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.

ACT Late Model Tour release: Katrina Canney Enters ACT Season Opener at Lee USA Speedway

Katrina Canney Enters ACT Season Opener at Lee USA Speedway

LEE, NH – Late Model stock car driver Katrina Canney has filed
an entry for the "New Hampshire Governor's Cup 200" at Lee USA
Speedway, the season-opening event for the American-Canadian Tour
Championship Series on Sunday, April 20. The 18 year-old Barrington,
NH racer will become just the third woman to compete in the ACT Late
Model Tour ranks.
Canney is a front-runner in the weekly Late Model division at
Lee USA Speedway, and has finished inside the Top 10 in championship
points in each of her two seasons in the track's top class. The
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy high school senior also finished in the
Top 10 in all 15 of her feature starts at the 3/8-mile oval in 2007.
"I want to gain some experience by racing against the ACT
cars," Canney said. "Our goal is to qualify for the feature event and
stay consistent throughout the race. We've done pretty well at Lee,
but this will be a big step for our team."
Canney joins Tracie Bellerose and Katie Hagar as a female
competitor with ACT. Bellerose, of Gorham, NH, has three ACT
victories to her credit and finished third in championship standings
in 2000. Hagar, of Damariscotta, ME, made one ACT start at Oxford
Plains Speedway in 2006.
Seven-time and defending ACT Late Model Tour Champion
Jean-Paul Cyr of Milton, VT will attempt to break a winless streak
that dates back to August 2006 at the NH Governor's Cup 200. He won
at Lee USA Speedway in September 2005. Home-state drivers Randy
Potter, Joey Polewarczyk, and Brad Leighton are expected to be ACT
championship contenders, and are also among the early favorites to win
the NH Governor's Cup. Vermont's Scott Payea and Brent Dragon,
Maine's Ron Henry, Massachusetts star Eddie MacDonald, Ontario rookie
Jonathan Urlin, and Série ACT Castrol Champions Patrick Laperle and
Donald Theetge of Québec will also be on hand.
Other Lee USA Speedway drivers expected to compete at the NH
Governor's Cup include two-time Track Champion J.R. Baril of
Haverhill, MA, young gun Jeff Labrecque, Jr. of Rochester, NH, 2007
Rookie of the Year Miles Chipman of Epping, NH, and Newmarket, NH's
Jeremy Harclerode, who finished second in the most recent ACT Late
Model Tour event at Lee USA Speedway two years ago.
The New Hampshire Governor's Cup 200 will feature a pair of
100-lap races for the ACT Late Model Tour and the open-wheel True
Value Modified Racing Series. The Allison Legacy Series and New
England Legends Cars are also on the card. Post time is scheduled for
1:00 pm on Sunday, April 20. General admission is only $20 for
adults, $10 for children age 11-15, and free for children 10 and
under. For more information on the American-Canadian Tour, call (802)
244-6963 or visit www.acttour.com.

For information on Lee USA
Speedway, call (978) 462-4252 or visit www.leeusaspeedway.com.

The Countdown is on! PASS North season set to go green at Beech Ridge

NAPLES Maine ( April 9 2008)The snow is melting fast and its full
speed ahead for opening day 2008 for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS)
at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday April 19th.

A slew of super later model teams are licensed and are expected to be
on hand for the 150 lap lid lifter. Leading the way will be four time
and defending super late model champion Ben Rowe and his Richard Moody
Racing team; they've already declared their intentions to seek the
2008 PASS North super late model title and Ben's "drive for five" will
begin at the Scarborough Maine oval. There's plenty of talent that
will challenge for the 2008 crown as the new points format will keep
more teams alive in the 2008 title chase. Teams will count their top
twelve finishes in the fourteen scheduled point races toward the 2008
title, so a bad day at the track won't necessarily eliminate any teams
from the title chase.

The list of contenders ready to steal Rowe's thunder is long and
talented. Two time PASS super late model titlist Johnny Clark, Cassius
Clark, Mike Rowe, Richie Dearborn, Nova Scotian John Fleming; they're
all expected to be in the hunt for both a Beech Ridge win and the 2008
championship. Derek Ramstrom is ready to challenge the series veterans
for the top spot on the podium and PASS North rookie of the year
contender D.J. Shaw knows his way around the Maine speedplant. Kelly
Moore has to be considered the home town favorite and Steve Knowlton
is expected to make his return to PASS competition after a hiatus of
several years. Or, will a Beech Ridge Pro Series team step up and
steal the thunder from the touring teams?

