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ACT Tour Points
OFFICIAL POINTS
after Fall 150
Oxford Plains
10/11/09
FINAL
DRIVERS STANDINGS
PICK 10 SYSTEM
1. Brian Hoar 921
2. Scott Payea 886
3. John Donahue 875
4. Joey Pole 859
5. Brent Dragon 843
6. Randy Potter 800
7. Eric Williams 774
8. Glen Luce 681
9. Chip Grenier 660
10. Ricky Rolfe 615
OWNER'S STANDINGS
PICK 10 SYSTEM
1 #37 R. Paya 921
2 #89 S. Payea 886
3 #26VT K.Roberts 875
4 #97NH J. Pole 859
5 #55VT B. Dragon 843
6 #02NH R. Potter 800
7 #7VT E. Williams 774
8 #55NH P. Duto 766
9 #7ME G. Luce 681
10 #9VT A. Grenier 660
Série ACT Castrol Pts
OFFICIAL 2009
DRIVER STANDINGS
AFTER
St-Eustache 300
9/20/09
FINAL
DRIVER STANDINGS
1 Donald Theetge 733
2 Patrick Laperle 732
3 Karl Allard 697
4 J.F. Dery 641
5 Patrick Hamel 630
6 Patrick Cliche 596
7 AlexandreGingras 523
8 Jacques Poulin 500
9 Claude Leclerc 496
10 Jonathan Desbiens 485
OWNERS STANDINGS
1 #80 D. Theetge 733
2 #91 E. Laperle 732
3 #48QC D. Larue 697
4 #21QC J.F. Dery 641
5 #51PQ P. Hamel 630
6 #5QC P. Cliche 596
7 #27 A. Gingras 523
8 #97PQ J. Poulin 500
9 #9PQ C. Leclerc 496
10 #92 J. Desbiens 485
Tiger Series Points
FOLLOWING
EVENT #3 - 8/13/09
Thunder Road
FINAL STANDINGS
1. Shawn Duquette 204
2. Jason Bonnett 204
3. Toby Ebersole 189
4. Derrick O'Donnell 176
5. Joe Becker 173
6. Shawn Fleury 170
7. Jimmy Hebert 169
8. Joey Laquerre 156
9. Brendan Moodie 154
10. Skip Liberty 151
11. Eric Badore 139
12. Lance Allen 138
13. Josh Demers 122
14. Neal Foster 121
15. Mark Barnier 112
16. Scott Coburn 110
17. Ray Stearns 106
18. Erik Steel 103
19. Howard Stoner 98
20. Joel Hodgdon 92
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2010 ACT Tour and Serie ACT Castrol
Full Season Entries Now Available
Contact: tb@acttour.com or 802-244-6963
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25th ACT SEASON SEES NEAR RECORD FULL SEASON ENTRY LIST
The American Canadian Tour (ACT) will celebrate 25 years of Championship Stock Car Racing with one of its largest number of pre-season full season entered teams. The balance of veteran champions and new teams joining the US touring division represents five New England states and two provinces of Canada. ACT statistician Nick Bigelow said, “I have reviewed past seasons and this looks like the most diverse and best count ACT has had in the past half dozen seasons.”
A fourteen race schedule will carry teams from the shores of Connecticut at the historic Waterford Speedbowl to new tracks located as far north as Quebec City, (the newly renovated 5/8th mile Riverside Speedway in Ste-Croix), and west to the newly paved 4/10th mile Albany Saratoga Speedway in Malta, NY, just outside the New York capital city.
Veteran title chaser Brent Dragon from Milton, VT said, “This is a great schedule for those of us that like touring. New tracks are always interesting and with two new tracks on the schedule just undergoing renovations and paving (Albany-Saratoga and Riverside-Ste Croix), along with my favorite recently renovated half mile Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY, I hope this is the year I can finally win an ACT Championship.”
  Wednesday, March 03 2010 @ 08:31 AM PST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
Views: 56
TIRE NOTICE - Goodyear tires have been ordered and expected arrival is March 15. First advance sale for practice and set up tires will be Thursday night March 18 at the tire barn.
Waterford Speedbowl will have an open practice on Friday, March 26 and that there is a Late Model 50 Lap event opening Waterford for the season on Sunday, March 28.
Thunder Road Practice for All Divisions is Tues. April 13.
