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Thompson, CT — A capacity crowd of over 200 officials, drivers, team members, sponsors and families packed the Speedway Clubhouse at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park for the 2023 Banquet of Champions on Friday. All five divisions were on hand and well represented as they celebrated their accomplishments with positive comradery and excitement for the upcoming year.
Barre, VT — After several years of continued growth for the famed Flying Tiger division at Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl and White Mountain Motorsports Park, American-Canadian Tour Officials have announced a new Tri-State Series for the top support division. The Tri-State Flying Tiger Series will visit Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine in its inaugural 2024 season, the first time the Tigers have hit the touring circuit in over a decade. (more…)
Barre, VT — Officials have released the 2024 American-Canadian Tour schedule of events. While one date will be announced as officials continue to deliberate between several offers on both sides of the US/Canadian border, the current schedule already shows nine unique ovals between five New England states and the Canadian province of Quebec. Of the thirteen posted dates, eight include events that are at least $5,000 to win, three of them bringing at least $10,000 to win! (more…)
Barre, VT — The time has come to release the 2024 Schedule of Events for Barre, Vermont’s Thunder Road International Speedbowl with twenty-one action-packed dates on tap throughout the upcoming year.
Barre, VT & Naples, ME — Officials from the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and Pro All Stars Series (PASS) have announced today an expanded twelve-event schedule for the Thompson Speedway oval in 2024. Schedule highlights include the 50th Icebreaker and 62nd Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing book-end weekends plus the return of Thursday Night Thunder at the 85-year-old oval in the fifth season under the operation of ACT and PASS. (more…)
N. Woodstock, NH — In the weeks leading up to the annual Banquet of Champions, we will be having a 2023 Season Celebration for each of the six divisions that call White Mountain Motorsports Park home throughout the summer. After starting with the Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division, we’re ready to recap the Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars. The second of three part-time White Mountain divisions is one of its most unique collection of cars in the North Country. (more…)
Barre, VT — Over 300 people were on hand Saturday evening to celebrate the 2023 American-Canadian Tour season and that of home-track Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vermont. The packed-house gathered to wrap up the 2023 season in style. Just before award presentations began, a series of prizes were raffled off to the top supporting competitors on the American-Canadian Tour courtesy of a series of contingency partners.
Jonathan Bouvrette was pulled for the AR Bodies ‘A’ Package prize while Andrew Molleur’s name was pulled for a set of four Bassett racing wheels. A Five Star Bodies NextGen Body package was awarded to Cam Huntress, Gabe Brown earned a complete set of four QA1 Shocks and Jimmy Renfrew was gifted a 54-gallon drum of 110 Sunoco Racing Fuel.
D.J. Shaw and car owner Arny Hill collected their hardware, the $10,000 championship bonus, the $2,000 Brookside Equipment Triple Crown championship bonus and a series of contingency prizes that included three drums of Sunoco 110 Race Fuel and certificates from Kirkey Racing Fabrication, KRC Power Steering, Bassett Racing Wheels and Allstar Performance. Shaw thanked his many supporters from crew chief Andrew Cimonetti and car owner Hill to his sponsors A.H. Fence Company and Bar Harbor Bank & Trust and his family for all their combined efforts in bringing home his second-consecutive American-Canadian Tour championship.
ACT Championship runner-up Gabe Brown and car owner Gene Brown collected their plaques, point fund and contingency certificates from Bassett and Kirkey while third-place finisher Jimmy Renfrew Jr. and car owner Jim Renfrew added a $1,250 prize for his Brookside Triple Crown run and prizes from Edelbrock Corporation, Tilton Racing, Kirkey and Bassett for his third-overall finish.
Fourth-place finisher Derek Gluchacki was also on hand to collect his 2023 trophies, check and a $750 bonus for his third-in-points run in the Brookside Equipment Southern New England Triple Crown Series. Rookie of the Year Tanner Woodard and car owner Jason Woodard took home $1,000 as the top rookie along with the fifth-in-points accolades and certificates from Allstar and DRP Performance.
Fellow top-10 overall finishers Erick Sands, Andrew Molleur and Bryan Wall Jr., along with car owners Jay Sands, Jason Glaude and John Wall Sr., were also on hand to celebrate their respective 2023 seasons.
While unable to attend, Rochester, New Hampshire’s Cam Huntress earned the ACT Most Improved Driver Award in his sophomore season with Blainville, Quebec’s Jonathan Bouvrette gifted the Tour’s Sportsmanship Award to join fellow honorable Canadian award winners Claude Leclerc, Tom Kenyon and Dave Whitlock.
Leader of ACT Race Day Operations, race director, graphic designer and lifelong member of the racing community, Scott Tapley was chosen as the 2023 recipient of the Tom Curley Award in memory of the founder of the American-Canadian Tour. The prestigious Don MacTavish Award was given to a similarly lifelong driver, car owner and sponsor John Wall Sr. for his dedication to Northeast stock car racing.
The 2024 schedule and rule book are set to be released by the Barre, Vermont offices in the coming weeks before Thanksgiving. For more information, contact the Thunder Road offices at (802) 244-6963, media@thunderroadvt.com, or visit www.thunderroadvt.com. You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @ThunderRoadVT.
Barre, VT — The stars of Thunder Road International Speedbowl and American-Canadian Tour (ACT) will meet all together once more in 2023 at the annual Banquet of Champions this Saturday, November 4.
Waterford, CT — Although rains pushed the Haunted Hundred at New London-Waterford Speedbowl back to Sunday, October 22, the poor weather did nothing to hinder the competition. Forty-nine American-Canadian Tour teams flooded the paddock at the coastal Connecticut oval with just thirty-one positions up for grabs in the final event of the 2023 season with the iconic ACT Tour championship, Rookie of the Year honors and Brookside Equipment Southern New England Triple Crown on the line. (more…)
Barre, VT & Naples, ME — Officials from the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and Pro All Stars Series (PASS) announced today that the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will visit Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park for three events in 2024 during the famed oval’s 85th season of stock car racing. 2024 marks the fifth season that the ACT and PASS organizations have co-promoted the 5/8-mile oval at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park and they welcome the nationally renowned NASCAR Touring Series back to the track that started it all once again in the coming season. (more…)
