Eddie MacDonald Holds On For ACT Win at Oxford Plains
Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, MA took the checkered flag in the American-Canadian Tour 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, ME. MacDonald started in the fifth starting position and would take the lead on a lap 54 restart.
The 2009 Oxford 250 and ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway winner would lead the remainder of the race but not without pressure from hometown favorite Tommy Ricker of Poland, ME. Ricker got to the rear bumper of MacDonald several times in the final laps but didn’t have enough to get by while the two worked their way through lap traffic. The 2009 ACT Late Model Tour Champion Brian Hoar took third after leading the first 25 laps. MacDonald’s only other ACT Late Model Tour win also came at Oxford Plains Speedway in August of 2007.
John Donahue made a late race charge from his 31st starting position to finish fourth followed by Tim Brackett rounding out the top 5. Travis Adams, Scott Payea, Brent Dragon, Jeff White and TJ Brackett rounded out the top ten.
The 150 lap event was completed in just over 52 minutes and was slowed by just one caution on lap 54.
With his win in the second event of the 2010 ACT Tour schedule. MacDonald joins opening day winner Nick Sweet as the first two qualifiers for the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway that will be held on Saturday, September 18.
Several ACT Tour regulars failed to qualify for the feature including Jamie Fisher, Pete Potvin, Joey Laquerre, Chip Grenier, Craig Bushey, Derek Lynch, Jeff Zuidema, Eric Chase, Jean-Paul Cyr, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., and Tyler Cahoon. A total of 53 competitors attempted to qualify.
The ACT Late Model Tour will be back in action on Friday, June 11 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH for the makeup of the previously postponed NH Governor’s Cup 150. Post time at the 1/3 mile speedway will be 7:15pm.
Pos Car # Driver Laps
1 17MA Eddie MacDonald 150
2 6TR Tommy Ricker 150
3 37VT Brian Hoar 150
4 26VT John Donahue 150
5 60TB Tim Brackett 150
6 03ME Travis Adams 150
7 89VT Scott Payea 150
8 55VT Brent Dragon 150
9 50JW Jeff White 150
10 61TB TJ Brackett 150
11 7VT Eric Williams 150
12 4ME #Bradley Babb 150
13 07SL Scott Luce 150
14 71NH Scott Dragon 150
15 4NH #Chris Riendeau 150
16 57ME #Austin Theriault 149
17 26ME Corey Morgan 149
18 78NH Quinten Welch 149
19 80QC Donald Theetge 149
20 16NY Mark Lamberton 149
21 85ME Travis Stearns 149
22 51ME Ricky Rolfe 149
23 04ME TJ Watson 149
24 15BA Ben Ashline 148
25 00BK Bryan Kruczek 148
26 8DS Dennis Spencer, Jr. 148
27 94SM Shawn Martin 148
28 72VT #Dave Paya 148
29 71GC Garry Chasin 144
30 50VT Jay Laquerre 136
31 02NH Randy Potter 112
32 7ME Glen Luce 55
33 77NH Mark Hayward 54
Sources: ACT PR