Top 5 @milton_cat American-Canadian Tour Races of 2025
No. 1
Can-Am 200 – Autodrome Montmagny – July 19, 2025
Photo. Finish.
The explosive excitement in the grandstands and infield as 200-laps ended with a photo finish told everything that needed to be said about the 2025 Can-Am 200, this was the “Race of the Year”!
Fans were treated to an all-star front row between Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour point leader Lessard on the inside and Serie ACT Quebec point leader Jeff Cote on the outside. The two battled doorhandle-to-doorhandle, lap after lap before Cote managed to sneak away with the lead. The final caution on lap 191 set up a nine-lap shootout that will not soon be forgotten by Quebec’s racing faithful.
Both drivers again fought door to door at the head of the pack, swapping the lead by thousands of a second again and again in the closing laps. After flying under the white flag, the two young leaders banged doors, taking into account all 199 laps behind them with a $10,000 check waiting under the checkered flag. The two came across the line side-by-side with the crowd on their feet and electronic scoring initially showing Lessard the winner by 0.005 seconds over Cote.
Officials enlisted the help of several photographers but none had a clear picture across the start/finish line. It wasn’t until Autodrome Montmagny social media personnel shared video from their drone above the frontstretch that the picture came into clear view. Jeff Cote’s black 51QC was first to hit the line under the twin checkered flags, just ahead of Lessard’s white 48QC.
Quick Stats & Notes:
▪️37 cars attended and started the Can-Am 200
▪️37 cars set an all-time track record car count for the Autodrome Montmagny
▪️The 2025 Can-Am 200 saw 4 lead changes over the final 10 laps
▪️Patrick Cliche started 27th and finished 9th earning the hard charger of the day
Top 5 @milton_cat American-Canadian Tour Races of 2025
No. 2
Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250 – @whitemountainmotorsportspark – August 2, 2025
Packed grandstands, high-level competition and storylines that constantly change throughout the 250 laps. Each year the Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250 solidifies itself as one of the marquee events in North America, and the 2025 edition was another ‘Instant Classic’!
Quick Stats:
▪️30 cars started the Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250
▪️21 cars took the checkered flag on-track
▪️Only 2 of the Top 10 finishers actually started the race in the Top 10, the race was filled with “comers and goers”
▪️Erick Sands led the hard-charger battle with a +17 position improvement throughout the 250-lap event.
Top 5 @milton_cat American-Canadian Tour Races of 2025
No. 3
Haunted Hundred – @seekonkspeedway – October 25, 2025
31 cars on a 1/3-mile track for 100 laps…0 caution flags
Quick Stats:
▪️37 cars attended
▪️31 cars started the Haunted Hundred
▪️30 cars took the checkered flag on-track
▪️Official Time of Race was 23 minutes and 2 seconds
▪️Jake Johnson put on quite a performance going from 13th to finish in 4th place without a single caution flag
▪️Raphael Lessard earned the hard-charging title finishing in 11th after starting in 23rd on his way to earning his first-career Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour championship
▪️Official Race Results: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4bf2942aeba5a84464e875/t/690255da59f444715a5bf361/1761760730352/102525+Haunted+Hundred+Official+Race+Report.pdf
Top 5 @milton_cat American-Canadian Tour Races of 2025
No. 4
27th running of the Community Bank, N.A. 150 – Thunder Road International Speedbowl – June 1, 2025
Quick Stats:
▪️32 cars started - The event was originally scheduled a month earlier (May 4th), but got rained-out and several of the 43 cars that were in attendance for the May 3rd practice day were unable to attend the makeup date
▪️27 cars took the checkered flag on-track
▪️Chase Curtis earned the hard-charging title finishing in 15th after starting in 28th
▪️Raphael Lessard’s performance in this event was the launching pad to his 2025 Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Championship
Top 5 Races of the 2025 @milton_cat American-Canadian Tour Season
No. 5
North East Classic – @nhms New Hampshire Motor Speedway – April 19, 2025
Quick Notes & Stats:
▪️34 cars attended - The event was originally scheduled a week earlier (April 13th), but got snowed-out and several of the 42 official entries were unable to attend the makeup date
▪️28 cars took the checkered flag on-track
▪️Jimmy Renfrew, Jr. earned a stunning +26 position improvement in the 50 lap event.
▪️Gabe Brown’s North East Classic win was his first-career win at the “Magic Mile”, and his 3rd-career Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour win
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Gabe Brown and the Gene Brown-owned team’s average championship points ranking over the last 3 seasons on the @milton_cat American-Canadian Tour.
The Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour has averaged 139 drivers per-year over those 3 seasons, so a 1.67 out of 139 is pretty darn impressive👍
Yes, we know....six-seven....
@raphael_lessard Leads Packed @milton_cat American-Canadian Tour Banquet of Champions - Read more about the official closer to the 2025 Season at acttour.com
📸 Alan Ward
Up Next:
🏆2025 @milton_cat American-Canadian Tour Banquet Of Champions🏆
Saturday January 3rd, 2026, at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Montpelier, Vermont
5pm: Doors Open - Social Hour
6pm: Dinner
7pm: Awards Presentation
To Follow: Dancing & Celebrating
2025 @milton_cat American-Canadian Tour - 1st Place - 48QC @raphael_lessard
▪️Best Finish in 2025: 1st place (2x) - Kancamagus 150 & Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250 at @whitemountainmotorsportspark
▪️Total Earnings in 2025: $61,992
Congratulations to Raphael and the 48QC team on their iconic championship performance on North America’s most historic and competitive late model touring series, the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour!
🏆 2025 Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Champion
2025 @milton_cat American-Canadian Tour - 2nd Place - 47NH Gabe Brown
▪️Best Finish in 2025: 1st place (4x) - Northeast Classic at @nhms New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Yvon Bedard 109 and Pine Tree State 125 at Oxford Plains Speedway and the 47th running of the Fall Foliage 200 presented by @bhbtsocial Bar Harbor Bank & Trust at @whitemountainmotorsportspark
▪️Total Earnings in 2025: $45,880
Congratulations to Gabe and the 47NH team on their spectacular Top 3 points performance on North America’s most historic and competitive late model touring series, the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour!
🏆 2024 Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Champion