2011-11-18

Banquets de l'ACT - Une somme de plus de 100,000 dollars sera distribuée

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(Waterbury,VT)—L’American Canadian Tour annonce que les meilleures équipes de la série américaine de l’ACT, la série ACT-Castrol ainsi que celles de la piste Thunder Road International Speedway recevront plus de 100,000 dollars du fonds de points lors des banquets qui auront lieu en Décembre 2011 pour Thunder Road et le 21 janvier à Burlington pour ceux de la série ACT-Castrol et la série américaine de l’ACT.

 

 Parmi les plus méritants, Rick Paya, le propriétaire de la voiture de Brian Hoar ainsi que Patrick Laperle de St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, recevront chacun un chèque de 10,000 dollars pour leur exploits. Dans leur championnat respectif, ils ont participé à toutes les épreuves au calendrier. À noter que pour Laperle, il s’agissait de son deuxième titre dans la série ACT-Castrol.

 

Outre le montant du fonds de points, l’ACT a tenu à préciser qu’en 2011, un montant de 739,277.00 avait été distribué dans les deux séries ainsi qu’à Thunder Road.

 

Retour à Sanair

Il y a quelques jours, l’American Canadian Tour a dévoilé le calendrier de la série ACT-Castrol qui comptera 12 épreuves québécoises comptant pour le titre et en plus, le prestigieux Showdown du 8 septembre prochain qui regroupera comme à l’accoutumée, les meilleurs des deux séries au classement à cette date.

 

Il a également été constaté que l’ACT fera un retour à la piste Sanair à la demande des frères Jean et Guillaume Bergeron. La dernière présence de l’ACT sur le triovale de Sanair remonte à 2006. Il s’agissait d’une épreuve conjointe avec la série Nationale Castrol. Pour l’ACT, le gagnant avait été Ben Rowe alors que pour le groupe de Donald Forté, avec sa quatrième place au cumulatif, Donald Theetge avait été déclaré le gagnant de la série québécoise.

 

A noter qu’en 2005, Marc-André Cliche de Vallée-Jonction l’avait emporté à cet endroit.

 

En terminant, rappelons que le banquet conjoint de la série ACT-Castrol et le l’American Canadian Tour aura lieu le 21 janvier 2012 à l’hôtel Doubletree Inn à Burlington au Vermont.

Calendrier ACT-Castrol 2012

 

Date

Piste

Tours

 

1

26 mai

Autodrome Montmagny

100

 

2

2 juin

Autodrome St-Eustache

100

 

3

8 juin

Autodrome Chaudière

150

 

4

16 juin

Circuit Riverside Speedway

100

 

5

30 juin

Autodrome Montmagny

200

 

6

14 juillet

Circuit Riverside Speedway

150

 

7

28 juillet

Autodrome St-Eustache

200

 

8

3 août

Autodrome Chaudière

150

 

9

11 août

Sanair Super Speedway

100

Combiné

10

25 août

Circuit Riverside Speedway

200

Combiné

11

01 sept.

Autodrome Montmagny

200

 

 

8 sept.

Autodrome Chaudière

200

Showdown

12

16 sept.

Autodrome St-Eustache

300

 

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Source :            American Canadian Tour

                         www.acttour.com

                         (802) 244-6963

Collaboration :   Yvon Larrivée

                         acttour@gmail.com

 


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ACT TEAMS WILL RECEIVE OVER $100,000 IN POINT FUND AWARDS

For Immediate Release                 ACT - 111711-69

 

        Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) announced today that the top teams of the US-based ACT Tour, the Quebec based ACT Castrol Series, and Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl will receive in excess of $100,000 in championship point fund awards at the season-ending ACT banquets to be held in December, 2011 and January, 2012.

 

Highest money earners are car owners Rick Paya from the ACT US Tour and Patrick Laperle from the ACT Castrol Series. They will each receive year-end point fund checks of $10,000.00. Both teams ran the full twelve (12) race series in their respective areas.

 

Brian Hoar, now a record-setting eight (8) time ACT Champion from Williston, VT brought home the championship to Paya’s RPM team, and Patrick Laperle, driving for his family team located in St. Denis, QC, was a second time ACT Castrol Series Champion.

 

Ford Racing contributed $11,000.00 to those teams who elected to race the ACT-approved Ford crate engine in 2011. Ten of the 17 Ford teams registered with ACT collected Ford Blue Oval Challenge point fund money. Wayne Helliwell, Jr. won for the title for the second straight year. Team owner, Bruce Bernhardt, from Hudson, NH, will collect the $5,000.00 point check, along with the Blue Oval Challenge Cup, at the upcoming ACT Banquet of Champions.

