 This weekend, Star Speedway will be a busy place, with racing scheduled for both Friday July 19th, and Saturday July 20th. Friday night will be another edition of Star Speedway’s $5 Friday presented by Little Billy’s Tees. This week, the S.T.A.R. Senior Tour Antique Racers will make their first appearance at the Epping oval this season with a doubleheader, as they will race on both Friday, and Saturday night. The Pro V8 Sportsman, NELCAR Legends, and Bandoleros will be on hand as well Friday, along with the Crown Vic Cruisers, Mighty Trucks, and Junkyard Dogs to round out an action packed night of racing.
Friday night's event will start with the pit area opening up at 5PM, with pit admission being $25 for all. Grandstands will open up at 5:25PM with admission being $5 for everyone. Practice for Friday's racing is set to begin at 5:25PM, with the first green flag of the evening set to wave at 6:35PM. Saturday night's racing card will be highlighted by major feature events along with weekly division racing. Both the Izzett Construction Late Models, who will return after a few scheduled off weeks, and the R&R Street Stock Tour who will be making a stop in Epping this weekend. Also in action on Saturday will be the Bumpy's Auto Slingshots, Six Shooters, MLM Diagnostic Services Pure Stocks, and the S.T.A.R. antique racers running the second day of their weekend doubleheader. Things will kick off on Saturday with the pit area opening up at 3:30PM for Star members, and 3:45PM for non members. Pit admission will be $30 for Star members, and $40 for non members. Grandstands will open up at 4PM on Saturday with admission being for $15 adults, $12 for seniors and military, and $10 for juniors.Practice for Saturday's program will kick off at 4:20PM, with racing to follow at 5:50PM. For more information on this weekend's two days of racing, or any future events this year, please visit us on Facebook, or the track website StarspeedwayNH.com.
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EDDIE WITKUM JR. WINS JEN GARLAND MEMORIAL, LOVEJOY, VAUGHN, HURTEAU & HODGE CLAIM WEEKLY WINS7/15/2024  Saturday night, Star Speedway returned to weekly racing action with the Jen Garland Memorial race, which is one of the marquee events for the N.E. Concrete Foundations350 Supermodifieds.
Veteran driver Eddie Witkum Jr. topped a tough field of competitors in his Callahan Motorsports ride and took home his first Star Speedway win of the 2024 racing season. The runner-up spot went to Ryan Locke, while Ben Tinker crossed the line in the third position. In Woody’s Auto Street Stock action, former Star Speedway track champion Adam Lovejoy was first to the line when checkers flew. Lovejoy, who has competed in a variety of divisions already this season, took down his first Street Stock win this year. Charlie Baldwin was next across the line behind Lovejoy, with Justin Beecher taking the third position. Jacob Vaughn beat all comers on Saturday night, as he drove his way to his first career Bumpy's Auto Slingshot win in the division's 25-lap main event. Jake Rheaume trailed Vaughn to the line as the checkered flag flew with former Pure Stock standout Gage Osborne rounding off the podium in the third spot. Saturday's Six Shooter action saw Matthew Hurteau top the competition en route to claiming his first Star Speedway win of the 2024 season. Trailing Hurteau to the finish was Ryan McCarthy, who claimed the second position when checkers flew. Patrick Joslin had himself a strong run taking the final podium position. In the MLM Diagnostic Services Pure Stocks, Cody Hodge took home top honors in the division's feature event. The runner-up spot went to Shawn Nadeau, who followed Hodge to the line at the finish. The final podium spot went to former Star Pure Stock champion George Riley Jr. Star Speedway will return to action next weekend with racing on both Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20. For more information on or any future events this season please visit us on Facebook, or the track website, StarSpeedwayNH.com.  After a few weekend’s off from action the, N.E. Concrete Foundations 350 Supermodifieds return to action at the Epping oval for 40 laps in the Jen Garland Memorial race this Saturday night, July 13.
