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Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour THE STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, looks to cash in on a first career victory when the ACT Late Model Tour stages marquee events on back-to-back days this weekend. First, the ACT Late Model Tour wraps up its regular season with the Fall Foliage 200 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Saturday, October 8, before heading to Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., for the rain-delayed 49th annual Milk Bowl on Sunday, October 9. Theriault has posted five consecutive Top-5 finishes in ACT points races entering the Fall Foliage 200 \u2013 a combination race for the ACT Late Model Tour and the ACT Castrol Series. Theriault is looking to qualify for a second consecutive Milk Bowl on Sunday, where he will field the very same No. 57 Varney Insurance Ford that he competes in on Saturday at Airborne.<\/p>\n BEST CAREER AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY FINISH: 12th (September 2010) BEST CAREER MILK BOWL FINISH: 20th (October 2010) WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Fall Foliage 200 (season finale) WHAT: 49th annual Milk Bowl ACT LATE MODEL TOUR DID YOU KNOW?<\/p>\n Austin Theriault has not finished outside of the Top-5 in any race since becoming the youngest driver to finish on podium in the history of the TD Bank Oxford 250. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING<\/p>\n AUSTIN THERIAULT, Driver of the No. 57 Varney Insurance Ford,On competing on back-to-back days this weekend: \u201cIt will be a unique experience, kind of like what we did in Canada (in September). This time, though, the race that counts (in the standings) will be on aSaturday, instead of the other way around, which is a big thing for us. We really just want to try to finish off the year strong. <\/p>\n \u201cWe’ve got two pretty good opportunities to get a win. I’m looking forward to the weekend. We can show what we can do as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n On the outlook for the weekend at two very different tracks: \u201cThunder Road, we’ve had our ups and downs there in the past, but this year I think we’ve learned some things that have really helped out. I think those things will help us out at both tracks. We had a car good enough to win, it just didn’t come out the way we wanted. <\/p>\n \u201cAt Airborne last year, we had a decent car. I’m not sure if there’s one that’s any better for us, but both are great opportunities for us as a team to run for a win.\u201d<\/p>\n On how he handles the prestige of the Milk Bowl: \u201cI haven’t been around the sport as long as guys like Brian (Hoar) or Brent (Dragon), so it’s kind of hard for me to have the whole story. But these races this weekend are both prestigious in their own way. I can see that. <\/p>\n \u201cThey are prestigious, but we’re not going to go and try harder \u2013 we try our best everywhere we go. There is some added pressure with it being the end of the year and you’re trying to get all you can on the track while your mind is focused on ending the season on a good note. A bad note stays with you the whole off-season. ACT Forum<\/a> Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour Airborne Speedway\/Milk Bowl Race Preview THE STORY Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, looks to cash in on a first career victory when the ACT Late Model Tour stages marquee events on back-to-back days this weekend. First, the ACT Late Model Tour wraps up its regular season with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,126],"tags":[15778,4671],"class_list":["post-8227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-act","category-new-england","tag-act","tag-austin-theriault"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8227","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=8227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAirborne Speedway\/Milk Bowl Race Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTHE FACTS
\nWHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
\nTEAM: AT Racing No. 57 Varney Insurance Ford
\nCREW CHIEF: Mickey Green, West Paris, Maine<\/p>\n
\nLAST RACE AT AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY: 12th (September 2010)<\/p>\n
\nLAST MILK BOWL FINISH: 20th (October 2010)<\/p>\n
\nWHERE: Airborne Speedway, Plattsburgh, N.Y. (.500-mile flat oval)
\nWHEN: 1 p.m., Saturday, October 8<\/p>\n
\nWHERE: Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile oval)
\nWHEN: 12 noon, Sunday, October 9<\/p>\n
\nLAST RACE: 3rd annual ACT Invitational, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H. (11th)
\nPOINTS POSITION: 4th<\/p>\n
\nAustin Theriault is fourth in the ACT standings \u2013 the highest he has been in his two-year career \u2013 just 34 points behind third-place John Donahue, despite having made one fewer start than any other driver in the Top-7.
\nAustin Theriault won the pole for the Fall Foliage 200 in 2010. It was just his second career start at Airborne Speedway.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThere is the added pressure of a prestigious race, and the Milk Bowl does have history and maybe we can be part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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