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Archived News
September 10, 2011
Click here to see in car from September 10, 2011 at Canaan Fair Speedway
if the link doesn't bring you to the video search Chris Bergeron Canaan.
Fast Cars Don't Always Win....
The crew waits for the feature to hit the track and Chris and Paula many
moons ago
Just another thanks to Phillie Chastenay for filling in
last week at Canaan. With Cory on his honeymoon and Tim at the race in
Bristol, Phillie was on the radio spotting for the night. Chris was
comfortable in the car with a familiar voice on the radio. Mr. Chastenay
also filled in as the pit reporter for the night. Great job thanks again.
Thanks to all of the hard work the staff and volunteers
have done at the track you would hardly know that IRENE had devastated the
Canaan Fair Speedways.
After spanking the wall the last time out, Tom got the car looking good,
Larry straightened the body out, Tim and Gary brought the rear end up to
Distance for a rework, and Chris put it all back together and put the set
up in it. Team 27 tried something new for the first practice and it wasn't
quite to the drivers liking. The car was fast 2 weeks ago so Instead of
trying to make the new set up work we changed it back to where we were. It
was good enough for Chris to go out and win his heat. The feature was a
little different. The 27 started in eighth, got behind a slow car and went
straight to the back. That sucks when you have a fast car. After settling
in Chris moved up a few spots then got behind the 15vt. Joey was loose and
using a lot of track. Chris looked high a couple of times nothing up
there, then looked low and finally got the nose up to the door of the 15
going into turn 1 and got chopped. Not sure where the spotter was
but I hope he was enjoying his hot dog. Lost a few spots there and
got the black flag pointed at us????????? We worked our way back up to the
middle of the pack by mid race. This is the part where it gets sketchy!
Chris was behind the 53 coming off turn four, and the 53 ended up going
around on the front stretch after contact with the car on his outside.
Chris says he never touched him. {Watch the video} The 53 ended up hitting
a post in the infield and knocking the toe out. That sucks because they
had a good car. The 27 would have had something for them but ran out of
laps and settled for fourth. We were happy with that considering the
way the race went. Until Next week....
August 27, 2011
Good Racing = Fun Racing
Well seeing the team
reporter decided to go to Bristol I have been asked to do the write up
this week. Chris asked me to fill in for Cory this week and spot for him
because he was going to be away on his honeymoon. I was more than happy to
help out as our team has not been racing lately. The crew made me feel
welcome, it is nothing new though I am always bugging them at the garage.
The night was looking like we would have enough time to get the show in
with Hurricane Irene looming in the states to the south of us. We took the
track in practice and the car was pretty loose for the first ten or so
laps Chris spent about 25 laps on the track and it got a little better but
he said he felt like the tires were giving up so we didn't make any
changes to the car after that practice. The boys got the new set of tires
ready to scuff in the final round of practice. We reset the sway bar and
set out for the final round. The car was really good just a tick free and
we made an adjustment for the heat race.
I think we started 6th in
the heat race and stayed on the outside for most of the race. The car was
going good we were just stuck behind the 49 and couldn't go forward. we
were up to third but by the end of the heat we took the 5th spot. Chris
was happy with the car so we left it the way it was for the feature.
The feature came around
and we would be starting 11th. We missed the first big wreck that the 29F
caused putting several cars in the infield and tearing the 53 car up
pretty good. No need for that in the first ten laps of the race. We were
up to 7th at that point Chris continued to move forward and made it up to
about 5th when Bruce Jaycox took a ride off turn three down through the
grass. The car was really going good on the topside. Chris got by a couple
more cars and was up in the 3rd spot for a few laps and he was there to
win not ride in third he made a challenge on the top to try to get by
Donnie Lashua but just couldn't get by and Tyler Alati got back inside him
and they put on a show battling for 3rd. Tyler would win the battle when
Chris came off turn 4 and got in some fluid (we think) the car snapped
loose and slammed the right rear into the wall then he made a hell of a
save and was able to hold off Scott MacMichael for the fourth spot. All in
all a good night and everyone had fun. Congrats to Bucky Demers for the
win and Donnie for 2nd and Tyler for 3rd.
We ran the in car camera
again. You can find them on www.youtube.com search Chris Bergeron Canaan.
Today the storm rolled
through Canaan and the pits are badly flooded hopefully there is minimal
damage.
Congratulations to Cory
and Tina on their recent Marriage here's to a lifetime of Happiness!
Until next time,
Phillie
August 7, 2011
Click here to see in car from August 6, 2011 at Canaan Fair Speedway
if the link doesn't bring you to the video search Chris Bergeron Canaan.
After 8 minutes into the video it is messed up, we are working on it.
So Close.....
The editor in chief was not
at the track this past weekend so here is just a quick note.....
