Seekonk Speedway Set as Sixth Track to Host Iconic Spring Green This Saturday Night 

Seekonk Speedway Set as Sixth Track to Host Iconic Spring Green This Saturday Night 

Barre, VT — One of the American-Canadian Tour’s cornerstone events, the iconic Spring Green, rolls off for the 48th time this Saturday night at Seekonk Speedway. Seekonk will serve as the sixth different host for the longtime ACT standard and could prove to be its most spectacular. In recent years, Seekonk has held the most hotly contested events on the circuit with spectacular duels to the finish line but this time an added challenge awaits the ACT stars as new pavement laid down in the corners of ‘The Cement Palace.’ The best of crew chiefs and drivers will have to come out as everyone looks to join the Spring Green wins list and jump forward in the Brookside Equipment Sales Southern New England Triple Crown point standings. 

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JMS Performance Group Named Official Ignition System of the American-Canadian Tour 

JMS Performance Group Named Official Ignition System of the American-Canadian Tour 

Barre, VT & DeBary, FL — Officials announced today that the American-Canadian Tour has entered into a multi-year partnership with JMS Performance Group to establish an all-new Official Ignition System for North America’s prestigious stock car racing series. The ACT Tour and JMS have joined forces to provide racers with standardized, high-quality CD-1 Ignition Systems as part of the series' continued commitment to a cost-focused program. With JMS now the Official Ignition System of the American-Canadian Tour with officials set to phase in the JMS Chip CD-1 Super Speedway system to 100% compliance by the 2025 season. 

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Brandon Barker Takes 1st ACT Win in 1st ACT Start at Lee USA Speedway

Brandon Barker Takes 1st ACT Win in 1st ACT Start at Lee USA Speedway

Lee, NH — In one of the most dramatic and exciting events so far in the young 2023 racing season, the American-Canadian Tour put on a barn-burning performance at New Hampshire’s Center of Speed, Lee USA Speedway on Sunday. With the return of the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 at the 3/8-mile oval came an interesting group of touring regulars, old friends and young greenhorns. All of them fought each other and the worn-out track itself in an attempt to grasp ACT glory and join a wins list thirty-seven years in the making.

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ACT Returns to Lee USA Speedway This Sunday for New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150

ACT Returns to Lee USA Speedway This Sunday for New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150

Barre, VT — Although it will be a grueling third event in just two weeks, American-Canadian Tour officials, fans and teams are excited to return to Lee USA Speedway for the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150. The Granite State seacoast oval has played host to the ACT Tour twenty-eight times since 1987 with some of the most iconic stars taking down wins on the quirky circuit. Last time out in 2021, defending ACT Tour champion D.J. Shaw took down his first ever win in North America’s most historic Late Model tour and looks to add his name to the wins list once again.

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Shaw Fights Field, Cautions to Take First Stafford ACT Event Since 1985

Shaw Fights Field, Cautions to Take First Stafford ACT Event Since 1985

Stafford Springs, CT — The American-Canadian Tour broke a 38-year drought by entering the Stafford Motor Speedway complex on Friday, the first time the series had raced the iconic 1/2-mile since 1985. Thirty-four teams from across New England and Quebec made the trip to kick off the Brookside Equipment Sales Southern New England Triple Crown and, for many, take their first laps at the Connecticut oval. While the ACT Spring Sizzler 75 was a rowdy and, at times, rough affair, the top stars of the international touring series put on a worthy show at the front to wow the crowd at hand and those at home on FloRacing.

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ACT Ready for Rare Friday Night Lights at Stafford Speedway on May 12th 

ACT Ready for Rare Friday Night Lights at Stafford Speedway on May 12th 

Barre, VT — After April showers pushed back the 51st annual NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler at Stafford Motor Speedway, the American-Canadian Tour is set for a rare Friday-Night-Lights visit to one of North America’s most iconic short tracks. With over 40 cars entered for the ACT Spring Sizzler 75 tomorrow, Friday May 12th, the first trip for the American-Canadian Tour to Stafford since 1985 is set to be one of the biggest events of the 2023 season as it also kick-starts the Brookside Equipment Southern New England Triple Crown! 

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ACT Announces Brookside Equipment Southern New England Triple Crown Point Fund

ACT Announces Brookside Equipment Southern New England Triple Crown Point Fund

Barre, VT — After announcing that Brookside Equipment Sales has come on board as title sponsor to the Southern New England Triple Crown for the next two seasons, American-Canadian Tour officials have released the point fund for the three-race series. $4,000 is on tap for the top-three finishers in Brookside Equipment Southern New England Triple Crown overall points, not including special bonuses courtesy of Southborough, Massachusetts’ Falconi Energy. The folks at Falconi Energy have added a cash prize to each individual Triple Crown event along with a $200 prize for the fifth-place overall finisher in Triple Crown points

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Corliss Goes Back to Front for Community Bank N.A. 150 Win at Thunder Road

Corliss Goes Back to Front for Community Bank N.A. 150 Win at Thunder Road

Barre, VT — The perfect race day greeted fans, drivers and teams Sunday morning high atop Quarry Hill in Barre, Vermont. For the 25th consecutive year, the American-Canadian Tour teams invaded Thunder Road to launch the Speedbowl’s upcoming season in grand style, yesterday proved that was still the case. Thirty-seven teams from across New England and Quebec were on hand to battle for the prestigious win at the hometrack of the American-Canadian Tour and battle they did.

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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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