SUNDAY, APRIL
18th |
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HOPKINS
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JOHNNY CLARK WINS
THE NORTHEAST
CLASSIC |
In the Pro
All Stars Series
(PASS) Super Late
Model National
Championship race at
the Northest
Classic, Hallowell,
ME's Johnny Clark
got his first "Magic
Mile" win after a
50-lap barnburner.
Clark, the
multi-time PASS
champion and
reigning Oxford 250
winner, first
grabbed the lead
from Turner, ME's
Ben Rowe on lap
eight. Clark paced
the field until the
caution flag on lap
24 for Zig Geno's
spin, which saw
polesitter Brandon
Barker get the jump
on the restart.
After a
competition caution
on lap 30 for two
fresh tires and
adjustments, the
action really heated
up. The yellow came
back out two
circuits later for
debris, and on this
restart, Derek
Griffith made a
three-wide move
entering turn to
take over the point.
In the process,
11-time NHMS winner
Eddie MacDonald got
shuffled out of
second spot just as
he looked ready to
challenge for the
victory.
Jeff
White then spun on
the backstretch with
12 laps to go for
the fourth and final
caution. This time,
it was Griffith
getting shuffled as
Barker again leapt
off the outside.
Barker led the 39th
circuit before
Herman, ME's Mike
Hopkins -- who'd
started dead-last in
the 25-car field --
blew underneath him
to pace lap 40.
Once again,
Windham, ME's Barker
found a way back to
the front, going
around Hopkins
entering turn one
the very next time
around. Clark
followed Barker and
looked multiple
times to his inside
over the next six
laps. With four laps
to go, Clark got the
run he needed off
turn two. The
veteran snatched the
lead entering turn
three and then
slammed the door on
Barker's crossover
attempt. Clark,
Barker, Hopkins, and
D.J. Shaw then ran
under a blanket
until the final lap,
when Hopkins' bid
for second let Clark
scoot away for the
victory.
Although Hopkins
came up short of
second on the track,
he inherited the
spot in post-race
technical inspection
when Baker was
disqualified for an
engine infraction.
Shaw became the new
third-place
finisher. Jeremie
Whorff, Ben Rowe,
Dennis Spencer, Jake
Matheson, Alex
Labbe, Griffith, and
Rowland Robinson Jr.
finished fourth
through 10th.
The PASS SLMs
plus the PASS MODS
are back in action
at Oxford Plains
Speedway on Sunday,
April 25th.
For technical
information
concerning all PASS
divisions, and for
media or marketing
questions, please
contact
passracing@roadrunner.com.
Don't forget to
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SUPER LATE
MODELS at NHMS
UNOFFICIAL
RACE RESULTS -
4-18-21 |
1) 54 - Johnny Clark
- 50 Laps 2) 15h
- Mike Hopkins - 50
3) 60 - DJ Shaw - 50
4) 00 - Jeremie
Whorff - 50 5) 4
- Ben Rowe - 50
6) 12 - Dennis
Spencer - 50 7)
52 - Jake Matheson -
50 8) 47 - Alex
Labbe - 50 9) 12g
- Derek Griffith -
50 10) 20 -
Rowland Robinson Jr.
- 50 11) 10 -
Kate Re - 50 12)
14ms - Anthony
Constantino - 50
13) 50 - Jeff White
- 50 |
14) 02 - Brian
Whalley - 50 15)
18s - Mike Scorzelli
- 50 16) 41 -
Logan Melcher - 50
17) 14 - Scot
Mcaniel - 50 18)
57 - Zig Geno - 50
19) 76ri - Tyler
Tomassi - 49 20)
17ma - Eddie
MacDonald - 43
21) 9t - Alan
Tardiff - 40 22)
81 - Dan Winter - 33
23) 39 - Nicholas
Lascuola - 33 24)
43 - Devin O'Connell
- 8 DQ) 88 -
Brandon Barker |
SLM NHMS NORTHEAST CLASSIC ENTRY LIST - 4/18 |
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Williamstown, VT's
Jimmy Hebert (Right)
is interviewed
following his
victory in the
Northeast Classic
for the ACT Late
Model Tour.
(Daniel Holben
photo) |
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Hebert Finally
Tastes NHMS
Victory at Northeast
Classic
Santos, and Cayer
Take Thrilling Wins;
Renfrew & Ferreira
Also Triumph |
Loudon,
NH -- Reigning
American-Canadian
Tour (ACT) champion
Jimmy Hebert of
Williamstown, VT
finally scored a
long-awaited victory
at Loudon's New
Hampshire Motor
Speedway (NHMS) on
Sunday, April 18 in
the inaugural
Northeast Classic.
Hebert was awarded
the win following
post-race technical
inspection, giving
the veteran a
triumph he'd been
chasing for his
entire decade-long
Late Model career.
The now
eight-time ACT Late
Model Tour winner
was leading the
event with three
laps to go before
getting passed by
Center Conway, NH's
D.J. Shaw. However,
Shaw was later
disqualified for a
carburetor
infraction. This
gave Hebert the win
and a $5,000 top
prize on a busy
afternoon at "The
Magic Mile".
East Bridgewater,
MA's Ryan Kuhn
started on the pole
and led the first
four laps. Shaw then
passed him from the
fifth starting spot
and drove away from
the field. Hebert
and New Salem, MA's
Tom Carey III
followed Shaw around
Kuhn, who was
eventually felled by
a brake problem. The
duo could only watch
Shaw drive into the
afternoon sun until
a competition
caution on lap 27
for right-side tires
and adjustments.
Shaw pulled away
again after the
restart until Jimmy
Renfrew Jr. smacked
the backstretch wall
with 11 laps to go.
The leader chose the
inside for the
restart, but Hebert
made a charge on the
outside, taking the
top spot after two
laps of side-by-side
racing.
Hebert held the lead
through one more
caution on lap 43
for Dylan Payea's
stalled automobile.
Shaw, though, had
the faster long-run
car and got below
Hebert in turn three
for the top spot
with laps winding
down. The joy was
short-lived,
however, and Hebert
was named the victor
in his first Late
Model race driving a
Ford.
Carey
moved up into the
second spot
following the
disqualification
after a late battle
with Ben Rowe.
Turner, ME's Rowe
became the new
third-place
finisher. Mark
Jenison, Derek Ming,
Stephen Donahue,
Trenton Goodrow,
Erick Sands, Robby
Gordon Douglas, and
Payea rounded out
the top-10.
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Franklin,
MA's Bobby
Santos III
stood on top
after a
back-and-forth
battle
in the
Tour-Type
Modified
Open
feature.
(Alan Ward
photo) |
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Franklin, MA's Bobby
Santos III won at
New Hampshire Motor
Speedway for the
third straight time
in a breathtaking
50-lap Tour-type
Modified Open.
Santos was running
second to Harvard,
MA's Matt Swanson
when the race's only
caution flew at lap
25 for teams to
change right-side
rubber.
On
the restart, Swanson
spun his tires and
fell back. Santos
assumed the lead,
and the race
transformed from a
sedate affair to
another "Magic Mile"
classic. Santos and
early leader Mike
Christopher Jr.
double-swapped the
lead on three
straight laps, with
Christopher taking
the lead entering
turn one and Santos
pulling the
crossover move in
turn three. They
pulled the same
sequence on laps 33
and 34, and on the
fifth
"double-cross",
polesitter Chase
Dowling stole second
place from
Christopher.
