Wiscasset, ME – Tonight will be an open practice with a short 50 lap feature to conclude the test and tune session. Practice opens at 8pm. Qualifying will be at 9pm and will be a pull from the hat start. Followed by a 10 minute happy hour and then the 50 lap feature. This is to shake down the ground pounders in preperation to the season opener next week! Come out and join us tonight for some fun!
Thompson, CT – Tonight will be an open practice with a short 38 lap feature to conclude the test and tune session. Practice opens at 8pm. Qualifying will be at 9pm and will be a pull from the hat start. Followed by a 10 minute happy hour and then the 38 lap feature. This is to shake down the ground pounders in preperation to the season opener in 2 weeks! Come out and join us tonight for some fun!
Concord, VT – Modified Officials have come together on both the White Gate Services Modified Tour and the Sunoco SK Modified New England Series to announce that they will both be paying their Champion $100. Series Director Jim Windrow was happy to announce he would put up $50 for each Champion and Dan Savary said he would match that! “To celebrate our 5th Season, This will be the first time we pay out a Champion of the series for both divisions” Windrow said. The SK Modified Series will be a grueling season as they will visit fourteen (14) New England Short Tracks for twenty-eight (28) races. The Modified Tour will Tour to Fourteen (14) different tracks for fourteen (14) races. Also with the addition of the Championship purse, the final event for the Modified Tour at Riverside Park is currently in negotiations to broadcast the “Pepsi 200″ season finale. “We have a great caliber of drivers in our series, and we want to show them we appreciate them in our divisions and felt it is time to give back” boasted Windrow, further adding “I feel we have the greatest group of short track drivers that can take on anyone across the racing scene. If others want to come in a try to beat our guys they are more than welcome to try!” The Sunoco SK Modified New England Series will kick their season off at Wiscasset Speedway on May 29th. They will run their first Twin 50′s of the season at the 3/8 mile track in Maine. The White Gate Services Modified Tour will begin their season on June 2nd. They will be rolling in the thunder of 600 horsepower at the famed Thompson International Speedway for the Bud 150. Next week the cars will be having a test and tune session on Wednesday Night for the SK Modifieds. Also the Tour Modifieds will have open practice on the 26th in preparations to the new season!
Here is the format for ECT’s All-Star Races on Friday and Saturday Night:
All drivers who have won a Friday Night Points Race, no matter what the series name, in the last year, and the winners of any Midight Thunder points race, or Series Champions are automatically in the All-Star Race. Anyone who has not met the above criteria, must run in the ECT Open, which qualifies at 9:30 pm eastern on Friday, and 11:45pm eastern on Saturday Night. Practice, which opens at 7:30 pm, and 10:30pm eastern is open for everyone. NOTE: only 10 minutes between Open and All-Star Qualifying on Friday, 5 on Saturday. The Top 2 finishers in the Open have earned the right to put up a time in the ECT All-Star Race Qualifying Session. All automatic qualifiers for the race, and the Top 2 finishers from the open will post a qualifying time. Everyone else from the ECT Open must NOT qualify. You will begin at the back of the field, so everyone does race in the All-Star Races. Anyone already automatically qualified for the All Star Races may NOT run in the Opens.
Below is the segment/races specifics.
When: Friday, May 17th & Saturday, May 18th
Where: Lowes Night SBP AllStar08
Gates Open at: 7:30 pm on Friday, and 10:30 pm eastern on Saturday
ECT Open Qual at: 9:30 pm on Friday, and 11:45pm eastern on Saturday
Race %: 10 % – Friday, 15% – Saturday
Setups: Open Friday, Fixed (Custom) on Saturday
Tire Wear: 2x
ECT All-Star Qual at: 10 minutes after completion of ECT Openon Friday, 5 on Saturday
Race %: 25% Friday, 30% – Saturday
Setup: Open Friday, Fixed (Custom) on Saturday
Tire Wear: 2x
Concord, VT – This past Sunday night. Five drivers entered the race with a chance at the White Gate Services Modified Tour Championship. Four of the drivers showed up at Cori Bibbus (3rd in points) was unable to make it due to hauler issues. The ground pounders thundered their way into Riverside Park Speedway in Agawam Massachusetts for the “Pepsi 200″. The Pepsi 200 has been a staple for the past four seasons as the final race in the WGSMT. There is a lot of action on the track and there is no safe lane to choose as you can run high or low. Todd Taylor would start from the point but only hold the lead for the first 15 laps of the race. Meanwhile Ambroceo would roll off 2nd and that’s all he would need he would lead a 120 of the 200 laps and claim the victory and the championship while crossing under the final flags! This is Ambroceo’s 2nd championship in the WGSMT and the first one to have multiple championships on the tour, also the first one to win back-to-back championships! Congratulations to Bobby and his team on a hard fought season and another championship! Series Officials would like to thank all of the competitors for making this such a great series and we look forward to have you back for next season!! There will be an official meeting in about a week to discuss the schedule and we will be ready to roar on season 5!!
