ACT RESULTS: Jeff White Takes First ACT Win in Big JAB 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                            ACT-060411 Oxford, ME – Winthrop, Maine’s Jeff White earned his first career American Canadian Tour win in dominant fashion at his hometrack of Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday, June 4. White led all but three laps in the Big JAB 150 while battling with seven time and defending ACT Champion Brian Hoar.

 

Hoar held on for second followed by Brent Dragon, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. and another Oxford regular TJ Brackett rounding out the top five. Shawn Martin completed the three Oxford regulars in the top ten with a sixth. Wayne Helliwell was the biggest mover in the 150 lap event as he came all the way from 32nd to finished seventh. Eric Chase, Jeff Labrecque, Jr., and 2010 ACT Rookie of the Year Brad Babb completed the top ten.   A total of 41 ACT Late Models attempted to qualify for the 33 car field. The 150 lap event was completed in just 1 hour and four minutes with just three cautions. Twelve of the 33 car field finished on the lead lap.   With his first career ACT win, White also earns an invite to the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 24. He joins Hoar, Nick Sweet, Patrick Laperle, John Donahue and Daniel Descoste on the list of ACT winners that have received an invite so far in 2011.   The ACT Late Model Tour has next weekend off before making its annual trip to White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, NH on Saturday, June 18 for a 150 lap event.   ACT Late Model Tour Unofficial Results Big JAB  150 – Saturday, June 4, 2011 Oxford Plains Speedway – Oxford, ME 1. (1) Jeff White, Winthrop, ME, 150 Laps  2. (2) Brian Hoar, Williston, VT, 150 Laps  3. (6) Brent Dragon, Milton, VT, 150 Laps  4. (9) Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Hudson, NH, 150 Laps  5. (7) TJ Brackett, Buckfield, ME, 150 Laps  6. (8) Shawn Martin, Turner, ME, 150 Laps  7. (32) Wayne Helliwell, Jr., Dover, NH, 150 Laps  8. (4) Eric Chase, Milton, VT, 150 Laps  9. (16) Jeffrey Labrecque, Jr., Rochester, NH, 150 Laps  10. (11) Brad Babb, Windham, ME, 150 Laps  11. (13) #Shane Green, S. Paris, ME, 150 Laps  12. (17) Scott Luce, Strong, ME, 150 Laps  13. (10) #Ben Ashline, Pittston, ME, 149 Laps  14. (5) Tommy Ricker, Poland, ME, 149 Laps  15. (20) Eric Williams, Hyde Park, VT, 149 Laps  16. (30) Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, ME, 149 Laps  17. (12) Tim Brackett, Buckfield, ME, 149 Laps  18. (14) Rick Thompson, Jr., Derby, VT, 149 Laps  19. (28) Jamie Fisher, Shelburne, VT, 149 Laps  20. (27) Chip Grenier, Graniteville, VT, 149 Laps  21. (31) #Dave Farrington, Jr., Jay, ME, 149 Laps  22. (23) Glen Luce, Turner, ME, 149 Laps  23. (21) Randy Potter, Groveton, NH, 149 Laps  24. (26) Jean-Paul Cyr, Milton, VT, 149 Laps  25. (19) John Donahue, Graniteville, VT, 149 Laps  26. (33) Garry Chiasson, Peru, ME, 149 Laps  27. (15) Travis Stearns, Auburn, ME, 148 Laps  28. (25) #Pete Yetman, Peru, MA, 147 Laps  29. (18) Dennis Spencer, Jr., Oxford, ME, 116 Laps  30. (29) Mark Lamberton, Mooers Forks, NY, 102 Laps  31. (24) Corey Morgan, Lewiston, ME, 60 Laps  32. (3) Shawn Knight, South Paris, ME, 43 Laps  33. (22) Miles Chipman, Epping, NH, 43 Laps  Time of Race: 1:04:11 Cautions: 3 (laps 43, 60, 126) Leaders: Brian Hoar, 1; Jeff White, 2-44; Hoar, 45-46; White, 47-150. Heat Winners: Ben Ashline, Brad Babb, Brent Dragon   -30-

 

ACT PR : ACT Looks for 9th Different Winner at Lee Opener

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                   ACT-041611-20 Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour will look for its ninth different Lee USA Speedway winner in this Sunday’s (April 17) 2011 New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 season opener. No driver has been able to repeat in the eight events held at the 3/8ths mile speedway since 2003.