Dowling then flexed
his muscle, passing
by Santos to lead
laps 35 and 36. The
two then officially
exchanged the lead
five more times over
the next six laps.
Even then, there
were double-swaps
again on laps 46 and
47. Ronnie Williams
followed Santos to
the inside for
second with three to
go, and although
Dowling was able to
repass him, the
sequence cost
Dowling enough time
that he couldn't run
Santos back down.
All told, the 50-lap
feature had 9
official lead
changes plus 16 more
unofficial lead
changes.
Santos, Dowling, and
Williams were the
top-three finishers
in that order. Eric
Goodale and
Christopher rounded
out the top-5.
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Contoocook,
NH's Emerson
Cayer won
the
NorthEast
Mini
Stock Tour
feature with
a last-lap
pass. (Alan
Ward photo) |
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Contoocook, NH's
Emerson Cayer
recovered from a
stumble on a
late-race restart to
win the 20-lap
Northeast Mini Stock
Tour feature. Cayer
was way out in front
with five laps to go
when Ray King
pounded the sand
barrel at the pit
road entrance,
drawing the race's
only caution and
forcing a lengthy
clean-up.
When the event when
back green, Cayer
was slow to get up
to speed and fell to
fourth. Defending
NEMST champion
Desmond Skilling
eventually wrestled
the lead away from
Nick Anderson while
Cayer tried to come
back. Cayer would
lose ground on the
long straightaways,
but make it all back
and then some in the
turns.
As the
field took the white
flag, Cayer was back
up to second, and he
went to the outside
of Skillings in
turns one and two.
As they drag-raced
down the back
stretch, Berlin,
NH's Cody Leblanc
dove inside
three-wide.
Skillings and
Leblanc barely
touched entering
turn three -- but it
was enough for Cayer
to scoot around the
high side and take
the victory.
Antrim, NH's
Skillings held off
Leblanc for second.
Anderson, Mike
Viens, Jacob
Gustafson, Nick
Maniatis, Cris King,
Jesse Copp, and
Justin King
completed the
top-10.
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Candia,
NH's Jimmy
Renfrew Jr.
went
wire-to-wire
in the
8-Cylinder
Street Stock
Open. (Alan
Ward photo) |
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Candia,
NH's Jimmy Renfrew
Jr. earned some
redemption after his
ACT Late Model
misfortune by
winning the
8-cylinder Street
Stock Open. Renfrew
utterly dominated
the event, going
wire-to-wire in the
25-lap feature.
Four cautions
slowed the field in
the first nine laps,
including a yellow
on lap seven after
Ryan Waterman and
Jordan Russell
pounded the turn-one
wall. The resulting
delay to repair
damage to said wall
was the only thing
that could slow
Renfrew down. A
tight battle
developed for the
second-through-fifth
spots during the
second half of the
race, but Renfrew
was long gone,
winning by more than
nine seconds.
West Newfield,
ME's Devin
McConologue fended
off Milford, NH's
Steve Dickey for the
runner-up position.
Corey Hutchings,
Kris Watson, Kyle
Gero, T.J. Cochrane,
Adam Maynard, Ryan
Phillips, and Andrew
Morin also took home
top-10 finishes.
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Lowell,
MA's Jason
Ferreira
dominated in
the first
visit to
New
Hampshire
Motor
Speedway for
the EXIT
Realty
Pro Truck
Challenge.
(Alan Ward
photo) |
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Lowell,
MA's Jason Ferreira
dominated the 25-lap
EXIT Realty Pro
Truck Challenge
feature to win the
series' first-ever
NHMS visit. Ferreira
started on the pole
only to see East
Windsor, CT's Jim
Boyle get the jump
at the initial green
flag.
After
Ferreira held off a
brief challenge from
Warwick, RI's Ryan
Vanasse for second,
his truck suddenly
came to life. He
swung underneath
Boyle on lap three
to retake the top
spot, then pulled
away down the
stretch to win the
caution-free event.
Boyle parried
Vanasse's charges to
take the second spot
while Vanasse
completed the
podium. Andy
Lindeman and former
champion Gerard
Giordano Jr. came
home fourth and
fifth.
The
ACT Late Model Tour
is next in action at
Barre, VT's Thunder
Road Speedbowl on
Sunday, May 2 for
the Community Bank
N.A. 150. The
touring stars join
Thunder Road's
Maplewood/Irving Oil
Late Models for 150
laps at the
"Nation's Site of
Excitement". The
Lenny's Shoe &
Apparel Flying
Tigers, RK Miles
Street Stocks, and
Burnett Scrap Metals
Road Warriors
complete the card.
Post time is 1:30pm.
For more
information, contact
the ACT offices at
(802) 244-6963,
media@acttour.com,
or visit
www.acttour.com.
You can also get
updates on Facebook
and Twitter at
@ACTTour.
NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR
SPEEDWAY - LOUDON,
NH
NORTHEAST CLASSIC -
SUNDAY, APRIL 18,
2021
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
ACT LATE MODEL
TOUR
Pos., Start Pos.,
Driver, Car #,
Hometown, Laps
1.
( 9 ) Jimmy Hebert (
58VT ) ,
Williamstown, VT ,
50 Laps
2. ( 2 )
Tom Carey III ( 5MA
) , New Salem, MA ,
50 Laps
3. ( 6 )
Ben Rowe ( 4ME ) ,
Turner, ME , 50 Laps
4. ( 12 ) Mark
Jenison ( 22RI ) ,
Warwick, RI , 50
Laps
5. ( 4 )
Derek Ming ( 45VT )
, West Burke, VT ,
50 Laps
6. ( 14 )
Stephen Donahue (
2VT ) ,
Graniteville, VT ,
50 Laps
7. ( 7 )
Trenton Goodrow (
31MA ) , Carver, MA
, 50 Laps
8. ( 17
) #Erick Sands (
36NH ) , Derry, NH ,
50 Laps
9. ( 13 )
Robby Gordon Douglas
( 27NC ) ,
Charlotte, NC , 50
Laps
10. ( 11 )
Dylan Payea ( 7NH )
, Milton, VT , 50
Laps
11. ( 8 )
Jesse Switser ( 25NH
) , West Burke, VT ,
50 Laps
12. ( 18
) Mike Benevides (
50RI ) , Westerly,
RI , 50 Laps
13.
( 22 ) Jamie Aube (
41VT ) , Bow, NH ,
49 Laps
14. ( 20
) Michael Lindquist
( 71CT ) , Sandy
Hook, CT , 49 Laps
15. ( 21 ) Gerard
Giordano, Jr. ( 15NY
) , Freeport, NY ,
49 Laps
16. ( 19
) Matt Anderson (
49NH ) , Franklin,
NH , 49 Laps
17.
( 10 ) Derek
Gluchacki ( 03MA ) ,
North Dartmouth, MA
, 48 Laps
18. (
23 ) #Tom Sheehan (
65NH ) , Bow, NH ,
47 Laps
19. ( 15
) Shawn Swallow (
04NH ) , Lancaster,
NH , 43 Laps
20.
