{"id":3154,"date":"2010-08-29T19:39:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T00:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2010-08-29T19:39:25","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T00:39:25","slug":"laperle-dominates-showdown-at-chaudiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/laperle-dominates-showdown-at-chaudiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Laperle Dominates Showdown at Chaudiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laperle Dominates Showdown at Chaudiere
\nU.S. Team Takes Team Bonus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vallee-Jonction, QC \u2013 St-Denis, Quebec\u2019s Patrick Laperle dominated the third annual American-Canadian Tour (ACT) \u201cShowdown at Chaudiere\u201d at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec on Saturday, August 28. The special all-star race featured 12 of the top drivers from the Quebec-based S\u00e9rie ACT Castrol Edge against 12 of the top drivers from the American-based ACT Late Model Tour.<\/p>\n

Laperle started on the pole position after earning a +5 handicap in ACT\u2019s plus-minus handicap system. The U.S. team earned the outside pole thanks to six-time ACT Late Model Tour Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, Vermont, who would lead the first 32 laps. Laperle would take the lead from Hoar on a lap 32 restart and would proceed to lap all but the top three while leading the last 167 laps.
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\nFellow Quebecer Donald Theetge earned the runner-up position after battling the majority of the event with Hoar. Hoar would earn third while Groveton, New Hampshire\u2019s Randy Potter finished fourth after going down a lap with under 10 laps remaining. ACT Late Modexl Tour Rookie Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine completed the top five.<\/p>\n

Current S\u00e9rie ACT Castrol Edge point leader Karl Allard took sixth, S\u00e9rie ACT Castrol Edge rookie Alex Labbe finished seventh, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. eighth, Brent Dragon ninth and 2010 Thunder Road Late Model Champion Nick Sweet rounded out the top ten.<\/p>\n

The U.S. team earned the $500 bonus with a score of 143, while Canada earned 157. Points were awarded to each team based on its twelve driver\u2019s finishes. The winner earned one point, second two, third three, etc. The team with the lowest score earned the win.<\/p>\n

The 200 lap Showdown event was completed in 59 minutes and 47 seconds. It was completed with just three cautions, the final one coming on lap 77. Laperle used the remaining 123 laps to build up an 11 second margin of victory.<\/p>\n

The ACT Late Model Tour will be back in action next Sunday, September 5 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vermont for the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic. It will be the 11th point counting event of the 2010 Tour schedule.<\/p>\n

The next S\u00e9rie ACT Castrol Edge event will be the 11th and final event of the 2010 season. It will also be the third trip to Autodrome Ste-Eustache in Ste-Eustache, Quebec for the 300 lap event on Sunday, September 26.<\/p>\n

Showdown at Chaudiere
\nACT Late Model Tour\/S\u00e9rie ACT Castrol Edge
\nAutodrome Chaudiere \u2013 Vallee-Jonction, QC
\nSaturday, August 28, 2010
\nUnofficial Results
\nPos S.Pos Car # Driver Hometown Laps<\/p>\n

1 1 91QC Patrick Laperle St-Denis, QC 200<\/p>\n

2 8 80QC Donald Theetge Quebec, QC 200<\/p>\n

3 2 37VT Brian Hoar Williston, VT 200<\/p>\n

4 3 02NH Randy Potter Groveton, NH 199<\/p>\n

5 4 57ME #Austin Theriault Fort Kent, ME 199<\/p>\n

6 18 48QC Karl Allard Saint-Felicien, QC 199<\/p>\n

7 11 36QC #Alex Labb\u00e9 St-Albert, QC 199<\/p>\n

8 22 97NH Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. Hudson, NH 199<\/p>\n

9 12 55VT Brent Dragon Milton, VT 199<\/p>\n

10 5 88VT Nick Sweet Barre, VT 199<\/p>\n

11 6 51QC Patrick Hamel St-Edouard, QC 199<\/p>\n

12 16 21QC Jean-Fran\u00e7ois D\u00e9ry Quebec, QC 199<\/p>\n

13 23 16VT Joey Becker Jeffersonville, VT 198<\/p>\n

14 15 41VT Pete Potvin III Graniteville, VT 198<\/p>\n

15 9 9VT Chip Grenier Graniteville, VT 198<\/p>\n

16 13 97QC Jacques Poulin East Broughton, QC 198<\/p>\n

17 21 15VT Joey Laquerre E. Montpelier, VT 195<\/p>\n

18 20 74QC Ga\u00ebtan Lauzier St-Pacome, QC 194<\/p>\n

19 14 11QC Claude Leclerc Lanoraie, QC 172<\/p>\n

20 24 92QC Jonathan Desbiens Levis, QC 119<\/p>\n

21 7 04ME TJ Watson Cundy’s Harbor, ME 110<\/p>\n

22 10 5QC Patrick Cliche St-Jean-Chrystome, QC 93<\/p>\n

23 19 95QC #Jimmy Cormier Princeville, QC 87<\/p>\n

24 17 4ME #Bradley Babb Windham, ME 37<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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