Mainely Motorsports TV – March 23, 2018
33rd ACT Season Opener Approaching Fast at Lee USA
The American-Canadian Tour will open its 33rd season at New Hampshire’s Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 15 with 28th New Hampshire Governor’s Cup. (Alan Ward photo)
Waterbury, VT – With the 2018 American-Canadian Tour (ACT) season less than four weeks away, anticipation is building quickly for the upcoming campaign. The Late Model stars of the Northeastern U.S. and Quebec will flock to Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 15 for the 28th New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150. It will mark the 33rd season of competition for the historic series since its founding in 1986 by the late Tom Curley.
The event has been the scheduled ACT Late Model Tour opener for more than a decade and regularly draws one of the largest fields on the schedule. This year’s 150-lap event at the 1/3-mile oval figures to once again be an ultra-competitive affair as teams fight to start the 2018 season on a high note.
Thunder Road Legend Harold Hanaford Dies at Age 89
Harold “Hard Luck” Hanaford, the first winner of the Vermont Milk Bowl, passed away on Saturday at age 89. (File Photo)
Barre, VT – Harold “Hard Luck” Hanaford, one of the early stars of Thunder Road and a legend of New England auto racing, passed away on Saturday, March 17 after a lengthy illness. Hanaford was 89 years old.
The Plymouth, NH native remains best known as the inaugural winner of the Vermont Milk Bowl in 1962. He added a second Milk Bowl championship in 1964 behind the wheel of his famous purple #30 Ford flathead coupe. It was the same year that he captured the first of back-to-back “King of the Road” titles.