We had a good night at the
track this week. Chris started in the 9th position and worked his
way up to the front. On the restart after a caution Chris found
himself on the outside of 36 Tyler Alati they battled for several laps
side by side. Chris just could not clear Tyler as his car was pretty
hooked up. Chris slipped up which allowed Tyler to pull ahead and
the 08 of Lashua to slide into second. We followed Donnie to get by
the 36 and had to settle for 2nd. Good clean racing the way it
should be.
Bergeron Racing will not
return to the track until August 27th, as our son is getting married
August 20th. You would think that they could have picked a non
racing night. Ha Ha just kidding.
Congratulations to the 08
Donnie Lashua on his win and the 36 of Tyler Alati for a strong 3rd place
finish.
August 2, 2011
Boxed In
Another
good night at Canaan for Bergeron Racing. We made some changes to
the set up this week and found the car to be even better than the week
before. The new Distance Chassis really responds to subtle changes.
The car was good in the first practice; it just needed one small
adjustment. For the second practice we bolted on four stickers and
scuffed them in. We started in the rear of our heat and just tried
to run a heat cycle through the tires while only running a few hard laps
and finished fourth. We missed the show last week so we started at
the rear of the field in the 30 lap feature, 13th. With only one
caution flag in the race, the cars got strung out fast. The 27 was
coming up through the pack pretty quick until it got behind the rolling
road block we call Aaron Fellows. During the pit meeting, the race
director explained what he had seen from different vantage points on the
track the previous 2 weeks, and he wasn't happy with what he saw. He
let the drivers know that Canaan is a 2 groove race track and that they
should get in one and leave racing room in the other groove. Running
another car up to the fence and chopping would no longer be tolerated.
After the pit meeting Chris and Aaron talked about how they really
appreciated the tracks commitment to making the racing better and how sick
they were of getting behind a car that wouldn't give them racing room in
either groove. That talk was all fine and well until Chris got
behind the 29f in the feature and was racing for fourth. The 27 is
usually good up top so Chris tried to go around the 29f coming out of turn
four, Yup right up to the fence. One or two more looks upstairs with
the same result. A couple of looks on the bottom showed the 29f
coming off the high side right to the bottom in the corners. WHAT
THE HELL. Chris thought maybe Aaron lost radio contact with
his spotter and his mirrors had fogged over and didn't realize we were
right behind him. This went on for a few laps so Chris gave him a
few nudges just to let him know he was there and would appreciate some
racing room. What we got instead was the black flag pointed at us,
when in fact the 29f should have been shown the PIGGY FLAG. Chris
figured that if Aaron was willing to put us in the fence for one position
then he could have it, he settled in for a strong 5th place finish and we
would keep the car in one piece. Team 27 will be back at Canaan on
August 6th for another action packed night of short track racing, hope to
see you there.
Congratulations to Scott MacMichael for the win.....
July 16, 2011
Victory Lane for Booger and Team 27
Finally the 27 is the
first to the checkers. When Chris comes in from the first practice
and says don't touch a thing the team knows the car is good. In the
heat the car got a little high on the back stretch which allowed the 29 of
Aaron Fellows to get a run and get a nose in on the 27 going into turn 3.
The 29 came in hard, Chris came down thinking he was clear, you guessed it
the 27 went around [just racing] With only a couple of laps left
Chris brought the car in. While waiting for the sun to go down the track
hosted a meet and greet on the track which allowed the fans to come down
and meet the drivers. This proved to be very popular. A friend
of the family brought their baby girl down to see the car. Little
Bella crawled all over the hood of the 27 and had a ball. We were
thinking this could only mean that Lady Luck would be with us in the
feature. Sure enough, after a restart or two, the 27, the 7 of Scott
MacMichael and the 29 of Aaron Fellows lined up to finish 1,2,3. Thank-you
Bella, we hope the good luck stays with us for the rest of the season.
Bergeron Racing will
not be racing this coming weekend. See you July 30th at Canaan Fair
Speedway.
July 9, 2011
Podium Finish for Team 27
After getting the car
back together from the crash on June 29th, Chris and Paula spent the
Fourth of July in Maine on a much needed vacation and the crew enjoyed a
night of racing from the grandstands at Canaan. It appears that team
27 is headed in the right direction with a second place finish at Canaan
Fair Speedway on July 9th. Chris started 12th in the feature and
made quick work of getting to the front. There was lots of racing
action with Chris, the 29X of Allen Fellows and the 7 of Scott Macmichael.
Chris worked his way up to second and tried his hand at getting around the
29X but after being hit on every restart and getting door slammed in turn
1 after every restart it eventually allowed the 7 to get under Chris.
Chris and Scott raced side by side for quite a few laps without touching
once {the way racing should be}, but the 29x was using up some race track
and neither one of them could get by him. Finally, Chris fell in
line in third and let the 7 have his hand at getting by the 29x.
