Steve Carrier and Jason Gammon headline division winners at Beech Ridge.

By Dan Walker

Scarborough,Maine-Steve Carrier and Jason Gammon won Pro Series and
Sport Series races Saturday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Gary
Babineau and David Turner were support division winners taking Wildcat
and Road Runner division wins respectively.

Keith McKinnon led the opening 3 laps of the Pro Series 40 lap main
event until Carrier took over. The only caution flag of the race
waved on lap 14 and after a quick realignment Carrier went back to the
front.

Chris Smith and T.J. Brackett were second and third but all eyes were
on the 5th place car of Bobby Babb who was coming to the front like a
man on a mission. With point leader Bub Bilodeau sitting in the pit
area with a broken race car Babb raced for the win as he trailed
Bilodeau by 19 points entering the evenings race card.

Babb moved to second place at lap 29 and chased down Carrier who was
10 lengths in front. Carrier had company on lap 34 as Babb tried
repeatedly to move around Carrier but ran out of race track each time.
Carrier stayed in front to the checkered flag with Babb second. T.J.
Brackett was third with Chris Smith and Dan McKeage fourth and fifth.

Jason Gammon was a first time Sport Series winner on Saturday night.
Andy Field led briefly until lap 4 when his car didn't take off on a
restart giving the lead over to Doug Wolfe. Wolfe appeared to be
headed to his first win but that changed on lap 32 following a restart
when his car was slow to come up to speed following a caution.

Gammon took over and led the final 3 laps for the win with Wolfe
second and Clyde Hennessey third. Fourth place went to David Vaughn
and fifth was Reggie Leeman.

Gary Babineau won his second Wildcat feature race of the season
leading from the 5th lap to the finish for the win. As of press time
the win was unofficial pending a post race technical inspection
ruling. Crossing the line behind Babineau in second place was Paul
Lund with Glenn Bradbury third. David Wildes and Cole Watson rounded
out the top 5 finishers.

David Palmer was awarded the Road Runner victory after apparent winner
Ed Pierce and second place finisher Marc Sylvain failed a post race
technical inspection. Finishing second was Casey Corkum with Dan
Bernier third. Shawn Brackett and Mark Hill were the top 5 finishers
after the adjusted finishing order.

Kyle Busch, Regan Smith sign on for PASS North at All Star Speedway

Naples ME (June 18, 2008) Add NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Kyle Busch
and Regan Smith to the list of confirmed entries for the June 28th Pro
All Stars Series (PASS) North super late model race at All-Star
Speedway.

Busch currently sits atop the Sprint Cup standings in his #18 Joe
Gibbs Racing M&Ms Toyota Camry, while Smith resides in the 30th spot
in the #01 Dale Earnhardt Incorporated Principal Financial Services
Chevrolet Impala SS.

Both Busch and Smith have PASS North starts under their belt, and
they'll be tackling one of the toughest tracks on the PASS North
schedule. In fact, Busch was stripped of a 2007 PASS North win at the
Epping New Hampshire oval after a rules infraction.. Smith earned a
third place finish in last seasons' IWK 250 at Nova Scotia's Riverside
Speedway, so he's proven he can run with the big dogs of the east's
fasted full fendered racing series, too.

They'll both have all they can handle from the PASS North regulars,
and there's always a handful of "All-Star specialists' that look
forward to challenging the touring regulars on their home turf.

The tight All –Star Speedway quarter mile is one of the "raciest"
short tracks in the northeast and two groove racing abounds. The
speedway has produced some of the most exciting events in PASS Norths'
eight year history, and the addition of Busch and Smith to the lineup
adds yet another dimension to an already exciting event.

Capital City Clash to be One for the Ages

¼-Mile Bullring could produce the best racing of the PASS South season

NAPLES, ME (June 18, 2008) – Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina,
but something about that is about to change. While the state
buildings will remain intact, on Friday, June 20th, Raleigh will
transform into the capital of Super Late Model racing in the South
when the Pro All Stars Series South tour heads into Wake County
Speedway.

