Jun 22, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
St-Eustache, QC – The Série ACT event scheduled for Saturday, June 22nd at Autodrome St-Eustache in St-Eustache, QC has been postponed due to weather. A rain date is to be announced.
Jean-Francois Dery won the opener at St-Croix, QC’s Circuit Riverside Speedway, after two previous rainouts at Autodrome Montmagny and Autodrome St-Eustache. Patrick Cliche currently leads the points on Série ACT, with Dery and long-time veteran Claude Leclerc just behind. This will be the third rainout in four races for Série ACT, which will have an unprecedented purse in 2013 with over $400,000 in purse through 11 races.
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Jun 21, 2013 | American Canadian Tour
Moodie, Davis Pick Up Feature Victories
Barre, VT – With Governor Peter Shumlin out of town, Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott took the first victory for a Vermont Acting Governor in state history in the 50-lap Late Model Feature at Barre’s Thunder Road on Thursday night, June 20, adding his 28th win to his resume as the track’s all time winningest driver. A pair of Milton, VT competitors, Scott Payea and Jean-Paul Cyr, completed the podium.
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Jun 19, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
TBarre, VT – When Thursday night events start at Barre’s Thunder Road this Thursday, June 20, there will be a new twist on the Nation’s Site of Excitement’s racing card: The Rough Riders are coming to town.
The Rough Riders, are a division of 6-cylinder cars, ten years old or older, designed to introduce competitors to racing in a way that is cheap, simple, and most of all, fun. The cars will be painted with family friendly themes, and will have their first event of 2013 on the high banks this Thursday, June 20.
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Jun 17, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – Thunder Road officials have announced that Kids Night presented by Harvest Equipment scheduled for Sunday, June 16 has been postponed due to inclement weather. A make-up date is to be announced.
The planned event was set to include kids rides in race cars, as well as free admission and a free hot dog for children 12 and under. A full card of stock car racing from the top flight Late Model division will join these special events on the make up date, along with the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen and Allen Lumber Street Stocks.
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Jun 12, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – After Sunday’s twilight event at Barre’s Thunder Road, the championship point standings are as tight as ever across all divisions heading into Harvest Equipment night at Thunder Road this Sunday, June 16.
The King of the Road title fight remains close in the Late Model division with three points separating the top five in the overall standings. Three former Late Model Champions top the standings, with Dave Pembroke and Jean-Paul Cyr tied for the lead, and reigning King of the Road Nick Sweet just two points behind in third. Behind Sweet is another tie between young talents Derrick O’Donnell and Cody Blake, who sit just three points out of the lead.
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Jun 10, 2013 | American Canadian Tour
Williams, Streeter Take Feature Wins
Fayston, VT’s Brooks Clark stole the show on the WLVB twilight event at Barre’s Thunder Road on Sunday, June 9, holding off 7-time American Canadian Tour Champion Jean-Paul Cyr to claim the early-season Late Model victory.
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