( 3 ) Jimmy Renfrew
Jr. ( 00NH ) ,
Candia, NH , 39 Laps
21. ( 24 ) #Kevin
Vaudrien ( 70VT ) ,
Brattleboro, VT , 28
Laps
22. ( 1 )
Ryan Kuhn ( 72MA ) ,
E. Bridgewater, MA ,
28 Laps
23. ( 16
) Woody Pitkat (
91CT ) , Bellingham,
MA , 19 Laps
24.
( 25 ) Jamie Swallow
Jr. ( 4NH ) , Stark,
NH , 0 Laps
DSQ (
5 ) D.J. Shaw ( 04VT
) , Center Conway,
NH , 0 Laps
TOUR-TYPE OPEN
MODIFIEDS
Pos., Start Pos.,
Driver, Car #,
Hometown, Laps
1.
( 7 ) Bobby Santos
III ( 44MA )
Franklin, MA , 50
Laps
2. ( 1 )
Chase Dowling ( 9CT
) Bethlehem, CT , 50
Laps
3. ( 5 )
Ronnie Williams (
25CT ) Tolland, CT ,
50 Laps
4. ( 6 )
Eric Goodale ( 58NY
) Riverhead, NY , 50
Laps
5. ( 2 )
Mike Christopher Jr.
( 7NY ) Wolcott, CT
, 50 Laps
6. ( 4
) Anthony Nocella (
92MA ) Woburn, MA ,
50 Laps
7. ( 3 )
Matt Swanson ( 3MA )
Harvard, MA , 50
Laps
8. ( 9 ) Sam
Rameau ( 06MA )
Westminster, MA , 50
Laps
9. ( 8 )
Jeffrey Gallup ( 4MA
) Agawam, MA , 50
Laps
10. ( 10 )
Andy Shaw ( 60NH )
Center Conway, NH ,
50 Laps
11. ( 11
) Joel Monahan (
03MA ) Whatley, MA ,
16 Laps
NORTHEAST MINI
STOCK TOUR
Pos., Driver, Car #,
Hometown
1.
Emerson Cayer ( 88 )
Contoocook, NH
2.
Desmond Skillings (
90 ) Antrim, NH
3. Cody Leblanc (
7NH ) Berlin, NH
4. Nick Anderson (
55 ) Oxford, MA
5. Mike Viens ( 85 )
Seekonk, MA
6.
Jacob Gustafson ( 66
) Webster, NY
7.
Nick Maniatis ( 63 )
Hooksett, NH
8.
Cris King ( 38 )
Derry, NH
9.
Jesse Copp ( 37 )
Rochester, NH
10.
Justin King ( 48 )
Derry, NH
11. Tom
Silva ( 31 )
12.
Eric Bourgois ( 87 )
13. Pat Houle ( 57 )
Vernon, VT
14.
Mitch Bombard ( 54 )
15. Evan Bourgois (
78 )
16. Erin
Aiken ( 33NH )
Claremont, NH
17.
Dave Trudeau Jr. (
97 ) Mansfield, CT
18. Dana Shepard (
43 ) Putney, VT
19. Ray King ( 15 )
20. Nadine Coates (
40 ) Newport, NH
21. Eric Pomasko (
471 )
22. Dave
Trudeau Sr. ( 79 )
8-CYLINDER
STREET STOCK OPEN
Pos., Driver, Car #,
Hometown
1. Jimmy
Renfrew Jr. ( 00 )
Candia, NH
2.
Devon McConologue (
18 ) West Newfield,
ME
3. Steve
Dickey ( 98 )
Milford, NH
4.
Corey Hutchings ( 36
) Salem, CT
5.
Kris Watson ( 35 )
Kenduskeag, ME
6.
Kyle Gero ( 19CT )
Baltic, CT
7.
T.J. Cochrane ( 06 )
Buffalo, NY
8.
Adam Maynard ( 45 )
Milton, VT
9.
Ryan Phillips ( 89 )
Buxton, ME
10.
Andrew Morin ( 30 )
Old Saybrook, CT
11. Rahr Hagar ( 01
) 0
12. Craig
Smith ( 11X )
Newport, NH
13.
Chaz Briggs ( 82 )
Portland, ME
14.
Kevin Mason ( 37 )
W. Warwick, RI
15. Lewis Anderson (
81 ) Hollis, ME
16. Aaron Plemons (
67 ) Uncasville, CT
17. Brian Caswell (
47 ) Buxton, ME
18. Jordan Russell (
4 ) Norway, ME
19. Ryan Waterman (
75 ) Danielson, CT
EXIT REALTY PRO
TRUCK CHALLENGE
Pos., Driver, Car #,
Hometown
1. Jason
Ferreira ( 24 )
Lowell, MA
2. Jim
Boyle ( 02 ) East
Windsor, CT
3.
Ryan Vanasse ( 31 )
Warwick, RI
4.
Andy Lindeman ( 3 )
Poestenkill, NY
5. Gerard Giordano
Jr. ( 15 ) Freeport,
NY
6. Emma
Monahan ( 78 )
Waterford, CT
7.
Lucas Leone ( 1 )
Southington, CT
8. Connor Souza ( 38
) East Providence,
RI
9. Brandon
Hunt ( 84 ) East
Windsor, CT
10.
Dave Koenig ( 97 )
Oceanside, NY
11.
Randy Burr ( 32 )
Middleboro, MA
12. Dylan Cabral (
19 ) Richmond, RI
13. Brad Caddick (
48 ) Wyoming, RI
DNS Nicholas Cashman
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NHMS SLM RULES NOTICE:
All
cars must run a 6.5" high
spoiler, between 70 and 90
degrees. (4/14) |
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Sat.-Sun. APRIL 17th &
18th,
2021 |
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REVISED
EVENT SCHEDULE FOR NE
CLASSIC |
GENERAL ADMISSION
SUNDAY, APRIL 18
Adults: $30 -
Kids (age 12 & under): $10
NO
FRONT GATE ATTENDANCE ON
SAT., APRIL 17
PIT
ADMISSION
2-Day (Sat./Sun.): $75
- Sunday-Only: $50 |
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SLM NHMS ENTRY LIST - 4/18 |
MODS NHMS ENTRY LIST - 4/18 |
REVISED 4.12.21 -
NHMS OPEN MODS RULES |
STREET STOCK OPEN
NHMS
ENTRY
LIST
- 4/18 |
NE CLASSIC CAMPING INFO PDF |
NE CLASSIC CAMPING
REGISTRATION FORM PDF |
NHMS-Infield-Layout.pdf |
NHMS Traffic
Flow Friday NOW: SAT.
FLOW |
NHMS Traffic
Flow Saturday NOW: SUN.
FLOW |
Northeast-Classic-2021-Traffic-Flow.pdf |
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PASS
National
Championship point
leader Derek
Griffith (#12G)
and reigning NHMS
winner Eddie
MacDonald (#17MA)
are two of the
racers on a stacked
PASS Super Late
Model entry list.
