Questions? Contact: Dick Therrien 1-802-274-8823 or Email Dick
OPEN PRACTICE FOR
TUESDAY JUNE 18TH,
HAS BEEN CANCELLED
DUE TO RAIN
6/16/13
KIDS PIT TOUR HIGHLIGHT OF CANAAN DIRT THIS FRIDAY
One of the highlights of the season takes place this Friday night on the dirt track a5t Canaan Fair Speedway, as the kid’s favorite event of the season takes place, the kids annual pit tour.
Each season on both the dirt and the asphalt tracks, all the youngsters in attendance get to wander through the pit area at intermission and have the chance to meet the race teams, and see the racecars and haulers up close and personal. The drivers reciprocate to the kids by passing out candy, toys and lots of other fun items.
“It’s kind of like an early Halloween and the kids just love this event, stated General Manager, Dick Therrien. They get to see the cars right up close, as well as meet the drivers. I have seen several drivers over the years pick up sponsorship dollars from this event!”
The event will be held Friday, June 21st
at intermission on Newport Chevrolet night.
On the card will be Modifieds, Late Models,
Bombers and Super Streets.
Post Time is 7pm.
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6/14/13 SANVILLE AND SUNN VICTORIOUS ON CANAAN DIRT
R.E. Hinkley Oil Company Night turned out to be a pivotal event at the Canaan Dirt Speedway this past Friday night as Jason Sanville showed that he just may be a contender for the 2013 Modified track championship, while Joss Sunn made history as the first ever Outlaw Midget feature winner at Canaan fair Speedway. Other winners included Derek O’Hearn, Jeremy Stygles and Mitchell Davis.
DJ Robinson and TC Forward were putting on a racing clinic in the Papa Z’s Modifieds until Jason Sanville started picking off cars and moved into the third spot on lap 22. Sanville then raced by Forward for second and three laps later battled his way by Robinson. From there on he cruised to victory. Forward slipped by Robinson with four laps to go to claim the second spot over Robinson, Allen Hammond and Ryan Avery. Forward and Adam Pierson won the heat races.
Josh Sunn led all the way in the Outlaw Midget main event, but it was no easy task as hard charging Adam Pierson dogged him to the finish but settled for second. Dana Shaw, Adam Whitney and Tim Gallant completed the top five in the sixteen car field. Heat checkers flew for Shaw and Pierson.
There was a new winner in the Mirror Lake Rod & Custom Late Models as Jeremy Stygles broke Robbie Williams winning streak. Stygles was followed by Ryan Christian and Williams. Stygles claimed the heat win.
Unbeatable Derek O’Hearn stayed that way in the Newport Chevrolet Super Streets as he easily outdistanced Chris Gray, Jack Whynot, Wade Prentice and Dallas Hammond. O’Hearn also won the preliminary round.
Mitchell Davis scored another win in the NAPA Bombers as he defeated Matt Boucher, AJ Vick, Ryan Christian and Mike Brown.
Canaan Dirt Speedway will be back in action this coming Friday night as Papa Z’s
sponsors the night’s activities.
On the card will be Modifieds, Late Models, Super Streets and Bombers, plus the Kid Pit Tour will take place at intermission.
Post time is 7pm.
For more information visit the track website at www.canaanspeedways.com, or call the track hotline at 603-523-4502. Canaan Fair Speedway’s are located just off from Route 118 in Canaan, New Hampshire on Orange Road.
For the second time in three weeks, Canaan Dirt Speedway in Canaan, New Hampshire was forced to pull the plug early as daylong rains forced the cancellation of Residence Inn night.
“We just can’t catch a break” stated Dick Therrien, it continues to be iffy forecasts week in and week out. I think I’ll build an ark and go fishing!”
Canaan Fair Speedway will be back in action
next Friday night, June 14th at 7pm,
when R.E. Hinkley Oil Co.
sponsors the night’s activities.
