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ACT Champions are included in the 29 drivers that are heading south to NSS in Florida for Speed Weeks

Taunton's Eddie Leclerc will be hauling his Late Model race car to the New Smyrna Speedway in Florida to compete in the three day ACT Tour races during Speed Weeks. (Credit: Seekonk Speedway photo)

Taunton’s Eddie Leclerc will be hauling his Late Model race car to the New Smyrna Speedway in Florida in mid-Feb. to compete in the three day ACT Tour races during Speed Weeks. (Credit: Seekonk Speedway photo)

By Lou Modestino

2014 American Canadian Tour (ACT) Champions Alex Labbe, (21 years old), of St-Albert, Quebec and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (Pole), (25 years old), from Hudson, New Hampshire, have both been celebrated by their peers for their championship runs last season. They now lead twenty-nine (29) teams from eight (8) different states and the province of Quebec to the New Smyrna Speedway World Series of Asphalt Racing on Sunday-Tues, February 15-17, 2015. Continue reading →

NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Clint Bowyer returns to T-Road on Thursday, July 10

 

 

NASCAR fans will get an opportunity to see Clint Bowyer race on the short track at Thunder Road International Speedbowl on July 10. (Credit: NASCAR photo)

NASCAR fans will get an opportunity to see Clint Bowyer race on the short track at Thunder Road International Speedbowl on July 10. (Credit: NASCAR photo)

By Lou Modestino

Thunder Road International Speedbowl announced that NASCAR Sprint Cup star Clint Bowyer from Emporia, Kansas has asked to return for another shot at the famous high banks of Thunder Road. Bowyer raced in the 2013 Vermont Governor’s Cup 150 for the first time. His goal was to have better results than the previous “Cup” visitor, Tony Stewart, who finished 16th. “I want to tackle that ¼ mile again. I didn’t have enough time to figure out the fourth turn, but I learned a lot last year about it, and I really want to get back there–the teams and fans were fun to be around,” said Bowyer. 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 →