Pit gates open at 3pm, practice runs from 4pm to 7pm. Pit gate fee is $10. Rain date will be Wednesday, April 14.
Monday, March 01 2010 @ 10:29 AM PST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
Views: 318
1990 – Robbie Crouch Returns
The fifth season of the American-Canadian Tour saw the return of the Tour’s most accomplished driver. Robbie Crouch returned after
running just part time in 1989. His 1990 championship was his fourth in the first five years of ACT racing. He also won championships in 1983 and 1984 on the NASCAR North Tour. With his four wins in 1990 he increased his career win total to 68, nearly three times more than any other driver at the time.
In the second season of the GM National Stock Car Series, consisting of ten events at seven different tracks across three Canadian provinces, Randy MacDonald edged out Crouch by 14 points for the title. For the second year in a row Dave Dion, running a limited schedule, won the ACT Showdown at Beech Ridge along with three other events in just 9 starts. Race winners included Crouch (4), 1989 Champion Russ Urlin (4), Dion (3), Dragon (3), Junior Hanley (2), Jean-Paul Cabana (2), Claude Leclerc, 1990 Rookie of the Year Steve Knowlton, MacDonald and Ralph Nason.
Thursday, February 25 2010 @ 12:36 PM PST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
Views: 859
ACT RACING CHANGES TO ELECTRONIC SCORING IN 2010
The American Canadian Tour (ACT) announced today that all racing in the 2010 season will be done with electronic scoring.
This will include weekly events at Thunder Road, both the ACT US and Castrol Tours, and the Bond Auto/WIX Tiger Sportsman Series.
“This is a real change from 50 years of how it has been done,” said Tom Curley, President of ACT and Managing Partner at Thunder Road. “I guess after 50 years it was inevitable that we needed to step up to the modern technology. I am sure Doc (Gordon Nielsen, Chief Scorer for Thunder Road, the former Catamount Stadium, and all the ACT Tours for over 35 years) would approve of this move at this time.”
With the high demands of three Tours and Thunder Road weekly, it has been increasingly difficult to find scorers. For some of the ACT senior scorers, as young as they are, having babies also necessitated this change.
Wednesday, February 24 2010 @ 06:24 AM PST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
Views: 224
Waterford Speedbowl Late Model division changes to Goodyear Tire in 2010
Waterford Speedbowl Management has announced its Late Model division will compete on Goodyear tires in 2010. All competitors will be
required to compete on the designated Goodyear tire compound, beginning with the season opening Budweiser Blastoff event March 26-28.
The Goodyear model D2672 and D2882 tires will be introduced. This change helps the Speedbowl become congruent with the ACT Late Model tire program in place across New England and on the ACT’s U.S and Canadian tours. Goodyear tires will be available for purchase by Speedbowl Late Model teams at Budweiser Blastoff opening weekend and each week during the 2010 race season. The tires can also be mounted at the track. The Speedbowl’s Late Model division competes in the NASCAR Whelen All American Series as Division 2.
“The folks at ACT have done their homework and have a good product with this tire” stated Speedbowl Race Director Tom Fox. “Many of our competitors who have competed on these Goodyear tires in the past have liked their performance. We’ve received a lot of positive feedback from competitors in favor of the switch”.
Monday, February 22 2010 @ 07:31 AM PST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
Views: 694
ACT Drivers’ Favorite Tracks
With the 2010 race season only a couple of months away, the ACT office has compiled an interesting survey of which tracks are the favorites of some veteran and new drivers, as well as several ACT staff members. (All stats are from ACT Late Model Tour or Série ACT Castrol events unless otherwise noted)
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#89VT - Scott Payea, Milton, VT – Thunder Road – “Why wouldn’t it be? It’s a driver’s racetrack with two grooves and lots of
excitement. The atmosphere there is the best.” The Ouellette Plumbing and Heating team, led by crew chief and team co-owner Chris Companion, has 12 top ten finishes in 16 tour starts, with an average finish of 6.6. They also have two wins.
#41VT - Pete Potvin III, Graniteville, VT – Waterford Speedbowl – “It has good speed, great corners that aren’t too tight with great banking.” The family run team, with Pete’s father as crew chief, has two starts at the ‘Bowl’ and have an average finish of 14th.
