by Jay | Jul 8, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
Quebec City’s Jean-Francois Dery found redemption with a huge victory at Autodrome St-Eustache in St-Eustache, QC on Saturday, July 7. Dery had to fend off a challenge from former Serie ACT Castrol Champion Sylvain Lacombe, as well as a late-race charge from defending champion Patrick Laperle in third.
St. Jean Chrysostome’s Patrick Cliche took the early lead from veteran racer Claude Leclerc on lap ten of the 100 lap event, and dominated the next 23 circuits before defending champion Laperle was brought to his outside on a lap 33 caution flag. Laperle surged ahead of the field on the restart, looking well on his way to his second win in a row on the Serie ACT Castrol, but on lap 79 of the event Laperle had a fuel filler hose come loose and was forced to head down pit road.
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by Jay | Jul 4, 2012 | ACT, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Allen and Gabaree Win Last Lap Showdowns
In a night full of last lap surprises, Barre sensation Nick Sweet sent up championship fireworks of his own on his way to a hard fought win in Tuesday night’s (July 3) Northfield Savings Bank Holiday event at Thunder Road. Defending Thunder Road Champion Dave Pembroke chased Sweet to the line, and Milton’s Scott Payea was forced to settle for third in the closing laps.
Sweet started from the fifteenth position, and manipulated traffic masterfully on his way to the front of the pack. Sweet had reached second place just past the halfway mark, but Payea had extended a sizable lead searching for his first win of 2012. Sweet mercilessly closed the gap before catching him with 10 laps to go and charging to victory in the outside lane. Pembroke inched by Payea on the last lap to steal second, and Chip Grenier scored his first top five of the season with a fourth place finish. Trampas Demers, a feature winner already this season, came home fifth, three-time champion Phil Scott fought from 14th to sixth, and Brett Wheeler, Cody Blake, Jamie Fisher, and Brent Dragon rounded out the top ten.
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by Jay | Jul 3, 2012 | ACT, Maine, NASCAR, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News
The 2011 Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne has entered the TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway. The race will be held on July 22, 2012.
Since 2004, Oxford has attracted the elite of NASCAR to the TD Bank 250. The trend was started with Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch competing in the event that year. In 2005, Kenseth was joined by Kyle Busch. The 2006 event drew Kyle Busch, Ricky Craven, Denny Hamlin and JJ Yeley. 2007 saw Terry Labonte and Kevin Lepage challenge the Late Model pilots. In 2008, Kevin Harvick raised the bar for the NASCAR crowd, winning the event. The 2009 event saw a Wallace family invasion, with Rusty as the Grand Marshall and Kenny and Steven competing on the track. Breakout Cup star Brad Keselowski competed in 2010. 2011 saw the return of Kyle Busch, competing in his third TD Bank 250. Kyle did not disappoint, winning the race in style.
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by Jay | Jul 2, 2012 | ACT, Canada, New England, Touring Series News
Montmagny, QC – Defending Serie ACT Castrol champion Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC stole the late victory in the Montmagny 200 at Autodrome Montmagny on Sunday, July 1. Laperle had a mirror full of Quebec City’s Jean-Francois Dery and ACT Serie Castrol point leader Donald Theetge when he crossed the finish line to take his first checkered flag of 2012.
Pole-sitter Patrick Boyer snatched the lead early before losing it on lap four to a dominant Patrick Hamel. Hamel held onto the lead until opening day winner Karl Allard surged to the front from eleventh on lap 23. After a lap 48 caution, Theetge out-dueled Allard on the outside lane and grabbed the point. Theetge looked like the car to beat, dominating the next 79 circuits until a caution on lap 118 that brought nearly all the competitors to pit road.
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by Jay | Jun 27, 2012 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
RPM Motorsports: ACT Late Model Tour
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Report
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., finished fifth in the ACT Late Model Tour White Mountain 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Saturday, June 23. Hoar’s third Top-5 in five races this season helped the eight-time and three-time defending ACT champion keep pace with the series leaders and remain in third place at the midpoint of the 2012 season. The finish came just two days after team owner Rick Paya of Georgia, Vt., crew chiefed Trampas Demers to a victory in the 50-lap Late Model feature at Thunder Road International Speedbowl.
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by Jay | Jun 26, 2012 | ACT, Maine, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
AT Racing: ACT Late Model Tour
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Report
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished fourth in the ACT Late Model Tour White Mountain 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Saturday, June 23. It marked the best career finish for Theriault at the banked quarter-mile track and his fourth Top-5 finish in five races this season. Theriault started ninth and rode inside the Top-10 throughout the event, making a late move for fourth-place while racing in traffic with several cars vying for second place.
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