by Jay | Jun 24, 2012 | ACT, Maine, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
THE STORY
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, returns to the ACT Late Model Tour for the White Mountain 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Saturday, June 23. The race marks the first Tour race in one month and the only stop of the season at the high-banked quarter-mile. Theriault has been busy during ACT’s off weeks, competing in a pair of weekly Late Model races at White Mountain, while also driving the Brad Keselowski Racing Super Late Model in the midwest. Currently, Theriault sits fourth in the ACT standings, just 19 points out of the lead in a tight title chase.
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by Jay | Jun 24, 2012 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Wayne Helliwell Jr. and the Bruce Bernhardt owned Ekeys-4-Cars, Unique Ford team headed to White Mountain Motorsports park Saturday night after more than a month off from the traveling American Canadian Tour series. The last event at Oxford Plains Speedway saw Helliwell’s only finish outside the top 10 in 18 races in the 2012 season. A faulty radiator cap caused an engine failure and relegated the team to a 30th place finish.
Carrying the momentum from Canaan Fair Speedway were they have reeled off 9 consecutive wins; Helliwell rolled from the 3rd position in heat #3. Wasting no time he would take the lead from Ben Ashline in less than a half a lap and go on to take the win with a +2 to his credit. That half a lap would be the only time Helliwell would not be out front for the remainder of the night.
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by Jay | Jun 24, 2012 | ACT, New Hampshire, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover, NH dominated the White Mountain 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday, June 23 for his second career American Canadian Tour win. Helliwell led all 150 laps after starting on the pole and won uncontested.
Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. won a hard fought battle for the runner-up position, beating Eric Chase who completed the podium. Austin Theriault and Brian Hoar completed the top five after swapping paint several time over the final laps. Ray Parent, Brent Dragon, Jimmy Hebert, Ricky Rolfe, and Randy Potter rounded out the top ten.
Helliwell crushed the field, lapping all but the top eleven cars. The 150 lap event was completed in one hour and five minutes with eight cautions. Twenty-two of the thirty-one cars that took the green flag were on the track for the checkers.
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by Jay | Jun 23, 2012 | ACT, New Hampshire, Touring Series News, White Mountain Motorsports Park
RPM Motorsports: ACT Late Model Tour
Brian Hoar White Mountain Motorsports Park Preview
THE STORY
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., returns to ACT Late Model Tour competition this week for the White Mountain 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Saturday, June 23. The eight-time ACT champion has three career wins at White Mountain in the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge on his resume, and he’s hoping that past experience will help catapult him back into the series points lead this weekend. Hoar sits third in the standings, just 11 points out of the lead, with six races remaining in the season. After battling tire issues in his most recent ACT outing, Hoar got things back on track with a second-place finish last weekend in the I Am Vermont Strong 100 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway – the second of four races this season in the Vermont State Championship Late Model Series.
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by Jay | Jun 18, 2012 | ACT, Canada, Touring Series News
Donald Theetge of Boischatel, QC earned his second straight Série ACT Castrol win at Circuit Riverside Speedway in St-Croix, QC on Saturday, June 16. Theetge was the class of the field all day and worked his way from the 12th starting position for the win. He held off the likes of former Castrol Champions Patrick Laperle and Karl Allard over several caution periods during the 100 lap event. It was Theetge’s 18th career Série ACT Castrol win, which keeps him atop the all-time wins list.
Jonathan Bouvrette snatched the lead from the outside pole on the first lap, but held it only through lap 7. Laperle started in the seventh position and was running third by the completion of the first lap. He made his way to the point on lap 8 and began building a healthy lead before the first caution of the event came on lap 20. The first caution was a three minute and 30 second red flag period as the track safety workers repaired holes in the asphalt in turns one and two.
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by Jay | Jun 16, 2012 | ACT, Devils Bowl, New England, Touring Series News, Vermont
West Haven, VT – Craig Bushey of Fairfax, VT dominated the early stages of the “I Am Vermont Strong 100” at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday, June 15. Bushey started in the 4th position and took the lead from outside pole sitter Brent Dragon on lap 10. Following the first caution with just ten laps complete, the event saw just one more caution over the next 83 circuits.
Bushey created a sizable lead as he worked his way through heavy lapped traffic and had all but the top five in the field lapped before the third caution of the event came on lap 93. Dragon had also worked his way through the lapped traffic and reached Bushey’s bumper just before the lap 93 caution. The two appeared to be setup for a final seven lap dash to the checkers.
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