by Jay | Apr 16, 2012 | ACT, Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
RPM Motorsports Collects 2nd Straight Lee USA Speedway Win
LEE, N.H. – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., held off a strong charge from a hometown driver over the final few laps on Sunday afternoon, and the eight-time series champion opened the ACT Late Model Tour season with a victory in the NH Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway.
The win was the second in a row for RPM Motorsports in this very race.
“(Former track champion Wayne Helliwell) was right on my rear bumper. Wayne was all over me,” said Hoar, who earned his 34th career ACT win. “He’s very, very good. We had very equal cars, but I got into a real defensive mode. He got into me a couple of times, but overall he ran me clean. He was just trying to get me to make a mistake.
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by Jay | Apr 16, 2012 | ACT, Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire, Photos, Touring Series News
Photos provided by Eric LaFleche from VLFPhotos.com
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Full Story – Brian Hoar Wins American Canadian Tour Governor’s Cup at LEE USA Speedway
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by Jay | Apr 16, 2012 | ACT, Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Lee, NH – Eight-time American Canadian Tour Late Model Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, VT claimed his second straight NH Governor’s Cup 150 season opener at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH on Sunday, April 15. Hoar escaped a late race assault from multi-time Lee USA Speedway Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover, NH to earn the win.
Jeff Taylor of Farmington, ME led early in the event after starting on the pole with a +6 in ACT’s plus/minus handicap system. Helliwell worked his way from the fifth starting position to take over the lead on lap 10 and appeared dominant for the next 60 laps. However, Ben Rowe of Turner, ME came from the 10th starting position to run down Helliwell just before the halfway mark. Rowe also appeared to have the race in hand until Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, MA took over the lead with 118 laps complete.
Hoar and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, NH came flying through the pack after pitting around lap 117 for fresh tires. Polewarczyk caught MacDonald on lap 130 but got into the back of him coming off turn two sending them both to the rear. That brought out the fourth caution of the event and handed Hoar, who came from the 9th starting spot, the lead.
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by Jay | Apr 13, 2012 | ACT, Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
Lee USA Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
FORT KENT, Maine – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent Maine joins the rest of the ACT Late Model Tour when the series opens its season with the NH Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, N.H., on Sunday, April 15. Theriault has two Top-10 finishes in two career starts at the track – and coming off a sophomore season in which he finished third in the final ACT standings in 2011, the 18-year-old Brad Keselowski Racing development driver hopes he another strong run at the .375-mile oval can start his season off on the right foot.
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by Jay | Apr 11, 2012 | ACT, Lee USA, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Eddie MacDonald and crew chief Rollie LaChance are ready for the Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 15 in the opener for the American Canadian Tour. The MacDonald Motorsports Team will unveil a new car built by Dale Shaw for owner Fred Petersen.
“We are really excited to be teamed up with Freddy again to run in the ACT series this season,” said MacDonald. “We are just putting the final touches on the new car and after a day of testing, we are anxious to get it on the track at Lee. Dale did a great job on the car with Rollie very involved in the building so we feel we know the car pretty well already. With any new car there will be a learning curve but we feel comfortable with it.”
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by Jay | Apr 7, 2012 | Maine, New England, New Hampshire
FAMILY MATTERS: Crazy Horse Racing Off To Big Start
Great Run at Waterford Speedbowl Sign of Things to Come in 2012
SOUTH PARIS, Maine – It’s still early on a Saturday night, at least by stock car racing’s standards, when Mitch Green’s cell phone rings.
“The first thing I’m thinking is, ‘Uh-oh. This can’t be good,’” Green recalls. “Usually when you get that call so soon, something must have gone wrong.”
Green bids a hello to the voice on the other end and then tentatively asks how things have gone at a race track on the other side of New England. He is pleased when Jeff Marshall, a competitor in the weekly Late Model division at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, N.H., fills him in on some good news.
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