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2011-04-18

BRENT DRAGON PR - Lee USA Speedway Race Report

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Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour

Lee USA Speedway Race Report

 

LEE, N.H. – Brent Dragon opened the season with an 11th-place finish in the ACT Late Model Tour NH Governor's Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 17. After being caught up in a Lap 46 accident, Dragon's Avery Motorsports crew made extensive repairs to the No. 55 Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT Chevrolet and rallied to salvage a long afternoon. The start was the 187th ACT Late Model Tour start of Dragon's career, tops among all drivers in series history.

 

WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.

TEAM: Avery Motorsports No. 55 Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/Charlesbois Freightliner Chevrolet

 

WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour NH Governor's Cup 150

WHERE: Lee USA Speedway, Lee, N.H. (.333-mile oval)

 

STARTED: 4th

FINISHED: 11th

 

ACT Late Model Tour

NEXT RACE: May 1, Merchants Bank 150, Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile oval)

 

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BRENT, WHAT HAPPENED ON LAP 46?

 

I don't really know what happened. We got turned around, and then we tore the nose off the car. It still drove good. We drove back up to, I think, a Top-10 finish or close to it.

 

It tore the front nose cone off of it. It didn't really hurt anything other than that.

 

IT SEEMED LIKE A FRUSTRATING DAY ALL THE WAY AROUND.

 

Yeah, a little bit. We had a really good car. I think we could have finished in the Top-5 easy enough.

 

It started off pretty good. We had a really good car in the race. I was just sort of riding, trying to save some tires for the end of the race, and then we ended up getting turned around. We definitely had a Top-5 car easily, so we'll just have to go get them next week.

 

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2011-04-13

Dragon PR : Lee USA Speedway Race Preview

THE STORY

 

Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., rolls on with the ACT Late Model Tour as it opens the 2011 season with the NH Governor's Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, N.H., on Sunday afternoon, April 17. Dragon has competed on the Tour every year since its inception in 1992 and is fourth on the all-time series win list with nine career victories. Though he's never won at Lee USA, he does consider it one of his favorite stops on the circuit – in part because it reminds him so much of Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., where he won multiple Late Model track championships. Dragon will compete this weekend in a car fielded by Avery Motorsports, part of a joint effort with his own Dragon Motorsports team this season.

 

 

 

 

THE FACTS

 

WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.

TEAM: No. 55 Furniture World of VT/Beverage Mart/Charlesbois Freightliner Chevrolet

CREW CHIEF: Donnie Avery, Ashland, N.H.

 

BEST CAREER LEE USA SPEEDWAY FINISH: 6th (3 times)

LAST RACE AT LEE USA SPEEDWAY: 7th (June 2010)

 

WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour NH Governor's Cup 150

WHERE: Lee USA Speedway, Lee, N.H. (.333-mile oval)

WHEN: 1 p.m., Sunday, April 17

 

ACT LATE MODEL TOUR

NEXT RACE: May 1, Merchants Bank 150, Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile oval)

FINAL POINTS POSITION (2010): 3rd

 

 

 

DID YOU KNOW?

 

  • Brent Dragon owns 187 career ACT Late Model Tour starts, the most in series history.
  • The last time Brent Dragon competed in an ACT-sanctioned race in a car fielded by an owner other than himself was in 1995, when he drove for Ellery Packard.
  • Brent Dragon has more starts, Top-10 finishes (123) and laps completed (21,669) than anybody in ACT history.
  • An avid bowhunter in the offseason, Brent Dragon has entered Maine's annual moose permit lottery in 2011.

 

 

 

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

 

BRENT DRAGON, Driver of the No. 55 Furniture World of VT/Beverage Mart/Charlesbois Freightliner Chevrolet, On racing at Lee USA Speedway: “I like Lee a lot. It reminds me a lot of the old Airborne (Speedway) track.

 

“It's the way the track is pretty well worn out. The cars change a lot throughout the race. You've just got to be ready for that, that's the big thing. They really change from the start to the finish of the race. After you've been going there a few years you start to figure that out. I think it's why the locals always seem to have huge advantage over us when we go there.”

 

On driving for Avery Motorsports for the first time: “I'm pretty excited about it. I feel like we've had a lot of time to really get both of the cars ready.

 

“It's going to be different just driving for somebody else. I'll try and treat it as if it were mine – that's the only way to approach it. You still have to go out and finish every race. That's what it's going to take to be in it for the championship at the end of the year.”

 

On the importance of getting off to a strong start in 2011: “You've got to start off good. It makes the season go a lot better, that's for sure. People are chasing you. It's so hard to make up ground when it's the same guys week after week.

 

“Early in the year, there are so many cars you can make up points. Later in the year, though, it's always the 10 or 12 guys that travel everywhere. That just makes it so hard to make up ground.”

 

 

 

UP NEXT

 

The ACT Late Model Tour heads to the Merchants Bank 150 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl on Sunday, May 1 for the second race of the season... Thunder Road has always been a good track for Brent Dragon, who is a four-time race winner at the historic quarter-mile. Most notably, Dragon won the 2006 Milk Bowl at Thunder Road.

 

 

 

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2010-08-23

ACT RESULT: Joey Pole Wins Nutmeg State 100 at Waterford

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Waterford, CT – Hudson, New Hampshire’s Joey “Pole” Polewarczyk, Jr. earned his sixth career ACT Late Model Tour win in the Nutmeg State 100 at Waterford Speedbowl in Waterford, CT on Saturday, August 21. Pole started in the third position and worked his way around Brent Dragon and Waterford regular Jeff Smith to take the lead on lap 31. He would lead the remainder of the 100 lap event.

