Hudson, NH\u2019s Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., shocked reigning American Canadian Tour and Canaan Late Model Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr., in the closing laps of the ACT 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway on Sunday, June 15, picking up his first ACT victory since October of 2011. Turner, ME\u2019s Glen Luce completed the all-Ford podium.
\n
\nHelliwell dominated for most of the race while engaging in a close battle with points leader Jimmy Hebert early on. Hebert looked stout in second place until a heart-breaking malfunction took him off the pace until a lap 22 caution flag allowed him to head down pit road. Hebert had already battled a fever earlier in the week, and a transmission failure in practice, as his team worked and got his car back out on the track.<\/p>\n
Helliwell continued to fend off attempts from Luce and Milton, VT\u2019s Brent Dragon as he endured 12 caution periods in the 150-lap event. Polewarczyk worked through the field methodically, climbing into the top five with 50 laps to go. As the end drew near, Polewarczyk turned it on in the high lane, charging into second place until a lap 131 caution flag set up the fight to the finish.<\/p>\n
When the green dropped, Helliwell had met his match as Polewarczyk powered past the 14-time Canaan victor and to his first win of the season. Helliwell finished just behind him, with Glen Luce, Luke Hinkley, and Dragon rounding out the top five.
\n\u201cThis race was all about positioning ourselves for the win,\u201d said Polewarczyk in victory lane. \u201cAs the end came I went to the outside and it just worked. It is so great to be back in victory lane,\u201d he finished.<\/p>\n
Helliwell was still pleased with second.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe gave it our best shot today, we just didn\u2019t have it,\u201d said Helliwell. \u201cHats off to Joey and them today, they ran a great race.\u201d<\/p>\n
Glen Luce was thrilled to grab the podium finish in his first visit to Canaan.
\n\u201cToday was my first time here ever. I love the place!\u201d said Luce.<\/p>\n
Aaron Fellows, Ray Parent, and Nick Sweet finished sixth, seventh, and eighth respectively. Hebert made a miraculous recovery to finish ninth, and Chip Grenier rounded out the top ten.<\/p>\n
The race took 1 hour 28 minutes and 17 seconds to complete.<\/p>\n
Joey Polewarczyk\u2019s win qualifies him for the Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 21st. He joins Brian Hoar, Jimmy Hebert, Wayne Helliwell, Derrick O\u2019Donnell, and Jean-Francois Dery.<\/p>\n
The American Canadian Tour will be back in action next Saturday, June 22 for a 150-lap event at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, NH.<\/p>\n
American Canadian Tour 150 Unofficial Results<\/strong> Hudson, NH\u2019s Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., shocked reigning American Canadian Tour and Canaan Late Model Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr., in the closing laps of the ACT 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway on Sunday, June 15, picking up his first ACT victory since October of 2011. Turner, ME\u2019s Glen Luce completed the all-Ford podium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"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":[55,4139,112],"tags":[15320],"class_list":["post-13148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-act","category-canaan","category-new-hampshire","tag-polewarczyk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13148","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCanaan Fair Speedway \u2013 Canaan, NH
\nSaturday, June 15, 2013
\nPos. (Start) Driver, Hometown, Laps Completed
\n1. (11) Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Hudson, NH, 150 Laps
\n2. (1) Wayne Helliwell, Jr., Dover, NH, 150 Laps
\n3. (5) Glen Luce, Turner, ME, 150 Laps
\n4. (8) Luke Hinkley, Claremont, NH, 150 Laps
\n5. (3) Brent Dragon, Milton, VT, 150 Laps
\n6. (14) Aaron Fellows, Croyden, NH, 150 Laps
\n7. (7) Ray Parent, Tiverton, RI, 150 Laps
\n8. (6) Nick Sweet, Barre, VT, 150 Laps
\n9. (2) Jimmy Hebert, Williamstown, VT, 150 Laps
\n10. (10) Chip Grenier, Graniteville, VT, 150 Laps
\n11. (22) #Bobby Therrien, Hinesburg, VT, 150 Laps
\n12. (18) Todd Davis, Claremont, NH, 150 Laps
\n13. (4) #Kyle Welch, Newport, NH, 150 Laps
\n14. (13) Travis Stearns, Auburn, ME, 150 Laps
\n15. (26) Ben Lynch, Huntersville, NC, 150 Laps
\n16. (9) Ricky Bly, Sunapee, NH, 150 Laps
\n17. (23) Allen Fellows, Croyden, NH, 150 Laps
\n18. (21) Pat Floyd, Chester, NH, 150 Laps
\n19. (24) Stephane Descoste, Oka, QC, 150 Laps
\n20. (27) Jimmy Linardy, Somerville, MA, 149 Laps
\n21. (28) Matt Anderson, Franklin, NH, 148 Laps
\n22. (25) Tyler Alati, Franklin, NH, 148 Laps
\n23. (29) #Joey M. Laquerre, E. Montpelier, VT, 142 Laps
\n24. (15) Scotty MacMichael, Newbury, NH, 129 Laps
\n25. (20) Donnie Lashua, Canaan, NH, 111 Laps
\n26. (16) Rowland Robinson Jr., Steuben, ME, 86 Laps
\n27. (12) Rich Dubeau, Plainfield, NH, 33 Laps
\n28. (17) Emily Packard, E. Montpelier, VT, 28 Laps
\n29. (19) Guy Caron, Lempster, NH, 28 Laps
\nLap Leaders<\/strong>: Wayne Helliwell, Jr., 1-39; Glen Luce, 40; Helliwell, 41-88; Luce, 89; Helliwell, 90-132; Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. 133-150.
\nTime of Race<\/strong>: 1:28:17
\nMargin of Victory<\/strong>: .294 seconds
\nCautions<\/strong>: 12 (laps 12, 22, 25, 28, 33, 39, 49, 59, 86, 87, 92, 131)
\nHeat Winners<\/strong>: Chip Grenier, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Glen Luce, Nick Sweet
\nConsi Winners<\/strong>: Kyle Welch, Donnie Lashua<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"