by Jay | Sep 29, 2010 | ACT
AMERICAN CANADIAN TOUR ANNOUNCES PENALTIES FOLLOWING STE EUSTACHE 300
Waterbury, VT – Following the 300 lap event at the Autodrome Ste-Eustache last Sunday, September 26, 2010, a penalty was issued to the # 3QC team of Sylvain Lacombe. The driver is responsible for the actions of his team and following an on-track incident, the team’s actions along pit road during the event and subsequently at the conclusion of the event, mandated a penalty for the # 3QC team under the following ACT Rulebook criteria.
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by Jay | Sep 27, 2010 | ACT, Canada, New England
Karl Allard Earns Wild St-Eustache 300 Win and 2010 Série ACT Castrol Edge Championship
St-Eustache, QC – St-Felicien’s Karl Allard claimed the win in the St-Eustache 300 and the 2010 Série ACT Castrol Edge Championship after a wild green-white-checkered finish at Autodrome St-Eustache on Sunday, September 26. Allard took the lead after leaders Patrick Laperle and Jonathan Urlin wrecked coming to the white flag. Laperle and Urlin ended up in the front stretch wall before the start-finish line as Allard snuck through on the low side. Allard took the white flag while the rest of the field took the yellow and white flags.
Daniel Descoste made it through the mayhem to earn second while Laperle and Urlin were unofficially scored in third and fourth respectively, as the final two cars on the lead lap. Stephane Descoste finished fifth, the first car down one lap. Alex Labbe earned the Rookie of the Year title with his sixth place finish. Claude Leclerc, David Michaud, Gaetan Lauzier and Donald Theetge completed the top ten.
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by Jay | Sep 19, 2010 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Joey Polewarczyk: ACT Late Model Tour
ACT Invitational
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., won the ACT Late Model Tour’s second annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Saturday, September 18. Polewarczyk, who earlier this season gave Ford Racing its first ACT win, handed the manufacturer its first ACT Invitational victory. Polewarczyk started 29th in the 43-car field and rallied to the front in the 60-lap event by taking the lead on Lap 54. Polewarczyk called the victory “the biggest win of my career.” It was his third win in ACT competition this season, all coming since mid-July.
FOR POST-RACE VIDEO OF JOEY POLEWARCZYK JR.:
LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axq-MvzYgXA
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by Jay | Sep 18, 2010 | ACT, NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Joey Pole Claims Second Annual ACT Invitational
Loudon, NH – Hudson, New Hampshire’s Joey “Pole” Polewarczyk, Jr. took claimed the win in the Second Annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Pole worked his way through the field from the 27th starting position, taking advantage of a 58 lap green flag run, to lead the final eight laps of the 60 lap event.
Pole passed Jamie Fisher of Shelburne, Vermont while the two fought their way through heavy lap traffic. Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover, New Hampshire, who wrapped up the Lee USA Speedway track championship in Lee, New Hampshire on Friday night, followed Pole through the hole for second. Fisher would hold onto third while Brian Hoar, who locked up the ACT Late Model Tour Championship last Sunday in the Fall Foliage 300, came home fourth. The Inaugural ACT Invitational Champion Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, Massachusetts completed the top five.
Série ACT Castrol Edge regular Jean-François Déry of Quebec City took sixth, Albany Township, Maine’s Ricky Rolfe of Oxford Plains Speedway finished seventh, ACT Tour regular Joey Laquerre of East Montpelier, Vermont claimed eighth, Kawartha Speedway regular Dan McHattie of Peterborough, Ontario finished ninth and Série ACT Castrol Edge competitor Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, Quebec completed the top ten.
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by Jay | Sep 16, 2010 | ACT, NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
ACT Invitational Race Preview
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., joins the ACT Late Model Tour and selected teams from the northeast and Canada for the 2nd annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Saturday, September 18. Dragon has been chosen to compete in the event, finishing 19th in the inaugural running last September. The race is part of a tripleheader at New Hampshire on the undercard of the Sylvania 300 — the first race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup — which includes both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Whelen Modified Tour on Saturday. Dragon is third in the current ACT Late Model Tour standings, with three Top-5 and nine Top-10 finishes in 12 races. He’s run more races than anybody in the history of ACT with five runner-up finishes in the championship standings.
WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
TEAM: No. 55 Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/Charlesbois Freightliner/Newton Pellets Chevrolet
BEST CAREER ACT INVITATIONAL FINISH: 19th (September 2009)
LAST RACE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 19th (September 2009)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour 2nd annual ACT Inviatational
WHERE: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H. (1.058-mile oval)
WHEN: 5:45 p.m., Saturday, September 18
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by Jay | Sep 15, 2010 | ACT, NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour
ACT Invitational Race Preview
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., heads to center of racing in New England where he will compete in the ACT Late Model Tour’s second annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Saturday, September 18. The race takes place during Sylvania 300 weekend — the first race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and is part of a Saturday tripleheader at the track which includes the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Whelen Modified Tour. Polewarczyk finished 10th in the inaugural event in 2009, and he’s won two ACT races since late July, helping him make a charge up the series standings to second with one points race remaining. Polewarczyk is also one of the handful of drivers in the ACT Invitational starting field with experience at New Hampshire — having made three career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East starts at the track with a career-best finish of sixth in 2008.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: No. 97 Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision Ford Fusion
BEST CAREER ACT INVITATIONAL FINISH: 10th (September 2009)
LAST RACE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 10th (September 2009)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour 2nd annual ACT Inviatational
WHERE: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H. (1.058-mile oval)
WHEN: 5:45 p.m., Saturday, September 18
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