Going through turns 3 & 4 the 7 and the 29x tangled taking Donnie Lashua
with them into the wall. Chris went low and stayed in the throttle
and made it through the wreck with the lead and 6 laps to go. On the
way through the big one a car came down and smacked the right front,
knocking the toe out and damaged the front fender. After a long red
flag to clean up the mess the 27 started on the pin with the 73 of
Joe Tetreault on the outside. The car just wouldn't turn and the 73
went by. After 1 more restart with the 27 on the outside the 73 kept
the lead and we held on for a second place finish. Team 27 will be
back at Canaan fair Speedway on July 16. Hope to see every one there
to enjoy the Ricky's Race for Kids show.
CONGRATULATIONS TO
JOE TETREAULT AND TEAM 73 FOR THE WIN
June 18, 2011
Mechanical
Woes take Down Team 27 Yet Again
You guessed it! We fought the rain again at
Canaan Speedway and wish the rain had won. Yes the car is fast if we can
only get rid of the gremlins. The car was good in the heat and the
beginning of the feature. Chris was just trying to be patient and was in
fourth going for third when the car in front of him slipped up and we got
turned into the wall by the car behind us. Chris jumped on the binders and
saved us from having to clip the car but in the process there was another
part failure that left the 27 with no brakes, this time in the left rear.
Race over.
NEVER ATTRIBUTE TO MALICE THAT
WHICH IS ADEQUATELY EXPLAINED BY STUPIDITY
JUNE 25, 2011
This week The Canaan Fair Speedway paid a very
impressive tribute to one of its own this week. David Hollinger an
assistant tech man over at the dirt track passed away this week after a
courageous battle with cancer. With one of Canaan's best car counts yet,
all of the race cars came onto the track, lined up three wide and did a
few laps in honor of Mr. Hollinger. He would have been proud, from Team 27
our condolences. R I P.
After making a few changes from last week, the team
utilized all three practices to get the car as good as it had been the
week before. Starting on the outside of the front row in his heat Chris
made short work of taking the lead. With a few cautions thrown in, the 27
was able to hold of the beating and banging of the car that finished
second. This is the part of the night where it should have rained but it
didn't. The 27 started fifth in the feature. The race director should have
told the boys in the Late Models that 3 wide was for the tribute only. Yup
the cars up front went 3 wide on the first lap that, didn't work all that
well. But Chris missed the mess. On the restart the cars up front got
mixed up again over in turn 3, one of them spun and came back up across
the track in front of the 27, Chris was able to stop in time but got hit
in the rear full tilt by one of the cars behind him, which knocked the
rear-end out from under the car. After taking inventory of the bent parts
we are happy that we don't have to pay a tow bill too. Then as we were
loading up the bent car the rains came.
Chris is going on vacation with his best girl Paula for
the Fourth of July week, so team 27 will be idle. See you back at Canaan
on Saturday July 9.
June 5, 2011
Disappointing End to Subway 150 @ Canaan
Lady luck looked down on the 27 once again! After much
anticipation, the weather cooperated and the Late Models were able to get
a show in at Canaan. Most of the cars that had qualified for the 5000
dollar to win show made the return trip. The 27 started 19th . Before we
were able to move forward we got spun over in turn 1. Just racing. Chris
was happy with the car and after the restart was making progress towards
the front when around lap 50 a lapped car unexpectedly slowed in front of
him. When he got on the brakes there was a part failure in the right rear
brake causing lots of smoke. With no brakes Chris brought it in. End of
Day. Team 27 will try our luck again at Canaan Speedway on June 11. See
you there.
Congratulations to Joey Pole for grabbing the well
earned $5000.
May 21, 2011
Canaan Fair Speedway 150 Lap 5K to
Win Show
Team 27 was looking forward to a good run at Canaan on May 7th. We
started 9th in our heat. The car was good and Chris was heading for the
front when he was punted off turn 3 by a hot shoe that flew in from the
Carolinas. Both were sent to the rear, needless to say there was not
enough time to recover in the heat. After a few repairs it was off to the
consi. Chris started 9th in the consi and worked his way up to the last
qualifying spot when the checkers fell. 21st is where we were to start in
the feature. THEN THE RAIN CAME. The track officials did a great job
drying the track. After a 2 hour delay they were able to run the late
Model B feature. Then just as the main event went onto the track the sky
opened up again. The make up day is scheduled for June 5th. Bergeron
racing will be back at Canaan on Saturday May 21st to run in the weekly
series.
May 8, 2011
Practice Day 2011
Bergeron Racing brought the
new 27 car out for a shake down at Canaan Fair Speedway this past
Saturday. Chris was very happy with how the car handled. The team is
looking forward to our first race at Canaan Fair Speedway on May 7th.
Looks to be an exciting year for Bergeron Racing. We have no set schedule,
but the team has decided to spend a majority of our time at Canaan. Stay
tuned to the site for more info on our schedule, news from the garage and
from the track.
