Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished 10th in the ACT Late Model Tour ACT 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, June 19. It marked the 16-year-old rookie’s second straight top-10 finish in the series and was his best career finish at Oxford Plains Speedway in three starts. Theriault started 11th but faded to mid-pack before a pit stop before the halfway mark. Running outside the top-20 with less than 100 laps remaining, Theriault’s car came to life and finished 10th.

WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: No. 57 Varney Insurance/Hogan Tire/Daigle & Houghton Ford Fusion
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour ACT 150
WHERE: Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)

STARTED: 11th
FINISHED: 10th
LED: 0 times for 0 laps

NEXT: Saturday, June 26, ACT 150, White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H. (.25-mile oval)

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AUSTIN, TALK ABOUT YOUR RUN TONIGHT AT OXFORD.

It was a pretty rough night considering we pitted on lap 20 or 30 and went right to the back. Trying to march to the front was a battle in itself. Every time we’d pass a couple cars, there’d be a slow car on the outside. We just rode around for half the race.

Towards the end, people started coming back to us. I was pretty happy with the crew. We had a tough day. We had some distributor problems. The handling could have been better, but we got a top-10 and that’s good.

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO FINISH IN THE TOP-10 YET AGAIN?

I know we’re top-10 material. It can only get better from this. Sure, there will be bad days at some point, but I’m still pretty encouraged right now.