Tag: Massachusetts

1937 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Celebrated as Best of Show at 27th Annual Greenwich Concours d’Elegance

Lou Modestino

GREENWICH, Conn., June 5, 2023 – A 1937 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B was chosen as this year’s Best of Show at the 27th annual Greenwich Concours d’Elegance. The winner at Saturday’s inaugural Concours de Sport was a 1965 Ford GT40 Mk I. The 2023 event further established the weekend’s focus on celebrating car culture and honoring concours tradition and continues to grow in and with the community, establishing its place as a premier automotive event.

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New ‘Driver of the Race’ Contingency Award Announced for ACT Teams

Lou Modestino

Barre, VT — American-Canadian Tour officials today released an all-new Contingency Award available for the ACT teams throughout the 2023 season. The new ACT Driver of the Race program will award one (1) Hoosier Race Tire to the driver that officials deem the most deserving among the roster each race through the end of the 2023 season courtesy of WB Tire. 

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Seekonk Speedway Set as Sixth Track to Host Iconic Spring Green This Saturday Night

Lou Modestino

Barre, VT — One of the American-Canadian Tour’s cornerstone events, the iconic Spring Green, rolls off for the 48th time this Saturday night at Seekonk Speedway. Seekonk will serve as the sixth different host for the longtime ACT standard and could prove to be its most spectacular.

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ACT Announces Brookside Equipment Southern New England Triple Crown Point Fund

Lou Modestino

Barre, VT — After announcing that Brookside Equipment Sales has come on board as title sponsor to the Southern New England Triple Crown for the next two seasons, American-Canadian Tour officials have released the point fund for the three-race series.

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Seekonk’s Haunted Hundred Serves as Penultimate ACT Tour Race of 2022

Lou Modestino

Barre, VT — The next leg of the Southern New England Swing Triple Crown for the American-Canadian Tour comes down to Massachusetts’ Seekonk Speedway this Saturday, October 22nd with the Haunted Hundred. Once again alongside the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series, the ACT Haunted Hundred is expected to be yet another legendary showdown between the Touring stars of Quebec and New England against a stout field of hometown favorites with the 2022 season quickly coming to a close.

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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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Westboro Speedway Reunion Set For Sunday, October 2, 2022

Lou Modestino

The Westboro Speedway Reunion is Sunday, October 2!   Westboro Speedway was a high-banked 1/4 mile paved oval located in Westboro, Massachusetts that operated from 1947 through 1985.

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Massachusetts X1 Kart Tracks May Close Forever?

Lou Modestino

A conversation with former road racer RJ Valentine of Hingham, MA revealed that he does not plan to reopen his X1 indoors on Wood Rd. in Braintree and X1 Outdoors on Rt. 18 in East Bridgewater.  Both race venues were very successful until the Pandemic hit motor racing hard.  In the case of the two local X1 go-kart tracks it was a death blow!

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American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Announces $5,000 Top Prize for Inaugural Challenge Cup

Lou Modestino

Waterbury, VT — The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) has announced the point fund for the inaugural New England Late Model Challenge Cup. The champion will receive a $5,000 top prize in the new regional series designed to reward weekly racer.

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