Cabral to be Honored at Granite State Pro Stock Series Banquet

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Six winners in six races highlight Inaugural Season

CANAAN, NH — Inaugural Granite State Pro Stock Series champion Bobby Cabral will be honored during the awards banquet, which is set for Friday night, January 18th at The Yard Restaurant in Manchester, NH. The awards banquet will also celebrate the first season of the Granite State Pro Stock Series that saw six different winners in the six events held in 2012.

The veteran Cabral, of East Kingston, NH, captured the title in the final race of the season, a season that saw him visit victory lane in July at Hudson Speedway, and finish inside the top-five in five of the six races. Cabral’s worst finish of the season was a seventh place finish. Read Full Article →

LOU MODESTINO’S NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS SCHEDULE FOR 12/2/12

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Sunday, 12/2/12

Maynard (Downtown, MA)-45th Annual Christmas Parade, Vehicles Of All Types, 1 p.m. Setup, 2 p.m. Start.

Merrimac(MA)-Santa Parade, All Old Cars Welcome, Kick Off At Noon.

Powder Mill Barn-(32 So. Maple St., Enfield, CT)-Auto Flea Market, 9 a.m.
Town Hall(Groveton, NH)-Riverside Speedway Rule Meeting For 2013 Season. Daredevils 9:30 a.m.-10 a.m, Angels 10 a.m. -10:30 a.m., 4 Cyl. Woman’s Division 10:30 -11 a.m., V8 Outlaw Division 11 a.m. -11:30 a.m. Late Model Division 11:30 a.m

NHRA NOW Episode 39

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The 2012 NHRA season may be done but there is plenty of action going on behind the scenes with driver and tuning changes and Alex recaps all of the announcements so far this offseason.

 

Green, Stearns Team Up For ACT Tour In 2013

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New Crazy Horse Racing Chassis To Carry No. 16ME Colors

ENOSBURG, Vt. – Richard Green Racing will have a brand new look for 2013.

Longtime ACT Late Model Tour team owner Richard Green will field a brand new Crazy Horse Racing chassis next season, and he will fill the seat with Oxford Plains Speedway veteran Travis Stearns of Auburn, Maine.

Stearns joins Richard Green Racing as part of a two-car effort, one which will continue to also compete in weekly Late Model competition at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., with Joey Becker of Graniteville, Vt.

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TV TIMES for 11-30 to 12-2

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By Lou Modestino

NASCAR and TV partners have big problems

From The Sporting News comes a very serious revelation. NASCAR had an up and down year on the TV ratings over the past few years. This year it was mostly down. For 2012, NASCAR had the smallest audience in five years. There was also a 25 percent drop in the very important 18-34 year old male demographic registering a 25 percent drop. Those NASCAR races which aired on Fox, TNT and ESPN averaged a 3.6 Nielsen rating and 5.8 million viewers through 35 of 36 races. The season-ending races at Homestead was down 5 percent and 10 percent respectively from last year. All that gave up all of the gains the sport made last year which was its first annual ratings increase since 2005.

Three races weren’t counted because of rain delays that forced the races to be held on weekday mornings. Ratings among advertisers’ favorite demographic, 18- to 34-year-olds, fell further. NASCAR races earned a 0.9 rating in that demo, down 25 percent from last year’s 1.2.

NASCAR executives attributed the declines to uncontrollable forces, starting with the Daytona 500′s first postponement in 54 years, from Sunday afternoon to Monday evening. NASCAR executives also cited competition from the London Olympics and NCAA basketball conference championship games as reasons for the downturn.
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Green Flag set to wave at Burke Mountain for East Coast Snocross Series

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Presented by AMSOIL and Woody’s Traction

CHESHIRE, Conn. (Nov. 28, 2012) – With ISOC’s National opener at Duluth now in the books, the time has come to fire the engines and wave that familiar green flag here in the northeast.

Snowmobile race teams from around New York and New England are packing their bags and loading the trailers, as officials at East Coast Snocross (ECS) prepare to kick off their third season of competition on Saturday and Sunday, December 8-9, at the beautiful Burke Mountain Ski Resort in East Burke, Vermont.

Spectator gates will open at 10:30 a.m. each day, with early qualifying rounds already in progress. Admission is $12 per day for adults and $10 for students, while children age seven and under will be admitted free with a paying adult. Pit passes valid through the entire weekend will be available for an extra $10. Read Full Article →

NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH Oxford Plains Speedway Released its 2013 Racing Schedule

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By Lou Modestino

Oxford Plains Speedway in Maine released its 2013 racing schedule. The highlight of the schedule is the TD Bank 250 to be held on July 21. The 2013 edition of the event marks the return of the Super Late Model type cars after a six year absence under the Late Model format. The 2013 schedule boasts a very aggresive format with events from April to October at the 3/8 mile oval. There are 19 Oxford Championship Series points events slated to take place along with 13 Oxford Acceleration Series points nights, 4 Motor Mayhem events, a Mega Monster Truck Extravaganza weekend in August, and the 1st Annual Tom Mayberry Swap Meet to close out the year.

In addition to those events, the Pro All Stars Series Super Late Models will once again return for two dates in 2013; the season opener on April 21 and Championship Weekend on September 27 and 28. Joining the Pro All Stars Series in September will be the annual Oxford Championship Series Little Guys and Oxford Acceleration Series Showdown events for what will prove to be an action packed weekend.
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TV Times for November 23-25 2012

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By Lou Modestino

Keselowski’s Sprint Cup Championship win is a popular one

Brad Keselowski 2 NASCAR

Underdog Brad Keselowski’s points championship celebration at Homestead on Sunday came about because he and his team made less mistakes than his adversary Jimmie Johnson and the Hendrick team. It was a storybook ending to the long, grueling drill which is part and parcel of the NASCAR Sprint Cup waged every year from February to mid-November. The result of strategic driving and fine tuning of his racer gave Brad and his car owner, Roger Penske, their very first NASCAR championships.
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Morin returns, Ellis comes east as riders prepare for battle in East Coast Snocross series

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Morin returns, Ellis comes east as riders prepare for battle in East Coast Snocross series,
Presented by AMSOIL and Woody’s Traction

CHESHIRE, Conn. (Nov. 21, 2012) – Former series champion and national standout Mathieu Morin returns to northeastern regional action for 2012-13, leading a talent-soaked field to the green flag as East Coast Snocross (ECS) draws ever closer to the Dec. 8-9 season opener at Burke Mountain.
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