History of Sprint Cars of New England
(This is a "work in progress". Updated 8/18/2010)
If anyone has information they would like to have considered for this page,
please contact:
SCoNE's webpage editor Don MacIntosh at: info@nesprintcars.com |
1993 |
Alan Nichols raced at Nor-Way Pines in a home-made Sprint Car built by
Mike Kondrat for ice racing.
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1994 |
First year a real Sprint Car competed at Canaan USA Doug Sanborn in a
J&J Sprint Car ran in the "outlaw-run what ya brung" open wheel class against DIRT Modifieds on a weekly basis.
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1995 |
Doug Murphy Sr. purchased a Sprint Car and raced weekly
at Nor-Way Pines Speedway with the 6 cylinder open wheel class.
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| 1995 |
Tunk Berry ran a Sprint Car towards the end of the season with the
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1996 |
Doug Sanborn in the #93 organized an exhibition at Canaan with ESS sprint drivers Scott Holcomb # 91and Bob Karkos # 10k, and locals Tunk Berry # 69. |
1998 |
Canaan USA Speedway was sold to Doug Murphy Sr. and name changed to Hurricane Motorsports. They ran a weekly Sprint Car division with drivers such as Tunk Berry # 11, Donny Sharp Jr. # 28, Mark Cole # 6x, Jason Merrill # 2, Alan Nichols # 24, # 1 Charlie Murphy.
1998 Champion- # 28 Donny Sharp Jr
That was the only year New Hampshire got to see a field of sprint cars race together until......
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| 2002 |
Nick Berry (at age 15) organizes the NESCC - New England Sprint Car and registers it with the state of New Hampshire (races at Bear Ridge, Canaan and Rumney)
2002 Champion- Mark Cole # 6x
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| 2003 |
Jeff Taylor steps in for Nick Berry (Nick’s age didn't make for legal binding contracts with tracks) AJ Electronics sponsors the series
2003 Champion - Mark Cole # 6x Rookie- Brian Glasser # 20g
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| 2004 |
Mike Kondrat takes over for Jeff Taylor as group organizer.
Group Named changed to SCoNE (Sprint Cars of New England)
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Danny Belliveau |
Fall Foliage "Winged Weekend" at Canaan Mike Kondrat winner |
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S.C.o.N.E
Sprint Cars of New England
(replaces:New England
SprintCar Club)
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Si Allen |
Clay Dow |
Fall Foliage "Winged Weekend" at Canaan Mike Rained Out
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Limited Schedule - No Points
Raced for Fun Only
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Shawn Lawler |
Donnie Sharp Sr. |
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Chad Dow |
Bruce Kimball |
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| 2009 |
.Tunk Berry |
Randy Howe |
.Most Improved Driver: Lacey Hanson |
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| 2010 |
Chris Donnelly |
Chris Donnelly |
Sportsman of the Year:
Si Allen
Triple Crown Winner:
Dan Douville
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Dan Douville |
Tyler Rich |
Sportsman of the Year: Don MacIntosh
Triple Crown Winner:
Clay Dow
SCoNE Statesman: Si Allen |
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"Sprint Cars in New England, Pre-SCoNE"
by Nick Berry
(Early SCoNE.doc) |
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