ACT Shifts Gears to Tour Championship Opener at Oxford

ACT Shifts Gears to Tour Championship Opener at Oxford

With a successful debut at Virginia’s Richmond Raceway in the rear-view mirror, the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) now has its eyes set on the Northeast racing season. The ACT Late Model Tour heads to Maine’s Oxford Plains Speedway on Sunday, April 14 at 1:30pm for the first event of the 2019 championship chase. Many stars of the Richmond event will now shift their focus to the 10-race point-counting schedule throughout New England and Quebec.

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Pole Fends off Helliwell for Commonwealth Classic Victory

Pole Fends off Helliwell for Commonwealth Classic Victory

Hudson, NH’s Joey Polewarczyk Jr. scored one of the biggest wins of his already illustrious American-Canadian Tour (ACT) career by taking the inaugural Commonwealth Classic 65 at Virginia’s Richmond Raceway on Saturday, March 30. “Joey Pole” took the lead for good on lap 42 and survived a pair of bids from Dover, NH’s Wayne Helliwell Jr. en route to the victory.

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ACT Ready for Richmond Debut

ACT Ready for Richmond Debut

After months of anticipation, the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) is ready for the inaugural Commonwealth Classic 65 at Richmond Raceway. Over the next few days, at least 38 ACT Late Model teams from the U.S. and Canada will make the trek to Virginia for the race on Saturday, March 30 at 1:00pm. Officials and fans will join them to see the long-running Northeast series take on the ¾-mile D-shaped speedway for the first time.

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This Track in ACT History: Star Speedway

This Track in ACT History: Star Speedway

Location: Epping, NH

Track: ¼-mile semi-banked oval

Also Known As: All-Star Speedway

Opened:

# of ACT Races Held: 8

ACT Pro Stock Tour – 2

ACT Late Model Tour – 6

Most Wins:

ACT Pro Stock Tour – Dana Patten and Mike Weeden, 1

ACT Late Model Tour – Six drivers with 1 each

A Brief History of Star Speedway

Star Speedway – unofficially the home of Big Block Supermodifieds – owes its existence to the trio of Charlie Elliott, Ken Smith, and Russ Conway. Smith and Conway founded the New England Super-Modified Racing Association in 1965, and along with Elliott, they decided to build a new track in Southern New Hampshire – one that could both show off these high-powered cars in companion with the nearby Lee Raceway. It also aimed to continue the tradition of previous tracks in the area such as Dover’s Granite State Park and Maine’s Sanford Speedway. On June 26, 1965, they purchased Star Brick Yard in Epping, NH and set about transforming it into a race track.

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