May 19, 2010
Week Two at Twin State Speedway
We started the season off on a bad note... With a new
setup in the suspension the first week Chris could not get comfortable
with the car, which resulted in an eighth place finish. This was not
acceptable for the Bergeron Race Team. We went back to basics on the
chassis setup the following week. The car was very good out of the box,
and we won our heat race. For the feature we started on the pole and lead
37 laps in a caution filled race. The car started to get tight towards the
end, which opened the door for the 31 car. When we came into turn three on
the outside of the 31 car, the car came out from under Chris. This
resulted in a drivers side impact into the concrete wall. We are not sure
if we cut a left rear tire or if something broke in the rear of the car.
As the damage was too extensive to determine what the cause was. We had to
do extensive repairs to the car and the driver. We did not race on week
three do to Chris was still not feeling well enough to drive! We
will see you at the track this coming Friday.
Pictures from the Photoshoot and
Practice Day are on the Multimedia Page.
April 28, 2010
Practice Day at Twin State Speedway
We went to the Sunday practice session at Twin State
Speedway this past weekend. The car was going pretty good after a little
fine tuning. It seemed good to get back into the swing of things after a
long winter. The first session the car was pretty good, but Chris was not
quite happy with the car. So, we made some changes and it made the car
worse for the second practice. We ran a few laps and brought the car back
in. Again, we made some changes and the car was rolling pretty good when
we went back out. Then we got caught up in an unnecessary incident on the
track, causing damage to the car. That ended our day a little earlier than
we wanted. We've been in the garage every night getting the car ready for
this Friday nights race.
We would like to thank Jill for an awesome job taking
pictures of the car at the track on Sunday.
March 20, 2010
The Gray Car
Bergeron Racing ran this car for one season with good success. We
became overwhelmed with the maintenance of two cars and the financial
burden. We sold this car at the end of last season to a team based
out of Canada. We wish them great success with the car, as it was very
fast and consistent. We would like to thank the Hayward Racing Team
for giving us such a great deal and the opportunity to purchase this car.
We Just hope we never have to compete against it, because we know how fast
this car can be. This was the first year that we ran a car without
orange in the paint scheme and we were not sure how it was going to look.
Phil Chastenay of Phil's Signs and Stripes once again did a great job of
representing our sponsors and making the car look great.
Stayed tuned for some more pictures and our 2010 Schedule to be posted on
the site soon.
March 2, 2010
We would like to apologize for not keeping the website
updated. The team has been busy getting the car ready for the up
coming season. We had a new front clip put on, painted the chassis,
had the motor freshened, and installed a new body. We finally got the car
painted last weekend and are putting the finishing touches on.
Bergeron Racing is currently committed
to running at several venues for the 2010 season. The team is
expected to compete in a couple of American Canadian Tour events.
Races on the Bergeron Racing teams schedule will be held at the Twin State
Speedway in Claremont, NH, Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH and White Mountain
Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, NH.
Bergeron Racing is expected to run a
full schedule Friday nights in the Late Model Division at the Twin State
Speedway. Chris and the team have had much success at the Claremont
track with multiple championships to their credit.
Another focus of Bergeron Racing will be to attempt
to qualify for an invitation to the ACT sanctioned event at New Hampshire
Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH. This event is held in September in
conjunction with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekend events.
Here are a few pictures in the meantime.
Members of the team are avid hunters, here is Chris and Cory with their
prizes from this off season. Also a couple of shots from the shop.
Check in soon for another update.
We have been off to a slow start at the WMMP so far this
season. We have been struggling with the Goodyear tire issues as a lot of
the other teams are.We have made a couple of changes to the chassis setup
trying to get the car to go better. This past weekend the car was a little
bit better, but we got caught up in some mishaps and finished 16th. We
will be attending the ACT Tour race this coming weekend June 27th at the
WMMP. (They did run the ACT race and due to the webmaster being so slow
this was not up in time....sorry guys) Chris had a great run going until
he was dumped on lap 131 by the second place car for no season ruining a
possible top ten finish.
Results so far
ACT Tour
June 27th - 24th
WMMP:
May 23rd - 7th
May 30th - 7th
June 6th - 6th
June 13th - 10th
June 20th - 16th
TSS
May 15th - 11th
June 5th - Feature Win
Going Racing
New Pictures on the News Page....May 10th 2009
Bergeron Racing will hit the track two times this coming weekend.
Friday night we will be running our ACT car at Twin State Speedway and on
Saturday night we start the season at White Mountain Motorsports Park
May 10th 2009
Some Pictures in the meantime.....
The two cars are now finished. Remember When Photography is doing a
photoshoot with us on Wednesday night. Look for those pictures soon.
March 15th 2009
The Car is getting close....
