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June 21st, 2008 Race #7 of 12
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Nineteen year-old Late Model stock car driver Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. wiped away two months of bad luck with a dominant
American-Canadian Tour victory in the Dunkin’ Donuts 150 at Maine’s Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday night.
Polewarczyk won the season-opening ACT Late Model Tour event at Lee (NH) Speedway in April, then finished no better
than 18th in the next five events.
“We’ve been competitive and we’ve always had a fast car, we’ve just had no luck,” said the Hudson, NH driver. “After the
last race at Waterford we had a team meeting, and we decided to try and just shake it all off and re-focus on winning
races. We tried a crazy setup tonight that we’ve never run before, and it paid off. This is a huge weight off our shoulders.”
Polewarczyk took the lead from Milton, VT racer Scott Payea on lap 53, then survived restarts on laps 104 and 138 to take
the victory. Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, MA made several daring two- and three-wide passes on the far outside lane,
including a move over Ricky Rolfe to take away second place with three laps remaining. Rolfe, of Albany Twp., ME
finished third. He won the most recent ACT Late Model Tour event at Oxford Plains Speedway on April 26.
Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC finished fourth over a pair of Turner, ME drivers, Glen Luce and Ben Rowe. Payea, who
spun in Turn 2 to bring out the lap 104 caution, recovered to finish seventh. Brent Dragon, Jean-Paul Cyr, and Scott
Robbins rounded out the unofficial top ten finishers in order. Ryan Nolin was final driver on the lead lap in 11th place.
Fifty-one Late Model cars attempted to qualify for 33 starting spots in the Dunkin’ Donuts 150, which was completed in
just over 54 minutes. Thirty-two of the 33 starters were running at the finish. The ACT Late Model Tour is back in action
next Saturday, June 28, at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, NH. For more information, call (802)
244-6963 or visit www.acttour.com.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – Dunkin’ Donuts 150
American-Canadian Tour – Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Pos.-(Start)-Driver-Hometown-Car-Laps
(# - denotes rookie)
1. (7) Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Hudson, NH, Chevrolet, 150
2. (18) Eddie MacDonald, Rowley, MA, Pontiac, 150
3. (17) Ricky Rolfe, Albany Twp., ME, Ford, 150
4. (10) Patrick Laperle, St-Denis, QC, Chevrolet, 150
5. (4) Glen Luce, Turner, ME, Chevrolet, 150
6. (6) Ben Rowe, Turner, ME, Chevrolet, 150
7. (3) Scott Payea, Milton, VT, Ford, 150
8. (32) Brent Dragon, Milton, VT, Chevrolet, 150
9. (1) Jean-Paul Cyr, Milton, VT, Chevrolet, 150
10. (25) Scott Robbins, Dixfield, ME, Chevrolet, 150
11. (12) Ryan Nolin, Georgia, VT, Chevrolet, 150
12. (24) Travis Adams, Canton, ME, Chevrolet, 149
13. (21) Shawn Martin, Turner, ME, Chevrolet, 149
14. (8) # Jonathan Urlin, London, ON, Chevrolet, 149
15. (29) Joe Becker, Jeffersonville, VT, Ford, 149
16. (13) Kurt Hewins, Leeds, ME, Ford, 149
17. (26) Randy Potter, Groveton, NH, Chevrolet, 149
18. (22) Roger Brown, II, Lancaster, NH, Chevrolet, 149
19. (19) Shawn Knight, South Paris, ME, Chevrolet, 149
20. (9) Scott Dragon, Milton, VT, Chevrolet, 148
21. (28) John Donahue, Graniteville, VT, Ford, 148
22. (20) Pete Potvin, III, Graniteville, VT, Chevrolet, 148
23. (2) Steve Fisher, Shelburne, VT, Dodge, 148
24. (16) Tommy Ricker, Poland, ME, Chevrolet, 148
25. (15) Claude Leclerc, Lanoraie, QC, Chevrolet, 148
26. (30) Jamie Fisher, Shelburne, VT, Chevrolet, 147
27. (14) Rick Thompson, Jr., Derby, VT, Chevrolet, 147
28. (27) Dennis Spencer, Jr., Oxford, ME, Ford, 147
29. (23) Travis Stearns, South Paris, ME, Chevrolet, 147
30. (11) # Nick Sweet, Barre, VT, Pontiac, 146
31. (33) Corey Morgan, Lewiston, ME, Ford, 146
32. (31) # Tyler Cahoon, St. Johnsbury, VT, Dodge, 146
33. (5) Trampas Demers, South Burlington, VT, Chevrolet, 65
Source: www.acttour.com
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June 7th, 2008 Race #6 of 12
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Late Model stock car driver Scott Payea continued a dream season by winning the Nutmeg State 100 at Connecticut’s
Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday night. The 26 year-old from Milton, VT held off defending Waterford Speedbowl Track
Champion Bruce Thomas, Jr. of Groton, CT for his second American-Canadian Tour victory in six starts this year.
