OFFICIAL POINT STANDINGS
after Fall Foliage 200
Airborne Speedway
10/8/11
DRIVERS STANDINGS
1. Brian Hoar 1101
2. Wayne Helliwell 966
3. Austin Theriault 904
4. John Donahue 900
5. Randy Potter 889
- Joey Pole 889
7. Brent Dragon 804
8. Glen Luce 757
9. #Ben Ashline 732
10.MarkLamberton 686
OWNER'S STANDINGS
1 #37vt R. Paya 1101
2 #27nhB.Bernhardt966
3 #26vt K. Roberts 900
4 #02nh R. Potter 889
- #97nh J. Pole 889
6 #57vt R. Paya 852
7 #55vt B. Dragon 804
8 #7me G. Luce 757
9 #15me B. Ashline 732
10#51meM.Brackett701
ROOKIE STANDINGS
1. Ben Ashline 123
2. DaveFarringtonJr 112
3. Pete Yetman 75
4. RowlandRobinson 74
5. Shane Green 26
6. Yannick Tremblay 24
7. Jimmy Hebert 21
8. Jim Morris 12
9. Daniel Khilall 11
10. GaetanGaudreault 6
Série ACT Castrol Pts
OFFICIAL 2011
DRIVER STANDINGS
AFTER
Fall Foliage 200
Airborne Speedway
10/8/11
1 Patrick Laperle 1114
2 Karl Allard 961
3 Donald Theetge 935
4 David Michaud 920
5 Patrick Hamel 912
6 Dany Trepanier 845
7 Patrick Cliche 831
8 Claude Leclerc 808
9 #YannickTremblay726
10JonathanBouvrette702
OWNERS STANDINGS
1 91qc P. Laperle 1114
2 48qc D. Larue 961
3 80qc D. Theetge 935
4 40qc D. Michaud 920
5 51qc P. Hamel 912
6 19qc D.Trepanier 845
7 5qc P. Cliche 831
8 11qc C. Leclerc 808
9 25qc Y. Tremblay 726
10 41qcJ.Bouvrette 702
ROOKIE STANDINGS
1 Yannick Tremblay 117
2 Gaetan Gaudreault 69
3 Dave Farrington 27
4 Ben Ashline 26
5 Dave Coursol 17
6 Rowland Robinson 14
7 Pete Yetman 13
8 Jimmy Hebert 5
Bond/WIX Tiger Tour
FOLLOWING
EVENT #5 - 10/8/11
Airborne Speedway
OFFICIAL FINAL STANDINGS
1. Derrick O'Donnell 448
2. Joey Roberts 390
3. Mike Ziter 373
4. Bobby Therrien 362
5. Joe Steffen 358
6. Eric Badore 357
7. Jason Bonnett 353
8. Josh Demers 291
9. Troy Gray 280
10. Scott Coburn 278
Ford Challenge Pts
1. W. Helliwell, Jr. 263
2. J. Pole 244
3. G. Luce 176
4. D.Farrington 167
5. R. Paya 161
6. J. Donahue 153
7. P. Laperle 138
8. C. Michaud 136
9. R. Parent 135
10. D. Pembroke 130
11. A. Theriault 122
12. J. Laquerre 97
13. T. Carey 67
14. S. Duval 24
15. R. Rolfe 9
Updated 10/12/11
See Standings section for full standings and explanation of points system.
Wednesday, January 25 2012 @ 11:59 AM EST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
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VERMONT LATE MODEL STOCK CAR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES ANNOUNCED
Officials from Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT and Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT have announced a Vermont State Late Model Championship Series for the 2012 race season.
Four (4) long distance stock car events for Late Model race teams will determine the Vermont State Late Model Champion. The American Canadian Tour (ACT) type Late Model division is the most popular form of stock car racing in the northeastern US and eastern Canada, serving the needs of racers and fans at fifteen different race tracks and two regional touring divisions.
Thunder Road will present the historic 50th anniversary Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic and annual Vermont Governors Cup 150 as part of the Vermont State series. The new owners of Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT, Mike and Alayne Bruno, have joined over a dozen regional tracks by incorporating the ACT Late Model rules as a part of their NASCAR weekly racing program.
Mike Bruno, a former ACT Late Model competitor himself, said, “I know how competitive these cars can be and when Tom (Curley) and I talked about this idea, it just seemed like a good fit for our first year with Devil’s Bowl Speedway, and for the entire Late Model region”.
