by Jay | Aug 27, 2012 | Canada
CFS ended its points championship season for grass roots racing here tonight with a full card of racing and family activities during the MacDonald Buick Kids Gold Rush night. Two touring divisions and three weekly divisions filled the card. There was also a fun race for the kids called the “Gold Rush”, and a chance for the stock car “Mechanics” to give the wheel a try in the Mechanics Race.
In the touring divisions the AOW put on a competitive show of side by side racing with Joe Hoyt talking wins in the heat, semi and feature but at the end of the day it was Mike Raeburn hanging on to take the overall points title for the series. Raeburn, of Hampton, finished second in the feature followed the 75 of Doug Matchett from Saint John. Winners in the Mini Cups were the 29 of James Matchett in the Heat and Feature followed by the 11 Leolin Bordage of St Leolin and 24 Derek Goodwin of Renous. Newcomer Don Gaudet produced a few anxious moments when he barrell rolled his new Mini Cup car during early action but the driver emerged uninjured.
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by Jay | Aug 26, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Maine, Touring Series News
AT Racing: ACT Late Model Tour
Circuit Riverside Speedway Race Report
SAINT CROIX, Quebec – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, rallied back from deep in the field with handling issues to finish sixth in the ACT Late Model Tour Can-Am 200 at Circuit Riverside Speedway in Saint Croix, Quebec, on Saturday, August 25. After contact in his qualifying race left the AT Racing No. 57 Pelletier Ford Ford Fusion with damage, the crew repaired it and Theriault drove from a 20th-place starting position for his eighth Top-10 finish in as many ACT starts this season. Theriault was in danger of going one lap down before pitting on Lap 114 for fresh tires, after which he made his march through the field and finished the race in a battle for fifth-place.
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by Jay | Aug 26, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
Eight-time American Canadian Tour Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, VT outdueled Quebec’s Jean-François Déry for his third straight Can-Am 200 win at Circuit Riverside Speedway on Saturday, August 25. Hoar and Déry ran nose to tail with Déry out front for the majority of the event as the two lapped all but the top nine cars. As the ten laps to go signal was given, Hoar turned up the pressure and began his assault for the lead.
The two swapped the lead several times over the next three laps, but Déry held the lead each time at the line. Hoar completed an incredible inside-out move in turn one on lap 192 to complete the pass for the win, his third of the season. Déry was followed to the line by defending Série ACT Castrol Champion Patrick Laperle and Donald Theetge in third and fourth respectively.
Veteran ACT competitor Randy Potter rebounded for a fifth place finish after being involved in a wreck on the very first lap of his heat race. After missing the consolation event as they completely rebuilt the front suspension, Potter was relegated to the 34th starting position and worked his way to fifth during the event.
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by Jay | Aug 26, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
RPM Motorsports Inches Closer To ACT Late Model Tour Lead
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., retook the lead with less than 10 laps remaining and went on to win the ACT Late Model Tour Can-Am 200 at Circuit Riverside Speedway on Saturday night, August 25. The win was Hoar’s third of the season and his third consecutive at Riverside.
“Three in a row – man, I love this place,” said Hoar, who now has five career ACT victories at the track. “It was as an awesome race. We had a really good car, and we just bided our time. (Jean-Francois Dery) was really good, and he used it up finally. We just kept the pressure on him all night long.”
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by Jay | Aug 26, 2012 | Canada
Burton’s, Glyn Nott is the 2012 Martin’s Home Heating Champion at Speedway 660. After thirteen years in the division Nott finally earned the title that has eluded him over the years. Nott trailed Sportsman point leader Randy Moore by 17 points heading into the Fan Appreciation Night of Champions. But Nott won his heat, dash and the feature to claim the championship.
“It took a hat trick to get the job done tonight and it is unbelievable that we finally got the Sportsman championship and you know what, this team and my family along with our sponsors made this happen” said a jubilant Nott in Speedway 660’s Victory Lane. “It took thirteen years to win this thing and we are going to celebrate this title in a big way.”
Nott took the checkered flag three times on the biggest point night of the year. Bradley Logan won the other heat. Matt Rodgers finished second in the feature and Jason Shannon came home third. Matt’s brother Andrew Rodgers was the Sportsman rookie of the year.
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by Jay | Aug 25, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
RPM Motorsports: ACT Late Model Tour
Brian Hoar Riverside Speedway Race Preview
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., continues to chase an unprecedented ninth career ACT Late Model Tour title when the Tour heads to the Can-Am 200 at Riverside Speedway in Saint Croix, Quebec, on Saturday, August 25. Hoar is a four-time winner at Riverside Speedway, including last year’s event when he swept both ends of a weekend doubleheader at Quebec tracks. The race is a combination race with the Canada-based ACT Castrol Series. Off a second place finish last time out in the ACT 100 at Sanair Super Speedway, Hoar sits third in the ACT standings with three races remaining, just 44 points out of the lead. On Wednesday following the Can-Am 200, the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger team will travel to New Hampshire Motor Speedway to participate in a day-long test session for the ACT Late Model Tour in preparation for the fourth annual ACT Invitational at the track next month.
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