(Norm Marx
photo) |
Northeast Classic
Moved
To Sunday, April 18
Practice Day Now Set
for Saturday
Due
to Snowy Friday
Forecast |
EVENT SCHEDULE FOR NE
CLASSIC |
Waterbury, VT and
Naples, ME --
The inaugural
running of the
Northeast Classic at
Loudon's New
Hampshire Motor
Speedway has been
delayed for one more
day.
American-Canadian
Tour (ACT), Pro All
Stars Series (PASS),
and New Hampshire
Motor Speedway
(NHMS) officials
have postponed the
event until Sunday,
April 18 due to
weather concerns.
The open practice
has also been moved
back a day until
Saturday, April 17.
The decision was
made because of a
Friday weather
forecast in Loudon
that calls for snow
mixed with rain.
However,
temperatures are
supposed to get
progressively warmer
throughout the
weekend, reaching
the high 50s on
Sunday afternoon.
With open weekends
on the NHMS, ACT,
and PASS schedules
at a premium,
officials determined
that moving
everything back one
day was the best
solution.
All
scheduled times will
remain the same
apart from the date
change. Northeast
Classic qualifying
begins at 11:00am on
Sunday, April 18
with the first
feature rolling out
at 1:30pm. The pits
will open at 8:00am
on Saturday and
7:00am on Sunday.
Northeast
Classic
camping has
also been pushed
back one day.
Campers may enter
the grounds on
Friday and Saturday.
Some camping slots
are still available.
Visit
www.acttour.com/northeast-late-model-classic
or call (802)
244-6963 for more
information.
General admission
tickets and pit
passes will be sold
at the track only.
Grandstand tickets
for Sunday are $30
for adults and $10
for kids ages 12 and
under. Pit passes
are $50 for Sunday
only or $75 for
Saturday and Sunday.
Face masks and
social distancing
are required per New
Hampshire state
guidelines.
"We certainly didn't
expect snow this
week given the
recent weather, but
that's the Northeast
for you," PASS
president Tom
Mayberry said.
"Fortunately, we
already had a Sunday
weather date built
into the schedule.
By moving everything
back one day, we can
give teams and fans
the race weekend
they expected while
still getting home
in time for work on
Monday."
The
Northeast Classic at
Loudon's New
Hampshire Motor
Speedway goes green
this Sunday, April
18. A six-division
card features
$5,000-to-win events
for the ACT Late
Model Tour, PASS
Super Late Models,
and Tour-type
Modifieds. The EXIT
Realty Pro Truck
Challenge,
8-Cylinder Street
Stocks, and North
East Mini Stock Tour
are also on the
card.
Qualifying begins at
11:00am with
features at 1:30pm.
General admission is
$30 for adults and
$10 for kids ages 12
and under. Tickets
will be sold at the
track on race day. A
live
pay-per-view is
available on
Speed51.TV
for $29.99. Visit
www.acttour.com/northeast-late-model-classic
for the complete
schedule,
registration forms,
and other info.
For more
information, contact
the ACT offices at
(802) 244-6963,
media@acttour.com,
or visit
www.acttour.com.
You can also get
updates on Facebook
and Twitter at
@ACTTour.
For
technical
information
concerning all PASS
divisions, and for
media or marketing
questions, please
contact
passracing@roadrunner.com.
Don't forget to
"Like" the Pro All
Stars Series on
Facebook or follow
on Twitter
@PASSSLM14 to keep
up with breaking
news as it happens.
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Championship
Defenses
Beginning in Earnest
at Northeast
Classic |
Waterbury, VT and
Naples, ME --
The inaugural
Northeast Classic
debuts this
Sunday, April 18
at Loudon's New
Hampshire Motor
Speedway. Although
the prestige and big
payday of winning at
"The Magic Mile" is
foremost in many
racers' minds, the
card is also an
early proving ground
in five different
major regional
touring series.
The
American-Canadian
Tour (ACT) Late
Model Tour and
Northeast Mini Stock
Tour (NEMST) have
their first
point-counting
events of the season
on Saturday. For the
Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) Super Late
Models, it's their
second North Series
and third National
Series events of the
year. The EXIT
Realty Pro Truck
Challenge has its
second event of 2021
after they and PASS
North debuted at the
Thompson Speedway
Icebreaker That
means for defending
champions Jimmy
Hebert (ACT), D.J.
Shaw (PASS North),
Mike Hopkins (PASS
National), Desmond
Skillings (NEMTS),
and Duane Noll (Pro
Trucks), a strong
run at the Northeast
Classic would put
them in great early
position for a
championship
defense.
In
the process, they
get the chance to
shine at New
England's only
superspeedway. NHMS
is the region's
biggest motorsports
mecca, and the
Northeast Classic
allows anyone from
touring legends to
low-buck weekly
warriors an
opportunity to race
there.
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Williamstown,
VT's Jimmy
Hebert won
his first
ACT
championship
in 2020
and begins
his defense
at a track
where he has
three
straight
second-place
finishes.
(Daniel
Holben
photo) |
- "I think
events like the
Northeast Classic
are good for short
track racing in
general,"
Williamstown, VT's
Hebert said. "It's
good for sponsors
because you can get
them recognized on a
bigger stage. We've
seen the success the
Dirt Track Nationals
had at Bristol, and
then the Short Track
Nationals of the
last couple years. I
think if more
regions around the
country started
doing things like
this, it would be
good for their
individual series,
and it would be good
for different tracks
allowing small teams
to compete in big
shows like that."
Hebert is coming
off the season of
his life, posting
two ACT Tour wins
and a perfect record
of top-10 finishes.
It's no secret how
badly he wants to
add an NHMS winner's
trophy to his
collection. Hebert
has three straight
runner-up finishes
at "The Magic Mile"
dating back to the
days of the ACT
Invitational. Now
that the Hebert
Excavation team
finally has the
championship they've
been dreaming of,
they can go for
broke at the track
they crave the most.
"I remember
going to the very
first ACT
Invitational (in
2009) back when I
was racing Tigers
and watching from
the stands," Hebert
said. "Me and my dad
looked at each other
and said, 'we've got
to win this race
someday.' Obviously,
we don't have the
Invitational
anymore, but luckily
we still get to race
there."
"Starting the season
at NHMS will
actually be better
for us," Hebert
continued. "Last
year we couldn't be
really aggressive
with the setup or my
driving because I
had a point cushion
I was trying to
protect going into
the last race. So we
had to go about
things a lot
differently, whereas
at the Invitational,
there were no
points, so you just
went for it. We've
won the championship
now...so there's no
points lead to
protect this time.
We're going to go
for it."
Many
other ACT stars look
like potential NHMS
winners and
championship
contenders. Center
Conway, NH's D.J.
Shaw and Turner,
ME's Ben Rowe, both
multi-time PASS
champions, begin
full-season ACT
campaigns at NHMS.
Shaw finished second
in ACT points for
2020 while Rowe won
the season finale.
Warwick, MA's Tom
Carey III has
multiple top-10s at
NHMS while N.
Darmouth, MA's Derek
Gluchacki is aiming
for greater things
after winning the
2020 ACT Rookie of
the Year award. Ryan
Kuhn, Bobby
Therrien, Woody
Pitkat, Stephen
Donahue, Jesse
Switser, Dylan
Payea, and others
fill out an
impressive early
entry list.