 

Three of the previous eight winners will attempt to change that fact on Sunday, as seven-time ACT Champion Jean-Paul Cyr of Milton, VT (2005), ACT’s hottest driver at the end of 2010 Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. from Hudson, NH (2008) and defending NH Governor’s Cup winner Miles Chipman from Epping, NH (2010) have all filed entries. But that leaves over 40 other drivers aiming at their first career ACT win at Lee. Seven-time and defending ACT Tour Champion Brian Hoar (Williston, VT) is among them. He has only had two career starts at Lee but has finished inside the top ten both times with a 9th in 2009 and a 3rd last season. A win Sunday would make Lee his 12th different track with an ACT victory. Two veteran ACT competitors will attempt to break into victory lane and earn their first career top fives at the speedway. Milton, VT’s Brent Dragon and Shelburne, VT’s Jamie Fisher are the only two drivers to start all eight events at Lee, but neither has cracked the top five. Fellow veterans Mark Lamberton of Mooer’s Forks, NY and Joey Laquerre of East Montpelier, VT are among only 10 drivers with multiple top fives in ACT Lee competition. Lamberton earned back to back top fives in 2005 and 2006 including a podium finish. Laquerre picked up his second 5th place effort in the 2010 NH Gov. Cup. Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover, NH leads the way for former Lee regulars as the multi-time track champion. Helliwell claimed nine feature wins at Lee in 2010 and earned a career best 6th in the ACT visit. He’ll be closely followed by Rochester, NH’s Jeffrey Labrecque, Jr. who turned a lot of heads with his own career best ACT, finish as the NH Governor’s Cup runner-up in 2010. Several drivers from the Série Castrol Edge will make their trip across the border for the season opener. 2010 Série Castrol Edge Champion Karl Allard of St-Felicien, Quebec will attempt to make his first start at the speedway. He will be joined by fellow Castrol Edge Champion (2006, 2009) Donald Theetge of Quebec City, QC, who has two career ACT starts at Lee. Also making the trek south are Quebecers Yvon “The Bullet” Bedard of St-Nicolas and Princeville’s Jimmy Cormier. The 2011 ACT Tour season is set to kick off this Sunday, April 17 with the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee (NH) USA Speedway. General admission gates will open at 10:00am with post time at 1:00pm. -30-

 

2011-02-14 - NSS - night 4

New Smyrna Beach, Fla - Brian Hoar remporte le deuxime 100 tours pour voiture ACT à New Smyrna Speedway dans le cadre de Speedweeks 2011. Mark Lamberton et l’ontarien Jonathna Urlin complètent le podium.

Brian Hoar wins the second 100 laps ACT event at New Smyrna Speedway as part of the 2011 Speedweeks. Mark Lamberton and Ontario driver Jonathan Urlin complete the podium.

Deux pilotes ne sont pas revenus à la compétition aujourd’hui. Soit Joey Laquerre qui a été impliqué dans un violent accident et qui là forcé à se retirer. Le deuxième a été Kevin Roberge qui s’est vu informé par les officiels d’ACT qu’il ne pourrait pas prendre le départ puisqu’il avait manqué la réunion des pilotes. « Je participe à deux classes et les puits sont à des endroits vraiment différent. La voiture ACT est à l’extérieur de la piste, tandis que le Crate / Late Model est au centre. Je travaillais sur ma voiture Crate et quand est venu le temps de traverser je ne pouvais pas le faire » déclara Roberge.

Two drivers did not return to competition today. Joey Laquerre who was involved in a crash and totalled his racecar had to forfeit from competition. And Kevin Roberge was informed by ACT Officials, that since he missed the driver’s meeting he would not be able to take part of the second race. “I am competing in two classes and we are pitting in different locations. While the ACT car is outside the race track, the Crate / Late Model is in the inside. I was working on my Crate car and when I had to cross over there were cars on the track and I could not go over” said Roberge.

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English audio interview with Tom Curley about ACT coming to New Smyrna and the first 100 laps race. // Entrevue avec Tom Curley sur la venue d'ACT à New Smyrna et sur la première course (en anglais).

Traduction libre de l'entrevue avec Tom Curley (en français).

