{"id":10580,"date":"2012-08-13T06:51:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T10:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=10580"},"modified":"2012-08-19T06:52:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T10:52:23","slug":"brian-hoar-finishes-2nd-in-act-late-model-tour-at-sanair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/brian-hoar-finishes-2nd-in-act-late-model-tour-at-sanair\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Hoar Finishes 2nd in ACT Late Model Tour At Sanair"},"content":{"rendered":"

RPM Motorsports: ACT Late Model Tour
\nBrian Hoar Sanair Super Speedway Race Report<\/strong><\/p>\n

SAINT PIE, Quebec \u2013 Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., finished second in the rain-delayed ACT 100 at Sanair Super Speedway in Saint Pie, Quebec, on Sunday, August 12. The eight-time ACT Late Model Tour champion moved into sole possession of third-place in the current Tour standings, just 45 points out of the lead with three races remaining. The combination event with the ACT Castrol Series was completed on Sunday, after being halted by rain with seven laps complete the night before. Hoar started 12th in the field when weather washed out qualifying and the starting grid was set via practice times. After falling back early in traffic, the No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger closed onto eventual winner Wayne Helliwell Jr.’s bumper with under five laps remaining on the .875-mile triangle.
\n<\/p>\n

WHO: Brian Hoar, Williston, Vt.
\nTEAM: RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger
\nCREW CHIEF: Rick Paya, Georgia, Vt.
\nWHAT: ACT Late Model Tour 100
\nWHERE: Sanair Super Speedway, Saint Pie, Quebec (.875-mile oval)
\nSTARTED: 12th
\nFINISHED: 2nd<\/p>\n

******<\/p>\n

BRIAN, YOU GUYS HAD A REALLY SOLID DAY AT SANAIR.<\/p>\n

We had a really good car. At the start of the race, somebody in front of us brought us back big-time, and I think we dropped all the way to about 14th. But once we got down to the inside, we were able to take our time and start picking cars off and working our way back to the front. We only had the one caution, and by the time I got into second, (eventual winner Wayne Helliwell) had a pretty good lead and it took a while to track him down.<\/p>\n

He was so far ahead, that with five to go I didn’t think I was going to catch him \u2013 but we did. I wish I could do that last lap over again. I tried to set him up and he blocked me, and then I tried to set him up again and just couldn’t pull it off. The car was great, really fast, and really really Austin (Theriault), Wayne and I were definitely the class of the field. So we had a good points day, but Wayne won \u2013 so he got a bunch of points, too, obviously. It’s going to be a wild last three races.<\/p>\n

DID THE TRACK CONDITIONS CHANGE MUCH OVERNIGHT?<\/p>\n

I don’t think it changed a lot. It changed a little bit, however, and I wished they’d gotten it in on Saturday. I wasn’t as free the night before. I went out for the start of the race (on Sunday), and it was like ‘Whoa! We’re loose.’ <\/p>\n

The night before, I was really good. Austin and Wayne both said they were not as good the night before, so it might have been different on Saturday. Who knows? There also might have been two or three other guys the night before that would have been better, so it’s hard to say.<\/p>\n

HOW WAS IT RETURNING TO SANAIR AFTER A SIX-YEAR ABSENCE FOR THE TOUR?
\nWe had a good run, it was a fun race, and I really enjoyed going back there. Sanair did a really-bang up job with everything. With the temporary stands, lighting and everything else, including the weather forecast, there were a ton of campers and a lot of people there. I hope it was a success for them and we get to go back.
\nIt fit well. Everybody did a great job, and there were a lot of good breaks guys were giving other people out there. (ACT president and race director Tom Curley) did a good job emphasizing the fact that we’d torn up a lot of race cars the last time we were there and that we wanted to make sure we did the right thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RPM Motorsports: ACT Late Model Tour Brian Hoar Sanair Super Speedway Race Report SAINT PIE, Quebec \u2013 Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., finished second in the rain-delayed ACT 100 at Sanair Super Speedway in Saint Pie, Quebec, on Sunday, August 12. The eight-time ACT Late Model Tour champion moved into sole possession of third-place in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,110,14972],"tags":[114],"class_list":["post-10580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-act","category-canada","category-touring-series-news","tag-brian-hoar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}