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NEMST – Mason Becomes King Of The Road With NHMS Victory

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Mike Mason of Skowhegan, ME made history Saturday May 12, 2012 by being the first driver to ever win on the road course at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in a stock car. Much earlier in the day over 30 teams from six New England states hauled their trailers from near and far to be a part of the first Texas Roadhouse North East Mini Stock Tour event of the 2012 season.

At 11:00 AM all of the drivers were gathered around the NEMST tech area and given an instructional drivers meeting by NHMS Director of Operations Tom Blanchette and NEMST Promoter Bob Guptill. The drivers were given the tips and hints of road course success as well as instruction on the different types of flags and caution areas the excitement continued to build for the practice session rapidly approaching. At noon the drivers were instructed to strap into their vehicles and prepare for a 45 minute long practice session to build experience as well as set the starting order for the feature later on in the day.
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NEMST – Thompson Recap and results

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The North East Mini Stock Tour joined the fastest minis in the region for the 2nd annual Mini Stock Shootout at Thompson International Speedway Thursday night. The tour minis would compete in their own 20 lap points race as well as with the Thompson minis in a 20 lap shootout event.

Twelve NEMST prepared vehicles rolled into the pit area in the sweltering heat for the midweek event. Practice difficulties halted the movement of the 60 and 53 vehicles leaving a ten car field for the Northern style mini stocks.
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Another First Time Winner In NEMST Competition

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The North East Mini Stock Tour made its return to Lee USA Speedway memorable as another first time winner carried the checkers around the 3/8 mile oval. 16 Cars rolled through the gates in hopes of prevailing amongst the best mini stock drivers in the region. This action packed Tuesday night event was held in conjunction with the full fender flyers of the Pro All Stars Series and the Bastille 200.
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2011 Texas Roadhouse North East Mini Stock Tour – Twin State Recap

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After a very intense and fast moving thundershower roared over the pit area in Claremont, New Hampshire the Texas Roadhouse North East Mini Stock Tour took to the tight 1/3 speedway for the first of two practice sessions.

With a large group of the field being separated by only 2-3 tenths of a second a lap the large field was sure to put on an impressive show under the lights. 17 tour style minis packed into the pit area for the NEMST’s second visit to Twin State Speedway.
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NEMST – Star Speedway Recap

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While the weather was not near as nice as opening day at Beech Ridge the Texas Roadhouse North East Mini Stock Tour rolled into the newly reopened Star Speedway in Epping, NH. Fighting a bleek forecast many teams from all over New England made the trek to the southern New Hampshire speedway.

Practices started off early and had much excitement with many teams having trouble with mechanical problems including Emerson Cayer having a broken steering rack. As the cars rolled through pre race technical inspection teams drew for their heat starting position. Two heat races were held for the 18 mini stocks at Star with the Volkswagens showing the pace. Calvin Rose won the first heat and Loren Smith negotiated the win from the second heat.
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North East Mini Stock Tour Kicks off their 3rd season of Racing.

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story by Chris Roy

The North East Mini Stock Tour is now in its third season. With NEMST 1st race of the season now in the books, as Zach Audet, driver of the number 19 car took the checkered flag at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. The next stop for the tour is Star Speedway on May 14th. So we stopped by and made time with tour president and founder Robert Guptill.
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First Time Winner at Beech Ridge

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For the first event under the new Texas Roadhouse nameplate the North East Mini Stock Tour had a full field racing n front of a packed grandstand on the nicest weather weekend in northern New England so far this year.

Twenty mini stock cars from five New England states showed up at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine early Saturday morning for the Texas Roadhouse NEMST season opener. It was clear early in the first practice session that a close field of cars had arrived with eight drivers within .2 of a second lap times.
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North East Mini Stock Tour Signs Texas Roadhouse as the New Title Sponsor

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The North East Mini Stock Tour (NEMST) is in final preparations to start their third full season of competition. Opening day for the exciting tour is slated for April 30 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine. Tour founder Bob Guptill and his officials have been very busy finalizing plans and working on some special promotions and offers.

