Sep 23, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Laperle, Polewarczyk Battle to Second and Third
Loudon, NH – Tiverton, RI’s Ray Parent took his “feel good” story to another level with a payday worth over $6,000 on Saturday, September 22 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, picking up his first-ever ACT victory in the 4th Annual Bond ACT Invitational. Parent upset Serie ACT Castrol Champion Patrick Laperle, and former Invitational winner Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. for the emotional win.
Two-time Invitational winner Eddie Macdonald demoralized the field in the early going, charging from the 26th starting position while ACT Rookie of the Year Jimmy Hebert flew to the front. Hebert had made it from sixth to third in the first lap, and by lap 12 had powered by Former Oxford Plains Speedway Champion Ricky Rolfe for the point. Hebert began to pull away until teen sensation Emily Packard heartbreakingly backed into the wall on lap 15, ending her day.
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Sep 23, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Hudson, N.H. native Polewarczyk finishes in third
LOUDON, N.H. (Sept. 22, 2012) – With only one top-five to his name through the first seven races on the American-Canadian Tour this season, Ray Parent didn’t set his expectations very high as the series made its annual stop at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. But thanks to a hard-working crew and a smartly run race, Parent picked up one of the biggest victories of his career at Saturday’s fourth annual Bond Auto Parts ACT Invitational.
“I can’t say enough about how hard my guys work,” said Parent, a native of Tiverton, R.I. “This is just unbelievable. This feels so good and it’s so great to see all that hard work pay off with us standing here in Victory Lane at New Hampshire.”
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Sep 23, 2012 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Points leader picks up first-career win at ‘The Magic Mile’
LOUDON, N.H. (Sept. 22, 2012) – Victory Lane has long eluded Doug Coby at the “The Magic Mile”. On Saturday, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour points leader finally ended an 18-race winless drought at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, crossing the Granite Stripe first to win an action-packed F.W. Webb 100.
Coby took the lead on a late restart and coasted across the finish line after the caution came out for a hard crash involving Ted Christopher, who was running second and in contention for his sixth career win at NHMS before being taken out by rival Donny Lia.
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Sep 23, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
Loudon, NH – Norwood, Ontario’s Ryan Kimball and North Ferrisburgh, Vermont’s Jamie Aube will lead the 42-car Bond Auto ACT Invitational field to green at New Hampshire Motor Speedway at approximately 4:30pm today (Saturday, September 22).
The fourth annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational has a star-studded field of champions from Northeastern U.S. and Eastern Canada. Two-time Invitational champion Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, Massachusetts will try to earn his second straight Bond Auto ACT Invitational win from the 26th starting spot. Another former Invitational winner Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, New Hampshire will be starting from the 33rd starting spot.
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Sep 23, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, Touring Series News
Austin Theriault Leaves Loudon Wanting More
Finishes 19th In NASCAR Debut, 15th in ACT Invitational At NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, competed in two races as part of the Sylvania 300 weekend’s “Short Track Saturday” at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 22, and left both feeling good about the efforts.
As the 2012 “Maine Young Guns” winner, Theriault made his first career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East start in the No. 38 Go Green Racing Ford Fusion, qualifying 23rd on Friday and finishing 19th in the G-Oil 100 on Saturday. Less than an hour later, he hopped into his family-owned No. 57 Pelletier Ford Ford Fusion for the fourth annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational and drove from 36th in the handicapped starting grid to finish 15th in the 50-lap event.
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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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