La grille de départ était déterminer par l’inversion des 18 première positions à l’arrivée de la première finale. Aaron Fellows et Spencer MacPherson partaient à l’avant. Fellows aura mené le premier tour. MacPherson a pris les commandes au 2e passage et mena jusqu’au 12e circuit. Effectuant un retour à la compétition ACT après quelques années sur la terre battue, Mike Bruno a pris les commandes de l’épreuve au treizième tour. Jonathan Urlin qui en avait arraché dans la première course a travaillé très fort sur la tenue de route de la voiture. Ça marché, il a mené deux fois soit du 39 au 67e passage et du 68 au 71e passage. Il terminera troisième. Mark Lamberton a pris le départ en 14e place a remonté rapidement pour se hisser dans le top 5 pour la majeur partie de la course. Il a terminé deuxième. Hoar qui a terminé sixième dans le premier 100 tours, ne démontrait pas sa puissance habituelle. Naviguant dans le groupe à partir de sa treizième place au départ, il a pris la tête au soixante-douzième tour et ne là jamais concédée. « Quand nous avons déchargée la voiture, nous n’étions pas là. Nous avons travaillé très dur en pratique, je suis gonflé à bloc. C’est exactement ce qu’on avait comme objectif. Nous avons tous donné pour remporter la coupe, félicitations à Joey Polewarczyk. Mais surtout félicitations à mon équipe » déclara Hoar. Joey Polewarzyck a remporté le premier 100 tours la veille, cette fois il aura mené un seul tour et a terminé cinquième. Ce qui fut suffisant pour remporter la coupe ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup. « Je croyais que l’on avait une voiture pour l’emporter. Les gars ont fait tout un travail pour me donner une si bonne voiture. Je savais que j’aurais une chance avec une relance à la fin, mais j’ai vraiment utilisé la machine en remontant le peloton comme je l’ai fais. Mais nous avons fait ce qu’il fallait pour remporter la première Coupe ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup » déclara Pole. Le champion ACT Castrol 2010, Karl Allard n’a pas réussi à améliorer son finish en terminant huitième. Patrick Laperle qui a fini côte-à-côte avec Allard s’est fait battre par quelques courses. Laperle qui a remonté dans le top 5 en moins de 41 tours après être parti 17e semblait en route pour un podium. Cependant après la mi-course, il a visité les puits lors d’un ralentissement pour ce qu’il croyait à se moment là être une crevaison. Il terminera neuvième. « Nous sommes venus ici pour l’emporter. Tout autre résultat est décevant pour nous » a dit Laperle. Quand nous lui avons demander à propos de la visite aux puits, fidèle à son habitude nous avons eu une réponse colorée : « Goodyear ne sait pas comment faire des pneus. Nous étions une des première équipe à piger et il n’y avait pas de choix. Alors nous avons essayer de les agrandir pour obtenir le stagger nécessaire. Ça na pas marché. Alors, sur le jaune nous avons baissé les pressions d’air. On savait qu’ont ne pouvaient plus l’emporter sans faire un changement drastique. » Le champion 2007 et 2009, Donald Theege a terminé douzième. Alex Labbé a terminé une décevante vingt-et-unième place. « Je crois que nous avions une voiture pour un top cinq. On s’est fait tassé et sa rendue la voiture instable. Je ne crois pas que Donald [Theetge] savait que j’étais là, mais s’il le savait c’est pas très sportif » a déclaré Labbé.

The field’s stating positions was set by virtue of an inversion of the top 18 finishing positions from the first 100 laps event. Aaron Fellows and Spencer MacPherson started on the front row. Fellows would lead the first lap. MacPherson would take over and lead from lap 2 to lap 12. Returning to ACT competition after spending some time dirt racing, Mike Bruno showed some strength and took the lead on lap 13. Jonathan Urlin who struggled in last night’s 100 lapper worked feverishly on the car’s setup. It worked for them, he would lead ltwice from lap 39 to lap 67 and from 68 to 71. He would go on to finish third. Mark Lamberton who started 14th moved rapidly to the front and stayed in the top five most of the night. He finished second. Hoar who finished 6th in the first 100 laps event the evening before, has not shown his usual dominance. Moving up thru the field from his 13th place starting position he claimed the lead on lap 72 and never relinquished it for the win. “When we unloaded here, we were junk. We worked really hard in practice, and I'm pumped. This is what we came down here to do. We did everything we could to bring (the overall championship) home, but congrats to (Joey Polewarczyk Jr.). But congrats to all my guys, too. This was just awesome“ declared Hoar. Joey Polewarzyck who won the first 100 laps event the evening before and lead only one lap in the feature tonight. But his fifth place finish was good enough to win the overall inaugural ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup. “I really thought we had the car to win tonight. The guys really put one heck of a setup under it. I knew we'd have a good shot on (a late restart), but I really used my stuff up coming up from the back. But we did what we had to do to win the first-ever ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup, so that's was pretty cool” declared Pole. Patrick Hamel posted the best finish by a Quebec driver finishing in sixth place. Hamel who was disappointed with his finish the night before finished just outside his goal of a top 5. The 2010 ACT Castrol Champion, Karl Allard could not improve his finish in the second 100 lapper and finished in 8th place. Patrick Laperle who finished side by side with Allard was edged out by inches. Laperle who cracked the top 5 in only forty laps after starting deep in the field from his 17th position was marching to a podium finish. Unfortunately on a late caution, he visited the pits for what he thought was a flat tire. He would finish ninth. “We came here to win. Anything short is disappointing for us” said Laperle. When asked about pitting under yellow, his response was colourful as usual: “Goodyear doesn’t know how to make tires. We were one of the first teams to pick for tires. There was just no choice. So we tried stretching them in order to get the stagger we would need for the race. It didn’t work. So we ended up taking air out to cure the poor handling condition. We were not going to win it was do or die.” The 2007 and 2009 Castrol Champion Donald Theetge finished twelve. Alex Labbé finished a disappointing twenty-first position. “I think we had a car to finish top five. We got moved and it just junked the car. I don’t think Donald knew I was there, but if he did that was a cheap shot on his part as it could have cost us a car” said Labbé.

