-by Justin St. Louis
Many fans of northeastern short track stock car racing have been wondering: “When will someone else win the American-Canadian Tour title?” Jean-Paul Cyr has had a stranglehold on the championship since 2003, and has been the face of ACT for the last half-decade.
BARRE, VT – There may be no person in Vermont looking forward to Thursday evening more than Late Model stock car driver Dave Whitcomb of Essex Junction. The multi-time champion will return to Barre’s Thunder Road – a 1/4-mile, high-banked, asphalt short track where Whitcomb was the 1995 “King of the Road” Track Champion – in pursuit of the victory on Ferguson Waterworks Night, June 12 at 6:30 pm.
WATERFORD, CT – Late Model stock car driver Scott Payea continued a dream season by winning the Nutmeg State 100 at Connecticut’s Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday night. The 26 year-old from Milton, VT held off defending Waterford Speedbowl Track Champion Bruce Thomas, Jr. of Groton, CT for his second American-Canadian Tour victory in six starts this year.
WATERFORD, CT – Canadian Late Model stock car driver Patrick Laperle has a lot on his mind entering Saturday’s (June 7) Nutmeg State 100 at Waterford Speedbowl. The Montréal racer was just three laps away from victory the last time the American-Canadian Tour visited the historic Connecticut oval before disaster struck.
BARRE, VT – A change has begun at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl. Stock car racing is a 49 year-old tradition at the Quarry Hill oval, and one of its benchmarks has been the NAPA Tiger Sportsman division – an intermediate, budget-minded class utilizing stock chassis and V8 power. Over 35 Sportsman cars are expected on Ferguson Waterworks Night, Thursday, June 12 at 6:30pm at “The Nation’s Site of Excitement,” to continue producing some of the closest racing of the season.
MONTMAGNY, QC – The Montmagny 100 Late Model stock car event for the Série ACT Castrol at Autodrome Montmagny Speedway in Montmagny, QC, postponed by rain on Saturday, May 31, has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 29 at 1:00 pm.