Saturday, January 21 2012 @ 09:00 PM EST
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Brian Hoar and Patrick Laperle Crowned ACT Champions
Jimmy “Scruffy” Linardy Receives MacTavish Award
The American Canadian Tour (ACT) crowned Brian Hoar of Williston, VT and Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, Quebec as the ACT Tour and Série ACT Castrol stock car racing champions respectively, at the ACT Banquet of Champions on Saturday, January 21 at the Double Tree Inn in Burlington, VT. It was the first ever combined banquet for the sister championship stock car racing series. Both champions cashed a point fund check of $10,000.
Hoar earned his eighth career championship on the U.S.-based ACT Tour during another strong season in which he earned five wins in 12 events. With those five wins he solidified himself on top of the ACT Late Model career wins list with 33 and added wins at four new tracks including New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He also won the Showdown at Chaudiere in Vallee-Jct., Quebec and the 49th Annual People’s United Bank Milk Bowl at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road. Hoar and car owner Rick Paya earned their third straight ACT Tour title.
Laperle earned his second career title on the Quebec-based Série ACT Castrol. He finished the season with four wins in his 12 events, including his first ever win in the Quebec season finale St-Eustache 300 at Autodrome St-Eustache. Laperle and his crew chief brother, Eric, now have 13 career wins on the Série ACT Castrol. Patrick is also the 2008 ACT Tour (U.S.) Champion and three-time People’s United Bank Milk Bowl Champion.
Thursday, January 12 2012 @ 01:41 PM EST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
Views: 138
ACT Sites Reach Record 24 Million Hits in 2011
The family of American Canadian Tour websites, which supplies fans, teams and media with information on ACT Late Model from the Northeast and Eastern Canada, set a new record in 2011. ACT’s three sites, www.acttour.com, www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com and www.laserieactcastrol.com, received an all-time high for number of “hits” with a combined 24 million in 2011.
ACT’s main site, www.acttour.com, which covers the ACT Late Model Tour, Série ACT Castrol and the Bond/WIX Tiger Tour received 18.2 million hits. The French scripted www.laserieactcastrol.com, which caters to Quebecers interested in the Série ACT Castrol, saw 919 thousand hits. The site of ACT’s home track, www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com, covers news of Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT, and saw 4.95 million hits.
All three sites thrive on keeping fans, teams and media up to date on news, standings, results, schedules, rules, photos, history, statistics and more. They also supply links to teams, sponsors, tracks, and other racing sites.
Thursday, December 15 2011 @ 10:32 AM EST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
Views: 1,721
ACT TECH INFORMATION MEMO
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2012
ACT and Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl have released the 2012 rules for two of the four divisions that the track will have competing in 2012.
“We have tried to keep our rule changes in the Streets and Tigers to a minimum for the coming season. Actually, we have made virtually no rules changes for the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman division, which fortunately has been the case for the past several seasons. The Allen Lumber Street Stock division has a few ‘clean up rules’, but for the most part will remain as it has been for many years with one exception. We are encouraging more foreign cars to enter the division,” said Dean Gallison, the Director of Competition for Thunder Road and the American Canadian Tour.
Tom Curley, Promoter of Thunder Road and President of the American Canadian Tour said, “We are taking a lot longer than usual to get our Late Model rules out for 2012. We have had a lot of discussions about how Late Model racing has evolved over the past decade. We have concluded that we need to try and get back to more of the core values and original business model that we started with this division back in the mid-nineties.
Thursday, December 01 2011 @ 10:16 AM EST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
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ACT ANNOUNCES 2012 SCHEDULE
The American Canadian US Tour (ACT) 2012 schedule will feature ten (10) point-counting events at nine different tracks. In addition, there will be four ‘special’ non-point counting events that most ACT teams will put on their 2012 calendars.
Lee USA Speedway in Lee, New Hampshire will continue the tradition of opening the ACT Late Model race season with the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 on Sunday, April 15, 2012.
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl in Barre, VT will host the 14th annual Merchants Bank 150 lap event to open the 53rd season at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement” on Sunday, April 29, 2012. Thunder Road will present a second event over Labor Day weekend with the 34th Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 scheduled for Sunday, September 02, 2012.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway, under the new management team of Mike and Alayne Bruno in West Haven, VT will open their season with the historic Spring Green 112 lap championship race on Sunday, May 06, 2012. The freshly paved wide half mile has become a favorite of the ACT teams over the past two years, since the conversion from dirt to asphalt.
Thursday, November 17 2011 @ 12:05 PM EST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
Views: 733
ACT TEAMS WILL RECEIVE OVER $100,000 IN POINT FUND AWARDS
The American Canadian Tour (ACT) announced today that the top teams of the US-based ACT Tour, the Quebec based ACT Castrol Series, and Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl will receive in excess of $100,000 in championship point fund awards at the season-ending ACT banquets to be held in December, 2011 and January, 2012.
