Apr 11, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Lee Speedway, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Eddie MacDonald and crew chief Rollie LaChance are ready for the Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 15 in the opener for the American Canadian Tour. The MacDonald Motorsports Team will unveil a new car built by Dale Shaw for owner Fred Petersen.
“We are really excited to be teamed up with Freddy again to run in the ACT series this season,” said MacDonald. “We are just putting the final touches on the new car and after a day of testing, we are anxious to get it on the track at Lee. Dale did a great job on the car with Rollie very involved in the building so we feel we know the car pretty well already. With any new car there will be a learning curve but we feel comfortable with it.”
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Apr 10, 2012 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Event to Benefit the Autism Society of Maine
Portland Pirates, in cooperation with the Autism Society of Maine, are announcing the Autism Awareness night with Travis Dunbar
Portland, ME — (J.T. Promotions)–Travis Dunbar and the Autism Society of Maine are happy to announce that the Portland Pirates will be hosting Autism Awareness Night in support of the Autism Society of Maine on April 11. The event features $2.00 from every game ticket sold being given to the Autism Society of Maine, and aims to raise awareness and funds for the Autism Society of Maine located in Winthrop, ME.
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Apr 10, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
VP RACING FUEL BECOMES OFFICIAL FUEL OF ACT AND THUNDER ROAD
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) announced today that VP Racing Fuels (VP) would become the “Official Fuel” of ACT for 2012. The ambitious program will begin a major effort on the part of ACT to create both a more “green” environment, and equally important, to begin to contain fuel expenses for over 400 Late Model race teams in the ACT system, and 100 competitors at Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl in Barre, VT.
The program will address the fuel needs of the ACT US, ACT Series Castrol Quebec, and Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl in Barre, VT.
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Apr 6, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
BARRE’S NICK SWEET LOOKS FOR THREE IN A ROW
Barre, VT – The ‘Nation’s Site of Excitement’, Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl will open for the 53rd year of stock car racing with the traditional Merchants Bank 150 on Sunday, April 29, 2012. There has been over $30,000.00 in purse and prize money posted for the event, with the winner receiving $3,000.00 for the 150 lap contest. Defending event champion Nick Sweet from Barre, VT has an opportunity to become the first driver to win three in a row. The St J Auto team has back-to-back wins in 2010 and 2011 already in the record books.
“The opening Merchants Bank 150 has become really special for our family team. I was born and raised in Barre, I live and work in Barre, and winning at Thunder Road in front of a home town crowd is about as good as it gets in racing for us,” said Sweet.
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Apr 4, 2012 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Charlotte, NC 4/3/12- Every Easter hunting for eggs is a tradition around the country with a special “prize egg” as the one sought out egg amongst all young egg hunters. In most occasions that prize egg holds money that every kid desires so bad, and the fact they can brag about being the best Easter egg hunter to others is always a bonus. This Saturday at the Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway one of the biggest “prize eggs” in the country, worth about $5,000, is up for grabs in the seventh annual running of the PASS South Easter Bunny 150.
Over forty cars are expected to converge on the 3/8th mile track for Saturday night’s event. Former Easter Bunny 150 winners Ben Rowe, Ryan Lawler, Preston Peltier, and Stephen Nasse will all look to become the first repeat winner. If history is anywhere close to repeating itself the Easter Bunny 150 winner will give fans a pretty solid indication on who will win the series championship in 2012, as four out of six champions the series has crowned, won the 150 lap event the same year they won the series points championship.
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Apr 3, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Lee Speedway, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – There will be no less than (13) thirteen former champion drivers entered in the 2012 ACT opener at Lee USA on Sunday, April 15, 2012. Between them they have accumulated 48 track and/or touring series championships during their careers. The annual opening New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway is expected to field the best opening day group of racers in its 22 event history.
Heading the list of former champions is Brian Hoar, Williston, VT. He is an (8) eight-time ACT Champion and also owns a Thunder Road and Airborne track championship. Hoar also is the defending NH Governor Cup winner. Jean-Paul Cyr, Milton, VT is a (7) seven-time ACT Champion and also is the 2010 Thunder Road track Champion.
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