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Three 150 lap events are set for Oxford Plains, Lee USA and Thunder Road

Wayne Helliwell, Jr. is one  driver, among  others, is favored to win in three 150 lap ACT races at Lee, Oxford and Thunder Road.  (Credit: ACT photo.)

Wayne Helliwell, Jr. is one driver, among others, is favored to win in three 150 lap ACT races at Lee, Oxford and Thunder Road. (Credit: ACT Tour photo.)

The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) will compete in three 150-lap events on three completely different tracks in all three northern New England states to open the 2015 season. The New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150, now re-set due to snow on April 28, is the usual traditional opening event for ACT teams held yearly at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH. Teams will now start off the 2015 season at Oxford Plains Speedway (OPS) in Oxford, ME on April 18, then Lee USA followed  by their annual visit to Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT on May 3.

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You can’t beat experience when it comes to winning at Thunder Road

Veteran Joey Lequerre has been winning Late Model features at T-Road for decades  (Credit: ACT Tour photo)

Veteran Joey Lequerre has been winning Late Model features at T-Road for decades (Credit: ACT Tour photo)

By Lou Modestino

Longtime veteran of Thunder Road stock car racing, Joey Laquerre of East Montpelier earned his 14th career Late Model feature win during FairPoint Communications night on Thursday, June 5. It was the first Thunder Road Thursday night event of 2014. Laquerre held off both Shawn Fleury and Brett Gervais during multiple restarts to claim the win and move into a tie for fourth on the all-time Thunder Road Late Model wins list. Continue reading

ACT Tour kicks off the 55th season at Thunder Road on April 26-27

Joey Polewarczyk is always a threat in any Late Model race that he enters. (Credit: Joey Pole photo)

Joey Polewarczyk is always a threat in any Late Model race that he enters. (Credit: Joey Pole photo)

By Lou Modestino

Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT will enter their 55th season of stock car racing with the 16th annual Merchants Bank 150 on Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27. The stars and cars from the American Canadian Tour Championship Series (ACT) will tackle both the high banks of the famous Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl, and one of the largest fields of regular Thunder Road Late Model racers in recent memory. The Merchants Bank event has been the season opener at the ¼-mile speedbowl since 1999. Continue reading