ACT Champion Cyr to Race True Value Modifed at Lee USA, Thunder Road

LEE, NH – Seven-time and defending American-Canadian Tour Late
Model stock car champion Jean-Paul Cyr of Milton, VT will trade in his
fenders at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 20. Cyr will run both
halves of the "New Hampshire Governor's Cup 200," racing the 100-lap
features for both the ACT Late Model Tour and the open-wheel True
Value Modified Racing Series.
Although he is more widely recognized for his success in
full-fendered Late Model racing, Cyr is a veteran of the
ground-pounding modifieds. He raced with the NASCAR Whelen Modified
Tour in 1998-99, capturing a pole position at Pennsylvania's
Jennerstown Speedway and a top-five finish at the Richmond Int'l
Raceway in Virginia. Cyr will race for True Value Modified veteran
driver/owner Gary Casella of Saugus, MA.
"I tested Gary's car at Waterford (CT) Speedbowl last week, and
I had a blast," Cyr said. "It took a few laps to get used to driving
the modified again, but when I came in the pits I couldn't wipe the
smile off my face."
Cyr said he will use the NH Governor's Cup race to prepare
himself for the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic at Barre, VT's
Thunder Road Int'l Speedbowl on Sunday, May 25. The True Value
Series' appearance at the high-banked quarter-mile oval will be the
first by a modified division since 1965. That event is also an
ACT/TVMRS doubleheader.
"Gary and his team are a great bunch of guys, and they have a
good car prepared for me," said Cyr. With driver David Pinkham behind
the wheel in 2006, Casella's car won a True Value event at Maine's
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. NASCAR veteran Tommy Cravenho piloted the
car to a second-place finish at Thompson (CT) Int'l Speedway last
September. "I want to have fun," Cyr finished, "but I also want to
give those guys some competition."
Kirk Alexander of West Swanzey, NH is a three-time champion of
the True Value Modified Racing Series, along with 2006 title holder
Dwight Jarvis of Ascutney, VT. Other leading drivers expected to be
at Lee USA and Thunder Road include Connecticut hotshoes Les Hinckley
and Eddie Dachenhausen, Massachusetts stars Louie Mechalides and
Vinnie Annarummo, and New Hampshire's Andy Seuss and Jack Bateman.
Cyr will begin defense of his ACT Late Model Tour championship
at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 20 at 1:00pm against the likes of
Vermont's Scott Payea and Brent Dragon, New Hampshire's Randy Potter
and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Québec's Patrick Laperle and Donald
Theetge, and Maine's Ron Henry.