The popular PASS Mods and Pluffybilt Racing Tractors PASS Sportsman
complete the opening day card. New teams abound in both divisions, and
the racing promises to be non-stop and action packed.

In preparation for opening day, two practice sessions are scheduled
for Thursday April 17th and Friday April 18th from 2:00 PM until 7:00
PM. All PASS and Beech Ridge divisions are invited to participate.

Pit gates open at 10:00 AM on race day with heat racing set for 3:00 PM sharp.

In case of foul weather, the show goes green on Sunday at 1:30 PM.

NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH

NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH
By Lou Modestino (for 4/11-4/13/08)

Howie Lane of Essex, MA, the head of the ISMA Super Modified Tour,
plans to take his touring series to 13-point events in six different
states plus Canada. Scratched from the ISMA schedule this year are
events at M40 Speedway in Michigan and a Friday event at Mansfield,
OH. Also a Saturday night date at the Oxford Plains Speedway in July.
Lane feels that with the current economic situation it's going to be a
difficult season. "We had to cut out some of the long distance shows
because of travel expenses and everything involved," he said.

Lane was successful, though, at booking an event at the famed Oswego
Speedway on Lake Ontario in central NY State. Usually, ISMA would
double up with another event to make it a full weekend. But, this time
an event up at Cayuga, Ont. was scratched. Lane was busy all winter
working on a flexible set of rules that would not rule out any team.
On drivers in the series he boasts of Bobby Santos, III of Franklin,
MA is the Soule entry, Robby Summers of Conn. in the Lane car, Chris
Perley of Amesbury, MA plus Mike Ordway, Jr. of NH. "Russ Wood
(Tyngsboro, MA) is also making a come back and he's got a lot of fans
everywhere especially in NH. It's going to be a very tough year for
the tracks plus the fans have to cut back and will probably do things
to entertain themselves that don't cost much money," Lane said.

We can agree with Howie's strategy. We expected that the regional
tours would be impacted in New England and elsewhere. Tracks across
the country, as well as the six state New England area, are sticking
pretty much with inexpensive programs in order to keep a cap on ticket
prices.

Closer to home it's the same story. We ran into Bob Watson,
Marketing Manager for the Lee USA Speedway at the recent Icebreaker
event in Thompson, Conn. Watson is very busy with a number of
promotions. "We're selling tickets to churches for fund raisers. Last
year we worked with veterans organizations and it also worked out
well. We have also dropped out ticket prices by $1 for non-special
events. Our upcoming Governors Cup event later this month, with the
ACT and True Value Modified Tours is going to be a bargain event for
$20. Our biggest ticket price of the season will be $25 for the ISMA
Super-Modifieds. Our concession prices are the same as last year. We
are also absorbing the price increases for tires and fuel that we sell
for the competitors," revealed Watson.

GRASSROOTS MOTORSPORTS recently featured the New England Hill
Climbing Assn.(NEHA) and their event at Mt. Washington in Gorham, NH.
NEHA doesn't get much in the way of exposure from the media and the
rank and file couldn't be more pleased. We do, however, list them in
our New England Motorsports Schedule and give the club some space when
we find out about their events at the various timed events up the
mountains of NH and Vermont. Hill climbing is a cult sport with events
held around the northeast and southeast in the spring, summer and
fall.

Fadden Racing of N. Haverhill, NH and Max Dumarey have not been
sitting idle during the off-season. After competing in the ARCA season
opener at Daytona International Speedway earlier this year, the Gent,
Belgium native has been aggressively testing in preparation for the
2008 season. His schedule includes the full NASCAR Camping World
Series East division, five ARCA RE/MAX Series events, and two NASCAR
Camping World Series West races – including this week's event at
Phoenix International Raceway. Dumarey is hoping all the extra seat
time will pay off big.

"We've tested at Phoenix, South Boston, Greenville, and Kansas in
the last month," Dumarey explained. "We were at Phoenix Monday and
Tuesday and we were really pleased with the results. The track has a
lot of grip and we were running extremely competitive times." The
Jimmie Johnson Foundation 150 will mark Dumarey's debut in the NASCAR
Camping World Series West, and the 19-year-old driver is looking
forward to the challenge.

