by Jay | Apr 6, 2012 | ACT, Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – There will be no less than (13) thirteen former champion drivers entered in the 2012 ACT opener at Lee USA on Sunday, April 15, 2012. Between them they have accumulated 48 track and/or touring series championships during their careers. The annual opening New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway is expected to field the best opening day group of racers in its 22 event history.
Heading the list of former champions is Brian Hoar, Williston, VT. He is an (8) eight-time ACT Champion and also owns a Thunder Road and Airborne track championship. Hoar also is the defending NH Governor Cup winner. Jean-Paul Cyr, Milton, VT is a (7) seven-time ACT Champion and also is the 2010 Thunder Road track Champion.
Part-time ACT driver and noted car builder with nine (9) Oxford Plains Speedway Pro Stock titles, Jeff Taylor from Farmington, ME, along with two-time Oxford Pro Stock Champion Ricky Rolfe from Farmington, ME will look to take the Cup back to the Pine Tree State.
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by Jay | Apr 5, 2012 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
WEST HAVEN, VT — Late Model stock car champion Brian Hoar of Williston, VT rolls in to Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Sunday, May 6 looking to defend his title in the historic “Spring Green” event. The 112-lap race marks the grand re-opening for the West Haven half-mile and is the third round of the American-Canadian Tour championship schedule.
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Hoar took down last year’s Spring Green race, the first-ever ACT event at Devil’s Bowl, before later collecting his record eighth ACT championship. He says winning the inaugural Devil’s Bowl ACT race was a special accomplishment for his No. 37 Goss Dodge-Chrysler/RPM Racing Engines team.
“It was really cool winning at Devil’s Bowl last year. I never raced there when it was a dirt track but we got the chance last year and it was a lot of fun,” Hoar said. “I love that there’s another asphalt track in Vermont. The fact that it’s only an hour away from home makes it even more special.”
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by Jay | Apr 5, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—For SK Modified® driver Dan Avery, the 2012 season
at Stafford Motor Speedway offers plenty of promise. After racing the last
two years in Ted Christopher owned equipment, Avery and his partner Tony
Genua have purchased a new car and engine for the 2012 season. Avery is
looking to pick up his first SK Modified® victory since he won back-to-back
events in the very first season of SK Modified® competition in 1982.
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by Jay | Apr 4, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)–Todd Owen has been a mainstay of consistency in
Stafford Speedway’s SK Modified® division, finishing in the top-9 of the
points standings every year since his rookie season in 2003. Owen was twice
a runner-up in the SK Modified® standings in 2004 and 2005, and he finished
third in 2009. The 2012 season will present a new challenge for Owen as he
will be an owner/driver for the first time in his SK Modified® career after
driving for Brad and Linda Hietala in each of his 9 SK Modified® seasons at
Stafford. With his last SK Modified® feature win coming in the 2006 Coors
Light SK Modified® 100, Owen is ready to tackle the challenge of returning
to victory lane this year while driving his own car.
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by Jay | Apr 4, 2012 | ACT, Canada, New England, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – The Ford Blue Oval Cup expects continued growth entering its third season in 2012. The program has awarded over $30,000 to American Canadian Tour Late Model teams around the Northeast U.S. and Eastern Canada since its inaugural 2010 season.
The Blue Oval Cup program was developed for Ford competitors in ACT Late Model events and ACT affiliated tracks in 2010, the first full-season of the Ford engine’s inclusion in the ACT rulebook. The program saw a near 100% increase in participating competitors during the 2011 season.
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