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Wayne Helliwell Jr. and the Bruce Bernhardt Motorsports team heading into the final American Canadian Tour points event with the weight of the racing world on their shoulders. Leading the championship battle by only eight points over a hard charging Brian Hoar. It all came down to a Sunday afternoon and one 200 lap race. A race in which people ran out of adjectives to describe. Those in attendance used “epic”, “unbelievable”, “unreal”, “storybook” “you can’t script this stuff”, “the best ACT race they have ever...more

In what has been a career year for Wayne Helliwell Jr. the motto heading in the final weeks of racing action is “Finish Strong”. Helliwell who has won nearly half the events he’s entered in 2012 has amassed 20 victories in 44 starts is looking to continue those winning ways with lifelong goals on the line in the coming weeks. Helliwell put an exclamation point on the NASCAR Whelen All-American New Hampshire state title two weeks ago winning the final event at Lee USA Speedway behind the wheel of the Witkum...more

As the American Canadian Tour headed into Vermont for round #9 of the series championship Wayne Helliwell Jr. and Brian Hoar have combined to win half the series races in 2012. Sunday marked the 34th running of Bond Auto Parts Labor Day Classic at the famed high banks of Thunder Road Speedbowl. The annual 200 lap event would once again pit the duo against each other as they had both taken 3 wins on the year. Sunday would be no exception. One of the largest car counts of the year would take on the event as a...more

Friday night heading into Lee USA Speedway’s double feature night Wayne Helliwell Jr. and the Scherbon Consolidated Inc. Ed and Bobby Witkum owned 350 supermodified were looking to gain ground in the overall championship chase. Misfortune with back to back 15th place finishes in the middle of the season has but the 21 car behind in Helliwell’s bid for his 10th Lee Speedway track title and second championship for the Witkum brothers. An increase in competition combined with an inconsistent car have made the...more

Going into the championship night at Canaan Fair Speedway Wayne Helliwell Jr. and the Bruce Bernhardt Motorsports team had not finished worse than 3rd in 17 races at the New Hampshire oval. In fact they have either won or finished 3rd in every race this year. Helliwell who has claimed 12 weekly racing victories and the none points season opener SUBWAY Fresh Fit 150; at one point went 10 wins in a row. That consistency claimed Helliwell his first ever Canaan Fair track championship 3 weeks before the final event....more

The busy calendar year of Wayne Helliwell Jr.’s racing schedule is in full swing as tracks and series are coming to a close across the New England region. In a 8 day span Helliwell and his two race teams will have competed in almost as many races. Helliwell started last Friday night at Lee USA Speedway with twin feature events behind the wheel of the Scherbon Consolidated Inc., 350 Small Block Supermodified. He would go on to take home a 3rd and 6th place on the nights events as well as regain the 2nd overall...more

In racing just like in life one single event can have a effect good or bad on multiple others things. In this case it was two victories that set the dominos in motion and put and explanation point on the year long puzzle to the 2012 racing season. Saturday night Wayne Helliwell Jr. and the Bruce Bernhardt owned Ekeys-4-Cars, Unique Ford Fusion team headed back to the Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, NH; hoping to continue the hot streak that seminally hasn't stopped since they unloaded at the northern New Hampshire...more

Wayne Helliwell Jr. and the Bruce Bernhardt owned Ekeys-4-Cars, Unique Ford Fusion team headed north of the border for the first time in 2012; as race #7 on the American Canadian Tour stopped at Sanair Super Speedway in St. Pie, QC. It marked the return of the series to 7/8 mile triangle shaped track since 2006. It was also the the first ever competitive laps run at the track for Wayne and the 27NH team. The race original scheduled for Saturday night prompt an accelerated racing program as bad weather moved...more

The Bernhardt Motorsports team and driver Wayne Helliwell Jr. headed back to their regular rotation of NASCAR weekly racing series action at the Canaan Fair Speedway this past Saturday night. After a few weeks off with rain and the American Canadian Tour series they looked to grow there already huge championship points lead. Double features, double points and heat races were on tap as it was most popular driver night at the New Hampshire oval. Heat race line-ups set by a fan vote for their favorite driver put...more