"We're optimistic that we'll run well at Phoenix. As always you have
to hope that you'll keep out of trouble and that we can keep the car
consistent throughout the race. Our test session earlier this week was
promising and gives us a lot of confidence going into the race," he
said. Dumarey will be drawing on his experience in the NASCAR Camping
World Series East to maneuver around Phoenix's characteristic flat
surface.

"We have some experience on flat one mile's – particularly NHMS – but
that's where the similarity really ends. It'll be important that I get
a feel for the car and find a good line. Turns one and two are very
different from three and four, and I think it'll be key to find a
rhythm to maneuver this track. Our goal is to go there, start up
front, and stay up front." The Jimmie Johnson 150 at Phoenix
International Raceway will take the green flag on Thursday, April 10th
at approximately 7 p.m. It will be broadcast live on HDNet. This
report came from Fadden Racing PR.

Sources in northern New England feel that a lot of tracks in the
three state area may not be able to open up on schedule dates this
month due to the heavy snowfall this winter. Last weekend there was
still a 18 inches of snow on the ground in N. Conway, NH. A report in
the Boston Globe told 200 inches of snow expected for the year end
total in Caribou, Maine. That comes out to over 15.5 feet when you do
the math! It's going to be a long thaw up there with the natives
stating that there could still be patches of snow on the ground in
July. All white stuff impacted the reopened Caribou Speedway which
offered SnowX events most of the winter.

Let's check to see what's happening in the North Country with the
2008 racing season about to start. Way up in Presque Isle, Maine at
the Aroostook Center there's a Racing Preview from Friday though
Sunday. At Lee USA in southern NH it's Test and Tune for all racecars
with a Sunday rain date. Beech Ridge in Scarborough, Maine has a
practice session all day Sunday.(END)

NOTE: INFORMATION FOR THIS COLUMN CAME FROM VARIOUS REFERENCED
SOURCES, PRESS RELEASES, NOTES AND OTHER SOURCES.

NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH
By Lou Modestino(for 4/11-4/13/08)

Howie Lane of Essex, MA, the head of the ISMA Super Modified Tour,
plans to take his touring series to 13 point events in in six
different states plus Canada. Scratched from the ISMA schedule this
year are events at M40 Speedway in Michigan and a Friday event at
Mansfield, OH. Also a Saturday night date at the Oxford Plains
Speedway in July. Lane feels that with the current economic situation
that it's going to be a difficult season. "We had to cut out some of
the long distance shows becuase of travel expenses and everything
involved," he said.

Lane was successful, though, at booking an event at the famed Oswego
Speedway on Lake Ontario in central NY State. Usually, ISMA would
double up with another event to make it a full weekend. But, this time
an event up at Cayuga, Ont. was scratched. Lane was busy all winter
working on a flexable set of rules that would not rule out any team.
On drivers he boasts Bobby Santos, III of Franklin, MA is the Soule
entry, Robby Summers of Conn. in the Lane car, Chris Perley of
Amesbury, MA, Mike Ordway, Jr. of NH. "And Russ Wood (Tyngsboro, MA)
is coming back and he's got a lot of fans everywhere especially in NH.
It's going to be a tough year for the tracks plus the fans have to
cut back and will probaly do things to entertain themselves that don't
cost much money," Lane said.

We can agree with Howie's strategy. We expected that the regional
tours would be impacted in New England and elsewhere. Tracks across
the country, as well as the six state New England area, are sticking
pretty much with inexpensive programs in order to keep a cap on ticket
prices.

GRASSROOTS MOTORSPORTS recently featured the New England Hill
Climbing Assn.(NEHA) and their event at Mt. Washington in Gorham, NH.
NEHA doesen't get much in the way of exposure from the midia and the
rank and file couldn't be more pleased. We do, however, list them in
our New England Motorsports Schedule and give the club some space when
we find out about their events at the various timed events up the
mountains of NH and Vermont. Hillclimbing is a cult sport with events
held around the northeast and southeast in the spring, summer and
fall.

Fadden Racing of N. Haverhill, NH and Max Dumarey have not been
sitting idle during the offseason. After competing in the ARCA season
opener at Daytona International Speedway earlier this year, the Gent,
Belgium native has been aggressively testing in preparation for the
2008 season. His schedule includes the full NASCAR Camping World
Series East division, five ARCA RE/MAX Series events, and two NASCAR
Camping World Series West races – including this week's event at
Phoenix International Raceway. Dumarey is hoping all the extra seat
time will pay off big.

