by Jay | Aug 16, 2010 | ACT, Canada
Brian Hoar Wins Riverside Can-Am
St-Croix, QC – Williston, Vermont’s Brian Hoar won the Circuit Riverside Speedway Can-Am combination Série ACT Castrol Edge and ACT Late Model Tour event on Saturday, August 14. Hoar, the current ACT Late Model Tour point leader, fought his way by current Série ACT Castrol Edge point leader Karl Allard on lap 94 and led the remainder of the event. The scheduled 200 lap event had to be cut back to 171 due to a curfew.
Patrick Laperle took second followed by Donald Theetge while Allard fell back to fourth and Brent Dragon rounded out the top five. Rookie Austin Theriault finished sixth followed by Sylvain Lacombe, Patrick Hamel, John Donahue and Daniel Descoste completing the top ten.
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by Jay | Aug 13, 2010 | ACT, Canada
Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour
Circuit Riverside Speedway Race Preview
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., and the ACT Late Model Tour head north of the border for the Can-Am 200 at Circuit Riverside Speedway in St. Croix, Quebec, on Saturday, August 14. The race is a combination event for the ACT Late Model Tour and its Canadian-based cousin the ACT Castrol Edge Series, and the race counts toward both championship battles. Polewarczyk has made just two career visits to the fast .625-mile track with a top-10 finish last time there in 2007. Including a win at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway last month, Polewarczyk rides a string of four consecutive top-10 finishes into the Can-Am 200 that have raised him to fourth in the ACT standings — just two points behind John Donahue for third place and 135 points behind overall leader Brian Hoar.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: No. 97 Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision Ford Fusion
BEST CAREER RIVERSIDE SPEEDWAY FINISH: 8th (June 2007)
LAST RACE AT RIVERSIDE SPEEDWAY: 8th (June 2007)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Can-Am 200
WHERE: Circuit Riverside Speedway, St. Croix, Que. (.625-mile oval)
WHEN: 5 p.m., Saturday, August 14
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by Jay | Aug 13, 2010 | Canada
Fredericton, NB This weekend is another double header weekend featuring the MAX 1 Advanced Synthetic Pro Stock 150 presented by COASTAL Blending and Packaging on Saturday night and the Enduro 200 on Sunday afternoon. Fans will get to see lots of racing again this weekend. With a few races cancelled due to Mother Nature, we are now full speed ahead until SPEEDWEEKEND.
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by Jay | Aug 9, 2010 | Canada
BOURQUES AND LANDRY RECORD GRAND SLAMS
AT CFS ON SATURDAY NIGHT
(Shediac, N.B.) — Dan Bourque, Scott Bourque and Martin Landry all recorded grand slams Saturday night during stock car racing action at the Centre for Speed (CFS), Atlantic Canada’s Super Speedway and “Metro Moncton’s Playground of Power”.
In Super Sportsman action, the 2009 defending CFS points champion finally put it all together after many hours of work during the week to get his NAPA Auto Parts Grand Prix ready for Saturday evening’s racing program. Dan Bourque (#15) of Grande Digue won all three races in convincing fashion, picking up first place honours in the 10-lap heat, semi-final and 25-lap feature – his first feature win of 2010. In the main event, Bourque crossed the line ahead of the division’s current points leader, Craig Ward (#02) of Riverview and rookie sensation Matt Rodgers (#42) of Smithtown.
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by Jay | Aug 8, 2010 | ACT, Canada
Karl Allard Wins Série ACT Castrol Edge 150 at Autodrome Chaudiere
Vallee-Jonction, QC – St-Felicien’s Karl Allard picked up his fifth Série ACT Castrol Edge event of the 2010 season and his second in a row at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, QC on Saturday, August 7. Allard fought off 2009 champion Donald Theetge over the final 65 laps to earn the win.
David Michaud took the lead from outside pole-sitter Daniel Descoste on lap 15 and would hold the lead through lap 54 before Patrick Laperle got by on a restart. Laperle lost the lead on lap 83 when he went around off the nose of second place runner Jean-François Déry.
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by Jay | Aug 8, 2010 | Canada
Fireworks Fly as Maillet wins Firecracker 150
Saturday night over 4000 fans were treated to some fantastic racing at Speedway 660. Some of the best sportsman cars from all over Atlantic Canada make their way to the Geary Woods for the Firecracker 150. The second big sportsman event of the year saw 30 cars try to qualify for 24 spots in the main event. Fans of the speedway were treated to some amazing weather to go along with the great on track racing. There was also racing in the Atlantic Open Wheel Modifieds as well as the LeisureFamilyRV.com street stock division.
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