{"id":9570,"date":"2012-04-29T09:30:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T13:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9570"},"modified":"2012-04-29T07:47:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T11:47:46","slug":"act-merchants-bank-150-at-thunder-road-saturday-practice-pit-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/act-merchants-bank-150-at-thunder-road-saturday-practice-pit-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"ACT Merchants Bank 150 at Thunder Road Saturday Practice Pit Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ACT<\/a>14th Annual Merchants Bank 150 Weekend
\nThunder Road International Speedbowl<\/p>\n

PITS NOTES SATURDAY APRIL 28, 2012<\/p>\n

\u00b7 109 cars attended the annual Car Show held at Thunder Road<\/p>\n

\u00b7 46 ACT Late Models participated in practice in preparation for Sunday\u2019s Merchants Bank 150.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Joey Polewarcyzk Jr. of Hudson, NH had the fastest lap time of 13.069.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Other fast times were set by defending Late Model Champion Dave Pembroke, two-time defending Merchants Bank 150 Champion Nick Sweet, Lt. Governor Phil Scott, former Rookie of the Year Cody Blake, as well as Ben Rowe, Brooks Clark, Randy Potter, and Cris Michaud in the Merchants Bank Ford Fusion.
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\n\u00b7 Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, ME was also fast in practice after flying back from a fifth place finish at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL in his Brad Keselowski Racing Development ride on Friday night.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Four (4) Canadian teams participated in practice with former ACT Champion Patrick Laperle the fastest among them with a time of 13.175<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Cris Michaud, of E. Montpelier won the pit stop contest with a time of 21.69 after Patrick Laperle\u2019s team recorded a time of 21.63 but received a 10 second penalty for two loose lugnuts<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Brent Dragon of Milton, VT was the most consistent driver of the day. He was in the top five fastest cars in the first three practices.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 All but two of the ACT Late Model Champions over the past 20 years (Pete Fecteau and Lance Ferno) will attempt to qualify for The Merchants Bank 150<\/p>\n

\u00b7 David Finck of Barre, VT and Shawn Fleury of Middlesex, VT were consistently the fastest Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Cam Ouelette of Barre, VT and Tommy Smith of Williamstown, VT ran the fastest times of the day in the Allen Lumber Street Stock division. <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Street Stock driver Brock Parrot of Williamstown, VT took a spin after a malfunction in the drive train, and the wheel of the #35 Street Stock of Keith Fortier of Hinesburg, VT came off entering turn one. All were okay. <\/p>\n

\u00b7 With no major wrecks or spins, all the cars participating in practice today are expected to attempt to qualify for the Merchants Bank 150 on Sunday, April 29 at 1pm. <\/p>\n

ACT Late Model Top 20 Practice Times
\nSaturday, April 28, 2012
\n1. 97nh Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. – 13.069<\/p>\n

2. 88vt Nick Sweet – 13.105<\/p>\n

3. 10nh Ben Rowe – 13.140<\/p>\n

4. 14vt Phil Scott – 13.169<\/p>\n

5. 55vt Brent Dragon – 13.172<\/p>\n

6. 68vt Brooks Clark – 13.172<\/p>\n

7. 02nh Randy Potter – 13.175<\/p>\n

8. 91qc Patrick Laperle – 13.175<\/p>\n

9. 99vt Cody Blake – 13.184<\/p>\n

10. 6vt Cris Michaud – 13.186<\/p>\n

11. 40vt Eric Chase – 13.193<\/p>\n

12. 44vt Dave Pembroke – 13.197<\/p>\n

13. 18vt Jamie Fisher – 13.205<\/p>\n

14. 57me Austin Theriault – 13.211<\/p>\n

15. 85vt Trampas Demers – 13.227<\/p>\n

16. 37vt Brian Hoar – 13.235<\/p>\n

17. 27nh Wayne Helliwell, Jr. – 13.242<\/p>\n

18. 89vt Scott Payea – 13.255<\/p>\n

19. 16vt Joey Becker – 13.269<\/p>\n

20. 58vt Jimmy Hebert – 13.273<\/p>\n

Visit NERacingForum.Com<\/a> for latest New England Racing community News and updates.<\/p>\n

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