{"id":1380,"date":"2009-11-09T15:35:50","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T15:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/wp\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2009-11-09T15:35:50","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T15:35:50","slug":"partial-2010-act-schedule-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2009\/11\/partial-2010-act-schedule-released\/","title":{"rendered":"PARTIAL 2010 ACT SCHEDULE RELEASED"},"content":{"rendered":"

Waterbury VT<\/span><\/em> —- The American Canadian Tour (ACT) has announced the majority of its 2010 US Tour schedule. The confirmed schedule shows a total of 13 events, which will take place at nine (9) different racing facilities. There are two additional events that are expected to be announced within the month, according to Darla Hartt, Vice President and Director of Administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“The ACT Tour has enjoyed tremendous support in the Northeast and throughout the provinces of Quebec and Ontario over the past five years. We had many opportunities to book additional events as we continue to enjoy growth with our Late Model business model, but we feel at this time it is in the best interest of our affiliate tracks and race teams to continue to concentrate in helping our weekly affiliate tracks and marketing areas that best serve our various sponsors and team needs. We continue to study the possibility of how we might be able to accommodate an expanded schedule in the future as the popularity of regional Late Model racing continues to develop,” said Tom Curley, President of ACT. “We have reserved two dates for events that we are very hopeful will be a part of the 2010 campaign. We plan to release those dates before the end of this month, but wanted our present and interested race teams to have the benefit of the completed schedule to date,” concluded Curley.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There have been two new tracks added to the 2010 schedule. An April event will be staged at the historic Albany Saratoga Speedway in Malta, NY in the greater Albany region. The popular former paved speedway will undergo improvements and a repaving project. The ACT will be the initial asphalt tour to be a part of the opening event of this major change by the CVRA (Champlain Valley Racing Association) organization. <\/span><\/p>\n

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A return to the 5\/8th<\/sup> Riverside Speedway (formerly Autodrome Ste-Croix) will take place in August. The event will be the ‘<\/span>$40,000 CAN-AM Confrontation by the Seaway’ <\/span><\/em>a $40,000.00 combination event with the Série ACT Castrol division of the American Canadian Tour. Jean Bergeron, owner and manager of the new Riverside complex, has agreed to major renovations in the pits, pit road alterations, and improvements and repaving of the full 5\/8th<\/sup> mile track. “This opportunity to race on what will become one of the premiere short track facilities in Canada will be a great opportunity for the competitors in both our series. Speeds of up to 130 mph with the long straight-aways will continue to provide our veteran and younger teams with a different and important kind of racing experience,” continued Curley.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The US Tour season will open at the Lee USA Speedway in mid-April with the annual Governor’s Cup event and will continue through the final event, the 48th<\/sup> annual Milk Bowl at Thunder Road to be held the first weekend of October 2010. Return mid-summer trips to Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Maine, and the Twin State Speedway in Claremont, New Hampshire, along with the long supporting tracks Oxford Plains Speedway, White Mountain Motorsport Park, Airborne Speedway in New York and Thunder Road in Barre, Vermont will round out the 13 event 2010 schedule. <\/span><\/p>\n

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There will be additional ‘special events’ available to the teams of the ACT Late Model divisions on both sides of the border. The largest event of the race season, the TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway will be held for Late Model teams on the weekend of July 18th<\/sup>. Thunder Road will present the Memorial Day Classic on May 30th<\/sup> and the Vermont Governor’s Cup in June. The third annual $5,000 to win Showdown at Chaudiere, which is contested by the best of the ACT teams in the US and on the Castrol Série, will again take place in August in Valle Junction, Que.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“For 2010 ACT feature events, we have requested that the features be started no later than 8:30 pm. We continue to try and accommodate the fans and teams of ACT racing in our efforts to make the tours friendlier to compete in and to attend. We are anxious to complete the US schedule and expect to have the final two dates in place within a couple of weeks,” concluded Curley. <\/span><\/p>\n

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2010 Série ACT Castrol SCHEDULE<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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#      DATE         DAY           TRACK                       LAPS<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

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1      APR 18      SUN          Lee USA                     150<\/span><\/p>\n

2      APR 25      SUN          Albany-Saratoga         100<\/span><\/p>\n

3      MAY 02      SUN          Thunder Road             150<\/span><\/p>\n

4      MAY 08      SAT           Airborne                     100<\/span><\/p>\n

5      MAY 16      SUN          Oxford                       150<\/span><\/p>\n

6      JUN 19       SAT           Oxford                       150<\/span><\/p>\n

7      JUN 26       SAT           White Mnt                  150<\/span><\/p>\n

        <\/span>Jul 18           Sun              Oxford                             250              <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

8      JUL 24       SAT           Beech Ridge               150<\/span><\/p>\n

9      JUL 30       SAT           Twin State                  100<\/span><\/p>\n

10     <\/span>AUG<\/span> 14      SAT           Riverside <\/span>(COMBO)          <\/span><\/em>200<\/span><\/p>\n

        <\/span>Aug 28          Sat               Chaudiere (SHOWDOWN)     200                        <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

11     SEP 05       SUN          Thunder Road             200<\/span><\/p>\n

12     SEP 12       SUN          Airborne                     300<\/span><\/p>\n

13     OCT 02\/03 SA\/SU       Thunder Road             150<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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