway will broadcast
its feature races this season over ESPN radio 1160 AM and also
broadcast at the track over a special scanner frequency for fan
convenience. The opening day program will feature Wiscasset's six
weekly racing series divisions: The Clark's Car Crushing Prostocks;
Smith Construction Late Model Sportsman; Unicel Super Streets;
Keystone Automotive Strictly Streets; Aable Auto Parts Mini Stocks and
the White & Bradstreet Mini Trucks. Pit gates will open at 9:00am
Saturday morning with practice running from 10:30 am - 12:30pm
followed by manditory division by division driver meetings. Grandstand
gates will open at 12:00 noon and the green flag will fly on the 2008
season at 2:00pm. For more information, call the Wiscasset Raceway
office at (207) 632-7322 or check the track's new website at
www.wiscassetraceway.info.

ACTion News – Wednesday, April 30, 2008

-by Justin St. Louis

Average car count at American-Canadian Tour Late Model stock car
events in 2008: 51. In both races completed thus
far, fields of 52 and 50 cars showed up to qualify at Lee USA Speedway
and Oxford Plains Speedway, respectively,
for starting grids of 30 and 33 cars. Simply amazing.

And those 50-some cars aren't clunkers, either – maybe you've heard of
young gun Joey Polewarczyk or Oxford star
Ricky Rolfe? Brent Dragon, J.R. Baril, Scott Payea, anyone? Maybe
Eddie MacDonald, Patrick Laperle, Ben Rowe,
Brad Leighton, or some guy named Jean-Paul Cyr? It's a good time to
be a Late Model fan in New England,
especially if you like variety and close action.

Another pretty cool number: 6. Six, as in the number of yellow flags
over a combined period of 250 laps on two
mean race tracks. Not only is the action close, it's clean and
professional. That's not to say there aren't some
jabs traded – John Donahue's already been backwards more times than he
probably wanted to be this year – but the
drivers have put on some good, hard-nosed racing without cheating the
fans or each other out of a good run.

Cyr, Dragon, MacDonald, and young Ryan Nolin's drives up the outside
lane in the New England Dodge Dealers 150 at
Oxford last Saturday were incredibly exciting, and Cyr's seven-lap
duel for the win with Rolfe was the perfect
capper to a race full of passing and battles for position.

Yes, it is a good time to be a Late Model fan.

***

This week, the thunder rolls through the Green Mountains again, as
"The Nation's Site of Excitement," Barre, VT's
Thunder Road, fires up its 49th season. The 10th Annual Merchants
Bank 150 will be the lid-lifter for the 1/4-
mile bullring, as well as the third round of the ACT Late Model Tour.

The Merchants Bank 150 weekend is fun all the way around, with the
annual car show, pit stop contest, and parade
from downtown Barre City up to the race track, followed by practice on
Saturday, May 3, then the "Class Day"
opening ceremonies and green flag action on Sunday, May 4. It all
starts at 9:00am on Saturday, 1:00pm on Sunday.

***

A practice session was held for all four Thunder Road divisions last
Thursday afternoon, and was looked upon as a
success by most of the teams in attendance. Very unofficially,
Donahue, multi-time champions Phil Scott and
Robbie Crouch, and rookie Matt White turned in the fastest Late Model
practice times. Also turning some good laps
were Trampas Demers, David Chagnon, rookie Tony Andrews, defending
"King of the Road" Dave Pembroke, and Shawn
Fleury.

The NAPA Tiger Sportsman class had a big turnout, led (again,
unofficially… our stopwatch didn't get everyone, and
wasn't running during every practice) by Shawn Sicard and Tommy
Therrien. Others with very good times were Brian
Delphia, Craig Bushey, rookie Bobby Therrien, and youngster Derrick O'Donnell.

The Allen Lumber Street Stocks are going to have a fun time catching
Tommy Thunder and Ron Gabaree this year,
based on what we saw. Thunder (his real last name is Smith, but
nobody cares about that) and Gabaree were visibly
the fastest two on the track in the early rounds, no matter what lane
they chose. By the end of the day, though,
Justin Gordon and "Dancin'" David Allen had basically closed the gap.

The Power Shift Online Junkyard Warriors weren't really led by anyone,
but there were plenty of folks having fun
out there, including Neal Foster, Mike Gay, Dale Bickford, and Chad Brown.

***

Did you know…?

-Of the 47 drivers to have started an ACT Late Model Tour race so far
in 2008, only one driver has finished a race
where he started. Ricky Rolfe won last weekend's New England Dodge
Dealers 150 from the pole position, but not
without a fight from Jean-Paul Cyr. Everyone else in both races
either improved or fell from their starting
position.

-Cris Michaud, Brent Dragon, Patrick Laperle, and Eddie MacDonald each
have a pair Top 10 finishes to their credit
already. MacDonald is the only driver to have finished each race
inside the Top 5. He was second at Lee USA and
fourth at Oxford Plains.

-Lee USA winner Joey Polewarczyk had as bad a day at Oxford as his was
good at Lee. But, despite finishing 18th
at OPS, he still retains the point lead by just one point over
Michaud. Oxford winner Rolfe sits tied with fellow
Maine racer Dale Verrill in 23rd place, the result of not having run
the Lee USA opener.

Speedway 95 next stop for PASS North

Naples ME (April 28, 2008) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North makes
the drive to Speedway 95 this Saturday May 3rd for their only
appearance of 2008 at the Hermon Maine oval, and all four PASS North
racing divisions will be in action.

The PASS North super late models headline the show with their own
brand of short track thunder in the Community Pharmacies 150. Mike
Rowe will be looking for two in a row after taking the win at Beech
Ridge in the super late model season opener by one-one hundredth of a
second over son Ben. Scott Chubbuck, Richie Dearborn, Cassius Clark
and Johnny Clark are always strong at Speedway 95, but great runs by
Travis Benjamin and Adam Bates at Beech Ridge could be a sign of
things to come.

Andy Shaw is batting a thousand since climbing behind the wheel of a
PASS Mod and he'll lead the open wheel set to 95. Terry Merrill topped
the PASS Sportsman at Beech Ridge and he'll be looking to go two for
two but Speedway 95 master Duane Seekins, defending PASS Sportsman
champ Dan McKeage and a host of others can be expected to challenge.
The PASS Outlaws will kick off their 2008 season this weekend and the
winner in this one is anybody's guess. Speedway 95's own Sport Fours
complete the five division card.

The pit gate swings open at 9:00 AM on Saturday, and the grandstands
open at 1:00 PM. Heat racing goes green at 3:00 PM

Visit the new PASS web site, www.racewithpass.com , for all the latest
on all five PASS divisions. The master PASS schedule and archives are
still available at www.proallstarsseries.com

Speedway 95 can be found
on line at www.speedway95racing.com .

Brown tastes fruits of victory in PASS South Watermelon 125

Perry Brown led all but a handful of laps to capture the Pro All Stars
Series (PASS) South win in Saturday night's Watermelon 125 at
Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele Georgia. It was the Riverview
Florida driver's first visit to PASS South victory lane. Gerogians
Bubba Pollard and Ryan Seig raced home second and third.

Yellow fever had its hold on the field as eighteen caution flags
plagued the race. Wrecks, spins, mechanical problems and flat tires
slowed many of Brown's wood-be challengers. Hickory winner Corey
Williams had a flat early on and lost several laps to a green flag
tire change, eventually finishing twelfth. Alex Haase ran second for
the first two thirds of the race until an on track incident sent him
pit side; Haase raced back to an eighth place finish. Zach Stroupe ran
up front early on until a broken panhard bar spoiled his night.
Stroupe would be credited with a 21st place finish.

Sprint Cup star David Ragan put on a show for the hometown crowd,
racing his way up to fourth at the checkers after starting shot gun on
the field. Fifth through tenth at the stripe were Michael Pope, Allen
Gordon, Mark Gibson, Alex Haase, John Stancill and Heath Hindman.

In qualifying Corey Williams set a new super late model track record
for the d-shaped three eighths mile. Williams was the only driver to
crack the 15 second barrier with his 15.982 pass. Zach Stroupe
continued to impress with a 16.041 clocking and veteran Florida short
tracker Darryl Shelnut timed in third at 16.058. Alex Haase (16.072)
and Alex Fleming (16.096) time trialed fourth and fifth. Less than two
tenths separated first from tenth in the ultra competitive field.

The PASS South super late models return to action Saturday May 10th
for Mom's 150 at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford Virginia. Check out
the new Pro All Stars Series web site at www.racewithpass.com , and
Motor Mile Speedway on line at www.motormilespeedway.com .

Unofficial Results – PASS South Super Late Model Watermelon 125
Watermelon Capital Speedway – Cordele, GA – April 26, 2008

1) 22-Perry Brown, Riverview FL Pal-King Pallets Chev 2) 26-Bubba
Pollard, Senoia GA 3) 39S-Ryan Seig,Tucker GA S&W Services Chev 4) 6
– David Ragan, Unadilla GA Watermelon Capital Speedway Ford 5)
44-Michael Pope, Dublin GA, Builders Concrete Products Chev 6)
29-Allen Gordon, Leesburg GA Hall Electric Co. 7) 62-Mark Gibson,
Winston-Salem NC Yarborough Trans Chev 8) 51H-Alex Haase,Concord NC
Kyle Busch Foundation Toyota 9) 20-John Stancill,Ayden NC Stancill
Farms Chev 10) 91-Heath Hindman,Signal Mountain TN Chev 11) 5-Spencer
Wauters,Concord NC Victor Ford 12) 47-Corey Willians,Boothbay ME
Prevost-Stuff.com Chev 13) 48-John Batten,Nashville NC Batten Ceramic
Tiles Chev 14) 30-Rodney Brooks, Mooresville NC
15) 4 – Blake Lehr,Waxhaw NC Carolina Autosports Chev 16) 94-Mitch
Cobb,Edwards CO JAMK LLC Ford 17) 98-Justin Wakefield, Woodstock GA
Grace Mortgage Service 18) 67-Jeff Fultz, Cincinnati OH 19) 31-Tyler
Millwood, Kingston GA 20) 0-Strom Altman, Charleston SC 21) 51-Zach
Stroupe,Iron Station NC bdiracing.net Chev 22) 05-Alex Fleming,Raleigh
NC Joyner Traffic Eng. Chev 23) 24-Brian Royalty, Cynthiana KY A&J
Service Center Chev 25) 7-Darrryl Shelnut

