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SATURDAY, AUGUST 24th |
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The ACT 150 |
The Oxford
Plains 100 |
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Kruczek Earns ACT Season Sweep at Oxford |
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Oxford,
ME
- Newmarket, NH's Bryan Kruzcek became the first
repeat winner in the 2019 American-Canadian Tour
(ACT) championship season by capturing the
Oxford Plains 150 at Maine's Oxford Plains
Speedway on Saturday, August 24. Kruczek took
the lead from West Burke, VT's Jesse Switser
just past the halfway mark and never gave up the
top spot on his way to an ACT season sweep at
the historic 3/8-mile oval.
Berlin, NH's
Cody LeBlanc earned the pole in qualifying and
led the first eight laps while Kruczek rolled of
the grid 13th. Hinesburg, VT's Bobby Therrien, a
former ACT winner at Oxford, got inside LeBlanc
coming off turn two and took the top spot away
on the ninth circuit. Therrien held the point
for the next 35 laps through two caution periods
as Switser, Kruczek, Scott, Payea, Rich Dubeau,
and other top runners slowly worked their way
through the field.
Switser found his way
to Therrien's bumper at the 40-lap mark, and two
laps later, he dove low in the second turn.
Although Therrien was able to keep his bumper
ahead for one more lap, Switser overtook him on
the following circuit.
Therrien began
backsliding after getting hung outside on a
lap-55 restart as Payea, Stephen Donahue, and
Kruczek positioned themselves behind Switser.
Following the fourth caution on lap 61 for Craig
Bushey's spin, Kruczek went to work in earnest,
eventually getting underneath Donahue for the
second spot on lap 72.
One lap later,
Peyton Lanphear got turned around on the
frontstretch and Scott Dragon ended up head-on
in the wall in the aftermath. Switser was able
to hold of Kruczek on the initial restart, but
as the field completed the 76th lap, Kruczek got
his nose below Switser entering turn one. When
the field came back around to the start/finish
line, Kruczek was out in front.
Switser
continued to run second during a long green-flag
stretch and kept Kruczek within striking
distance. Following the seventh caution on lap
108 for tandem spins by Tom Carey III and Jimmy
Renfrew Jr., Graniteville's Donahue moved into
the second spot as Switser started to fade.
Kruczek and Donahue drew away from the field as
Scott Payea, Ryan Kuhn, Dubeau, Dylan Payea and
others put on a thrilling duel for third on
back.
Back-to-back cautions with 14 laps
remaining - one for a spin by Rowland Robinson
and another for a multi-car pile-up on the
restart - gave the field one final crack at
Kruczek. Donahue was able to keep the leader
honest over the final sprint, but Kruczek proved
too much to handle as he rolled to his second
career ACT win.
Donahue took the
runner-up spot for the second straight event.
Colchester, VT's Scott Payea completed the
podium in third. Point leader Rich Dubeau of
Plainfield, NH came home fourth while Milton,
VT's Dylan Payea finished a career-best fifth
after starting 26th.
Williamstown, VT's
Jimmy Hebert kept pace with Dubeau in the
championship chase by coming in sixth. Notre
Dame des Pins, QC's Alexendre Tardif came from
30th to seventh as the highest-finishing Quebec
racer. Kuhn, Trent Goodrow, and Quinny Welch
rounded out the top-10.
Kuhn, Jimmy
Renfrew Jr., Mathieu Kingsbury, and Tom Carey
III won qualifying heats. LeBlanc and Goodrow
took victories in the consolation races.
The ACT Late Model Tour is right back in action
Sunday, September 1 with the 41st Coca-Cola
Labor Day Classic 200 at Barre, VT's Thunder
Road. Post time is 1:30pm for an event that also
includes 50-lap features for the track's Lenny's
Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers and Burnett Scrap
Metals Road Warriors. Admission is $25 for
adults and free for kids ages 12 and under.
For more information, contact the ACT
offices at (802) 244-6963, media@acttour.com, or
visit www.acttour.com.