Head-lining the card will be the first ever appearance of the Outlaw Midgets,
plus Modifieds, Late Models,
Super Streets and Bombers.
Post time is 7pm.
Canaan Fair Speedway’s are located on Orange Road, just off from Route 118 in Canaan, New Hampshire. For more information visit the tracks website at www.canaanspeedways.com, or call the track hotline at 603-523-4502.
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6/4/13 NEW DIRT MODIFIED CRATE MOTOR
WEIGHT RULES
In fairness of competition, and after much research, it has been decided to reduce the weight added for a GM sealed motor from 2,450LB. to 2,400LB. Built motor weight will remain at 2500LB.
We feel that this adjustment in weight will help the closeness of competition for all crate motored competitors.
Charlie Rockwell
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2/26/13
NORTH CAROLINA COMPANY, CAMPER’S PARADISEJUMPS ON BOARD AT CANAAN FAIR SPEEDWAY’S FOR 2013
Canaan Fair Speedway’s promoter, Dick Therrien is pleased to announce that Charlotte, North Carolina based, Camper’s Paradise, has join the growing list of sponsors that are excited to take part in the 2013 race season at both the dirt and asphalt facilities.
“I was in Charlotte in November and started negotiating with Camper’s Paradise owner and founder, Justin Treadway about spreading his marketing dollars to the Northeast. We were finally able to work out the details, and Camper’s Paradise will be an associate sponsor for the giant Saturday, July 13th, Make-A-Wish night featuring the Valenti Modified Racing Series. They will also be the primary sponsor on Friday, July 12th on the dirt track,” stated Therrien.
Founded in 2009, Camper’s Paradise brainchild, Justin Treadway was a parts associate at an RV dealership that was going out of business. At that time numerous other RV dealerships were folding as well. Justin, entrepreneur that he is, decided to purchase the parts inventories from numerous stores at discount prices and turn around and pass the savings onto his customers. This model proved to be so successful that even with the economy being on the downside, his business grew dramatically. Justin has taken his company from a part time gig to a full time job, and has even had to hire employees to keep up with the demand. Starting out as just a local company, and selling on e-Bay, Camper’s Paradise has evolved into www.campersparadise.com, and has customers located throughout the world. Their warehouse is located near Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, and they are now a vendor of parts and accessories to many local dealers, and have become a full service parts supplier. For all your discounted RV parts and accessory needs, contact Camper’s Paradise at 855-784-8636, or e-mail them at info@campersparadise.com
5/31/13 SHINN HOLDS OFF HAMMOND IN
EXCITING CANAAN MODIFIED FINISH
A scorching night at the races this past Friday night left race fans wanting more as one of the most exciting Mod races of the season took place, as well as thrilling events in all divisions on Sherwin Williams Paint Stores, and Optical Expressions from Berlin, Vermont night at Canaan Dirt Speedway. Winners included Travis Shinn, Derek O’Hearn, Robbie Williams,
Mitchell Davis and Cortney Lyons.
The Modified car count was down a little this week but the action was the best it has been all season long in 2013 in the Papa Z’s Sportsman Modifieds. Travis Shinn and Allen Hammond hooked up in a real dogfight for over twenty laps before Shinn opened up a couple car length advantage due the challenge Toby Stark was giving Hammond for second place. The entire field was battling for position and when it was all over Shinn scored the popular win over Hammond, Stark, Randy Howe and Adam Pierson. Tom Forward and Pierson collected heat checkers.
Derek O’Hearn took advantage of a late race caution to win his fourth straight Newport Chevrolet Super Street main event. Chris Gray would settle for second ahead of the new dad, JP Vaillancourt. Jack Whynot and Doug Boucher rounded out the top five. Gray picked up the heat victory.
Robbie Williams kept his win streak intact in the Mirror Lake Rod & Custom Late Models, as he bested Jeremy Stygles and Ryan Christian.
Mitchell Davis came from deep in the pack in the NAPA Bombers to capture his third win of the season. Ryan Christian, AJ Vick, Matt Boucher and Bruce McKay rounded out the top five.