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Commentaires d'Alex Labbé.

Commentaires de Patrick Laperle.

Yvon “la galette” Bédard a pris le départ de l’épreuve en troisième place et a réussi à rouler dans le top dix toute la soirée et semblait en route pour une belle fin de course. « La voiture était très bonne. Nous avons fait contact avec Jacob McGrath. ACT nous a donné le noir pour la fumée sous la voiture. Ils penssait que nous étions après défoncer le moteur. C’étais le pneu contre la carosserie. Nous avons perdu trois tours à cause de cela. Ceci met un terme aux courses ACT en Floride. Mais l’action continue ce soir pour les autres classes du World Series of Asphalt Stock Car. Vous pourrez écouter la diffusion en direct de la course Crate / Late Model à compter de 19h ce soir sur http://roy-motorsports.com/Roy_Motorsports_-_VIDEO.html

“The bullet” Yvon Bédard who started third managed to stay in the top ten all evening and was showing signs of a great finish. “The car was great until we made contact with Jacob McGrath. Then ACT black flagged us for smoking. They thought we were blowing up or engine. It was a fender rubbing the right front. We lost three laps because of that.” This concludes the ACT races in Florida. But the action continues as part of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car. Live broadcast (in French) of the Crate / Late Model race will be available at 7pm on http://roy-motorsports.com/Roy_Motorsports_-_VIDEO.html

ACT RESULTS : Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. Claims Goodyear Speedweeks Cup Title

Brian Hoar Wins Second 100 Lap Event FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                         ACT-021411 New Smyrna, FL – Hudson, New Hampshire’s Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. worked his way through heavy traffic from his 18th starting position to finish 5th in the second round of the Goodyear Speedweeks Cup at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna, Florida on Monday, February 14. The fifth place effort along with his win in Sunday’s 100 lapper earned him the low score of six points, just edging out seven-time ACT Late Model Tour Champion Brian Hoar who earned seven points in the Goodyear Speedweeks Cup standings.

 

