Photo Gallery: Mercedes-Benz Show on the Lawn

The popular Lawn Show Series at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum near Boston continued on Sunday with Mercedes-Benz as the featured brand. Examples that were old and new as well as cars and trucks were on display. Here are the photos.  For more photos from New England races and car show, please be sure to "like"| TachNeedle.com on Facebook.   (Mike Twist / TachNeedle.com Photos) Photo Gallery Link -  https://www.facebook.com/pg/TachNeedle/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1508007902599287

Stafford Motor Speedway to Retire Ted Christopher's #13

Stafford Springs, CT)---Ted Christopher, a hero, a rival, a legend and a once in a generation driver.  His first start at Stafford Speedway in May of 1983 marked the beginning of a journey, a journey that no one could have predicted.  35 years later the journey comes to an end with statistics that make you ask, was Ted the greatest modified driver of all-time; 131 career wins, 109 SK Modified® wins, and 9 SK Modified® Track Championships.   Friday, September 22nd we will honor the man we all

Lepage Comes Home to Milk Bowl For Retirement Party

Barre, Vt. – The 55th Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank on Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1 will see a familiar face return to the Barre high banks. Shelburne, Vt. native Kevin Lepage, a three-time Milk Bowl Champion, has officially entered the "Toughest Short Track Stock Car Race in North America" and will look for victory number four in what is expected to be his final event behind the wheel. Lepage competed on the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Pro Stock Tour

Twisted Thoughts - Mourning the Ultimate Racer

TC. Unlike most racecar drivers, Ted Christopher didn’t need to go by his name or even his car number.  His initials were enough.  If you were a fellow racer…a true racer and not just someone who drove racecars…you knew who those initials referred to.  It didn’t matter if you competed in the NASCAR Cup Series or at a short track in any corner of the country, you knew.  In addition to knowing those initials, you likely also felt a combination of fear and excitement when it came to racing against

Richard Rawlings to Drive Pace Car at NHMS Cup Race

Mogul. Mechanic. Media magnet. All of these accurately describe Richard Rawlings. But later this month, the successful entrepreneur and eclectic star of Discovery Channel's hit TV show "Fast N' Loud" will demonstrate another of his many titles - race car driver - when he leads the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series field to green. Rawlings will serve as the official pace driver for the Sept. 24 ISM Connect 300 playoff race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Before getting behind the wheel for the

Hall Scores Beech Ridge PASS Victory After Wild Finish

Scarborough, Maine – Garrett Hall of Scarborough prevailed in spectacular fashion Sunday afternoon in Pro All Stars Series Super Late Model competition, just beating out nine-time PASS champion Ben Rowe of Turner in a wild finish that saw Hall’s car need a tow to Beech Ridge Motor Speedway victory lane. Hall, who was seeming unbeatable on long green flag runs during the second half of the 150-lap race, saw a trio of late-race restarts put both Rowe and the reigning PASS Super Late Model

Logano Starts and Finishes Seventh at Chicagoland

Connecticut's Joey Logano started seventh and finished seventh in the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford Fusion in Sunday afternoon's Tales of the Turtles 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. When the green flag fell to start the race, Logano moved forward to the sixth position, running lap times consistent with the top-five as the field stretched out, eventually cycling through a round of green flag pit stops. The trend of solid pit work continued for the Shell-Pennzoil crew as they were able to move Logano

Galko and Bennett Lead List of Stafford Weekly Winners

(Stafford Springs, CT)--- Stafford Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with a 5-Star Series program.  Taking feature wins on the night were Matt Galko, who outlasted Chase Dowling, Ryan Preece, and Ted Christopher in thrilling side by side duel that went on for 20 laps to win the SK Modified® feature, Michael Bennett took down his fourth win of the season in the Late Model feature, Brett Gonyaw scored his second win in the SK Light feature, Duane Provost won his

Four Way NEMST Title Fight Heads to Claremont

With two races to go in the 2017 North East Mini Stock Tour season, there are realistically four drivers still in the hunt for the championship.  In keeping with the theory of NEMST being a true regional tour in New England, those drivers are carrying the flag for four different states.  As the Tour gets ready for its biggest race of the year, tonight’s Four Cylinder Nationals to be held at Claremont Speedway (NH) only 26 points separate the top four in the standings. New Hampshire driver