Sep 3, 2020 | Claremont, New Hampshire
150-LAP PRO STOCK, ENDURO, MORE SUNDAY, SEPT.6 AT CLAREMONT
NO FRIDAY RACES THIS WEEK
CLAREMONT, N.H. – The powerful Granite State Pro Stock Series returns to Claremont Motorsports Park this Sunday, September 6, for 150 laps of big time feature racing presented by Newport Chevrelot, And with a $10,000 winner’s purse up for grabs, this one is sure to draw a crowd.
There will be no racing this Friday, September 4, at the Thrasher Road speedplant, as. promoter Mike Parks, who also heads the GSPSS series, is bringing the big show to town on Sunday, when the seven-decade-old oval will celebrate Labor Day Weekend in style.
Along with the Granite State Pro Stock Series event – the biggest race is series history – there will also be an added-laps, added-payoff event for the Street Stocks, as the multi-track NHSTRA brings its Battle for The Belt series to town.
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Sep 1, 2020 | Claremont, New Hampshire
HIRSCHMAN $10K WINNER, FELLOWS FINDS MAGIC AUGUST 28 AT CLAREMONT
By Gary Dutton
CLAREMONT, N.H. – He’s often referred to as Big Money Matt, and Friday at Claremont Motorsports Park Keystone State super star Matt Hirschman showed why.
Fighting through all kinds of early-event adversity, Hirschman passed rising star Matt Kimball on lap 70 of the Maurice Enterprises 100 main event to earn the $10,000 winner’s purse.
He’d been ricocheted into the turn two wall in his heat race, looked mediocre at best for half his consi, but then found his stride when the big bucks were on the line.
Promoter Mike Parks, with major support from hometown businessman Maurice Hurd, put a dandy together. With the Thrasher Road speedplant’s largest crowd in decades on hand for the big show, Hirschman and the other 25 Open Modified starters – 33 teams attempted to qualify – staged a classic battle.
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Aug 27, 2020 | Claremont, New Hampshire
MAURICE ENTERPRISES OPEN MODIFIED 100 FRIDAY AT CLAREMONT
CLAREMONT, N.H. – It is, without doubt, one of the biggest race’s of the year at Claremont Motorsports Park.
The Maurice Enterprises 100 comes to town this Friday, August 28, when the top Open Modified teams in the Northeast will converge on the storied third-mile speedplant, all gunning for the $10,000 winner’s purse up for grabs in this huge event.
Paying $1,100 just to qualify and take the green in Friday night’s big event, this one is drawing the best in the business. Among those already signed up for this one are a virtual who’s who of Modified racing. Matt Hirschman, John McKennedy, Ron Silk, Andy Jankowiak, Chuck Hossfeld, they’re all in, along with Les Hinckley, Kirk Alexander, hometrack star Brian Robie, and many more.
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Aug 25, 2020 | Claremont, New Hampshire
SONNHALTER WINS BELT RACE, FELLOWS NOW 25-0 AT CLAREMONT
Claremont Motorsports Park August 21 event story
By Gary Dutton
CLAREMONT, N.H. – It rained cats and dogs, just like Hurricane Katrina; it rained Friday at Claremont Motorsports Park. Later, the lights went out, and still later, the fog rolled in.
But when all was said and done, Aaron Fellows had won his 25th consecutive feature race at Claremont Motorsports Park. Not to be outdone, Dave Greenslit earned his sixth victory lap of the summer, both Zach Richardson and Jeremy Blood stayed red hot, and Matt Sonnhalter topped the Mini Stock 50-lapper, all Friday after the rain had stopped.
For thousands of years, Claremont motorheads have known that as long as Mt. Ascutney can still be seen rising beyond turn two, racing high on Thrasher Road will go on. Friday, with the pits nearly full, the mountain suddenly disappeared but, after a half-hour-plus super soaking, there it was again.
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Aug 16, 2020 | Claremont, New Hampshire
WILLIS TOPS MODS, FELLOWS STAYS PERFECT AUGUST 14 AT CLAREMONT
By Gary Dutton
CLAREMONT, N.H. – Modified star Mike Willis won his first open-wheel feature of the summer Friday, August 14, at Claremont Motorsports Park.
Aaron Fellows stayed perfect on the year, scoring his track-high seventh 2020 victory, while Jeremy Blood won his fourth, and both Desmond Skillings and Zach Richardson took his second victory lap this season on Friday. It was Fellows’ 24th consecutive CMP win over the past two years.
Sunapee speedster Mike Smith led the first four rapid-fire trips around the speedplant in the Maurice Trailer Country Modified main event, then giving way to Grantham’s Willis, who rocketed low around the west end of the third-mile to take the lead.
With no cautions, Willis was untested the rest of the way. Smith, though, had a good one of his own going, keeping two-time winner and defending track king Brian Robie in his shadow to come home strong in second. Robie’s bronze medal finish kept him atop the points parade.
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Aug 10, 2020 | Claremont, New Hampshire
JOEY JARVIS WINS LAFONT MEMORIAL THRILLER AT CLAREMONT
Claremont Motorsports Park August 7 event story
By Gary Dutton
CLAREMONT, N.H. – It couldn’t have been scripted better. Joey Jarvis, with competitors draped all over him, won Friday night’s Cody Lafont Memorial Race at Claremont Motorsports Park, earning the 35-lap Pure Stock victory behind the wheel of Lafont’s own car.
Aaron Fellows kept his unblemished track record intact, topping the LMS feature, while Joe Tetreault won a nail-biter in the Street Stocks, Nick Skillings held brother Desmond in his shadow in the Mini Stocks, and Jeremy Blood took his old car out of storage and sped to victory in the Six Shooters.
Amy Jaycox and Doug Nelson led the 31-car Pure Stock field to the green as the 35-lap Cody Lafont Memorial Race went green. With a whopping $1,200 winner’s purse and piles of incentive cash up for grabs, the fifth running of the Lafont race was going to be a dandy.
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