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ACT LATE MODEL TOUR
OXFORD PLAINS 150
- UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Pos., Start
Pos., Driver, Car #, Hometown, Laps
1. ( 13 )
Bryan Kruczek ( 19NH ) , Newmarket, NH , 150
Laps
2. ( 5 ) #Stephen Donahue ( 2VT ) ,
Graniteville, VT , 150 Laps
3. ( 10 ) Scott
Payea ( 37VT ) , Colchester, VT , 150 Laps
4.
( 16 ) Rich Dubeau ( 30NH ) , Plainfield, NH ,
150 Laps
5. ( 26 ) Dylan Payea ( 7NH ) ,
Milton, VT , 150 Laps
6. ( 20 ) Jimmy Hebert
( 58VT ) , Williamstown, VT , 150 Laps
7. (
30 ) Alexendre Tardif ( 21BC ) , Notre Dame des
Pins, QC , 150 Laps
8. ( 4 ) #Ryan Kuhn (
72MA ) , E. Bridgewater, MA , 150 Laps
9. ( 7
) #Trent Goodrow ( 31MA ) , Carver, MA , 150
Laps
10. ( 23 ) Quinten Welch ( 78NH ) ,
Groveton, NH , 150 Laps
11. ( 28 ) Ryan
Morgan ( 31CT ) , North Franklin, CT , 150 Laps
12. ( 29 ) Dany Trepanier ( 19QC ) , St-Edouard,
QC , 150 Laps
13. ( 19 ) Rowland Robinson Jr.
( 28ME ) , Steuben, ME , 150 Laps
14. ( 12 )
Tom Carey III ( 5MA ) , Warwick, MA , 150 Laps
15. ( 9 ) Jimmy Renfrew Jr. ( 00NH ) , Candia,
NH , 150 Laps
16. ( 32 ) Dylan Turner ( 73ME
) , Freedom, ME , 150 Laps
17. ( 34 ) Joel
Hodgdon ( 36VT ) , Craftsbury Common, VT , 150
Laps
18. ( 1 ) Cody LeBlanc ( 55NH ) ,
Berlin, NH , 150 Laps
19. ( 6 ) Jesse Switser
( 25NH ) , West Burke, VT , 150 Laps
20. ( 11
) Mathieu Kingsbury ( 9QC ) , Blainville, QC ,
150 Laps
21. ( 18 ) Christopher Pelkey ( 64VT
) , Graniteville, VT , 150 Laps
22. ( 17 )
Jonathan Bouvrette ( 41QC ) , Blainville, QC ,
149 Laps
23. ( 25 ) Claude Leclerc ( 11QC ) ,
Lanoraie, QC , 149 Laps
24. ( 2 ) Scott
Coburn ( 72VT ) , Barre, VT , 148 Laps
25. (
33 ) Mike Benevides ( 50RI ) , Westerly, RI ,
146 Laps
26. ( 24 ) Ryan Olsen ( 61NH ) , N.
Haverhill, NH , 137 Laps
27. ( 3 ) Bobby
Therrien ( 04VT ) , Hinesburg, VT , 136 Laps
28. ( 21 ) Shawn Swallow ( 04NH ) , Lancaster,
NH , 136 Laps
29. ( 14 ) Craig Bushey ( 15VT
) , Fairfax, VT , 135 Laps
30. ( 27 ) Steve
Fisher ( 24VT ) , S. Burlington, VT , 134 Laps
31. ( 15 ) Brockton Davis ( 47NH ) , Whitfield,
NH , 89 Laps
32. ( 31 ) Peyton Lanphear (
22VT ) , Waterbury, VT , 78 Laps
33. ( 22 )
Scott Dragon ( 16VT ) , Milton, VT , 73 Laps
34. ( 8 ) John Donahue ( 26VT ) , Graniteville,
VT , 22 Laps
35. ( 36 ) David MacDonald (
69ME ) , New Gloucester, ME , 16 Laps
36. (
35 ) Reilly Lanphear ( 21VT ) , Waterbury, VT ,
12 Laps
Lap Leaders: Cody LeBlanc, 1-8;
Bobby Therrien, 9-43; Jesse Switser, 44-76;
Bryan Kruczek, 77-150. (3 lead changes among 4
drivers)
Time of Race: 1:23:55 Margin of
Victory: 0.714 seconds
Cautions: 9 (laps
18, 35, 55, 61, 73, 78, 108, 136, 136)
Heat Winners: Ryan Kuhn, Jimmy Renfrew Jr.,
Mathieu Kingsubry, Tom Carey III
Consi
Winners: Cody LeBlanc, Trent Goodrow |
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Tri-Track
Open Modified - Oxford 100 Official Finish –
August 24, 2019
1. Matt
Hirschman, Northampton, PA; 2. Ronnie Williams,
Ellington, CT; 3. Andy Jankowiak, Tonawanda, NY;
4. Andy Shaw, Center Conway, NH; 5. Brian Robie,
Sunapee, NH; 6. Les Hinckley, Windsor Locks, CT;
7. Brad Babb, Windham, ME; 8. Calvin Carroll,
Andover, NJ; 9. Woody Pitkat, Bellingham, MA;
10. Kirk Alexander, W. Swanzey, NH; 11. Anthony
Nocella, Berlin, MA; 12. Jacob Dore, Sanford,
ME; 13. Matt Galko, Meriden, CT; 14. Matt
Swanson, Acton, MA; 15. Joey Jarvis, Ascutney,
VT; 16. Jon Kievman, Deerfield Beach, FL; 17.
