{"id":1382,"date":"2009-11-23T13:09:10","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T13:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/wp\/?p=1382"},"modified":"2009-11-23T13:09:10","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T13:09:10","slug":"donald-theetge-honored-at-serie-act-castrol-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2009\/11\/donald-theetge-honored-at-serie-act-castrol-banquet\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Theetge Honored at Serie ACT Castrol Banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt\">DRUMMONDVILLE, QC &ndash; 2009 S&eacute;rie ACT Castrol Stock Car Champion Donald Theetge of Boischatel, Quebec was honored at the annual S&eacute;rie ACT Castrol Banquet of Champions at the Best Western Hotel Universel in Drummondville, QC on Saturday, November 21. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font size=\"5\">It is Theetge&rsquo;s second career S&eacute;rie ACT Castrol Championship, with his previous title coming in 2006. The top ACT&nbsp; teams, officials and fans were in attendance to help honor Theege and his team. Theetge beat 2008 ACT Tour Champion Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, Quebec in the closest point battle in S&eacute;rie history to become the first S&eacute;rie ACT Castrol repeat champion. With his two victories during the 2009 season, Theetge also became the all-time S&eacute;rie ACT Castrol wins leader with 14. Theetge&rsquo;s championship earned him a point fund paycheck of $9,000.<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt\">Justin Holtom of Ottawa, Ontario received the 2009 S&eacute;rie ACT Castrol Rookie of the Year Award. Holtom was the only S&eacute;rie regular from outside the province of Quebec. The 19 year old picked up his career best finish (5<sup>th<\/sup>) at Autodrome Montmagny in August and contended for the win at several events during the season on his way to 12<sup>th<\/sup> place in the S&eacute;rie ACT Castrol Championship Standings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt\">St-F&eacute;licien, Quebec&rsquo;s Karl Allard earned the votes of his fellow competitors and S&eacute;rie officials to win the S&eacute;rie ACT Castrol Sportsmanship Award for the second time in his career. Allard earned the award based on his competitive but fair nature. Allard finished the season third in the Championship Point Standings and finished an impressive 12<sup>th<\/sup> at the Inaugural ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt\">The 2009 S&eacute;rie ACT Castrol Most Improved Driver Award was also awarded based on driver and official votes. Earning the most votes was 19 year old Jonathan Desbiens of Levis, Quebec. Desbiens finished 10<sup>th<\/sup> in the Championship Point Standings in just his third season with the S&eacute;rie. He also improved his best career finish in 2009 with a 6<sup>th<\/sup> at Autodrome Chaudiere in August.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt\">Drivers in attendance from the top 15 in the 2009 Championship Point Standings also received personalized award plaques as well as point fund earnings of over $35,000. Also awarded were certificates for product from Bassett Racing Wheels and Five Star Race Car Bodies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt\">The 2010 S&eacute;rie ACT Castrol schedule has been announced with 12 events throughout the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. The season will begin on Saturday, May 22 at Autodrome Ste-Eustache. For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acttour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>www.acttour.com<\/u><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserieactcastrol.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>www.laserieactcastrol.com<\/u><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">2010 S&eacute;rie ACT Castrol SCHEDULE<\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><u><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DATE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DAY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TRACK&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LAPS<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; May 22&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sat.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ste-Eustache&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; May 29&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sat.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Montmagny&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; June 05&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sat.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chaudiere&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 150<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; June 12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sat.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Capital City&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; June 19&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sat.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Riverside&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; June 03&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sat.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Montmagny&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 250<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; July 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sat.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ste-Felicien&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 135<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">***&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; July 18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sun.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Oxford &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 250&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; July 26&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mon.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Riverside&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; July 31&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sat.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ste-Eustache&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aug. 07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sat.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chaudiere&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 150<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">11.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aug. 14&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sat.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Riverside (Combo*)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 200<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">***&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aug. 28&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sat&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chaudiere (Showdown)&nbsp;&nbsp; 200 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sept. 26&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sun.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ste-Eustache&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 300<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">***non-championship point counting event<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">*Combination race with S&eacute;rie ACT Castrol and U.S. ACT Tour<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DRUMMONDVILLE, QC &ndash; 2009 S&eacute;rie ACT Castrol Stock Car Champion Donald Theetge of Boischatel, Quebec was honored at the annual S&eacute;rie ACT Castrol Banquet of Champions at the Best Western Hotel Universel in Drummondville, QC on Saturday, November 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-canadian-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}