Jul 10, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Twin State Speedway Race Report
CLAREMONT, N.H. – Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., finished a strong second in the ACT Late Model Tour Jim’s Captown 100 at Twin State Speedway in Claremont, N.H., on Saturday, July 9. The finish was the best of the season for the all-time leader in ACT starts, who won his heat race and started third at one of his favorite tracks on the circuit. Dragon’s own Dragon Motorsports car ran inside the Top-3 all night before a loose handling condition over the final few laps stopped him one spot short of the victory.
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Jul 10, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
CLAREMONT, N.H. – Brian Hoar checked another track off his ACT Late Model Tour bucket list.
Hoar took the lead in the late stages of the Jim’s Captown 100 and went on to the victory for the 31st victory of his ACT career – and his first at the tricky Twin State Speedway.
“It feels great,” said Hoar, of Williston, Vt.. “Anytime you can add another track to the win column, it’s pretty awesome. The guys did an awesome job. We unloaded (for practice) and had a ton of confidence.” (more…)
Jul 10, 2011 | Beech Ridge, Maine Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Lonnie Sommerville broke through for his first career PASS North Series victory on Saturday night.
The Saint John, New Brunswick, driver led the final 34 laps at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway en route to winning the Southern Maine Motors.com 150. The victory was the first for Mulkern Racing this season.
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Jul 8, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – It has taken the better part of the Thunder Road season to get the top dogs positioned to take advantage of the Times Argus Mid-Season Championship double point extra-distance race coming up Thursday, July 14, 2011. Including the American Canadian Tour Merchants Bank opener, there have been eight races with seven (7) different winners in the competitive Late Model division.
There are just 79 points separating the top ten. The Times Argus Mid-Season Championship awards 150 points to the winner. The most recent winner, Dave Pembroke, from Montpelier, VT, is a former Thunder Road champion and he vaulted his team into contention last Thursday, going from eleventh in the standings to third by winning the Charter Communication main event. The Vermont State Employees Credit Union/ Lamoille Valley Ford team is just 45 points out of the lead heading to the mid-season battle on Thursday, July 14th.
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Jul 8, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
ACT TEAMS READY FOR – “Short Track Style on the Magic Mile”
Waterbury, VT – The biggest race in the 27-year history of the American Canadian Tour (ACT), on the biggest stage in northeast motorsports–the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS), is just a month away. Over 70 teams from throughout the Northeast and eastern Canada have already entered the $120,000.00 event.
“This is going to be the most unique stock car race ever run at the NHMS. It is designed to be “short track style on the Magic Mile”, said Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian Tour.
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Jul 7, 2011 | American Canadian Tour, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke earned his first Late Model feature win of the season at Thunder Road International Speedbowl during the Charter Communications night on Thursday, July 7. Pembroke put on a dominate performance coming from the seventh starting position and racing by leader Brett Wheeler.
Scott Payea and Brooks Clark also raced by Wheeler to claim podium finishes, while Joey Becker claimed fifth on Wheeler’s bumper. Veteran Jamie Aube took sixth, while Phil Scott and John Donahue raced from deep in the field to take seventh and eighth respectively. Jamie Fisher and Derek Ming completed the top ten.
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