by Jay | Jun 7, 2010 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, Thunder Road, Vermont, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Tom Therrien Wins Bond/WIX Tiger Tour at White Mountain
North Woodstock, NH – Hinesburg’s Tom Therrien earned the first win on the 2010 Bond/WIX Tiger Tour at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday, June 5. Therrien started in 17th and didn’t take the lead until lap 83, when he got by the 2009 Thunder Road Champion Jimmy Hebert. Therrien would hold off Hebert in a three lap sprint setup by a caution on lap 97. Therrien took the checkers just infront of Hebert in second and his brother Bobby Therrien in third. Hebert had led the majority of the race after the early leader Tony Rossi spun on lap 33.
Thunder Road Late Model star Dave Pembroke finished fourth followed by Jason Bonnett rounding out the top five. ACT Late Model Tour regular Chip Genier took sixth, Joey Roberts seventh, Mike Ziter eighth, Derrick O’Donnell ninth and Eric Badore completed the top ten.
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by Jay | Jun 4, 2010 | ACT, New England, Vermont
BOND/WIX TIGER TOUR HEADS TO WHITE MOUNTAIN SATURDAY
Waterbury, VT – White Mountain Motorsport Park (WMMP) will open the Bond/Wix Tiger Tour this Saturday, June 05, 2010. The popular Bond Tiger Sportsman cars from throughout the region will begin their championship run in the first of four events for the 2010 race season.
“White Mountain was a natural for us to begin the 2010 campaign,” said Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian Tour, (ACT), which sanctions the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman Division. “WMMP took a major step to bring the ACT rules for the Tiger Sportsman division to the track this season, and we want to do whatever we can to try and help get this division in a growth trend at WMMP. We have encouraged the Thunder Road Tiger teams to visit WMMP whenever they can in 2010.”
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by Jay | May 30, 2010 | ACT, Canada
Montmagny, QC – St. Denis, QC’s Patrick Laperle makes it two in a row with a win in the Montmagny 100 at Autodrome Montmagny on Saturday, May 29. Laperle, who earned the season opening win at Autodrome St-Eustache last weekend, started in the 16th position and worked his way through the field to the lead on lap 24.
The 2007 Série ACT Castrol Champion would lead the rest of the way while holding off Karl Allard and Daniel Descoste for the win. Allard came home second followed by Descoste in third. Alex Labbe took fourth while Jonathan Desbiens earned his first career Série ACT Castrol top five with a fifth.
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by Jay | May 25, 2010 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire
Polewarczyk Ready To Put Rough Start Behind Him
HUDSON, N.H. — As far as Joey Polewarczyk Jr. is concerned, his season starts now.
Less than two weeks after failing to qualify for an ACT Late Model Tour race at Oxford Plains Speedway, Polewarczyk’s No. 97 Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision Ford will be back on track — this time with a renewed effort and a reinvigorated engine — this Friday night at Lee USA Speedway. He’ll compete in the track’s 30-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model feature.
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by Jay | May 23, 2010 | ACT, Canada, New England
Patrick Laperle Wins Série ACT Castrol Season Opener
St-Eustache, QC – Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC won the season opening Série ACT Castrol event at Autodrome St-Eustache. Laperle worked his way to the front after starting in the 19th position and took the lead from Jonathan Urlin on lap 39. The two swapped the lead once more before Laperle took over for good on lap 43.
Pete Vanderwyst of St. Thomas, QC took second with St-Felicien, QC’s Karl Allard third. 2009 Série Castrol Champion Donald Theetge finished 4th and Urlin rounded out the top five. Sylvain Lacombe, Jean-François Déry, Martin Lacombe, Jonathan Desbiens, and Gaitan Lauzier completed the top ten.
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by Jay | May 20, 2010 | ACT, New England
ACT ANNOUNCES JULY 10 AIRBORNE RAINED OUT SPRING GREEN DATE
Waterbury, VT – Officials from the American Canadian Tour (ACT) and Airborne Speedway announced today that the makeup date for the highly- anticipated Tour date will be Saturday, July 10, 2010. The Furniture World of Vermont Spring Green was scheduled to be run on May 8, but became the third rain-out on the early ACT schedule.
“We appreciate Mike (Perrotte, Promoter of Airborne) working to make this happen. Every team on the American Canadian Tour was looking forward to coming back to Airborne after the great success last year with the re-make of the facility”, said former Airborne owner and President of ACT Tom Curley.
The ½ mile was completely re-designed in 2009 and provided about the perfect track for ACT Late Model racing. During last fall’s running of the Fall Foliage 300, 19 different lead changes among five different drivers provided a great event for fans and competitors.
“We really needed to hear this news. This will give our team a lift after not qualifying last week at Oxford,” said seven-time ACT Champion Jean-Paul Cyr from Milton, VT. “I have always had some success at Airborne, and our new team should be pretty much on the same page by then. I am really happy to see this one get back on the schedule,” concluded Cyr.
Details will be forthcoming from both the ACT and Airborne offices regarding specifics related to the rescheduled event.
“We are still trying to figure out what might work for all parties involved with the final outstanding event at Albany-Saratoga Speedway that was rained out in April,” said ACT General Manager Darla Hartt. “We expect to make a rescheduling announcement soon,” she concluded.
Several touring teams will join the Thunder Road ACT Late Model teams at the Devil’s Bowl Speedway for their opening event this Sunday, May 23 on the brand new converted dirt track. Testing went great and 30 teams are expected to compete with a post time of 2:00pm this Sunday at the very fast ½ mile in Fair Haven, VT.
The American Canadian Tour will next appear at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH on Friday, June 11, 2010. The previously rained-out NH Governor’s Cup 150 will have a large field of Late Models from throughout the Northeast as the early entry list for this event set an all-time record.
