by Jay | Oct 3, 2012 | ACT, New England, Touring Series News
Helliwell, Hoar Settle Duel
Waterbury, VT – The budding rivalry of Dover, NH’s Wayne Helliwell, Jr. and Williston’s Brian Hoar will be settled this Saturday, October 6 in the Rent-A-Wreck Fall Foliage 200 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY. The race will close out the season for the 2012 American Canadian Tour Championship, and will also include the 602 Modified and Renegade divisions.
Point-leader Helliwell will attempt to earn his first American Canadian Tour Championship holding on to an eight-point advantage. To do it he will have to beat out eight-time and defending ACT Champion Brian Hoar, who has kicked it into high gear late in the season and nearly closed the gap. Helliwell and team owner Bruce Bernhardt remain confident in their battle against one of New England’s racing legends.
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by Jay | Sep 29, 2012 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Therrien and Hodgdon Claim Tiger and Street Segment Wins
Barre, VT – Two-time Thunder Road Late Model Champion Dave Pembroke of Middlesex, VT claimed the Booth Bros./H.P. Hood Pole Award and will lead the 30 car field to green in the 50th People’s United Bank Milk Bowl at Thunder Road. Pembroke set the fast time of 12.956 during Saturday’s (Sept. 29) qualifying to just edge out three-time Milk Bowl Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, VT.
2012 Thunder Road Champion Nick Sweet of Barre, VT, Fort Kent, ME’s Austin Theriault and three-time Thunder Road Champion Cris Michaud won the three Triple 50 qualifiers and will complete the top five in the starting line-up for segment #1. Cody Blake, Travis Fadden, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Trampas Demers and Brooks Clark will start in the top ten.
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by Jay | Sep 29, 2012 | ACT, Thunder Road, Vermont
Emily Packard: 50th annual Milk Bowl
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Preview
Rookie standout Emily Packard of East Montpelier, Vt., will attempt to qualify for her first People’s United Milk Bowl on Sunday, September 30, at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt. The Canaan Fair Speedway Late Model Rookie of the Year and recent ACT Invitational attendee finished 10th in her Thunder Road debut in mid-August, and the No. 9x Northstar Fireworks/Fecteau Homes/GossCars.com/VT Shifter Karts Chevrolet will join nearly 60 other Late Model competitors from across the northeast United States and Canada at Thunder Road this weekend. Packard, 15, will pull double duty in the event, as she will also compete in her family-owned Street Stock in a 50-lap “Mini Milk Bowl.”
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by Jay | Sep 29, 2012 | ACT, Maine, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
AT Racing: 50th Annual Milk Bowl
Austin Theriault Thunder Road Race Preview
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, will try and etch his name in the history books when he heads to Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., for the 50 annual People’s United Milk Bowl on Sunday, September 30. The 18-year-old Brad Keselowski Racing development driver has qualified twice for the Milk Bowl in as many attempts, and he’s hoping that the AT Racing No. 57 Pelletier Ford Ford Fusion will be in contention for the overall win in the unique, three-segment event. Theriault has finished inside the Top-10 on both ACT Late Model Tour events at Thunder Road this season, including a fifth-place finish in the Labor Day Classic 200 on Sunday, September 2.
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by Jay | Sep 29, 2012 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Barre, VT – Over 30 American Canadian Tour Late Model teams took advantage of a Late Model only practice session at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT on Friday, September 28. Competitors dodged the rain drops to get in valuable laps in preparation for Saturday’s (Sept. 29) Booth Bros./H.P. Hood Qualifying day for the 50th People’s United Bank Milk Bowl on Sunday (Sept. 30).
East Montpelier, VT’s Cris Michaud, the 2004 Milk Bowl Champion, set the fast time of the day with a 13.093. Also near the top of the speed charts were current ACT point leader Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover, NH, Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, ME, St. Johnsbury, VT’s Stacy Cahoon, and two-time Milk Bowl Champion Phil Scott of Berlin, VT.
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by Jay | Sep 29, 2012 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
RPM Motorsports: 50th Annual Milk Bowl
Brian Hoar Thunder Road Race Preview
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., will attempt to become only the second four-time champion of the prestigious People’s United Milk Bowl on Sunday, September 30, at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt. Hoar, who is the reigning Milk Bowl champion, won the event in back-to-back seasons of 1998-199 and will try and join Robbie Crouch as the event’s only four-time winner of the unique, three-segment event. Hoar and the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger team won both ACT Late Model Tour events at Thunder Road this season, including the Labor Day Classic 200 on September 2.
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