Also on the card for Saturday will be the Woody’s Auto Street Stocks, who will be running 25 laps, the Bumpy's Auto Slingshots, who will also be running a 25-lap main event. The Six Shooters and MLM Diagnostic Services Pure Stocks will be on track Saturday as well - each racing for 20 laps in their feature events. Saturday's schedule will begin with the pit gates opening up for Star members at 3:30PM and then opening for all others at 3:45PM. Pit admission will be $30 for Star members and $40 for non-members. Grandstands are set to open up at 4PM, with admission being $15 for adults, $12 for Seniors, and Military, and $10 for juniors (ages 11-15). On track action will begin at 4:30PM with the start of practice,with qualifying set to begin at 6PM followed by feature racing. For more information on this Saturday's racing action, or any future events at Star Speedway this season, please visit us on Facebook, or our website, StarspeedwayNH.com.  EPPING, N.H. – Saturday night at Star Speedway was just another day at the office for Matt Hirschman. The Northampton, Penn., open-wheel ace outgunned Anthony Nocella and Brian Robie to win the Racers Honoring Racers 76 Modified open. Hirschman put together a flawless day from start to finish to earn the $7,600 winner’s purse.
“That was the best day I’ve had at the track all year,” Hirschman said of his performance. “It just clicked all day.” Saturday night’s show drew together the best of the best from the Northeast’s various Tour-type Modified programs, from the NASCAR Modified Tour and Tri-Track Series to the Modified Racing Series and weekly tracks across the region. But few in the pits had anything for “Big Money Matt,” who set fast time in qualifying and won his heat to set the tone for the evening. Anthony Nocella and Matt Swanson also scored heat wins in setting the lineup for the 24-car field. Already a winner under multiple banners this season, Hirschman drove to victory with Nocella just over a second behind. Brian Robie finished third, with Mike Collins fourth and Connecticut star Ronnie Williams rounding out the top five. Despite the threat of rain, a full complement of support races went off without a hitch on Saturday as well. Jimmy Renfrew, Jr. of Candia, N.H., took the R&R Race Parts Open Street Stocks win over Maine’s Kris Watson in a 75-lap showdown. Matthew Hurteau was tops in the Six Shooters feature, and Andrew Harmon took the checkers in the Pure Stock 20-lapper. Double features were held for NELCAR Legends teams, with Josh Parsons holding off Cole Robie in the first and Reagan Parent topping Robie in the second. Brody Wakefield rounded out the day’s features with a win in the Bandoleros. Star Speedway was also in action with $5 Friday presented by Little Billy’s Tees on Friday. Only the Crown Vic Cruisers and Junk Yard Dogs completed their feature races before rain hit the area. Star Speedway will be back in action on Saturday, July 13 for another round of racing. For more information on Star Speedway, visit StarSpeedwayNH.com and follow the track on Facebook.  ROBIE, HOFFMAN, TANGUAY, RIZZUTO ALSO PICK UP WINS ON JUNE 28
EPPING, N.H. — Unfortunately, mother nature cut short the Saturday portion of Star Speedway’s weekend doubleheader on June 29. However, the $5 Friday Series presented by Little Billy’s Tees program went off without a hitch under clear skies. The Pro V8 Sportsman, New England Dwarf Cars, NELCAR Legends and Bandoleros, Crown Vic Cruisers, Mighty Trucks and Junkyard Dogs were all on hand Friday night for what was a busy night of racing action. The Pro V8 Sportsman saw Matt Robinson top a competitive field of cars and find his way back to Star victory lane. The New England Dwarf Car Series drivers were also on the card and Tom Harwood was first across the line when checkers flew. In NELCAR action Cole Robie repeated as winner in Legend car action, scoring back-to-back on the Friday series in the Nick Lascuola Racing ride. Veteran driver Patrick Tanguay grabbed his second Star Speedway win of the 2024 season in the Crown Vic Cruisers on Friday night. In the Mighty Truck main it was Keith Hoffman across the stripe first, while Krissy Rizzuto grabbed top honors in the Junkyard Dog feature race. Star Speedway will be back on track on Friday, July 5 with the $5 Friday Series presented by Little Billy’s Tees and a special rental event on Saturday, July 6, which includes the Open Tour-Type Modifieds racing for 76 laps, the R&R Street Stocks and more. For more information on upcoming events, visit StarSpeedwayNH.com and follow the track on Facebook.  For the second time in the month of June, Star Speedway will be in action on both Friday and Saturday night this weekend, June 28-29. Star Speedway’s weekly racing divisions had a scheduled off week this past weekend with both the PASS and ACT tours in town, but will be back in full force this weekend.