Rolfe denies Cyr in clash of champions at New England Dodge Dealers ACT 150

OXFORD, Maine - It looked so easy for so long, until a fellow champion
crashed Ricky Rolfe's party.
Rolfe dominated the early stages of Saturday's New England Dodge
Dealers American-Canadian Tour 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway, but the
two-time OPS champion was forced to withstand a late challenge from
seven-time ACT king Jean-Paul Cyr to win a touring event at his home
track for the first time since 2002.
The second and final caution flag of the race put Cyr to Rolfe's
outside on a restart with 10 laps remaining. Cyr's charge was
persistent enough to give him the lead by a fender on lap 146 and by a
half-car length on lap 147 before Rolfe restored the advantage. Rolfe
won the chase to the checkered flag by two car lengths.
"I love running these ACT races. I love all long races. But I wouldn't
mind if this were the (TD Banknorth) 250," said Rolfe, referring to
the $100 paid to the leader of each green-flag lap during the July
summer classic at Oxford. "I'd have about $15,000 in the pocket, never
mind if we would win that damn thing."
Rolfe, who has won feature races in six different divisions at OPS in
a 20-year career, captured the 2002 Late Model and 2003 Pro Stock
championships at Oxford. His career-best finish in the TD Banknorth
250 was second in 2005.
Starting on the pole gave Rolfe a chance to run and hide, but Cyr was
one of several drivers to make a dramatic charge and shuffle his way
to the front over the second half of a mostly caution-free event.
Cyr started 15th and survived early contact with John Donahue to run
second. Brent Dragon rallied from 24th to third, with Eddie MacDonald
blazing from 17th to fourth. Donahue rounded out the top five.
OPS 2004 champion Shawn Martin, Canadians Patrick Laperle and Donald
Theetge, ACT veteran Cris Michaud and all-purpose touring standout Ben
Rowe rounded out the top 10.
Rowe's spin brought out the caution flag that gave Cyr his last-ditch
chance to overtake Rolfe.
"I saw him coming up the outside, and I thought if I could get up
there too, he would have to go under me. He couldn't seem to get under
me," Rolfe said. "Then the caution came out and said, 'Oh, no, here we
go now.' I don't want to be rough with him. He's my customer. I
figured if he went by me, he went by me. Second's better than
crashing."
Rolfe, a fabricator at the Race Basics shop in nearby Andover, builds
cars at his day job for Cyr and countless other Late Model drivers in
New England.
His day wasn't perfect. After a run from eighth to third in his 12-lap
heat afforded him the pole by virtue of a plus-five handicap in the
ACT qualifying system, Rolfe and his crew discovered a problem
"We had a hole in the radiator and had to change it," Rolfe said.
"This is the same car as last year. We put a new body on it, and
that's it. Just a few little tweaks here and there. She was pretty
good today."
Cyr caught a break on lap 50 when he was restored to his spot after he
and Donahue spun out of the lead pack due to fluid on the track in
turn four. ACT officials determined that the two tangled after the
yellow flag appeared for the moisture.
Under the ensuing long run, Cyr was fastest among the several drivers
in the mid-pack whose set-up seemed to click in the late-afternoon
sunshine.
"I think we passed quite a few cars, some of them a couple of times,"
Cyr said. "A win would have been better, but I guess we'll settle for
this again. Ricky ran a wonderful race. He knew what line I was
running."
Cyr stormed past Rowe into the top five on lap 93. Over the next seven
circuits, he picked off MacDonald, Donahue and Martin to snag second.
Rolfe's advantage shrank significantly in that stretch, but he was
able to maintain that margin in traffic until the Rowe spin.
Rolfe had a buffer zone of several lapped cars between himself and
runner-up Shawn Martin on the lap 50 restart. There was no such luxury
with Cyr to his outside and only 10 laps to go.
"On the restart I thought I had him if I could bring it in before the
car got too tight. He raced me clean. I raced him clean. He does fix
my car, and I don't want him messing up on that," Cyr said with a
smile.
No telling what might have happened if Dragon had an extra 50 to 100
laps to work with. He won a lengthy duel with MacDonald during the
extended green-flag session and found a place on the podium.
"Maybe I should have gone for it earlier, gotten past some of those
lapped cars, and maybe I could have run with Jean and Ricky," Dragon
said. "It still was a good day coming from 24th. I'm looking forward
to the rest of the year."
Saturday's opener was the first event in the four-race L/A
Harley-Davidson Late Model Challenge Series. In addition to the
independent TD Banknorth 250, other ACT events are scheduled for June
21 and Sept. 13.
Other feature winners Saturday were Matt Williams (Allen's Coffee
Flavored Brandy Strictly Stock), Dave Mooney (Allen's Mini Stock),
David Childs (Chimney Tech Outlaw) and Cathy Manchester (Allen's
Ladies).
Williams was another driver to earn the pole -- in his case, by virtue
of a heat-race win -- and use the track position to his advantage
while four drivers dueled for runner-up spot behind him.
B.J. Chapman, Skip Tripp and Mike Short diced it out side-by-side and
fender-to-fender for the runner-up slot throughout. It was enough to
give Williams a cushion of two to five car lengths for the duration of
a 30-lap sprint that proceeded without a caution.
The win might have been good medicine for Williams. He picked up a
victory early last season but admittedly grew weary of chasing points
over the summer, even though it yielded him a fourth-place result for
the season.
"I wasn't too enthused about racing this year. I don't know, I just
have no ambition, I guess, Maybe I'll find some ambition now,"
Williams said.
Chapman jumped out to second early and staved off the charges of first
Short, then Tripp, to match his career-best finish.
"My dad (four-time OPS Charger champion Blaine) is the one I have to
thank, because without him there is no way I would be racing," said
Chapman, who returns to Strictly Stock after a brief foray in Late
Models last season. "We just finished the car last night. I'm
impressed that we're even up here."
The car of apparent third-place finisher Short failed the post-race
inspection, vaulting Sumner Sessions into the final trophy position.
Sessions scooted into third when Tripp's ride drifted high in the
final turn. Joe Hutter posted his best finish since 2005, taking
fifth.
Mooney was the beneficiary of his brother Don's rough luck en route to
his first Mini Stock victory in almost five years.
Don Mooney and Jimmy Childs ran one-two in a battle of two-time
division champions throughout the first half of the race. That tussle
ended when Childs made an inside bid for the lead on lap 16. Mooney
went for the block and wound up spinning over Turn 3 and falling to
the rear of the field.
Childs avoided veering off course but still yielded the lead to Dave
Mooney, and that inside lane on the restart gave Dave the vantage
point he needed to deny the 2006 and '07 division dominator.
"Last year it didn't want to run 30 laps at a time, so I'm lucky to
get it to run 30 laps to start off with," Dave Mooney said. "That 10
(Childs) is always the fastest car here. It's a hard thing to do to
hold him off. Hopefully I can have a few more good runs this year, I
don't know."
In a surprise return, Childs tuned up for his full-time Late Model
debut next week by hopping in the championship ride he turned over to
dad Bill Sr. in the off-season.
True to form, Childs provided the entertainment value during and after the race.
"Dad put it together and he didn't want to drive it. He wasn't feeling
so good, so he let me drive it. He's done so much for my family in
racing," Childs said. "I'll be here with my Late Model next week. Good
thing I won't have to run with the green machine (Don Mooney), because
he thinks he owns the whole track. It was like last year with Adam
Polvinen all over again."
Don Mooney rebounded from the incident to finish sixth.
Rookie Darrell Moore wound up an impressive third in only his second
Mini Stock start since graduating after a half-season in the
Acceleration Series. Shane Kaherl and Ashley Marshall completed the
top five.
Two more members of the Childs family found their way to victory lane
in the Chimney Tech Outlaw feature, where David opened defense of his
Agren Appliance Saturday Showdown title with a wire-to-wire win.
David's uncle, Guy Childs Sr., settled for third, with Rick Spaulding
sandwiched between the two at the end of the 20-lap dash.
"I'm not going to complain. Starting out front helps out a lot, but
I'll take it any way I can get it," Childs said.
Manchester led the Ladies' 10-lap encounter throughout, narrowly ahead
of reigning Showdown champion Dottie Patria.
"Dottie said she'd let me have first place on my birthday," joked Manchester.
Kimberly Sessions finished third in a ride borrowed from Outlaw driver
Scott Veinott.
OPS roars to life again next Saturday, May 3, with five divisions of
action on Sunoco Race Fuels Night beginning at 6:30 p.m.

NEW ENGLAND DODGE DEALERS ACT 150
Fin. (Start) No. Driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (1) #51 Ricky Rolfe, Albany Township, 150
2. (15) #32 Jean-Paul Cyr, Milton, Vt., 150
3. (24) #55 Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt., 150
4. (17) #17 Eddie MacDonald, Rowley, Mass., 150
5. (3) #26 John Donahue, Graniteville, Vt., 150
6. (2) #94 Shawn Martin, Turner, 150
7. (12) #91 Patrick Laperle, St. Denis, Quebec, 150
8.(18) #80 Donald Theetge, Boischatel, Quebec, 150
9. (7) #6 Cris Michaud, Northfield, Vt., 150
10. (8) #10 Ben Rowe, Turner, 150
11. (9) #78 Ryan Nolin, Georgia, Vt., 150
12. (22) #11 Claude Leclerc, Lanoraie, Quebec, 150
13. (29) #7VT Eric Williams, Hyde Park, Vt., 149
14. (4) #70 Scott Dragon, Milton, Vt., 149
15. (5) #9 Jonathan Urlin, London, Ontario, 149
16. (21) #25 Shawn Knight, Oxford, 149
17. (30) #89 Scott Payea, Milton, Vt., 149
18. (25) #97 Joey Polewarczyk, Hudson, N.H., 149
19. (10) #05 Ron Henry, New Gloucester, 149
20. (27) #56 Dale Verrill, Paris, 149
21. (32) #02 Randy Potter, Groveton, N.H., 149
22. (16) #5 Leon Heckbert, Wilton, 149
23. (13) #07 Scott Luce, Strong, 148
24. (28) #85 Dennis Demers, Shelburne, Vt., 148
25. (20) #7ME Glen Luce, Turner, 148
26. (14) #16 Joey Becker, Jeffersonville, Vt., 148
27. (19) #41 Pete Potvin III, Graniteville, Vt., 147
28. (23) #61 Tommy Ricker, Poland, 132
29. (26) #83 Alan Tardiff, Lyman, 115
30. (31) #18 Jamie Fisher. Shelburne, Vt., 100
31. (11) #15 Ben Ashline, Pittston, 48
32. (33) Travis Stearns, Auburn, 26
33. (6) Travis Adams, Canton, 7
Lap leaders: Rolfe 1-145, Cyr 146-147, Rolfe 148-150.
Cautions: 2 (laps 50, 140)
Margin of victory: 2 car lengths

ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK (30 laps): 1. Matt
Williams, Brownfield; 2. B.J. Chapman, Bridgton; 3. Sumner Sessions,
Norway; 4. Skip Tripp, Sabattus; 5. Joe Hutter, Oxford; 6 Rick
Thompson, Naples; 7. Dave MacDonald, New Gloucester; 8. Kim Tripp,
Oxford; 9. Larry Emerson, Durham; 10. Perry Tucker, Sumner; 11. Mike
St. Germain, Auburn; 12. Michael Roe, West Paris; 13. Glen Henderson,
Sabattus. DQ - Mike Short, Auburn. DNS - Jeff Moon, Gray.

ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY MINI STOCK (30 laps): 1. Dave Mooney,
Wales; 2. Jimmy Childs, Leeds; 3. Darrell Moore, Mechanic Falls; 4.
Shane Kaherl, Jay; 5. Ashley Marshall, Jay; 6. Don Mooney, New
Gloucester; 7. Curtis Fanjoy, Oxford; 8. Wayne Titus, Lisbon; 9. Craig
Moore, Oxford; 10. Greg Watkins, Bridgton; 11. Randy Kimball, Mechanic
Falls; 12. Kevin Bishop, Oxford; 13. Bob Guptill, Mechanic Falls; 14.
Matt Moore, Harrison; 15. Dale Brackett, Oxford; 16. Ken Daigle Jr.,
Lisbon; 17. Bill Thibeault, Oxford. DNS - Don Frechette, Turner; Brad
Dwinal, Freeport.

CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW (20 laps): 1. David Childs, Oxford; 2. Rick
Spaulding, Lewiston; 3. Guy Childs Sr., Turner; 4. Steve Moon, Gray;
5. Kevin Lawrence, South Paris; 6. Thom Bell, Turner; 7. Fred Clavet,
Buckfield; 8. Zach Bowie, Lisbon; 9. Jay Wilkins, Gray; 10. Keith
Landry, Oxford; 11. Nick Coates, Turner; 12. Walter Connell III,
Norway; 13. Jonathan Baldwin, Auburn; 14. Dennis Morang, Norway; 15.
Shannon Judd, Jay; 16. John Patria, Turner; 17. Tom Averill, Peru; 18.
Bill Coolidge, Bryant Pond; 19. Scott Veinott, Greene; 20. Jerry
Freve, Buckfield.

ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY LADIES (10 laps): 1. Cathy Manchester,
Gray; 2. Dottie Patria, Turner; 3. Kimberly Sessions, Auburn; 4. Annie
Chartier, Mexico; 5. Debbie Marston, Hartford.

Rolfe Holds Cyr Off for Oxford ACT Victory

OXFORD, ME – Home track stock car favorite Ricky Rolfe of
Albany Twp., ME held off a fast-closing Jean-Paul Cyr to win
the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) New England Dodge Dealers 150 at
Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday. Cyr's late charge was
enough to bring him alongside Rolfe's Race Basics/Swasey Excavation
#51 Ford with less than ten laps remaining, but the former
track champion won by about two car lengths.
"We lapped a lot of cars early, but when the field started to
catch up, I had to try some new lines around the track,"
said Rolfe. "We found that the upper groove was the place to be, and
it worked."
Cyr recovered from a lap 49 spin with John Donahue to earn his
podium finish. Both drivers spun in oil dropped on the
track by another car, and were given their running positions back by
race control during the caution period.
Rolfe earned a "+5" handicap to earn the pole starting position.
Seven-time and defending ACT Late Model Tour Champion Cyr, of
Milton, VT, started fifteenth in the field of 33 cars. Brent Dragon,
also of Milton, VT, drove from 24th place to finish third.
Rowley, MA driver Eddie MacDonald and Donahue, of Graniteville, VT,
rounded out the top five.
Unofficially, the top ten was completed in order by Turner, ME's Shawn
Martin, Montreal driver Patrick Laperle, Quebec City's
Donald Theetge, Cris Michaud of Northfield, VT, and Ben Rowe of Turner, ME.
The ACT Late Model Tour victory was the second of Rolfe's career, his
first since 2002. Only two caution periods slowed the New
England Dodge Dealers 150, which was completed in just over 54
minutes. Fifty Late Model cars from four U.S. states and two
Canadian provinces attempted to qualify.
The ACT Late Model Tour travels to Barre, VT's Thunder Road Int'l
Speedbowl for the 10th Annual Merchants Bank 150 on Sat./Sun.,
May 3/4. For more information, call (802) 244-6963 or visit www.acttour.com.

UNOFFICIAL FINISH – New England Dodge Dealers 150
ACT Late Model Tour – Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Pos.-(Start)-Car No.-Driver-Hometown (# - denotes rookie)
1. (1) 51 Ricky Rolfe, Albany Twp., ME
2. (15) 32 Jean-Paul Cyr, Milton, VT
3. (24) 55VT Brent Dragon, Milton, VT
4. (17) 17 Eddie MacDonald, Rowley, MA
5. (3) 26 John Donahue, Graniteville, VT
6. (2) 94 Shawn Martin, Turner, ME
7. (12) 91 Patrick Laperle, St-Denis, QC
8. (18) 80 Donald Theetge, Boischatel, QC
9. (7) 6 Cris Michaud, Northfield, VT
10. (8) 10NH Ben Rowe, Turner, ME
11. (9) 78 Ryan Nolin, Georgia, VT
12. (22) 11 Claude Leclerc, Lanoraie, QC
13. (29) 7VT Eric Williams, Hyde Park, VT
14. (4) 70 Scott Dragon, Milton, VT
15. (5) 9ON #Jonathan Urlin, London, ON
16. (21) 25 Shawn Knight, South Paris, ME
17. (30) 89 Scott Payea, Milton, VT
18. (25) 97 Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Hudson, NH
19. (10) 05 Ron Henry, New Gloucester, ME
20. (27) 56 Dale Verrill, Paris, ME
21. (32) 02NH Randy Potter, Groveton, NH
22. (16) 5ME Leon Heckbert, Wilton, ME
23. (13) 07 Scott Luce, Strong, ME
24. (28) 85 Dennis Demers, Shelburne, VT
25. (20) 7ME Glen Luce, Turner, ME
26. (14) 16 Joe Becker, Jeffersonville, VT
27. (19) 41VT Pete Potvin, III, Graniteville, VT
28. (23) 61 Tommy Ricker, Poland, ME
29. (26) 83 Alan Tardiff, Lyman, ME
30. (31) 18 Jamie Fisher, Shelburne, VT
31. (11) 15 Ben Ashline, Pittston, ME
32. (33) 86 Travis Stearns, Auburn, ME
33. (6) 03 Travis Adams, Canton, ME

Adams Leads Oxford Plains Drivers to ACT Event

OXFORD, ME – Champion stock car driver Travis Adams will lead
his home-track contingent to the American-
Canadian Tour's New England Dodge Dealers 150 at Oxford Plains
Speedway on Saturday, April 26. Adams, of Canton,
ME won the last ACT Late Model Tour event held at the fast 3/8-mile
oval in October, and has captured three of the
last five Late Model Track Championships there.
Long touted as a potential winner in ACT competition, Adams
downplayed the situation until he finally
broke through in 2007. "It's like you're just one of the competitive
ones – 'Oh, he's a threat to win,'" he told
writer Travis Barrett at a press conference on Tuesday, "but if you
don't win, I don't really consider you a
threat." Adams dropped the self-imposed illusion following his
October score, a race in which he battled former
Oxford Plains Speedway ACT Late Model Tour event winner Scott Dragon
of Milton, VT for nearly 150 laps. He also
finished third at the Time Warner Cable 100 at OPS in August, and then
became the fourth OPS regular to win an ACT
race, joining Ricky Rolfe (2002), Ryan Moore (2001), and two-time
winner Shawn Martin (2004 and '06).
Hudson, NH teenager Joey "Pole" Polewarczyk, Jr. won the ACT
Late Model Tour season opener at Lee USA (NH)
Speedway last Sunday, dominating over Rowley, MA racer Eddie MacDonald
and Northfield, VT's Cris Michaud.
MacDonald won the ACT Time Warner Cable 100 at Oxford Plains Speedway
last August, while Polewarczyk finished
third in the New England Dodge Dealers 150 last April. Michaud is a
three-time Late Model Track Champion at
Barre, VT's Thunder Road. All three are expected to compete on
Saturday, among as many as 50 drivers from the
northeastern U.S. and Canada.
Green flag action for the American-Canadian Tour's New England
Dodge Dealers 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway
begins at 2:00pm on Saturday, April 26.

ASM Makes NASCAR History Yet Again

Harrisburg, NC – NASCAR announced today that the #44 Chevrolet driven
by Peyton Sellers would earn 30th place points and forfeit it's
season-opening win in the Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 at Greenville
Pickens Speedway due to a rules infraction. Per NASCAR, this decision
can not be appealed.

H.C. Sellers was also banned from the next three NASCAR Camping World
East Series events.

"Needless to say we are shocked and disappointed," ASM owner Andy
Santerre stated. "We are being made an example. We admit there was a
rules infraction, it was a shock to us as much as it was unintentional
and unknown prior to post-race inspection. We conceded that and
worked with NASCAR to make sure it was not found in any of the other
shocks or on the second ASM car. It was not. We understood there
would be ramifications, but to go against past precedent and take the
win is disappointing."

Santerre continues, "The one thing we know in the NCWES is if we
finish in the top-5, which for ASM, is about every week, the tranny,
the rear gear and the shocks are coming apart. It would be stupid to
do something that blatant intentionally when we know it will be
checked. Santerre explains, "We built shocks for a team last year and
bought them back at the end of last year. We dynoed them and they
seemed the same as when we built them. We tested all four shocks on
the car at Greenville, but to make the car better, we changed three of
them, but one of the shocks stayed on the car. It was this shock that
was illegal."

The decision gives ASM teammate, Austin Dillon, his first win in his
first race in the series.

ASM would like to formally apologize to all our sponsors who are an
integral part of our program and success - Strutmasters, Casella and
SkillsUSA. We have and will always put integrity first as do you in
your respective businesses.

ASM became the first team in NASCAR East Series history to lose a
points win for a rules infraction.

NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH

By Lou Modestino(For 4/25-4/27/08)

The weatherman gave the promoters of the 8th Annual Upper
Valley Car Show in West Lebanon, New Hampshire dismal forecasts for
the entire weekend, but sweet little Mother Nature supplied us with a
chilly, partly sunny, Sunday afternoon, allowing a huge crowd to
wander through the Wal-Mart parking lot, and view some beautiful
racecars donned in their Sunday best!

The show was put on by Bear Ridge Speedway and US Cellular,
and featured cars from Bear Ridge, Riverside Speedway, Canaan Fair
Speedway, Legion Speedway, The North Eastern Kart Co., and the Granite
State Mini-Sprint organization. In all, over twenty racecars were on
display, all shined up for the 2008 racing season.

Riverside Speedway was well represented as four beautiful
cars made the long trek south to participate in the show. Those
participants included the Late Models of Russell Clark of Littleton,
New Hampshire, Paul Schartner III and Jeremy Lacoss of Lyndonville,
Vermont, and Angels competitor, Mary Eastman, also of Lyndonville.

"The craftsmanship and paint schemes of these cars were
incredible, stated Riverside Speedway general manager, Dick Therrien.
The economy may be a little slow, but you certainly wouldn't know it
by the immaculate paint jobs, and the number of sponsors painted on
these cars. They have gone all out to showcase their fine machines and
our product to the fans. Even though we were out of our immediate
drawing area, I had the chance to pass out a ton of schedules and pass
along a lot of information about our Speedway to a lot of racing fans.
Many stated that they were going to try and make it up to Riverside
this summer, and hopefully we can entice them to come back. A big
thanks to these generous teams that traveled all the way down here to
display their racecars, as they certainly impressed race fans from the
Upper Valley enough to want to visit our facility. I also want to
thank CV Elms and April, as well as US Cellular for putting on this
fine show. It is well worth the long trip for us, and also a great way
to kick off the 2008 racing season for all." Riverside Speedway will
host their annual Eastman Trophy / NAPA All Star Car Show and practice
day on Saturday, May 3, 2008.

Riverside Speedway is pleased to announce a new bonus program for
the Budweiser Super Stock and River Bend RV Street Stock divisions for
the 2008 racing season.

P&SL Auto of Lancaster, New Hampshire will be sponsoring a
bonus program that will give a gasoline gift certificate to one heat
winner each week in each division. Here's how it will work. The
winners of each heats name will be thrown into a hat for each
division. One name will be pulled and that lucky person from each
class will win a gift certificate for Sunoco gasoline at P&SL Auto.

"I am excited about being a part of this program, and
working to help the racers at Riverside Speedway, stated Scott
Lambert, owner of P&SL Auto. Riverside is a great family entertainment
center here in the North Country, and the track does a lot for the
local economy. This is our way to help the racers with a little extra
bonus!" P&SL Auto also helps out at the Speedway by providing wrecker
support as needed.

