An Open Letter to the Teams and Fans of ACT, Thunder Road, White Mountain Motorsports Park, and the Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park Oval

An Open Letter to the Teams and Fans of ACT, Thunder Road, White Mountain Motorsports Park, and the Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park Oval

Hello all. As we write this, it’s early November, and the racing season in the Northeast has pretty much ended. With the breathtaking ACT championship event still fresh on our minds, we wanted to touch base with our family of tracks, teams, and fans to look back on 2021 and start looking forward to the 2022 campaign.

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Rowe Wins Race and ACT Championship on Final Lap at Seekonk

Rowe Wins Race and ACT Championship on Final Lap at Seekonk

Seekonk, MA — Turner, ME’s Ben Rowe gave the 30th American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model season one of the most dramatic finishes in series history by passing D.J. Shaw on the final lap to win the Haunted Hundred at Massachusetts’ Seekonk Speedway on Saturday, October 23. Rowe rode the outside rim on a green-white-championship finish to beat his rival by 0.043 seconds for the win and by five points for the championship.

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ACT Championship Comes Down to Seekonk Finale This Saturday

ACT Championship Comes Down to Seekonk Finale This Saturday

Rowe & Shaw to Decide Heavyweight Title Battle at Haunted Hundred

Waterbury, VT — The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) crowns its 2021 champion this Saturday, October 23 at Massachusetts’ Seekonk Speedway with the Haunted Hundred. The 30th ACT Late Model Tour title has come down to a razor-close fight between two of the most accomplished Northeast racers in the 21st century.

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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Returning to Thompson Next August

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Returning to Thompson Next August

Waterbury, VT and Naples, ME — The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is returning to Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. Oval track promoters the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and Pro All Stars Series (PASS) announced today they have reached an agreement with NASCAR to host the Thompson 150 on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.

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Sweet Equals Crouch with Record-Tying Fourth Vermont Milk Bowl Triumph

Sweet Equals Crouch with Record-Tying Fourth Vermont Milk Bowl Triumph

Barre, VT — Hometown Nick Sweet capped a heavenly weekend by winning his record-tying fourth Northfield Savings Bank Vermont Milk Bowl at Barre’s Thunder Road on Sunday, October 17. After setting a track record during Saturday qualifying, Sweet won the first 50-lap segment and fought the rest of the way to his 23rd career Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Model victory and 12th ACT-sanctioned Late Model triumph.

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Sweet Sets Track Record to Earn Vermont Milk Bowl Pole

Sweet Sets Track Record to Earn Vermont Milk Bowl Pole

Corliss & O’Donnell Win Qualifying Races to Set Up Sunday Showdown

Barre, VT — Barre’s Nick Sweet began his quest for a record-tying fourth Northfield Savings Bank Vermont Milk Bowl win by setting a track record at Booth Bros./H.P. Hood Milk Bowl Qualifying Day on Saturday, October 16. Sweet blistered around the Thunder Road high banks in 12.107 seconds to earn the pole for the 59th running of the historic event.

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Rocco Plays His Cards Right for Thompson 300 Win

Rocco Plays His Cards Right for Thompson 300 Win

Puleo, Stergios, and Charette Among Winners at Final Day of Sunoco World Series

Thompson, CT — Berlin, CT’s Keith Rocco played a winning hand worth more than $20,000 by making a late charge to win the Thompson 300 on Sunday, October 10 at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. Rocco bounced back from a spin to take the lead from Jon McKennedy with 18 laps remaining in the event’s first edition since 2005 as part of the Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing.

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