Jul 1, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Montmagny, QC – Defending Serie ACT Castrol champion Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC stole the late victory in the Montmagny 200 at Autodrome Montmagny on Sunday, July 1. Laperle had a mirror full of Quebec City’s Jean-Francois Dery and ACT Serie Castrol point leader Donald Theetge when he crossed the finish line to take his first checkered flag of 2012.
Pole-sitter Patrick Boyer snatched the lead early before losing it on lap four to a dominant Patrick Hamel. Hamel held onto the lead until opening day winner Karl Allard surged to the front from eleventh on lap 23. After a lap 48 caution, Theetge out-dueled Allard on the outside lane and grabbed the point. Theetge looked like the car to beat, dominating the next 79 circuits until a caution on lap 118 that brought nearly all the competitors to pit road.
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Jul 1, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Montmagny, QC – The Série ACT Castrol Montmagny 200 at Autdrome Montmagny (QC) scheduled for Saturday, June 30 has been postponed due to rain. The event has been rescheduled for Sunday, July 1 with a post time of 1:00pm.
The Montmagny 200 is the fourth event on the 2012 Série ACT Castrol. Point leader Donald Theetge of Boischatel, QC will attempt to earn his third straight Castrol win on Sunday after winning the last two events at Autodrome Chaudiere and Circuit Riverside Speedway.
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Jun 29, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Billado, Davis Pick Up Feature Wins
Barre, VT – Multi-time champion Cris Michaud of East Montpelier stormed to his 18th feature victory at Thunder Road under the lights on Thursday night’s (June 28) FairPoint Communications event. Michaud had to hold off the blistering pace of young Cody Blake, who claimed the runner up position for his second podium finish in a row. Eric Chase surged late to complete the podium as he grabbed third at the line.
Michaud wasted no time running to the front in the caution free event, stretching out a quarter lap lead while a four car battle for second brewing behind him. Blake finally escaped and gave chase late, and had just arrived at Michaud’s bumper when the checkers flew.
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Jun 29, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Theetge Capitalizes on Déry’s Troubles
Waterbury, VT – With a fast car and a little luck, Boischatel, QC’s Donald Theetge has taken over the point lead on the Série ACT Castrol. With two championships already in hand, Theetge seeks a record third Série ACT Castrol title in 2012.
2012 was shaping up nicely for Quebec’s Jean Francois Déry, who led the points after two straight third place finishes to begin the season, but it all came to a screeching halt when a rock shot through his radiator in the third event of the year, relegating the point leader to a last place finish.
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Jun 27, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News, White Mountain
AT Racing: ACT Late Model Tour
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Report
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished fourth in the ACT Late Model Tour White Mountain 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Saturday, June 23. It marked the best career finish for Theriault at the banked quarter-mile track and his fourth Top-5 finish in five races this season. Theriault started ninth and rode inside the Top-10 throughout the event, making a late move for fourth-place while racing in traffic with several cars vying for second place.
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Jun 26, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Fifteen Different Winners in 2012 Season
Barre, VT –Championship hopes caught traction last Thursday night at Barre’s Thunder Road, but not just for a select few. Fifteen different drivers have already celebrated feature wins in 2012 with no repeat winners in any of Thunder Road’s three premiere divisions, and it leaves titles across all divisions ripe for the picking.
Thunder Road Co-Owner and NASCAR Hall of Famer Ken Squier is blown away. “I have been to short tracks all over the country, and I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a stat like that,” exclaimed Squier. “Fifteen different winners in five events? That’s really something,” he finished.
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