Barre, VT—The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) will help Barre, VT’s Thunder Road open its 56th season of competition on Sunday, May 3 with the 17th Annual Merchants Bank 150. Wayne Helliwell Jr. will be going for his second straight win in the event, but a host of ACT Tour and local Thunder Road Late Model drivers are looking to take the trophy home.
Waterbury, VT – The American Racer Three Star program is designed to recognize three teams in no particular order of performance that had outstanding races at ACT U.S. Tour events. There are no specific criteria for deciding who might receive the award of a free American Racer Tire (value $125.00), but a special effort by a team, exceptional race, just plain old hard luck, or any other accepted reason to give the award is used to decide the award recipients.
The three stars are chosen by ACT officials and will receive certificates for use of a free American Racer tire at a race of their choosing during 2015.
Stafford Motor Speedway opened its doors for racing in 2015 with feature events for its SK Light, Limited Late Model, DARE Stock, and Legend Cars divisions as well as the Mr. Rooter Truck Series as part of the Saturday NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler Weekend festivities. D.J. Burnham took the checkered flag in the 20-lap SK Light feature, Al Saunders was the winner of the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, Dan Dembek won the 15-lap DARE Stock feature, Cory DiMatteo won the 20-lap Legend Cars feature, and Roger Turbush won the 20-lap Mr. Rooter Truck Series feature.
The American Racer Three Star program has returned for the 2015 season. The program is designed to recognize three teams in no particular order of performance who had outstanding races at American Canadian Tour (ACT) U.S. Tour events. There are no specific criteria for deciding who might receive the award of a free American Racer tire (value $125.00), but special effort by a team, an exceptional race, just plain old hard luck, or other accepted reason to give the award is used to determine the recipients.
MERRILL CAIN: Good afternoon, everyone. I’m Merrill Cain with Team Penske, and thanks for joining us today on a special media teleconference. We welcome members of the press along with industry analysts to the call today as we’re excited to discuss the announcement made earlier this afternoon that Team Penske is partnering with business communications leader, Avaya, as a team sponsor for the 2015 season in both the Verizon IndyCar Series and in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Through the team’s established relationship with HP and with the new partnership with Avaya, Simon Pagenaud will drive the No. 22 Avaya Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet in at least four races this season, including the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500 later this month. Avaya will also adorn the side of the No. 2 Team Penske Ford Fusion driven by Brad Keselowski in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway next week.