ACT Ready to Invade Thunder Road for 25th Annual Community Bank 150 This Sunday 

ACT Ready to Invade Thunder Road for 25th Annual Community Bank 150 This Sunday 

Barre, VT — For twenty-four years the American-Canadian Tour has come home to Thunder Road International Speedbowl to open the season for the only asphalt track in the State of Vermont, this Sunday, May 7th will be the silver anniversary of that opening. The Community Bank N.A. 150 not only marks the beginning of the Thunder Road season but also kick-starts a busy three-week stretch for the ACT Tour faithful as the 2023 championship season gets hot and heavy. Perhaps building off that impending pressure, the Community Bank 150 has annually been one of the best events of the year and its twenty-fifth edition will be no different. 

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Weather Postpones 51st NAPA Spring Sizzler to May 12th & 13th at Stafford

Weather Postpones 51st NAPA Spring Sizzler to May 12th & 13th at Stafford

Stafford Motor Speedway Press Release

(Stafford Springs, CT)— Unfavorable weather has forced Stafford Speedway officials to postpone the 51st NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler® to Friday, May 12th and Saturday, May 13th.

The updated schedule moves the NAPA Auto Parts Duel and American Canadian Tour 75 to an evening event Friday, May 12th with feature racing schedule for 6:45pm. The 51st NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler® will now be held Saturday, May 13th with feature racing scheduled for 3:15pm.  All tickets are good for the rescheduled dates.

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Forty Teams from Across the Northeast Entered into ACT Spring Sizzler 75 at Stafford 

Forty Teams from Across the Northeast Entered into ACT Spring Sizzler 75 at Stafford 

Barre, VT — As of Wednesday morning, the American-Canadian Tour office in Barre, Vermont has received forty official entries for the ACT Spring Sizzler 75 on Saturday, April 29th at Stafford Motor Speedway. The entry list features drivers from all six New England states, New York and the Canadian Province of Quebec. Tour champions, track champions, local standouts and regional stars are ready for the ACT return to Stafford Motor Speedway for the first time in 38-years with only one able to join the winner list led by Northeast legends Jean-Paul Cabana and Robbie Crouch.

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ACT Tour Ready to Break 38-Year Drought at Stafford Speedway 

ACT Tour Ready to Break 38-Year Drought at Stafford Speedway 

Barre, VT — Not since 1985 has Stafford Motor Speedway held the American-Canadian Tour, and that all ends this Saturday afternoon. On April 29th, the modern stars and heroes of the international touring series will invade the iconic Connecticut oval during their huge annual season opener, the 51st NAPA Spring Sizzler weekend for the first time in 38 years.

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Great Fields, Great Crowds, Fantastic Racing Makes for Epic Northeast Classic at NHMS

Great Fields, Great Crowds, Fantastic Racing Makes for Epic Northeast Classic at NHMS

Loudon, NH — For the third consecutive year, the Northeast Classic at New Hampshire Motor Speedway has started the season off in style. Great fields in all five divisions graced the storied asphalt of the Magic Mile with five deserving winners standing proud in victory lane for the fans in the stands and those at home watching on Racing America.

Thirty-six American-Canadian Tour teams were on hand to begin the 45th season of Championship Stock Car Racing for the international…

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Talent in Numbers Floods Northeast Classic Roster for $7,000-to-win Modified Showdown

Talent in Numbers Floods Northeast Classic Roster for $7,000-to-win Modified Showdown

Barre, VT & Naples, ME — Pro All Stars Series (PASS) and American-Canadian Tour (ACT) officials are proud to announce the most exciting and talent filled roster of Open Tour-type Modifieds to join the Northeast Classic at New Hampshire Motor Speedway since the event’s inception in 2021. Based on the tire orders through Hoosier Tire East, over twenty of New England’s best tour-type modified drivers are slated to take on the Magic Mile all looking to join a who’s-who of modified winners at New England’s biggest stage.

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8-Time Champion Brian Hoar Returns to ACT Part-Time Starting at Stafford Spring Sizzler

8-Time Champion Brian Hoar Returns to ACT Part-Time Starting at Stafford Spring Sizzler

Barre, VT — One of the most decorated veterans of the American-Canadian Tour is returning to the driver's seat after seven years of standing pit side, playing crew chief and supporting daughter Taylor and Step-son Justin Prescott as they’ve taken their own turns behind the wheel. Eight-time ACT Tour champion Brian Hoar has gotten the bug once again, rebuilt his GossDodge.com Late Model stable and is prepared to make several appearances on the American-Canadian Tour in 2023 staring with the ACT Spring Sizzler 75 at Stafford Speedway on April 29th.

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Ellington’s Ronnie Williams Claims Thrilling $10,000 Icebreaker 125 Win at Thompson

Ellington’s Ronnie Williams Claims Thrilling $10,000 Icebreaker 125 Win at Thompson

Sanborn Brings Richard Moody Racing Back to PASS Super Late Model Victory Lane 

Thompson, CT — With the weather conditions cooperating one week later than expected, the 49th Icebreaker Weekend at Thompson Speedway successfully opened the 2023 New England racing season with plenty of heart-pounding thrills to set up the summer to come at the Big-T. The Thompson Outlaw Open Modified Icebreaker 125 came down to a stunning green-white-checker in one of the most spectacular open wheeled races in recent memory while winners in the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Models and the Thompson local divisions proved themselves as the class of the field.

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Kulwicki Semi-Finalist Derek Gluchacki Wins Race of the Night on Icebreaker Friday

Kulwicki Semi-Finalist Derek Gluchacki Wins Race of the Night on Icebreaker Friday

Thompson, CT — Five divisions started off the New England racing season in style on Friday night at Thompson Speedway but one race stood out among them all. In the opening act for the weekly Late Models at the 5/8-mile highbanked speedway in eastern Connecticut, Kulwicki Driver Development Program (KDDP) semi-finalist Derek Gluchacki walked away triumphant in the race of the night that saw unmatched competition and thrilling moves throughout the field.

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Icebreaker Friday Kick-Starts New England Racing Season

Icebreaker Friday Kick-Starts New England Racing Season

Thompson, CT — The 49th Icebreaker Weekend at Thompson Speedway began the 2023 New England racing season in style on a frigid Friday night in northeast Connecticut. For some powerhouse teams it was a successful and steady start to the new season, for others Icebreaker Friday spelled redemption and a fresh start for the new season.

The Mighty Mini Stocks took the first green in their inaugural, point-counting event led to point by youngster Jake Rheaume and to…

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