The team is working hard to get the car ready for our first race at
Lee USA Speedway on Sunday April 19th. It will be an ACT Tour race
so we will be running against the best of the best in the Late Model
division in New England. Last year over 50 cars attempted to make
the show so we will have to be on our game. Last year we made the
show surprising many people and after starting twenty fourth in a field of
thirty cars we were able to come home with a fifteenth place finish after
being caught up in a few wrecks. After that we will be starting our
season at White Mountain Motorsports Park in Woodstock NH. The team
is going to put all efforts into bringing the Late Model title to
Claremont, NH. With the recent addition of another Distance Racing
Late Model to the stable we are more prepared to do that now. The
plan is to have both cars race ready very soon. The primary car will
be the WMMP car and the other car will be the ACT/travel car. We
anticipate running ACT races at Twin State Speedway and White Mountain
along with some weekly shows at Twin State, Lee and Thunder Road.
Check out the progress on the WMMP car so far.
February 1, 2009
Bergeron Racing Announces 2009 Plans
The Bergeron Race Team had a meeting last weekend and have decided
that we will be running a full season at the White Mountain Motorsports
Park. We will run a few ACT Tour races and make a few shows at Twin State
Speedway.
We really enjoyed racing at the WMMP last summer and look forward to
running a full season this year.
The car is home and the guys are anxious to start tearing it apart. They
are going to strip it down to the bare chassis and get it ready for paint.
We will keep you updated as we progress.
October 26, 2008
2 for 2 at Twin State Speedway
What a way to end the season. The Bergeron Race Team had another awesome
weekend at the Twin State Speedway's Fall Challenge. Even though Saturday
did not start out so great, Chris drew the #40 for his qualifier position.
This had him start dead last in the 10th spot for the heat race. The car
was pretty good considering the track condition with the weather and all,
and he managed to qualify fifth. After a long day with rain delays our
race was rescheduled for Sunday.
Sunday turned out to be a much brighter day. We started the feature ninth
and by lap 27 we took the lead to never look back. At the half way point a
caution had come out and we started on the outside pole. We passed the #73
Guy Caron on the outside and sure enough a another caution came out before
a lap was completed. So, we restarted again and this time we stayed in the
front for the remainder of the race with the #73 and the #81 hot on our
tail. We managed to pull away towards the final laps and took home the
victory.
Another thumbs up for the crew of the #27 for all of their help and
support on another great season and a fast race car.
We would like to thank all of our sponsors for their great support in
another successful season.
Gary's Claremont Tire & Auto
United Finish Systems
Ray Morin & Family
Revered Painting Plus
McNeil Sheet Metal
Wizard Technology
Pool Village
Main St. Exxon
GPS Plumbing & Heating
Livingston's Arctic Cat
Thompson Insurance
Roy Monuments
Phil' Signs n Stripes
Remember When Photography
Bond Auto Parts
Mom & Dad
Mike Hentchel
**A special thanks to a true friend Phil Chastenay for all the hard work
he does keeping the car looking so great, because the driver tends to mess
up his fine work every week. Thanks again Phil great job.
Bergeron Racing will definitely make more of an appearance next season at
the Twin State Speedway, but the team has not made a final decision on
were we will be racing for the season. Check the web site for updates
throughout the winter.
Congratulations to the #34 Team on a championship year at Twin State
Speedway.
September 13, 2008
9th in the Mountains
The car was really good this evening. We started 5th in our heat race and
finished second. Then we ran in the semi feature starting fifth and took a
second place finish. For some strange reason we started the feature
eighth. Even after starting seventh the week before and having a DNF due
to the radiator getting damaged. At the start of the race we got pushed
back to around the thirteen position and managed to make it back up to
sixth. Then on a restart with twelve laps to go we sure enough were in the
wrong lane once again and went backwards. We managed to pull a ninth place
finish. We had a great time running at the WMMP this summer. We would like
to congratulate the #83 team on their championship season. Our next stop
will be the open show at Twin State Speedway on September 27th.
A few new pictures will be added later this week.
September 7, 2008
Domination @ TSS
by Phil Chastenay II
Paula Bergeron told me since I was at the race this week I should do the
write up. Well what the hell I will see how my journalistic skills
are other than my ranting and raving on the bnbracing.com website. In no
shape or form are the opinions stated in here Bergeron Racings feelings.
Well maybe they are but they didn't tell me to write anything in
particular actually they probably don't want to know what may come out of
my mouth....lol
Bergeron Racing made their presence felt this week when they made their
triumphant return to the track they called home for their whole careers
until 2008. They were crowned the Pro Late Model Champions in 2007
and decided to take their show on the road in 2008 after a statement was
made at the track last season by owner Dennis Fleury. This did not
sit well with Chris and his team. They have been together for many
years and after last season they decided maybe the grass was greener
someplace else after all they had achieved their goal of winning the
Championship against some stiff competition I might add. This season
has been up and down for their team it has been successful despite what
the neighsayers have said would happen to them. With tough
competition throughout the New England area the team knew it would be
anything but easy.
