Labor Day Classic
BARRE, VT – Glen Luce of Turner, ME is seemingly on the verge
of capturing his first-ever American-
Canadian Tour Late Model stock car victory. The 20-year racing
veteran is in his first full season of ACT
competition, and after a steep learning curve early in the year, feels
that he's ready to break into victory
lane. He wants to do it at the 30th Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200
at Barre, VT's Thunder Road Int'l Speedbowl
on Sunday, August 31.
"We're knocking on the door (of the first win); we've got a lot
of momentum," said Luce. "We hit on
something at Airborne, and we've been gaining confidence ever since.
We've been contenders almost everywhere, and
we've been shown a lot of respect on and off the track. It feels good."
Luce finished fourth at Airborne Speedway (NY) in May, then
posted finishes of fifth at his home track,
Oxford Plains (ME) Speedway in June and sixth at the most recent ACT
Late Model Tour event at White Mountain
Motorsports Park in New Hampshire last weekend. He currently ranks
eighth in the championship point standings
with his K&K Excavation/Glen Luce Trucking #7ME Chevrolet.
In between his ACT successes, Luce finished as the runner-up to
former Daytona 500 winner Kevin Harvick at
the prestigious TD Banknorth 250 at Oxford in July. He heads back to
Thunder Road with
"The Thunder Road regulars have an advantage at the Bond Auto
race, sort of like I have at Oxford,"
explained Luce. "Thunder Road is a hard track to get a hold on, but
200 laps is my kind of race. My driving
style has changed completely this year, and I love the long races.
I've run Thunder Road four times now and we
have some notes to fall back on. It would mean a lot to get my first
ACT win there in front of all those great
Vermont fans… And the money's good in that race, too, which doesn't hurt."
Luce will face a strong contingent – as many as 50 or more – at
the 30th Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200
on Sunday, August 31. Among the contenders are top championship point
drivers Scott Payea, Jean-Paul Cyr, and
Brent Dragon, all from Milton, VT, Montréal driver Patrick Laperle,
New Hampshire hotshoes Randy Potter and
Joey "Pole" Polewarczyk, and Thunder Road regulars Eric Williams, Cris
Michaud, Dave Pembroke, and Phil Scott.
John Donahue of Graniteville, VT won the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic
200 in 2007, and also has an ACT win at
Thunder Road this season.
Discount advance sale tickets are available at all 36 Bond Auto
Parts locations in Vermont, New Hampshire,
and Massachusetts, with a savings of $5 from the adult ticket front
gate price. General admission at the gate is
$25 for adults and just $5 for children (6-12). Practice for the ACT
Late Model Tour and local division
qualifying will be held on Saturday, Aug. 30 at 1:30pm, with
qualifying action for the ACT Late Model Tour
beginning at 1:30pm on Sunday, Aug. 31. For more information, call
(802) 244-6963, or visit
www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com or www.acttour.com.
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