Sep 21, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
RPM Motorsports: ACT Invitational
Brian Hoar NH Motor Speedway Race Preview
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., returns to New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., for the fourth annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational on Saturday, September 22. Hoar, a former track record holder at New England’s largest speedway, will join 42 other drivers from the ACT Late Model Tour, ACT Castrol Series and weekly Late Model divisions from across the northeast and Canada for the 50-lap All-Star event. Hoar finished fifth in the event last season in the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger, just one month removed from winning the only ACT Late Model Tour points race ever contested at The Magic Mile. The race is part of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 weekend at the track and is one of four races to be held as part of the Saturday program.
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Sep 20, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – More than 60 ACT Late Model teams are expected to pour into Thunder Road for the 50th Annual People’s United Milk Bowl on September 29th and 30th from all over the Northeast and Canada, where only 30 teams will qualify for the big show. New in 2012, non-qualified cars will now get to race in a newly added $3,000 to win, 100-lap ‘Reserve’ Milk Bowl with posted awards of over $20,000.
The race has added extra incentive for teams all over the region to attend.
“I think a lot of teams fear the amount of cars that come in here for this race,” said three-time Thunder Road Champion Phil Scott. “It’s such a huge race in this area, a lot of people go home without qualifying. This is a great way for everybody to participate in a big show for good money.”
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Sep 20, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Castrol Racer Michaud Forced Out After Wreck
Waterbury, VT – Forty two (42) American Canadian Tour teams are primed and ready for the 4th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 22. 43 were invited, but after a wreck in last weekends Série ACT Castrol finale, St Ans Des Pins, QC’s David Michaud will be forced to sit out.
The finale, which crowned St Denis, QC’s Patrick Laperle as the Série ACT Castrol champion and race winner, saw brutal wrecks in the early going, one of them claiming the car of top-five point contender Michaud.
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Sep 18, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Thunder Road Announces Rare Advance Sale Tickets
Barre, VT – Thunder Road officials have announced rare advance sale tickets are now being sold for the 50th Annual People’s United Bank Milk Bowl that will be held on the weekend of September 29th and 30th. This will allow fans to get their tickets early by calling the ACT office or picking up tickets at their nearest Northern Vermont Bond Auto Parts store, and also offers a $5 discount for purchasing the 2-day ticket before the date.
All eyes are on the Northeast Late Model teams as the biggest stock car race in Vermont’s history approaches. With no championship points at stake, a record $120,000 purse, and the final spot on the face of the Milk Bowl Champion’s granite stone, teams are expected from all over the Northeast and Canadian region. “The Toughest Short Track Race in America” is sure to please, but a 100-lap ‘Reserve’ Milkbowl offering an American Canadian Tour purse with $3,000 to win will be held for those who do not qualify. There will also be a Mini-Milk Bowl for Allen Lumber Street Stocks and Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen with extra money on the line. Undoubtedly the biggest racing event ever to occur in Vermont, Thunder Road has special events planned for the whole weekend.
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Sep 16, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
St-Eustache, QC – St-Denis, Quebec’s Patrick Laperle claimed his second straight Série ACT Castrol Championship with his fourth win of the season in the St-Eustache 300 at Autodrome St-Eustache on Sunday, September 16. Laperle cruised to the win leading the final 50 laps of the event after getting by Jonathan Bouvrette who held on for second. Karl Allard climbed his way back to third after bringing out a caution on lap 277 and restarting at the rear. Dany Trepanier and Patrick Hamel completed the top five.
Rookie Etienne Cliche finished sixth as the final car on the lead lap. Martin Goulet, Jr., Simon Roussin, David Michaud and Jacques Poulin completed the top ten. Second place point man Jean-Franoiçois Déry was involved in an early caution and spent an extended period of time on pit road changing a radiator and making front end repairs, which ended his title hopes. He finished fourteenth, thirty laps down.
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Sep 16, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Dragon Wins Vermont 100 in Dramatic Fashion
West Haven, VT – Milton, VT’s Brent Dragon proved himself as one of the greats in the most dramatic race of the year at the Vermont State Championship Series finale at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Sunday, September 16. Chip Grenier finished a heart-breaking second, and the Mad River Valley’s Brooks Clark stole third in the closing laps.
Grenier shot to the lead in the early going, working around pole sitter Clark to gain the lead on the third lap of the event, but third-place point man Dragon stole it away from him on the eleventh circuit. Dragon’s lead was short lived when 7-time American Canadian Tour Champion Jean Paul Cyr worked to the front, where the pair survived 7 of the first 9 cautions on the front row together. While Dragon fought for the lead, tied point leaders Sweet and Pembroke struggled.
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