Agawam, MA – Tonight 5 drivers enter with a chance at the White Gate Services Modified Tour Championship. All season long it has been Bobby Ambroceo who has lead the points for all but 1 race. He is the first driver looking to make it Back-to-Back championships with his #78 team. Second is Jim Windrow, a former champion of the series hasn’t been as dominate as he use to be in the past and with some tough luck at Concord in both races and then missing last weeks race due to illness he still finds himself in contention. Third place is Cori Bibbus, coming off a win last week this driver is no stranger to being close to a championship and finds himself there once again. Fourth place gives you the breakout driver of the year, Chad Barcomb. Barcomb has driver over leaps and bounds and has earned the respect of his fellow competitors and finally has a shot at the most prestigious championship at ECT SimRacing. In the fifth and final position for a chance at the Championship is another former champion of the series Serious Dan Savary. With a pair of wins on the season can he get the big win tonight and take home the points? These 5 drivers will have to do battle with everyone else on the track in an exciting season finale at Riverside Park in the Pepsi 200. Practice will start at 8pm, with qualifying set to roll off at 9pm. Come out and join the excitement of the Modified Tour and Riverside Park!
Agawam, MA – The night started out with Matt Corliss 2 points behind Bobby Ambroceo and it was going to be an uphill battle. Ambroceo was coming off of 4 straight wins at Riverside to climb from a hole to become the points leader after missing two weeks of racing. Matt Corliss would have a tough first race along with Ambroceo but would be able to finish 6th after starting 8th and Ambroceo would finish where he started 7th. This would change the points to 1. Going into the second race Corliss worked on his car and dialed it in. He would reach into the dirty sock and pull out the poll position. Ambroceo would start from 7th position once again. After a long hard fought battle with Jim Windrow who started 10th, Corliss would go on to victory and the Championship. Ambroceo would finish 4th. Other notables for the nights action was Jeff Crivello who was able to pick up his first career win at Riverside Park in the Sunoco SK Modifieds. When the season was said and done, Ambroceo led the series in Wins (7), Corliss in Top 5′s (15), Bill Kring, Chad Barcomb, and Corliss in Top 10′s (17). It was announced Wednesday Night that the Sunoco SK Modifieds would be leaving Riverside Park to go back to a New England Tour. Next season will consist on 12 Tracks in New England with Twin Races at each track, making for a 24 Race Season! At this time Series Head Official Jim Windrow would like to thank all of the participants in joining in all the fun throughout the season! I really look forward to next season and all the great drivers we have showing up on Wednesday Nights!! Stay tuned for next season’s schedule in a week or so! Congratulations Matt Corliss on your Championship and to all the other drivers for a great season!
The racing was action packed, but when the dust settled, Brian Schilling had a great night, winning the points championship in 2 of the 3 divisions proved himself and young and upcoming dirt star, the first one in the 55′s and the 2nd in the modifieds. Jim Windrow held on to win the championship in the Late Models, also winning the rain shortened 50 lap feature. Windrow also won the Modified feature as Jeff Crivillo won the 55′s feature.
Agawam, MA – Tonight the Sunoco SK Modifieds will roll into Riverside Park for their season Finale! Tonight will feature a 70 lap race and a 80 lap race to cap things off this season. Bobby Ambroceo has been on a tear winning the last 4 straight races. Will anyone have anything for him tonight? Come out and join the fun with practice starting at 8pm and qualifying at 9!
Caraway, NC – Tonight the White Gate Services Modified Tour will head into Caraway Speedway for the 12th race of the season. Tonight will be 120 laps around the 4/10th of a mile track. Tonight is also a special night for two Tour drivers by the names of Chad Barcomb and Jim Windrow who share the same birthday that is tonight! Can either one of them pick up a win and stop the hot streak of Bobby Ambroceo or will it be someone else? Come join us tonight as the Tour will start practice at 8 and Qualifying at 9!!