Hoar of Williston, Vermont took the win in Monday night’s feature after starting 13th. Mark Lamberton of Mooers Forks, New York used a second place effort to claim third in the overall standings. In the final 100 lapper Jonathan Urlin of London, Ontario, Lee USA Speedway Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover, New Hampshire, and Polewarczyk completed the top five. Quebec’s Patrick Hamel, Massachusetts Eddie MacDonald, Quebecers Karl Allard and Patrick Laperle and Florida’s Pete Potvin rounded out the top ten. The early stages of the event saw Goodyear Speedweeks Cup Standing leaders Polewarczyk, Laperle, Quebec’s Alex Labbé, Lamberton and Helliwell battle their way to the front. The outside groove appeared to be the fast lane as they worked their way to the front. Labbé fell out of contention after bouncing off the wall about midway through the event and lost a lap on pit road. Laperle made a pit stop for an adjustment while running in the top ten after the halfway mark and couldn’t make it back to the front. In the overall Goodyear Speedweeks Cup standings, Polewarczyk and Hoar were followed by Lamberton, Helliwell and Laperle in the top five. Urlin, MacDonald, Allard, Hamel, and Quebec’s Donald Theetge completed the top ten. Monday’s event was completed in 56 minutes and 12 seconds with seven total cautions. The lead was swapped seven times among six drivers. The American Canadian Tour’s first trip to the 2011 Goodyear Speedweeks Cup at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna, Florida has come to a close with Monday’s event. The ACT stars will have several months off before their seasons begin. The ACT Late Model Tour’s season opener will be Sunday, April 17 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, New Hampshire, while the Série Castrol Edge will kick off its season on Saturday, May 21 at Autodrome St-Eustache in St-Eustache, Quebec. Unofficial Results Goodyear Speedweeks Cup Event #2 Monday, February 14, 2011 Pos  S. Pos     Car #     Driver                           Hometown                          Laps 1            13     37VT     Brian Hoar                    Williston, Vermont                100 2            14     16NY     Mark Lamberton          Mooers Forks, New York       100 3            10      4ON     Jonathan Urlin              London, Ontario                    100 4            15     27NH     Wayne Helliwell, Jr.     Dover, New Hampshire         100 5            18     97NH     Joey Polewarczyk, Jr.    Hudson, New Hampshire       100 6              5     51QC     Patrick Hamel               St-Croix, Quebec                   100 7            12    17MA    Eddie MacDonald         Rowley, Massachusetts         100 8            11     48QC     Karl Allard                    St-Felicien, Quebec               100 9            17     91QC     Patrick Laperle             St-Denis, Quebec                   100 10          20     41FL     Pete Potvin, III              Wesley Chapel, Florida         100 11            7     22NY     Mike Bruno                   Rutland, Vermont                  100 12            9     80QC     Donald Theetge            Boischatel, Quebec               100 13            4      17RI     Ray Parent                    Tiverton, Rhode Island          100 14          25     72VT     Jacob McGrath             Killington, Vermont               100 15          19     92VT     Blair Bessett                 Worcester, Vermont             100 16            8     57VT     Austin Theriault            Fort Kent, Maine                   100 17          26     40VT     Eric Chase                     Milton, Vermont                    100 18            2     31ON    Spencer MacPherson   Carleton Place, Ontario        100 19          22     17ON    Justin Holtom                Dunrobin, Ontario                 100 20          24    77MA    James Linardy               Somerville, Massachusetts      99 21          16     36QC     Alex Labbe                    St-Albert, Quebec                    99 22          23     88ON    Tim Dorning                 Perth, Ontario                         98 23            3      9QC      Yvon Bedard                 St-Nicolas, Quebec                  97 24          21    88MA    Kyle DeSouza                Fairhaven, Massachusetts       39 25            6    21MA    Pete Yetman                 Peru, Massachusetts               38 26            1     29NH     Aaron Fellows               Croydon, New Hampshire       28 Unofficial Results Goodyear Speedweeks Cup Overall Sunday, February 13, 2011 Monday, February 14, 2011 Pos     Car #      Driver                              Feature #1      Feature #2      Total 1         97NH      Joey Polewarczyk, Jr.                 1                     5                  6 2         37VT      Brian Hoar                                 6                     1                  7 3         16NY      Mark Lamberton                       5                     2                  7 4         27NH      Wayne Helliwell, Jr.                  4                     4                  8 5         91QC      Patrick Laperle                          2                     9                11 6          4ON       Jonathan Urlin                           9                     3                12 7        17MA      Eddie MacDonald                      7                     7                14 8         48QC      Karl Allard                                 8                     8                16 9         51QC      Patrick Hamel                          15                     6                21 10       80QC      Donald Theetge                       10                   12                22 11       22NY      Mike Bruno                              13                   11                24 12       36QC      Alex Labbe                                 3                   21                24 13       57VT      Austin Theriault                       11                   16                27 14        17RI       Ray Parent                               16                   13                29 15       41FL       Pete Potvin, III                         21                   10                31 16       92VT      Blair Bessett                            20                   15                35 17       31ON      Spencer MacPherson              18                   18                36 18      21MA      Pete Yetman                            14                   25                39 19        9QC       Yvon Bedard                            17                   23                40 20       72VT      Jacob McGrath                        27                   14                41 21       17ON      Justin Holtom                           23                   19                42 22       40VT      Eric Chase                                28                   17                45 23      77MA      James Linardy                          25                   20                45 24       29NH      Aaron Fellows                          19                   26                45 25       88ON      Tim Dorning                            24                   22                46 26      88MA      Kyle DeSouza                           22                   24                46 -30-

 

2011-02-13 - NSS - RECAP

New Smyrna Beach, FLA - Joey Polewarczyk de Hudson au New Hampshire sera inscrit dans l’histoire comme le premier gagnant de la Coupe ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup.   Pole a remporté le premier de deux épreuves de 100 tours disputé à la piste de New Smyrna Speedway dans le cadre de Speedweeks 2011.  Il a été suivi d’une paire de pilote du Québec, Patrick Laperle et Alex Labbé.

New Smyrna Beach, FLA - Joey Polewarczyk from Hudson, NH will go down in history as the first feature winner of the ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup in history.   Pole won the first of two 100 laps event being ran at New Smyrna Speedway as part of the Speed Weeks 2011 competition.  He was followed across the line by a pair of Quebec drivers, Patrick Laperle and Alex Labbé.

 

28 compétiteurs, provenant du Québec, Ontario, Vermont, New York, Mass, Rhode Island, Maine et le New Hampshire, se sont présentés pour cette première historique.   Le président et directeur de course Tom Curley a innové à New Smyrna en mettant en vedette des courses de qualification – la norme à la piste et dans le sud étant de faire des temps chronométré pour déterminer la grille.   Patrick Laperle, le double vice-champion de la classe Crate / Late model ici à New Smyrna sera reconnu comme étant le gagnant de la première épreuve de qualification pour les voitures ACT.  Brian Hoar et Jonathan Urlin l’ont suivi.   Dans la deuxième course de qualification, Wayne Helliwell a croisé le fil le premier.  Joey Laquerre et Karl Allard le suivait.  Mike Bruno sera reconnu comme le premier pilote à avoir fait un tête-à-queue et causé une neutralisation.   Patrick Hamel a remporté la troisième épreuve de qualification devant Mark Lamberton et Pete Yetman.

