ACT at Airborne Park Speedway 5-18-2013
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#36 Brian Hoar wins a photo finish against point leader #58 Jimmy Hebert
Photo Credit: Eric LaFleche
Thunder Road Practice Cancelled
Barre, VT — An all division practice at Barre’s Thunder Road scheduled for Wednesday evening (May 22) has been canceled due to impending weather.
The practice was schedule for Wednesday in preparation for the 51st Annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic, which is slated to run this Sunday, May 26. The annual event will begin the title chase for the Late Model King of the Road, as well as continue the point battle for the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen and Allen Lumber Street Stocks. It is also the first race of the four-race Vermont State Championship Series, and will include a special first appearance from the Devil’s Bowl Dirt Modified division.
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Photo: ACT at Airborne
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Brian Hoar Adds To Record Books With ACT Airborne 100 Win
8-Time ACT Champ Scores Record 39th ACT Win, 8th At Airborne
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., continued to add to the ACT Late Model Tour record books on Saturday night, May 18, at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., taking the lead off the final corner of the Airborne 100 to post his record 39th career ACT win and his series-high eighth career victory at the half-mile facility.
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Another Photo Finish: Hoar Wins
Plattsburgh, NY – Two weeks ago at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, Eight-time American Canadian Tour Stock Car Champion Brian Hoar lost the race by .028 of a second – the closest margin of victory in ACT history. The ACT 100 at Airborne Speedway on Saturday, May 18 was decided by the exact same margin, but this time it was all Hoar, earning the victory with an epic last lap pass of ACT Point Leader Jimmy Hebert, leaving rival Wayne Helliwell, Jr. to round out the podium in third.
In the early going, Hebert muscled by polesitter Eric Chase in the outside lane to gain the lead, bringing Helliwell in tow along with Tiverton, RI’s Ray Parent. The trio split from the field, setting a blistering pace that sent the leaders into lap traffic before lap 30 of the 100-lap event. Meanwhile, Hoar quietly worked his way from his 13th starting position into the top five.
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Veteran ACT Drivers Look for Edge at Airborne
Waterbury, VT—This Saturday, May 18 the American Canadian Tour will head to Plattsburgh, NY’s Airborne Speedway for the ACT 100: a race that will pit an experienced veteran class against ACT’s latest youth movement.
Point leader Jimmy Hebert and fourth-place point man Ray Parent will make just their second trip to Airborne Speedway in their ACT careers, but both earned top ten finishes when they debuted at the track in last year’s season finale. They make their return in brand new cars in 2013, and look to continue the hottest start of their ACT careers.
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