Cortney Lyons won the Super Street Powder Puff event over Candy Hammond and Nicole Elder.
Racing resumes Friday night June 7th at 7pm
as Residence Inn presents the night’s activities.
The SCoNE 360 Sprint Cars will be back in town plus
Modifieds, Super Streets and Bombers.
Adult admission is $12 for this special event,
Jr. & Sr. $10, kids 11 and under are free.
Canaan Fair Speedway’s are located on Orange Road, Just off from Route 118 in Canaan, New Hampshire. For More information visit the track website at www.canaanspeedways.com,
or call the track hotline at 603-523-4502.
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5/30/13
SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM TRACK OWNERS SANDY AND CHICK HENRY
There have been a lot of rumors flying throughout the area about Canaan Fair Speedway’s being sold, and closing some time in the future. We wanted to take and use this message to assure everyone that the rumors are entirely false.
As of right now the Tracks have not been sold! There is a person that has signed a purchase and sales agreement on the property, but said person has until July to make up his mind about the purchase. There has been no exchange of money for the property and if the sale does take place, it will not be until after the season has ended. As of right now we have not been notified by the buyer on what his future plans would be. We certainly would hope that Canaan Fair Speedway’s will continue to operate for many years to come.
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5/27/13 WIN $10,000 AT CANAAN FAIR SPEEDWAY’S
How would you like to go to the races and win $10,000?
No... you don’t have to
be driving a race car.
You just need to be holding
the lucky admission ticket stub!
Then... You'll get a chance to
"Roll the Dice"!
In the all new: Cullenburg and Tensen PLLC game called: "Race Cash Fever"
Starting on the dirt track Friday night, May 31st, three lucky race fans will have their tickets drawn at intermission. They will then sign a waiver, and roll the giant dice one at a time. If all five dice show Cullenburg & Tensen you win $10,000. If you don’t win, you will at least win a free ticket for next week’s races. If there is no winner the game heads to the asphalt track where it will be played for the first time beginning June 1st. The game will continue all season until it is won by some lucky fan.
“Our good friend Michael Mason put this program together for us, and I think it’s going to be a blast, stated General Manager, Dick Therrien. What can be more exciting than having the chance to win $10,000 at the races? Heck, I would like to quit my job so that I could play! This game is really going to excite the fans!”
Head to Canaan Fair Speedway’s every Friday night for awesome dirt track racing beginning at 7pm, and Saturday’s on the asphalt at 6pm for a chance to win $10,000 in the Cullenburg and Tensen PLLC, Race Cash Fever game. Be There!!! For more information about Canaan Fair Speedway’s, visit their website or call the track hotline at 603-523-4502. Canaan Fair Speedway’s are located on the Orange Road, just off from Route 118 in Canaan, New Hampshire.
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Photo Credits to Mark Mckeon
4/23/13 IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUE AT CANAAN FAIR SPEEDWAY
Things are looking bright for the 2013 racing season and Canaan Fair Speedway’s in Canaan, New Hampshire. Driver entries have been pouring in for both the dirt and asphalt facilities and the car counts appear to be considerably larger than last years.
Some of the major changes for 2013 will be taking place on the NASCAR sanctioned oval as the elimination of both the Pro Stocks and Super Street classes allow a brand new Crate Modified class to come on board. Numbers in the new Mod class are certainly encouraging with numerous 2012 Canaan teams switching to the Modified class for 2013. Ken Cantlin, along with the father and son team of Walt Hammond, and Walter Hammond are just three of these drivers. Multiple drivers will be moving over to Canaan in many divisions since Twin State Speedway closed for 2013.
No significant changes on the Dirt track side. The dirt Mods look super strong along with the Super Street class. More than twenty Modified teams are expected to compete for the coveted championship title in 2013. You can also expect a huge field of SCoNE 360 Sprint Cars to be on hand for their six appearances.