"This is a great little program for these divisions here at
Riverside. We really appreciate this special bonus support from Scott,
General Manager, Dick Therrien expressed. This certainly will help out
the lucky winners, and add more excitement to the already competitive
qualifying heats!"

We are starting to see reports that the Indy Racing League is
targeting new events in the Northwest and New England in 2009. The
Indy Cars raced at NHMS but were dropped several years ago because of
the split of two factions and the lack of paid admissions.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway has a totally new look on the
worldwide web. NHMS.com makes its debut with a design that is
informative and fan-friendly.

New features include a fan forum, where guests can share
their experiences at the speedway, offer suggestions, and make new
friends. Audio, video, and photo galleries will offer an inside look
at the activities and growth at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Interactive weekly polls will track the pulse of the fans on today's
most important racing questions.

"This is the next step in the evolution of New Hampshire Motor
Speedway," said Jerry Gappens, Executive Vice President and General
Manager. "For our fans, competitors, and the surrounding community, it
is important that we not only provide timely information, but also
give everyone the opportunity to share their thoughts and ideas for
the future. The site will also be a showcase for area attractions and
businesses that make New Hampshire such a special place." You can
visit them online at www.nhms.com.

Many 16-year-olds find selecting a career path an increasingly
important part of their lives. SunTrust MOTO-ST Series racer James
Rispoli is in the same situation, although his options are a little
different from those of most kids his age – road racing or dirt track.

Already a rising star on the dirt track racing scene in the U.S.,
Rispoli has now discovered the joys of road racing, and has already
shown potential in that area of the sport as well. The Attica, N.Y.
resident along with teammate Ted Cobb rode the Cycle Dynamics Kawasaki
EX650 to first place in the Sport Twins class of the SunTrust MOTO-ST
Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway March 2 and the
duo are looking to do it again April 25-27 at Virginia International
Raceway.

A New Hampshire native, Rispoli got his start in dirt track racing
at the age of 6. His dad is close friends with Bruce Lyskawa of
Concord, NH, a former racer whose Bruce Transportation Group Team has
a history of launching the careers of some of America's brightest
racing talent. Lyskawa's son Brent, also 16, races and remains close
friends with Rispoli.

While Rispoli found himself moving up the amateur ranks in dirt
track racing, he also longed to emulate one of his great heroes,
seven-time Grand Prix road race World Champion Valentino Rossi.

After making a successful debut as a Novice in the WERA road
racing series in 2006, Rispoli was moved up to the Expert ranks last
season. Riding a Suzuki GSX-R600 he slowly worked his way up to speed,
and ended the season with a third place finish in B Superbike Expert
at the Grand National Finals.

"When I started on the 600 I was getting a little tense," he
recalls. "It was only the last couple of races that I really hit it,
and then I won my first race at the end of the year at Summit Point."

Just before the Grand National Finals Rispoli attended the Kevin
Schwantz Suzuki School, a performance riding school run out of the
Road Atlanta race track by former World Champion Schwantz. While there
Rispoli struck up a rapport with Cobb, an instructor at the school.

Cobb's association with Cycle Dynamics team owner Charlie Benton
led to an opportunity for Rispoli to ride the team's Kawasaki with
Peyton and Brett Sassaman in last October's SunTrust MOTO-ST Series
season finale at Daytona. The bike retired just a couple of hours into
the race, but Rispoli was invited back to the team for this year's
season opener.

The Daytona weekend was an emotional one for Rispoli and the
team, as his mother Loretta died just a couple of weeks before the
event. Rispoli started the three-hour race on the Cycle Dynamics
Kawasaki, but struggled in the early going and was brought in to hand
over the bike to Cobb.

"I was thinking way too much," Rispoli explains. "I don't think I
had my game fully on. But Ted got on there and he kept it together for
us. If it wasn't for him I don't know what would have happened. He was
really fast. It was a very emotional victory."

Once Rispoli got back aboard the Cycle Dynamics bike he enjoyed a
tough fight with the defending Sport Twins champion, the No. 9
Pair-A-Nines Kawasaki shared by Jimmy Filice and Jay Springsteen.
Rispoli got a particular thrill out of battling with Springsteen, a
veteran dirt track superstar who has also excelled in road racing.

"That was awesome," Rispoli says. "He's a big dirt track hero of
mine. I wasn't giving him anything and he wasn't giving me anything. I
had a great time." Rispoli says his dirt track experience has proved
invaluable to his education as a road racer. "Dirt track teaches you
how to adapt to different situations," he explains. "If the tire
starts to go off you can adapt to it, you have a better chance to ride
around it. Anything can happen and you're prepared for it."

He also says his time at the Kevin Schwantz school also played a
big role in his development as a road racer. "The two main things I
learned about were body position and throttle control," he says. "One
of my problems was that, in the corners, I was really aggressive with
the throttle and I needed to smooth it out and relax."

But just because Rispoli has been honing his road racing skills
doesn't mean he's letting the dirt track racing take a back seat. Far
from it. While he was racing the Cycle Dynamics Kawasaki in the
SunTrust MOTO-ST Series season opener in March, he was also scooting
off to nearby Volusia County Speedway for the traditional Bike Week
dirt track races. "I did well in all the dirt track stuff," he
reports, "and I'm so glad I did it again. I won every race I entered."

Unfortunately his week was cut short when his foot got caught in a
pothole on the Volusia track and he suffered a hairline fracture on
his ankle. So, which career path is it for Rispoli? Dirt track or road
racing? Right now it's a little of both. Rispoli intends to continue
racing dirt track this year in the Pro Sport division, working his way
up to an Expert license. He would ultimately like to reach the
pinnacle of the sport, the AMA Grand National Dirt Track Championship,
and square off against another of his heroes, seven-time Grand
National champion Chris Carr.

"I want to ride against Chris Carr at least once," Rispoli says. "I've
been to his American Supercamp, and every time you go you learn
something new." He'd also like to move into the pro ranks of AMA road
racing, perhaps running in the Supersport class.

The options are still wide open for Rispoli, but as long as he
continues to excel in both the dirt track and road race arenas picking
a career path is going to get tougher and tougher. The SunTrust
MOTO-ST Series is organized and sanctioned by Professional Motorsports
Productions (PMP) of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the Grand American
Road Racing Association (Grand-Am), based in Daytona Beach, Fla.,
provides the series with administrative and commercial support. This
report came from SunTrust MOTO-ST PR.

Defending champion Kirk Alexander, Swanzey, NH., jumped into the
lead on lap three and roared to victory in the" Governors Cup 100"
modified race Sunday afternoon at Lee USA Speedway, Lee NH. The win
was Alexander's 27th career victory with the touring series.

Despite early race pressure from Ted Christopher, Plainville, CT, and
then David Pinkham, Buxton, ME, the three-time champion survived a
caution plagued race that was once stopped for an overheating racer
that sprayed water on the racing surface resulting in six cars retired
to the pit area. Pinkham settled for second followed by E.Hartland
CT's

Dale Evonsion, Madison,CT.,veteran Mike Holdridge, and Jon McKennedy,
Chelmsford, MA. making up the top five.

Christopher, Rob Goodenough, Swanzey, NH., Les Hinckley, Windsor
Locks, CT., Ed Dachenhausen, Danbury, CT., and Chris Pasteryak,
Lisbon, CT, finished sixth through tenth.

Sunday's race was also the first of eight guaranteed starter races for
the Sunoco Modified Mania 400 weekend at Thompson, CT. in September.

The next event for the TVMRS will be Saturday April 26, at Monadnock
Speedway, Winchester, NH., for the running of the "Bond Auto Parts
100."

Eighteen year-old stock car racing sensation Joey "Pole" Polewarczyk,
Jr. blistered the American-Canadian Tour field at Lee USA Speedway on
Sunday, taking his second career victory at the New Hampshire
Governor's Cup 100. The Hudson, NH ace took the lead from polesitter
Larry Gelinas after starting third, and dominated the balance of the
event to take the win in just over 46 minutes. Polewarczyk said that
for 2008, his team is "all business.""We're focused on winning the ACT
Late Model Tour title," he said. "We had a checkered flag design on
the car last year, and we decided to leave it off this year, just
black, nothing else. We're all business."Polewarczyk's no-frills car
was the class of the field, at times leading by more than a full
straightaway. Rowley, MA driver Eddie MacDonald won a late-race battle
with Scott Payea, Randy Potter, and Cris Michaud to take second-place
honors. MacDonald finished fifth in a 150-lap event at Greenville,
South Carolina on Saturday night, and flew into New England on Sunday
morning. Michaud, of Northfield, VT, finished third from 19th starting
position over Milton, VT driver Payea and Groveton, NH's
Potter.Unofficially, rookie Ricky Wolf, Jr. of Northwood, NH finished
sixth. Eric Chase, Patrick Laperle, Ron Henry, and Brent Dragon
finished in positions six through ten. Seven-time and defending ACT
Late Model Tour Champion Jean-Paul Cyr of Milton, VT crashed out on
lap 4 after contact with Bobby Baillargeon in Turn 3. Neither driver
was injured.The ACT Late Model Tour travels to Maine's Oxford Plains
Speedway on Saturday, April 26 for the New England Dodge Dealers 150.
For more information, call (802) 244-6963.

Chop-Shop Customs in Woburn, MA will be having an Open House
this Saturday 4/26/08 from 10 a.m- 3 p.m.

Let's check to see what else is happening in northern New England
this weekend. Motorsports action in the north country is coming out
of hibernation. Twin State Speedway in Claremont, NH will open up on
Friday night with a five division race card at 7 p.m. SCCA NH will
host an AutoX event at NHMS in Loudon, NH on Saturday and Sunday. Take
your choice on Saturday with All-Star in Epping, NH, Monadnock
Speedway in Winchester, NH, Oxford Plains in western Maine all opening
for the season. Practice sessions that day are set for the Canaan(NH)
paved track and Wiscasset Speedway on the coast of Maine. Dragracing
goes at Oxford Dragway in Maine on Saturday and ET racing at the New
England Dragway in Epping, NH all weekend. Sunday has the Beech Ridge
Speedway in Scarborough, Maine and Speedway 95 in Hermon, Maine both
opening up for the season. The same day Lee USA in NH offers Test and
Tuning. For the motorcycle crowd Hemmond Park in Minot, Maine hosts
MotoX action all day Saturday while Jolly Roger Motorsport Park in E.
Lempster, NH will hold an ATV meet all day Sunday. Winterport Dragway
in Maine will hold a Sunday ET meet for the drag crowd.

SPEEDWAY 95 NEWS RELEASE APRIL 20TH, 2008

(Hermon, Me) Speedway 95 opened up the 2008 season Sunday April 20th
with racing in 5 divisions, including the brand new Dysart's
Pro-Limited Class.

Scott Modery of Hermon earned the pole for the Dysart's Pro-Limited
race, but outside pole sitter Josh St. Clair of Liberty grabbed the
top spot in the caution free race for the first 17 laps. On Lap 18
Modery slide into the low groove and drove past St. Clair to earn the
top spot and held it for the win. St. Clair finished second, and Dave
St. Clair, also of Liberty crossed the line for third. Modery was DQ
in post race inspection, handing first place to Josh St. Clair, second
to Dave St. Clair and third to Glen Curtis, Jr of Hudson.