 

ACT will pay out over $20,000.00 on behalf of those competitors that participated at Thunder Road in 2011. Over the 15-event battle for the ‘King of the Road’ championship, Montpelier, VT’s David Pembroke narrowly beat out former multi-time champion Phil Scott and “Irish” John Donahue, from Graniteville, VT. Pembroke will earn point fund money of $5,000.00 for his 2011 effort.

 

In addition to the $101,720.00 to be paid in point fund money, a record amount of combined purse money was paid to ACT Late Model teams in 2011. There was $739,277.00 paid in purse money to the two ACT series and ACT managed Thunder Road.

 

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

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2011-11-15

2012 ACT Castrol Series Schedule Announced


For Immediate Release                ACT-111411-67

        Waterbury, VT – The 2012 schedule featuring twelve (12) point- counting events, and the special combination event with the ACT US teams, the “Showdown at Chaudière”, has been announced for the popular Castrol Late Model racing series sanctioned by The American Canadian Tour (ACT).

Four tracks will host three events each from the opening event at the 
Autodrome Montmagny east of Quebec City in late May through the 
close of the race season at the Autodrome Ste. Eustache outside Montreal.
Circuit Riverside Speedway in Ste. Croix, QC and Autodrome Chaudière
will each host three events, including the CAN-AM combination event with ACT Castrol teams and ACT US teams and the fifth annual “Showdown at Chaudière”.

The addition of the Sanair Super Speedway in St. Pie, QC, which will be promoted by Jean Bergeron and the Riverside Speedway, will highlight the ambitious schedule. The event will be 100 miles on the unique tri-oval.

“Our ACT Quebec promoters have provided the ACT Castrol teams with their best schedule in the seven years of the series. We are very pleased with the way the 2012 season has evolved, and the addition of Sanair back on the schedule certainly will please the teams”, said Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian Tour.

The teams of the ACT Castrol Series will compete for a record of over $400,000.00 in purse and prize money in the 2012 point-counting events. In addition, ACT Castrol teams will have special non-point events to compete in such as the TD Bank Oxford 250 at the Oxford Plains Speedway, July 22, 2012; the Fall Foliage 200 at Airborne Speedway, October 6, 2012 in Plattsburgh, NY; and the 50th annual Milk Bowl at Thunder Road Speedbowl in Barre, VT, September 29th.

Two-time ACT Castrol Series Champion Donald Theetge from Boischatel, QC said, “This is a great schedule for our Quebec teams. I appreciate that ACT listened to some of our concerns about the schedule and purses. I love racing at the US events, but we really wanted to have our series point races in Quebec and now we have that.”

“The addition of Sanair this coming season is exciting news for fans and racers. It should be an unbelievable race now that many of us have had some experience at Loudon (New Hampshire Motor Speedway),” concluded Theetge.

The teams from the 2011 season will honor both the Castrol and US teams at a Late Model combined banquet in Burlington, VT on January 21, before they begin to focus on the ambitious 2012 schedule.

                                        2012 SCHEDULE

EVENT             DATE               DAY     TRACK                                                 LAPS    NOTE

1            MAY 26         SAT    AUTODROME MONTMAGNY             100
                  
2            JUN 02          SAT    AUTODROME STE EUSTACHE 100

3            JUN 08          FRI     AUTODROME CHAUDIÈRE               150

4            JUN 16          SAT    CIRCUIT RIVERSIDE SPDWY           100

5             JUN 30          SAT    AUTODROME MONTMAGNY             200

6            JUL 14           SAT    AUTODROME STE EUSTACHE 200

7            JUL 28           SAT    CIRCUIT RIVERSIDE SPDWY           150

8            AUG 03         FRI     AUTODROME CHAUDIÈRE               150

9            AUG 11         SAT    SANAIR SUPER SPEEDWAY             100     [combo]

10          AUG 25         SAT    CIRCUIT RIVERSIDE SPDWY           200
     [combo] 

11           SEP 01          SAT    AUTODROME MONTMAGNY             200

       SEP 08     SAT    AUTODROME CHAUDIÈRE SHOWDOWN  200
                                   [combo]   
    
12                SEP 16          SUN    AUTODROME STE EUSTACHE 300

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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

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2011-11-12

ACT and Thunder Road Announce Separate Banquets

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                             ACT-111111-66

Waterbury, VT – For the first time in several years the American-Canadian Tour has announced separate banquets for the 2011 ACT competitors and the 2011 Thunder Road competitors. The ACT Late Model Tour (US) and the Série ACT Castrol (Canada) Banquet of Champions will be held at the Doubletree Inn in Burlington, VT on Saturday, January 21, while the Thunder Road Banquet of Champions will be at the Elks Club in Barre, VT on Saturday, December 10, 2011.