The stars of the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South will invade the
¼-mile track and go toe-to-toe with the track's regular competitors in
the "Capital City Clash," 150 lap event. Wake County is the only
track in North Carolina that still runs a weekly Super Late Model
program.

Alex Fleming is the 2007 Super Late Model track champion at Wake
County and is also a regular on the PASS South circuit. The
19-year-old will certainly be a fan favorite on Friday night, as well
as a threat to win the inaugural series visit to the track.

"This is going to be one for the fans to remember," said Fleming, of
Raleigh, NC. "It's a quarter-mile track, and when you put 20-plus
Super Late Models out there it will be a whale of a show. Everyone I
have talked to knows that this is going to be one of the best shows to
watch this year on the East Coast.

"We are counting on this race to turn our season around. We have yet
to finish a race because of a lot of unforeseen circumstances and we
know this is our best shot. I grew up five minutes from the track, so
I know all the ins and outs of the place. I will have an advantage
for a while, because it takes teams a little while to get used to the
track when they come in for the first time. All these teams will
catch on quick; I just hope there is something that I know about the
place that they will not pick up on and that will be my advantage.
Everybody around town thinks we are the car to beat; we have a little
bit of a leg up just because of the seat time, but all the good teams
will be just as good as they always are."

The 150 green flag lap show will attract a lot of big names to Wake
County Speedway. Currently, several NASCAR-related teams compete in
PASS South, including Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch, NASCAR on
SPEED commentator Bob Dillner, and Craftsman Truck Series crew chief
Richie Wauters. Each of their drivers is expected to be at Wake
County this weekend.

"It will be awesome to see the local guys compete against the
outsiders that come in with the PASS South series. It will be
interesting to see how they stack up against the big teams like
(NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver) Kyle Busch's team with Alex Haase.
The local guys have the knowledge, but the big teams have the money to
make them go fast."

Current PASS South point leader Corey Williams, who works for former
NASCAR Busch Series winner Andy Santerre, leads the pack into the
smallest track the tour will compete on this year.

"I've heard it's a pretty tight place," said Williams, who won the
season-opening Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway in March.
"I think it will be fun, and it'll be a great race for the fans. I'm
used to running the little bullrings from up in New England, so I'm
hoping that helps."

Williams competed in the PASS North circuit before moving south to try
to advance his racing career. He has been one of the hottest Super
Late Model drivers in the country over the past year and is looking
forward to the fender-to-fender action.

"We've been to places like Halifax, Nova Scotia, and that's a tight,
little place, so I think running those type of tracks will be a little
bit of an advantage," added Williams, who is from Boothbay Harbor, ME.
"We haven't tested there yet, so we are trying to go there with an
open-mind.

"I know guys like Alex Fleming, who races there weekly, is going to do
pretty well. They have the upper-hand at what they need to do to
finish the race, and that will be tough to beat. We just want to be
there at the end."

The Wake County Speedway pit gates will open at 1:00 pm on Friday,
June 20th, with practice commencing at 3:00pm. Qualifying is slated
for 7:00 pm with racing action, including two local support divisions,
going green at 8:00 pm.

