August 25, Brockton, MA--- St. Albans, Vermont’s Jason Bonnett claimed the win in the third Bond/WIX Tiger Tour 100 event of 2010 held at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, NH on Saturday, August 21. Bonnett survived four early cautions as he climbed his way through the field from his 15^th starting position to inherit second on lap 20 after Joel Hodgdon was spun out of the lead by Derrick O’Donnell. After a three lap battle with rookie Jason Corliss, Bonnett took the lead for good and dominated the remainder of the event.  

Tony Rossi claimed second while current point leader Tom Therrien worked his way back to a third place finish after being involved in an early caution. Hodgdon recovered to take fourth followed by Jimmy Hebert completing the top five. O’Donnell finished sixth followed by David Finck, Bobby Therrien, Josh Demers and Jay Webb.  

The 100 lap event was completed in one hour and eleven minutes including a short red flag period due to a wild ride by Jason Corliss into a tire barrier off the backstretch on lap 89. Corliss was ok but his car couldn’t continue. The race saw a total of 10 cautions. 21 cars took the green flag with 13 taking the checkers, eight of which completed all 100 laps. 

The Bond/WIX Tiger Tour’s fourth and final event of the 2010 season will be held at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, NH on Saturday, October 9. 

Hudson, New Hampshire’s Joey “Pole” Polewarczyk, Jr. earned his sixth career ACT Late Model Tour win in the Nutmeg State 100 at Waterford Speedbowl in Waterford, CT on Saturday, August 21. Pole started in the third position and worked his way around Brent Dragon and Waterford regular Jeff Smith to take the lead on lap 31. He would lead the remainder of the 100 lap event. 

ACT Tour point leader and defending champion Brian Hoar came from the 12^th starting position to take second while Dragon had to settle for third. Smith held on for fourth while Mark Lamberton completed the top five. Jeff Zuidema, rookie Brad Babb, John Donahue, Randy Potter, and Bruce Thomas, Jr. rounded out the top ten.

The Nutmeg State 100 was the tenth event on the 2010 ACT Late Model Tour schedule. It was completed in just over 56 minutes and was slowed by just four cautions.  

This Saturday, August 28 the top eleven drivers from the ACT Late Model Tour will head north of the border to battle the top eleven drivers of its sister series the S閞ie ACT Castrol in the third annual “Showdown at Chaudiere” at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec.   

Frank Moulton of Burnham is hot in the stretch drive as he seeks his third consecutive Late Model track championship at Unity Raceway. The Burnham driver claimed his fourth consecutive checkered flag in the top class at Maine’s Toughest Racing Oval, extending his point lead in the process.

Vassalboro’s Ed ‘Fubby’ Drake claimed runner-up honors, while Freedom teenager Dylan Turner picked up third-place hardware. Seth Raven of Waldo and Jeff Burgess of Fairfield rounded out the top five. Super Street point leader Nate Weston of Madison returned to victory lane in the top support class at the third-mile oval. Weston’s closest challenger under the checkered flag was Waterville’s Ricky Burgess, with ‘Cowboy’ Dan Trask racing to the final podium finishing position. Steve Rackliff of Starks and Oakland’s Skip Conner completed the top five rundown.

Winslow’s Andy Turbovsky continued his recent hot streak in the Keystone Automotive Wildcats. Maurice Young of Chelsea gets closer to victory lane every week, finishing second in the 25-lapper. Waterville’s Ryan Robinson finished in third position, followed by Chris King of Burnham and Vassalboro’s Ed Sleeper.

Ben Clark of Clinton drove to victory in Uncle Henry’s Late Model Pro Four division action, breaking a semi-long dry spell. Augusta’s Corey Walker was the runner-up, with Clinton’s Tim Robinson finishing third in the Jimmy Dennis 38.

Reigning champion Mike Wilson of Chelsea extended his point lead as he seeks his third straight Monster Energy Drink Monsta Mini division championship. Wilson’s closest pursuer in the championship chase, Lance Chapman of Clinton, was forced to settle for a third-place finish behind Augusta’s Greg Cummings. Justin Moore of Madison continued to dominate the action in the Aable Auto Parts Flyin’ 4 class, extending his lead in the championship standings for that classwith yet another main event triumph. Zach Audet of New Sharon continued a recent streak of good performances with a second-place finish. Cornville teenager Brad Bosworth claimed the third and final trophy.

Mika Wilson of Chelsea, beset by a rash of mechanical difficulties in recent weeks, broke a long dry spell, and an extended winning steak by point leader Chelsea Young, with a victory inn the Waterville Oaks Ladies division. Young, of Winterport, crossed the line in second position, followed by Amanda Batchelder od Fairfield. Jayson Bosworth of Corville claimed the checkered flag in Geo & Sons Teen Thunder division feature racing action. Clinton’s Cole Robinson, the division’s top winner this season, picked up second-place hardware, with the podium filled out by rookie Mike Fernald of Benton.

