American-Canadian Tour Charges Up Route 26 to Headline ‘Saturday Night Before the Oxford 250’

Barre, VT — The American-Canadian Tour returns to its Maine home this Saturday, August 24 for the annual ‘Saturday Night Before the Oxford 250’ showcase with over forty drivers from across New England and Quebec set to make the trip down Route 26 to Oxford Plains Speedway!

Center Conway, New Hampshire’s Gabe Brown continues to lead the American-Canadian Tour championship chase, even after a blown tire knocked him out of contention for the Milton CAT Midsummer Classic victory on August 3. The young hot-shoe stood tall to take his first ACT victory at this very event one year ago and looks to make it back-to-back victories in the annual Saturday Night Before the 250 showcase.

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Another driver looking to return to Oxford 250 weekend victory lane is Dartmouth, Massachusetts driver Derek Gluchacki. The Kulwicki Driver Development Program (KDDP) finalist took the Oxford 125 Saturday Night victory in 2022 and looks to return to the winner’s circle in front of the packed Oxford Plains grandstands this year.

Coming on hot-to-trot in the second half of the season is two-time and defending ACT champion D.J. Shaw. The Shaw family has called Oxford Plains Speedway their home track for decades and D.J. will be digging deep to join father, and recent New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame inductee, Dale as an ACT winner at Oxford. Last time out Shaw became the first two-time winner of the Milton CAT Midsummer Classic with the Bar Harbor Bank & Trust team looking to ride the momentum into victory lane on Saturday night.

Keep an eye on the Canadian contingent this Saturday with Jonathan Bourvrette taking a third-place trophy in the Tour’s April appearance at Oxford and Alexendre ‘Fireball’ Tardif having consistent top-5 runs at the Maine oval. With Serie ACT Quebec off this weekend, Chicoutimi’s Michael Lavoie and St-Pacôme’s Louis-Philippe Lauzier join fellow American-Canadian Tour regulars Remi Perreault and ‘The Iron Man’ Claude Leclerc in representing La Belle Province in Maine this weekend!

Being a part of the 51st annual Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Oxford 250 weekend is calling in part-time touring drivers from across New England. Thunder Road hot-shoe Marcel Gravel, White Mountain Motorsports Park runners Ben Belanger, Jaden Perry and point leader Tanner Woodard, former Claremont Speedway track champions Ricky Bly and Aaron Fellows, Waterford Speedbowl pilot Devin Deshaies, Star Speedway runners Colby Meserve and Justin Storace, former Beech Ridge Motor Speedway champion Dave Farrington, Jr. and many more are making the trip up Route 26 to Oxford, Maine on Saturday!

The American-Canadian Tour returns to Oxford Plains Speedway to headline the annual ‘Saturday Night Before the Oxford 250’ program on Saturday, August 24. With over forty cars signed up, the annual Maine-stay will once again be a highlight of the summer season for the international Tour. Pits open at 9:00am with practice for the ACT Tour set to begin at 1:00pm. Post Time Saturday is 4:00pm with ticketing information available at www.oxfordplains.com and streaming available only on Racing America!

For more information about the American-Canadian Tour, contact the ACT offices at (802) 244-6963, media@acttour.com, or visit www.acttour.com.  You can also get updates on Facebook and Twitter at @ACTTour.