Austin Theriault Racing: ACT Late Model Tour Thunder Road Int'l Speedbowl Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 9.2.12 For more information, visit http://www.AustinTheriault.com or E-mail GWCNewEngland@gmail.com   BARRE, Vt. – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished fifth in the ACT Late Model Tour Labor Day Classic 200 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Sunday, September 2. Theriault started 29th in the 30-car field, used pit strategy early in the race to gain track position, and then picked up two spots over the final four laps to finish in the Top-5 for the seventh time in nine ACT races this season. The Brad Keselowski Racing development driver remained the only driver on the ACT Late Model Tour to have finished in the Top-10 in all nine points races, and the AT Racing No. 57 Pelletier Ford Ford Fusion has two Top-10s in two races at Thunder Road in 2012.

 

WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine TEAM: AT Racing No. 57 Pelletier Ford Ford Fusion CREW CHIEF: Mickey Green, South Paris, Maine WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Labor Day Classic 200 WHERE: Thunder Road Int'l Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile banked oval) STARTED: 29th FINISHED: 5th UPDATED POINTS POSITION: 3rd ****** AUSTIN, YOU HAD A LONG DAY AT THUNDER ROAD. Overall, it was a long day. We started at the rear of the heat race and couldn't quite get our track position back. We ran the whole system through the consi and the B feature. Sometimes, that's the way it works. You've got to recover and you have to race your way from the back. It was a decent day. To get a Top-5 out of it was pretty good. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE PIT STOP ON LAP 71? The first set of tires we had, I don't know what happened to them. The car just got really, really free. I think we overestimated for that when we put rights on. We tightened it up some more (on the pit stop), but the second set of rights didn't free it up like the first set did. We were a little tight at the end. IS IT FRUSTRATING TO FINISH IN THE TOP-5 AND STILL LOSE GROUND IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP HUNT? We lost some points, yeah, but right now our main focus is on going to win – we're going to win the next race at Chaudiere (next week). The points will end up wherever they end up. SOCIAL MEDIA Follow Austin Theriault on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ATRacing Follow Austin Theriault on Twitter: @AustinTheriault Follow GWC Motorsports Marketing on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GWCMotorsports Follow GWC Motorsports Marketing on Twitter: @GWCNewEngland   -- Travis Barrett GWC Motorsports Marketing (207)522-0357 http://facebook.com/GWCMotorsports Please Note: My new email address is GWCNewEngland@gmail.com