One giant improvement for 2013 can be found high above race fans each week in the covered grandstands on the dirt track. Owners, Chick and Sandy Henry have invested several thousands of dollars to put a brand new roof atop the structure. Work is scheduled to be completed by opening night.
Canaan’s “Awesome asphalt” opens their championship season on Saturday, May 11th with the running of the 3rd annual Subway Fresh Fit 150, paying Late Models $5,000 to win. The Granite State Pro Stock Series opens up the week before on May 4th as they are leasing the facility for their first show of two at Canaan this year. Canaan dirt opens up on Friday, May 3rd for their first point counting show of the season.
For more info visit the track websites at www.canaanspeedways.com, or call the track hotline at 603-523-4502. Canaan Fair Speedway’s are located just off from Route 118, on Orange Road in Canaan, New Hampshire.
DUE TO PROBLEMS, I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO CREAT A
NEW E-MAIL ACCOUNT: DPRDICK@MYFAIRPOINT.NET IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE PLEASE USE THE NEW ADDRESS
FOR ALL E-MAILS. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE,
BUT IT WAS BEYOND MY CONTROL. DICK THERRIEN CANAAN FAIR SPEEDWAY
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4/18/13 CANAAN DIRT SPEEDWAY CUTS COSTS AND RAISES PURSE FOR DIRT MODIFIED TEAMS
In a very exciting move for the Modified competitors at Canaan Dirt Speedway, management has put together a great plan to help out their teams for 2013 in a big way, A FINANCIAL ONE!!
First off, Canaan management raised the purse in the Modified field so that everyone in the top twenty finishing spots each week will receive at least $100. “This is a major improvement for our teams as we know that economic times have got many teams pinching their pennies, and hopefully this will help ease their minds and allow them to continue to race the entire season, stated General Manager, Dick Therrien. We are always looking for ways to help out our racers!”
The second major announcement comes with great excitement. “We all know that one of the major expenses for all dirt teams is tires. We had a problem getting the Hoosier tire we wanted, so they gave us a couple of other compound tires to test. We brought in one of our top racers to test out the tire this week and were we impressed. Allen Hammond ran several segments and heat cycles on the tire. He started out running a ten lap heat dash and everything went well. Next was a thirty lap non-stop run which showed virtually no wear. Three more twenty lap runs were made, and the tires still looked great! The track was hard and abrasive, and you could hear the car squealing through the turns. This was a real legitimate test!”
Hammond explained “You won’t get a much better track then that, and it was perfect for the testing session. I am impressed with the tires and my lap times were as quick at the end as they were at the start with brand new tires, and my lap times stayed consistent. The tires grew only three pounds on the right rear, and just two pounds on the left. Now that’s consistency. After all those hard laps there is still a ton of life left in them! This will be great for the track.”
“The best result of all this stated Therrien, is that we can sell these tires for just $130 each. That’s incredible as they seem to be as good if not better than the ones selling for $195. This is damn exciting! If a team can save $65 a tire, that’s incredible news, and finally brings the cost of racing weekly way down.”
Canaan Dirt Speedway kicks off their 2013 season
with a couple of open practice sessions
prior to the season opener on Friday, May 3, 2013.
For more information visit the track website at www.canaanspeedways.com,
or call the track hotline at 603-523-4502.
Canaan Fair Speedway’s are located just off from Route 118
on Orange Road in Canaan, New Hampshire.
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4/8/13 DUE TO TIRE SITUATION BEYOND OUR
CONTROL WE ARE IMPLEMENTING NEW
MOD TIRE RULES FOR 2013 ON DIRT
Due to a tire situation beyond our control, we have been forced to make some changes to our tire rules for the dirt Modifieds in 2013. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but we will be making every effort to provide you with good quality and affordable race tires here at Canaan Dirt Speedway. We do not have access to the Hoosier 300 & 400 compound tires so we have to have a new strategy, which actually will be very good for you, the racers!