 

The ACT Banquet will honor Brian Hoar of Williston, VT as the eight-time ACT (US) Champion as well as Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC as the two-time Série ACT Castrol (Canada) Champion. Hoar had a record setting season in his Rick Paya-owned ride for RPM Motorsports. He claimed five point counting wins as well as the People’s United Bank Milk Bowl and the Showdown at Chaudiere non-point counting events. Laperle, who also has a ACT (US) Championship, secured his second career Série ACT Castrol title with four wins in 2011.

Competitors from Thunder Road and the Bond/WIX Tiger Tour will be honored at the Thunder Road Banquet. Montpelier, VT’s Dave Pembroke claims the top prize as he is the “King of the Road” for the second time in his career. Pembroke vaulted to the points lead with back-to-back wins including the double-points Mid-Season Championship. Derrick O’Donnell of Bradford, VT took both the Thunder Road Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen and the Bond/WIX Tiger Tour Championships. Greg Adams, Jr. from Hardwick, VT was the Allen Lumber Street Stock Champion, while Jason Woodard of Waterbury, VT is the Junkyard Warrior title holder.

Both banquets will feature a social hour, dinner, and award presentations followed by a live DJ. The Thunder Road Banquet of Champions at the Barre Elks Club on Saturday, December 10 will have the social hour beginning at 6:00pm followed by dinner. The ACT Banquet will have the same format at the Doubletree Inn in Burlington, VT on Saturday, January 21. Tickets order forms for both events will be available Monday (11/14) by contacting the ACT office in Waterbury, VT at (802) 244-6963, dar@acttour.com or at www.acttour.com and www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com.

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2011-11-10

Kyle Busch Removed from Driving M&M’S® Car for Remaining 2011 Sprint Cup Series Races

Busch to Return as Mars Driver in 2012

AVONDALE, Ariz. (Nov. 10, 2011) – Today Mars, Incorporated, primary sponsor of the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota Camry, removed Kyle Busch from driving the M&M'S® car for the remaining two races of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The decision was a result of the incident during last Friday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. 


The car will not run with an M&M'S® paint scheme until 2012, at which time Kyle Busch will be the driver, with the expectation that no future incident takes place. 

"We strongly support Mars' decision," said Joe Gibbs, owner of Joe Gibbs Racing. "This gives us all time to work together to foster a positive change where Kyle can continue racing in a way we can all be proud of." 

Interstate Batteries, a partner of Joe Gibbs Racing since the team's inception 20 years ago, will be featured on the No. 18 Toyota Camry driven by Busch for the final two races of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

 

A press conference with Joe Gibbs Racing owner Joe Gibbs and driver Kyle Busch will be held in the media center of Phoenix International Raceway on Friday at 9:30 a.m. MST to further address this situation. 

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MARS TAKES ACTION ON KYLE BUSCH’S BEHAVIOR

Busch Removed From Driving M&M'S® Car for Remaining 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Races; Set to Return as Mars Driver in 2012

Hackettstown, NJ, November 10, 2011…Mars, Incorporated announced today that they will be removing Kyle Busch from driving the M&M'S® car for the remaining two races of the 2011 NASCAR season as a result of the incident during last Friday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. The car will not run with the M&M'S® paint scheme until 2012, at which time Kyle Busch will be the driver with the expectation that no future incident take place. "As a proud member of the racing community, Mars and the M&M'S® brand strongly support the partnership we have with Joe Gibbs Racing and are committed to NASCAR. Yet, Kyle's recent actions are unacceptable and do not reflect the values of Mars," said Debra A. Sandler, Chief Consumer Officer, Mars Chocolate North America. "While we do not condone Kyle's recent actions, we do believe that he has shown remorse and has expressed a desire to change. We believe our decision will have a positive impact on Kyle and will help him return next season ready to win."

"We strongly support Mars' decision," said Joe Gibbs, owner of Joe Gibbs Racing. "This gives us all time to work together to foster a positive change where Kyle can continue racing in a way we can all be proud of."

