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ACT Tour returns to Thompson Speedway at the Oct. 2015 World Series of Stockcar Racing

The ACT L:ate Models will return to TMSP in mid-Act. 2015 after a 23 year absence.  Credit: ACT Tour photo)

The ACT L:ate Models will return to TMSP in mid-Act. 2015 after a 23 year absence. Credit: ACT Tour photo)

By Lou Modestino

Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) in Connecticut and the American Canadian Tour (ACT), based in Waterbury, VT have agreed that the 2015 ACT Championship Late Model stock car season will crown the ACT Champion at the famed Thompson World Series event on Saturday, October 17, 2015. ACT will join over 15 other divisions at TSMP in a year-end celebration for both fendered and open wheeled race cars. Continue reading

Hotshoe Austin Theriault enters the Milk Bowl set for this weekend

 

 

The very talented Austin Theriault will substitute for Travis Stearns in the 52nd Annual Milk Bowl at Thunder Road International Speedway. (Credit: NASCAR photo)

The very talented Austin Theriault will substitute for Travis Stearns in the 52nd Annual Milk Bowl at Thunder Road International Speedway. (Credit: NASCAR photo)

By Lou Modestino

The latest entry in the People’s United Bank Milk Bowl, to be held on Sat-Sun, October 04-05, 2014 at Thunder Road in Barre, VT, is Austin Theriault from Fort Kent, Maine. Theriault began his Late Model racing career with the American Canadian Tour (ACT) in 2010 as a sixteen-year-old rookie. Just like newly crowned 2014 ACT Champion, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr, from Hudson, NH, Theriault helped set the standard for the new younger generation of ACT racers in the Northeast.

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Pitkat takes his second career NASCAR WMT victory at NHMS

Woody Pitkat proved his worth by winning at NHMS for his second career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win. (Credit: NASCAR Home Track photo)

Woody Pitkat proved his worth by winning at NHMS for his second career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory (Credit: NASCAR Home Track photo)

By Lou Modestino

Woody Pitkat held off Todd Szegedy on a green-white-checkered finish to earn his second NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory in Saturday’s F.W. Webb 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Continue reading

ACT veterans are expected to be challenged by the emerging stars in Saturday’s ACT Invitational at NHMS

 

 

 

Emily Packard has emerged as one of the rising stars on the American Canadian Tour and is looking for success in this Saturday's ACT Tour Invitational at NHMS,  (Credit: ACT Tour photo)

Emily Packard has emerged as one of the rising stars on the American Canadian Tour and is looking for success in this Saturday’s ACT Tour Invitational at NHMS, (Credit: ACT Tour photo)

By Lou Modestino

The starting field for the 6th annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) on Saturday, September 20, 2014 has been set. The sixth edition of the event will have the American Canadian Tour (ACT) introducing fans to a promising future for regional Late Model short track stock car racing. Veteran champions and former NHMS winners Eddie MacDonald, Rowley, MA; Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (Pole), Hudson, NH; Ray Parent, Tiverton, RI; and Brian Hoar, Williston, VT have all won events at the “Magic Mile”. This year there are lots of young emerging stars who will challenge the veterans.

Top ten point chasers who are looking to make a statement at the Bond Auto ACT Invitational include two Vermont drivers, Jimmy Hebert, Williamstown and 18 year-old Emily Packard, E. Montpelier. Hebert already has two ACT wins with an opening event at Lee USA Speedway in 2013 and a win at the 7/8ths mile Sanair Speedway, outside Montreal, Quebec. He was also second-fastest of the thirty-five (35) cars participating in the recent test and tune session at NHMS. Packard may have more laps in 2014 than any other competitor in the field entering the Invitational. She has raced a full schedule on the ACT US and is currently 5th in points, less than 10 points out of second place. She also has maintained full-time weekly schedules at both Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl in Barre, VT and Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT.