Bill Winter was best in the Enduro race. Troy’s Daymon Dodge earned runner-up honors, with defending division champion Henry Boudreau of Winterport finishing in third position. 

This Thursday, August 26 will be the final Thursday Night event on the 2010 Thunder Road International Speedbowl schedule and the deciding event in the Late Model “King of the Road” battle. Three Late Model drivers have separated themselves from the field and will tackle the Barre highbanks one last time in a special 75 lap Late Model feature presented by Aubuchon Hardware to conclude the 2010 championship hunt.

Current point leader Dave Pembroke of Montpelier has held the points lead since the third event of the season but has never seen his lead grow to more than 22 points. The 2007 Thunder Road track champion now has a 2 point lead going into the final race for the championship. 

Pembroke’s closest competitor for the majority of the season has been Barre’s Nick Sweet. The hometown favorite claimed a big win in the Carquest Governor’s Cup in June. Sweet has also finished inside the top ten in all 14 point awarding events, and has been within eight points of the lead for the past six weeks. After his sixth place effort in last Thursday’s ACE Hardware night he is just two points behind Pembroke. It would be Sweet’s first “King of the Road” crown in just his third year of Late Model competition. 

Sitting in third place just 8 points behind Pembroke is Senator, and current Lieutenant Governor Candidate, Phil Scott of Montpelier. Scott has rebounded from a last place finish in the Memorial Day Classic to bring himself back in the championship picture. Scott bounced back from his Memorial Day woes with a win in the very next event on Ferguson Waterworks Night. That win started his steady comeback from 56 points behind in the standings to within just eight before mid-season.  

After a rough Times Argus Mid-Season Championship outing which put him back to 40 points out of the lead, he has once again pulled himself back within striking range with steady gains each week. Scott has the most top five finishes with 10 in the 14 events to date, including five straight since mid-season. He will attempt to earn his fourth Thunder Road Late Model Championship on Thursday night. 

The 2010 Thunder Road Late Model “King of the Road” will be decided this Thursday, August 26 on Aubuchon Hardware Night in a special 75 lap event. The Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen, Allen Lumber Street Stocks and Junkyard Warriors will run regular events. Admission is just $10 for adults, $3 for kids (ages 6 to 12) and $20 for a family ticket (2 adults and 2 kids). Post time is 6:30pm. 

DJ Shaw of Center Conway, NH is currently ninth in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship standings with seven of ten races complete. His best finish this season has been fifth at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway season opener. He's posted a total of one top-five and three-top-10 finishes. His average start is 13th and average finish is 11th.  Shaw has led a total of 19 laps this season. All those were led at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in June. 

Shaw has a lap completion rate of 99.8%. He finished one lap down at Martinsville and one lap down at Lime Rock Park, but has completed 996 of the 998 possible laps. Shaw is bringing the same short track car he's run at every short track race this season. The team calls the car "the 55" because they purchased it from 1999 and 2000 series champion Brad Leighton, who ran that number during his title-winning seasons.  Shaw has spent his off weekends over the last month competing in a go-kart at Oxford Plains Speedway, where he accumulated several podium finishes. 

On Gresham Motorsports Park in GA this Saturday for the K& N Series East,   “We've been pretty fast lately although our finishes haven't been a reflecting of where we've run in the race. I've never been to Gresham Motorsports Park so I've never even seen the place. We're just approaching this race the way we have any other. We're sticking with the same routine and hoping for some luck." 

Here's what's going on in Northern New England. On Friday and Saturday Colebrook, NH offers the Moose Fest and Car Show. On Saturday and Sunday Burke Mtn. in Vermont will be the scene of another New England Hillclimb, there's a Cruise in Littleton, NH and NHMS hosts the Corvettes Of MA Time Trials. All at 9 a.m. each day. Friday offers Car Wars at Beech Ridge in Scarborough, ME, stockcars at the Canaan dirt track in NH and Twin State in Claremont all at 7 p.m. Richmond (ME) plans Kart racing at the same time.  

Saturday it's more stockcar action at Bear Ridge in Bradford, VT, Beech Ridge, Big Daddy's in Wentworth, NH, Canaan paved track, Mondnock in Winchester, NH, Oxford Plains in ME, 95 in Hermon, ME, Spud in Limestone, ME and Unity also in ME. All go at 6 p.m. Sunday has a Demo Derby at the Caladonian Fairgrounds in Lyndonville, VT, karting at Twin State in Claremont, NH and Richmond, ME.   Stockcars areon at Devil's Bowl in W. Haven, VT., Hudson, NH and Wiscasset, ME at 5 p.m. Mud Boggin is on in Lebanon, ME, Car Show in Littleton, NH, and Tainters Field in Bath, ME and Dragin in the 50's at New England Dragway in Epping, NH and ET Bracket Racing at Winterport Dragway in ME.

    Lou Modestino is a long-time columnist and Public Relations person, working for numerous tracks in the northeast, and now writes for The Enterprise in Brockton, MA.  He may be reached at lmodestino@hotmail.com.

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