28 competitors showed up for the historic first time event, hauling from Quebec, Ontario, Vermont, New York, Mass, Rhode Island, Maine and New Hampshire.   ACT President and race director Tom Curley innovated at New Smyrna show casing qualifying heats – the tradition at the facility and “down south” is to run time trials to set the field.   Patrick Laperle who is a two-time vice Champion in the Crate / Late Models at New Smyrna was the first qualifying race winner.  He won over Brian Hoar and Jonathan Urlin.   In the second qualifying race, Wayne Helliwell was the winner.  Joey Laquerre and Karl Allard completed the podium.  Mike Bruno will go down in history as the first spin in competition and drawing a caution.   Patrick Hamel won the third race with Mark Lamberton and Pete Yetman finishing behind him.

 

Au moment de disputer la grande finale, 27 voitures se sont présentées sur la grille, puisque le pilote du Vermont Eric Chase a réalisé en se déplaçant sur la fausse grille qu’il avait un roulement à bille (bearing) de roue défectueux.   Joey Pole qui a pris le départ de la position de tête a rapidement creusé une avance sur les autres.  Mais cette dernière a été réduite lorsque la première neutralisation a eu lieu au 34e tour pour la voiture immobilisée d’Austin Thériault.   C’est cependant exactement ce que Patrick Laperle (deuxième) et Eddie MacDonald, maintenant rapproché sur son pare-choc voulaient.   Laperle a pris les commandes de l’épreuve de Pole et a réussi à bâtir une belle avance.  Malheureusement pour lui, un avantage qui disparaîtra au 41e passage quand Joey Laquerre a frappé violement le mur de la 1 forçant une deuxième neutralisation.   « Le châssis est bon pour les poubelles.  La section centrale est en forme de diamant » déclara le septagénaire Laquerre.  « C’est une toute nouvelle voiture.  Même pas une course dessus.  Nous ramassons nos choses et quittons pour la maison » ajouta-t-il.   Voici ce qu’il nous a répondu quand nous lui avons demandé ce qui s’est passé : « Le 16 [Kevin Roberge] ma dumpé dans le mur ».

When feature time rolled around, only 27 cars rolled onto the grid as Vermont driver Eric Chase was a scratch because of a faulty wheel bearing which was discovered on his way to the staging area.   Joey Pole started from the pole position and stretched an early lead  which vanished when the first caution was brought out on lap 34 for Austin Theriault who is stopped on the front stretch.   It was exactly what Patrick Laperle (second) and Eddie MacDonald now on his bumper.   Laperle took the lead away from Pole and built a nice lead over him.  Unfortunately, it was reduced to nothing when the caution was drawn on lap 41 for Joey Laquerre who hit the wall hard in turn 1.   “The frame is totalled.  Center section is bent in a diamond shape” said the elder and disapointed Laquerre.  “This was a brand new car.  Not even a race on it.  We’re packing up and going home” he added.   This is what he had to say when asked what happened: “I just got dumped into the wall by the 16 [Kevin Roberge]”.

 

Le champion Castrol 2007 et 2009, Donald Theetge, a regagné les puits sous la neutralisation pour faire des ajustements à la suspension avant gauche.  Il reviendra en piste et terminera 10.   Pole et Laperle se sont échangé la tête à plusieurs reprises au cours de la prochaine séquence sous le drapeau vert.  Tandis que MacDonald, Lamberton, Hoar et Bruno se livraient bataille pour les positions 3 à 5.  MacDonald qui devait se battre avec une voiture sans adhérance.   « Nous avions une fuite d’huile importante qui graissait le pneu arrière droite.  Nous changeons le moteur dans un garage local cette nuit » nous informa Eddie MacDonald plusieurs heures après la fin de la finale.   Au 61e passage Patrick Hamel a perdu la maîtrise de sa voiture au suite d’un contact par l’arrière de son confrère québécois Kevin Roberge.

Donald Theetge, the 2007 and 2009 ACT Castrol Champion, visited the pits under caution to make adjustments to the left front suspension to address handling issues.  He would return to competition and finish 10.   Pole and Laperle would exchange the lead several times over the next stretch of green flag.  Meanwhile MacDonald, Lamberton, Hoar and Bruno where batteling behind for third thru fifth.  MacDonald in an uncharacteristically ill handling race car was holding up the group.   “We had a terrible oil leak that would soak the right rear tire.  We are going to swap the engine over at a local shop” informed us Eddie MacDonald several hours after the feature.   On Lap 61 Patrick Hamel was spun onto the front stretch grass area when he was hit by behind by fellow countryman Kevin Roberge.

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Commentaires de Kevin Roberge.

Commentaires de Patrick Hamel.