First up will be the second edition of this season's $5 Friday program presented by Little Billy’s Tees, featuring seven divisions of racing. Friday's division lineup will include the Pro V8 Sportsman, Crown Vic Cruisers, Junk Yard Dogs, the New England Dwarf Cars and the NELCAR Bandoleros and Legends Cars. The pit area for Friday's racing will open up at 5PM, with pit admission being $25. The grandstand area will open up at 530PM, with admission being $5 for all over the age of 11. Practice will begin at 540PM, with the first green flag of the evening waving at 6:45PM. Saturday's five-division racing program will be headlined by the Izzett Construction Late Models, who are back on hand for 50 laps. Joining them will be the Woody’s Auto Street Stocks, Bumpy's Auto Slingshots, Six Shooters and MLM Diagnostic Services Pure Stocks. The pit area is scheduled to open up at 3:30PM on Saturday for Star members, and at 3:45PM for non-members. Pit admission will be $30 for Star members and for $40 for non-members. The grandstand is set to open up at 4PM on Saturday, with admission being $15 for adults, $12 for seniors/military, and $10 for juniors. Practice will begin at 4:30PM, followed by heat racing at 6PM. To see the full schedule for both days of racing, or learn more information about Star Speedway and upcoming events, visit StarSpeedwayNH.com and follow the track on social media.  Epping, NH — After Mother Nature pulled all her punches throughout the morning hours, the American-Canadian Tour returned to feature racing action at Star Speedway for the first time since 2019 on Saturday afternoon. Twenty-one American-Canadian Tour teams took advantage of Friday’s open practice with ten more teams rolling through the gates Saturday morning to compete in round six of the thirteen-race ACT Tour season. In the end, the Coastal Clash certainly lived up to its name! Weather-related schedule changes were a-plenty Saturday but pushing through Cam Huntress, leading Rookie of the Year candidate Kasey Beattie and defending ACT champion D.J. Shaw pulled off the heat race victories. An extremely fast turn-around time saw the thirty-one car field take the green flag in the Coastal Clash 125, shortened from 150 laps in hopes of completing the day’s entire schedule of events. By virtue of their +2 handicap following the heats, Gabe Brown and Jimmy Renfrew, Jr. led the field to green in a firestorm across the line. While Brown led lap one, Renfrew dove under for the preferred inside groove to lead lap two with Huntress running strong in third. What looked to be a career day for the Rochester, New Hampshire driver turned sour fast with an extruding exhaust pipe deemed unsafe for competitors and patrons alike. The first caution on lap 15 for a spinning Shawn Swallow saved Huntress but did little to stall the storm out front. After a side-by-side battle at the head of the pack, Brown regained the lead on lap 23 with a ferocious battle for sixth developing in their rear-view mirrors. Bryan Wall Jr. and Ray Christian III fought door handle-to-door handle before Wall’s backsliding on the inside opened the door for Kaiden Fisher to join in. All eyes returned to the front of the pack by lap 50 with Brown and Renfrew navigating heavy lap traffic before the field slowed once again, this time for a stopped Aaron Fellows atop turn two. Brown continued to hold the lead on the restart with the battle for the middle of the top-ten continuing to be as hard-nosed as ever, now with Tom Carey III, Erick Sands and Jesse Switser joining the party. As if shot from a cannon, Switser made his way around to begin stalking D.J. Shaw in third while Brown and Renfrew continued to fight hard at the front. Where Renfrew was strong in the corners of the tough old Star Speedway asphalt, Brown made up ground on the backstretch with foot to the firewall and right-side tires nearly in the dirt lap