{"id":7066,"date":"2012-04-20T13:04:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T17:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=7066"},"modified":"2012-04-20T13:04:43","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T17:04:43","slug":"patrick-laperle-defend-act-serie-castrol-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2012\/04\/patrick-laperle-defend-act-serie-castrol-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Laperle Looks to Defend ACT Serie Castrol Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC celebrates a win at Autodrome Montmagny in 2011.<\/p>\n

Waterbury, VT — In 2011, Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC dominated the field on his way to his second Serie ACT Castrol Championship. After a historic season in which he posted 11 top fives in 12 starts with an average finish of 3.66, he will look to make an attempt at back-to-back championships in 2012, a feat that has never been done in the series.<\/p>\n

The road to the championship will not be easy, however, due to challenges from two other former champs. Karl Allard of St-F\u00e9licien, QC will be hungry for a championship after finishing second to Laperle in 2011. Allard has already had a taste of the top, when he won the Serie ACT Castrol Championship in 2010. Allard will look to return the championship trophy to the Larue Industrial Snowblower\/Gayor Construction mantle in 2012.
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\nDonald Theetge of Boischatel, QC is the only driver, other than Laperle, who has earned more than one championship in the series. Theetge finished third overall in 2011 with 2 feature wins, but in 2012 will bring a brand new RPM racing car to competition.<\/p>\n

Other Serie Castrol drivers in contention for the title in 2012 are former Rookie of the Year and 2011 feature winner Patrick Hamel from St. Croix, QC along with top-five points finisher David Michaud, Dany Trepanier, Patrick Cliche and Jean-Fran\u00e7ois D\u00e9ry. All are expected to be contenders for the 2012 Serie ACT Castrol Title.<\/p>\n

Laperle, known for his \u201cno holds barred – full throttle\u201d style knows that the competition on the ACT Castrol Series has gotten better and better over the past few years. Winning a title will not come easily.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t race this winter, so we are extra excited to go racing. This year will be tough, I know Theetge has a new car, Allard has a great car, and there are many new drivers on the tour. I am most worried about Theetge, Allard and David Michaud for sure,\u201d Laperle commented. \u201cYou need a lot of good luck in this series and there are a lot of new guys now. We will see how our chances look after the first race,\u201d Laperle finished. <\/p>\n

The season begins Saturday, May 26 at Autodrome Montmagny in Montmagny, QC. <\/p>\n

For further information, head to www.acttour.com or email us at media@acttour.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC celebrates a win at Autodrome Montmagny in 2011. Waterbury, VT — In 2011, Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC dominated the field on his way to his second Serie ACT Castrol Championship. After a historic season in which he posted 11 top fives in 12 starts with an average finish of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"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":[7,878,18,6,4],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-7066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-canadian-tour","category-maine-race-tracks","category-maine-racing-news","category-new-england-racing-news","category-latest-touring-news","tag-act"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7066","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=7066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}