Texas Roadhouse restaurants of New England have signed on to be the NEMST’s title sponsor for the 2011 season. The grassroots growing efforts of the NEMST match up perfectly with the basic legendary principles of Texas Roadhouse. Texas Roadhouse will be offering free entrée passes to all season registered drivers this season. There will also be many publicity and autograph sessions available in many of the restaurants various locations throughout the New England region. “The huge cross marketing opportunities are really going to help the NEMST jump to the next step and help make this the premier racing series in New England. Combining the winning combinations of Texas Roadhouse and the NEMST this will for sure have a profound effect on the local racing scene all over the region.” Guptill said. Continue reading “North East Mini Stock Tour Signs Texas Roadhouse as the New Title Sponsor” »

History of Maine and Northern New England racing highlighted at Racin’ Preview 2011

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Portland, Maine – Honoring the short track racing history of Maine and Northern New England has always been an important part of the annual Racin’ Preview 2011 show in Portland, Maine. Visitors to this year’s 18th edition of the popular pre-season stock car racing celebration, set for Friday and Saturday, February 25-26, will find Vintage Row displays bigger and better than ever.
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Check out New England’s dirt track scene at Racin’ Preview 2011

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(18th annual Portland Expo show set for Fri.-Sat., February 25-26)
Portland, ME – New England still has an active dirt track stock car racing scene, though it has been reduced to a trio of quarter-mile oval tracks in recent seasons.

It’s been just over a quarter-century since historic Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in nearby Scarborough was paved over, a year since Vermont’s Champlain Valley Racing Association switched their two tracks to asphalt racing surfaces, and a few months since the apparent closure of Massachusetts’ Whip City Speedway.
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NEMST in Final Preparation for Northeast Motorsports Expo

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The North East Mini Stock Tour will be attending the 23rd annual Northeast Motorsports Expo presented by Mainely Motorsports in Augusta on January 7,8, and 9. The NEMST will have Emerson Cayer’s Ford Mustang on display. Cayer was the inaugural champion for the NEMST in 2009 with a runner up finish in the 2010 season.

Plenty of merchandise, information materials, and registration forms will be on hand for the show. The NEMST will also release its final schedule for the 2011 season. NEMST promoter Bob Guptill will be at the show all weekend to answer any questions about the upcoming season anyone may have.

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2010 NEMST Rules Meeting Banquet Information

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The 2010 North East Mini Stock Tour rules meeting and Championship Banquet will be held on Saturday November 6th with at 6:00 PM. This year’s banquet will be held at the Fireside Inn and Suites located right off the Maine Turnpike in Auburn.

The rules meeting will kick off the night at 6:00 PM with a buffet style dinner being served at 7:00. Championship Awards for the top 10 in points will be given out at 8:00. There will be social time and a bar available for the entire night and into early morning! The rules meeting and banquet are being held on one again this year in an effort to save teams from long distances from traveling twice.

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McKinstry Takes Advantage on Lap 49 To Gain his 7th Win of 2010

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The 2010 NEMST point champion only led one lap in Sunday’s event at Twin State Speedway, but it was the right one. McKinstry clinched the 2010 title Saturday after winning his heat race in a dream season of racing, 8 starts and 7 wins.

It was the first time the NEMST, only in its sophomore year, visited the unique track in Claremont, NH. The 50 lap NEMST feature kicked off the day on Sunday with Rob Gioia and Roger Ducharme leading the field down for the initial start. Ducharme broke out to the early lead with Jeff Hebert of Auburn, ME taking over controls at lap 3. The first 13 laps went incident free before the 99 car of Donald Rogers spun to the infield and brought out the first caution flag. On the restart it was Hebert and Cayer on the front row with Hebert carrying the lead through turn 1. On lap 15 the 88 of Emerson Cayer squeezed Hebert low in turn 2 and took the lead down the backstretch. Chris McKinstry also snuck by the 22 of Hebert and began to chase Cayer down.

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McKinstry Earns Win #6 on Jackson’s DQ

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Saturday night saw the NEMST’s first visit to the fast 1/3 mile track in Seekonk, MA. Tim Jackson proved that not only Mustangs could win in the NEMST but, suffered from a DQ because of Tire Softener. NEMST rookie and current point leader Chris McKinstry benefitted from Jackson’s misfortune and took home the $1000 payout and win #6 for the season.

24 cars were in attendance for the Kraze Korlacki Speed Equipment Racing Against Breast Cancer event, with 21 starting the feature. As always the faster cars were started at the rear of the feature but quickly worked their way through the even paced pack.

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