 

Quoi que nous avons pas vu ce qui s’est passé, d’après les explications de tous, nous comprenons que Hamel a levé à peine quand il a vu MacDonald être en glissade.  Roberge qui était à le doubler au même moment n’a pu réagir et la emboutit.   Quand le group est revenu au vert, Pole a continuer de mener l’épreuve avec Laperle à ses trousses.  Mais le duo avait maintenant un nouveau partenaire de danse dans la personne du jeune, de 17 ans, Alex Labbé qui venait d’avoir le dessus sur MacDonald, Lamberton et Hoar.   Tandis que Laperle a réussi à se rapprocher de Pole avec 20 tours à faire, il n’était pas assez fort pour le passer.  « Joey était vraiment fort.  Si un jaune avait sorti, comme j’aurais eu l’extérieur c’est sûr que la fin de la course aurait été différente » déclara Laperle.

While we could not see what happened its now clear Hamel lifted when MacDonald lost momentarily control of his car.  Roberge going to the outside at the time did not lift and connected with Hamel sending him in a spin at the same time.   When the group returned to green flag, Pole continued to lead over Laperle.  But the duo now had a new dancing partner when young 17 year old Alex Labbé powered his around MacDonald, Lamberton and Hoar.   While Laperle managed to reel in Pole with 20 laps to go he did not have enough to pass him.  “Joey was strong.  Had a caution come out we would have had the outside and the outcome would be different” declared Laperle.

 

“C’étais très enlevant.  Je dois remercier Patrick.  Il m’a offert toute une compétition et très propre. C’est comme si la course était juste entre lui et moi .   C’est probablement la course la plus difficile – tant à l’offensive qu’à l’offsensive – que j’ai eu à disputer.  C’est une belle démonstration de la compétitivité de ces voitures.  J’ai vraiment apprécié d’où jétais. » déclara Pole.   Si la bataille en piste entre Pole et Laperle valait le prix d’amission, le jeune Labbé, gagnant du prix Inside Track Motorsports News voter’s choice Promising Stock Car driver award a très bien fait avec une troisième place.  En plus il avait eu à changer le moteur après la première pratique et manquer les deux dernière séances de pratique.   « Ont ne s’attendait pas à faire aussi bien.  Nous avons pris notre temps et fait une belle remontée. On était pas le plus vite, mais considérant les problèmes de moteurs nous sommes très satisfait. » nous a dit Labbé.

“Man, that was some tough racing. I've got to thank Patrick (Laperle). He raced me so clean, it really seemed like it was just between us. That was probably the hardest I've ever had to drive -- both on offense and on defense. It just goes to show how good the competition is in these cars. It was pretty cool from my point of view” declared Pole.   If the on track competition between Pole and Laperle was worth the price of admission, young 17 year old Alex Labbé, the 2010 Inside track Motorsport Magazine voter’s choice Promising Stock Car award winner, had a strong third place finish after having to go to a backup engine and missing the last two practice sessions.   “We didn’t expect such a good finish.  We took our time and did a great comeback from behind.  We weren’t the fastest car out there, but considering our engine issues we are very pleased with the results” said Labbé.

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Commentaires de Patrick Laperle.

Commentaires d'Alex Labbé.

 

La course a été disputé en 50 minutes, ce qui est assez exceptionnel considérant la taille de la piste (demi-mile) et qu’il y a eu deux neutralisations.   Les courses reprennent à New Smyrna Speedway ce soir, lundi 14 février, avec le deuxième 100 tours pour ACT et le retour en piste des Crate / Late Models.   La grille de départ du 100 tours sera une inversion des positions à l’arrivé du premier.   Martin Latulippe et Kevin Roberge son deuxième dans les points (68) juste derrière Austin Kirkpatrick (70) dans le championnat de 8 épreuves Crate / Late model.   Synthonisez notre radio diffusion en français des deux finale à 19h en surfant à http://roy-motorsports.com/Roy_Motorsports_-_VIDEO.html

The race was ran in 50 minutes, which is amazing fast considering it is an half-mile track and was slowed by two cautions.   Racing from New Smyrna Speedway resumes Monday night with the second 100 lap event by ACT competitors and the Crate / Late Models.    The starting line up for the second 100 laps will be an inversion of the finish of the first 100 laps.   Martin Latulippe and Kevin Roberge are second with 68 points to Austin Kirkpatrick’s 70 points in the Crate / Late Model 8 races Championship.   At 7pm, tune in to our FRENCH radio broadcast of the race by surfing to http://roy-motorsports.com/Roy_Motorsports_-_VIDEO.html

 

Unofficial Results
ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup Night #1
New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna, Florida
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Pos Start Pos   Car #      Driver                                   Laps

