{"id":12403,"date":"2014-01-12T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=12403"},"modified":"2014-01-11T22:33:57","modified_gmt":"2014-01-12T03:33:57","slug":"wayne-helliwell-jr-jean-francois-dery-take-top-act-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2014\/01\/wayne-helliwell-jr-jean-francois-dery-take-top-act-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Helliwell, Jr. and Jean-Fran\u00e7ois D\u00e9ry Take Top ACT Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ACT<\/a>Quebec\u2019s Larue Brothers Accept Prestigious MacTavish Award<\/em><\/p>\n

Burlington, VT \u2013 The American Canadian Tour (ACT) held its annual Banquet of Champions at the Doubletree Inn in Burlington, VT on Saturday, January 11. ACT honored its 2013 champions and top ten competitors from the Northeastern U.S.-based ACT Late Model Tour and the Quebec-based S\u00e9rie ACT. ACT Late Model competitors from across the region battled in point counting and special events for their share of over $900,000 in purses and point funds during 2013.<\/p>\n

Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover, NH and car owner Bruce Bernhardt earned their second straight ACT Late Model Tour title in 2013. Helliwell defended his 2012 title with two feature wins and another ACT Championship. He and his team narrowly avoided disaster in the final event of the season and hung on to their slim lead to earn the title. Helliwell and Bernhardt also claimed the Ford Blue Oval Cup title for the fourth straight season.
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\nJean-Fran\u00e7ois D\u00e9ry from Quebec City, QC claimed his first career S\u00e9rie ACT Championship in one of the closest battles in S\u00e9rie history. The veteran S\u00e9rie ACT competitor and perennial frontrunner picked up two feature wins during his title bid. He claimed the championship by just eight points in the highly competitive series that visits several tracks across the province of Quebec.<\/p>\n

Brothers Denis and Louis Larue were awarded the prestigious Don MacTavish Award for their support and dedication to ACT and the sport of stock car racing. The Larue brothers have owned and managed a top-tier team on the S\u00e9rie ACT since its inception in 2007. They continue to be an integral part of the success of the Quebec-based series.<\/p>\n

The annual Crew Chief of the Year Awards were also presented for both the ACT U.S. and the S\u00e9rie ACT at the banquet. Joe Polewarczyk of Hudson, NH earned the U.S. award after turning wrenches and spotting for his son Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. The Polewarczyk team finished second in the standings after claiming four feature wins in 2013. Andre Beaudoin received the honors for the S\u00e9rie ACT Crew Chief of the Year Award. As a former driver-turned-crew chief, Beaudoin helped guide driver Alex Labbe and the Larue team to a runner-up finish in the 2013 standings.<\/p>\n

Rookie of the Year Awards went to Bobby Therrien (ACT U.S.) and Martin Goulet, Jr. (S\u00e9rie ACT). Therrien joined a short list of drivers to earn a feature win during their rookie season on his way to the rookie title. Goulet steadily improved during his first season on the S\u00e9rie ACT and claimed a top ten in the final standings.<\/p>\n

American Canadian Tour Late Model teams will return to action in just a few short months with the season opening NH Governor\u2019s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH on Sunday, April 13. The 2014 S\u00e9rie ACT season will kick off with a 100-lap event at Autodrome St-Eustache in St-Eustache, QC on Saturday, May 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quebec\u2019s Larue Brothers Accept Prestigious MacTavish Award Burlington, VT \u2013 The American Canadian Tour (ACT) held its annual Banquet of Champions at the Doubletree Inn in Burlington, VT on Saturday, January 11. ACT honored its 2013 champions and top ten competitors from the Northeastern U.S.-based ACT Late Model Tour and the Quebec-based S\u00e9rie ACT. ACT […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[1072,919],"class_list":["post-12403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-canadian-tour","category-latest-touring-news","tag-jr","tag-wayne-helliwell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}