Success came quickly for the boys in
orange as they invaded Lee USA for the opening ACT race. I heard
around the tracks that these guys would never make the race and they
didn't have a chance. They surely did make the race and other top
guns went home one of whom just won a huge race at Thunder Road and Busch
East Series Standout Brad Leighton. This was a victory in itself for
the Bergeron team. They had a very good car for the race but got
caught up in someone elses mess two times in the first 25 laps of the
race. They fixed the car and brought it home in the 15th spot not
bad out of the 30 that started the race and 50+ that attempted to make the
show. The ACT schedule was something that the team had looked at but
it was deemed not very cost effective for them to follow weekly.
They next decided to run at White Mountain Motorsports Park. The
first week they ran they won. Serving notice to the boys in the
mountains that this was indeed a team to be reckoned with. Chris
told me hey when you start up front it can be easy. My response to
him was a win is a win and you still have to be good to finish it off.
The consensus amongst the team was that they all felt really welcome at
this track and they would end up racing most of the summer there.
Some nights went really well and others ended in utter frustration.
There were nights they felt like they were singled out and other night
they just had great runs. 10 races has produced 8 top 10 finishes
for them along with 2 wins. They normally have around 18 cars a week
so even getting in the top 10 can be tough. Recently the team made a
few major chassis changes in effort to go faster which they struggled with
at first but now they seem to be getting it figured out. Some mid
week testing and a few races have got the 27 running great again.
That leads us to their return to Twin State Speedway. Chris said the
car was pretty good in practice but he changed a couple things to help get
it through the corner better. I did not see practice I got there in
time for the heat races. Chris started in the back of his heat race
and made a few passes and I believe he won it. I might be wrong on
that though my brain is feeling a bit fried tonight....lol. Chris
came on the track for the feature lined up in the 9th position. You
could definetly see where the Bergeron fans were sitting in the pits and
the stands by their bright orange shirts. The crowd let him know
they were behind him by the loud cheers from the grandstands. The
green flag dropped and it was on. Chris methodically picked his way
past cars one by one. I swear some of these guys should learn there
actually is an outside groove they could do a lot better if they actually
tried to race out there instead of just chopping down on someone.
That being said there was a little bit of scrubbing going up through the
field and on lap 14 Chris passed the 11 car to take the lead. Luke
Hinkley and Aaron Fellows got into it on the track resulting in a caution
not sure if this was something that started in the heat race but they had
been bouncing off each other for a couple of laps. On the restart
Hinkley smashed the 29 followed by a brake check which put the 29 up on
the hood of the 31 machine. This was enough for the officials as it
was called down the 31 of Hinkley was DQ'ed for the night. On the
restart the 11 car got the jump on Chris but the 27 just kills getting in
the turn he had no chance. Chris drove off to a comfortable 15 car
length lead and was never challenged for the remainder of the race.
The 11 came home second and the 37w of Weasel Riendeau was the beneficiary
of the 3rd place spot thanks to Dennis Greenwood chopping the 25 of Dallas
Trombley on the white flag lap sending them both sideways and allowing the
37w to scoot past them for the 3rd spot. Chris stated in victory
lane that the speedway looked like things were getting turned around and
improvements have been being made. Getting Todd Rook in the tower is
one of the changes making a difference. I personally thought the
racing was very good. It was nice to see decent car counts since
what I saw at the beginning of the season was dismal. Chris told me
the team will return to Twin State again this season for the open show at
the end of the month.
I want to thank The
Bergeron Team for allowing me to hang out in their garage from time to
time. You guys are a great group and I am proud to sponsor you.
August 30, 2008
Frustration in the Mtns....
Another bad week at the WMMP. We started 4th in the heat and got pushed
back in the outside groove by cars that were not handling. We managed to
make it back up through to qualify. This gave us a seventh starting
position. Again in the feature we got stuck in a lane that did not go and
we went backwards. On lap nineteen the cars in front of us checked up and
we got spun from behind. When the car was going around another car hit the
front of the 27 car and damaged the radiator. This ended our evening.
This Friday night we will be making our first race of the season at Twin
State Speedway.
August 23, 2008
Experimenting.....
Sorry for the delay in the updates on the last couple of weeks.
On August 9th we ran a 100 lap feature at WMMP. We started in the eleventh
spot and we just rode it out for about 60 laps. We were fortunate enough
to miss all of the wrecks. When we decided to go to the front we made it
to forth, but could not go any further. The cars in front of us were just
as fast as we were if not faster. Congratulations to Dan Colby #60, Quinn
Welch #78 and Randy Potter #82 for the win.
On August 16th we took the weekend off, because it was a makeup ACT Tour
race that we did not qualify for due to vacation.
