Patrick Laperle Steals Fall Foliage Win

Plattsburgh, NY – St-Denis, Quebec’s Patrick Laperle earned his second consecutive ACT Late Model Tour win and second consecutive Mohawk Casino Fall Foliage 300 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY. Laperle led early in the event after starting on the outside pole but faded during the mid-portion of the event and went down a lap after spinning on lap 161. After pitting for tires Laperle raced his way back onto the lead lap on lap 211.

Current point leader Brian Hoar and Joey “Pole” Polewarczyk, Jr., spent much of the race running side by side, swapping the lead, much like last weekend’s Bond Auto Labor Day Classic. Eric Williams joined the mix late in the event. Laperle made a three wide pass for the lead under Hoar and Williams after the final restart on lap 285.

Hoar’s second place finish was enough to clinch his seventh ACT Late Model Tour Championship. Pole took third, Brad Leighton fourth and Williams rounded out the top five. Rand Potter, Scott Payea, Brent Dragon, Craig Bushey and Joey Becker completed the top ten.

The event saw seven different leaders swap the lead an official 16 times. Leighton, Pole, Donald Theetge, Payea, Hoar, Williams and Laperle all spent time at the front. The race was completed in 2 hours and 15 minutes with 10 cautions. Nine of the 35 starters completed all 300 laps.

The American Canadian Tour will be back in action next Saturday, September 18 for the second annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Thirty-five of the 43 invitations have been handed out with the eight remaining drivers to be announced tomorrow (Monday, September 13). The 60 lap Invitational will join the Whelen Modified Series and the Camping World Truck Series for a tripleheader event next Saturday.

ACT Late Model Tour

Mohawk Casino Fall Foliage 300

Airborne Speedway - Sunday, September 12, 2010

Unofficial Results

Pos  S.Pos         Car #   Driver                            Hometown                       Laps

1              2         91QC   Patrick Laperle              St-Denis, QC                       300

2              4         37VT   Brian Hoar                     Williston, VT                       300

3            12         97NH   Joey Polewarczyk, Jr.     Hudson, NH                        300

4              6         55NH   Brad Leighton                Center Harbor, NH            300

5            15          7VT    Eric Williams                 Hyde Park, VT                    300

6              7         02NH   Randy Potter                  Groveton, NH                     300

7            17         89VT   Scott Payea                    Milton, VT                          300

8            10         55VT   Brent Dragon                 Milton, VT                          300

9            14         05VT   Craig Bushey                 Cambridge, VT                   300

10            5         16VT   Joey Becker                   Jeffersonville, VT              299

11          21         61VT   Dave Wilcox                  Fairfield, VT                       299

12            1        57ME   #Austin Theriault           Fort Kent, ME                     299

13          29         40QC   David Michaud              Blainville, QC                     298

14            3          5QC    Patrick Cliche                St-Jean-Chrystome, QC     298

15          23         22VT   Roger Brown                 Lancaster, NH                    297

16          18        42MA   Jeff Zuidema                  N.Brookfield, MA              296

17          25         11QC   Claude Leclerc               Lanoraie, QC                      295

18          19         25VT   David Whitcomb            Essex Jct., VT                      293

19          26          9QC    Yvon Bédard                  St.Nicolas, QC                    292

20            8         4ME    #Bradley Babb               Windham, ME                    285

21          11         80QC   Donald Theetge             Quebec, QC                        263

22          27         15VT   Joey Laquerre                E. Montpelier, VT               253

23            9         84QC   #Martin Latulippe         Vallee-Jonction, QC           250

24          16         26VT   John Donahue                Graniteville, VT                  227

25          22         18VT   Jamie Fisher                  Shelburne, VT                     226

26          32         48QC   Karl Allard                     Saint-Felicien, QC             199

27          13         03QC   Martin Lacombe            Terrebonne, QC                 192

28          30          4ON    Jonathan Urlin               London, ON                        148

29          33         10QC   Stephane Descoste        Oka, QC                              127

30          31         40VT   Eric Chase                      Milton, VT                          114

31          20         16NY   Mark Lamberton           Mooers Forks, NY                 55

32          24         72VT   #Dave Paya                    Milton, VT                            53

33          28         32VT   Jean-Paul Cyr                 Milton, VT                            43

34          34        82MA   Mark Hudson                 Norton, MA                          28

35          35         75VT   Pete Fecteau                  Morrisville, VT                       0