The State of Maine sends two drivers to the annual event with Rowland Robinson, Jr. from “Downeast” Steuben and Ben Ashline from Pittston. Robinson’s family team has found consistency in the 2014 season and this will be the #28ME team’s third Invitational. Ben Ashline has been the surprise of the 2014 season. After sitting out over a year and a half from racing due to non-racing injury, the Ashline team has been fast, and brought home consistent top finishes all season.

Veteran Joey Pole said, “This is always one of the most fun races to be involved with. Not only is it in my home state, and I have lots of friends and family there, but it really is like no other race we run all year. ACT has a starting system that makes teams like ours sweat it out all day. We try to figure out what we should do to come from what usually is in the mid twenties on the starting grid in order to try and win in just 50 laps. We usually end up throwing the playbook out the window and just put the right pedal on the floor and hang on!”

Two young Quebec stars have experience and talent to challenge the former winners and ACT Champions. Alex Labbe, driving the Larue Industrial Ford out of Quebec City, has risen to become another in a long line of favorites for an enthusiastic Quebec fan base. Labbe will lock up his first ACT title at the Autodrome Ste. Eustache 200 on Sunday, September 14, 2014 just by showing up. He was at the top of the speed charts throughout the NHMS test and tune day. The potent Larue team won two events during the championship run this season. Dany Trepanier is another of the fast Quebec teams with experience in the Bond Auto ACT Invitational. He won an event this season at the Autodrome Ste. Eustache (ASE), and currently sits just five points out of second place in the ACT Quebec Series, going into the final event of the year in a return visit to ASE.

Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian Tour said, “I think the great strength of our ACT system is that the program seems to introduce new and talented young teams every season., As we look to the future this is good for ACT and especially good for regional racing, both weekly and touring. The field of 43 teams we have assembled for the Invitational this year is the most diverse to attend over the past six years. It should be exciting.

The 6th annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational will be part of a sensational triple-header Saturday at NHMS. Forty-three (43) ACT teams will join the NASCAR Modified and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on Saturday, September 20, 2014. Post time is 1:00 following the final NASCAR Sprint Cup practice. The ACT 50 mile event will post at 5 p.m.

6th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational Driver Roster

Car # Driver Hometown

3VT Ricky Roberts Washington, VT

4NY Brandon Atkins Au Sable Forks, NY

5RI Richard Staskowski Hope Valley, RI

7ME Glen Luce Turner, ME

8NH Guy Caron Lempster, NH

9ME Emily Packard East Montpelier, VT

9MA Brian Tagg Oxford, MA

9NH Kyle Welch Newport, NH

9VT Chip Grenier Graniteville, VT

10MA John Falconi Oakham, MA

10VT Josh Demers Middlesex, VT

11NH Brett Gervais Island Pond, VT

11NY Josh Masterson Charlotte, VT

15ME Ben Ashline Pittston, ME

15VT Joey Laquerre East Montpelier, VT

16ME Travis Stearns Auburn, ME

16VT Scott Dragon Colchester, VT

17MA Eddie MacDonald Rowley, MA

17RI Ray Parent Tiverton, RI

19QC Dany Trepanier St-Edouard, QC

20NH Taylor Martin Windham, NH

27NH Wayne Helliwell, Jr. Dover, NH

28ME Rowland Robinson, Jr. Steuben, ME

29NH Aaron Fellows Croyden, NH

34NH Todd Davis Claremont, NH

37VT Brian Hoar Williston, VT

38VT Tyler Cahoon St. Johnsbury, VT

41QC Jonathan Bouvrette Blainville, QC

41VT Jamie Aube N. Ferrisburg, VT

48QC Alex Labbe Quebec, QC

49NH Matt Anderson Franklin, NH

50ME Jeff White Winthrop, ME

58VT Jimmy Hebert Williamstown, VT

66VT Jason Corliss Barre, VT

77MA Jimmy Linardy Somerville, MA

78QC Stephane Descoste Oka, QC

84QC Martin Latulippe Vallee-Jonction, QC

88VT Nick Sweet Barre, VT

91CT Larry Gelinas Buxton, ME

91QC Patrick Laperle Montreal, QC

97NH Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. Hudson, NH

99VT Cody Blake Barre, VT

07MA Tom Carey, Jr. New Salem, MA

Bobby Santos, III looks to take his fourth NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at Monadnock