after lap. With time running out, intensity hit an all time high. With five laps remaining Brown, Renfrew, Shaw and Switser traded lanes and paint again and again as the four top drivers gave all they had down to the final lap. Jimmy Renfrew Jr. would bring the Chad Sullivan-owned 0NH, the Eppin’ Express, across the line to take the Coastal Clash 125 with Shaw and Switser completing the top-three. A late slip found Gabe Brown in fourth with Quebec’s Alexendre ‘Fireball’ Tardif collecting fifth. Tom Carey III, rookies Fisher and Beattie, Chip Grenier and Erick Sands would round out the top-ten. Ryan Kuhn was the dominant car of the first half of Saturday's PASS Super Late Model Series event at Star Speedway, and he ended up scoring the win, but he'll be the first to admit that it looked like he was going to come up a little bit short as the race crossed the half-way point. "That was unbelievable. Kind of speechless, man," Kuhn stated in his victory interview. "[with] 25 [laps] to go, I thought we were done and out of it. I just wanted to ride back and manage my stuff for a late-race restart and we got that." In racing, you never give up, because you just never know what can happen. Saturday's race at the 0.250-mile short track in Epping, New Hampshire, was a prime example of that fact. Series points leader DJ Shaw and the hard-charging Derek Griffith muscled past Kuhn during a restart around the mid-way point of the race. And from there, it was the Shaw and Griffith show. The battle between the two racers was entertaining as all get out, and everything you'd expect from two of Super Late Model racing's best, that is until both drivers went over the line during their duel, and ruined each other's hopes of winning the race. Griffith shoved his way to the lead with 17 laps to go, but Shaw wasn't a fan of the move, and gave a shot of his own right back to Griffith heading into the next set of turns. The contact from Shaw sent Griffith spinning from the lead, and the caution flag would come back out. Shaw was now the leader of the race, but under the yellow, race control would penalize Shaw with an end of line penalty for the contact, which caused Griffth to spin out. This handed the lead to Joey Doiron, and Kuhn, who all of a sudden had new life, was alongside on the front row. Kuhn would snag the lead away with 16 laps to go, and he would hold off Doiron's final charge on a restart with 12 laps remaining to take the victory. "Oh man, that was one heck of a battle with Joey there. You know, he's one of the best around," Kuhn gushed about his competitor for the race win. For the 24-year-old native of East Bridgewater, MA, the win was the culmination of perserverance through some tough times recently on the race track. The 2022 PASS North Super Late Model champion concluded his victory interview by thanking his team for sticking by him through thick and thin. "I want to thank my whole crew for sticking with me," Kuhn stated. "These last few weeks, really few months, have been really rough. We really needed this one." The official margin of victory for Kuhn was 0.550 seconds over Doiron, the 32-year-old racer from Berwick, ME. While Doiron, the 2015 PASS Super Late Model Series National Champion, failed to take the win on Saturday, he did pick up his second best finish of the 2024 season through the season's opening five events. Gabe Brown, who was disappointed by a fourth-place finish after a rough and tumble battle with Jimmy Renfrew Jr. in the ACT Tour event earlier in the afternoon, came home third in the race, and Shaw rallied from the rear of the field to finish fourth. Bryan Kruczek scored a top-five in the No. 5K machine, and Griffith's rally back through the 15-car field stalled out with a sixth-place finish. While the ACT Tour, PASS MODS, and PASS Super Late Model events were successful in dodging the threatening weather in the area throughout the afternoon, the skies finally opened up just as Kuhn concluded his victory interview. The Coastal Clash 125 Star Speedway – Epping, NH Saturday, June 22, 2024 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS 1. 