Location: Scarborough, ME

Track: 1/3-mile semi-banked oval

Opened: 1949

# of ACT Races Held: 39

ACT Pro Stock Tour – 25

ACT Late Model Tour – 12

ACT Sunoco Regional Series, Region 1 – 2

Most Wins:

ACT Pro Stock Tour – Dave Dion, 5

ACT Late Model Tour – Eddie MacDonald/Brad Babb/Nick Sweet, 2 each

ACT Sunoco Regional Series – Ralph Nason and Mike Rowe, 1 each

A Brief History of Beech Ridge

Beech Ridge Motor Speedway opened its gates for the first time on May 20, 1949. Scarborough’s James B. McConnell owned a timber cutting and sawmill business – one that was surely very profitable, given the amount of trees in Maine – but his real dream was to bring auto racing to the state of Maine. In 1948, he began work on realizing that dream, carving a 1/3-mile clay track into the woods outside Portland with the help of about 15 other men. (Incidentally, real horsepower came along the following year when the Scarborough Downs horse racing track was constructed nearby.)

The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) has announced that it will sanction the Jean-Paul Cabana 125 at Quebec’s Circuit Riverside Speedway Ste-Croix on Sunday, June 2. The non-point, $5,000 (CAD)-to-win event will be the first time ACT has visited the 5/8-mile oval since 2015.

A recent rescheduling has set up the 41st Coca-Cola Labor Day Classic at Thunder Road to be one of the biggest weekends in the history of the event.

Officials from the Bullring Bash Quarter Mile Challenge Series recently announced that the “Rumble in the Quarry” Modified and Legend Car events at Thunder Road will now be held Sunday, September 1. The events were originally scheduled for Saturday, September 14, but have been moved due to a conflict with the Tri-Track Modified Series.

Location: Thompson, CT

Track: 5/8-mile high-banked oval

Opened: 1940

Previously Known As: Thompson Speedway; Thompson International Speedway

# of ACT Races Held: 11

ACT Pro Stock Tour/NASCAR North – 7

ACT Late Model Tour – 4

Most Wins:

ACT Pro Stock Tour/NASCAR North – Randy Lajoie, 2

ACT Late Model Tour – Four drivers with 1 each

Both excitement levels and the entry list are growing for the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Commonwealth Classic 65 at Virginia’s Richmond Raceway on Saturday, March 30. ACT’s first-ever visit to Richmond is attracting a variety of touring and weekly racing stars eager to be the inaugural winner at the ¾-mile D-shaped oval.

Location: Plattsburgh

Track: ½-mile semi-banked oval

Opened: 1954

Also Known As: Airborne Park Speedway, Airborne International Raceway, Airborne Speedway, Adirondack Park, Plattsburgh International Raceway

# of ACT Races Held: 73

ACT Pro Stock Tour/NASCAR North – 25

Sunoco Regional Series Region 3 - 1

ACT Late Model Tour – 47

Série ACT – 3 (combo events with ACT Late Model Tour)

Most Wins:

ACT Pro Stock Tour/NASCAR North – Brad Leighton, 5

Regional Series – Donald Forte, 1

ACT Late Model Tour – Brian Hoar, 9

Série ACT – Joey Polewarczyk Jr., - 2

Location: St-Pie, QC

Track:

Sanair International Raceway: 1/3-mile oval

Sanair Super Speedway: 0.826-mile (1.3 km) triangle

Opened: 1971 (oval), 1983 (triangle)

# of ACT Races Held: 40

ACT Pro Stock Tour/NASCAR North – 32 (8 oval, 24 triangle)

ACT Late Model Tour – 8 (triangle)

Most Wins:

ACT Pro Stock Tour/NASCAR North – Junior Hanley, 7

ACT Late Model Tour – Brian Hoar, 2

Location: Loudon, NH

Track: 1.058-mile oval

Opened: 1990

Also Known As: New Hampshire International Speedway

# of ACT Races Held: 1 point-counting event for ACT Late Model Tour/Serié ACT; 9 invitational events

Most Wins: Eddie MacDonald, 5

A Brief History of New Hampshire Motor Speedway

The story of New Hampshire Motor Speedway begins where the story of Bryar Motorsports Park ends. The latter had been a prominent facility on both the national stock car and motorcycle circuits in the 1960s and 1970s with its 1.63-mile road course and 5/8-mile oval. But by the late 1980s, it had fallen into disrepair and largely been reduced to motorcycle racing. Enter Bob Bahre. With NASCAR looking to expand into the Northeast market, the already-legendary Maine businessman and track promoter saw the potential for the property, which was located just an hour north of Boston. So he bought the facility in 1989 and bulldozed the old tracks, paving the way for a new modern racing facility.

Newmarket, NH’s Bryan Kruczek has filed the first official entry for the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Commonwealth Classic 65 at Virginia’s Richmond Raceway on Saturday, March 30. The 2-time Pro All Stars Series winner will pilot the #19NH Little Webb’s Fuel/Sunoco Chevy Camaro for Bobby Webber Jr. Racing in ACT’s maiden voyage at the ¾-mile D-shaped oval.

Bryar Motorsports Park

Location: Loudon, NH

Track: 1.63-mile road course; 5/8-mile oval

Opened: 1964 (road course), 1968 (oval)

Closed: 1989

# of ACT Races Held: 6 (3 road course, 3 oval)

Most Wins: Chuck Bown & Robbie Crouch, 2

A Brief History of Bryar Motorsports Park

The history of racing in Loudon actually begins around 1962 (or 1963; it’s not entirely clear). Keith Bryar, the owner of Belknap Tire in Laconia (which is still open today), also owned a property in nearby Loudon where he kenneled the sled racing dogs that powered his favorite pastime. He also ran a small kid’s amusement park on the property, which included a go-kart track. In the early 1960s, Mr. Bryar noticed the success of various new short tracks opening up in the area and decided to build one for himself.  Thus 106 Midway Raceway was created, a small clay over that quickly became a hit, regularly drawing crowds of 5,000 or more.