"We've tested at Phoenix, South Boston, Greenville, and Kansas in
the last month," Dumarey explained. "We were at Phoenix Monday and
Tuesday and we were really pleased with the results. The track has a
lot of grip and we were running extremely competitive times." The
Jimmie Johnson Foundation 150 will mark Dumarey's debut in the NASCAR
Camping World Series West, and the 19-year-old driver is looking
forward to the challenge.

"We're optimistic that we'll run well at Phoenix. As always you have
to hope that you'll keep out of trouble and that we can keep the car
consistent throughout the race. Our test session earlier this week was
promising and gives us a lot of confidence going into the race," he
said.
Dumarey will be drawing on his experience in the NASCAR Camping World
Series East to maneuver around Phoenix's characteristic flat surface.

"We have some experience on flat one mile's – particularly NHMS – but
that's where the similarity really ends. It'll be important that I get
a feel for the car and find a good line. Turns one and two are very
different from three and four, and I think it'll be key to find a
rhythm to maneuver this track. Our goal is to go there, start up
front, and stay up front." The Jimmie Johnson 150 at Phoenix
International Raceway will take the green flag on Thursday, April 10th
at approximately 7 p.m. It will be broadcast live on HDNet.

We ran into Bob Watson, Marketing Manager for the Lee USA Speedway at
the recent Icebreaker event in Thompson, Conn. Watson is very busy
with a number of promotions. "We're selling rickets to churches for
fund raisers. Last year we worked with veterans organizations and it
also worked out well. We have also dropped out ticket prices by $1 for
non-special events. Our upcoming Governors Cup event later this month,
with the ACT and True Value Modified Tours is going to be a bargain
event for $20. Our biggest ticket price of the season will be $25 for
the ISMA Super-Modifieds. Our concession prices are the same as last
year. We are also absorbing the price increases for tires and fuel
that we sell for the competitors," revealed Watson.

My sources in northern New England tell me that a lot of tracks in
the three state area may not be able to open up on schedule dates this
month due to the heavy snowfall this winter.

Let's check to see what's happening in the north-country with the
2008 racing season about to start. Way up in Presque Isle, Maine at
the Aroostook Center there's a Racing Preview from Friday though
Sunday. At Lee USA in southern NH it's Test and Tune for all race cars
with a Sunday rain date. Beech Ridge in Scarborough, Maine has a
practice session all day Sunday.

ACTion News - Wed., April 9, 2008

ACTion News – Wednesday, April 9, 2008
-by Justin St. Louis

We dug through some archives here at American-Canadian Tour
headquarters, and it appears as though one year ago
this week, this very ACTion News column space was reserved for a few
pre-season predictions. (Like that little
disclaimer in all the insurance ads, note that these are merely the
cabin-fever-induced musings of a writer that
happens to get some print every now and then. Please don't take
these predictions as Gospel, because, frankly,
it's just a shot in the dark.)

Last year's first prediction: Phil Scott would either win the Thunder
Road Track Championship of fail to finish
inside the Top 5. Wrong on both accounts – The Sailing Senator ended
the season strong in fifth place overall,
with an exciting win on VT ACE Hardware Dealers Night in August.

The second prediction: Dwayne Lanphear would win "a feature or two"
and finish inside the Top 10 overall at
Thunder Road. Lanphear won a feature, but finished the season in a
three-way tie for 13th overall with Kip
Stockwell and Shawn Fleury.

Third prediction: Robbie Crouch would return to health in time for
Oxford Plains Speedway's TD Banknorth 250.
Correct! And we're glad for it.

Fourth prediction: Joel Hodgdon would be the NAPA Tiger Sportsman
Rookie of the Year at Thunder Road. Correct!
Wow, we're on a roll, here…

Final prediction: Jean-Paul Cyr would not win his fifth consecutive
ACT Late Model Tour championship. Well, our
streak was over, but at least Cyr's continued with yet another
dominating performance to take the Tour title.

All that said, let's take another stab at some predictions. Round
one: Donald Theetge will win an ACT Late Model
Tour event outside his native Canada. Theetge was impressive at the
season finale at Oxford, taking a third-place
finish, and was strong at Airborne Speedway, White Mountain
Motorsports Park, and Seekonk Speedway. Up north, he
won at Ste-Croix on the Tour and was very good at Kawartha Speedway,
and scored twice at Autodrome Montmagny with
the Série ACT Castrol. Expect big things from the Frenchman this
year, starting with the New Hampshire Governor's
Cup at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 20.

