Green flag thrown on 2022 season

View from the Augusta Civic Center balcony with Garrett Lamb’s brilliant orange #38 PASS Mod front and center. Attendance appeared to be close to par with previous year’s that I have attended. (HTF Motorsports photo)

The most enthused about returning to Spud Speedway was Spencer Morse, North Waterford. He raced his PASS Modified at the last Spud Speedway race in 2019 finishing third. In 2021 he finished sixth in PASS Mod points. Morse is a crowd favorite at the Caribou track and would love to win the mod race. If he were to do so, I am unsure if the track could contain his enthusiasm. (HTF Motorsports photo)

Spenser Morse mentioned that he will likely limit his race schedule to three races in the seat of his PASS Modified, one of which will be at Spud Speedway. He is the PR Director for the fledgling North East Big-Block Super Modified Series (NEBBSMS). On display was the Rob Summers #5 big-block super modified. (HTF Motorsports photo)

Left to right Jon Peters, Garrett Lamb, and Mrs. Gail Peters with the $5,000.09 check from the Greg Peters Memorial Scholarship check. Lamb from Windham, in his rookie year with the PASS Mods finished second thirty points behind champion Max Cookson, Pittsfield. Lamb had 14 starts with 1 win, 6 top 5’s and 12 top 10’s.(Norm Marx photo)

To honor Bob Alexander, WAR paint scheme for 2022 replicates his last race car. The checkered flag was from a Speedway 95 win. (WAR photo)

WAR Team with their new #NINESIX SLM which debuted at the 33rd Annual North East Motorsports Expo. Crew chief/grandfather Bob Alexander left, driver Wyatt Alexander, and team owner/father Brett Alexander all from Ellsworth. WAR’s first race will be the Easter Bunny twin 150’s at Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, North Carolina, March 18 & 19. They will also be racing at Spud Speedway’s Feed the County 150 and will be a local favorite. (HTF Motorsports photo)

In honor of WAR Team friend Norm Desjardins who passed away recently was this hood design, Norm had been a longtime supporter and advocate of Wyatt through his many racing connections and brought AR Bodies on board as a sponsor. Graphic by Connor McDougal, Eleveight Designs.(HTF Motorsports photo)

Joey Doyon and his father Roger at the Unity Raceway booth. Joey is making sure that Unity Raceway’s future as a viable race track continues by making it into a dirt track. His father Roger told me about one of my favorite race car stories, the Ralph Nason Kit Car by Chrysler. (HTF Motorsports photo)

Photo of Ralph Nason in the Partner Chain Saws Chrysler Kit Car at Catamount Speedway. Roger Doyon was a mechanic on the Nason team from the beginning of the Kit Car era until the end. Loved hearing some of his stories. (Photo courtesy Roger Doyon)

B Teen class at Git ‘Er Done Raceway in Skowhegan requires the driver be accompanied by an adult until determined that they are ready to solo. The class is for 9-15-year old. This car was driven by 10 year-old Lane Chapman with his father Lance in the passenger seat. They live in Benton. (HTF Motorsports photo)

Best Truck of Show went to Pipper Bristow and her father Nate from Skowhegan. The 11-year-old drove the truck in the Mud Runs. (Get Er Done Raceway photo)

Would you like to get into a race car? Bob Guptill, Turn 4 Automotive and Performance came up with this unique rental program with information at www.firstlapracecars.com. The car is designed for Oxford Plains Speedway’s Cruisers which is made up of American V6 front-wheel drive street cars with multiple safety modifications. This is a relatively low-cost way to try out stock car racing. Pricing and terms are explained on the above website. (HTF Motorsports photo)

Jason Trundy, promoter of the Maine Enduro Tour, was on hand at the Expo to discuss the Tour’s schedule and rules. He plans to bring the tour to the Feed the County 150 at Spud Speedway in June. (HTF Motorsports photo)

Another young team that UpNorth Motorsports will be following in 2022 is Durham’s Evan Beaulieu with the # 56 Hancock Lumber/Sunday Morning Farms/LB Cleaning/Nitro Designs SLM. Beaulieu has yet to announce if he is racing the Granite State Series or PASS Tour. If the PASS Tour, he thought he would be at Spud Speedway’s Feed the County 150 in June. (HTF Motorsports photo)

Check their Facebook page for information about their first race. They need 20 inches of ice. With this cold snap I suspect they will be racing soon. Their classes and rules are found on the Facebook page. (West Cove Ice Racing )

The start of the 4-cylinder Chain Class feature race on Moosehead Lake, Greenville. (West Cove Ice Racers photo)

Action on the track on Moosehead Lake. Car #00 is Perry McKusick, Greenville, reigning Champ 2020 and 2021 driving for Arey Racing in 2022. The red car was not identified. (West Cove Ice Racing photo)

Tim “CYAH” Cyr of Arey Racing in action on Moosehead Lake. You can see the tire chains in use in this class.  Cyr, Greenville, came in 2nd over all 2021. (West Cove Ice Racing photo)

IMSA Roar Before the 24 is underway at Daytona International Speedway. Qualifying and practice is helping teams get ready for next Saturday’s Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. (Image courtesy IMSA)

A team that UpNorth Motorsports will be following closely at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona will be South Carolina based CORE autosports with drivers Jon Bennett, Colin Braun, George Kurtz, and Nic Jonsson. In Friday’s practice they were second fastest. Night practice on Saturday evening the team was 6th in class.  CORE #54 races in the LMP3 class. The Michael Shank Racing purple and pink #60 Acura is the top class Daytona Prototype international (DPi) and the Porsche 911 GT3R #79 races in the new GTD Pro class. (CORE autosports photo)