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April 28, 2010

Practice Day at Twin State Speedway

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 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