Larry Barnett, Moosup, CT; 18 .Geoff Rollins,
Groton, MA; 19. Colbey Fournier, Berkley, MA;
20. Kurt Vigeant, Oxford, MA; 21. Russ Hersey,
Swanzey, NH; 22. Tommy Barrett, Millis, MA; 23.
Anthony Sesely, Matawah, NJ; 24. Ron Silk,
Norwalk, NJ; 25. Carl Medeiros, Jr., Westport,
MA; 26. Richard Savary, Canton, MA; 27. Kris
Watson, Hermon, ME.
DNQ: Andrew Charron,
E. Greenwich, RI; Steven Dickey, Milford, NH;
Derek Robie, Bellingham, MA; Bill Dixon N.
Waterboro, ME; George Sherman, Framingham, MA.
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Street
Stocks: 1. 4H Kyle Hewins, 2. 21 Skip
Tripp, 3. 25 Shawn Knight, 4. 64 Skip Stanley, 5. 14c
Anthony Constanino, 6. 36 Richard Spaulding, 7. 09
Mark Turner, 8. 27 Pat Thorne, 9. 61 Matt
Dufault, 10. 77 Jon Brill, 11. 55 Kurt Hewins, 12. 67
Michael Haynes, 13. 34 Jacob Vaughn, 14. 2. Ajay
Cates, 15. 99 George Haskell, 16. 17 Jim
Davis, 17. 27x Kam Huntress, 18. 6 Brian Dorloff
Jr, 19. 96 Cody Webster, 20. 12 Brandon Varney, 21. 04
Zach Bowie |
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Wicked Good
Racing Association #1 - Early Late Models:
1. 420 Keith Smalley, 2. 2 Kevin
Waterhouse, 3. Dean Grant, 4. 55 Chris Oglivy, 5. 19
Ben Overlock, 6. 82 Bobby Symonds, 7. 32 Jim
Kinney, 8. 7 Wally Henderson, 9. 87----- |
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Classic
Lites: 1. 29 Tom
Harwood, 2. 30 Duane Skofield, 3. 40 Derrick
Marsen, 4. 04 Stew McCormack, 5. 12 Joey
Duguio, 6. 8-----, 7.9 3-----, 8. 18 Eric
Skofield, 9. 67 Alan Robidias, 10. 31 Cody
Hodgdon, 11. 11-----, 12. 7 Bill Mattahall, 13. 25
Chris Sullivan, 14. 91 Aaron
Dyer, 15. 90-----, 16. 28----, 17. 99 Craig
Lambert, 18. 1x Roger Edgecomb, 19. 45 Paul Marsan |
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Legends:
1. 90 Casey Call, 2. 27 Austin
MacDonald, 3. 77 Ryan Doucette, 4. 27MA Luke
LeBraun, 5.18 Parker Varney, 6. 92 Colby
Meserve, 7. 399 Bob Weymouth, 8. 64 Devin
Deshaies, 9. 84 Matt Grant, 10. 4RI----------, 11. 17
Luke Lebraun, 12. 67--------, 13. 4NH Thomas
Everson, 14. 90x---------, 15. 33 Alan Smith, 16. 14x
Tyler Cox, 17. 15 Trevor Krouse, 18. 09x Joshua
Parsons, 19. 57 Mike Dellaveccia, 20. 6 David
Kinney, 21. 899--------, 22. 129 Brandon
Douglas, 23. 07 Nick Calvert, 24. 17 Reegan
Parent, 18. 76-------, 19. 14MA Aliyah Neale |
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Eric LaFleche Photo |
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ACT Returns to Oxford for
Latest Round of
Title Showdown |
Waterbury, VT - The American-Canadian Tour (ACT)
gets back into the point-counting season this Saturday,
August 24 at Maine's Oxford Plains Speedway. The Oxford
Plains 150 is part of a huge night of racing that will
thrill fans and set the stage for the final rounds of
this year's $10,000-to-win heavyweight championship
bout.
