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Gluchacki and Shaw Pick Up 2023 Where They Left 2022 at Hickory Motor Speedway

Lou Modestino

Hickory, NC — Although rain dampened the Easter Bunny Weekend of Speed on Friday, Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials created a new plan for an epic Saturday doubleheader that saw both the St. Patrick’s Day and Easter Bunny programs go off without a hitch for the American-Canadian Tour. Teams saw both highs and lows in one of the busiest days on record, several drivers earning much-needed redemption to cap off the busy Saturday schedule and started their 2023 season on solid ground.

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ACT Standout Gluchacki Makes Kulwicki Driver Development Program Semi-Finals

Lou Modestino

Hickory, NC — It was announced today in Charlotte, North Carolina that American-Canadian Tour and Thompson Speedway standout Derek Gluchacki has made the list of semi-finalists for the highly acclaimed Kulwicki Driver Development Program (KDDP). The program has partnered with racers from across North America the past seven seasons to offer a stipend of sponsorship money as well as working with these racers to provide assistance with publicity, marketing, sponsorship development and industry networking throughout the season.

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Gluchacki Caps off Stellar 2022 ACT Season with Waterford Speedbowl Win

Lou Modestino

Waterford, CT — The 2022 American-Canadian Tour was finalized Saturday at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl for the return of the Shoreline 150. Thirty-six teams attempted to qualify for twenty-six spots in the season-ending event with the Southern New England Triple Crown championship in the minds of several teams looking to ride out the year with a little extra change in their pockets.

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Massachusetts’ Gluchacki Takes Wall’s Ford Platinum Championship

Lou Modestino

N. Woodstock, NH — With the 2022 White Mountain Motorsports Park season coming to a close over the next few weeks in September, the pressure was on for all to perform, and it showed. The inaugural Wall’s Ford Platinum Series was on the line for the Foley Oil & Propane Late Models with the Wells River Chevrolet Flying Tigers having the closest point battle in recent memory.

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The Night the Lights Went Out in Oxford as Gluchacki Goes Lights-Out on the Field

Lou Modestino

Oxford, ME — The annual American-Canadian Tour 125 at Oxford Plains Speedway headlining the Saturday night before the Oxford 250 program did not disappoint. 38 American-Canadian Tour cars from all six New England states and the Canadian province of Quebec made the trek to the Vacationland home of ACT to take part in one of New England’s crown jewel events. Fireworks on the track split into darkness with a first-time blackout delaying the event in the early goings.

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Gluchacki Takes the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 100 At White Mountain

Lou Modestino

N. Woodstock, NH — In one of the quickest hundred-lappers of the season at White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Dartmouth Massachusetts-native Derek Gluchacki took down the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 100, race number two of the Wall’s Ford Platinum Late Model Series. Jason Wyman, Jack Hayes and Shane Sicard also took down wins on a hot, wild night in North Woodstock.

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Derek Gluchacki Looking for One More Spot in This Year’s New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 100

Lou Modestino

N. Woodstock, NH — The return of the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 100 at White Mountain Motorsports Park this Saturday night brings back the Wall’s Ford Platinum Late Model series plus the return of a Granite State racing tradition. Alongside the second round of the Wall’s Ford Platinum Series for the Foley Oil & Propane Late Models, the Wells River Chevrolet Flying Tigers, Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis and Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars will also be in attendance.

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Gluchacki Class of the White Mountain Late Model Field, Alexander Dominates Modifieds

Lou Modestino

N. Woodstock, NH — A night highlighted by first time winners and longtime dominators left plenty of dust to be settled on the high banks of White Mountain Motorsports Park. At the end of the night, two drivers grabbed the checkered flag for the first time, one took his first win of the year while a traveling Late Model team stole the local show and a Modified ace took his first Modified Racing Series win since 2010.

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Gluchacki Launches a Strong Championship Bid with Magic Mile Victory

Lou Modestino

Loudon, NH — We couldn’t properly call it the Northeast Classic without Mother Nature staying true and changing the weather 987-times in a seventy-two-hour span. We experienced it all, warm sunshine, blistering winds, downpouring rain, skies both clear and packed with clouds and even the occasional flurry of snow.

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Gluchacki Breaks into ACT Victory Lane at World Series Saturday

Lou Modestino

Thompson, CT — North Dartmouth, MA’s Derek Gluchacki scored one for the locals by winning the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Sunoco World Series 75 presented by Twisted Tea at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on Saturday, October 9. The 19-year-old got the lead early and was never seriously challenged en route to his first career ACT victory as part of Twisted Tea Saturday for the 59th Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing.

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