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Tom Herzig's Trackside: Big weekend for NH short tracks
READER COMMENTS: 0ALL OF New Hampshire’s short tracks will be in gear as of Saturday when White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock and Riverside Speedway in Groveton drop the green on their 2013...
Jimmie Johnson wins record fourth NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
READER COMMENTS: 0The Brothers Busch won the first four segments of Saturday night's Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but Jimmie Johnson took the one the counted - the 10-lap dash to the finish - and...
Former NASCAR driver Trickle dead in apparent suicide
READER COMMENTS: 0WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., May 16 (Reuters) - Retired race car driver Richard "Dick" Trickle died on Thursday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a North Carolina cemetery, sheriff's officials...
Tom Herzig's Trackside: Short track schedule gets busier this week
READER COMMENTS: 0TWO HEADLINE events scheduled for last weekend were postponed by wet weather. Canaan Asphalt’s Subway Fresh Fit 150 was called off and rescheduled for Sunday, Aug. 11.
Allen Lessels on Motor Sports: Tire testing at NHMS this week
READER COMMENTS: 0Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth and a few of their rivals in NACAR's Sprint Cup series descend on New Hampshire Motor Speedway this week.
Kenseth rallies late to win Southern 500 at Darlington
READER COMMENTS: 0Matt Kenseth continued to thumb his nose at NASCAR, rallying late to win his series-leading third race of the season in Saturday night's Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Tom Herzig's Trackside: Cannan race offers $5,000 for first-place finisher
READER COMMENTS: 0Canaan Asphalt hosts the Subway Fresh Fit 150 for Act-legal Late Models Saturday.
Ragan tops NASCAR Goliaths at Talladega
READER COMMENTS: 0In the type of stunning victory that has typified racing at Talladega Superspeedway since its inception, David Ragan led an extraordinary 1-2 finish for Front Row Motorsports, which had never won a...
Tom Herzig's Trackside: Big weekend for NH short tracks
READER COMMENTS: 0ALL OF New Hampshire’s short tracks will be in gear as of Saturday when White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock and Riverside Speedway in Groveton drop the green on their 2013 schedules.
Jimmie Johnson wins record fourth NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
READER COMMENTS: 0The Brothers Busch won the first four segments of Saturday night's Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but Jimmie Johnson took the one the counted - the 10-lap dash to the finish - and continued to build his legacy, not to mentioned his...
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Sox in the city: World champs' appearance highlighted Gill Stadium opening
READER COMMENTS: 0One week after Labor Day in 1913, workers in Manchester enjoyed their second straight Monday off. The occasion: the Sept. 8 opening of a magnificent new stadium commissioned and constructed by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., Textile Field.
NH College Notebook: Honors keep coming for several Granite State athletes
READER COMMENTS: 0The honors keep coming for Gorham's Eric Jensen, shortstop for Wheaton College's nationally ranked baseball team. Jensen, who the previous week was named New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Player of the Year, last week was one of five Wheaton players named to the all-New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association team.
Dave D'Onofrio's Sox Beat: These Red Sox don't quit
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Fisher Cats score in 9th to win
READER COMMENTS: 0Kevin Pillar pieced together a four-hit night and scored the game-winning run in the top of the ninth to help the Fisher Cats (20-22) beat the New Britain Rock Cats 4-3 on Friday night.