Wayne Helliwell, Jr. will be looking for another ACT Tour championship when that series begins the 2015 season on Saturday, April 18 at Oxford Plains Speedway. (Credit: ACT Tour photo.)
The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) will see the return of one of the Northeast’s most accomplished drivers this coming season. Wayne Helliwell Jr., the 2012 and 2013 ACT Champion, recently stated that he will be competing full-time on the Tour in 2015.
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.
Rowley’s Eddie MacDonald proved once again that he’s capable of winning races even when he has some serious challenges at New Smyrna Speedway. (Credit: Grimm Racing photo.)
By Lou Modestino
Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, MA claimed his second win in two nights of ACT competition at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna Beach, FL on Monday, August 16. MacDonald followed up his Sunday night win with another trip to victory lane in the first leg of the American Racer Challenge Cup. His second win, however, didn’t come so easy. Continue reading
Joey Pole of Hudson, NH will lead a contingent of 20 ACT US and Quebec drivers to New Smyrna Speedway in Florida during the February Speed Weeks at New Smyrna Speedway. (Credit: ACT Tour photo)
By Lou Modestino
The entry list for the American Racer Challenge event to be held at the New Smyrna Speedway (NSS) during the 2015 World Series of Asphalt Racing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on Monday and Tuesday, February 16 and 17, is filled with ACT Champions from both the ACT US and Quebec tours. Continue reading
Joey Pole of Hudson, NH won the Fall Foilage 200 at Airborne Speedway in NY which resulted in also winning his first ACT Tour title. (Credit ACT photo)
By Lou Modestino
Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, NH capped off his 2014 American Canadian Tour title with a win in the season finale Fall Foliage 200 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY on Saturday, September 27. Polewarczyk used the high lane to get around Quebec’s Patrick Laperle on the final restart with just over 20 laps remaining in the event to take the lead and become the only repeat winner on the 2014 American Canadian Tour and claim his first career championship. Continue reading
Wayne Helliwell, Jr. held onto the lead until darkness in the ACT Bond Auto Invitational at NHMS (Credit: Matt Wienarsz photo)
By Lou Modestino
Two-time American Canadian Tour Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. claimed the win in the 6th annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH on Saturday, September 20. The race was called complete on lap 44 due to darkness. Continue reading
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
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.