May 21, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News
Oxford, ME – Ben Ashline, of Pittston, ME dominated the American Canadian Tour Armed Forces 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway on Sunday, May 20 to pick up his first ever ACT victory in only his second full season. He was followed to the line by Hudson, NH’s Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., and Oxford Regular Jeff White of Winthrop, ME. Brent Dragon of Milton, VT and Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, ME rounded out the top five.
Starting on the outside of pole sitter Rowland Robinson, Jr., Polewarczyk jumped to the early lead and looked like the car to beat. After a lap 35 caution, White flew to the top spot in the outside lane, but his lead was short lived after a challenge from young Ashline who stormed from the 13th starting position. The 2011 ACT Rookie of the Year rose to the challenge after two disappointing finishes in the first three events and put any ideas of a sophomore slump to rest, dominating the field for the remainder of the event.
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May 18, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Race Tracks, NE Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News
Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
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FORT KENT, Maine – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, will try and earn his first career ACT Late Model Tour victory in the Armed Forces Day 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, May 20. Theriault posted a pair of podium finishes in his two most recent starts at Oxford, and the Brad Keselowski Racing development driver considers the flat, .375-mile oval his home track. In three ACT starts thus far in 2012, Theriault has yet to finish outside the Top-10.
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May 18, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Thunder Road Teams Up With Troy Kingsbury to Fight Illiteracy in Vermont
RaceToRead.jpg – The hood of Troy Kingsbury’s #39 Street Stock is already adorned with dozens of signatures from Race To Read participants. (Photo by Alan Ward)
Barre, VT — With the rise of technology and a new generation, illiteracy in the U.S. becomes a critical problem. It is harder and harder to find ways to get kids interested in reading with all the other options in today’s society, but it remains just as important. Thunder Road has teamed up with Allen Lumber Street Stock driver Troy Kingsbury, of Waitsfield, VT to try and help with the issue here in Vermont. The program is called Race to Read.
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May 18, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Two-time Champions Patrick Laperle (91QC) and Donald Theetge (80QC) battle for the lead at Autodrome Montmagny in 2011. (Photo by Stephane Lazare)
Waterbury, VT – After a long off-season, the stars of the Série ACT Castrol are preparing their cars for the 2012 season opener at Autodrome Montmagny in Montmagny, QC on Saturday, May 26. Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC will look to begin his title defense with a message at Montmagny, but he won’t be the only one.
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May 16, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Lee Speedway, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
A streak by definition can be defined as a brief run or stretch of good or bad luck; and/or an unbroken series of wins or losses. Heading into Saturday’s Subway Fresh Fit 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway Wayne Helliwell Jr. was a on a streak of three consecutive top 2 finishes in just as many starts in the familiar bright orange Bruce Bernhardt Ford Fusion [not counting a third place finish Friday night with the 350 Supermodified]. What’s more impressive about the two second place finishes and a victory in last weekend’s Spring Green 112 is they were not your normal Saturday night 35 lap features. These were full on 150 lap American Canadian Tour events. Saturday’s $5,000 to win unsanctioned event at Canaan fair Speedway would only add to the streak of an already impressive start to the 2012 race season.
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May 16, 2012 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Poland, ME (May 14, 2012)- On Saturday, May 19 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Poland Community School will host the first annual “Special Olympics Car Wash”- all in an effort to make 5 boy’s, and other RSU 16 children’s dreams, come true. And when we’re done washing your car in front of the school, we will give you a vinyl Autism Awareness Puzzle piece for your car.
For a donation towards your car being washed, participants will receive a car wash, a chance to sit in the #45 Late Model and an Autism Awareness vinyl puzzle piece. (All proceeds to benefit the RSU 16’s Special Olympics Teams).
Five of Poland Community School’s Life Skills students have a dream of winning gold medals at the Special Olympic State Meet in Orono, ME. J.T. Promotions wanted to help this class with their dream and will have the #45 Late Model with driver Travis Dunbar there to draw attention to the event.
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