This past weekend August 23rd we were back at the mountains. The car was
pretty good in the heats. We started fourth in the second heat and
finished second. This gave us an eleventh place starting position for the
feature. The car was totally out to lunch come feature time. We dropped
back to fourteenth or fifteenth at one point and managed to miss all the
wrecks once again. We finished the night in ninth position. Not bad for
how the car was handling. Since we are not points racing we have been
trying different setups in the car and it did not work out this week. We
will be back again next week and try again. Congratulations to Orin Remick
#21, Dean Weber #30 and Stacy Cahoon #83 on his this weeks win.
July 28th 2008
More Rain.....
After a lengthy rain delay and a slick race track we managed to finish
eighth at the WMMP. Not bad considering the car was a little tight
in the center and started to run hot. We had to back off and get
some clean air in order to cool the car down. We had to start the
feature behind the last qualified car due to our previous weeks win. This
gave us a 14th starting position.
Bergeron Race Team will be taking a week off from racing. We will be back
at the WMMP on August 9th.
July 19th 2008
Rain.....
We got to practice before the rain came....then the evenings events were
cancelled.
July 17th 2008
Awesome night for the Bergeron Race
Team.....
We started 4th in our heat and got pushed back to the rear in the outside
lane. We just barely beat Oren Remick in the #21 car to the finish line
and qualified in the 6th position.
In the feature we started seventh and made it up to the second spot in
just a few laps. We made several attempts to pass the #62 car and could
not get past him. When the caution came out on lap eighteen we managed to
get past the #62 on the high side and never looked back. We lead the
remaining 32 laps for the win. The crew did an excellent job on getting
the car hooked up.
We would like to congratulate Oren Remick and Stacey Cahoon on their 2nd
and 3rd place finishes.
We will see you again this coming Saturday.
July 9th 2008
 Congratulations
to Destinie Marland the winner of the Bergeron Race Team raffle of the
Claremont Cycle Depot bicycle at this Saturday's kids pit tour at WMMP.
July 5th White Mountain Motorsports Park
Bergeron Racing was back at the WMMP again this Saturday night. The
evening went much better than the previous weeks. We brought the car home
with not much damage and did not even get put to the rear.
We started second in the 3rd qualifier and managed to win even after an
incident with the 47 car. He just did not seem to have a handle on his car
and drove up into the side of our car and spun himself out. This gave us a
sixth place starting position in the feature. It was a wild night with
numerous cautions. We were on the outside most of the night with cars side
by side in front of us. We got pushed back to tenth or eleventh place at
one point and managed to get back to sixth. This was the best the car has
handled all season, but we just could not go anywhere with the cars
stacked up in front of us. We were happy to finish sixth with how rough it
was up front and to come home in one piece. We will be back at the WMMP
Saturday July 12th.
June 23rd 2008
Rough Night for the Bergeron Racing Team.....
Chris struggled throught the night and brought the car home in one piece,
hopefully we will have better luck next week.
Weekend of June 13th & 14th
2008
Bergeron Racing has a Bad Weekend.....
It definitely was Friday the 13th at Lee USA Speedway. We got caught up in
an accident on the front stretch and it all went down hill from there. We
managed to get back on the track and got spun out two more times before
the end of the race. J.R. Baril went into the wall hard and was taken away
in the ambulance. Lee officials called the race with 37 laps in and we
managed to take a sixth place finish. The crew worked very hard that
evening and all the next morning to get the car ready for WMMP.
The weekend did not get any better, we missed the first practice at the
WMMP. We went through tech before our qualifier and was told everything
was ok. We started fifth in our heat and qualified third. Then we had to
go back through tech and got DQ'd for ride height. A different tech person
checked the ride height and said it did not pass.
They really should both be on the same page. If we had known it was not
right the first time we went through we would have fixed the problem. So
we started dead last in the feature and got caught up in a wreck on the
first lap. So, all in all we had a very bad weekend and look forward to
getting the monkey off our back. The crew will be in the garage all week
getting the car back together for this coming weekend.
June 9th 2008
Chris claws his way back to a 7th Place Finish at WMMP
Well the evening started out good. We went out for practice and the car
was rolling. Chris started in the 5th position for the heat race and
finished 3rd. The car was a little loose, so the crew made a few
adjustments. We started the feature 7th and the car was going pretty good.
On lap 13 Chris went inside of the #12 car for the fourth position and was
clearly up to his driver door, when the #12 came down and spun out. His
spotter must have been eatin french fries or something and did not see the
bright orange car. The track put us to the rear and gave the #12 car the
fourth position back. I hope the track would make the same call if the
shoe was on the other foot. Anyway we managed to get a 7th place finish
and had a lot of fun. Congratulations to Stacey Cahoon and the #83 team on
their win. We will be racing this Friday evening at Lee USA Speedway and
if all goes well we will be back at WMMP on Saturday.
June 6th 2008
Rain continues to put a hold on Bergeron Racing
WMMP rained out last weekend, but we look forward to racing there this
coming weekend.