In Super Street action, it was Kris Watson of Hermon who had the
dominant ride for the day, winning both the heat race and the feature.
Cautions came at laps 2, the restart of lap 2, lap 8, and lap 21, but
Watson was dialed in for the afternoon. Derek Mingo of Lamoine
finished second; Franklin's Greg Pung earned the third spot.

The Strictly Street race got complicated fast. Brad Norris of
Ellsworth earned the win, despite a hard charge from Jordon Pearson of
Glenburn. Mechanical problems took Pearson out of the race at lap 21,
allowing Norris to maintain the top spot. Although rookie Harry
Patterson crossed the line third, the car ahead of him, Wayne Parritt,
Jr. of Steuben was on lap down due to a mechanical issue. To further
confuse fans, Parritt, although one lap down, was credited with the
third place spot, as all over drivers that still remained on the track
at that checkered were more then one lap down.

The first race for the Full Size Pick-up since moving off the Wacky
Wednesday schedule to weekend racing went caution-free. Ernie Wallace,
or Big Ern to his fans won both the heat and the qualifier, Dana
Harlow of Hampden finished in the second spot, and Peter Drake joined
the winner's circle in third.

The Sport-Four division was riddle with cautions in both of the heat
races and the feature event. Mike Hopkins of Hermon grabbed the win,
with Hampden's David Green in second. Third place honors went to Steve
Moulton of Glenburn. Between the heats and the features, there were 12
caution flags flown.

Dysart's Pro-Limited

Finish # Driver Town

1. 33 Josh St. Clair Liberty

2. 14 Dave St. Clair Liberty

3. 10 Glen Curtis, Jr. Hudson

4. 19 Duane Seekins Stockton Springs

5. 28 Rowland Robinson, Jr. Steuben

Super Street

Finish # Driver Town

1. 35 Kris Watson Hermon

2. 09 Derek Mingo Lamoine

3. 45 Greg Pung Franklin

4. 51 Bryan Robbins Montville

5. 3 Mike Overlock Franklin

Strictly Street

Finish # Driver Town

1. 8 Brad Norris Ellsworth

2. 88 Harry Patterson Stockton Springs

3. 27 Wayne Parritt Steuben

4. 88x Craig Turner Montville

5. 37 Jordan Pearson Glenburn

Full Size Pick-up Trucks

Finish # Driver Town

1. 18 Ernie Wallace Winterport

2. 60 David Harlow Hampden

3. 65 Peter Drake Holden

4. 06 Jordan Pearson Glenburn

5. 5 Jim Carr, Jr. Clifton

Sport Four

Finish # Driver Town

1. 50 Mike Hopkins Hermon

2. 16 David Green Hampden

3. 77 Steve Moulton Glenburn

4. 66 Spencer Garvin Belfast

5. 0 Steve Heath Brownville

Speedway 95 returns to action on Sunday, April 27th at 2, with the
first race in the Dysart's Pro-Limited Series.

Mike Rowe wins PASS North thriller at Beech Ridge

Scarborough ME ( April 19th 2008) Mike Rowe, Ben Rowe and Travis
Benjamin staged a short track battle royal in the Pro All Stars
(PASS) North super late model opener at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway,
and when the dust settled Mike Rowe was in victory lane by one-one
hundredth of a second . Ben Rowe came up inches short for second with
Benjamin half a car length back in third. PASS Sophomore Adam Bates
scored a career best fourth place finish and Beech Ridge master Bub
Bilodeau rounded out the top five.

Cassius Clark and Benjamin were out front early on, swapping the lead
several times per lap and battling side by side on restarts. Ben Rowe
was next to challenge Benjamin and he held the top spot for laps 59 to
73 before Benjamin took over once again. At the crossed flags it was
Benjamin out front with Ben Rowe second, Steve Berry third, Richie
Dearborn fourth and Cassius Clark fifth.

Mike Rowe must have seen those crossed flags ad decided it was time to
go as the P.T. Watts black deuce was now coming to the front. Mike
worked his way by Ben for second on lap 80 and took the lead from
Benjamin 20 laps later.

Ben Rowe was clearly fading, and the RMR team brought him to pit road
on a lap 104 caution with two tires going down. On the speedway
Cassius Clark was making his own charge to the point. Clark wrestled
away the lead on lap 113 and kept the top spot until a lap 127
restart, slipping back to sixth behind Mike Rowe, Benjamin, Bates,
Chubbuck and Bilodeau. Ben Rowe was charging back through the pack
from his pit stop and he cracked the top three with two to go. The
day's final caution on lap 148 set the stage for the wild
green-white-checker finish.

Cassius Clark, Scott Chubbuck, Kirk Thibeau, Derek Ramstrom and Richie
Dearborn rounded out the top ten. D.J. Shaw was the rookie of the race
in eleventh. Heat race wins went to Cassius Clark, Travis Benjamin and
Scott Mulkern.

I n PASS Mod Action, Andy Shaw made a successful return to PASS
racing, wiring the 40 lap feature event. Shaw and past champion Mark
Lucas staged a great restart battle throughout the first three
quarters of the event, with Shaw getting the best of Lucas each time
Gary Norris Jr. came up to challenge Lucas and grabbed the second spot
with nine to go. At the stripe it was Shaw, Norris Jr., Lucas, Tom
Oliver and youngster Ron Gooden with his best ever PASS Mod run fifth.
Tom Oliver and Shaw both earned heat race wins.

The Pluffybilt Racing Tractors Sportsman feature saw Terry Merrill
inherit the lead from Dan McKeage on lap 43 to win the fifty lap
feature. Ron Smith came home second, with Richie Morse third, veteran
Duane Seekins fourth and Shane Tatro fifth. It looked like it would be
McKeage's day before a blown engine sent the defending series champ
pit side. McKeage and Mike Landry were the sportsman heat winners.

All four PASS North divisions (Super Late Models, Outlaws,Mods and
Pluffybilt Racing Tractors Sportsman) will be in action on Saturday
May 3rd at Speedway 95 in Hermon Maiine

Vist the Pro All Stars Series on the web at

www.proallstarsseries.com

and www.racewithpass.com .

Ragan Headlines PASS South Visit to Watermelon Capital

CHARLOTTE, NC (April 18 2008) – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver David
Ragan headlines a star studded field of Super Late Model drivers
heading to the Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, GA for the Pro
All Stars Series (PASS) South's first visit to the speedway. The
April 26th race at Watermelon Capital marks a homecoming for Ragan who
grew up in nearby Unadilla, GA. Ragan will race in the NASCAR
Nationwide Series race at Talladega, AL early in the day, fly to
Cordele for the Watermelon 125 and then it's back to Talladega for
Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event.

"It feels good to come back and race for fun," said Ragan.
"Logistically, Talladega and Watermelon Capital Speedway are pretty
close and it works out in the schedule for that weekend. Anytime you
can race in front of family and friends it's always special."

At just 22 years of age David Ragan decided to follow his father Ken,
a veteran of 50 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, into the racing
business. He has already had a fair share of success. In 2007 Ragan
finished in the top five in the Daytona 500, had a best finish of
third at the Richmond (VA) International Raceway, and won the NASCAR
Nationwide Series Rookie-of-the-Year award,

Despite Ragan's meteoric rise to the top level of stock car racing, he
has spent little time behind the wheel of a Super Late Model. Ragan
moved fairly quickly from Legends and Thunder Roadsters to ARCA,
largely bypassing the fastest full fendered short track race cars.

"I spent some time racing Super Late Models in the summer of
2003 but I turned 18 shortly after that and started racing ARCA," said
Ragan.

With his busy schedule of Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series
races driving for car owner Jack Roush, David has had little time to
race with PASS or any other touring divisions. Thanks to help from
some of his old short track racing friends, David doesn't have to
worry about what he will be driving in the PASS South Series
Watermelon 125.

"I'm driving Casey Roderick's Super Late Model," said Ragan.
He's 16 years old and a friend of ours. I actually flew home Sunday
after [the Sprint Cup race at] Phoenix and practiced, so at least I
got some time in the car prior to the race."

In addition to Ragan, some of Georgia and the nation's best
have committed to the PASS South Watermelon 125. Bubba Pollard,
coming off a Super Late Model win in Alabama, Michael Pope, Justin
Wakefield, and Bill Elliott development driver Mitch Cobb are just a
few of the drivers with Georgia connections hoping for a win in the
Peach State. Those drivers plus PASS South points leader Corey
Williams, teen standouts Zach Stroupe and John Stancill, Kyle Busch
development driver Alex Haase, and many more are all expected for the
inaugural Watermelon 125.

Gates open Saturday April 26 at 11:00 AM.PASS South Super
Late Model practice gets underway ay 2:00 PM and qualifying gets the
green flag at 4:30 PM. Qualifying rounds and feature racing starts at
6:30 PM and the green flag is set to drop on the Watermelon 125 at
approximately 8:30 PM. Watermelon Capital Speedway is located in
Cordele, GA at exit 104 just off Interstate 75.

For information on all five PASS racing divisions, visit
www.proallstarsseries.com ; the PASS South web site can be found at
www.racewithpass.com . Watermelon Capital Speedway is on line at
www.watermeloncapitalspeedway.com

Beech Ridge good to go for PASS North opener

Naples ME (April 16, 2008) A welcome string of sunny, warm and breezy
spring days have melted away the winters record snowfall and set the
stage for a big weekend of Pro All Stars Series (PASS) racing at Beech
Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough.

According to series President Tom Mayberry, "I met with the Cusacks at
Beech Ridge yesterday (Tuesday) and we took a good look at the entire
facility. Eighty percent of the pits and parking lots are ready to go
today, and the forecast is for great weather right through race day.
The Beech Ridge maintenance team is hard at work on the grounds so
we're in great shape for our PASS North season opener. There may be
snow in your yard and mud in your driveway but we're ready to go
racing on Saturday and both practice days are on as scheduled."

Practice for all PASS and Beech Ridge divisions is set for both
Thursday April 17th and Friday April 18th from 2:00 until 7:00 P.M.

On Saturday it's the Cabin Fever 150 for the PASS North super late
models and there's a strong field ready to take to the tricky
Scarborough oval for the SLM lid lifter.

Multi time PASS champions Ben Rowe and Johnny Clark will both be
looking to get their 2008 championship drives off to a solid start but
the list of challengers is stronger than ever. John Flemming has moved
his race team from Nova Scotia to Maine to take a stab at the title.
He's got three maritime titles to his credit already so he knows what
it takes to wear the crown. Cassius Clark, Mike Rowe and Richie
Dearborn are all loaded for bear. Both Kelly Moore and Scott Chubbuck
have what it takes to be PASS Champion should they decide to challenge
for the title. Travis Benjamin, Derek Ramstrom and Adam Bates are all
on the verge of breakthrough seasons, and there are plenty of wild
card teams that will factor in to Saturdays season opener. Northern
Race Tires rookie challengers D.J. Shaw, Jimmy Chambers and Harry
Olson, veterans like Donnie Whitten, Steve Knowlton, Kirk Thibeau –
the list is long and talented.

The Pluffybilt Racing Tractors Sportman and the PASS Mods will both
kick off their seasons Saturday, and they're just as ready and eager
to go racing as their super late model counterparts.

Grandstand gates swing open for the Cabin Fever 150 at 11:30 AM and
the first green flag of the 2008 PASS North season waves at 3:00 PM
sharp.

