Brian Hoar Claims 26th Career ACT Win in White Mountain 150

Brian Hoar Claims 26th Career ACT Win in White Mountain 150

North Woodstock, NH – Williston’s Brian Hoar earned his first ACT Late Model Tour win of the season and his 26th career ACT victory. Hoar took the lead on the final restart with 16 laps remaining from Hyde Park’s Eric Williams. Williams would hold on for second followed by Newport, NH’s Mark Hayward.

Hayward started on the pole and led the majority of the race before battling with Williams in the later stages of the race. Williams came from the seventh starting position to take the lead on lap 90. Williams and Hayward then swapped the lead several times before Hoar made his way to the front from the eleventh starting position.

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Nick Sweet Claims Carquest Governor’s Cup

Barre, VT – Barre’s Nick Sweet claims his second Thunder Road win of 2010 in the Carquest Governor’s Cup 100 on Friday, June 25. Sweet took the lead from the pole and battled with Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke throughout the 100 lap event. The two would swap the lead twelve times before Sweet got to the front for good on lap 94.

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CARQUEST Governor’s Cup Postponed

Barre, VT – The Carquest Governor’s Cup 100 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl scheduled for Thursday, June 24 has been postponed due to heavy rains. The event has been rescheduled for tomorrow (Friday, June 25).

Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke, Graniteville’s John Donahue, Senator Phil Scott, Barre’s Nick Sweet and the rest of the Thunder Road Late Model stars will continue their 2010 championship battle in the 100 lap Carquest Governor’s Cup.

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Tony Andrews Claims Thunder Road Harvest Twilight Win

Barre, VT – Northfield’s Tony Andrews claimed his third career Thunder Road Late Model win on the final Sunday twilight special sponsored by Harvest Equipment on Sunday, June 20. Andrews led the 50 lap event flag to flag but not without pressure from Grant Folsom and Senator Phil Scott after a restart with just 6 laps remaining.

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Eddie MacDonald Wins Second ACT Tour at OPS

 

Oxford, ME – Rowley MA’s Eddie MacDonald took the checkers in the second ACT Late Model Tour event at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday, June 19. MacDonald led the last 43 laps of the 150 lap event after taking the lead from current ACT Late Model Tour point leader Brian Hoar.

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Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour Oxford Plains Speedway Race Report

Brent Dragon finished 7th in the ACT Late Model Tour ACT 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday night, June 19. It was Dragon’s second straight 7th-place finish. He won the first heat race of the night to earn points in the championship standings and fought his way into the top-5 two-thirds of the way through the race after starting 12th in the 33-car field. Dragon was running fourth when he was caught behind a lapped car on a lap 106 restart, shuffling him out of the top-10, and he ended up rallying for 7th at the end.

WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
TEAM: Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/Charlebois Freightliner/Newton Pellets No. 55 Chevrolet
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour ACT 150
WHERE: Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)

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