#21QC - Jean-François Déry, Quebec City, QC – Autodrome Montmagny – “It’s good to me!” The JF Dery team won the Red Bear 100 at Montmagny in 2009. JF has an impressive 6 top tens in 7 starts with 4 top five finishes. His career average finish at Montmagny is a remarkable 5.7.
ACT Director of Competition - Dean Gallison, Middlesex, VT – Kawartha Speedway – “It’s just an awesome race track with great racing, great pits, and a great pit road. What else would a good short track racer want?”
Thursday, February 18 2010 @ 06:45 AM PST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
Views: 503
Meet Thunder Road Late Model Driver Chip Grenier
#9VT Grenier Motorsports Toyota Camry
Hometown: Graniteville, VT
Date of Birth: October 26, 1977
Chip lives with his wife Larissa and their two cats. He works as a foundation mason during the summer and a racecar
fabricator during the winter.
2009 Season: Chip competed on the ACT Tour full-time for the first time during the 2009 season. He earned four top tens in his 12 starts and earned ninth place in the final point standings. He also finished tenth in the 47th Annual Chittenden Bank Milk Bowl. At the 2009 ACT Banquet of Champions he received the 2009 ACT Tour Sportsmanship Award. Chip could also be seen every Thursday night at Thunder Road as the crew chief for Rich Lowrey.
Wednesday, February 10 2010 @ 11:26 AM PST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
Views: 430
1989 CHAMPION – RUSS URLIN
We continue the countdown to the 25th Anniversary Season of American Canadian Tour racing with a review of the
1989 season. The 1989 season saw a changing of the guards on the ACT Coors Tour. With defending champion Robbie Crouch running a limited schedule, seven of the twenty-one events, the door was wide open for a new driver to step into the limelight. London, Ontario’s Russ Urlin, in just his sophomore season on the Tour, took advantage of the opportunity. He dominated the 1989 season winning the Coors Tour Championship, the GM National Stock Car Series Championship and the STP Canadian Challenge Championship. Below is a section from the 1990 ACT Media Guide recapping his dominant season:
“Russ Urlin became the first Canadian to win the American-Canadian Tour championship, a feat he accomplished with three races remaining on the 1989 schedule. This was the earliest that a championship had ever been decided. The 37 year-old London, Ontario resident picked up where five-time champion, Robbie Crouch left off, in dominating the Series.
Monday, February 08 2010 @ 07:42 AM PST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
Views: 343
Race Basics and Bassett Renew ACT Contingency Programs for 2010
Race Basics Chassis and Bassett Racing Wheels have recently announced the renewals of their contingency programs with the American
Canadian Tour (ACT) for the 2010 season. Both companies supported ACT teams competing on the U.S. based ACT Tour and the Quebec based Série ACT Castrol in 2009 and look forward to continuing their support in 2010.
2010 will be the twelfth season of partnership between Bassett Racing Wheels and the American Canadian Tour, dating back to 1999. Bassett will award certificates for their racing wheels to ACT competitors finishing in the runner-up position in each of the 26 touring events plus the top three in the year end standings for both tours. Their contributions to ACT teams will exceed the $1,200 mark. Bassett is based in Burlington, Wisconsin and sells a variety of different steel racing wheels.
Thursday, February 04 2010 @ 06:57 AM PST
Contributed by: ACT Staff
Views: 397
GOODYEAR ACT LIMITED LATE MODEL TIRE TEST SUCCESSFUL
Officials of the Goodyear Engineering and Racing Division and the American Canadian Tour (ACT) have announced that the final test of their new tire designed for a Limited Late Model was very successful.
Veteran racer Joey Laquerre from Barre, VT took his ACT Tiger Sportsman car to Hickory Speedway in North Carolina last week to assist with the test of the D2637 - 7.5” treaded tire designed for a Limited Late Model, or +/- 3000 lb ‘street stock’ division type race car. Laquerre originally tested the Goodyear D2635 tire for the ACT Sportsman division in 2008. He was instrumental in helping to get the modifications made resulting in a revolutionary tire for these kinds of race cars throughout the country. Laquerre also did extensive testing on the ACT Late Model tire in 2004, which led to present use by a dozen tracks, and both ACT Touring divisions in the US and Canada.
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ACT STATS & FACTS
-Brian Hoar, Jean-Paul Cyr, Brent Dragon and Patrick Laperle each have at least one win at six of the nine tracks on the 2010 ACT Late Model Tour schedule that have held events in the past.
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