Sep 20, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, NHMS, Touring Series News
ACT Late Model Tour: Emily Packard
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Emily Packard of East Montpelier, Vt., returns to her favorite track on the schedule – New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. – for the 5th annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational on Saturday, September 21. Packard made her debut at the 1.058-mile oval last season as a Late Model rookie, and buoyed by a strong outing in a recent test session at NHMS, she has high hopes for a strong showing this weekend as part of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 weekend. She enters the weekend after a Top-3 run at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, Vt., was thwarted by a broken hub in the closing laps.
THE FACTS
WHO: Emily Packard, East Montpelier, Vt.
CREW CHIEF: Neal Woodward, Georgia, Vt.
TEAM: No. 9x Northstar Fireworks/Berlin Optical Expressions Ford
SPONSORS: Northstar Fireworks, Fecteau Homes, Berlin Optical Expressions, Yipes! of Barre, VT Shifter Karts, GossCars.com, Be The Match, Rutland Regional Medical Center, R.G. Paving
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Sep 19, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
ACT Late Model Tour: Brian Hoar
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
GEORGIA, Vt. – Eight-time ACT Late Model Tour champion Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., returns to the largest sporting facility in New England for the 5th annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Saturday, September 21. While Hoar has never won the Invitational itself, he has made history on the 1.058-mile oval as the only driver ever to win an ACT Late Model Tour points race at the track. The driver of the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger owns 39 career Tour victories – tops on the all-time list – including one in 2011 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
THE FACTS
WHO: Brian Hoar, Williston, Vt.
TEAM: RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger
CREW CHIEF: Rick Paya, Georgia, Vt.
BEST CAREER NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY FINISH: 1st (August 2011)
LAST RACE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 7th (September 2012)
WHAT: Bond Auto ACT Invitational 50
WHERE: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H. (1.058-mile oval)
WHEN: Saturday, September 21 – 8 a.m., practice; 4:45 p.m., race
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Sep 19, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
CHARLOTTE, NC (September 18) – Ever since the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) staged its first event at Hickory Motor Speedway in 2006, the legendary track has had a knack for attracting some of short track racing’s most talented drivers. This weekend’s Over The Mountain 150 Presented By CV Products will be no different. A significant number of PASS South Super Late Model and PASS Pro Late Model teams have been testing at the .363 mile track in preparation for Saturday night’s seventh running of the fall classic.
Defending PASS South Super Late Model Champion Kyle Grissom is no stranger to the legendary North Carolina track that originally opened as a dirt track in 1951. Just as others before him have, Grissom made his stock car racing debut at Hickory in 2004 after moving up from the Bandolero division. And, it did not take long for Grissom to reach victory lane there in a Late Model Stock car and for Hickory Motor Speedway to become one of his favorite race tracks.
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Sep 19, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) has announced that its tire of choice for the next six (6) years will be the American Racer brand from Race Tires America, located in Indiana, Pennsylvania. ACT and its affiliate tracks will change tire needs from Goodyear to the American Racer beginning with the 2014 season.
“We appreciate the many years of working with the Goodyear Racing Division. They have provided us with nearly a decade of service, and assisted us in the development of new products to meet our tire needs,” said Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian Tour.
American Race Tire has spent the past four months producing and testing a tire to meet the varied and heavy demand of supplying the Late Model teams in the large area which ACT covers.
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Sep 19, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
ACT Late Model Tour: Taylor Martin
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Taylor Martin of Windham, N.H., will make history when she participates in the 5th annual Bond Auto ACT Late Model Tour Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Saturday, September 21. Martin will be making her first career start on the 1.058-mile oval as part of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300, and the 16-year-old driver will become the first to compete in two invitation-only events on the same day at the facility. Martin will also make a start in the Gifford’s Ice Cream 25 for the Granite State Legends Cars Series following the ACT Invitational. Martin was one of 34 Late Model drivers to test at New Hampshire last month, earning her an at-large bid to the event.
THE FACTS
WHO: Taylor Martin, Windham, N.H.
TEAM: Taylor Martin Racing No. 20 Spectrum/Matt Brown Truck Repair Ford Fusion
CREW CHIEF: Mitch Green, South Paris, Maine
BEST CAREER NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY FINISH: N/A
LAST RACE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: N/A
WHAT: 5th annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational 50
WHERE: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H. (1.058-mile oval)
WHEN: Saturday, September 21 – 8 a.m., practice; 4:45 p.m., race
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Sep 18, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – Nick Sweet from Barre, VT capped off his Vermont State Championship title win at the Devil’s Bowl Speedway, in Fair Haven, VT on Sunday, September 15, 2013 with an invitation to the 5th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) today. Sweet will replace Donald Theetge of Quebec City who had to cancel his invitation because of a business conflict.
Sweet, a two-time Thunder Road Champion, had previously been invited, but after five weeks of testing the new tires for the 2014 ACT season, he decided that he needed to take an ‘off weekend’ to prepare his car for the season finale People’s Bank Milk Bowl event held at Thunder Road, October 5-6.
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ACT Late Model Tour: Emily Packard
