Jun 13, 2014 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
Photo by Alan Ward
Waterbury, VT – Defending ACT International winner Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, NH has filed the first entry for the 2014 edition of the event to be held at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY on Sunday, July 20. Polewarczyk’s historic win in the inaugural event in 2013 earned him $25,000.
Last year Polewarczyk bested Brian Hoar by just one point by winning the first two segments and taking second in the third segment to pocket the big paycheck. This season Polewarczyk sits atop the ACT standings with four events completed to date. He has to be one of the early favorites for the second running of the ACT International event.
“Last year’s win ranks right up there with the Milk Bowl, and the Invitational (at NHMS). It’s a huge race and last year being the inaugural made it even bigger,” said Polewarczyk. When asked about his confidence heading into the event Polewarczyk commented, “We’re pretty confident. We had a good car at the 100-lapper at Airborne and I like the style of the segments with the inversions. We’ve had a lot of practice working through traffic and coming through the field so far this season.” In the first four events this season, Polewarczyk’s average starting position is 14 with his average finish position at 2.75.
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Jun 13, 2014 | American Canadian Tour, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – Thunder Road officials have announced the postponement of the Harvest Equipment event scheduled for Thursday, June 12 due to rain. The event has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 22 with a post time of 6:00pm.
Just two races into the season sophomore driver Jason Corliss continues to lead former champions Nick Sweet and Dave Pembroke by just four points in the Late Model standings. Just two events into their fifteen race schedule, no one can be counted out of the “King of the Road” battle.
Jason Woodard continues to pace the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen standings with Doug Crowningshield, Tucker Williams, Joe Steffen and Brendan Moodie right on his heels.
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Jun 13, 2014 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
Emily Parkard
Up Next: Thunder Road Weekly and Devil’s Bowl Spring Green 114 ACT Race
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – After a rough feature race at Thunder Road last week, Packard proceeds into this week with a positive attitude. “We are hoping for better things this week at Thunder Road,” said Packard. With some minor damage on the car, the team had little work to get the car ready to run. Presently 11th in the point standings at Thunder Road Packard is only one point back from 10th place.
“All we are looking to do is improve during the 50 lap feature this week,” Packard said. Racing starts Thursday night at 6:30 for the Harvest Equipment Night.
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Jun 13, 2014 | PASS
NAPLES, ME (July 12) – Due to circumstances out of their control, Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials announced today that the PASS events scheduled for June 21 at Franklin County Speedway in Callaway, VA have been cancelled. The track has undergone a management change in the last week. Despite the best efforts of PASS officials to work with the former management, we feel that there is not sufficient time to work with the new management team and organize this event properly.
The PASS South Super Late Models and PASS Pro Late Models will be in action once again on Thursday, July 3, along with the Southeast Super Trucks, for a special Independence holiday event at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in South Carolina. In addition to the action on track, fans will be entertained by a different type of fireworks. A Freestyle Motorcycle Spectacular will amaze and entertain the fans during intermission and help get the extended weekend kicked off in a big way.
For more information, please go to ProAllStarsSeries.com.
Jun 11, 2014 | Granite State Series, Touring Series News
PR & Photo Eric LaFleche
Driver looking to capture first Granite State Pro Stock victory at his home track
(Hudson, NH) – On Sunday, June 15, 2014, the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) visits one of the oldest tracks that the 3 year-old series races at, Hudson International Speedway.
This is also a homecoming of sorts for local driver of the No. 12 MOM’s of Manchester/LCM Racing Toyota Camry, Derek Griffith.
The 17 year-old Griffith cut his teeth at the ¼-mile oval by competing in many of the lower divisions that Hudson had to offer; often winning, week-in and week-out. All while preparing Derek to race the Pro Stocks that he does today.
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Jun 11, 2014 | NASCAR K&N Series, Touring Series News
photo by RPM Photography
The joy and jubilation for Eddie MacDonald and his team, family and friends in victory lane after winning the American Canadian Tour race at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, NH on Saturday night were soon dashed when the victory was taken away by ACT officials for a spring rubber violation. The Freddie Peterson owned and Hancock Electric Motor Service sponsored Chevy was given an eleventh place finish despite protests from the team.
ACT officials stated the new rule this year limits to three the number of spring rubbers in the rear right spring. The #17 had four spring rubbers and was stripped of the win with Eddie Mac saying, “This is our fun car. It is not our priority. Our commitment to the K&N Series takes up most of our time so we don’t spend a lot of time working on the ACT car. We love running with the ACT drivers and have a lot of fun. We only worked on setting up Freddie’s car for two days so we didn’t have time to pour over the rule book to look for an advantage. One of the officials said we probably read the rule book very closely and I can honestly say I have never read the rule book. We were totally unaware there was a rule change for the number of rear spring rubbers you could use. Obviously it was our fault for not knowing the rule but I feel the punishment did not fit the crime. Having an extra spring rubber made absolutely no difference between winning and losing. It is a minor tuning adjustment aide worth $13.00. It did nothing for the car. The car was fast and handled great when we got going after halfway. That is why we won. I just wished they could have fined us or something but to take away a win was way too severe I think.”
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