Busch Enters Haase in PASS North opener

Naples ME (April 14, 2008) - Add PASS South racer Alex Haase to the
list of those gunning for victory lane in the Pro All Stars Series (
PASS) North super late model season opener at Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway this Saturday. The Las Vegas, Nevada native will be behind
the wheel of the Kyle Busch Foundation Toyota Camry for team owner
Kyle Busch.

Haase will join a hungry field of PASS North super late model regulars
and rookies eager to kick off their 2008 season. Recently received
entries include Scott Chubbuck, Johnny Clark,Jimmy Chambers, Harry
Olson and Kirk Thibeau. Donnie Whitten will make his return to PASS
competition at Beech Ridge as will Gary Bellefeur, and many more
entries are expected as race day draws near.

Mike and Ben Rowe, Cassius Clark, Travis Benjamin, Richie Dearborn,
Kelly Moore, D.J. Shaw and Derek Ramstrom have already filed their
entries .for the series kickoff at the Scarborough Maine oval. PASS
Mods and the Pluffybilt Racing Tractors Sportsman will complete a
non-stop, action packed afternoon of family fun and excitement at The
Ridge.

In preparation for opening day, two practice sessions are scheduled
for Thursday April 17th and Friday April 18th from 2:00 PM until 7:00
PM. All PASS and Beech Ridge divisions are invited to participate.

Pit gates open at 10:00 AM on race day with heat racing set for 3:00 PM sharp.

In case of foul weather, the show goes green on Sunday at 1:30 PM.

Speedway 95 Kicks Off 2008.

By Bill DaButler,

(Hermon, Me)
Speedway 95 held it's annual Airport Mall Car show on Friday, April
12th and Saturday April 13th to kick off the 2008 season. Opening day
is Sunday, April 20th at 1:30 with a pretty car contest, the race card
will kick off at 2.

Airport Mall Show 2008 Results

People's Choice Awards
1/2 Scale Winston Cups 88 Heather Phillips
Ladies 51 Jamie Rennebu
Little Enduro 77 Mark Sawyer
Big Enduro 0 Josh Curtis
Sat Trucks 99 Dana Smith
Sport Fours 8 Melanie Judkins
Strictly Street 27 Wayne Parritt JR
Super Street 39 Travis Beale
ProLimited 28 Rowland Robinson, Jr.


Best of Show 99 Truck Dana Smith
Best Display 28 Sport Four Jason Dorr

Best Dressed Crew Third 39 Super Street Travis Beale
Best Dressed Crew Second 39 Ladies Danielle DeLuck
Best Dressed Crew First 2 Sport Four Wally Gibbons

Johnson wins on fuel-mileage gamble at Phoenix

AVONDALE, Ariz. (April 12, 2008) -- Sometimes the slowest car wins the race.

With crew chief Chad Knaus beseeching driver Jimmie Johnson to save
fuel over the final seven laps of Saturday night's Subway Fresh Fit
500 at Phoenix International Raceway, the two-time defending Cup
champion nursed the No. 48 Chevrolet across the finish line 7.002
seconds ahead of Clint Bowyer, who also had gambled on fuel.

Johnson completed the final lap at a relative snail's pace -- 31.19
seconds -- in full conservation mode.

The victory returned Hendrick Motorsports to victory lane after an
eight-race hiatus and gave the two-time defending Cup champion the
34th win of his career -- and second straight at Phoenix. Denny Hamlin
ran
third, followed by Carl Edwards, who rallied from a pit road penalty
to claim the fourth spot.

Mark Martin, who surrendered the lead to Johnson when he came to the
pits for two tires and fuel on Lap 302, ran fifth, followed by points
leader Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Martin Truex Jr., Greg Biffle
and Kyle Busch.

Johnson's margin of victory was the largest since Martin Truex Jr. won
the Autism Speaks 400 at Dover by 7.355 seconds over Ryan Newman on
June 4, 2007.

After all the other contenders save Bowyer had pitted for fuel in the
closing laps, Knaus instructed Johnson on Lap 304 to "Pit this time."

After a brief discussion, they changed their strategy. "Back up your
pace half a second a lap," Knaus radioed to his driver. "Screw it.
We'll go for it."

Knaus spent the remainder of the race slowing Johnson down, ultimately
telling him to back his pace down three seconds a lap, because none of
the drivers behind had time to catch up.

"Put it in neutral!" Knaus ordered as Johnson rolled through the final
two corners.

"I'm good," Johnson answered. "I've got good fuel pressure."

As he approached the finish line, Johnson screamed, "We're going to win this."

Johnson led 120 of the 312 laps. Only three other drivers -- Earnhardt
(87), Martin (68) and polesitter Ryan Newman (37) -- led the race, the
fewest since the Siemens 300 at New Hampshire (July 25, 2004)
produced three different leaders.

Johnson conserved his fuel so effectively that he had enough left for
a celebratory burnout, but he ran out of gas on the backstretch during
his victory lap.

The victory moved Johnson from sixth to fourth in the championship
standings, 99 points behind Burton.

Notes: The start of the race was delayed for more than 16 minutes to
accommodate the rain-delayed Major League Baseball game between the
New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, which FOX also televised. . .
Engine failures wiped out both front row starters. Newman fell out
after 134 laps, and second-place starter Elliott Sadler followed with
a blown motor on Lap 161. Newman finished 43rd, Sadler 41st. . .
Comment of the race from 23rd-place finisher Kurt Busch: "My car's so
tight it wouldn't turn at Talladega."

Busch ‘Bashes’ Phoenix Field to Score Second Straight Win

Interstate Batteries Driver Dominates Bashas' Supermarkets 200

Kyle Busch gave fans of the NASCAR Nationwide Series a case of déjà vu
at Phoenix International Raceway as he scored a dominant victory for
the second straight week. The driver of the No. 18 Interstate
Batteries Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing started from the pole in Friday
night's Bashas' Supermarkets 200 and led four times for a race-high
133 laps. He beat Carl Edwards to the finish by .241 of a second to
earn his second win of the season and the 13th of his Nationwide
Series career.

Busch's first Nationwide Series victory of 2008 came last week at
Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, where he led four times for a
race-high 126 laps.

"There in the beginning of the race, I felt like we had the car to
beat. It was definitely the class of the field," said Busch, whose
second Nationwide Series win at Phoenix looked much like his first, as
he dominated last November's Arizona Travel 200 by leading three times
for a race-high 132 laps. "But then other guys were able to make
adjustments to their cars and got them handling a lot better. We made
some minor adjustments to our car, but we didn't make as many big
steps as the other guys behind us.

"Toward the end of the race, racing with Carl was pretty cool and a
lot of fun. I'm very fortunate that he gave me all the room that I
needed to race clean. He had a great race car."

Eight races into the 35-race Nationwide Series schedule, Busch has led
an astounding 604 laps of the 1,468 laps available (41.1 percent).
The 22-year-old Las Vegas native is now third in points, 106 markers
behind series leader Clint Bowyer.

"I just want to thank all the Interstate Batteries dealers and
distributors and Norm Miller (chairman of Interstate Batteries),
because they all do an awesome job for us," said Busch, who climbed
two point positions via his win. "It was just a great night for us."

The victory brought the No. 18 team up eight spots to 27th in owner
points. The No. 18 team is running a limited Nationwide Series
schedule in 2008, and Phoenix marked the team's fourth race of the
season.

Busch's Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Denny Hamlin, started sixth and
finished third in his No. 20 Toyota.

Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 20 car – which is being campaigned for the full
Nationwide Series schedule – gained one position thanks to Hamlin's
third-place result. It now sits fourth in owner points, 92 markers
behind the leading No. 2 car of Richard Childress Racing.

There were nine caution periods for 36 laps, with 12 drivers failing
to finish the 202-lap race, which was extended two laps past its
scheduled 200-lap distance due to a green-white-checkered finish.

Following the trio of Busch, Edwards and Hamlin across the finish line
was Kevin Harvick in fourth and David Ragan in fifth. Mike Bliss,
Stephen Leicht, Bowyer, David Reutimann and David Stremme comprised
the remainder of the top-10.

The next event on the Nationwide Series schedule is the April 20
Mexico 200 at Mexico City's legendary former Formula 1 road course –
the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. The race starts at 2 p.m. EDT with
live coverage provided by ESPN beginning with its pre-race show at
1:30 p.m. The race will also be broadcast live on SIRIUS Satellite
Radio Channel 128.

ACT Champion Cyr to Race True Value Modifed at Lee USA, Thunder Road

LEE, NH – Seven-time and defending American-Canadian Tour Late
Model stock car champion Jean-Paul Cyr of Milton, VT will trade in his
fenders at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 20. Cyr will run both
halves of the "New Hampshire Governor's Cup 200," racing the 100-lap
features for both the ACT Late Model Tour and the open-wheel True
Value Modified Racing Series.
Although he is more widely recognized for his success in
full-fendered Late Model racing, Cyr is a veteran of the
ground-pounding modifieds. He raced with the NASCAR Whelen Modified
Tour in 1998-99, capturing a pole position at Pennsylvania's
Jennerstown Speedway and a top-five finish at the Richmond Int'l
Raceway in Virginia. Cyr will race for True Value Modified veteran
driver/owner Gary Casella of Saugus, MA.
"I tested Gary's car at Waterford (CT) Speedbowl last week, and
I had a blast," Cyr said. "It took a few laps to get used to driving
the modified again, but when I came in the pits I couldn't wipe the
smile off my face."
Cyr said he will use the NH Governor's Cup race to prepare
himself for the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic at Barre, VT's
Thunder Road Int'l Speedbowl on Sunday, May 25. The True Value
Series' appearance at the high-banked quarter-mile oval will be the
first by a modified division since 1965. That event is also an
ACT/TVMRS doubleheader.
"Gary and his team are a great bunch of guys, and they have a
good car prepared for me," said Cyr. With driver David Pinkham behind
the wheel in 2006, Casella's car won a True Value event at Maine's
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. NASCAR veteran Tommy Cravenho piloted the
car to a second-place finish at Thompson (CT) Int'l Speedway last
September. "I want to have fun," Cyr finished, "but I also want to
give those guys some competition."
Kirk Alexander of West Swanzey, NH is a three-time champion of
the True Value Modified Racing Series, along with 2006 title holder
Dwight Jarvis of Ascutney, VT. Other leading drivers expected to be
at Lee USA and Thunder Road include Connecticut hotshoes Les Hinckley
and Eddie Dachenhausen, Massachusetts stars Louie Mechalides and
Vinnie Annarummo, and New Hampshire's Andy Seuss and Jack Bateman.
Cyr will begin defense of his ACT Late Model Tour championship
at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 20 at 1:00pm against the likes of
Vermont's Scott Payea and Brent Dragon, New Hampshire's Randy Potter
and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Québec's Patrick Laperle and Donald
Theetge, and Maine's Ron Henry.

