AIRBORNE PARK SPEEDWAY – Airborne Park Speedway will begin its first season under the leadership of longtime official John Walker on Saturday, May 7 with the CAN/AM Sportsman Modified Challenge 75-lapper.

BEAR RIDGE SPEEDWAY – Bear Ridge Speedway’s 49th season will see the green flag at 6:00pm on Saturday, May 7 for the traditional F.M.S. NAPA Auto Parts opener. The track’s annual car show will take place between the Jiffy Mart of Bradford and F.M.S. NAPA Auto Parts, mere feet from the junction of Route 5 and Route 25, from 10:00am to 1:00pm.

CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY – Joey Jarvis kicked off Claremont Speedway’s bi-weekly Modified division with a win on Friday, April 29. Ricky Bly earned the win in the Super Street feature while Tyler Janovsky won in the Limited Sportsman. Josh Rondeau won the Wildcat feature. Claremont Speedway’s first Late Model action of the season will take place on Friday, May 6, which will include a visit from the North East Street Stock Tour.

DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY – Devil’s Bowl Speedway’s 50th season will begin on Saturday, May 21. An all-day fan festival will take place on Sunday, May 15 with two car shows, first at the Ponderosa Steakhouse in Rutland from 9:00am until 11:00am before the Merchants Row car show from 11:00am until 2:00pm.

DIRT TRACK AT DEVIL’S BOWL – The Dirt Track at Devil’s Bowl Speedway will commence its first full NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season on Sunday, May 22. An all-day fan festival will take place on Sunday, May 15 with two car shows, first at the Ponderosa Steakhouse in Rutland from 9:00am until 11:00am before the Merchants Row car show from 11:00am until 2:00pm.

LEGION SPEEDWAY – Legion will begin its new Friday night racing on Friday, May 6 and begin their season long O’Reilly Auto Parts Twilight Racing Challenge series.

MONADNOCK SPEEDWAY – Bill Kimball nailed down the win during the Spring Dash opener at Monadnock Speedway on Saturday, April 30 in the Sportsman Modified division. Chris Curtis earned the win in the Super Stocks while Solomon Brow picked up the win in the Mini Stocks. James Nowakowski, Mike Stebbins, and Chase Curtis earned the wins in the Thunder Stocks, Lightning Stocks, and Young Guns, respectively. NASCAR Whelen All-American Series weekly racing will continue on Saturday, May 7.

SPEEDWAY 51 – Speedway 51 will open their season on Saturday, May 28 with a visit from the Valenti Modified Racing Series. A downtown Groveton, N.H. car show will take place on Saturday, May 21 followed by practice. Sanel Auto Parts in Derby will host a car show from 10:00am to 1:00pm on Saturday, May 7.

THUNDER ROAD INT’L SPEEDBOWL – Thunder Road’s 57th season is scheduled to begin on Sunday, May 8 after being postponed one week due to Mother Nature. The ACT Late Model Tour will run its traditional Merchants Bank 150 while the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman and the Allen Lumber Street Stocks will begin their championship chase. Post time is set for 2:00pm.

WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK – White Mountain Motorsports Park will open their 2016 season on Saturday, May 14 with all five of their weekly racing divisions in attendance. They will also have an open practice session from noon until 4:00pm on Saturday, May 7.

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ACT LATE MODEL TOUR – Scott Payea earned his first win with RPM Motorsports on Sunday, April 24 at Lee USA Speedway. After being postponed one week, the ACT Late Model Tour will run at its home track of Thunder Road for the annual Merchants Bank 150.

GRANITE STATE PRO STOCK SERIES – The Granite State Pro Stock Series season will open on Saturday, May 21 at White Mountain Motorsports Park.

PRO ALL STARS SERIES – D.J. Shaw earned his first victory of the season on Saturday, April 30 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway following a late race restart. The Pro All Stars Series will run on Saturday, May 7 at Star Speedway in the Support 50 Legs 150.

SPRINT CARS OF NEW ENGLAND – The Sprint Cars of New England season will open on Friday, May 6 at Legion Speedway.

PHOTO: The Pro All Stars Series will continue their 2016 racing season this weekend at Star Speedway. (Alan Ward photo)