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Will WAR momentum be advantage at Feed the County race
Episode 402
June 12, 2022
International win for WAR
Despite the absence of Hall of Fame member/crew chief/grandfather Bob Alexander, Wyatt Alexander lead every lap of the heat race and feature on his way to Victory Circle at Speedway 660, Geary Woods, New Brunswick. Alexander’s father, Brett acted as the spotter and tire person. Madison Greenlaw once again was in the WAR pit assisting.
Madison’s brother Drew also won the Sportsman class making it an American sweep of those two classes.
Alexander dedicated the win to his friend Norm Desjardins who passed away recently.
In the Riverview Ford Lincoln Victory Lane at Speedway 660 is Ellsworth’s Wyatt Alexander and his father Brett. This was his first international win leading every lap in the heat and feature. Will the momentum of the win carry over at the next race at Spud Speedway, Caribou, Maine, June 19th for the Feed the County 150? (WAR photo)
Evan and Lindsey Beaulieu do gender reveal with race car theme
Beaulieu and his wife Lindsey used the occasion of PASS race at Oxford Plains Speedway to reveal the gender of their first child. I have included the video and wish both parents nothing but the best for their baby….. (And good luck at Spud Speedway) The Durham, Maine based Super Late Model #56 Hammond Lumber Special team will be making their racing debut at the Feed the County 150 at Spud Speedway next Sunday.
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ARCA Champion, County Native Austin Theriault returns to Spud Speedway
Feed the County 150 only a few days away. This poster designed by Nick Huff portrays the supporters that help make this fundraiser the reason the race matters to folks in the County. (Nick Huff Design)
Track owner Troy Haney provided several updates regarding the Feed the County 150 June 19th at Spud Speedway. Haney mentioned, “Looking like we will see over 20 PASS Super Late Model (SLM) racers heading to the County for the Feed the County 150! Some of the best SLM racers from all over New England will be here including the return of local favorite, NASCAR Driver, and ARCA National Champion Austin Theriault.”
“Austin is expecting to have one of the racers he is mentoring, Isaac Bevin, be here to compete as well. This will be a teacher-versus-student moment within a race that is already full of great storylines.”
“But wait there’s more, we will also have a great group of PASS Modifieds, a Street Stock race with nineteen that are already registered including the return of the one and only “Boss Hog” Dave St. Clair!”
“To wrap up the day the Maine Enduro Tour will hit the track. Enduro racers from all over the state will be here to compete against some of the County’s best racers. they better bring their “A-game” because we just learned the driver with more wins at Spud Speedway than anyone, Bob Anderson, Limestone, will be entering the 100-lap enduro!”
“A full day of action makes this the must-attend event of the year. Racing starts at 1:00 pm, so please join us as we work to Feed the County together while having some fun.”
Bound to sell out is this Nick Huff Design t-shirt which will be for sale at Spud Speedway the day of the race only. (Nick Huff Design)
Sting Ray Robb on Indy Lights pole for first time
UpNorth Motorsports is pleased to announce that the driver we are following in the Indy Lights Series of the Road to Indy, Sting Ray Robb sped to the pole in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for the Road America 30 lap feature event. Here is Sting Rays comments about his first pole position in Indy Lights Series.
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Indy Lights race had a four-plus-hour delay explained here in the race report courtesy Indy Lights.
