Aug 12, 2013 | American Canadian Tour
St-Eustache, QC – Jean-François Déry of Quebec held off hometown favorite Patrick Laperle to take his second win of the season in the St-Eustache 200 at Autodrome St-Eustache on Saturday, August 10. Déry now has nine career Série ACT wins.
The race began with a major wreck on lap 1 of the 200 lap event. The wreck resulted in a red flag period of five minutes to allow drivers a chance to fix their automobiles. When the race got back underway Dany Trepanier took the point until lap 25 when Jonathan Bouvrette took over the lead.
Déry finally got to the front on lap 42 to take the lead. He battled with Laperle for the remainder of the event. Déry took over the lead for good and didn’t look back after lap 129. Laperle and Trepanier completed the podium. They were chased to the line by current Serie ACT point leader Patrick Cliche and Bouvrette. The top ten was rounded out with Etienne Cliche, Patrick Hamel, Donald Theetge, Stephane Descoste and rookie Christopher Bedard.
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Aug 10, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
Williams Takes Tiger Win and Dudley Scores Again on WDEV/Calkins Night
Barre, VT – Eric Chase, the Milton, VT helicopter pilot, got a chance to beam in victory lane after 14 years of trying by wiring the Late Model field from the outside pole on WDEV/Calkins Night at Thunder Road on Thursday, August 8.
Chase was put to the test over the second half of the 50-lap feature by veteran Dave Whitcomb who spent many a lap alongside his Gary Clay Builders No. 40. Whitcomb tucked inside to play a few laps of defense when teenager Emily Packard arrived to contest the top positions. Whitcomb made a final bid on the outside in the final three laps and Packard nosed underneath him to finish 2nd on the final circuit.
Jason Corliss was a close 4th, followed by fast-closing Scott Payea. Positions 6-10 went to Jamie Fisher, Trampas Demers, Joey M Laquerre, Mike Bailey and Derrick O’Donnell.
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Aug 7, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
ACT Late Model Tour: Brian Hoar
Sanair Super Speedway Race Report
ST. PIE, Quebec – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., finished fifth in the ACT Late Model Tour Sanair 150 at Sanair Super Speedway in St. Pie, Que., on Saturday, August 3. Hoar started on the outside of the front row and led a total of 28 laps in the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger, but an aggressive setup and transmission woes combined to cost him valuable track position in the first half of the event. Following a mandatory mid-race pit stop, Hoar’s car came back to life – though heavy rains conspired to cut the event short five laps from the finish and halt his march back toward the front of the field.
WHO: Brian Hoar, Williston, Vt.
TEAM: RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger
CREW CHIEF: Rick Paya, Georgia, Vt.
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Sanair 150
WHERE: Sanair Super Speedway, St. Pie, Que. (.875-mile oval)
STARTED: 2nd
FINISHED: 5th
NEXT RACE: August 17, Beech Ridge 150, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
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Aug 6, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – Brett Wheeler of Waterbury Center met Phil Scott’s challenge on a late race restart and sped off to victory in the Harvest Equipment Night Late Model 50-lap main event on a rare Monday night of stock car racing at Thunder Road.
Wheeler started on the pole and left everyone in the dust before a caution for Joey M Laquerre’s spin on lap 39 brought his Spherion No. 1 back to the field. Scott lined up alongside Wheeler in the Lamberton Electric/Maplewood No. 14, but wasn’t able to hang at Wheeler’s door.
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Aug 4, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – Just over one week remains for competitors of the 29th Annual M&M Beverage Enduro to prepare their rides for the 200-laps of thrashing and crashing at Thunder Road in Barre, VT on Sunday, August 18. The “People’s Race”, as it has become known, gives the average fan the chance to tackle the Barre-highbanks for a shot at the $3,000 grand prize.
Long-time veteran of the M&M Beverage Enduro and the 1987 Enduro Champion Don “Dipstick” Tofani of Plainfield filed the first 2013 entry. He will wheel one of the over 100 nearly street-legal cars, which will be lined-up three-wide before taking off for the 200-laps with stops only occurring for fires and roll-overs.
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Aug 2, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
ACT Late Model Tour: Emily Packard
Sanair Super Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Emily Packard of East Montpelier, Vt., makes her first trip north of the border for the Sanair 150 at Sanair Super Speedway in St. Pie, Que., on Saturday, August 3. The event is a combination race featuring both the U.S.-based ACT Late Model Tour and the Quebec-based ACT Castrol Series, and it will be held on the second-largest track the series visit during the season. Sanair is a .875-mile, triangular oval, and though Packard has never been to the track, she has fared well this season on the larger half-mile tracks ACT routinely competes on. She recorded her best career finish at Devils Bowl Speedway, a flat half-mile, back in May. Packard will book-end her race weekend with 50-lap Late Model features at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on both Thursday, August 1, and Sunday, August 4.
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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