 

ACT Tour point leader and defending champion Brian Hoar came from the 12th starting position to take second while Dragon had to settle for third. Smith held on for fourth while Mark Lamberton completed the top five. Jeff Zuidema, rookie Brad Babb, John Donahue, Randy Potter, and Bruce Thomas, Jr. rounded out the top ten.

The Nutmeg State 100 was the tenth event on the 2010 ACT Late Model Tour schedule. It was completed in just over 56 minutes and was slowed by just four cautions.

Next Saturday, August 28 the top eleven drivers from the ACT Late Model Tour will head north of the border to battle the top eleven drivers of its sister series the Série ACT Castrol in the third annual “Showdown at Chaudiere” at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec.

ACT Late Model Tour

Nutmeg State 100

Waterford Speedbowl – Waterford, CT

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Unofficial Results

Pos   S.Pos      Car #      Name                                Laps

1              3      97NH      Joey Polewarczyk, Jr.          100

2            12       37VT      Brian Hoar                          100

3              2       55VT      Brent Dragon                      100

4              1       15CT      Jeff Smith                            100

5              5      16NY      Mark Lamberton                100

6            18      42MA      Jeff Zuidema                       100

7            10       4ME       Brad  Babb                          100

8              8       26VT      John Donahue                     100

9              6      02NH      Randy Potter                       100

10          11       35CT      Bruce Thomas Jr.                100

11          19      57ME      Austin Theriault                  100

12          17       87CT      Jeffrey Paul                         100

13            7       32VT      Jean-Paul Cyr                      100

14          23       7ME       Glen Luce                              99

15            9       2MA       JR Baril                                 99

16          16        6VT       Cris Michaud                        99

17          24       15VT      Joey Laquerre                       99

18            4       72VT      Dave Paya                             99

19          22        5CT       Richard Staskowski               99

20          15      04ME      TJ Watson                             98

21            6      02MA      Dennis Stampfl                     98

22          21      82MA      Mark Hudson                        97

23          26      77MA      Jimmy Linardy                      97

24          13       47CT      Tim Jordan                            96

25          27      29MA      Barry Gray                            77

26          20       88CT      Ron Yuhas                             18

27          14       38CT      Joe Curioso                             4

 

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2010-04-21

12TH ANNUAL MERCHANTS BANK 150 OPENS T-ROAD

 

For Immediate Release                                        TR – 042110-25

 

        Waterbury, VT – Over fifty (50) American Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model teams are expected to battle the high banks of Thunder Road for thirty (30) qualifying spots in the $25,000 Merchants Bank 150 opening event on Sunday, May 2, 2010 at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement”, Barre, Vermont’s Thunder Road.

 

 

Thunder Road (TR) presents a unique challenge for teams of the ACT. There are a large number of regular veteran touring teams entered, including, multi-time champions Brian Hoar and Jean Paul Cyr (the defending Thunder Road Champion). Joining them with plenty of experience are Brent Dragon, Scott Payea and Hudson, New Hampshire’s Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. These teams are joined by the Thunder Road regular weekly competitors, including three time champions Cris Michaud and Phil Scott, and former Thunder Road champion David Pembroke. Regulars Nick Sweet, Rich Lowery, Joe Becker, Matt White, Brooks Clark and Trampas Demers only add to the depth that the weekly racers bring to the Merchants Bank 150.

 

Defending champion of the Merchants Bank 150, Eric Williams from Hyde Park, Vermont said “It’s really tough to get the handle on Thunder Road for Tour teams that did not grow up racing there. Once you figure the track out, it can be a lot of fun, and the competition is always fierce, but Thunder Road regulars really have an edge over most of the touring guys, especially in qualifying”. Williams was also the 2008 “King of the Road” at Thunder Road.

 

Some of the touring teams have found success at Thunder Road over the years. “I really didn’t like the place the first time I was there, but I took it as a team challenge and decided we were going to figure it out,” said veteran racer Glen Luce of Turner, ME. “I wish I could tell some of the other Tour teams from Maine how to get around those high banks, and especially turn 4, but it is really something you have to feel to get any success there. I love the atmosphere at TR and just need to find some consistency,” concluded Luce.

 

The Merchants Bank car show will open the weekend in downtown Barre from 9:00am until noon. Over 100 race cars will be on display during this traditional free family show. A pit stop contest will take place at 10:45, and the highlight of the day is when the Pipers and Drummers line up the 100 cars at high noon. The race cars will “fire them up” and drive through the city and up Quarry Hill to Thunder Road. There is no other parade as unique as the opening Merchants Bank weekend parade for Thunder Road fans and competitors. A full afternoon of practice follows the morning festivities.

 

Sunday is race day for the 12th annual Merchants Bank 150 and starts with a Class Day Extravaganza with the presentation of 130 cars to fans beginning at 1:00. Racing starts at 1:30. Gates open at 10:00. Admission is only $18 for both days with a family of four admitted for only $35.

For additional information contact the Thunder Road office at 802.244.6963, www.acttour.com, or media@acttour.com.

 

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 Two (2) attached photos:

Pic1: 2009 Merchants Bank 150 Champion Eric Williams (7VT) leads Scott Payea (89) and 2009 Thunder Road Champion Jean-Paul Cyr (#11VT). Photo by Karl Baitz.

Pic2: 2009 ACT Tour Champion Brian Hoar (#37) drives under Cris Michaud (6) during the 2009 running of the Merchants Bank 150. Photo by Karl Baitz.

 

 

 

 

 


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