About Mars, Incorporated

In 1911, Frank C. Mars made the first Mars candies in his Tacoma, Washington kitchen and established Mars' first roots as a confectionery company. In the 1920's, Forrest E. Mars, Sr. joined his father in business and together they launched the MILKY WAY® bar. In 1932, Forrest, Sr. moved to the United Kingdom with a dream of building a business based on the philosophy of a "mutuality of benefits" for all stakeholders – this vision serves as the foundation of the Mars, Incorporated we are today. Based in McLean, Virginia, Mars has net sales of more than $30 billion, six business segments including Petcare, Chocolate, Wrigley, Food, Drinks, Symbioscience, and more than 65,000 Associates worldwide that are putting our Mars Principles in action to make a difference for people and the planet through our performance.

Mars brands include: Petcare – PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, KITEKAT®, BANFIELD® Pet Hospital and NUTRO®; Chocolate – M&M'S®, SNICKERS®, DOVE®, GALAXY®, MARS®, MILKY WAY® and TWIX®; Wrigley – DOUBLEMINT®, EXTRA®, ORBIT® and 5™ chewing gums, SKITTLES® and STARBURST® candies, and ALTOIDS® AND LIFESAVERS® mints. Food – UNCLE BEN'S®, DOLMIO®, EBLY®, MASTERFOODS®, SEEDS OF CHANGE® and ROYKO®; Drinks – ALTERRA COFFEE ROASTERS™, THE BRIGHT TEA COMPANY™, KLIX® and FLAVIA®; Symbioscience – COCOAVIA™, WISDOM PANEL™ and SERAMIS®. For more information, please visit www.mars.com. Follow us: facebook.com/mars, twitter.com/marsglobal, youtube.com/mars.

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Continuing a Tradition: ARCA Visiting Pocono Twice in 2012

For Immediate Release:

Thursday, November 10, 2011

 

(TOLEDO, Ohio) - As has been the case since 1987, the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards will visit Pennsylvania's Pocono Raceway for two event dates in 2012.

 

Both races on the 2.5-mile triangular track will take place as companion events, one day before NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. The first, an 80-lap, 200-mile event, is scheduled for Saturday, June 9. The second, at 50 laps or 125 miles, will take place Saturday, August 4.

 

"Pocono Raceway is so unique in that it challenges drivers with three widely differing turns in terms of banking and radius, and it incorporates the speed typically associated with superspeedway racing," said Ron Drager, president of ARCA. "Driving at Pocono requires a driver to brake and accelerate, skills acquired in short track racing, so we have found it to be a great track for less experienced drivers to become acclimated to higher speeds."

 

ARCA's Pocono history dates back over 54 prior races to 1969, when Bobby Watson defeated Benny Parsons to win the track's first ARCA race on the now-defunct 0.75-mile oval at the facility. The June race, though, will be ARCA's first since the summer retirement of track owners Joseph and Rose Mattioli. Track president Brandon Igdalsky, a grandson of the Mattiolis, has risen to chief executive officer.

 

"Our tenure at Pocono dates back to 1969 and spans three generations of family members on both the ARCA and Pocono management teams," Drager said. "Dr. Joe and Rose Mattioli and John and Mildred Marcum started the tradition we carry on today with Brandon and Nick Igdalsky, who were named by 'Doc' to senior executive positions this past season."

 

2012 will be the 26th consecutive year that ARCA has contested two annual races at Pocono Raceway. Bob Schacht won both races at the track in 1987, the first year that ARCA scheduled two races on the "Tricky Triangle." This season's events will be the 54th and 55th for the ARCA Racing Series on Pocono's 2.5-mile oval. Tim George Jr. won a rain-shortened event this June, and eventual series champion Ty Dillon gave Richard Childress Racing a Pocono sweep for 2011 by winning in August.

 

Tim Steele is the all-time wins leader at Pocono with nine (including five consecutive from 1996-98), and he is closely followed by Schacht (six) and Bob Keselowski (five). Familiar names like Ryan Newman and Joey Logano dot the winner list.

 

More detailed schedule information for the season will be available shortly. The following race dates for the 2012 ARCA Racing Series schedule have been announced:

 

February 18 - Daytona International Speedway

March 10 - Mobile International Speedway

May 4 - Talladega Superspeedway

June 9 - Pocono Raceway

July 1 - New Jersey Motorsports Park

August 4 - Pocono Raceway

 

The ARCA Racing Series will wrap up the 2011 season with the Championship Awards Banquet at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, Ky., near Cincinnati, on Saturday, December 10.

