Mar 3, 2008 | American Canadian Tour
WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA – American-Canadian Tour (ACT) stock car driver Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC was named the “Best Northeast Touring Racer” at the second annual SpeedwayEXPO trade show, Sunday, March 2, at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, MA. Laperle recovered from a life threatening blood infection last year to win a pair of events and the Série ACT Castrol championship. He also won twice on the ACT Late Model Tour: the Summer Sizzler 200 at Ontario’s Kawartha Speedway and the 44th Annual Chittenden Milk Bowl at Vermont’s Thunder Road.
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Mar 3, 2008 | American Canadian Tour
WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA – Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl was named the winner of SpeedwayEXPO’s second annual “Best Weekly Show” award at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, MA on Sunday, March 2. The Barre, VT stock car track, known as the “Nation’s Site of Excitement,” is set to begin its 49th season with the Merchants Bank 150 for the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Championship Late Models on May 4.
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Mar 1, 2008 | PASS
Naples ME (February 29, 2008) Cassius Clark is a racer through and through. The Farmington Mainer thrives on competition, and his team is one of a handful of Pro All Stars Series (PASS) regulars that travel all over the east coast to see how they match up against the toughest competition short track racing has to offer.
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Feb 28, 2008 | NASCAR K&N Series
NASCAR Announces Comprehensive 2008 Television Coverage For Camping World Series
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 27, 2008) – Millions tuned in Sunday for the Daytona 500 to watch drivers like Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr. and David Gilliland – all of whom used the NASCAR Camping World Series to help launch their careers. NASCAR fans will get the opportunity to see the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stars of tomorrow throughout the 2008 season thanks to a comprehensive television broadcast schedule announced today by NASCAR for its developmental series.
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Feb 26, 2008 | American Canadian Tour
-by Justin St. Louis
A major transition is happening at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road for 2008; as said in a recent story on the track’s website, www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com, solid groups of three or four drivers will leave their 2007 racing divisions and make jumps to the next level of competition. NAPA Tiger Sportsman drivers Nick Sweet and Matt White, along with White Mountain Motorsports Park veteran and former Thunder Road Champion Tyler Cahoon, will move
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Feb 25, 2008 | American Canadian Tour
BARRE, VT – The 2007-08 off-season has seen an exciting number of talented stock car racers make a move to the next level of competition at Barre’s Thunder Road. After spending time in a developmental division, no less than ten drivers will continue upward in their careers at “The Nation’s Site of Excitement” and beyond. But in a change from recent years, all four divisions of Thunder Road – and its regional cousin, the American-Canadian Tour – will reap the benefits.
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