Regional Notes - June 25, 2008
Steven Legendre, 15, captured his first late-model victory in his fourth start in the division June 14 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H. Legendre is a graduate of the track’s kids’ trucks division where he picked up 14 victories. He also had one strictly stock win last year, which also came in his fourth start in the division…Darwin Greene got an unexpected winner’s bonus on June 15 at Pennsylvania’s Penn Can Speedway after his first-career modified victory. The bonus was posted by retired driver Boyd Tyler, who won his first Penn Can modified feature 33 years earlier — June 15, 1975…The father-son duo of Wade Peer (factory stock-six) and Ryan Peer (factory stock-four) won the factory-stock races on Father’s Day at Allegany County Speedway in Maryland…Jeremy Jacobs ended a winless drought nearly two years long with his IMCA modified feature victory on June 14 at Thunderhill Raceway in Sturgeon Bay, Wis…Race workers at Calumet County (Wis.) Speedway pumped 200,000 gallons of water out of the flooded track in order to race June 13…Travis Moore made it to victory lane at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif., a week after his non-winged sprint car exploded in a fireball. As a subtle reminder of that mishap, Moore tied a marshmallow to his left-side down tube prior to the June 13 race…Ventura Raceway announced its “A July To Remember” promotions, which will include the vrafan.com New Fan Challenge on July 12 and other cash giveaways for fans, is set to begin. For complete details, visit www.venturaraceway.com. . . Danny Edwards, Jr.’s four-race win streak at Langley Speedway in Hampton, Va., came to an end June 14., when his brother, Greg Edwards, won the rain-shortened Moody’s All Virginia Environmental Solutions 100.