Rolfe Rides Hot Streak into ACT Event at Oxford Plains Speedway

OXFORD, ME – Maine Late Model stock car racing star Ricky Rolfe
is riding a seemingly unstoppable wave of momentum, one that he
expects to continue through the American-Canadian Tour's Dunkin'
Donuts 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday (June 21) at 6:30pm.
The Albany Township racer has won the last two weekly Late Model
events at the 3/8-mile Oxford oval, and won the ACT New England Dodge
Dealers 150 at the track in April.
"I love it when ACT comes to town," Rolfe said confidently, and
with good reason: Rolfe is one of only two Oxford regulars to have
multiple ACT Late Model Tour victories. His first came in 2002, and
he also has a runner-up finish to his credit against the Tour
regulars.
"The longer races are a fun challenge," said the two-time
Oxford Plains Speedway Track Champion. "Even qualifying is big
challenge. The 'plus/minus' qualifying system is exciting and really
makes you work hard to pass a lot of cars. My goal with ACT is always
to get in the show. Once I'm in, then I can relax and have some fun
and try to win the race."
The all-time ACT vs. OPS series leans in favor of ACT Late
Model Tour drivers, 10-6, but Oxford regulars Rolfe and Travis Adams
(in October 2007) have won the two most recent ACT events at the
track. Rolfe and Adams will be joined at the Dunkin' Donuts 150 by
Oxford home-trackers Shawn Martin, Dale Verrill, Billy Childs, Jr.,
and Travis Stearns among others. Adams, Childs, and Stearns each own
weekly-event victories at OPS in 2008.
ACT Late Model Tour stars hoping to take back the winner's
trophy include point leader Scott Payea of Vermont, winner of the most
recent ACT event at Waterford (CT) Speedbowl, former Oxford winner
Randy Potter of New Hampshire, and Maine natives Ron Henry of New
Gloucester, Glen Luce of Turner, and Leon Heckbert of Wilton. A host
of Canadian racers is also expected, including Patrick Laperle, Donald
Theetge, Karl Allard, and rookie Jonathan Urlin.
Green flag qualifying action for the Dunkin' Donuts 150 begins
at 6:30pm on Saturday, June 21. Oxford Plains Speedway is located on
Route 26 in Oxford, ME. For more information, call ACT at (802)
244-6963 or visit www.acttour.com, or call Oxford Plains Speedway at
(207) 539-8865 or visit www.oxfordplains.com.

PASS South Readies for the tight confines of Wake County Speedway

CHARLOTTE, NC (June 17) – Over the years, the Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) South Super Late Models have competed on a variety of different
race tracks across the Southeast. From Virginia to Georgia, from flat
half-miles to high banked 3/8 miles, the PASS South Series has been
there and done that. But, perhaps, PASS South's greatest test rests
this weekend at its smallest venue. On Friday night, the regulars of
PASS South will tackle the .23 mile Wake County Speedway near Raleigh,
NC for the Capital City Clash. Wake County Speedway is the only track
in Virginia, North or South Carolina that features Super Late Models
as its premier division. The combination of a tough, unfamiliar track
could play right into the hands of the Wake County regulars.

"This is a race our fans have been waiting for ever since it was
announced last December," said Ginger Pleasant, Director of Public
Relations for Wake County Speedway. "You haven't seen anything until
you've seen Super Late Models on a track the size of Wake County.
This is definitely the biggest race our track has seen in a number of
years."

Several PASS South regulars honed their skills at Wake County prior to
moving up the racing ladder. Among those drivers is Alex Fleming.
Fleming managed to win the 2007 Wake County Speedway track
championship at the same time he finished 11th in the 2007 PASS South
standings. Despite more than his fair share of bad luck, Fleming
comes into this weekend's Capital City Clash 10th in PASS South points
and as one of the favorites among PASS South regulars. Nashville,
NC's John Batten, Winston-Salem, NC's Mark Gibson and Goldsboro, NC's
Clay Jones are some of the other PASS South regulars who look to run
well while close to home.

Even though Wake County might not be as close to home, several other
PASS South drivers hope to be in contention on Friday night. PASS
South points leader Corey Williams is originally from Boothbay, ME and
has competed on a number of tracks in New England that are similar in
length to Wake County Speedway. Additionally, Kyle Busch development
driver Alex Haase and 13-year-old Brentwood, TN native Logan Ruffin
have tested at Wake County in preparation for the Capital City Clash.

The biggest variable for this weekend's race though, could be the Wake
County regulars and who shows up and who does not. Wake County points
leader "Big" Jim Kelley and Matt Jones have both indicated that they
are planning to compete in the Capital City Clash. Other Wake County
regulars including David Clark, Curtis Simpkins, and Jonathan Logan
along with veterans Randy Renfrow and Eddie Massengill are other
possibilities that could use their Wake County "know how" to take win
away from the PASS South contingent.

"There's no telling who might show, but I can guarantee you it'll be
worth it to see what happens Friday night," said Pleasant.