Number two: It seems nearly impossible to have a NAPA Tiger Sportsman
rookie crop as strong as the Class of 2007,
but this year's group may be as good or even better. Allen Lumber
Street Stock grads Josh Demers, Mike Ziter, and
Bobby Therrien, White Mountain front-runner Cody Blake, and dirt
champion Dan Eastman should be great additions to
the division. The only unknown is greenhorn Chris Lacey, but he has
a proven car underneath him with the former
Jeff French ride. Our forecast: Cody Blake for Rookie of the Year,
but barely. Blake is the only driver with V8
experience, having run a full season of Strictly Stocks at White
Mountain. Demers, Eastman, and Lacey each got a
taste of it at the Chittenden Milk Bowl last year, and Ziter and
Therrien proved to be quick studies in the Street
Stocks last year, but it looks for now like 16 year-old Blake has the
advantage. Keep an eye on that battle
throughout the year.

Prediction three: Bunker Hodgdon has the tools to repeat a Bobby
Therrien-like rookie season. Hot off his Power
Shift Online Junkyard Warrior championship, Hodgdon will run for
Rookie of the Year honors in the Street Stock
division, and will pilot Therrien's title-winning car from a year
ago. Not only that, car owner Arny Hill hasn't
lost a title in a couple years, winning with Eric Badore in 2006.
Momentum, skill, good equipment… could be
interesting. We won't put the pressure on ol' Bunker and actually
say "He's gonna win it all," but we also
wouldn't be surprised if he's in contention.

Predicition four: Spencer MacPherson will win at least once in ACT
competition as a Série ACT Castrol rookie.
MacPherson made his first four Castrol starts last year and was
impressive in all of them, landing on the podium
at Montmagny. We'll even go so far as to guess a top-five points
finish for the teenager.

Prediction five: If you think we're going to flat-out bet against
Jean-Paul Cyr for the ACT Late Model Tour title
here, you're crazy. It didn't exactly work out well last year, if
you'll recall. What we will do is say this: he
will have a tough row to hoe to get that sixth-straight and
eighth-overall championship. Scott Payea proved last
year that he drank whatever's in the Milton, VT water – like his
cross-town rival in Cyr, or the legendary Dragon
family, or the dozens of other successful racers from the community –
and he can get the job done. Patrick
Laperle has filed a full-season entry, and that alone will raise
everyone's game. Randy Potter and Joey
Polewarczyk are prime candidates to bring the Tour's championship
trophy to New Hampshire for the first time. We
already spoke about Donald Theetge. This is a prediction piece,
though, so we'll predict Cyr as the champion
again – but only after the "Pick 10" feature comes into play. As
only the best ten finishes out 12 events count
toward the championship, Cyr may have a bad race that he'll be
fortunate to get rid of as the points are tallied.
It's going to be a very exciting season as points go, and a lot of
people are holding their breath over the Pick
10 option.

Again, it all starts at Lee USA Speedway, just a week-and-a-half from now.

***

The pre-season practice schedule is beginning to change a bit, as
dictated by Mother Nature. Due to the large
amount of snow remaining on Quarry Hill in Barre, VT and the
long-range weather forecast, officials have pulled
the plug on the Late Model-only practice at Thunder Road on Tuesday,
April 15. Management will make every effort
to hold a Late Model-only practice during that week, but is confident
that the Wed., April 23 practice for all
four ACT Late Model, NAPA Tiger Sportsman, Allen Lumber Street Stock,
and Power Shift Online Junkyard Warrior
divisions will go on as planned on from 4pm-7pm.

Lee USA Speedway's first "Test And Tune" session, slated for
Saturday, April 12 from 8am-5pm, is still on as
planned. Both Lee USA and Oxford Plains Speedway are reporting that
all systems are go, and that snow shouldn't
be a problem. Cross your fingers!

A few teams have already hit the track this year, as a small group of
ACT Late Model Tour teams took in a test
session at Waterford Speedbowl in balmy Connecticut last weekend to
shake their cars down. Taking part in the
session were Jean-Paul Cyr, John Donahue, and rookie Nick Sweet.