 

The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards featured 19 events at 16 tracks on its 2011 schedule. The series has crowned an ARCA national champion each year since its inaugural season in 1953, and has toured over 200 race tracks in 28 states since its inception. In 2011, the series has tested the abilities of drivers and race teams over the most diverse schedule of stock car racing events in the world, visiting tracks ranging from 0.4 mile to 2.66 miles in length, on both paved and dirt surfaces as well as a left- and right-turn road course.

 

Founded by John Marcum in 1953 in Toledo, Ohio, the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is recognized among the leading sanctioning bodies in the country. Closing in on completing its sixth decade after hundreds of thousands of miles of racing, ARCA administers over 100 race events each season in two professional touring series and local weekly events.

 


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North American Endurance Championship Highlights 2012 GRAND-AM Rolex Series Schedule

November 9, 2011

 

Daytona, Watkins Glen, Indianapolis To Decide DP, GT Endurance Champs

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 9, 2011) – GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series competitors will compete for an exciting new three-race endurance championship, highlighting the 2012 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series schedule announced today.

 

The inaugural North American Endurance Championship will feature the 50th anniversary running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona on Jan. 28-29, the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International on June 29-July 1 and the Rolex Series’ three-hour debut race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 27 during the inaugural "Super Weekend at the Brickyard."

 

The 13-race schedule also includes GRAND-AM’s first visit to Detroit – the automotive capital of the world – on June 2, and the return to many of North America’s premier circuits, including Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal; Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis.; Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio; Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala.; Homestead-Miami Speedway; New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, N.J.; and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif.

 

"This is without doubt the strongest schedule in GRAND-AM history," said GRAND-AM President Tom Bledsoe. "Highlights are everywhere you look … new races, new places – and a new three-race championship. We’re going to make a lot of sports car history in 2012."

 

Teams in both the Daytona Prototype and production-based GT classes will compete in the North American Endurance Championship. Point structure and purse for the championship will be announced in the near future. Awards for the championship will be presented at dusk on the Victory Podium at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, following the historic race on the 2.605-mile road course.

 

In addition to featuring GRAND-AM’s solid lineup in both classes, several top teams have indicated they will field additional cars with all-star drivers to compete in the three endurance races.

 

"I think the North American Endurance Championship adds more excitement to an already exciting schedule," said four-time Rolex Series Daytona Prototype champion Scott Pruett. "The Rolex 24 is clearly the highlight of our season, and I’m very excited with the addition of Indianapolis. The new championship gives further emphasis on our three endurance races."

 

The Rolex Series will combine with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series twice – on Indianapolis’ historic tripleheader weekend (July 26-29) and at Watkins Glen International – and with the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Road America and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Two Rolex Series events will be in companion with IndyCar, at Detroit and Barber.

 

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GRAND-AM 2012 Schedules

 

Following the season-opening events at Daytona and Barber, the Rolex Series moves to Homestead-Miami Speedway, followed by a visit to New Jersey Motorsports Park. Following the Detroit Belle Isle race, the series returns to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. In addition, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca’s event shifts to September.

 

The Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge will run in conjunction with the Rolex Series at 10 of the 13 weekends, including Indianapolis.

 

Potential season-ending events for both series are still to be announced.

 

(Note: Dates listed below are for event weekend, excluding the Daytona, Indianapolis and Detroit Belle Isle races. Remaining specific race days for each series will be announced in the near future.)

 

GRAND-AM Rolex Series 2012 Schedule of Events


Jan. 28-29          Daytona International Speedway                     

Mar 30-April 1     Barber Motorsports Park                                   

April 27-29          Homestead-Miami Speedway                            

May 11-13          New Jersey Motorsports Park                           

June 2                Detroit Belle Isle                                   

June 8-10           Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

June 22-24         Road America                                      

June 29-July 1    Watkins Glen International                     

July 27                Indianapolis Motor Speedway                           

Aug 10-12           Watkins Glen International                     

August 17-19      Circuit Gilles Villeneuve             

Sept. 7-9             Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca               

Sept. 28-30         TBA

 

GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge 2012 Schedule of Events


Jan. 27               Daytona International Speedway                       

Mar 30-April 1     Barber Motorsports Park                                   

April 27-29          Homestead-Miami Speedway                            

May 11-13          New Jersey Motorsports Park                           

June 8-10           Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

June 22-24         Road America                                      

June 29-July 1    Watkins Glen International                     

July 27                Indianapolis Motor Speedway                           

Sept. 7-9             Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca               

Sept. 28-30         TBA

 


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