May 30th 2008
Chris takes 6th at WMMP
We had another good week at WMMP. Chris started 8th in his qualifier and
finished 5th. He had to start 12th in the feature due to his win the week
before. We finished sixth which we consider a very good run. There
are a lot of competitive cars in the WMMP late model division.
Congratulations to the 47 team on their win. We will see you again this
Saturday....
May 17th 2008
Chris Wins @ White Mountain
Motorsports Park!!!
Chris started the NAPA Auto Parts Late Model feature on the
outside pole thanks to the lucky Todd Murray drawing #1 on the redraw for
the second heat race. Chris took the lead on lap two to never looked back.
The race went green to checkered with no cautions. Rick Thompson in the #8
finished second and Dan Colby in the #60 took third. Our crew would like
to thank everyone at WMMP for making us feel welcome at their facility.
Also, we would to thank all the competitors for racing us very clean and
professional. We look forward to going back to the White Mountains again
this Saturday along with the PASS Tour. Come on up and watch some great
racing.
Chris lead every lap and dominated the Late Model
feature at White Mountain Motorsports Park tonight!! Story
coming soon....
Bergeron Racing will be at WMMP Saturday!
Lee was rained out yet another week, we are not sure we
will get back there. We went to the White Mountain Motorsports Park on
Saturday May 10th for their car show and practice. We had a great time and
the car was rolling by the end of the practice sessions. What a great
facility, everyone there was friendly and very accommodating. We will be
racing at the White Mountains this Saturday May 17th at 5:00 PM.
Bergeron Racing will be at LEE USA
Friday!
May 7, 2008
Bergeron Racing will run at Lee USA this week the
rain cancelled racing there last week. We will give it another
shot this
April 30, 2008
Bergeron Racing has decided to run at Lee this
Friday May 2nd. The team decided with the amount of teams
planning to race at Thunder Road this week end they will make their
trip up there at another date.
Chris Comes Home 15th in ACT Debut!!
April 23, 2008
Bergeron Racing is pretty happy with our first race running with the ACT
Tour. Fifty cars showed up to qualify for the Governor's Cup 100 at Lee
USA Speedway. The 27NH qualified fourth in the second consi race, which
was a great accomplishment with this many cars trying to make the show.
This gave Chris a 24th starting position out of 30 cars. He managed to
finish the race 15th. Even after getting caught up in a wreck on lap four
causing front end damage to the car. Our next adventure will be May 3rd
and 4th at Thunder Road in Barre VT. We will be attending the car show and
practice on Saturday and trying to make our second ACT show on Sunday.
Check in later for pictures from the race.
2008 Schedule Starting to Shape Up
We will be going to the Thunder Road car show and their practice day to
shake the car down and get some experience at the high banked track.
The crew is excited to get out there and try something new to them and
meet all of their new competitors and the officials. A quick update
on the car. We picked up our new motor last week from Butler McMaster. The
motor is in and the car is almost ready to go. Phil has just about
completed the lettering and the car is looking good. Cory should have some
updated pictures of the car which will hopefully be posted later this
week. Keep checking in for updates.
Maine Indoor Karting
March 12, 2008
The team had a bachelor
party for Todd Rook. Chris is the best man in the wedding so the team
took a 3 hour trip to Maine Indoor Karting Center to hammer on the go
karts. . Most of the crew attended in all 12 people went and 11 of us
ran the karts. Todd and the rest of the crew had a blast, this may
possibly may turn into a yearly trip for the crew. Check out the newest
pictures that have been added to the media page.
February 21, 2008
The car has been painted and is ready to be lettered. We are
still waiting for the new motor which should be done this week or
next. Other than that we are ready to go racing. When warmer whether
hits we are going to have the trailer floor bullhided inside and 6 or
8 inches up on the sides. That is pretty much it for now. We are
pretty sure we are going to the Thunder Road car show because practice
is right after the show and we are racing there the next day.
Check out the newest
pictures that have been added to the media page.
Preparing for life on the Road...
January 2008
Work has started at Bergeron Racing. The car has been brought to
Todd Rook's shop to have the new body hung. The guys have been
busy and almost have it done. It will then get ready for paint.
A new powerplant has been ordered from Butler and MacMaster to replace
the other crate engine which will now be the back up engine.
Chris picked up the new truck and trailer, it was time to retire the
old haul truck and make traveling more comfortable. It is for
sale check out the ad
here.... Right now
we are looking at running the ACT Tour opener at LEE USA. New
pictures have been added to the media page.
For Sale: 1980 1
Ton Chevy Box Van
 Race
Ready, Cabinets, Bench, Wired for Generator, Florescent Lights,
Outlets and Switches, New Tires and Brakes. Has an early 1990's
GM Spec Engine.
Asking $2500.00 Call Chris 603 542 8162 after 3PM |
