Fundraiser snowmobile races a success

Tame the Track Snowmobile Races Promoter/Race Director Jere Humphrey on right awarded the playground committee a check for $2,595 The Tour’s part of the fundraising race. Left to right Sam Dunbar, Rebecca Smith, Erin Watson, Sara Deveau. (Kelly Little photo)

Battling for position in the Women’s Invitational is MacKenzie Gould (left) and Noel Hinkley (right). Gould went on to finish 4th and Hinkley 5th. (Black Dot Photography)

Lining up for the Single Cylinder Stock class from left to right Adam Whitehouse, Mike Morris, Andy Frohlich and Caleb Morris. Henry Moneypenny, not in this picture, won the race followed by Frohlich and Morris. (Black Dot Photography)

IFS Stock Class awaiting the green flag from race director Jere Humphrey. Fort Kent’s Joe Pelletier, middle sled #321 finished first in this class, IFS Outlaw, Trail 600, and Trail Open. Caleb Morris on #95 finished second in the class followed by #322 Nathan Alexander. (Black Dot Photography)

Tame the Track Promoter/Race Director/Starter Jere Humphrey, Houlton, was commended by several racers, family of racers, spectators and fundraiser committee members for putting on a great show. Humphrey puts a lot of effort into the Tour races and is to be commended for the work. ( Black Dot Photography)

A fun race to watch was the Couples Combination race with a driver and passenger competing. The front sled was the father/daughter duo Andy and Hailey Frohlich closely followed by race winners Evan and Austin Witham. (Black Dot Photography)

Jesse Taggett prepares his Arctic Cat F6 for another radar run at the Piscataquis Radar Runs in downtown Dover Foxcroft Saturday February 5, 2022. (Taggett Racing photo)

Woodland’s Jesse Taggett displays cash from winning four classes at the Piscataquis Radar Runs in downtown Dover Foxcroft. Presenting him with his $800 is committee member Lindsay Sands. (Taggett Racing photo)

NASCAR and LA Coliseum race starts the season strong

No matter what you thought about Ice Cube and halfway entertainment at the Clash held at the Los Angeles Coliseum, I think you would have to agree the race lived up to much of the pre-race hype. The work that went into preparing that stadium event had to be tremendous. Imagine hot topping that area and then, post-race, removing it for the next event.

The cream again ended at the top of the results at the conclusion of the 150 laps, however, there were some flashes of the under-dogs when Tyler Reddick led 50 plus laps and rookie Justin Haley ran laps at the front until he hit the wall taking him out of the race.

The 150-lap race on the 1/4-mile track was short and filled with some decent racing. I wish the end would have had more cars tightly bunched going for the win. Regardless, I think NASCAR got what they wanted, a new market with new fans and a good debut showing for the Next-Gen race car. What do you think? Feel free to email your comments to me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sting Ray Robb tops the charts

The rear of Sting Ray Robb’s Andretti Autosports Indy Lights race car in a recent Florida test session. ( Larry Robb photo)

One of the young racers UpNorth Motorsports will be following this 2022 race season is Sting Ray Robb from Payette, Idaho. Robb will be competing in the Indy Lights class with Andretti Autosports. Robb is in his second season with Indy Lights and first season with Andretti Autosports. He is the 2020 Indy Pro 2000 points champion.

On his way to his best laps of the recent two-day Indy Lights test sessions at Laguna Seca Raceway is #2 Sting Ray Robb. (WeatherTech Raceway photo)

WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Indy Lights combined test days unofficial results

Sting Ray Robb and friends at the Georgia Dome Passion Conference 2022 “To the Ends of the Earth”. SR2’s love for Jesus is one of several reasons I continue to follow his career. (Sting Ray Robb photo)

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