CRAZY HORSE RACING: Austin Theriault Starts Season With Strong Effort

Apr 19, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News

ACT American Canadian TourAustin Theriault Starts Season With Strong Effort
ACT Late Model Driver Puts Crazy Horse Chassis On Podium At Lee

SOUTH PARIS, Maine – Austin Theriault opened the 2012 ACT Late Model Tour season with a third-place finish in the NH Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 15 – giving the 18-year-old driver from Fort Kent, Maine, his seventh straight Top-10 finish dating back to last July.

Crew chief Mickey Green of Crazy Horse Racing was thrilled to get the year off to such a great start.

“We’re really happy to come out of there with third,” said Green, who has served as Theriault’s crew chief since 2010. “The car was really good, and Austin did a great job.”

Theriault qualified 19th for the Governor’s Cup and moved into the Top-10 before the halfway mark. A pit stop for fresh tires following a long green-flag run midway through the event helped the No. 57 Pelletier Ford Ford Fusion gain the track position that put the leaders in sight.
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Brian Hoar Tops $200 Grand in ACT Earnings With Lee Win

Apr 18, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News

Eight-time ACT Champion Brian Hoar celebrates his NH Governor’s Cup win at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 15.

Waterbury, VT – Eight-time American Canadian Tour Late Model Stock Car Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, VT topped the $200,000 mark in career earnings with his win in the NH Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH on Sunday, April 15.

Hoar secured his 34th career ACT Late Model win in his Goss Dodge and pocketed over $3,500 for car owner Rick Paya. His win brings his career earnings to $200,074 for his 132 point counting event starts to date, including point fund awards. He sits second on the all-time ACT Late Model career earnings list, trailing seven-time ACT Champion Jean-Paul Cyr with $219,957. (more…)

SEVENTH PLACE RUN FOR EDDIE MACDONALD IN THE GOVERNORS CUP 150 ACT

Apr 17, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News

The 2012 ACT Tour season opened with its traditional Governors Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway with hometown driver Eddie MacDonald surviving a spin while leading to finish seventh.

The Hancock Electric/Grimm Construction Chevy started twelfth in the 27 car field by virtue of winning the heat race from the outside pole to post a +1. Cars are placed on the grid using the plus/minus system used in the ACT Tour.

The Rowley, Mass. driver was at the wheel of a brand new car and was pleased with the results saying, “The car was very fast and drove great. It had a few quirks to it but that is to be expected with a new car. Overall though,
we are really happy with the way it drove. Even after the spin, the car was still fast and we were able to make it back through the field twice.”
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Brian Hoar Wins Second Straight NH Governor’s Cup

Apr 17, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News

ACT LogoLee, NH – Eight-time American Canadian Tour Late Model Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, VT claimed his second straight NH Governor’s Cup 150 season opener at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH on Sunday, April 15. Hoar escaped a
late race assault from multi-time Lee USA Speedway Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover, NH to earn the win.

Jeff Taylor of Farmington, ME led early in the event after starting on the pole with a +6 in ACT’s plus/minus handicap system. Helliwell worked his way from the fifth starting position to take over the lead on lap 10 and
appeared dominant for the next 60 laps. However, Ben Rowe of Turner, ME came from the 10th starting position to run down Helliwell just before the halfway mark. Rowe also appeared to have the race in hand until Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, MA took over the lead with 118 laps complete. Hoar and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, NH came flying through the pack after pitting around lap 117 for fresh tires.
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GOVERNOR’S CUP 150 AT LEE USA SPEEDWAY

Apr 17, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News

Lee, NH – Defending American Canadian Tour (ACT) champion Brian Hoar took down his second consecutive win in the season-opening New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday afternoon, holding off multi-time track champ Wayne Helliwell, Jr. to score the victory.

A field of 41 entries representing six states and two Canadian provinces battled through four heats, two consis, and a “B” main to set the 28-car field for the 150-lap main event. Farmington, Me veteran Jeff Taylor set the pace for the first nine circuits, but Helliwell moved past at that point to take over.
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