by Jay | Aug 26, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Maine, Touring Series News
AT Racing: ACT Late Model Tour
Circuit Riverside Speedway Race Report
SAINT CROIX, Quebec – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, rallied back from deep in the field with handling issues to finish sixth in the ACT Late Model Tour Can-Am 200 at Circuit Riverside Speedway in Saint Croix, Quebec, on Saturday, August 25. After contact in his qualifying race left the AT Racing No. 57 Pelletier Ford Ford Fusion with damage, the crew repaired it and Theriault drove from a 20th-place starting position for his eighth Top-10 finish in as many ACT starts this season. Theriault was in danger of going one lap down before pitting on Lap 114 for fresh tires, after which he made his march through the field and finished the race in a battle for fifth-place.
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by Jay | Aug 26, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
Eight-time American Canadian Tour Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, VT outdueled Quebec’s Jean-François Déry for his third straight Can-Am 200 win at Circuit Riverside Speedway on Saturday, August 25. Hoar and Déry ran nose to tail with Déry out front for the majority of the event as the two lapped all but the top nine cars. As the ten laps to go signal was given, Hoar turned up the pressure and began his assault for the lead.
The two swapped the lead several times over the next three laps, but Déry held the lead each time at the line. Hoar completed an incredible inside-out move in turn one on lap 192 to complete the pass for the win, his third of the season. Déry was followed to the line by defending Série ACT Castrol Champion Patrick Laperle and Donald Theetge in third and fourth respectively.
Veteran ACT competitor Randy Potter rebounded for a fifth place finish after being involved in a wreck on the very first lap of his heat race. After missing the consolation event as they completely rebuilt the front suspension, Potter was relegated to the 34th starting position and worked his way to fifth during the event.
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by Jay | Aug 26, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
RPM Motorsports Inches Closer To ACT Late Model Tour Lead
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., retook the lead with less than 10 laps remaining and went on to win the ACT Late Model Tour Can-Am 200 at Circuit Riverside Speedway on Saturday night, August 25. The win was Hoar’s third of the season and his third consecutive at Riverside.
“Three in a row – man, I love this place,” said Hoar, who now has five career ACT victories at the track. “It was as an awesome race. We had a really good car, and we just bided our time. (Jean-Francois Dery) was really good, and he used it up finally. We just kept the pressure on him all night long.”
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by Jay | Aug 25, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
RPM Motorsports: ACT Late Model Tour
Brian Hoar Riverside Speedway Race Preview
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., continues to chase an unprecedented ninth career ACT Late Model Tour title when the Tour heads to the Can-Am 200 at Riverside Speedway in Saint Croix, Quebec, on Saturday, August 25. Hoar is a four-time winner at Riverside Speedway, including last year’s event when he swept both ends of a weekend doubleheader at Quebec tracks. The race is a combination race with the Canada-based ACT Castrol Series. Off a second place finish last time out in the ACT 100 at Sanair Super Speedway, Hoar sits third in the ACT standings with three races remaining, just 44 points out of the lead. On Wednesday following the Can-Am 200, the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger team will travel to New Hampshire Motor Speedway to participate in a day-long test session for the ACT Late Model Tour in preparation for the fourth annual ACT Invitational at the track next month.
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by Jay | Aug 23, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
Austin Theriault Racing: ACT Late Model Tour
Riverside Speedway Race Preview
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, continues to chase the ACT Late Model Tour championship this weekend in the Can-Am 200 at Riverside Speedway in Saint Croix, Quebec, on Saturday, August 25. The race is the second consecutive combination event involving both the ACT Late Model Tour and the Quebec-based ACT Castrol Series. Theriault, 18, has posted two Top-10 finishes in as many career starts at the .375-mile speedway, including a fourth-place finish in the event a year ago. With three races remaining on the schedule, Theriault sits second in the ACT standings, just 30 points out of the lead.
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by Jay | Aug 14, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
AT Racing: ACT Late Model Tour
Austin Theriault Sanair Speedway Race Report
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished third in the rain-delayed ACT 100 at Sanair Super Speedway in Saint Påie, Quebec, on Sunday, August 12. After completing the first seven laps Saturday night, the race was resumed on Sunday afternoon on the .875-mile triangle – with Theriault being sent to the rear of the field after ACT officials had questions about his right rear tire. With just one caution flag over the final 93 laps, Theriault rolled all the way from 37th to third and was within striking distance of the leaders for the win off the race’s final corner. It was the seventh Top-10 finish in as many starts this season for Theriault, who also has six Top-5 finishes in seven ACT races in 2012.
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