Scottish Highland Games Festival Comes to Lime Rock 06/16/2017 LAKEVILLE, Conn. - From *caber tossing, a British marque car show and bagpipe competitions to dancing, food, vendors and more, if it’s Scottish, it’ll be at Lime Rock Park Sunday, June 25, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. during the 93rd Round Hill Highland Games, the annual Connecticut festival celebrating Scottish heritage and culture. Everyone of Scottish descent – and Scots-at-heart – are welcome. Traditional piping and drumming competitions, Scottish highland and country dancing, heavy
LAKEVILLE, Conn. - From *caber tossing, a British marque car show and bagpipe competitions to dancing, food, vendors and more, if it’s Scottish, it’ll be at Lime Rock Park Sunday, June 25, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. during the 93rd Round Hill Highland Games, the annual Connecticut festival celebrating Scottish heritage and culture. Everyone of Scottish descent – and Scots-at-heart – are welcome. Traditional piping and drumming competitions, Scottish highland and country dancing, heavy
Perley Leads ISMA Super Brigade to Stafford Speedway 06/16/2017 (Stafford Springs, CT)---The winged supers of the International SuperModified Association (ISMA) will return to Stafford Motor Speedway on Friday, June 23 after a 3-year absence. The 60-lap exciting and fast feature for the ISMA Supers will be one of 6 divisions that will be in action. Stafford's 5 NASCAR Whelen All American Series divisions will continue their weekly quest for the championship. Leading the ISMA Supers return to Stafford will be 6-time ISMA Driver Champion and Rowley, MA
(Stafford Springs, CT)---The winged supers of the International SuperModified Association (ISMA) will return to Stafford Motor Speedway on Friday, June 23 after a 3-year absence. The 60-lap exciting and fast feature for the ISMA Supers will be one of 6 divisions that will be in action. Stafford's 5 NASCAR Whelen All American Series divisions will continue their weekly quest for the championship. Leading the ISMA Supers return to Stafford will be 6-time ISMA Driver Champion and Rowley, MA
Preece Charges to Victory in Thompson 125 WMT Race 06/15/2017 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park continued its oval racing season on Wednesday, June 14 with the Whelen Modified Series making its second appearance of the year at the track for the main event of the evening, the Thompson 125. The race featured the second group qualifying for the Whelen Modified Tour this season and saw Donny Lia take the pole, but it would be another familiar name that would come out on top at the end with Ryan Preece claiming his second win of the season and second career
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park continued its oval racing season on Wednesday, June 14 with the Whelen Modified Series making its second appearance of the year at the track for the main event of the evening, the Thompson 125. The race featured the second group qualifying for the Whelen Modified Tour this season and saw Donny Lia take the pole, but it would be another familiar name that would come out on top at the end with Ryan Preece claiming his second win of the season and second career
Robbie to Make Tour-Type Mod Debut at Speedway 51 06/15/2017 After a longer than expected winter in New England and a bunch of hard work in the garage, Derek Robbie is ready to make his first Valenti Modified Racing Series start. The 21 year old college student from Bellingham, Ma will pilot the family owned and prepared machine this Saturday at Speedway 51 in Groveton, NH. Robbie’s background is extensive with open wheel cars being the style he has driven the most in his 12 year career. Starting in Quartermidgets before moving to Microsprints on dirt
After a longer than expected winter in New England and a bunch of hard work in the garage, Derek Robbie is ready to make his first Valenti Modified Racing Series start. The 21 year old college student from Bellingham, Ma will pilot the family owned and prepared machine this Saturday at Speedway 51 in Groveton, NH. Robbie’s background is extensive with open wheel cars being the style he has driven the most in his 12 year career. Starting in Quartermidgets before moving to Microsprints on dirt
Photo Gallery - NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Thompson 06/15/2017 The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour visited Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (CT) on Wednesday night, June 14th, while there is no substitute for seeing the Modifieds rock the ground in person, here are some of the sights of the day. Click the link below or "like" the TachNeedle.com Faceboomk page. (Photos by TachNeedle.com/Mike Twist) https://www.facebook.com/pg/TachNeedle/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1420645211335557
