{"id":1516,"date":"2010-12-15T02:30:12","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T02:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/wp\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2010-12-15T02:30:12","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T02:30:12","slug":"canadian-theetge-files-first-entry-to-new-smyrna-act-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2010\/12\/canadian-theetge-files-first-entry-to-new-smyrna-act-event\/","title":{"rendered":"CANADIAN THEETGE FILES FIRST ENTRY TO NEW SMYRNA ACT EVENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> Waterbury, VT<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> \u2013 Two-time ACT S\u00e9rie Castrol Champion, Donald Theetge from Quebec City,  Canada is the first to file an entry for the inaugural Goodyear  Speedweek Cup event to be held at the New Smyrna Speedway (NSS) in  Florida on Sunday, February 13<sup>th<\/sup> and Monday, February 14<sup>th<\/sup> as part of the World Series of Asphalt Short Track Racing. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" \/>The  \u201cWorld Series\u201d will host the American Canadian Tour (ACT) for the first  time in February of 2011. A field of between 26 and 30 teams are  expected to make the migration to the warmer Florida climate from all  over New England and the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.<br \/>\n<br \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The  recently announced purse of over $33,000.00 brought immediate reaction  from veteran competitor Theetge, \u201cI am very proud to be the first to  enter this event. I have raced with ACT for over 20 years and try to  support them in any way I can. This will be a great way to bring my team  from the cold and snow of Quebec City to Florida for a mid-winter  break. We are all looking forward to it.\u201d\u00a0 Theetge is considered one of  the best ACT stars on tracks of \u00bd mile or longer. The very fast, banked \u00bd  mile at NSS is expected to suit his style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The  format for the Goodyear Speedweek Cup will be unique to the World  Series. The innovative ACT plus\/minus heat system will set the starting  field for the first 100-lap event on Sunday evening, February 13<sup>th<\/sup>.  Drivers will be awarded 1 point for a win in the feature event, 3  points for third etc. An inversion of the Sunday feature will determine  the starting field for the second 100-lap race on Monday evening. The  purse will be broken down with $15,000 paid in the two features and  $18,000 will be paid to the overall positions when combining the points  from the two features, a similar format to the famous Milk Bowl held  annually at ACT\u2019s home track, Thunder Road Speedbowl in Barre, Vermont.  Low score wins the Goodyear Speedweek Cup and the lion\u2019s share of the  $18,000.00 bonus money. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cWe  wanted to show fans something a little different at New Smyrna for our  first ever appearance. This format should be very entertaining for the  fans and it should spread the money around a little and give all our  teams a chance to have some fun and hopefully help each with some of  their expenses,\u201d said Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian  Tour.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waterbury, VT \u2013 Two-time ACT S\u00e9rie Castrol Champion, Donald Theetge from Quebec City, Canada is the first to file an entry for the inaugural Goodyear Speedweek Cup event to be held at the New Smyrna Speedway (NSS) in Florida on Sunday, February 13th and Monday, February 14th as part of the World Series of Asphalt [&hellip;]<\/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-1516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-canadian-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516","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=1516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}