Sep 15, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, Touring Series News
NO TRANSLATION NEEDED: Trepanier Wins Showdown
Crazy Horse Driver Stamps Mark On ACT Castrol Series With Victory
SAINT EDOUARD, Quebec – Dany Trepanier visited Mitch Green before the start of the 2011 ACT Castrol Series season and promised him one thing.
“I will be annoying,” Trepanier told the owner of Crazy Horse Racing.
Trepanier was coming off a rookie season in the ACT Castrol Series, and the veteran of the Sportsman ranks and an eight-year go-karting career needed some help. He works with a small crew on the No. 19 Trepanier Motorsports Ford Fusion – including himself as both crew chief and driver – and wanted somebody to help him find more speed.
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Sep 14, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – As invitations rolled out for the 4th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational this week, Late Model teams watched as their competitors and friends were called to the big stage. With the big race just over a week away, the final 6 competitors to fill out the 43-car starting grid have been announced.
White Mountain Motorsports Park superstar Quinny Welch has received his invitation to the event, after just missing the podium in 2011 with a fourth place finish. Welch, a former champion of White Mountain Motorsports Park, is confident in his chances.
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Sep 11, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – This week, ACT Late Model teams across the northeast held their breath hoping for the call: an invitation to the 4th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 22. No one may have been more satisfied than Vermont teen sensation Emily Packard.
“We were so on edge, I got the call in school today and I’ve been shaking ever since,” said Packard out of breath. “I am so excited about racing up there. We were so happy with the Test ‘N Tune, I’ve been telling my crew ‘We have to go to Loudon’ since the winter,” she finished.
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Sep 10, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Spud Speedway, Touring Series News
Austin Theriault Wins Spud 150
BKR Development Driver Returns Home To Score Victory
CARIBOU, Maine – The home cooking served up at Spud Speedway was just to Austin Theriault’s liking.
Theriault made a triumphant return to the northern Maine short track on Sunday afternoon, winning the track’s season-ending Spud 150 Late Model event for the second time in his career. The 18-year-old ACT Late Model Tour driver and Brad Keselowski Racing development driver first won the event as a 15-year-old in 2009.
“We had a great day up here at Spud,” Theriault said. “It was great to be back at the home track with the home crowd, and see all the people we haven’t seen in a while. I couldn’t be prouder of the whole team. We did a lot of traveling this weekend and they were all tired, but they stuck through and it was good to get them a win. There were quite a few good cars up here.”
Theriault started in the top half of the full Late Model field at Spud, but crew chief Mickey Green made the call for a pit stop early in the race to adjust on an ill-handling race car. Theriault, who sits third in the current ACT Late Model Tour standings, then battled his way back through the field to earn the victory.
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Sep 10, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Vallee-Jct., QC – Dany Trepanier of St-Edouard, Quebec led the Série ACT Castrol team to a dominate win in the fifth annual “Showdown at Chaudiere 200” at Autodrome Chaudiere on Sunday, September 9. Trepanier earned $5,000 for the win plus the Castrol team picked up the $500 bonus for each of it team members with the overall win. Fellow Quebecer Karl Allard took second while Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. was the highest finishing ACT US competitor in third.
Patrick Laperle and Brian Hoar were in a three way battle with Polewarczyk over the final laps but had to settle for fourth and fifth respectively. Glen Luce, David Michaud, Patrick Hamel, Jean-François Déry and Randy Potter completed the top ten.
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Sep 10, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Vallee-Jct., QC – The American Canadian Tour “Showdown at Chaudiere” All-Star event at Autodrome Chaudiere scheduled for Saturday, September 8 has been postponed due to rain. The event has been rescheduled for tomorrow (Sunday, September 9) with a post time of 12noon.
Twenty-four (24) of the best ACT Late Model teams in the Northeast US and Eastern Quebec will compete in a 200 lap event tomorrow. Three qualifying heats will begin at 12noon to decide the feature line-up based on ACT’s plus-minus handicap system.
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