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Monthly Racing Commentary with LEW BOYD BEING EDDIE MACDONALD |
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Lee, NH- After Mother Nature forced
racing action to be moved from Saturday to Sunday 5/19, the race teams
did not disappoint the large crowd on hand. With 34 driver from all over
New England and even Pennsylvania on hand to compete for the $30K to
win! Derek Griffith (12G) set the quick time in the lone 40 minute
practice session with a 14.732 second lap. Right behind him where the
17MA of Eddie MacDonald with a 14.776, Max Cookson (39) with a 14.780,
the 90 of Casey Call with a 14.781, and Wayne Helliwell (27NH) with a
14.820. Time trails for the North American Pro Stock Nationals were first on track. Griffith continued his trend of setting the fastest time to claim the pole position with a lap of 14.561. Jimmy Renfrew Jr. (00) turned the 2nd fastest lap with a 14.605 but it would be Nicholas Cusack (2) who turned the 3rd fastest lap that would accept the ladder challenge and start from the rear. Griffith would lead the field in a dominate fashion until lap 125 when the competition caution would fly seeing all teams pit. The bigger story would be Joey Doiron (73D) who would win the consolation forcing him to start 20th in the main event and would find himself running 2nd by lap 115. Doiron would follow Griffith closely after the competition caution and on lap 170 under Griffith and would race side by side lap after lap. Doiron would lead lap 179 with Griffith taking the lead back for the next 2 laps. Doiron regained the lead on lap 182 and would never look back as he captured the win and the $30K dollars. MacDonald would sneak around Griffith to take the 2nd spot forcing Griffith to settle for 3rd. |
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The Northeast Classic Sunday, April 14th, 2024 |
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Loudon, NH — Blue skies and sunshine greeted the teams and fans at New
Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday morning for the 4th annual Northeast
Classic. DJ Shaw #60 and Mike Hopkins #15 led the SLM pack to the green with Hopkins taking the lead over Shaw, Corey Hall #83, and Eddie MacDonald #17ma. MacDonald worked his way up to second by lap 15 and passed Hopkines on lap 16. Red flags then stopped the show twice as Trevor Sanborn #44 hit the turn two wall and caught fire after contact with Dennis Spencer on lap 19. Then on lap 23 Nick Lascula #39L tangled with Josh King #21 in turn one. ‘The Outlaw’ Eddie MacDonald showed the way as the class of the field following the competition caution while DJ Shaw, Ben Rowe and New Brunswick’s Hall battled for second. The lap 41 caution for debris allowed the field one final chance at Eddie MacDonald but The Outlaw outgunned the field with DJ Shaw and Johnny Clark rounding out the podium. The win marks back to back victories for the #17ma and is the 13th for MacDonald at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in a variety of PASS, ACT, and Busch North events. |
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New Hampshire drivers D.J. Shaw and Wayne Helliwell, Jr. led the field
to green in the PASS Ccebreaker 75 on 4/6. An early caution for a
back-field squabble in turn three saw Massachusetts' hot-shoe Eddie
MacDonald chase down early leader Shaw and, after battling side-by-side,
took over the lead before a lap 39 rain delay. Two restarts led to two spirited battles between Shaw and MacDonald with 'The Outlaw' taking charge but facing a mirror full of Derek Griffith. With fifteen laps remaining Griffith began to show his hand, growing ever closer to MacDonald while maintaining a safe distance, poised to pounce as laps wound down. While a second and third rain delay dashed Griffith's original chase, the Hudson, New Hampshire native powered by MacDonald on the final restart to claim the Icebreaker gold over Shaw and MacDonald. |
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The Northeast Classic Saturday, April 15th, 2023 |
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