***

In hopefully the final piece of sad news this year, Thunder Road and
ACT have lost two very prominent car owners
in George Barber and Allen Avery. Barber, of Bradford, VT, was the
owner of Thunder Road's legendary #46 and #47
Bradford Auto Supply coupes in the 1960s. His drivers were just as
legendary, including Track Champions
Roy "Pappy" Forsythe and Lee Ingerson. Barber founded the Bear Ridge
Speedway dirt track in 1968, and continued
to field race cars into the 1990s. He passed away on Wednesday,
April 2 at the age of 96.

Avery, of Fairlee, VT was a presence on the former ACT Pro Stock and
NASCAR North Tours, owning the familiar red
#41 Oldsmobiles and Buicks driven by Jamie Aube. Together, Avery and
Aube won two TD Banknorth 250s, seven ACT
races, and three NASCAR championships. Avery also owned and operated
the Lake Morey Inn resort in Fairlee, was a
Vermont State Senator (Orange County), and was deeply involved in the
formation of the Rivendell School District,
the country's first interstate school district. He passed away while
on vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands at
the age of 64.

Our sincere condolences got out to the families of both men, as well
as our thanks to them for their many
contributions to the sport of short track racing.

***

Did you know…?

-Driving George Barber's #46 Ford coupe, Roy Forsythe won a record
ten feature events at Thunder Road in 1961.
Included in those ten wins was a streak of five consecutive victories
and four "Triple Crown" sweeps where
Forsythe won his heat, the semi-feature, and the main event. All
three marks still stand today as single-season
records. Forsythe, who passed away in 1989, has been immortalized at
Thunder Road, as the Turn 3 seating area
bears his name. his and Barber's famous #46 has also been fully
restored and is a frequent sight at Thunder Road.

-Allen Avery and Jamie Aube had a habit of winning the big ones:
their first triumph came at the former Catamount
Stadium in the 1983 VT Governor's Cup. They also captured the New
England 300 in 1986, the 1987 and '89 TD
Banknorth Oxford 250s, finished second in 1987 ACT points with three
wins, and won Busch North Series titles in
1988, '89, and '90. Avery also won Busch North races with Robbie
Crouch behind the wheel in the early 1990s.

ACT Late Model Tour Fact Sheet: New Hampshire Governor's Cup 200 @ Lee USA Speedway

ACT LATE MODEL TOUR
FACT SHEET - EVENT #1

WHAT: New Hampshire Governor's Cup 200*

WHERE: Lee USA Speedway – Lee, NH

WHEN: Sun., April 20, 2008

DISTANCE: 100 laps (37.5 miles) * - The ACT Late
Model Tour and True Value Modified Racing Series
will each
have a 100-lap feature event

SANCTION: American-Canadian Tour, Ltd. (ACT)

PROMOTER: Red & Judy MaDonald

SCHEDULE: Sat., Apr. 19 Practice: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Sun., Apr. 20 Pits Open: 10:00 am
Practice: 12:00 noon
Post Time: 1:00 pm

POSTED AWARDS: $21,995.00

PAYOUT: 1. 2,000 2. 1,300 3. 1,000 4. 700
5. 600 6. 550
7. 525 8. 500 9. 475 10.
450 11. 440 12. 430
13. 420 14. 410 15. 400 16.
400 17. 400 18. 400
19. 400 20. 400 21. 400 22.
400 23. 400 24. 400
25. 400 26. 400

PARTICIPATING MANUFACTURERS: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Quarter
Master, Koni Shock Absorbers, Five Star
RaceCar Bodies, G-Force Racing Gear, Racing Electronics, Holley
Carburetors, MSD Ignitions, Longacre Racing
Products, Toyota, Race Basics, Bassett Racing Wheel, Canton Racing Products

NOTES: Lee USA Speedway returns to the American-Canadian Tour
schedule in 2008, and will open the Late Model
Championship racing season for the first time since 2005. This race
also marks the return of ACT to the historic
NH Governor's Cup event, which it had previously been a part of in
the 1980s. The True Value Modified Racing
Series will hold a 100-lap event today, marking the first of two
ACT/TVMRS doubleheaders this year; the other such
event will be at Vermont's Thunder Road at the Mekkelsen RV Memorial
Day Classic, Sun., May 25. Milton, VT driver
Jean-Paul Cyr is the defending ACT Late Model Tour Champion, a title
he has held since 2003, and is a past winner
at Lee USA Speedway. Lee USA Track Champion J.R. Baril is also
expected to compete.