ACT Late Model Tour release: Katrina Canney Enters ACT Season Opener at Lee USA Speedway

Katrina Canney Enters ACT Season Opener at Lee USA Speedway

LEE, NH – Late Model stock car driver Katrina Canney has filed
an entry for the "New Hampshire Governor's Cup 200" at Lee USA
Speedway, the season-opening event for the American-Canadian Tour
Championship Series on Sunday, April 20. The 18 year-old Barrington,
NH racer will become just the third woman to compete in the ACT Late
Model Tour ranks.
Canney is a front-runner in the weekly Late Model division at
Lee USA Speedway, and has finished inside the Top 10 in championship
points in each of her two seasons in the track's top class. The
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy high school senior also finished in the
Top 10 in all 15 of her feature starts at the 3/8-mile oval in 2007.
"I want to gain some experience by racing against the ACT
cars," Canney said. "Our goal is to qualify for the feature event and
stay consistent throughout the race. We've done pretty well at Lee,
but this will be a big step for our team."
Canney joins Tracie Bellerose and Katie Hagar as a female
competitor with ACT. Bellerose, of Gorham, NH, has three ACT
victories to her credit and finished third in championship standings
in 2000. Hagar, of Damariscotta, ME, made one ACT start at Oxford
Plains Speedway in 2006.
Seven-time and defending ACT Late Model Tour Champion
Jean-Paul Cyr of Milton, VT will attempt to break a winless streak
that dates back to August 2006 at the NH Governor's Cup 200. He won
at Lee USA Speedway in September 2005. Home-state drivers Randy
Potter, Joey Polewarczyk, and Brad Leighton are expected to be ACT
championship contenders, and are also among the early favorites to win
the NH Governor's Cup. Vermont's Scott Payea and Brent Dragon,
Maine's Ron Henry, Massachusetts star Eddie MacDonald, Ontario rookie
Jonathan Urlin, and Série ACT Castrol Champions Patrick Laperle and
Donald Theetge of Québec will also be on hand.
Other Lee USA Speedway drivers expected to compete at the NH
Governor's Cup include two-time Track Champion J.R. Baril of
Haverhill, MA, young gun Jeff Labrecque, Jr. of Rochester, NH, 2007
Rookie of the Year Miles Chipman of Epping, NH, and Newmarket, NH's
Jeremy Harclerode, who finished second in the most recent ACT Late
Model Tour event at Lee USA Speedway two years ago.
The New Hampshire Governor's Cup 200 will feature a pair of
100-lap races for the ACT Late Model Tour and the open-wheel True
Value Modified Racing Series. The Allison Legacy Series and New
England Legends Cars are also on the card. Post time is scheduled for
1:00 pm on Sunday, April 20. General admission is only $20 for
adults, $10 for children age 11-15, and free for children 10 and
under. For more information on the American-Canadian Tour, call (802)
244-6963 or visit www.acttour.com.

For information on Lee USA
Speedway, call (978) 462-4252 or visit www.leeusaspeedway.com.

The Countdown is on! PASS North season set to go green at Beech Ridge

NAPLES Maine ( April 9 2008)The snow is melting fast and its full
speed ahead for opening day 2008 for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS)
at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday April 19th.

A slew of super later model teams are licensed and are expected to be
on hand for the 150 lap lid lifter. Leading the way will be four time
and defending super late model champion Ben Rowe and his Richard Moody
Racing team; they've already declared their intentions to seek the
2008 PASS North super late model title and Ben's "drive for five" will
begin at the Scarborough Maine oval. There's plenty of talent that
will challenge for the 2008 crown as the new points format will keep
more teams alive in the 2008 title chase. Teams will count their top
twelve finishes in the fourteen scheduled point races toward the 2008
title, so a bad day at the track won't necessarily eliminate any teams
from the title chase.

The list of contenders ready to steal Rowe's thunder is long and
talented. Two time PASS super late model titlist Johnny Clark, Cassius
Clark, Mike Rowe, Richie Dearborn, Nova Scotian John Fleming; they're
all expected to be in the hunt for both a Beech Ridge win and the 2008
championship. Derek Ramstrom is ready to challenge the series veterans
for the top spot on the podium and PASS North rookie of the year
contender D.J. Shaw knows his way around the Maine speedplant. Kelly
Moore has to be considered the home town favorite and Steve Knowlton
is expected to make his return to PASS competition after a hiatus of
several years. Or, will a Beech Ridge Pro Series team step up and
steal the thunder from the touring teams?

The popular PASS Mods and Pluffybilt Racing Tractors PASS Sportsman
complete the opening day card. New teams abound in both divisions, and
the racing promises to be non-stop and action packed.

In preparation for opening day, two practice sessions are scheduled
for Thursday April 17th and Friday April 18th from 2:00 PM until 7:00
PM. All PASS and Beech Ridge divisions are invited to participate.

Pit gates open at 10:00 AM on race day with heat racing set for 3:00 PM sharp.

In case of foul weather, the show goes green on Sunday at 1:30 PM.

NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH

NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH
By Lou Modestino (for 4/11-4/13/08)

Howie Lane of Essex, MA, the head of the ISMA Super Modified Tour,
plans to take his touring series to 13-point events in six different
states plus Canada. Scratched from the ISMA schedule this year are
events at M40 Speedway in Michigan and a Friday event at Mansfield,
OH. Also a Saturday night date at the Oxford Plains Speedway in July.
Lane feels that with the current economic situation it's going to be a
difficult season. "We had to cut out some of the long distance shows
because of travel expenses and everything involved," he said.

Lane was successful, though, at booking an event at the famed Oswego
Speedway on Lake Ontario in central NY State. Usually, ISMA would
double up with another event to make it a full weekend. But, this time
an event up at Cayuga, Ont. was scratched. Lane was busy all winter
working on a flexible set of rules that would not rule out any team.
On drivers in the series he boasts of Bobby Santos, III of Franklin,
MA is the Soule entry, Robby Summers of Conn. in the Lane car, Chris
Perley of Amesbury, MA plus Mike Ordway, Jr. of NH. "Russ Wood
(Tyngsboro, MA) is also making a come back and he's got a lot of fans
everywhere especially in NH. It's going to be a very tough year for
the tracks plus the fans have to cut back and will probably do things
to entertain themselves that don't cost much money," Lane said.

We can agree with Howie's strategy. We expected that the regional
tours would be impacted in New England and elsewhere. Tracks across
the country, as well as the six state New England area, are sticking
pretty much with inexpensive programs in order to keep a cap on ticket
prices.

Closer to home it's the same story. We ran into Bob Watson,
Marketing Manager for the Lee USA Speedway at the recent Icebreaker
event in Thompson, Conn. Watson is very busy with a number of
promotions. "We're selling tickets to churches for fund raisers. Last
year we worked with veterans organizations and it also worked out
well. We have also dropped out ticket prices by $1 for non-special
events. Our upcoming Governors Cup event later this month, with the
ACT and True Value Modified Tours is going to be a bargain event for
$20. Our biggest ticket price of the season will be $25 for the ISMA
Super-Modifieds. Our concession prices are the same as last year. We
are also absorbing the price increases for tires and fuel that we sell
for the competitors," revealed Watson.

GRASSROOTS MOTORSPORTS recently featured the New England Hill
Climbing Assn.(NEHA) and their event at Mt. Washington in Gorham, NH.
NEHA doesn't get much in the way of exposure from the media and the
rank and file couldn't be more pleased. We do, however, list them in
our New England Motorsports Schedule and give the club some space when
we find out about their events at the various timed events up the
mountains of NH and Vermont. Hill climbing is a cult sport with events
held around the northeast and southeast in the spring, summer and
fall.

Fadden Racing of N. Haverhill, NH and Max Dumarey have not been
sitting idle during the off-season. After competing in the ARCA season
opener at Daytona International Speedway earlier this year, the Gent,
Belgium native has been aggressively testing in preparation for the
2008 season. His schedule includes the full NASCAR Camping World
Series East division, five ARCA RE/MAX Series events, and two NASCAR
Camping World Series West races – including this week's event at
Phoenix International Raceway. Dumarey is hoping all the extra seat
time will pay off big.

"We've tested at Phoenix, South Boston, Greenville, and Kansas in
the last month," Dumarey explained. "We were at Phoenix Monday and
Tuesday and we were really pleased with the results. The track has a
lot of grip and we were running extremely competitive times." The
Jimmie Johnson Foundation 150 will mark Dumarey's debut in the NASCAR
Camping World Series West, and the 19-year-old driver is looking
forward to the challenge.

"We're optimistic that we'll run well at Phoenix. As always you have
to hope that you'll keep out of trouble and that we can keep the car
consistent throughout the race. Our test session earlier this week was
promising and gives us a lot of confidence going into the race," he
said. Dumarey will be drawing on his experience in the NASCAR Camping
World Series East to maneuver around Phoenix's characteristic flat
surface.

"We have some experience on flat one mile's – particularly NHMS – but
that's where the similarity really ends. It'll be important that I get
a feel for the car and find a good line. Turns one and two are very
different from three and four, and I think it'll be key to find a
rhythm to maneuver this track. Our goal is to go there, start up
front, and stay up front." The Jimmie Johnson 150 at Phoenix
International Raceway will take the green flag on Thursday, April 10th
at approximately 7 p.m. It will be broadcast live on HDNet. This
report came from Fadden Racing PR.

Sources in northern New England feel that a lot of tracks in the
three state area may not be able to open up on schedule dates this
month due to the heavy snowfall this winter. Last weekend there was
still a 18 inches of snow on the ground in N. Conway, NH. A report in
the Boston Globe told 200 inches of snow expected for the year end
total in Caribou, Maine. That comes out to over 15.5 feet when you do
the math! It's going to be a long thaw up there with the natives
stating that there could still be patches of snow on the ground in
July. All white stuff impacted the reopened Caribou Speedway which
offered SnowX events most of the winter.

Let's check to see what's happening in the North Country with the
2008 racing season about to start. Way up in Presque Isle, Maine at
the Aroostook Center there's a Racing Preview from Friday though
Sunday. At Lee USA in southern NH it's Test and Tune for all racecars
with a Sunday rain date. Beech Ridge in Scarborough, Maine has a
practice session all day Sunday.(END)

NOTE: INFORMATION FOR THIS COLUMN CAME FROM VARIOUS REFERENCED
SOURCES, PRESS RELEASES, NOTES AND OTHER SOURCES.

NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH
By Lou Modestino(for 4/11-4/13/08)

Howie Lane of Essex, MA, the head of the ISMA Super Modified Tour,
plans to take his touring series to 13 point events in in six
different states plus Canada. Scratched from the ISMA schedule this
year are events at M40 Speedway in Michigan and a Friday event at
Mansfield, OH. Also a Saturday night date at the Oxford Plains
Speedway in July. Lane feels that with the current economic situation
that it's going to be a difficult season. "We had to cut out some of
the long distance shows becuase of travel expenses and everything
involved," he said.

Lane was successful, though, at booking an event at the famed Oswego
Speedway on Lake Ontario in central NY State. Usually, ISMA would
double up with another event to make it a full weekend. But, this time
an event up at Cayuga, Ont. was scratched. Lane was busy all winter
working on a flexable set of rules that would not rule out any team.
On drivers he boasts Bobby Santos, III of Franklin, MA is the Soule
entry, Robby Summers of Conn. in the Lane car, Chris Perley of
Amesbury, MA, Mike Ordway, Jr. of NH. "And Russ Wood (Tyngsboro, MA)
is coming back and he's got a lot of fans everywhere especially in NH.
It's going to be a tough year for the tracks plus the fans have to
cut back and will probaly do things to entertain themselves that don't
cost much money," Lane said.

We can agree with Howie's strategy. We expected that the regional
tours would be impacted in New England and elsewhere. Tracks across
the country, as well as the six state New England area, are sticking
pretty much with inexpensive programs in order to keep a cap on ticket
prices.

