Barre, VT – Thunder Road International Speedbowl officials have announced that the CARQUEST Vermont Governor’s Cup program scheduled for Thursday, June 23 has been postponed due to rain. The ¼ mile oval in Barre, VT has rescheduled the event for this Sunday, June 26.
Graniteville’s John Donahue will lead the Late Models into the 100 lap event. With a win in the Memorial Day Classic and no finishes outside the top ten yet this season he sits atop the standings. He will have to battle with Chip Grenier, Phil Scott, Dave Pembroke, Mike Bruno and Jimmy Hebert who are all in the top five. Also past VT Governor’s Cup Champions Nick Sweet, Cris Michaud and Jamie Aube will be in attendance. (more…)
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. ACT Series-Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
Oxford, ME. – ACT Late Model Series Driver #97 Joey Polewarczyk Jr of Hudson N.H. readies himself to return to one of his favorite tracks that the American-Canadian Tour visits each year, Oxford Plains Speedway.
Joey and crew started 2011 with winning the Inaugural Goodyear Speedweeks Cup in Florida and then it’s been up and down since then. (more…)
Brian Hoar: ACT Late Model Tour
White Mountain Motorsports Park
NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., captured his fifthTop-5 finish in five ACT Late Model Tour starts this season with a 4th-place finish in White Mountain 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday, June 18. Hoar started third in the 31-car field and ran as high as second on a Lap 99 restart in the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge. He never fell out of the Top-5 at any point during the event.
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Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
White Mountain Motorsports Park
NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, earned his best ACT Late Model Tour finish of the season with a 6th-place run in the White Mountain 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday, June 18. Theriault started 20th in the 31-car field, and he’d worked his way into the Top-10 before the race reached the halfway mark. Once there, he patiently gained ground on the leaders and was still moving forward when the checkered flag flew – giving RPM Motorsports two cars in the Top-6 at race’s end.
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Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
White Mountain Motorsports Park
NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. – Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., finished 28th in the ACT Late Model Tour White Mountain 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday, June 18. After pitting early in the race and restarting deep in the field, Dragon was collected in an accident on Lap 59. He returned to the track briefly following repairs before retiring for the night.
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Barre, VT – Waitsfield’s Grant Folsom claimed his third career Thunder Road Late Model feature win in the Harvest Equipment Sunday Twilight event on Sunday, June 19. Folsom got underneath polesitter Scott Payea after an early restart. After a several laps of banging doors with Payea on the outside, Folsom got free. During a long green flag run, Folsom distance himself from the remainder of the field, but a late caution erased his lead.
Runner-up finisher Chip Grenier didn’t have enough to get around Folsom over the final laps. A hard charging John Donahue came from 14th and might have contended for the lead, but ran out of laps and settled for third. Rookie driver Jimmy Hebert claimed his first top five in fourth, while defending champion Nick Sweet rounded out the top five. Phil Scott, Trampas Demers, Scott Payea, Cody Blake and Mike Bruno completed the top ten. (more…)