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Center
Conway's
D.J. Shaw
(#60) is
aiming for
his
fourth
straight
PASS North
championship
and first
New
Hampshire
Motor
Speedway
win. (Norm
Marx photo) |
- On the
PASS side, Shaw got
a solid start at
Connecticut's
Thompson Speedway
last weekend in his
bid for a fourth
straight PASS North
title. Hopkins,
meanwhile, began his
PASS National
Championship defense
with a pair of
podium finishes at
North Carolina's
Hickory Motor
Speedway. Both know
a win at New
Hampshire Motor
Speedway, with its
$5,000 prize, would
be a big boost to
their title dreams
and bank account.
They'll both
have to beat Rowley,
MA's Eddie "The
Outlaw" MacDonald to
win this weekend.
PASS has held two
previous NHMS events
in its long history,
and MacDonald won
both. Hudson, NH's
Derek Griffith has
won all three
PASS-sanctioned
events this year,
meaning at least one
perfect streak must
end. Johnny Clark,
Travis Benjamin,
Gabe Brown, Ben
Ashline, Curtis
Gerry, and Ben
Ashline are among
those trying to end
the run for both.
In the North
East Mini Stock
Tour, Antrim, NH's
Desmond Skillings
begins his title
defense. Skilling
won the 2020
championship by a
single point thanks
to a victory in the
season finale.
Another former
champion, Berlin,
NH's Cody Leblanc,
is one of his likely
challengers. So is
Contoocook, NH's
Emerson Cayer, who
has multiple top-5
finishes at the
track.
Defending EXIT
Realty Truck Series
champion Duane Knoll
started his campaign
with a fourth-place
finish at Thompson
Speedway. However,
2019 champion Gerard
"G-Rod" Giordano Jr.
sits on top of the
standings after
edging Ryan Vanasse
for the win. Young
Emma Monahan is off
to a strong start,
too.
Although
the Open Tour-type
Modified and Open
Street Stock events
don't have points on
the line, there are
still some big names
chasing big prize
money. The expected
Modified entry list
includes many stars
from the Thompson
Outlaw Open Modified
Series opener last
weekend, including
top-10 finishers
Bobby Santos III,
Craig Lutz, Sam
Rameau, and Mike
Christopher Jr.
Other early entries
are recent
Martinsville
Speedway winner Eric
Goodale, veteran
Charles Pasteryak,
and rising youngster
Chase Dowling.
On the
8-Cylinder Street
Stock side, you have
Danielson, CT's Ryan
Waterman, who just
missed the winner's
check at the
Thompson Icebreaker.
Fellow top runners
from that event such
as Kyle Gero and
Jimmy Renfrew Jr.
are planning for a
second round. Fans
should also watch
out for Corey
Hutchings, who won
the Street Stock
Showdown Series
event at NHMS in
2017.
The
Northeast Classic at
Loudon's New
Hampshire Motor
Speedway makes its
long-awaited debut
this Sunday, April
18. A six-division
card features
$5,000-to-win events
for the ACT Late
Model Tour, PASS
Super Late Models,
and Tour-type
Modifieds. The EXIT
Realty Pro Truck
Challenge,
8-Cylinder Street
Stocks, and North
East Mini Stock Tour
are also on the
card.
Qualifying begins at
11:00am with
features at 1:30pm.
General admission is
$30 for adults and
$10 for kids ages 12
and under. Tickets
will be sold at the
track on race day. A
live pay-per-view is
available on
Speed51.TV for
$29.99. Visit
www.acttour.com/northeast-late-model-classic
for the complete
schedule,
registration forms,
and other info.
For more
information, contact
the ACT offices at
(802) 244-6963,
media@acttour.com,
or visit
www.acttour.com.
You can also get
updates on Facebook
and Twitter at
@ACTTour. |
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The EXIT
Realty Pro Truck
Challenge holds
their second event
of the 2021
season at the
inaugural Northeast
Classic. (Alan Ward
photo) |
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Sat.-Sun. APRIL 17th & 18th |
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The PASS Super Late
Models are one of three
divisions with
$5,000-to-win events at the
inaugural Northeast Classic.
(Norm Marx) |
Northeast
Classic
to be
Broadcast Worldwide
on
Speed51.TV |
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Pay-Per-View
purchase link for the
cLASSIC: |
www.speed51.tv/products/ppv-northeast-
classic-at-nhms-april-17-2021 |
Waterbury, VT
and Naples, ME -- Auto
racing fans around the world
will get to enjoy the
inaugural Northeast Classic
at Loudon's New Hampshire
Motor Speedway on Sunday,
April 18. The
American-Canadian Tour (ACT)
and Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) have been reached
with Speed51.TV to broadcast
the event live via
pay-per-view from "The Magic
Mile".
A six-division
card is on tap for the
motorsports extravaganza
that has been more than a
year in in the making.
Speed51.TV will have it all,
including 50-lap,
$5,000-to-win shootouts for
the ACT Late Model Tour,
PASS Super Late Models, and
Tour-type Modifieds. They're
joined by the EXIT Realty
Pro Truck Challenge, North
East Mini Stock Tour, and an
8-Cylinder Street Stock
Open.
The
pay-per-view costs $29.99
and is available for
purchase at
www.speed51.tv/products/ppv-northeast-classic-at-nhms-april-17-2021.
The broadcast is part of a
multi-year agreement with
PASS to showcase the series
and its partners for viewers
everywhere.
"Thanks
to Speed51.TV, the debut of
the Northeast Classic has
gotten even bigger," PASS
president Tom Mayberry said.
""People have been looking
forward to the Northeast
Classic since we first
announced it in late 2019.
Now fans can watch it live
even if they can't make it
to New Hampshire. Or they
can buy the broadcast and
watch later if they have to
work during the day. That
sort of flexibility is means
everyone who wants can watch
some great racing on the
Magic Mile."
"It's a
huge thing for us as a team
and our sponsors," Kulwicki
Driver Development Program
finalist Ryan Kuhn added.
"It helps to really promote
them, especially with
Speed51 broadcasting. I
think there'll be a lot of
viewership. We're going to
have a lot of friends and
family watching, and people
around the country are going
to be watching this event.
It's really good to promote
these drivers and series,
and to advertise our
sponsors -- especially if we
run up front on race day."
The entry list for each
series on the card is full
of big names. More than 30
drivers are officially
committed to the ACT Late
Model Tour event, including
defending ACT champion Jimmy
Hebert, recent Hickory Motor
Speedway double-podium
finisher Ben Rowe, 2017 ACT
Invitational winner Woody
Pitkat, former ACT Rookie of
the Year Dylan Payea, and
2017 Thunder Road Late Model
champion Bobby Therrien.
The Northeast Classic is
the opener for a 12-event
point-counting ACT schedule
with nearly $50,000 worth of
season-ending awards. Along
the way, six ACT-sanctioned
events will pay at least
$5,000 to win, making it one
of the richest seasons in
the 30-year history of the
series.
It all starts
at New England's only
superspeedway. New Hampshire
Motor Speedway is a track
that almost every racer in
the area wants to compete
at. Capturing a win would be
even more meaningful.
