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
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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.