Eddie MacDonald Runs Third in the ACT Race at Airborne Speedway
Eddie MacDonald survived the grueling ACT International 500 in Plattsburgh, N.Y. in the American Canadian Tour’s inaugural event nosing out Booby Therrien at the line on the final lap for fourth place in the final segment to vault the veteran racer into a third place overall finish. The two day event on the half mile oval in upstate New York culminated with three segments on Sunday for 100 laps each with 40 cars taking the first green flag.
Eddie Mac ran fourth, fifth, and fourth in the Hancock Electric sponsored Chevy in the three segments for a combined score of 13, good enough for third place behind ACT‘s dominant performers in winner Joey Pole and runner-up Brian Hoar. The Freddie Peterson owned Chevy came from a tenth starting position in the heat to nip Brent Dragon at the line to advance to the feature with a +4 rating. The long time K&N Pro Series East and part-time ACT driver took the green flag in the fifth spot in the first 100 lap segment. The field would be inverted in each of the final two segments.
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Wiscasset Speedway will present a special race program on Saturday July 27th, celebrating the 44th birthday of Maine’s fastest track. The race program will showcase all seven of the track’s weekly divisions and other special ceremonies will take place to commemorate the occasion. A special pre-race dedication ceremony, honoring track builder / founder Wilford Cronk will take place at 5:00pm on the main grandstand side, followed by racing beginning at 5:30pm.
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