Saturday's show is part of the "Night
Before the 250" as Oxford Plains sets the stage for the
46th Annual Oxford 250 on Sunday. The ACT Late Model
Tour has been part of "Night Before" program three of
the last four years, and this year's Saturday night
showdown is bigger than ever. ACT is joined by the
Tri-Track Open Modified Series, NELCAR Legends,
Northeast Classic Lites, Oxford Plains Street Stocks,
and Wicked Good Vintage Racing Association for one hot
night on the historic 3/8-mile oval.
"We're
thrilled to have ACT back for the Oxford 250 weekend
again," Oxford Plains Speedway President Tom Mayberry
said. "Every time they've visited Oxford the last few
years, they've put on a fantastic race, and the outcome
is almost never decided until the final laps.
Championship implications are once again on the line, so
we're sure it's going to be another intense race from
start to finish."
With three point-counting races
remaining, two racers have stood out above all others in
2019. Plainfield, NH's Rich Dubeau currently leads
Williamstown, VT's Jimmy Hebert by 21 points in the
overall standings. They're the only two drivers to
finish in the top-10 at every event this year. That
consistency has put both in position to claim their
first ACT title.
The two off-track friends have
much in common. Both are former ACT Rookie of the Year
honorees, both won lower-division weekly championships
before joining ACT, and both scored wins in this year's
Summer Kickoff Series. However, with a championship and
its $10,000 point fund prize on the line, neither will
be cutting the other any breaks once the green flag
drops.
One driver who still has a reasonable
chance to catch them is Colchester, VT's Scott Payea.
The two-time defending champion is 60 points behind
Dubeau and will need a lot to go in his favor --
especially after he and Hebert tangled fighting for the
lead late in the Midsummer 250 two weeks ago. But his
RPM Racing team is the same team that helped him win the
last two titles, and they may well have one more push
left.
A strong field is expected for this
weekend's Oxford Plains 150 as pre-entry numbers are
near those for the Midsummer 250. Newmarket, NH's Bryan
Kruczek, who won the ACT event at Oxford in April, is
going for the season sweep. White Mountain Motorsports
Park Late Model point leader Quinny Welch of Groveton,
NH will take advantage of the track's weekend off and
head to Maine in search of his first ACT win.
Father/son duo John and Stephen Donahue of Graniteville,
VT are both attempting to qualify for the event. Berlin,
NH's Cody LeBlanc is trying to follow up on a solid
showing at the Midsummer 250 while Thompson Speedway
regular Michael Benevides is making the trip north from
Westerly, RI. Entries have also been received from N.
Haverhill, NH's Ryan Olsen and New Gloucester, ME's
David MacDonald while Richard Green Racing has stated
they will bring Scott Dragon's #16VT to Oxford.
They'll join the rest of the ACT Late Model Tour
regulars for 150 green-flag laps of edge-of-your-seat
action. E. Bridgewater, MA's Ryan Kyan is running away
with the Rookie of the Year title while Milton, VT's
Dylan Payea has put together a strong follow-up to last
year's Rookie honors. Jonathan Bouvrette, Christopher
Pelkey, Scott Coburn, and others are all looking to put
the finishing touches on solid seasons with a strong
run.