Gates open Friday, June 20 at 1:00 PM, PASS South Super Late Model
practice will be at 3:00 PM, PASS South qualifying will be at 7:00 PM,
and racing starts at 8:00 PM. In addition to the PASS South Super
Late Models competing in the Capital City Clash, there will also be
racing for the Citgo Mini Mart Four Cylinders and the Dirt Cheap Sand,
Rock, and Mulch U-Cars. Wake County Speedway is located in Raleigh,
NC just off US Highway 401 at 2109 Simpkins Road.

Also, don't forget the second race of the four race PASS National
Series comes up July 18-19 at Orange County Speedway near Rougemont,
NC. The Southern Sizzler 200 will feature the best Super Late Model
drivers from across the country competing for a $10,000 top prize.
Joining PASS will be the Late Model Stock cars racing for 150 laps
paying $3,500 to win.

ACTion News – Wednesday, June 18, 2008

-by Justin St. Louis

The Série ACT Castrol was back in action at Autodrome Chaudière on
Saturday night, and what a wild race it was.
At a track that looks and feels like a cross between Vermont's Thunder
Road and New Hampshire's White Mountain
Motorsports Park (and, thanks to the cows off Turn 3, sometimes smells
like the Devil's Bowl Speedway dirt track
in southern VT), the Castrol drivers were, shall we say, a little trigger-happy.

Seventeen yellow flags may have slowed the action, but the actual
racing itself was spectacular. No less than six
drivers were within an arm's reach of the Coors Light 100 victory when
the checkered flag fell, and the race-long,
side-by-side battle of eventual 1-2 finishers Donald Theetge and Yvon
Bédard was as good as you'll see anywhere.

A tip of the hat goes to rookie drivers Patrick Hamel and Spencer
MacPherson, who each showed the veterans that
their presence is not to be taken lightly. MacPherson ran as high as
fifth before a flat tire relegated him to
14th place, and Hamel marched from 24th starting position, then
recovered from a crash with Stéphane Descoste to
earn sixth place.

The Série ACT Castrol returns to Autodrome Montmagny Speedway for the
previously rained-out Montmagny 100, a two-
segment Monza-style race, on Sunday, June 29.

***

The ACT Late Model Tour fires back up at Maine's Oxford Plains
Speedway this Saturday (June 21) with the Dunkin'
Donuts 150. The race will serve as the final long-distance OPS
tune-up for the 35th Annual TD Banknorth on July
20. Post time for the 7th of 12 races on the 2008 ACT schedule is 6:30pm.

In case you've been in hiding the last seven years, the ACT events at
Oxford have been nothing short of
thrilling. The hometown boys have learned how to whip up pretty well
on the touring stars, and the all-time
series is almost even in terms of victories. Depending on how you
classify Eddie MacDonald, the last ACT regular
to win an actual ACT event at Oxford was Randy Potter, way back in April 2007.

This writer is hoping to see some great side-by-side action… and maybe
score a couple free donuts up in the press
box. The jelly kind with the whipped cream thing on the top.

***

Congratulations to Thunder Road winners Trampas Demers, Craig Bushey,
Brett Pierce, and Justin Gay! The four
drivers captured their first wins of 2008 on Ferguson Waterworks Night
last Thursday. Demers turned two months of
frustration around in a big way by scoring his fifth career victory.
Before the win, his best finish (combining
Thunder Road and American-Canadian Tour events) was just 14th.

Bushey was in the right place at the right time for the NAPA Tiger
Sportsman event, as Brendan Moodie received a
black flag for rough riding. Moodie and leader Mike Ziter got into a
scrape, Moodie got the boot, and Bushey
scooted in to steal the show.

Pierce, an Allen Lumber Street Stock rookie, out-dueled Vern Woodard
for the first 15 laps, then ran away to
record his first win. Gay easily walked away from Travis Hull to win
the Power Shift Online Junkyard Warrior main
event.

