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Run-What-U-Brung Thrills as Dwindling Point Season Delivers Hard-Nosed Racing

by Lou ModestinoAugust 26, 2022

Barre, VT — The final Thursday night of the 2022 Thunder Road season was certainly one to remember as the championship point battles begin to come down just inches of fiberglass and seconds on the clock. Jet Service Envelope/Accura Printing Night brought the Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors their second first-time winner in two weeks, a rookie that led a flag-to-flag rk Miles Street Stock sprint and two stories of determination and time spent in the shop to get their respective mounts back on top at Thunder Road. (more…)

American-Canadian Tour Returns to Oxford Plains Speedway for 49th 250 Weekend

by Lou ModestinoAugust 25, 2022

Barre, VT — This Saturday, August 27th the American-Canadian Tour is ready to roll back down Route 26 in Oxford, Maine to Oxford Plains Speedway for one of the biggest weekends of the season. The ACT Tour headlines a packed Saturday ‘Night Before the 250’ program alongside the New England Supermodified Series, Modified Racing Series and more!

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Raphael Lessard Takes Down First ACT Win in CAN-AM 200

by Lou ModestinoAugust 24, 2022

Montmagny, QC — For the first time since 1999, the American-Canadian Tour returned to Autodrome Montmagny and 23-years later once again brought a field of thirty cars to the Quebec three-eighths mile. Once an annual stop on the former Serie-ACT Quebec series, Autodrome Montmagny is a huge supporter of the ACT Late Model program and has also played host to the Pro All Stars Series and Quebec Sportsman Series as a racing hub in Quebec. (more…)

Riley Generators to Award New Generator to Stafford Limited Late Model Track Champion

by Lou ModestinoAugust 19, 2022

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Along with the prestige of winning a championship and a season end bonus of $2,000 from the Stafford Speedway Point Fund, the 2022 Limited Late Model champion will receive a unique bonus item courtesy of Riley Generators. Riley Generators will provide the 2022 champion with a brand new generator that can be used to power their trailer or camper.

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Four New Winners Take FloRacing Double Purse on Vermont Tire & Service Night

by Lou ModestinoAugust 19, 2022

Barre, VT — It felt like Milk Bowl weather on Quarry Hill Thursday night as four divisions of racing took off on Vermont Tire & Service Night at Barre’s Thunder Road. 100 cars took battle on a rare cool August evening as the 2022 season begins its dreaded downhill slope. In the end, four first time winners on the season took home the final FloRacing Double Purse winner’s checks and stood tall among their fellow competitors. (more…)

Wicked Good Vintage Racers Ready to Light Up WMMP Once Again

by Lou ModestinoAugust 19, 2022August 19, 2022

N. Woodstock, NH — After their White Mountain Motorsports Park debut last August, the Maine-based Wicked Good Vintage Racing Association returns to the New Hampshire high banks with open-wheel Outlaw Modified competition from yesteryear. Wicked Good Night will also feature weekly championship action for Late Models, Flying Tigers, Strictly Stock Minis and Dwarf Cars. (more…)

ACT Returns North of the Border to Autodrome Montmagny for the $55,000 CAN-AM 200 International Showdown

by Lou ModestinoAugust 18, 2022

Barre, VT — For the first time since 1999, the American-Canadian Tour returns to Autodrome Montmagny and the Vermont-based Tour is going back in a big way. The CAN-AM 200 features a $54,986 USD purse with a $10,000 check going to the winner as the Quebec racers defend their home turf from American invaders just miles off the St. Lawrence Seaway. (more…)

Double Purse Promises Wild Vermont Tire & Service Night at Thunder Road

by Lou ModestinoAugust 18, 2022

Barre, VT — The sights and sounds of Barre, Vermont’s Thunder Road return on Thursday, August 18th with Vermont Tire & Service Night. The Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, rk Miles Street Stocks and Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors all return for the Double Purse courtesy of our streaming partners at FloRacing. (more…)

Phoenix Communications 150 Postponed to Thursday, August 18th

by Lou ModestinoAugust 18, 2022

Thompson, CT — With doom and gloom forecasted for Wednesday, August 17th in Northeast Connecticut, American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Officials have postponed the return of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour to Thursday, August 18th. The schedule in its entirety will remain the same simply pushed back from Wednesday to Thursday. (more…)

Ben Rowe Driving Father’s Car in 49th Oxford 250

by Lou ModestinoAugust 17, 2022

This past Saturday night, one of Maine’s greatest racecar drivers of all-time took the green flag for the first time in 2022. Fans in attendance at Oxford Plains Speedway were on the edge of their seats as Mike Rowe made his way through the Pro All Stars Series Super Late Model field over the 150-lap event. Despite cutting a right-front tire, it was still a performance that left fans talking. (more…)