"Winning at New
Hampshire would be huge,"
East Bridgewater, MA's Kuhn
said. "That's one of my
bucket-list races. I circled
this one and the Oxford 250
on my calendar -- they're
the two races I want to win
really, really bad. Loudon's
been my favorite track and
probably my best track.
We've always run good no
matter what we've taken
there. We've been there
three times, had three
top-10s, and had a shot to
win the ACT race there last
year. Hopefully we can do
that again and this time
park it in Victory Lane."
The PASS Super Late
Models, meanwhile, have
nearly 40 drivers confirmed
for their 50-lap event. They
include five-time and
defending PASS North
champion D.J. Shaw, two-time
PASS North champion Travis
Benjamin, multi-time NHMS
winner Eddie MacDonald, and
2019 PASS National champion
Mike Hopkins. This year's
event is part of the PASS
National Championship,
attracting even more drivers
who want wrestle the crown
from Hopkins.
Rowe,
Shaw, and Jake Johnson are
among those with official
plans to run both the ACT
and PASS features. Kuhn
hopes to as well, though his
PASS entry is dependent on
repairing a blown engine
recently suffered during a
doubleheader at North
Carolina's Hickory Motor
Speedway.
The
Tour-type Modified entry
list includes former NASCAR
Whelen Modified Tour
champion Bobby Santos III,
multi-time NASCAR winner
Craig Lutz, respected
Modified veteran Charlie
Pasteryak, and rising star
Chase Dowling.
Eight-cylinder Street
Stockers such as Ryan
Waterman, Kyle Gero, Jimmy
Renfrew Jr., and Adam
Maynard will battle for the
$1,000 top prize in their
open show.
The
Northeast Classic at
Loudon's New Hampshire Motor
Speedway opens the Northern
New England racing season on
Saturday, April 17. A
six-division card features
$5,000-to-win events for the
ACT Late Model Tour, PASS
Super Late Models, and
Tour-type Modifieds. The
EXIT Realty Pro Truck
Challenge, 8-Cylinder Street
Stocks, and North East Mini
Stock Tour are also on the
card.
Qualifying
begins at 11:00am with
features at 1:30pm.
Admission is $30 for adults
and $10 for kids ages 12 and
under. A live pay-per-view
is available on Speed51.TV
for $29.99. Visit
www.acttour.com/northeast-late-model-classic
for the complete schedule,
camping registration forms,
and other info.
For
more information, contact
the ACT offices at (802)
244-6963,
media@acttour.com, or
visit
www.acttour.com. You can
also get updates on Facebook
and Twitter at @ACTTour. To
learn more about Speed51.TV,
visit
www.speed51.tv. |
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The ACT Late Model Tour
will open its point-counting
season on April 17 at
"The Magic Mile" in front of
a worldwide Speed51.TV
audience. (Alan Ward photo) |
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Sat.-Sun. APRIL
17th & 18th |
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Northeast Classic
Drawing
The Biggest Names in
Regional Racing |
Waterbury, VT and
Naples, ME -- The
inaugural Northeast Classic
at Loudon's New Hampshire
Motor Speedway is just over
a week away. On Saturday,
April 17, some of the
biggest names known to
motorsports fans in the
region will converge on "The
Magic Mile" for a
six-division card that
offers something for
everybody.
American-Canadian Tour (ACT)
and Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) official originally
planned to debut the
Northeast Classic in 2020.
The event was pushed back a
year due to the COVID-19
pandemic -- but the delay
has not dampened the
enthusiasm of teams or fans.
On the contrary, even
more buzz now surrounds the
New Hampshire racing
extravaganza. One glance at
the entry lists reveals many
of the region's racing "blue
bloods" along with rising
stars getting the chance to
show off their talents --
which they'll do in front of
an international audience on
Speed51.TV.
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Bobby Santos
III, a five-time New
Hampshire Motor
Speedway
Modified winner,
will try to earn
another trophy at
the inaugural
Northeast Classic.
(Jim Dupont photo) |
- The 50-lap,
$5,000-to-win Tour-type
Modified shootout has
received commitments from
numerous open-wheel stars.
Franklin, MA's Bobby Santos
III is the name that will
catch the most attention.
Santos has five NASCAR
Whelen Modified Tour wins at
the track, including last
year's Musket 200. With just
50 laps on the card this
time, Santos and others will
have to take a different
path to victory.
This
year, Santos is returning to
the cockpit of the #44 Tinio
Racing team for which he's
posted a dozen Whelen
Modified Tour wins. The duo
reunites at this weekend's
Thompson Icebreaker 125 as a
tune-up for NHMS.
"I
think we've just got to be
better right away at the
beginning of the race,"
Santos said of the 50-lap
Classic. "I know a lot of
times, we've made
adjustments partway through
the race and gotten better.
But you just have to be
prepared to be ready to race
right away and be in
position."
"I've been
looking forward to coming
and doing these races (with
the Tinio's)," Santos added.
Unfortunately, I didn't get
to race at Thompson last
year. It feels like forever
since I've raced here. I've
definitely missed it. I'm
just excited to be back in a
Modified and race with these
guys. We've had a lot of fun
racing together."
As
always, Santos will have
fierce challengers.
Riverhead, NY's Eric
Goodale, who just captured a
crown jewel victory at
Virginia's Martinsville
Speedway, is coming to New
Hampshire. So is defending
Thompson World Series winner
Craig Lutz in a Goodie
Motorsports team car.
Martinsville runner-up Sam
Rameau, multi-time Modified
winner Mike Christopher Jr.,
and "Ole Blue" pilot Matt
Swanson are a few other
notables planning to roll
through the gates.
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Defending ACT Late
Model Tour champion
Jimmy Hebert is
hungry for an
NHMS win after three
straight runner-up
finishes at the
track. (Alan Ward
photo) |
- The ACT Late
Model Tour and PASS Super
Late Models also have
50-lap, $5,000-to-win
Northeast Classic showdowns.
The ACT event is the opener
of the 2021 championship
season. Williamstown, VT's
Jimmy Hebert begins his
title defense at a track he
wants badly to add to his
trophy case. Hebert has
finished runner-up in his
last three NHMS starts,
making the Hebert Excavation
team even hungrier for
victory.
A large
field is standing in
Hebert's way. Two multi-time
PASS champions, Ben Rowe and
D.J. Shaw, are bidding for
victory. Both are planning
the full ACT schedule this
year and know the importance
of a good start.
The
last three ACT Rookies of
the Year -- Dylan Payea,
Kulwicki Driver Development
Program finalist Ryan Kuhn,
and Derek Gluchacki -- are
also on the entry list. So
are Woody Pitkat and Tom
Carey III, two Southern New
England standouts who are
always strong at NHMS.
Former Thunder Road champion
Bobby Therrien, Busch North
Series legend Jamie Aube,
defending Riverside Speedway
champion Shawn Swallow, and
breakout performer Trent
Goodrow are four more names
expected to take the green
flag.
For the PASS
Super Late Models, the
Northeast Classic is the
third event in this year's
National Championship.
Hudson, NH's Derek Griffith,
who swept the first two
events at Hickory Motor
Speedway, is on the entry
list for round three. So are
Rowe, Shaw, Johnny, Clark,
and Travis Benjamin,
multi-time champions each
who want another crown.
