by Jay | Nov 19, 2012 | New England, New England Motorsports North
NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH
By Lou Modestino
In an announcement at Riverside’s year end banquet at the Town and Country Inn, promoter Dan Fournier announced the American Canadian Tour would once again be coming to Riverside Speedway. The crowd erupted with the news, with the excitement of having another big race at the track dubbed “Lil Darlington”, and people are still talking about it today.
“We are very excited to have the ACT Tour at Riverside Speedway,” commented Fournier. “This will be a great day for everyone”.
The event will take place on Sunday June 2nd, making this an early stop on the ACT tour. According to ACT president Tom Curley, the event will be 150 laps, which should provide plenty of excitement for the fans. The announcement of this race is just the first of many new things to come to the All-New Riverside Speedway in 2013.
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by Jay | Nov 17, 2012 | Maine, New England
Fort Kent Driver Back In BKR Dodge This Weekend
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – Fresh off his first career Super Late Model victory in his most recent start, Austin Theriault hopes to continue his late-season roll this weekend at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
Theriault returns to the Brad Keselowski Racing No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Dodge Charger this weekend for the Governor’s Cup 200. Qualifying and the 200-lap main event are both slated for Saturday, November 17. Theriault’s last run with BKR was an impressive effort in the Winchester 400 at Winchester, Ind., last month – one week before he won the PASS 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway for his family-owned team.
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by Jay | Nov 16, 2012 | ACT, Canada, New England, Schedules, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – Following a joint meeting of all participating Quebec promoters and the American Canadian Tour, the 2013 Série ACT Castrol schedule has been announced. Along with significant bonuses and increases in purse, the 11-race schedule will include races at Autodrome Montmagny, Circuit Riverside, Autodrome St Eustache, Sanair Super Speedway, and Autodrome Chaudière.
The season will boast the richest purses in Série ACT Castrol history with over $400,000 being offered, and will include an $80,000 point fund for teams that participate in 100% of the events. $20,000 will be awarded to the Série ACT Castrol Champion. Another $70,000 in tire bonus money will be spread evenly throughout teams that participate in the full schedule.
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by Jay | Nov 16, 2012 | ACT, Canada, New England, Schedules, Touring Series News
ACT officials have announced a 14-race schedule for the 2013 American Canadian Tour season at eleven different Northeast short tracks. The schedule will include three new additions to the Tour schedule. There will also be three more non-point counting special events during the 2013 campaign.
The Tour will return to 2012 tracks Lee USA Speedway, Thunder Road, Devil’s Bowl Speedway, Airborne Speedway, White Mountain Motorsports Park, and Beech Ridge Speedway in 2013. A visit to Riverside Speedway in Groveton, NH is planned for a 150-lap event on Sunday, June 2nd, and will mark the first time ACT has raced there since 2004. The American Canadian Tour will also head to Canaan Fair Speedway on Saturday, June 15th for the first time since 2005, and has set a date for Star Speedway on Saturday, July 6, last visited in 2003.
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by Jay | Nov 16, 2012 | New England, New England Motorsports North
By Lou Modestino
The future of Devil’s Bowl Speedway’s stock car racing protégés is proving to be rather bright. A talented crop of rookie drivers joined the track’s weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions in 2012 and left a significant mark on the record books.
Joey “Fireball” Roberts of Georgia, VT ran to the Rookie of the Year title in Devil’s Bowl Speedway’s headline Bond Auto Parts Modified class. After a decade in full-fender racecars, the third-generation racer made his open-wheel Modified debut at the 101.5 “The Fox” Spring Green on May 5 in the No. 50x Vermont Life Safety/Mansfield Heliflight-sponsored Bicknell. Roberts won his qualifying heat and finished fifth in the main event, the first of an overachieving 11 top-five finishes in 19 feature starts. Roberts took his first feature win on August 3 and finished fifth in overall championship standings.
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