by Jay | Oct 9, 2012 | ACT, Airborne, New York, Touring Series News
AT Racing: ACT Late Model Tour
Austin Theriault Airborne Speedway Race Report
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished second in the ACT Late Model Tour season finale, the Fall Foliage 200 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Sunday, October 7. Theriault started 22nd in the 30-car field, charged into the Top-10 by Lap 50 and closed out the 2012 ACT campaign with his eighth Top-5 finish in 10 races. The driver of the No. 57 Pelletier Ford Ford Fusion was the only driver in the series to finish inside the Top-10 in every race on the 2012 schedule.
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by Jay | Oct 8, 2012 | ACT, Airborne, Media, New England, New York, Photos, Touring Series News
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by Jay | Oct 7, 2012 | ACT, Airborne, New York, Touring Series News
Plattsburgh, NY – Dover, NH’s Wayne Helliwell, Jr. won the battle and the war, grinding to the victory in the Rent-A-Wreck Fall Foliage 200 at Airborne Speedway on Sunday, October 7 and unofficially earning his first American Canadian Tour Championship. He held off a late charging Austin Theriault, and 2012 Serie ACT Castrol Champion Patrick Laperle for the clutch victory.
Second-place point man Brian Hoar and Helliwell started nose to tail to start the feature that ran the first 49 laps without a caution. Helliwell had worked his way to the front earning a five point bonus for leading a lap, while Hoar stalked him through the field. When a second caution came out on lap 62, Hoar showed his hand, ducking into pit road for fresh tires and falling to the back of the pack.
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by Jay | Oct 6, 2012 | ACT, New England, Touring Series News
15-Year-Old Late Model Driver Heads To Fall Foliage 200
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Emily Packard looks at this weekend’s Fall Foliage 200 at Airborne Speedway as an opportunity, both for this year as well as next. When the 15-year-old Canaan Fair Speedway Rookie of the Year attempts to qualify at Airborne on Saturday, October 6, it will provide her the chance to make her first career ACT Late Model Tour start while also setting the foundation for 2013.
Packard, who is attempting to qualify for an ACT race for just the second time in her career, is eager to get back on the track after getting rained out at the Milk Bowl last weekend. Her goal is to run weekly at Thunder Road International Speedbowl next season while also tackling a healthy dose of the ACT Late Model Tour schedule.
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by Jay | Oct 5, 2012 | ACT, Airborne, New England, New York, Touring Series News
OUTSIDE GROOVE: Theriault Not Out of Title Hunt
As ACT Season Comes To Close At Airborne, Theriault Still In Picture
FORT KENT, Maine – While the rest of the ACT Late Model Tour world eagerly anticipates a two-man battle for the 2012 championship this weekend at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., Austin Theriault is quietly preparing for his own run at the title.
The third-year ACT driver sits third in the standings, just 38 points out of the series lead with only the Fall Foliage 200 this this Saturday, October 6, remaining on the schedule.
“We know what works, and we know what can happen in these races,” said Theriault, 18, of Fort Kent, Maine. “You can’t put yourself out of it and close the door on a championship – you have to be prepared to open the door if it opens. We’re going in with the mindset of trying to win the race this weekend and then seeing where the points shake out.”
The Brad Keselowski Racing development driver has experience with wild point swings. His victory at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in July cut 26 points out of his deficit in the ACT standings at the time.
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by Jay | Oct 4, 2012 | ACT, Airborne, New England, New York, Touring Series News
RPM Motorsports Chases Ninth Championship To Airborne Speedway
GEORGIA, Vt. – Brian Hoar has been in enough championship fights in his career to know what awaits him this Saturday, October 6, at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Excitement. A roller coaster of emotion. Pressure. Tension.
The record eight-time ACT Late Model Tour champion knows all of that will be on the table in the season-ending Fall Foliage 200, and he wholeheartedly embraces it.
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