The following decisions have been made:
Hoosier Dirt 300 & 400 compounds may be used. However, if we find that they are dominating, we reserve the right to add a weight penalty if deemed necessary. Since they will not be sold at the track, you must purchase them elsewhere at the high prices.
We will be offering a 200 compound Hoosier Mod Tire. According to specs, they have a better sidewall, are the same width as the 300/400 compound and are just as fast if not faster. Preliminary durometer numbers show them close to the 300/400 compounds, and we are testing them as we speak. I have put together a program with Hoosiers that will allow you to buy the left rear and the right rear for and incredible low price of $140 each. You can run whatever brand on the fronts.
We will be carrying the American Racer line of tire as our main tire in 2013. The cost will be as follows: LEFT FRONT - SD33SH - $155 RIGHT FRONT – SD33DT - $155 LEFT REAR – SD44 - $160 RIGHT REAR – SD48, SD50 (NEW THIS YEAR), SD53 - $165
DIRT MOD TIRES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 13, TIRE SALE DAY
THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO BE AVAILABLE SAT, MAY 20TH WE WILL HAVE THEM ON SALE THAT DAY STARTING AT 9AM
ANY QUESTIONS???
CONTACT DICK THERRIEN – 802-274-8823
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3/15/13
NO TRANSPONDERS ON CANAAN DIRT FOR 2013
The results from the survey on whether to go to transponder scoring
on the dirt track for 2013 are in. By an overwhelming vote,
transponders will not be used in 2013 for scoring purposes.
The idea may be reviewed again for 2014.
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2/26/13
NORTH CAROLINA COMPANY, CAMPER’S PARADISEJUMPS ON BOARD AT CANAAN FAIR SPEEDWAY’S FOR 2013
Canaan Fair Speedway’s promoter, Dick Therrien is pleased to announce that Charlotte, North Carolina based, Camper’s Paradise, has join the growing list of sponsors that are excited to take part in the 2013 race season at both the dirt and asphalt facilities.
“I was in Charlotte in November and started negotiating with Camper’s Paradise owner and founder, Justin Treadway about spreading his marketing dollars to the Northeast. We were finally able to work out the details, and Camper’s Paradise will be an associate sponsor for the giant Saturday, July 13th, Make-A-Wish night featuring the Valenti Modified Racing Series. They will also be the primary sponsor on Friday, July 12th on the dirt track,” stated Therrien.
Founded in 2009, Camper’s Paradise brainchild, Justin Treadway was a parts associate at an RV dealership that was going out of business. At that time numerous other RV dealerships were folding as well. Justin, entrepreneur that he is, decided to purchase the parts inventories from numerous stores at discount prices and turn around and pass the savings onto his customers. This model proved to be so successful that even with the economy being on the downside, his business grew dramatically. Justin has taken his company from a part time gig to a full time job, and has even had to hire employees to keep up with the demand. Starting out as just a local company, and selling on e-Bay, Camper’s Paradise has evolved into www.campersparadise.com, and has customers located throughout the world. Their warehouse is located near Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, and they are now a vendor of parts and accessories to many local dealers, and have become a full service parts supplier. For all your discounted RV parts and accessory needs, contact Camper’s Paradise at 855-784-8636, or e-mail them at info@campersparadise.com
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TUESDAY JUNE 26TH
CANAAN DIRT SPEEDWAY ADDS NO SMOKING SECTION TO COVERED GRANDSTANDS
In a politically correct move, Canaan Fair Speedway’s General Manager, Dick Therrien has announced that starting Friday, June 29th, the first turn side of the covered grandstands will become a non-smoking family section.
“We have had numerous requests from families and non-smokers in recent weeks to add a non-smoking section to the grandstands, stated Therrien. We feel it is time to make the move to accommodate them as quickly as possible. Many of our fans are non-smokers and they deserve to have a section for themselves that is smoke free. We hope this step will help everyone enjoy the races a little bit more. We also hope all fans will respect this new non-smoking section, and not light up in this area.”
