First 22 ACT Invitational
Racers Announced
Waterbury, VT - The American Canadian Tour (ACT) has notified the first 22
teams that have officially been invited to participate in the inaugural
ACT Invitational at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) on Saturday,
September 19th.
Twenty-two teams from all six New England states and the Provinces of
Quebec and Ontario have been selected in the first round, following two
very successful test and tune sessions at NHMS this past week.
"We still have to fill the field with fourteen more spots and there are a
lot of worthy candidates who deserve to be at the inaugural race", said
Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian Tour on Friday. "We
confirmed the fourteen qualified teams who earned their spots through wins
so far this season, and added another eight teams who we feel will
contribute in a positive way to the success of this event for both NHMS
and ACT Late Model racing", continued Curley.
ACT expects to add another six to eight Invitees after this weekend's
event at the Showdown of Champions in Chaudiere, Quebec. The 200-lap event
pits the best eleven teams from the ACT US Tour and the best eleven teams
from the Série ACT Castrol against each other, with over $35,000 in prize
money. All but one selection to make up the 36-car starting field will be
done following the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 to be held at Thunder
Road Speedbowl on September 6, 2009. The final event will be at the
Plattsburgh, NY newly designed ˝ mile where up to 50 teams from both the
ACT US and Castrol Series are expected to participate in the Fall Foliage
300. The final Invitees will be announced following that event, just prior
to the September 19th ACT Invitational at the New Hampshire Motor
Speedway.
The invited teams include:
* Multiple qualifier wins
Car# State Name
Hometown Track/Series
Notes
9 ON Brandon
Watson Stayner, ON Kawartha Downs
NHMS
test & tune at large
10 NH Ben Rowe
Turner, ME
ACT Tour
NHMS test & tune at large/PASS Champ
11 VT Jean Paul Cyr
Milton, VT
Thunder Road
09 TR Champion; 7x ACT Champion
11 RI Ryan Vanesse
Warwick, RI
Seekonk
09 Trk Champion
14 ON Sean Kennedy
Dunrobin, ON Capital City
Castrol Event Qualifier
14 VT Phil Scott
Montpelier, VT
Thunder Road
ACT Champion; 3x TR Champion
17 MA Eddie MacDonald
Rowley, MA ACT Tour
Event Qualifier
21 QC Jean-Francois Dery
Quebec City, QC Castrol Serie
Castrol Qualifier
26 VT John Donahue
Graniteville, VT ACT Tour
Event Qualifier
35 CT Bruce Thomas
Groton, CT
Waterford
09 Trk Champion
37* VT Brian Hoar
Williston, VT
ACT Tour
5x ACT Champion;TR/Airborne Champ
44 VT Dave Pembroke
Montpelier, VT Thunder Road
ACT
Tour Event Qualifier..TR/Champ
48 QC Karl Allard
Ste Felicien, QC
Castrol Serie
Former Castrol Series Champion
55 VT Brent Dragon
Milton, VT
ACT Tour
Castrol Qualifier..Airborne Champ
55* NH Brad Leighton
Ctr Harbor, NH ACT Tour
ACT Tour Event Qualifier..ACT/Champ
71 ON Dan McHattie
Cavan, ON
Kawartha, Downs
NHMS test & tune at large
80* QC Donald Theerge
Quebec City, QC Castrol Serie
Castrol Qualifier.. Castrol Champ
89 VT Scott Payea
Milton, VT
ACT Tour
Event Qualifier
91* QC Patrick Laperle
Montreal, QC Castrol Serie
Castrol Qualifier..US & Castrol Champ
97* NH Joey Polewarczyk, Jr Hudson, NH
ACT Tour
Event Qualifier
02 NH Randy Potter
Groveton, NH ACT
Tour
NHMS test & tune at large
04 ME TJ Watson
Cundys Harbor, ME
Wiscasset
Event Qualifier