1991 Champion – Junior Hanley

The 1991 season was the first of three consecutive seasons in which Junior Hanley earned the ACT Tour championship. It was Hanley’s first full

“To the amazement of many, Canada’s most famous stock car racing outlaw, Junior Hanley, made the commitment to run the entire ACT schedule in 1991. But his decision was not as surprising as one might think. With some $400,000 in season ending monies available, including a $50,000 bonus to the driver who could earn the most points during the seven month race season, it was, quite possibly, one of the more logical conclusions reached by the Campbellville, Ontario resident.
Perhaps the one thing that was shocking to the racing community about Hanley’s decision was his choice of car – a Ford Thunderbird. Never in the Series’ 13 year history, had a Ford won the Championship. It looked like the General Motors domination might be in for a challenge.
Hanley’s vast experience on the short tracks of the United States and Canada proved invaluable to the Nova Scotia native as he had not previously seen five of the venues on the ’91 schedule. He finished a respectable ninth after losing a tire while leading in the season opener at New Hampshire’s Lee USA Speedway, a one-third mile track he had never seen before.
After a rain out at Sanair, where Hanley proved to be proficient, the Series moved on the Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway for the first of a trio of events planned at the seacoast oval. He salvaged a 12^th in the Coca Cola 100 after battling with 56 others just to earn a starting position in the main event. He dropped from fourth to sixth in the standings.

ACT ANNOUNCES FORD RACING BLUE OVAL CUP TEAM CHALLENGE

Ford Racing and the American Canadian Tour (ACT) recently announced an aggressive $35,000.00 contingency program in 2010 for those teams that have supported the Ford-powered S347JR ACT crate engine program.

ACT has announced the criteria for the program:

• Ford teams must be registered and approved with ACT office
• Competing teams must be 100% ACT legal
• Butler MacMaster Engine seals must be present and not tampered with
• Individual tracks must validate official finishes with ACT throughout the season
• Any violation of the sealed Ford engine program will result in loss of all points and disqualification from the Ford contingency program for the remainder of the season
• Any track adjustments to the Ford rules must be approved by ACT for continued involvement in the 2010 contingency program

25^th 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

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 5/8^th mile Riverside Speedway in Ste-Croix), and west to the newly paved 4/10^th mile Albany Saratoga Speedway in Malta, NY, just outside the New York capital city.

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

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 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.”

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

#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 14^th.

#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.

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