ACT PR - AMERICAN CANADIAN TOUR ANNOUNCES NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY LATE MODEL ALL STAR CHALLENGE CRITERIA
AMERICAN CANADIAN TOUR ANNOUNCES NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY LATE MODEL ALL STAR CHALLENGE CRITERIA For Immediate Release ACT – 050411-25 Waterbury, VT –The American Canadian Tour (ACT) announced today the criteria and format for the first NHMS - ACT All Star event to be held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) over the weekend of August 12-13, 2011. |
The event will be presented as part of the announced INDY weekend at the region’s largest sporting facility, and only super speedway. The NASCAR Whelen Modified Division will join the ACT Late Models as part of an “ALL STAR” weekend for short track, featuring full-fendered ACT Late Models and the open-wheeled NASCAR Modifieds. The American Canadian Tour Late Models are the most popular stock car division racing in the Northeast at a premiere weekly level, competing at twelve (12) weekly short tracks in the region, and also on two of the most popular touring series in the northeast: the ACT US Tour in New England and New York, and ACT Serie CASTROL Edge, throughout the Province of Quebec. Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian Tour said, “We want as many Late Model teams to be able to compete at NHMS for this event as possible. It is great that Jerry Gappens, Vice President and General Manager of NHMS has enough confidence in our Late Model teams to offer us this opportunity. We have tried to develop the safest and most competitive set of criteria for racing at NHMS, based on our “ACT Invitational” experience over the past couple years. The goal is to allow as many teams and fans as possible the unique chance to race and enjoy short track type racing at the Magic Mile.” The event will be based on the ACT sanctioning body’s short track formula using the handicap system for starting spots, heat races, ‘Last Chance’ events, double segments with inversion for the final segment. “We hope many of the short track fans from around the region will plan to spend the weekend at NHMS. This format will be the most unique format for a division ever to participate at a Super Speedway. We think it will be very exciting for both the competitors and fans. We have also tried to keep the event with some cost constraints, which is in keeping with the philosophy of the American Canadian Tour Late Model program throughout the region,” concluded Curley. Many of the ACT affiliate tracks have redesigned their 2011 Late Model schedules to allow their competitors to compete in this first-time event at the NHMS. The following is a brief outline of the criteria for participation in the first ever race of its kind at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway on August 12th and 13th: ELIGIBILITY 1. ACT ‘affiliate’ tracks are: Thunder Road, White Mountain Motorsports Park, Oxford Plains Speedway, Seekonk Speedway, Waterford Speedbowl, Twin State Speedway, Kawartha Speedway, Capital City Speedway, Riverside Speedway (NH), Canaan Fair Speedway, Devil’s Bowl Speedway, Albany Saratoga Speedway, ACT US, and ACT Castrol EDGE Serie. a) All cars competing from any of the above must be 100% ACT legal---no exceptions. [note: a driver gaining eligibility in a non-ACT legal car will not be allowed to compete in a ‘borrowed’ ACT car] b) Championship points will be issued for both the ACT US, and Castrol Edge Series. c) Only one (1) car per driver will be entered. Second cars will not be allowed. Drivers must start the race in their own cars from the first competitive (non-practice) green flag. 2. Who can enter? a) Any driver who has competed in an ACT Invitational at NHMS over the past two seasons will be eligible to file entry for the NMHS ALL Star Late Model Challenge… b) Any driver who attended an ACT ‘test and tune’ session at the NHMS over the past two years will be eligible to file entry for the NHMS ACT ALL STAR CHALLENGE… c) Weekly drivers from any of the above ‘affiliate’ tracks who are in the top 15 in point standings* or have been in the top 15 in point standings in the 2009 and/or 2010 seasons who receive approval from local track officials and management and final approval from ACT management and officials will be eligible to file entry for the NHMS ACT ALL STAR CHALLENGE. *[MUST BE IN THE TOP 15 IN STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, JULY 18, 2011] d) Various drivers who do not meet the above weekly track criteria, but who have participated on either the ACT US or Castrol Edge Series from time to time over the past few years are eligible to file entries for approval to compete in the NHMS ACT ALL STAR CHALLENGE. TEST AND TUNE SAFETY AND INSPECTION CHECK There has been a TEST and TUNE scheduled for NHMS for ACT Late Model teams for Tuesday, August 2, 2011. 1. ALL teams that enter the NHMS ACT ALL STAR CHALLENGE TIMELY are eligible to practice during this Test and Tune date ONLY. Attendance for any ACT teams who have participated in a previous ACT test and tune session and/or a previous ACT Invitational at NHMS in 2009 or 2010 will be optional. 2. It is MANDATORY that any teams who have not competed with ACT at either a test and tune session at NHMS or competed in an ACT Invitational at NHMS, and who have entered the NHMS ACT Late Model Challenge attend the scheduled practice session. There will be safety checks and monitoring of those teams before the entry will be accepted for the August 12-13 event. For additional information contact the ACT office at 802.244.6963, www.acttour.com, or media@acttour.com. Information is also available at www.nhms.com. -30- |
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