***

This week's "ACT Tracker" is chock full of results, and actually chock
full of winners. Ricky Rolfe, winner of
the ACT Late Model Tour's New England Dodge Dealers 150 at Oxford
Plains Speedway, scored his second-straight 40-
lap weekly event win. Don't look now, but Oxford is the next stop on
the ACT schedule, and Rolfe is on
fire. "We'll have something for 'em," said Rolfe of the incoming ACT
invaders. "It doesn't matter where we start
next week." Consider the notice served. Other ACT drivers in the
field at Oxford included rookie Joey Doiron
(8th), "Rocket" Roger Brown (9th), and Dale Verrill (11th).

Miles Chipman, who has made ACT-sanctioned appearances at Lee USA
Speedway and Thunder Road this year, took his
second weekly Lee victory of the year on Friday night. Doiron
finished 16th in that race, as well.

Tyler Cahoon, another ACT rookie, finished ninth at his home track,
White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday
night. He was followed to the line by Rick Thompson, Jr. (12th), Mike
Gosselin (17th), and Chris Bergeron (20th).

Tour drivers that ran the Ferguson Waterworks event at Thunder Road
included winner Trampas Demers, Joe Becker
(6th), John Donahue (7th), Phil Scott (8th), Cris Michaud (14th), and
Jamie Fisher (15th).

***

Did you know…?

-Eddie MacDonald really is the swing man in the "ACT vs. OPS" debate.
Long thought of as an "outlaw" driver that
races whatever, whenever, wherever, MacDonald ran a handful of events
both with ACT and Oxford in 2007. So was
his win in the Time Warner Cable 100 last year a triumph for the Tour
or for the home crowd? We'll let you
decide. Otherwise, the all-time series (at least since 2001) is tied
at six wins for each side. Ricky Rolfe
(twice), Shawn Martin (twice), Ryan Moore, and Travis Adams have
scored for the Oxford regulars, while Patrick
Laperle, Scott Dragon, Dale Shaw, Jean-Paul Cyr, Ben Rowe, and Randy
Potter have won while competing with ACT.

-If you want to get right down to it, ACT has three more wins at
Oxford than the OPS guys. Stacy Cahoon and Gary
Caron scored in 1995 (twice for Caron that year) at the 3/8-mile oval.

-Other than John Donahue's back-to-back Late Model victories at
Thunder Road in May, there has not been a repeat
winner yet. First-time winners to this point have been Street
Stockers Dave LaFleche and Brett Pierce, and
Warriors Neal Foster, Fred Schroeder, and Justin Gay.

PASS reschedules Wiscasset rain out for Sunday June 22nd

PASS South in action Friday night at Wake County Speedway

Naples ME ( June 16, 2008) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Steel's
Real Rods and Customs 125 previously scheduled for Wiscasset Raceway
on Sunday June 15th has been reset for Sunday June 22nd . PASS Mods,
Pluffybilt Racing Tractors Sportsman and a $500.00 to win Street Stock
Nationals 50 lap qualifier round out Sunday's racing schedule. Pit
gates open at 9:00 AM and racing gets the green at 2:00 PM.

Sunday's 125 lap super late model clash is the last extra distance
tune-up for the $30,000.00 to win Toyota Tundra 250 scheduled for
Wiscasset on Sunday August 17th. An overflow field of the fastest
full-fendered race cars in the east is expected to take advantage of
this opportunity to get dialed in for the richest race on the 2008
PASS schedule.

The PASS South super late models are in action this weekend as well;
they'll pay their first ever visit to Wake County Speedway on Friday
night, June 20th. The tough little quarter mile bullring on the
outskirts of Raleigh North Carolina will host the Capitol City Clash
125. Wake County offers up super late model racing on a weekly basis,
and PASS South competitor Alex Fleming is the track's 2007 division
champion. Fleming or any one of the tracks' weekly super late model
racers could easily steal the PASS South regular's thunder on their
home turf.

The pit area opens at 1:00 PM and PASS time trials are scheduled for
7:00 PM. Four cylinders and UCARS will join the PASS South super late
models for the Capitol City Clash.