GRASSROOTS MOTORSPORTS recently featured the New England Hill
Climbing Assn.(NEHA) and their event at Mt. Washington in Gorham, NH.
NEHA doesen't get much in the way of exposure from the midia and the
rank and file couldn't be more pleased. We do, however, list them in
our New England Motorsports Schedule and give the club some space when
we find out about their events at the various timed events up the
mountains of NH and Vermont. Hillclimbing is a cult sport with events
held around the northeast and southeast in the spring, summer and
fall.

Fadden Racing of N. Haverhill, NH and Max Dumarey have not been
sitting idle during the offseason. After competing in the ARCA season
opener at Daytona International Speedway earlier this year, the Gent,
Belgium native has been aggressively testing in preparation for the
2008 season. His schedule includes the full NASCAR Camping World
Series East division, five ARCA RE/MAX Series events, and two NASCAR
Camping World Series West races – including this week's event at
Phoenix International Raceway. Dumarey is hoping all the extra seat
time will pay off big.

"We've tested at Phoenix, South Boston, Greenville, and Kansas in
the last month," Dumarey explained. "We were at Phoenix Monday and
Tuesday and we were really pleased with the results. The track has a
lot of grip and we were running extremely competitive times." The
Jimmie Johnson Foundation 150 will mark Dumarey's debut in the NASCAR
Camping World Series West, and the 19-year-old driver is looking
forward to the challenge.

"We're optimistic that we'll run well at Phoenix. As always you have
to hope that you'll keep out of trouble and that we can keep the car
consistent throughout the race. Our test session earlier this week was
promising and gives us a lot of confidence going into the race," he
said.
Dumarey will be drawing on his experience in the NASCAR Camping World
Series East to maneuver around Phoenix's characteristic flat surface.

"We have some experience on flat one mile's – particularly NHMS – but
that's where the similarity really ends. It'll be important that I get
a feel for the car and find a good line. Turns one and two are very
different from three and four, and I think it'll be key to find a
rhythm to maneuver this track. Our goal is to go there, start up
front, and stay up front." The Jimmie Johnson 150 at Phoenix
International Raceway will take the green flag on Thursday, April 10th
at approximately 7 p.m. It will be broadcast live on HDNet.

We ran into Bob Watson, Marketing Manager for the Lee USA Speedway at
the recent Icebreaker event in Thompson, Conn. Watson is very busy
with a number of promotions. "We're selling rickets to churches for
fund raisers. Last year we worked with veterans organizations and it
also worked out well. We have also dropped out ticket prices by $1 for
non-special events. Our upcoming Governors Cup event later this month,
with the ACT and True Value Modified Tours is going to be a bargain
event for $20. Our biggest ticket price of the season will be $25 for
the ISMA Super-Modifieds. Our concession prices are the same as last
year. We are also absorbing the price increases for tires and fuel
that we sell for the competitors," revealed Watson.

My sources in northern New England tell me that a lot of tracks in
the three state area may not be able to open up on schedule dates this
month due to the heavy snowfall this winter.

Let's check to see what's happening in the north-country with the
2008 racing season about to start. Way up in Presque Isle, Maine at
the Aroostook Center there's a Racing Preview from Friday though
Sunday. At Lee USA in southern NH it's Test and Tune for all race cars
with a Sunday rain date. Beech Ridge in Scarborough, Maine has a
practice session all day Sunday.

ACTion News - Wed., April 9, 2008

ACTion News – Wednesday, April 9, 2008
-by Justin St. Louis

We dug through some archives here at American-Canadian Tour
headquarters, and it appears as though one year ago
this week, this very ACTion News column space was reserved for a few
pre-season predictions. (Like that little
disclaimer in all the insurance ads, note that these are merely the
cabin-fever-induced musings of a writer that
happens to get some print every now and then. Please don't take
these predictions as Gospel, because, frankly,
it's just a shot in the dark.)

Last year's first prediction: Phil Scott would either win the Thunder
Road Track Championship of fail to finish
inside the Top 5. Wrong on both accounts – The Sailing Senator ended
the season strong in fifth place overall,
with an exciting win on VT ACE Hardware Dealers Night in August.

The second prediction: Dwayne Lanphear would win "a feature or two"
and finish inside the Top 10 overall at
Thunder Road. Lanphear won a feature, but finished the season in a
three-way tie for 13th overall with Kip
Stockwell and Shawn Fleury.

Third prediction: Robbie Crouch would return to health in time for
Oxford Plains Speedway's TD Banknorth 250.
Correct! And we're glad for it.

Fourth prediction: Joel Hodgdon would be the NAPA Tiger Sportsman
Rookie of the Year at Thunder Road. Correct!
Wow, we're on a roll, here…

Final prediction: Jean-Paul Cyr would not win his fifth consecutive
ACT Late Model Tour championship. Well, our
streak was over, but at least Cyr's continued with yet another
dominating performance to take the Tour title.

All that said, let's take another stab at some predictions. Round
one: Donald Theetge will win an ACT Late Model
Tour event outside his native Canada. Theetge was impressive at the
season finale at Oxford, taking a third-place
finish, and was strong at Airborne Speedway, White Mountain
Motorsports Park, and Seekonk Speedway. Up north, he
won at Ste-Croix on the Tour and was very good at Kawartha Speedway,
and scored twice at Autodrome Montmagny with
the Série ACT Castrol. Expect big things from the Frenchman this
year, starting with the New Hampshire Governor's
Cup at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 20.

Number two: It seems nearly impossible to have a NAPA Tiger Sportsman
rookie crop as strong as the Class of 2007,
but this year's group may be as good or even better. Allen Lumber
Street Stock grads Josh Demers, Mike Ziter, and
Bobby Therrien, White Mountain front-runner Cody Blake, and dirt
champion Dan Eastman should be great additions to
the division. The only unknown is greenhorn Chris Lacey, but he has
a proven car underneath him with the former
Jeff French ride. Our forecast: Cody Blake for Rookie of the Year,
but barely. Blake is the only driver with V8
experience, having run a full season of Strictly Stocks at White
Mountain. Demers, Eastman, and Lacey each got a
taste of it at the Chittenden Milk Bowl last year, and Ziter and
Therrien proved to be quick studies in the Street
Stocks last year, but it looks for now like 16 year-old Blake has the
advantage. Keep an eye on that battle
throughout the year.

Prediction three: Bunker Hodgdon has the tools to repeat a Bobby
Therrien-like rookie season. Hot off his Power
Shift Online Junkyard Warrior championship, Hodgdon will run for
Rookie of the Year honors in the Street Stock
division, and will pilot Therrien's title-winning car from a year
ago. Not only that, car owner Arny Hill hasn't
lost a title in a couple years, winning with Eric Badore in 2006.
Momentum, skill, good equipment… could be
interesting. We won't put the pressure on ol' Bunker and actually
say "He's gonna win it all," but we also
wouldn't be surprised if he's in contention.

Predicition four: Spencer MacPherson will win at least once in ACT
competition as a Série ACT Castrol rookie.
MacPherson made his first four Castrol starts last year and was
impressive in all of them, landing on the podium
at Montmagny. We'll even go so far as to guess a top-five points
finish for the teenager.

Prediction five: If you think we're going to flat-out bet against
Jean-Paul Cyr for the ACT Late Model Tour title
here, you're crazy. It didn't exactly work out well last year, if
you'll recall. What we will do is say this: he
will have a tough row to hoe to get that sixth-straight and
eighth-overall championship. Scott Payea proved last
year that he drank whatever's in the Milton, VT water – like his
cross-town rival in Cyr, or the legendary Dragon
family, or the dozens of other successful racers from the community –
and he can get the job done. Patrick
Laperle has filed a full-season entry, and that alone will raise
everyone's game. Randy Potter and Joey
Polewarczyk are prime candidates to bring the Tour's championship
trophy to New Hampshire for the first time. We
already spoke about Donald Theetge. This is a prediction piece,
though, so we'll predict Cyr as the champion
again – but only after the "Pick 10" feature comes into play. As
only the best ten finishes out 12 events count
toward the championship, Cyr may have a bad race that he'll be
fortunate to get rid of as the points are tallied.
It's going to be a very exciting season as points go, and a lot of
people are holding their breath over the Pick
10 option.

Again, it all starts at Lee USA Speedway, just a week-and-a-half from now.

***

The pre-season practice schedule is beginning to change a bit, as
dictated by Mother Nature. Due to the large
amount of snow remaining on Quarry Hill in Barre, VT and the
long-range weather forecast, officials have pulled
the plug on the Late Model-only practice at Thunder Road on Tuesday,
April 15. Management will make every effort
to hold a Late Model-only practice during that week, but is confident
that the Wed., April 23 practice for all
four ACT Late Model, NAPA Tiger Sportsman, Allen Lumber Street Stock,
and Power Shift Online Junkyard Warrior
divisions will go on as planned on from 4pm-7pm.

Lee USA Speedway's first "Test And Tune" session, slated for
Saturday, April 12 from 8am-5pm, is still on as
planned. Both Lee USA and Oxford Plains Speedway are reporting that
all systems are go, and that snow shouldn't
be a problem. Cross your fingers!

A few teams have already hit the track this year, as a small group of
ACT Late Model Tour teams took in a test
session at Waterford Speedbowl in balmy Connecticut last weekend to
shake their cars down. Taking part in the
session were Jean-Paul Cyr, John Donahue, and rookie Nick Sweet.

***

In hopefully the final piece of sad news this year, Thunder Road and
ACT have lost two very prominent car owners
in George Barber and Allen Avery. Barber, of Bradford, VT, was the
owner of Thunder Road's legendary #46 and #47
Bradford Auto Supply coupes in the 1960s. His drivers were just as
legendary, including Track Champions
Roy "Pappy" Forsythe and Lee Ingerson. Barber founded the Bear Ridge
Speedway dirt track in 1968, and continued
to field race cars into the 1990s. He passed away on Wednesday,
April 2 at the age of 96.

Avery, of Fairlee, VT was a presence on the former ACT Pro Stock and
NASCAR North Tours, owning the familiar red
#41 Oldsmobiles and Buicks driven by Jamie Aube. Together, Avery and
Aube won two TD Banknorth 250s, seven ACT
races, and three NASCAR championships. Avery also owned and operated
the Lake Morey Inn resort in Fairlee, was a
Vermont State Senator (Orange County), and was deeply involved in the
formation of the Rivendell School District,
the country's first interstate school district. He passed away while
on vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands at
the age of 64.

Our sincere condolences got out to the families of both men, as well
as our thanks to them for their many
contributions to the sport of short track racing.

***

Did you know…?

-Driving George Barber's #46 Ford coupe, Roy Forsythe won a record
ten feature events at Thunder Road in 1961.
Included in those ten wins was a streak of five consecutive victories
and four "Triple Crown" sweeps where
Forsythe won his heat, the semi-feature, and the main event. All
three marks still stand today as single-season
records. Forsythe, who passed away in 1989, has been immortalized at
Thunder Road, as the Turn 3 seating area
bears his name. his and Barber's famous #46 has also been fully
restored and is a frequent sight at Thunder Road.

-Allen Avery and Jamie Aube had a habit of winning the big ones:
their first triumph came at the former Catamount
Stadium in the 1983 VT Governor's Cup. They also captured the New
England 300 in 1986, the 1987 and '89 TD
Banknorth Oxford 250s, finished second in 1987 ACT points with three
wins, and won Busch North Series titles in
1988, '89, and '90. Avery also won Busch North races with Robbie
Crouch behind the wheel in the early 1990s.