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour visited Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (CT) on Wednesday night, June 14th, while there is no substitute for seeing the Modifieds rock the ground in person, here are some of the sights of the day. Click the link below or "like" the TachNeedle.com Faceboomk page. (Photos by TachNeedle.com/Mike Twist) https://www.facebook.com/pg/TachNeedle/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1420645211335557
139mph BMW Z4 Fails to Impress Maine State Police 06/15/2017 SIDNEY, Maine - The Maine State Police was conducting an aircraft speed enforcement detail on I-95 N/B in Sidney on June 6th 2017 when Trooper Pilot Gregory Tirado spotted a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed in the left lane and measured the speed of the northbound vehicle at 139 MPH, 69mph over the posted speed limit of 70mph. The vehicle slowed rapidly upon seeing Tr. Adam Kelley’s cruise...r in the crossover, and the vehicle pulled over immediately upon being signaled. The lone
SIDNEY, Maine - The Maine State Police was conducting an aircraft speed enforcement detail on I-95 N/B in Sidney on June 6th 2017 when Trooper Pilot Gregory Tirado spotted a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed in the left lane and measured the speed of the northbound vehicle at 139 MPH, 69mph over the posted speed limit of 70mph. The vehicle slowed rapidly upon seeing Tr. Adam Kelley’s cruise...r in the crossover, and the vehicle pulled over immediately upon being signaled. The lone
Mighty Ten Drivers of New England Racing (6-14 Edition) 06/14/2017 For the second week in a row, no driver from last week made it into the Mighty Ten for this week. There were some repeat performances from various other points of the still-young 2017 season though. Once again, redemption was a common theme as several drivers overcame bad luck streaks, off track issues or injuries to win (or come very close) this time around. And then there are a few drivers on this list who just keep winning and winning. So let's see who are the mighty ones this time
For the second week in a row, no driver from last week made it into the Mighty Ten for this week. There were some repeat performances from various other points of the still-young 2017 season though. Once again, redemption was a common theme as several drivers overcame bad luck streaks, off track issues or injuries to win (or come very close) this time around. And then there are a few drivers on this list who just keep winning and winning. So let's see who are the mighty ones this time
Marquee Names Enter NE Short Track Showdown 06/14/2017 Several marquee names in short track racing have filed official entries or committed to racing in the inaugural New England Short Track Showdown presented by ARBodies. The event is scheduled for June 30th-July 1st and some of the top names in Northeastern racing are making their plans to head to New Hampshire Motor Speedway to compete in it. The Valenti Modified Racing Series has attracted one of the biggest winners in NHMS history, Ted Christopher, to the event. Christopher has won races at
Several marquee names in short track racing have filed official entries or committed to racing in the inaugural New England Short Track Showdown presented by ARBodies. The event is scheduled for June 30th-July 1st and some of the top names in Northeastern racing are making their plans to head to New Hampshire Motor Speedway to compete in it. The Valenti Modified Racing Series has attracted one of the biggest winners in NHMS history, Ted Christopher, to the event. Christopher has won races at
Photo Gallery - Corvettes on Larz Anderson Museum Lawn 06/14/2017 Every Sunday during the summer, the Larz Anderson Auto Museum just outside of Boston hosts a Lawn Day car show with a different theme. This past weekend, Corvettes were the featured car and TachNeedle.com has over 250 photos from the event in a photo gallery on our Facebook page. If you couldn't make it, check out these sights of Corvettes from 1953 through the current model year. To stay current with all of our photos galleries, be sure to "like" TachNeedle.com on Facebook. (TachNeedle.com
Every Sunday during the summer, the Larz Anderson Auto Museum just outside of Boston hosts a Lawn Day car show with a different theme. This past weekend, Corvettes were the featured car and TachNeedle.com has over 250 photos from the event in a photo gallery on our Facebook page. If you couldn't make it, check out these sights of Corvettes from 1953 through the current model year. To stay current with all of our photos galleries, be sure to "like" TachNeedle.com on Facebook. (TachNeedle.com