0NH Jimmy Renfrew Jr. Candia, NH 2. 04VT DJ Shaw Center Conway, NH 3. 25NH Jesse Switser W. Burke, VT 4. 47NH Gabe Brown Center Conway, NH 5. 21QC Alexendre Tardif Notre Dame des Pins, QC 6. 5MA Tom Carey III New Salem, MA 7. 18VT #Kaiden Fisher Shelburne, VT 8. 45NH #Kasey Beattie St. Johnsbury, VT 9. 9VT Chip Grenier E. Barre, VT 10. 36NH Erick Sands Derry, NH 11. 27MA Chase Curtis Rutland, MA 12. 77NH Bryan Wall Jr. E. Kingston, NH 13. 97NH Joey Polewarczyk Hudson, NH 14. 27NH Cam Huntress Rochester, NH 15. 55MA Randy Cole Middleton, MA 16. 03MA Derek Gluchacki Dartmouth, MA 17. 17NH Kyle Goodbout Lincoln, NH 18. 7MA #Jeremy Sorel Westfield, MA 19. 29ME Cole Robie Windham, ME 20. 73MA #Cole Littlewood Orange, MA 21. 04NH Shawn Swallow Groveton, NH 22. 11QC Claude Leclerc Lanoraie, QC 23. 03QC Sebastien Couture Kannapolis, NC 24. 33QC Remi Perreault St. Paul, QC 25. 10NS Nathan Leclair Fremont, NH 26. 46x #Taylor Hoar South Hero, VT 27. 31CT Ray Christian III Uncasville, CT 28. 2NH Adam Lovejoy Sanford, ME 29. 29NH Aaron Fellows Croydon, NH 30. 98MA Ryan Flood Sandwich, MA 31. 41QC Jonathan Bouvrette Blainville, QC  With a full schedule of racing on both Friday and Saturday night this past weekend, Star Speedway was a busy place. A total of 12 divisions took to the Epping, New Hampshire, oval over the course of two days and some new drivers added their names to the list of Star Speedway winners.
The weekend’s action kicked off on Friday night with seven divisions of racing on hand on $5 Friday’s presented by Little Billy’s Tees. The Pro V8 Sportsman, Crown Vic Cruisers, Mighty Trucks, 603 Mini Cups, Junkyard Dogs, NELCAR Legends and Bandoleros were all on hand. The Pro V8 Sportsman saw Jimmy Renfrew Sr. grab the feature win over Matt Robinson and Mitch Wendell. The Crown Vic Cruisers saw veteran Patrick Tanguay take top honors, while the Mighty Truck main event was won by Dave Lamson. The 603 MiniCups saw Ken Goodrow find victory lane, and Nick Woodside topped the competition in the Junk Yard Dogs. In NELCAR competition, Cole Robie won the Legend race, while Bryson Robidoux took top honors on the Bandolero division. Saturday night's racing program saw the Izzett Construction Late Models back on track in consecutive weeks for a 50-lap main event. This event, drawing over 20 cars, was the final tune-up for teams before the return of the American-Canadian Tour on June 22. Joining them were the Woody’s Auto Street Stocks, Bumpy's Auto Slingshots, the Six Shooters, and the NEMA Lites. During Izzett Construction Late Model action, Jimmy Renfrew Jr. grabbed the win over Eric Sands and Jarret Curtis. The Woody’s Auto Street Stocks had a first-time winner on Saturday, as former Six Shooter champion JT Cashman topped the field. Veteran Rob MacRae crossed the stripe second, with Charlie Baldwin rounding off the podium in third. Kris Knox took top honors in the Bumpy's Auto Slingshots main event, while Jacob Vaughn and Jenna Beaulieu rounded out the top there. The Six Shooter main event saw Adam Knowles take the win, following him to the line was Justin Goudreault, while Ryan Partridge rounded off the podium in third. Ben Mikitarian was the winner in NEMA Lite competition. Star Speedway will be back in action on Saturday, June 22, for a night that will include the return of the American-Canadian Tour & the Pro All Star Series for the first time in many years. For more information on this event and upcoming races, visit us online at StarSpeedwayNH.com and follow us on Facebook.  Star Speedway is back in action this coming weekend, with two days of the areas best short track racing on tap for both Friday June 14th and Saturday June 15th.