Highest money earners are car owners Rick Paya from the ACT US Tour and Patrick Laperle from the ACT Castrol Series. They will each receive year-end point fund checks of $10,000.00. Both teams ran the full twelve (12) race series in their respective areas.
Brian Hoar, now a record-setting eight (8) time ACT Champion from Williston, VT brought home the championship to Paya’s RPM team, and Patrick Laperle, driving for his family team located in St. Denis, QC, was a second time ACT Castrol Series Champion.
Tuesday, November 15 2011 @ 09:18 AM EST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
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2012 ACT Castrol Series Schedule Announced
The 2012 schedule featuring twelve (12) point- counting events, and the special combination event with the ACT US teams, the “Showdown at Chaudière”, has been announced for the popular Castrol Late Model racing series sanctioned by The American Canadian Tour (ACT).
Four tracks will host three events each from the opening event at the Autodrome Montmagny east of Quebec City in late May through the close of the race season at the Autodrome Ste. Eustache outside Montreal. Circuit Riverside Speedway in Ste. Croix, QC and Autodrome Chaudière will each host three events, including the CAN-AM combination event with ACT Castrol teams and ACT US teams and the fifth annual “Showdown at Chaudière”.
The addition of the Sanair Super Speedway in St. Pie, QC, which will be promoted by Jean Bergeron and the Riverside Speedway, will highlight the ambitious schedule. The event will be 100 miles on the unique tri-oval.
“Our ACT Quebec promoters have provided the ACT Castrol teams with their best schedule in the seven years of the series. We are very pleased with the way the 2012 season has evolved, and the addition of Sanair back on the schedule certainly will please the teams”, said Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian Tour.
Friday, November 11 2011 @ 10:30 AM EST
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ACT and Thunder Road Announce Separate Banquets
For the first time in several years the American-Canadian Tour has announced separate banquets for the 2011 ACT competitors and the 2011 Thunder Road competitors. The ACT Late Model Tour (US) and the Série ACT Castrol (Canada) Banquet of Champions will be held at the Doubletree Inn in Burlington, VT on Saturday, January 21, while the Thunder Road Banquet of Champions will be at the Elks Club in Barre, VT on Saturday, December 10, 2011.
The ACT Banquet will honor Brian Hoar of Williston, VT as the eight-time ACT (US) Champion as well as Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC as the two-time Série ACT Castrol (Canada) Champion. Hoar had a record setting season in his Rick Paya-owned ride for RPM Motorsports. He claimed five point counting wins as well as the People’s United Bank Milk Bowl and the Showdown at Chaudiere non-point counting events. Laperle, who also has a ACT (US) Championship, secured his second career Série ACT Castrol title with four wins in 2011.
Brian Hoar Tops Quarter of a Million Dollars in Career ACT Earnings
Eight-time American Canadian Tour Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, VT topped the $250,000 mark in career earnings during the 2011 season. Including special events, Hoar pocketed $65,000 in 2011 alone.
Hoar and his Rick Paya Motorsports team put together one of the greatest ACT Late Model seasons ever to claim their third straight title. While finishing outside the top ten just once in twelve starts, the team managed to tie the previous record for most wins in a season with five, which Hoar set back in 1999. Those five wins bring Hoar’s record career wins total to 33.
Wayne Helliwell, Jr. Locks Up Second Ford Blue Oval Title
For the second straight year, Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover, NH and car owner Bruce Bernhardt won the Ford Blue Oval Cup Challenge and the $5,000 top prize. The E-Keys 4 Cars team competed in a total of 21 eligible events, which was the most of any of the fifteen Challenge teams.
The former Lee USA Speedway Championship team competed full-time on the ACT Late Model Tour for the first time in 2011. They finished second in the ACT final standings.
Including weekly wins at affiliate tracks, Twin State Speedway (Claremont, NH) and Waterford Speedbowl (Waterford, CT), Helliwell earned 9 top fives and 15 top tens during his 21 races. He earned three podium finishes during the 12-event ACT season at White Mountain Motorsports Park (N. Woodstock, NH), Beech Ridge Motor Speedway (Scarborough, ME) and Circuit Riverside Speedway (Ste-Croix, QC).
“This has been a great program for our race team,” said Bruce Bernhardt. “We set a goal to try and repeat as winners of the Blue Oval Challenge and decided to race as many races as we could to achieve that. I am very proud of our team and appreciate the support that Ford has given us over the past couple of years.”
Jeff Taylor won every event he started on the ACT Late Model Tour in 2011. Taylor won his first career ACT event at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on July 20th and followed it up with a win at Oxford Plains Speedway on August 20th.
