Oxford, ME – Rowley MA’s Eddie MacDonald took the checkers in the second ACT Late Model Tour event at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday, June 19. MacDonald led the last 43 laps of the 150 lap event after taking the lead from current ACT Late Model Tour point leader Brian Hoar.
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Brent Dragon finished 7th in the ACT Late Model Tour ACT 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday night, June 19. It was Dragon’s second straight 7th-place finish. He won the first heat race of the night to earn points in the championship standings and fought his way into the top-5 two-thirds of the way through the race after starting 12th in the 33-car field. Dragon was running fourth when he was caught behind a lapped car on a lap 106 restart, shuffling him out of the top-10, and he ended up rallying for 7th at the end.
WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
TEAM: Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/Charlebois Freightliner/Newton Pellets No. 55 Chevrolet
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour ACT 150
WHERE: Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished 10th in the ACT Late Model Tour ACT 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, June 19. It marked the 16-year-old rookie’s second straight top-10 finish in the series and was his best career finish at Oxford Plains Speedway in three starts. Theriault started 11th but faded to mid-pack before a pit stop before the halfway mark. Running outside the top-20 with less than 100 laps remaining, Theriault’s car came to life and finished 10th.
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: No. 57 Varney Insurance/Hogan Tire/Daigle & Houghton Ford Fusion
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour ACT 150
WHERE: Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., finished 15th in the ACT Late Model Tour ACT 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday night, June 19. Polewarczyk won his heat race before struggling to gain track position in the feature. He spun on lap 102 while trying to pass Jamie Fisher, restarted at the back of the pack and worked his way to 15th.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision No. 97 Ford
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour ACT 150
WHERE: Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)
Ste-Croix, QC – St-Felicien’s Karl Allard claims his second Série ACT Castrol Edge win in a row in the Riverside 100 at Riverside Speedway in St-Croix, QC. Allard started in the 19th position and worked his way to the front after having to pit under yellow for minor repairs in the early stages on the event. Allard took the lead from Patrick Laperle who would hold on for second followed by Donald Theetge in third.
The race was slowed by 16 cautions and took just over 2 hours and 20 minutes. The remainder of the results remain unofficial and will be announced following a scoring recheck.
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Brockton, MA – Jeff Abold, one of the area’s most promising open-cockpit racers, will return to Northeastern Midget Association action Friday night, June 26 at Lee USA Speedway. The 21-year old will drive a Gaerte-powered Hawk, a joint effort between the Abold and Seymour families.
Abold has a case if he believes the tricky Lee layout owes him. Driving the Seymour 29, the son of Pat Abold was well on his way to victory last year when he lost a rocker arm. He did turn the fastest feature lap (13.521) at Lee last year.
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