 

 

 

Bobby Santos, III was able to propel himself into a contender for the NASCAR  Whelen Modified Tour Championship for 2014 by winning a number of races this season including the Sunoco 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway  (Credit: NHMS photo)

Bobby Santos, III was able to propel himself into a contender for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Championship for 2014 by winning a number of races this season including the Sunoco 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Credit: NHMS photo)

By Lou Modestino

With three wins already in the books as the 2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season reaches the halfway point this week, Bobby Santos looks to be firmly entrenched in the championship chase. Continue reading

Santos gets the biggest Modified win of his career at NHMS’ Sunoco 100

 

 

Bobby Santos, III of Franklin scored his biggest NASCAR Modified win at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH when he won the hotly contested Sunoco 100.  Credit: NASCAR HomeTracks photo)

Bobby Santos, III of Franklin scored his biggest NASCAR Modified win at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH when he won the hotly contested Sunoco 100. Credit: NASCAR HomeTracks photo)

By Lou Modestino

Bobby Santos entered the Sunoco 100 looking for a little extra magic to change his fortunes at the “Magic Mile.” He waited until the final lap, but he got it. Continue reading

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is getting ready for the July 13 Camping World RV Sales 301

 

 

Brian Vickers hopes to make it two Camping World RV 301 races in a row at NHMS on Sunday, July 13. (Credit: NASCAR photo)

Brian Vickers hopes to make it two Camping World RV 301 races in a row at NHMS on Sunday, July 13. (Credit: NASCAR photo)

By Lou Modestino

Up in the southern New Hampshire’s Lake Region, New Hampshire Motor Speedway is getting ready for its first NASCAR event next weekend. The NASCAR fans are expected to jam the venue for their first of two big NASCAR three day race fests. Next Sunday’s, July 13 Camping World RV Sale 301 is the big event. The other one is the Sylvania 300, the Camping World NASCAR Trucks, Whelen Modified Tour and American Canadian Tour Invitational in September. Next weekend features NASCAR’s Whelen Modified division in two events Friday and Saturday. Also, next Saturday is the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the Sprint Cup Series on Sunday, July 13. Continue reading

Goodale takes his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour main at Riverhead

 

 

Eric Goodale got his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at his home track Riverhead Raceway on Long Island. (Credit: NASCAR Home Tracks photo)

Eric Goodale got his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at his home track Riverhead Raceway on Long Island. (Credit: NASCAR Home Tracks photo)

By Lou Modestino

It was happy homecoming for Eric Goodale.

The 28-year-old from Riverhead scored his first career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win Saturday night in the Hoosier Tire 200 at Riverhead Raceway. Continue reading

Rhode Island’s Ray Parent battled his way to victory lane in the ACT 100 at Airborne Speedway

Ray Parent of Tiverton, RI won the ACT race at Airborne Speedway in Plattsbrugh, NY and also got a guaranteed spot in the field for the ACT race at NHMS in Loudon, NH.  Parent is also a past winner of that event at NHMS. (Credit: ACT Tour photo)

Ray Parent of Tiverton, RI won the ACT race at Airborne Speedway in Plattsbrugh, NY and also got a guaranteed spot in the field for the ACT race at NHMS in Loudon, NH. Parent is also a past winner of that event at NHMS. (Credit: ACT Tour photo)

By Lou Modestino

Tiverton’,Rhode Island’s Ray Parent battled through an intense final six laps to claim his first career American Canadian Tour point counting event victory in the Airborne 100 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY on Saturday, May 17. Parent edged Quebec’s Jonathan Bouvrette by half a car length at the checkered flag and New Hampshire’s Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. took third. It was the ACT Late Model Tour’s 250th event since its inception in 1992.

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