PREVIOUS ACT WINNERS AT LEE USA SPEEDWAY: Ben Rowe (2006), Jean-Paul
Cyr (2005), Cris Michaud (2005), D.J.
Kennington (2004), Patrick Laperle (2003)

American-Canadian Tour Rookie Racers Set to Tackle Northeast

WATERBURY, VT – Seven rookie Late Model stock car drivers will
take to the American-Canadian Tour in
2008. For some, running with the established ACT veterans will be the
next step in their ascent up the racing
ladder. For others, it will be a dream realized. For all, it will be
something totally different, and it begins
at the New Hampshire Governor's Cup 200 at Lee USA Speedway on
Sunday, April 20.
Vermont natives Tyler Cahoon, Matt White, and Nick Sweet all
began their careers at Thunder Road Int'l
Speedbowl in Barre, VT. St. Johnsbury native Cahoon, 27, won the
track's Allen Lumber Street Stock division
championship in 2000. After contending for Late Model championships
at New Hampshire's White Mountain Motorsports
Park in recent seasons, Cahoon turned to ACT Late Model Tour events at
Thunder Road and Oxford Plains (ME)
Speedway to prepare for 2008.
"Our equipment is up to par with the teams running the Tour,
and we've run well against the Tour cars at
White Mountain, so my team and I feel we're ready for our next
challenge," said Cahoon. "I've raced at a few
places, but I've never even seen most of the tracks on the ACT
schedule. We think that if we have a chance to win
this year it'll be at White Mountain, but overall we just want to
qualify for races and get a couple of top-ten
finishes."
Sweet, 23, of Barre, VT won the NAPA Tiger Sportsman division
championship at Thunder Road last year, and
will make his ACT Late Model Tour debut at Lee USA Speedway.
Multi-time Sportsman race winner White, 33, of
Northfield, VT, made an impressive first appearance at Thunder Road's
Chittenden Milk Bowl in September. He plans
to run race weekly at Thunder Road, but indicated that he may compete
in early-season events at Lee USA and Oxford
Plains.
London, Ontario's Jonathan Urlin, 25, is a former open-wheel
driver with the IRL IndyPro Series, and has
seen success at venues including the historic Indianapolis Motor
Speedway. Urlin took a pair of wins at Delaware
(ON) Speedway in his first stock car season last year. His father,
Russ, was the 1989 ACT Champion. Spencer
MacPherson, 19, of Carleton Place, ON tested the Canadian Série ACT
Castrol last season and captured a surprising
third-place finish at Québec's Autodrome Montmagny. He also earned
five feature wins and was the championship
runner-up at Ottawa's Capital City Speedway. MacPherson will compete
in select ACT Late Model Tour events while
concentrating on a full season with the Série ACT Castrol, while
Urlin's plans call for a full Tour schedule.
Sixteen year-old Joey Doiron of Berwick, ME is the youngest
driver in ACT competition in 2008. Doiron cut
his teeth at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in the intermediate Sport
Series division last year, finishing an
impressive fourth overall with a feature victory and the Rookie of the
Year title. He also earned a top-five
finish at Unity Raceway.
"The ultimate goal is to get a win," said Doiron, "but we want
to start off by learning and being
consistent. We purchased a good car from (chassis builders/drivers)
Dale and D.J. Shaw, and they've been helpful
with giving pointers and setup advice. I can't wait to race."
Ricky Wolf, Jr. is no stranger to Late Model competition;
however, the 2004 Lee USA Speedway Track
Champion from Northwood, NH will leave the confines of his home track
for the first time this year, running an
extended slate of ACT Late Model Tour events with Willoughby
Motorsports. Wolf's maiden voyage with ACT will
indeed come at home, though, with the NH Governor's Cup.
ACT Late Model Tour championship runner-up Scott Payea of
Milton, VT is looking forward to watching the
2008 rookie crop develop. The 2005 ACT Rookie of the Year has
established himself among the elite ACT
competitors, but remembers the challenges he faced just three short years ago.
"Racing with the Tour is a whole different animal than what
most of these guys are used to," he
said. "They all have good credentials, and that's a start, but
they'll found out like I did that nothing beats
experience. I've raced against Tyler Cahoon and Ricky Wolf; they're
good, but they may struggle outside of their
home tracks. I think highly of Nick Sweet and Matt White from having
watched them at Thunder Road, and it seems
that the rest have had some success, but these cars are tough and the
competition in ACT is extremely good. It
should be fun to watch them learn and progress."