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PASS
National
Championship point
leader Derek
Griffith (#12G)
and reigning NHMS
winner Eddie
MacDonald (#17MA)
are two of the
racers on a stacked
PASS Super Late
Model entry list.
(Norm Marx
photo) |
- Rowley, MA's
Eddie "The Outlaw"
MacDonald, the winner of the
last PASS event at NHMS, is
expect to try and defend
that crown. Curtis Gerry,
Jake Johnson, Dennis
Spencer, and reigning PASS
National champion Mike
Hopkins are among those
aiming to stop him.
The EXIT Realty Pro Truck
Challenge, North East Mini
Stock Tour, and 8-Cylinder
Street Stock Open complete
the card. The Pro Trucks are
making what's believed to be
their maiden voyage to "The
Magic Mile". Defending
champion Duane Noll, Dave
Koenig, Gerard Giordano Jr.,
and Ryan Vanasse will get to
strut their stuff after
opening the 2021 season at
this weekend's Thompson
Icebreaker.
The North
East Mini Stock Tour (NEMST)
is returning to NHMS for
their 2021 season kick-off.
Matthew Kimball, the winner
of the last NEMST event at
the track in 2019, will be
one to watch, as will
defending series champion
Desmond Skillings. The
$1,000-to-win Street Stock
Open entry list is growing
fast, with 8-cylinder
warriors such as Jimmy
Renfrew Jr., Corey
Hutchings, Ryan Waterman,
Kyle Gero, and Jesse Gleason
are ready to haul the mail
around New England's only
superspeedway.
The
Northeast Classic at
Loudon's New Hampshire Motor
Speedway makes its
long-awaited debut on
Saturday, April 17. A
six-division card features
$5,000-to-win events for the
ACT Late Model Tour, PASS
Super Late Models, and
Tour-type Modifieds. The
EXIT Realty Pro Truck
Challenge, 8-Cylinder Street
Stocks, and North East Mini
Stock Tour are also on the
card.
Qualifying
begins at 11:00am with
features at 1:30pm. General
admission is $30 for adults
and $10 for kids ages 12 and
under. Tickets will be sold
at the track on race day. A
live pay-per-view is
available on Speed51.TV for
$29.99. Visit
www.acttour.com/northeast-late-model-classic
for the complete schedule,
registration forms, and
other info.
For more
information, contact the ACT
offices at (802) 244-6963,
media@acttour.com, or
visit
www.acttour.com. You can
also get updates on Facebook
and Twitter at @ACTTour. |
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Sat.-Sun. APRIL
17th & 18th |
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The PASS
Super Late Models have a
50-lap, $5,000-to-win
showdown as part of the
inaugural Northeast Classic.
(Norm Marx
photo) |
Northeast Classic Schedule
and Pricing Announced |
EVENT SCHEDULE FOR NE
CLASSIC PDF |
Waterbury, VT
and Naples, ME -- The
American-Canadian Tour (ACT)
and Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) have announced the
schedule of events and
pricing for the inaugural
Northeast Classic at
Loudon's New Hampshire Motor
Speedway on Sunday, April
18. The long-awaited event
on the "Magic Mile" has a
six-division card featuring
the biggest auto racing
stars in the region.
The weekend begins with an
optional practice day on
Saturday, April 17. The pits
will open at 8:00am with
practice from 11:00am to
5:00pm. All six divisions
who are competing Saturday
are welcome to attend the
Friday session.
On
Sunday, the pits will open
at 7:00am with practice at
9:00am. The front gates will
also open at 9:00am. Each
division gets one extended
round of practice.
Qualifying begins at 11:00am
with features slated to
begin at 1:30pm.
Saturday general admission
is $30 for adults and $10
for kids ages 12 and under.
The track is allowed up to
50% grandstand capacity per
New Hampshire state
guidelines. Pit admission is
$75 for a two-day pass and
$50 for Friday-only.
Camping spots are still
available for the weekend.
Lot 5 spots cost $75 while
infield spots are $150. More
information is available at
www.acttour.com/northeast-late-model-classic.
Entry lists are rapidly
filling up for the
first-ever Northeast
Classic. The ACT Late Model
Tour and PASS Super Late
Models already have more
than 70 combined entries for
their events. Several
drivers, including Turner,
ME's Ben Rowe, Center
Conway, NH's D.J. Shaw, East
Bridgewater, MA's Ryan Kuhn,
and Rehoboth, MA's Jake
Johnson, are planning ACT
and PASS double-duty.
The ACT field will
feature stars such as
reigning Tour champion Jimmy
Hebert, former NHMS
Invitational winner Woody
Pitkat, defending ACT Rookie
of the Year Derek Gluchacki,
and low-budget grinder Dylan
Payea. It is the opener of
the 30th ACT Late Model Tour
championship chase with
nearly $50,000 in
end-of-season awards. PASS
standouts on the entry list
include defending Oxford 250
winner Johnny Clark,
multi-time champion Travis
Benjamin, and recent ARCA
Menard Series East graduate
Derek Griffith.
The
card also features a
Tour-type Modified Open, the
North East Mini Stock Tour,
a $1,000-to-win Street Stock
Open, and the EXIT Realty
Pro Truck Series. The
Modified entry list is
highlighted by recent
Thompson Speedway World
Series winner Craig Lutz,
rising young gun Matt
Swanson, and veteran Eric
Goodale. The ACT, PASS, and
Tour-type Modified features
are all 50 laps and pay
$5,000-to-win.
The
northern New England racing
season begins on Saturday,
April 17 at New Hampshire
Motor Speedway with the
inaugural Northeast Classic.
The ACT Late Model Tour and
PASS Super Late Models
headline a six-division
card. Qualifying begins at
11:00pm with features
starting at 1:30pm.
Admission is $30 for adults
and $10 for kids ages 12 and
under. An optional Test N'
Tune practice day is
scheduled for Friday, April
16.
For more
information about ACT,
contact the ACT offices at
(802) 244-6963,
media@acttour.com, or
visit
www.acttour.com. You can
also get updates on Facebook
and Twitter at @ACTTour.
For technical
information concerning all
PASS divisions, and for
media or marketing
questions, please contact
passracing@roadrunner.com.
Don't forget to "Like" the
Pro All Stars Series on
Facebook or follow on
Twitter @PASSSLM14 to keep
up with breaking news as it
happens. |
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The ACT Late
Model Tour opens its 2021
season with a 50-lap,
$5,000- to-win shootout
at "The Magic Mile" on April
17. (Daniel Holben
photo) |
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The
Open
Modified events at the
Icebreaker and Northeast
Classic will largely
follow the same rules as the
Tri-Track Open Modified
Series. (Matthew
Wiernasz/WWLP22 News photo) |
ACT & PASS
Release Updated Information
for Icebreaker
and Northeast Classic |
ENTRY FORMS
& RULES FOR EVENTS HERE |
Waterbury, VT --
The American-Canadian Tour
(ACT) and Pro All Stars
Series (PASS) have released
the latest round of
information for the Thompson
Speedway Icebreaker on April
9-11 and the New Hampshire
Motor Speedway (NHMS)
Northeast Classic on April
17. Both events are expected
to attract some of the
biggest, most talented
fields of the year as they
kick off the 2020 New
England racing season.
