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Labbe feted at ACT Serie annual Banquet of Champions

ACT Serie champion Alex Labbe is gearing up for next month's ACT Late Model races at New Smyrna Speedway in Florida. (Credit: ACT Tour photo.)

ACT Serie champion Alex Labbe is gearing up for next month’s ACT Late Model races at New Smyrna Speedway in Florida. (Credit: Speed 51 photo.)

By Lou Modestino

Alex Labbe of St-Albert, QC was honored for his 2014 Serie ACT Championship during the annual Banquet of Champions at the Complexe des Seigneuries in St-Agapit, QC on Saturday, January 24. Labbe earned his first career Série ACT title with the help of three feature wins during the 2014 campaign. Dave Coursol of St-Jerome, QC was honored as the 2014 Série ACT Rookie of the Year. Steven Duguay of the Goulet team took home the Crew Chief of the Year honors. 200 guests were on hand for the awards ceremony, which honored the top drivers from the 2014 Série ACT season. Continue reading →

Bryan Kruczek will compete full time in the new PASS Northeast Super Late Model Challenge

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 Bryan Kruczek expects to have a very busy 2015 season on the PASS Super Late Model Tours

(Credit: Bryan Kruczek Motorsports photo)

By Lou Modestino

After two seasons of competing in a partial Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Model schedule, Newmarket, NH driver Bryan Kruczek is ready to make the next step in his racing career. Kruczek will compete full-time in 2015 and hopes to contend for the new PASS Northeast Super Late Model Challenge. Unlike the overall PASS North Super Late Model series, the PASS Northeast Super Late Model Challenge will allow drivers to compete for a separate title in the United States events only. For Kruczek, 2015 presented the perfect opportunity to race for his first PASS title.

“I feel like we are making a huge step in our program this year and look forward to stepping out of the shadows in 2015,” said Kruczek of his new opportunity.

Despite only making a limited number of starts over the last two seasons, Kruczek still managed to finish 11th in PASS North points in both 2013 and 2014. In 16 starts over the last two years, Kruczek has one top five finish and three top 10’s during that span of time.

In 2015, Kruczek will once again be joined by crew chief Miles Chapman and will pilot a brand new machine out of the Dale Shaw Race Cars stable. New to the team this year will be major sponsorship from Ouellette Associates Inc. headquartered in Brunswick, ME.

While the focus for Kruczek will be on the PASS Northeast Super Late Model Challenge, the team is currently planning to compete in the PASS North event at Canada’s Autodrome Chaudiere on Saturday, May 16. Depending on the results there, Kruczek could still possibly make a run at the overall PASS North Super Late Model title in 2015.

The 2015 PASS season will get under way on Saturday, March 7 when the PASS South Super Late Models and PASS Pro Late Models take to Dillon Motor Speedway for the 10th Annual South Carolina Clash. The PASS North Super Late Model season is slated to start on Saturday, April 18 with the Ripley & Fletcher Ford 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway.

 

Source: PASS Super Late Model Tours photo

PASS Super Late Model Series offers an expanded list of events in 2015

PASS Tour Director Tom Mayberry of Naples, ME was able to put together an impressive Super Late Model schedule when he an ACT's Tom Curley decided to combine efforts of the two biggest Late Model Tours in the Northeast and Quebec. (Credit: PASS Tour photo)

PASS Tour Director Tom Mayberry of Naples, ME was able to put together an impressive Super Late Model schedule when he an ACT’s Tom Curley decided to combine efforts of the two biggest Late Model Tours in the Northeast and Quebec. (Credit: PASS Tour photo)

By Lou Modestino

Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials announced the release of the 2015 schedule for the PASS North Super Late Models. The Northeast’s top short trackers will once again compete at some of the top short tracks in New England and Quebec, highlighted by the 42nd Annual Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway. PASS will further expand into Vermont and New York in 2015 staging events in conjunction with the American-Canadian Tour (ACT). The PASS North Super Late Models will compete on at least 9 different speedways in 4 states and the Canadian province of Quebec in 2015. Continue reading →