2021 National Championship Runoffs at Indianapolis Motor Speedway One week from today, the green flag will fly opening the first day of Qualifying for the 2021 Runoffs. Over 900 competitors from across the country are actively finishing their final preparations, loading tow vehicles, and preparing to arrive at the famed Brickyard this weekend. This year's Runoffs is a return to Indy after the first appearance there ever in 2017. The track is opening for test days over the weekend, continuing with activities and action-packed racing through the closing ceremonies on October 3. In traditional fashion, three days of Qualifying for each of the 26 classes will take place Tuesday-Thursday, with the main event, one-race shoot-outs to determine this year's Champion starting Friday morning with the T4 class and finishing Sunday afternoon with FX. Coming from the New England Region will be 36 drivers hoping to leave their mark on this famed track. Of these, three drivers - Nick Leverone, David Oliveira, and Marshall Stocker - will be double dipping, so 39 chances for podiums from our region. Greg Amy HP Richard Astacio SM Jason Benagh T4 Raymond Blethen T4 Stephen Blethen T4 Madison Bolden EP [...]

NERRC #5 - Racing Against Leukemia (RAL) Weekend The fifth NERRC event was the annual RAL weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Approximately 170 cars attended as we move into the latter half of the 2021 season. Racing was once again active and exciting throughout, with five new track records being set. SRF3 – #187 Evan Slater – 1:10.042 GTX – #03  Maurizio Cerasoli – 1:14.685 B-Spec – #12 Steve Introne – 1:21.250 FX – #22 Keaton Van Thof – 1:06.846 FA – #15 Mark McDonough – 1:05.981 A couple sessions were forced to shut down early due to on track incidents, but for the most part, racing was clean. As of Aug 15, results were updated and Group 3, Race 1 (the FVs and things) were just corrected and the new versions posted to the official results. NERRC #5 Final Results RAL Fundraiser For the road racing group, the traditional RAL raffle and auction took place Saturday night during the post-race party at the tech shed. The region is extremely grateful to everyone that generously donated items. See the full list of donors and donations at the bottom. Nick Leverone [...]

5 NER drivers claim NE Conference Championship titles.

Water Water Everywhere As Hurricane Elsa ended its run up the east coast Thursday night and through Friday, vast areas of the northeast were under flood watches. Heavy amounts of rain were leaving a trail of damage from New Jersey northbound. Even still, racers began arriving for the Majors event at Thompson in wet conditions, with many looking at this weekend to provide the final points and starts needed for Runoffs qualifications. Setting up and unloading in the rain is nothing new. Everyone has faced rain conditions at some point. But as the evening continued and Friday arrived, conditions were morphing into the unusual. Photos by Trish Pelligrino and Stephanie Funk Saturday Wash Out Hoping for the best, race officials started Saturday morning with the full intention to run the planned schedule - two 15 minute qualifying sessions, and a 20-minute afternoon race. Group 1 headed out as the first cars on course to find puddles and rivers running across many portions of the track. Turn 3 had inches of standing water and the front straight had at one point 7 various running streams. As Group 2 made their way on track, things turned. [...]