Post time is 4:30pm for the "Night Before
the 250" at Maine's Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday,
August 24. The Oxford Plains 150 for the ACT Late Model
Tour headlines a card that also includes the Tri-Track
Track Open Modified Series, NELCAR Legends, Northeast
Classic Lites, Oxford Plains Street Stocks, and Wicked
Good Vintage Racing Association. The pits open at 9:00am
and the front gates open at 10:30am. Admission is $30
for adults, $15 for kids ages 6-12, and $65 for a family
of four (2 adults, 2 kids).
For more information,
contact the ACT offices at (802) 244-6963,
media@acttour.com,
or visit www.acttour.com. |
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AUGUST 23-25, 2019 |
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Tour-Type Modifieds & ACT Late Models
On Tap
For "The Night Before The 250" |
NAPLES, ME (August 14) - In less than
two weeks, the eyes of the short track racing world will
be firmly focused on Maine's Oxford Plains Speedway. On
Sunday, August 25th, the biggest single day racing event
of the year will take place when the green flag falls
for the 46th Annual Oxford 250 and the chance for one
driver to take home $50,000. But, as big as the 250 is,
it is just a part of a huge weekend of racing planned at
Oxford Plains Speedway.
This year, "The Night
Before The 250" promises to be the best yet. On Saturday
night, August 24th, the American-Canadian Tour (ACT)
Late Models will return to Oxford Plains Speedway for a
150 lapper, along with a 100-lap event for the Tour-Type
Modifieds of the Tri-Track Open Modified Series. Drivers
like Anthony Nocella, Andy Shaw, Ron Silk, Matt
Hirschman, Woody Pitkat, Matt Swanson, Andy Jankowiak
and more are all expected to compete at Oxford Plains in
the Tour-Type Modified event.
"We are really
excited to be running at Oxford Plains Speedway and are
honored to have been invited by Tom Mayberry and his
team to run on Oxford 250 weekend," said series managing
partner, Wayne Darling. "We know that the Tri-Track
drivers and teams will put on a show worthy of this
weekend."
While the ACT Late Models will head
back to Oxford Plains for the second time this season,
one of the stalwart tracks of their schedule. A big
field of ACT Late Models are expected at the 3/8-mile
speedway, including Spring winner, Bryan Kruczek, and
drivers competing for the championship like Rich Dubeau,
Jimmy Hebert, Scott Payea and more.
In addition
to ACT and the Tri-Track Open Modified Series, Legends,
Street Stocks, Classic Lites and Wicked Good will all be
in action "The Night Before The 250.' The weekend
actually gets underway on Friday night, August 23rd,
featuring the PASS Modifieds, Legends, Street Stocks,
Outlaws, Rebels, Cruisers, Bandits, Trucks, and
4-Cylinder Figure 8.
The entry list for the 46th
Annual Oxford 250 is now over 50 with the additions of
former 250-winner, Eddie MacDonald, as well as Ryan
Green and Brandon Barker. Competitors will have the
opportunity to race for one of the richest winner's
purses in asphalt short track racing, with $25,000 to
win, plus an additional $25,000 in lap leader money.
Last year's winner, Bubba Pollard of Senoia, GA, took
home over $28,000 for his efforts in becoming the first
southern driver to win the Oxford 250 since 1983. While
no one in the last two decades has led more than Joey
Polewarcyzk's 205 laps in 2012, if a driver could
somehow manage to lead all 250 laps, they would take
home $50,000 for the win.
Entry forms and the
complete weekend schedules for the 46th Annual Oxford
250 and the Lanier National 200 at Lanier Raceplex in
Georgia are available at
ProAllStarsSeries.com.
The Pro All Stars
Series is recognized as North America's premier
sanctioning body for asphalt Super Late Models and
boasts such marquee events as the legendary Oxford 250
at Oxford Plains Speedway, the Easter Bunny 150 at the
historic Hickory Motor Speedway, and the PASS
Commonwealth Classic at Richmond Raceway.
For
technical information concerning all PASS divisions
please send questions to
passracing@roadrunner.com.
For media or
marketing questions, please contact Alan Dietz at
704-231-2039 or
alandietzpass@live.com.
And, don't forget to
"Like" the Pro All Stars Series on Facebook or follow us
on Twitter @PASSSLM14 to keep up with breaking news as
it happens. |
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