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Raphael Lessard Leads Packed Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Banquet of Champions

by Lou Modestino
Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour
Car Owners Denis Larue and Louis Larue join driver Raphael Lessard and 2008 ACT champion Patrick Laperle as they accept their 2025 Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Championship awards Saturday night. (Alan Ward photo)

Montpelier, VT — The Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour officially closed out the 2025 season on Saturday night with the annual Banquet of Champions at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Montpelier, Vermont. Drivers, team members and supporters from all six New England states and the Canadian Province of Quebec joined in the annual end-of-season festivities.

Kulwicki Driver Development Program (KDDP) champion Derek Gluchacki started the night by collecting his Brookside Equipment Sales Triple Crown championship honors, later earning his seventh-place points award and a special recognition from the American-Canadian Tour for his successful Kulwicki Cup efforts.

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Sands Captures Haunted at Seekonk for Second Straight Year; Lessard Clinches First ACT Title, Returning Crown to Canada

by Lou Modestino
Haunted Hundred at Seekonk Speedway
Derry, New Hampshire’s Erick Sands carries the checkered flag after winning his second straight Milton CAT Haunted Hundred at Seekonk Speedway. (Mark A. Cote photo)

Seekonk, MA — Derry, New Hampshire’s Erick Sands earned another season-ending treat in the Milton CAT Haunted Hundred at Massachusetts’ Seekonk Speedway on Saturday, October 25, winning the event for the second year in a row. Sands took the lead from Quebec City, Quebec’s William Larue on lap 61 and motored away down the stretch. Behind him, Larue’s teammate Raphael Lessard of Vallée-Jct., Quebec put a bow on the 2025 Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour (ACT) championship, bringing the title to Canada for the first time since 2008.

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Lessard Makes a White Mountain Two-for-Two in Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250 Triumph as Larue Motorsports Goes Two-for-Two on Same Day, 200 Miles Apart

by Mike
White Mountain
The final hundred laps of the Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250 saw Kaiden Fisher (18VT), Raphael Lessard (48QC) and Jesse Switser (25NH) running nose-to-tail or side-by-side in and around lap traffic with $10,000 waiting for the victor under the checkered flag. (Mark A. Cote photo)

N. Woodstock, NH — White Mountain Motorsports Park opened their gates Saturday for the biggest showdown of the season with the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour invading for the 8th annual Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250. With $10,000 on the line and plenty of strategy available to be there at the end of 250 laps, the 2025 edition only added to the magic that is the Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250.

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Lessard Wins White Mountain $10K Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250 in Side-by-Side Race of the Year

by Lou Modestino
White Mountain winner
Milton CAT Midsummer Classic Victory Lane for the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour at White Mountain Motorsports Park (L-R) Derek Gluchacki (3rd), winner Raphael Lessard and D.J. Shaw (2nd) surrounded by Milton CAT representatives. (Johnny Racer photo)

N. Woodstock, NH — Thirty Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Late Models entered the pits at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday afternoon and all thirty started the 8th annual Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250. Former King of the Mountain track champion Kasey Beattie earned the pole in Plus/Minus qualifying with a +6 in heat three with eight-time ACT champion Brian Hoar to his outside. The two battled hard at the onset before Beattie took off with the lead in the early goings. The lap 100 fuel stop quickly gave way to a mad dash to the pit area for fresh Hoosier Racing Tires with Beattie, Nick Sweet, Bryan Mason and Hoar opting to stay out and play the strategy game.

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Jeff Cote Wows to First Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Win in Photo Finish Over Point Leader Raphael Lessard at Montmagny

by Lou Modestino
Victory Lane for the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour at Autodrome Montmangy in the CAN-AM 200 (L-R) Raphael Lessard (2nd), photo-finish winner Jeff Cote and Gabe Brown (3rd). (Mark A. Cote photo)

Montmagny, QC — Thirty-seven Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour teams entered the infield pit area of Autodrome Montmagny Saturday morning to, for the third time this season, break a track record in car count for the CAN-AM 200. The last combination event for the US-based Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour and Serie ACT Quebec, the CAN-AM 200 was the race of the season so far with action-a-plenty throughout right to the bitter end.

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Raphael Lessard Takes White Mountain’s ACT Kancamagus 150; O’Donnell and Roy Split Strictly Mini Doubles

by Lou Modestino
Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Victory Lane as Raphael Lessard (ctr) reigns victorious over Kasey Beattie (R) and William Larue (L) along with representatives from Milton CAT. (Johnny Racer Photo)

N. Woodstock, NH — Racing has finally gotten underway for the first time in two weeks at White Mountain Motorsports Park, much to the excitement of race fans, drivers and officials alike. In the end, four elated winners stood in Milton CAT victory lane.

Saturday’s short track racing action started off with the rain-delayed HK Powersports feature event for the Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis. The rain delay certainly helped sophomore competitor Landyn O’Donnell who fired off from the front row and never looked back, even after the spinning rookie Hayden Morris brought out the lone caution on lap 17. O’Donnell would nail down his second career win in the Strictly Mini class with Vermont invader Kyler Davis and Tyler Thompson rounding out the podium.

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Quebec Champion Raphael Lessard Set to Tackle the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour

by Lou Modestino
Two-time and defending Serie ACT Quebec champion is headed south in 2025 with Raphael Lessard set to take on the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour with the iconic Larue Motorsports #48QC! (Mark A. Cote photo)

Barre, VT — After several weeks of speculation, Vallee-Jonction, Quebec’s Raphael Lessard has staked his claim on the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour in 2025. Piloting the iconic Larue Motorsports #48QC, the two-time and defending Serie ACT Quebec champion is looking to be the first Canadian since 2008 to bring the fabled international championship back across the border! (more…)

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

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

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…)

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