1             2        97NH      Joey Polewarczyk, Jr.           100

2             9        91QC      Patrick Laperle                     100

3           14        36QC      Alex Labbe                           100

4           16        27NH      Wayne Helliwell, Jr.             100

5             1        16NY      Mark Lamberton                  100

6             7        37VT      Brian Hoar                           100

7             3       17MA      Eddie MacDonald                100

8           11        48QC      Karl Allard                            100

9           22         4ON       Jonathan Urlin                      100

10         19        80QC      Donald Theetge                   100

11           4        57VT      Austin Theriault                   100

12           5        16QC      Kevin Roberge                      100

13         13        22NY      Mike Bruno                          100

14         12       21MA      Pete Yetman                          99

15         17        51QC      Patrick Hamel                        99

16           6         17RI       Ray Parent                             99

17         24         9QC       Yvon Bedard                           99

18         20        31ON      Spencer MacPherson             99

19         15        29NH      Aaron Fellows                        98

20         27        92VT      Blair Bessett                           98

21         26        41FL       Pete Potvin, III                        98

22         21       88MA      Kyle DeSouza                          98

23         25        17ON      Justin Holtom                         86

24         28        88ON      Tim Dorning                           85

25         18       77MA      James Linardy                        57

26         10        15VT      Joey Laquerre                        41

27         23        72VT      Jacob McGrath                       22

DNS        8        40VT      Eric Chase                                 

 

ACT PR - Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. Takes Goodyear Speedweeks Cup Win on ACT's First Night at New Smyrna Speedway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                         ACT-021311 New Smyrna, FL – Hudson, New Hampshire’s Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. continued his hot streak on the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) with a win in Sunday’s Goodyear Speedweeks Cup feature at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna, Florida. Polewarczyk had to hold off St-Denis, Quebec’s Patrick Laperle for the win.

 

After starting on the outside pole, Polewarczyk quickly jumped out to a large lead, while Laperle worked his way through the field from his ninth place starting position. A caution on lap 34 gave Laperle his first shot at Polewarczyk. The two battle for the lead before another caution came out on lap 41 for a hard hit into the front stretch wall by East Montpelier, Vermont’s Joey Laquerre. Polewarczyk gained the advantage in the outside lane on the restart to claim the lead. The two would swap it again before Polewarczyk took over for good on lap 60. Laperle would get to the rear bumper of Polewarczyk several times as they worked their way through lap traffic in the final 40 laps. Polewarczyk and Laperle were followed by Quebec’s Alex Labbe coming all the way from the 14th starting position. New Hampshire’s Wayne Helliwell, Jr. and New York’s Mark Lamberton completed the top five. Seven-time ACT Late Model Tour Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, Vermont took sixth followed by Massachusett’s Eddie MacDonald, Quebec’s Karl Allard, Ontario’s Jonathan Urlin and two-time Série Castrol Edge Champion Donald Theetge of Quebec completed the top ten. Polewarczyk begins the 2011 year much like he left off in 2010. The 21 year old claimed three ACT Late Model Tour wins in 2010 along with the second ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire and the 48th Annual Milk Bowl at Thunder Road in Barre, Vermont, all with the new Ford powerplant. The first of two ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup 100 lap events was completed in just over 50 minutes with just three cautions. There were four lead changes among two drivers. Twenty-seven of the twenty-eight cars that made the trip to the sunshine state took the green flag in the feature as Eric Chase had to scratch due to a wheel bearing. Tomorrow’s (Monday, February 14) ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup 100 event will be lined up with an inversion of the top 20 from tonight’s finishing order. The overall Goodyear Speedweeks Cup winner will be decided by the overall lowest score based on the finish of the two 100 lappers. Post time for Monday’s event is 7:30. Listen to Dave Moody call the action on www.speed51.com. Unofficial Results ACT Goodyear Speedweeks Cup Night #1 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna, Florida Sunday, February 13, 2011 Pos Start Pos   Car #      Driver                                   Laps 1             2        97NH      Joey Polewarczyk, Jr.           100 2             9        91QC      Patrick Laperle                     100 3           14        36QC      Alex Labbe                           100 4           16        27NH      Wayne Helliwell, Jr.             100 5             1        16NY      Mark Lamberton                  100 6             7        37VT      Brian Hoar                           100 7             3       17MA      Eddie MacDonald                100 8           11        48QC      Karl Allard                            100 9           22         4ON       Jonathan Urlin                      100 10         19        80QC      Donald Theetge                   100 11           4        57VT      Austin Theriault                   100 12           5        16QC      Kevin Roberge                      100 13         13        22NY      Mike Bruno                          100 14         12       21MA      Pete Yetman                          99 15         17        51QC      Patrick Hamel                        99 16           6         17RI       Ray Parent                             99 17         24         9QC       Yvon Bedard                           99 18         20        31ON      Spencer MacPherson             99 19         15        29NH      Aaron Fellows                        98 20         27        92VT      Blair Bessett                           98 21         26        41FL       Pete Potvin, III                        98 22         21       88MA      Kyle DeSouza                          98 23         25        17ON      Justin Holtom                         86 24         28        88ON      Tim Dorning                           85 25         18       77MA      James Linardy                        57 26         10        15VT      Joey Laquerre                        41 27         23        72VT      Jacob McGrath                       22 DNS        8        40VT      Eric Chase                                  -30-