(Oxford, ME) –Joey Polewarczyk, the driver of the #97NH Poles Automotive, NH Precision Ford Fusion came away with a solid ninth- place finish at one of his favorite tracks that the American-Canadian Tour visits.
Joey would talk about Oxford, “As the laps wore on, our car just lost most of its rear bite. We lost some weight because of the fuel being used up and the car was pretty hard to handle, towards the end.”
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Seekonk, MA – Les Hinckley, of Windsor Locks, CT., passed
race leader Dwight Jarvis, of Ascutney, VT., on lap 78, to go
on and win the Valenti Modified Racing Series “Seekonk 100”
Saturday night at Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, MA
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Jeff Taylor Handed Second ACT Win at Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford, ME – Jeff Taylor of Farmington, Maine scored his second career ACT Late Model Tour win at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday, August 20. Taylor was running second behind Jeff White, who won the last ACT event at OPS, when White ran out of gas with eight laps remaining.
White, the current OPS point leader, and Taylor had broken away from the field following the last restart of the event on lap 93. White clearly had the car to beat as Taylor stuck with him but didn’t have enough to make the pass until White’s ride started sputtering after completing lap 142.
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Canaan, NH – Joey Roberts of Georgia, Vermont picked up his first career Bond/WIX Tiger Tour win at Canaan Fair Speedway on Saturday, August 20. Roberts started on the outside pole and settled in behind pole sitter Joe Steffen for the first 22 circuits. Roberts managed to take the lead on the restart following the first caution of the 100 lap event.
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Brooks Clark Wins First Late Model Feature at Thunder Road
Barre, VT – Vermont ACE Hardware night at Thunder Road in Barre, VT on Thursday, August 18 saw two first time winners in victory lane. Brooks Clark of Fayston claimed his first career Late Model feature win. Clark battled hard from the outside pole to edge pole sitter Jamie Aube before the first and only caution of the 50 lap event came on lap ten. Clark and Brett Wheeler broke away from the pack following the restart. The two battled through lapped traffic in the later stages of the event but Wheeler didn’t have enough to get by.
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Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, joins the ACT Late Model Tour as he returns to one of his favorite tracks in the northeast for the Q 97.9 ACT 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, August 20. Theriault is coming off an impressive second-place finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last weekend in the AT Racing No. 57 Varney Insurance Ford and returning to the site of his eye-opening podium finish in last month’s TD Bank Oxford 250. Theriault’s run last weekend jumped him two spots in the ACT standings to fifth.