by Jay | Jul 22, 2011 | ACT, Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway
TD Bank Oxford 250
Dragon Thinks Oxford 250 Win Could Be In The Cards
MILTON, Vt. – Brent Dragon thought he was doing another team a favor. Instead, it turned into one of the best opportunities the veteran Vermont driver has ever had to win the TD Bank Oxford 250.
“It on Saturday last year, and we weren’t practicing that much with our car.,” said Dragon, who has an Oxford 250 pole and a fourth-place finish in the race over the last three seasons. “Donnie and David (Avery) came over and said their driver wasn’t here and they needed someone to take the car out and just let them know if it was fairly close on the setup.
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by Jay | Jul 10, 2011 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, Twin State
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Twin State Speedway Race Report
CLAREMONT, N.H. – Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., finished a strong second in the ACT Late Model Tour Jim’s Captown 100 at Twin State Speedway in Claremont, N.H., on Saturday, July 9. The finish was the best of the season for the all-time leader in ACT starts, who won his heat race and started third at one of his favorite tracks on the circuit. Dragon’s own Dragon Motorsports car ran inside the Top-3 all night before a loose handling condition over the final few laps stopped him one spot short of the victory.
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by Jay | Jul 7, 2011 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, Twin State
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Twin State Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., and the ACT Late Model Tour will return to Twin State Speedway in Claremont, N.H., for the Twin State 100 on Saturday, July 9. Dragon, who has more ACT starts than any driver in history, won this event in 2009 as part of a midsummer surge. In his last appearance at the track, Dragon was again in contention for a win when an on-track incident relegated him to a 13th place finish. Dragon will bring with him his knowledge of the track and his past strong performances as he races for his first ACT Tour win of the 2011 season.
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by Jay | Aug 31, 2009 | ACT, Canada, New England
U.S Team Takes Overall Victory
Vallee-Jct., QC – Milton’s Brent Dragon dominates the final half of the second annual Showdown at Chaudiere 200 at Autodrome Chaudiere and leads the U.S. team to the overall victory. The first 91 laps saw a battle between former Serie ACT Castrol champion Karl Allard and current ACT Tour point leader Scott Payea.
The two swapped the lead a total of five times before Dragon took the lead from Payea on lap 92. Dragon came from the ninth starting position to lead the final 109 laps of the 200 lap event. The U.S. team took 7 of the top 10 positions on its way to taking the team win for the second year in a row.
The race was slowed by only 5 cautions and took just over an hour to complete. Dragon has already qualified for the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 19.
Next weekend is a doubleheader for the ACT Tour. They will head to Twin State Speedway in Clairmont, NH on Friday, September 4 for the Twin State 100, before heading to Thunder Road International Speedbowl on Sunday, September 6 for the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200. Saturday, September 5 will be qualifying day for the local divisions at Thunder Road.
Showdown at Chaudiere 200
Unofficial Results
Pos Car # Driver
1 55vt Brent Dragon
2 89 Scott Payea
3 02nh Randy Potter
4 80 Donald Theetge
5 41 Pete Potvin, III
6 37 Brian Hoar
7 48qc Karl Allard
8 21qc Jean-François Déry
9 73me Joey Doiron
10 9vt Chip Grenier
11 5qc Patrick Cliche
12 97pq Jacques Poulin
13 9pq Yvon Bédard
14 28qc Dany Ouellet
15 68 Brooks Clark
16 51me Ricky Rolfe
17 91 Patrick Laperle
18 11pq Claude Leclerc
19 26vt John Donahue
20 27 Alexandre Gingras
21 51pq Patrick Hamel
22 97nh Joey Polewarczyk, Jr.