As part of the updates,
ACT and PASS also have
created a new Thompson
Outlaw Open Modified Series
information page. Teams and
fans can visit
www.acttour.com/outlaw-open-modifieds
for the latest about all six
of the big-money events,
including the 46th Annual
Icebreaker and the
$20,000-to-win Thompson 300.
This page will be updated
throughout the year. The
Northeast Classic also has
an information page at
www.acttour.com/northeast-late-model-classic.
The biggest piece of the
puzzle now available is the
complete Tour-Type Open
Modified rules. The
Icebreaker is headlined by a
125-lap, $10,000-to-win
Outlaw Open event. The
inaugural Northeast Classic
includes a 50-lap,
$5,000-to-win Modified Open.
Both events will largely
follow the Tri-Track
Modified Open Series
rulebook. Tour-Type Modified
cars must follow the 2021
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour,
Race of Champions, Modified
Racing Series, or Weekly
track rules. Certain
exceptions are outlined in a
PDF on the series
information page. Rules may
not be combined between
series. SK Modified-legal
cars may also compete using
any carburetor.
A
gear rule will also be in
place for the Outlaw Open
Series and Northeast
Classic. The Thompson events
require a 4.64 gear for
built engines and a 4.52
gear for spec engines. At
NHMS, built engines must use
a 3.98 maximum and 3.74
minimum gear. The range for
spec engines is a 3.83
maximum and 3.63 minimum. No
restrictor plate will be
required at either track.
Greg Felton, the Head of
Race Tech for the Tri-Track
Open Modified Series, will
serve in the same rule for
the Open Modified events at
both Thompson and NHMS. He
can be reached at (413)
695-2272 or
gt.felton@gmail.com with
any Modified tech questions.
The Open Modified entry
form for the Northeast
Classic has also been
released. It can be found on
the official Northeast
Classic page at
www.acttour.com/northeast-late-model-classic.
The 50-lap event will pay
$5,000 to win and $600 to
start with almost $29,000 in
posted awards. Teams that
enter by Thursday, April 1
receive a discount on their
entry fee.
The entry
form for the $10,000-to-win
Icebreaker 125, which opens
the Thompson Outlaw Open
Modified Series, was
recently released and can be
found on the series
information page. More than
a dozen drivers had already
entered the event at press
time, including six-time
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
champion Doug Coby,
multi-time Thompson Speedway
champion Keith Rocco, 2020
World Series Modified Open
winner Mike Christopher Jr.,
and four-time Modified
Racing Series champion Jon
McKennedy. The first 26
teams that file entries will
receive a garage stall for
the weekend. More
information about the rest
of the weekend's like-up is
expected soon.
Finally, ACT and PASS have
released the rules and entry
form for the 8-cylinder
Street Stock Open at the
Northeast Classic. The rules
are nearly identical to what
was originally planned in
2020, with the only change
being that a 3.73 maximum
gear is required. The 25-lap
Street Stock Open will pay
$1,000 to win with a total
purse of more than $7,500.
For more information
about the American-Canadian
Tour, contact the ACT
offices at (802) 244-6963,
media@acttour.com, or
visit
www.acttour.com. You can
also get updates on Facebook
and Twitter at @ACTTour.
For technical
information concerning all
PASS divisions, and for
media or marketing
questions, please contact
passracing@roadrunner.com.
Don't forget to "Like" the
Pro All Stars Series on
Facebook or follow on
Twitter @PASSSLM14 to keep
up with breaking news as it
happens. |
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The rules and
entry form have been
released for the
$1,000-to-win Street Stock
Open at the Northeast
Classic. (Matthew
Wiernasz/WWLP22 News photo) |
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Sat.-Sun. APRIL
17th & 18th |
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The PASS Super Late
Models are part of a
six-division card at the
Northeast Classic, which was
pushed back a year due to
the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Norm Marx photo)
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ACT & PASS
Confirm
Weekend for
Inaugural
Northeast
Classic at NHMS
2-Day Event to
be Held
Weekend of April
16-18, 2021 |
SLM ENTRY FORM - NHMS - 4/17/21 |
PIT STALL RESERVATION FORM
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NHMS - 4/17/21 |
Waterbury, VT
and Naples, ME --
American-Canadian Tour (ACT)
and Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) officials have
confirmed the dates for the
inaugural Northeast Classic
at Loudon's New Hampshire
Motor Speedway. The
long-awaited event will be
held on the weekend of April
17-18, 2021.
A
two-day schedule is planned
with open practice on day
one and qualifying/features
on day two. Whether the
event has a Friday-Saturday
or Saturday-Sunday schedule
will be determined over the
winter.
The Northeast
Classic was originally
scheduled to debut in April
2020 before ultimately being
cancelled due to the
outbreak of the worldwide
COVID-19 pandemic. The event
was highly-anticipated
throughout the region, and
this coming April, the first
running will finally be held
on the "Magic Mile".
"We can't wait to finally
get the Northeast Classic
off the ground," PASS owner
Tom Mayberry said. "The buzz
leading up to the expected
debut last April was
incredible. Unfortunately,
world circumstances didn't
allow it happen, much to
everyone's disappointment.
With another year to look
forward to it, we think the
inaugural Classic will be
just as big if not bigger
than it would have been."
The event schedule for
2021 is expected to be much
the same as what was planned
for 2020. A five-division
card includes the PASS North
Super Late Models, ACT Late
Model Tour, a Tour-Type
Modified Open, an 8-Cylinder
Street Stock Open, and the
North East Mini Stock Tour.
Rules, entry forms, and
other Northeast Classic
information will be released
over the coming months. ACT
and PASS both expect to
finalize their full 2021
schedules soon.
For
more information about the
American-Canadian Tour,
contact the ACT offices at
(802) 244-6963,
media@acttour.com, or
visit
www.acttour.com. You can
also get updates on Facebook
and Twitter at @ACTTour.
For technical
information concerning all
PASS divisions, and for
media or marketing
questions, please contact
passracing@roadrunner.com.
Don't forget to "Like" the
Pro All Stars Series on
Facebook or follow on
Twitter @PASSSLM14 to keep
up with breaking news as it
happens. |
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The ACT Late Model Tour will
head to New Hampshire Motor
Speedway next April for
the inaugural Northeast
Classic. (Daniel Holben
photo) |
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A Tour-Type Modified Open
will be held at New
Hampshire Motor Speedway
next April as part of the
Northeast Classic.
(Matthew Wiernasz/WWLP22
News photo) |
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An 8-cylinder Street Stock
Open is also slated for the
Northeast Classic.
(Matthew Wiernasz/WWLP22
News photo) |
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The North East Mini Stock
Tour returns to the "Magic
Mile" as part of the
2021 Northeast Classic.
(Matthew Wiernasz/WWLP22
News photo) |
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The Exit Realty Pro Truck
Challenge has been added to
the Northeast Classic
for the event's 2021 debut.
(Matthew Wiernasz/WWLP22
News photo) |
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Eddie MacDonald #17
holds the lead over Derek
Griffiths #12g and Mike
Hopkins #15 in his win at
the 2019 PASS NHMS race.
(Norm Marx photo) |
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