For the first night of this weekend’s racing doubleheader, the Friday night June 14 schedule has seven divisions of short track action on tap. The Friday night card will have the Pro V8 Sportsman, Crown Vic Cruisers, NELCAR Legends and Bandoleros, Mighty Trucks, 603 Mini Cups, and Junk Yard Dogs all on track. Friday racing is presented by Little Billy’s Tees and is just $5 to get into the grandstands. Friday’s schedule will have pit gates opening up at 5PM, with pit admission being $25 for all. General admission is set to open up at 5:30pm with admission being $5 for all. Practice is scheduled to begin at 5:45pm, with the first green flag of the night to wave an hour later, with heat racing at 6:45pm. The Saturday night June 15th, slate will be headlined by the Izzett Construction Late Models, who are in action on consecutive weekends for the first time this season. This is the final tune-up for local teams before the return of the American-Canadian Tour next week. The Woody’s Auto Street Stocks are also back on track, joined by the Bumpy’s Auto Slingshots, Six Shooters, and NEMA Lites, who are in town. Saturday’s action will begin with pit gates opening up at 3:30PM for Star members, 3:45PM for non members, pit admission will be $30 for members, $40 for non members. General admission is set to open at 4PM, with admission pricing being $15 for adults, $12 for seniors/military, and $10 for juniors. Practice for Saturday's racing will begin at 4:30pm, with the first green flag for heat racing beginning at 6PM. For more information on either event this weekend or upcoming events, visit StarSpeedwayNH.com or follow us on social media.  JOSLIN, FISETTE & FLAHERTY ALSO CLAIM SATURDAY NIGHT CHECKERS AT STAR SPEEDWAY
The Izzett Construction Late Models were on the Saturday, June 8 schedule for their second race of the 2024 season at Star Speedway. This time out, it was Connor McDougal who topped the competitive field of drivers to claim the win. McDougal was able to best his opening day Late Model finish of second with a win Saturday, as he grabbed his first Star Speedway win of the 2024 season. Colby Meserve drove his mount to a second place finish behind McDougal, with Chase Curtis rounding off the podium with a third-place effort. Defending Woody’s Auto Street Stock track champion Shane Gendron proved himself the man to beat Saturday, as he found his way to Start victory lane at nights end. Charlie Baldwin backed up a Street Stock win last time out with a runner up this weekend, as he crossed the stripe second, with another previous 2024 winner, Joey Ventrillo, in third. Patrick Joslin was another driver who grabbed his first Star Speedway win of the 2024 season on Saturday, as he claimed checkers in the Six Shooter main event. Kody Parker was next across the line behind Joslin at races end, with Adam Knowles rounding off the podium in third. In the MLM Diagnostic Services Pure Stock feature event it was Kayden Fisette who crossed the line first on the final lap taking home the feature win. Former Star Pure Stock Champion George Riley Jr had another consistent run, as he claimed the runner-up spot behind Fisette, while Sean Nadeau finished the main event in third. Bella Flaherty was able to claim her second Star Speedway win of the 2024 season in the Crown Vic Cruiser feature on Saturday. Veteran driver Patrick Tanguay had a strong run claiming runner up honors on the night, while Jake Michaud rounded off the podium in the third spot. Star Speedway will be back in action for a double-duty weekend of racing on June 14 and 15. Friday is the first $5 Friday night racing of the season, while Saturday welcomes the NEMA Lites, Late Models and more to town for a feature night of action. For more information on upcoming events, visit StarSpeedwayNH.com. |