Thomas jumped from his outside pole starting position to lead the opening 48 laps, at time stretching his lead out to
nearly a full straightaway. Payea, who started seventh in the 30-car field, drove forward in the early laps and was brought
even with Thomas for the race’s final three restarts just before the halfway point. Following a lap 48 restart, Payea
nudged ahead to take the lead from Thomas.
The final caution flag on lap 50 drew the pair together again, beginning an intense, multi-groove, lead-swapping duel
that lasted until Payea regained control for good on lap 55. Each driver led three times in the race, each for a total of 50
laps. As the race went caution-free to the end, Payea’s Ouellette Plumbing & Heating/Leahy Press #89 Ford Fusion held
a comfortable five-car length lead over Thomas as the checkered flag flew.
“I knew had a good car right from practice in the morning,” said Payea following the victory, the fourth ACT Late Model
Tour win of his career. “I was pretty confident once I got near the front that it would be up to me to lose the race, but
Bruce Thomas really impressed me. He and the rest of these Waterford guys were very good tonight; I had a lot of fun
racing here.”
Thomas, driving the Mystic Transportation/Aarsand Floorsanding #35 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, finished second in his first-
ever ACT Late Model Tour start. Brad Leighton of Center Harbor, NH, the 1995 ACT Champion, finished third in his first
main-event start of the season behind the wheel of the Irving Oil/Subway #55NH Ford Fusion. Waterford Speedbowl
driver Ron Yuhas, Jr. of Groton, CT finished fourth in his first career ACT start, while rookie driver Nick Sweet of Barre, VT
finished a career-best fifth.
Groveton, NH’s Randy Potter finished sixth, with New Gloucester, ME’s Ron Henry coming home a season-best
seventh. Rookie Jonathan Urlin of London, ON earned his best-ever ACT Late Model Tour finish in eighth, while Milton,
VT drivers Jean-Paul Cyr and Brent Dragon rounded out the unofficial top ten finishers in order.
Thirty-eight Late Model stock cars attempted to qualify for the 30-car starting field. Donald Theetge of Boischatel, QC
earned the pole position with “+5” in ACT’s unique “plus/minus” heat race qualifying system. Theetge finished 21st with
handling problems, one lap off the pace. The Nutmeg State 100 was completed in 52 minutes, 47 seconds and slowed
by five cautions. Sixteen cars finished on the lead lap, with 26 of the 30 starters running at the finish.
Payea retains the ACT Late Model Tour point lead, unofficially, over Cyr, 401-362. Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC sits
third with 350 points over Potter (347) and John Donahue of Graniteville, VT (342). The ACT Late Model is back in action
at Maine’s Oxford Plains Speedway with the Dunkin’ Donuts 150 on Saturday, June 21. For more information, call (802)
244-6963 or visit www.acttour.com.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – Nutmeg State 100
American-Canadian Tour – Waterford Speedbowl – Waterford, CT
Sat., June 7, 2008
(# - denotes rookie)
Pos.-Driver-Hometown-Laps Complete
1. Scott Payea, Milton, VT, 100
2. Bruce Thomas, Jr., Groton, CT, 100
3. Brad Leighton, Center Harbor, NH, 100
Ed Reed, Jr. (61) and Tim Jordan (47) get into it as Scott Dragon (70), Eric Chase (40), and Jonathan Urlin (9on) get by
unscathed (Eric LaFleche photo)
4. Ron Yuhas, Jr., Groton, CT, 100
5. #Nick Sweet, Barre, VT, 100
6. Randy Potter, Groveton, NH, 100
7. Ron Henry, New Gloucester, ME, 100
8. #Jonathan Urlin, London, ON, 100
9. Jean-Paul Cyr, Milton, VT, 100
10. Brent Dragon, Milton, VT, 100
11. Scott Dragon, Milton, VT, 100
12. Patrick Laperle, St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, QC, 100
13. Jamie Fisher, Shelburne, VT, 100
14. Glen Luce, Turner, ME, 100
15. Pete Potvin, III, Graniteville, VT, 100
16. Eric Chase, Milton, VT, 100
17. John Donahue, Graniteville, VT, 99
18. Rick Thompson, Jr., Derby, VT, 99
19. Leon Heckbert, Wilton, ME, 99
20. Joe Becker, Jeffersonville, VT, 99
21. Donald Theetge, Boischatel, QC, 99
22. Steve Fisher, Shelburne, VT, 98
23. Trampas Demers, South Burlington, VT, 98
24. Joe Curioso, Pawcatuck, CT, 98
25. #Tyler Cahoon, St. Johnsbury, VT, 98
26. Richard Staskowski, Hope Valley, RI, 97
27. #Ricky Wolf, Jr., Northwood, NH, 69
28. Allen Coates, Ledyard, CT, 50
29. Tim Jordan, Jewett City, CT, 31
30. Ed Reed, Jr., Groton, CT, 30
Story source: www.acttour.com
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