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ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (Sunday, June 12, 2022) – After some near-wins and several heartbreaking weekends, Christian Rasmussen is a race winner in Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, scoring his first career win Sunday in the Indy Lights Grand Prix at Road America. Danish driver Rasmussen beat his Andretti Autosport teammate Sting Ray Robb to the finish line by 2.3573 seconds in the No. 28 Road to Indy/Stellrecht car. To secure the win, Rasmussen made a daring move to the outside of Robb’s No. 2 Sekady car in Turn 1 on a Lap 11 restart and never looked back. It was a similar heart-stopping move that he pulled on Robb on Lap 1 of the 20-lap race. SEE: Race Results Rasmussen, who won the 2020 USF2000 championship and the 2021 Indy Pro 2000 championship, led 18 of the 20 laps after starting third. The win came after he finished 13th in both races of the doubleheader last weekend at Detroit. “It feels amazing,” Rasmussen said. “I think Detroit (last weekend) was the worst weekend of my life, so to bounce back with a win like this is definitely an amazing way to show everyone that we’re here and we’re able to compete for wins.” Rookie Hunter McElrea drove to a strong third-place finish in the No. 27 Andretti Autosport car, holding off hard-charging championship leader Linus Lundqvist in the No. 26 HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing car over the final nine laps. Jacob Abel rounded out the top five in the No. 51 Abel Speedwagon. The race featured three cautions on the day, the most notable of which came on Lap 9 and resulted in a red flag and nearly four-hour break in the action. Christian Bogle drove his No. 7 HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing car over the curb outside Turn 5. It lifted the front of the car into the catch fence, damaging the fence and requiring a red flag for extensive repairs. Bogle was unhurt during the incident and finished 12th. The time needed to fix the catch fence forced the final half of the Indy Lights race to be postponed to after the NTT INDYCAR SERIES race at Road America, won by Josef Newgarden. While pole sitter Robb couldn’t break his trend of being on the lower steps of the podium – he’s scored five podiums in seven races this season – he did inch ever so closer to points leader Lundqvist, who has had a dominating first half of the season. After Lundqvist’s fourth-place finish, he’s still the Indy Lights points leader. But Robb jumped from fourth to second in the standings, 82 points back of his Swedish championship challenger. Rasmussen jumped one position to sixth in the championship, 115 points back of Lundqvist. While Rasmussen has been strong in his rookie Indy Lights season, he’s rarely had the finishes to show for it. He was on his way to a win in the season-opening race on the Streets of St. Petersburg, but a mechanical issue coming to the white flag prevented him from winning, and he finished 12th. In the second race of the season at Barber Motorsports Park, and just last weekend in the Detroit doubleheader, Rasmussen had a strong car, but contact prevented him from finishing better. He was 11th at Barber and 13th in both Detroit races last weekend, which made Sunday’s win all the sweeter as he redeemed himself and found Victory Lane on the 14-turn, 4.048-mile road course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. “It’s been coming,” Rasmussen said. “It’s been coming for quite a while. I’m just so happy I can give it to these Andretti Autosport boys. I feel like we’ve deserved it a few times now, so finally being able to do it is a great feeling.” Indy Lights is back in action after a two-week break with the eighth race of the season, at 11:30 a.m. (ET) Sunday, July 3 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, live on Peacock Premium and INDYCAR Radio Network. |
Swanson wins inaugural sprint car series debut.
Kody Swanson, Kingsburg, California won the pole and the race at Plymouth Motor Speedway, Plymouth, Indiana. as the new 500 Sprint Car Tour for non-winged pavement sprint cars kicked off their 10-race series which will feature four different tracks. Swanson jumped to the lead after starting fourth due to inversion.
He took the lead on lap 10 in the 75-lap main event. The race was slowed by two caution flags.
Kody Swanson #44 leads Tyler Roahrig #56, Dakoda Armstrong #1 and Davey Hamilton, Jr. #14 in action from Plymouth Motor Speedway. Swanson won the race with Roahrig 2nd, Armstrong 4th and Hamilton 7th. (Koty Geyer photo)
The inaugural 500 Sprint Car Tour for non-wing sprint cars at Plymouth Motor Speedway was Kody Swanson with the Henry Repeating Arms/Glen Farms/Dan Binks Engines #44. The next day Swanson finished third at Berlin Raceway, Berlin, Michigan with Tyler Roahrig taking the win. (Kody Swanson Racing photo)
Favorite photo of the week
Contrast in mid-50’s Chevys at Gassah Days at Winterport Dragway. in the foreground, Jesse Michaud’s turbocharged 56 Hardy Ketch Chevy stock car captured by race photographer/race driver Stacy Robey. In the background Pete Bishop’s “Canned Heat” ’55 Chevy. (Stacy Robey photo)
SEE YOU AT THE FEED THE COUNTY 150 SUNDAY AT SPUD SPEEDWAT. STOP ME AND SAY HELLO!
Let’s go racing,
Tom Hale
Soli Deo Gloria (Matthew 5:16)
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