Patrick Laperle Steals Fall Foliage Win
St-Denis, Quebec’s Patrick Laperle earned his second consecutive ACT Late Model Tour win and second consecutive Mohawk Casino Fall Foliage 300 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY. Laperle led early in the event after starting on the outside pole but faded during the mid-portion of the event and went down a lap after spinning on lap 161. After pitting for tires Laperle raced his way back onto the lead lap on lap 211.
Current point leader Brian Hoar and Joey “Pole” Polewarczyk, Jr., spent much of the race running side by side, swapping the lead, much like last weekend’s Bond Auto Labor Day Classic. Eric Williams joined the mix late in the event. Laperle made a three wide pass for the lead under Hoar and Williams after the final restart on lap 285.
Hoar’s second place finish was enough to clinch his seventh ACT Late Model Tour Championship. Pole took third, Brad Leighton fourth and Williams rounded out the top five. Rand Potter, Scott Payea, Brent Dragon, Craig Bushey and Joey Becker completed the top ten.
The event saw seven different leaders swap the lead an official 16 times. Leighton, Pole, Donald Theetge, Payea, Hoar, Williams and Laperle all spent time at the front. The race was completed in 2 hours and 15 minutes with 10 cautions. Nine of the 35 starters completed all 300 laps. A total of 39 drivers attempted to qualify for the event.
The American Canadian Tour will be back in action next Saturday, September 18 for the second annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Thirty-five of the 43 invitations have been handed out with the eight remaining drivers to be announced tomorrow (Monday, September 13). The 60 lap Invitational will join the Whelen Modified Series and the Camping World Truck Series for a tripleheader event next Saturday.
ACT Late Model Tour
Mohawk Casino Fall Foliage 300
Airborne Speedway – Sunday, September 12, 2010
Unofficial Results
Pos S.Pos Car # Driver Hometown Laps
1 2 91QC Patrick Laperle St-Denis, QC 300
2 4 37VT Brian Hoar Williston, VT 300
3 12 97NH Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. Hudson, NH 300
4 6 55NH Brad Leighton Center Harbor, NH 300
5 15 7VT Eric Williams Hyde Park, VT 300
6 7 02NH Randy Potter Groveton, NH 300
7 17 89VT Scott Payea Milton, VT 300
8 10 55VT Brent Dragon Milton, VT 300
9 14 05VT Craig Bushey Cambridge, VT 300
10 5 16VT Joey Becker Jeffersonville, VT 299
11 21 61VT Dave Wilcox Fairfield, VT 299
12 1 57ME #Austin Theriault Fort Kent, ME 299
13 29 40QC David Michaud Blainville, QC 298
14 3 5QC Patrick Cliche St-Jean-Chrystome, QC 298
15 23 22VT Roger Brown Lancaster, NH 297
16 18 42MA Jeff Zuidema N.Brookfield, MA 296
17 25 11QC Claude Leclerc Lanoraie, QC 295
18 19 25VT David Whitcomb Essex Jct., VT 293
19 26 9QC Yvon Bédard St.Nicolas, QC 292
20 8 4ME #Bradley Babb Windham, ME 285
21 11 80QC Donald Theetge Quebec, QC 263
22 27 15VT Joey Laquerre E. Montpelier, VT 253
23 9 84QC #Martin Latulippe Vallee-Jonction, QC 250
24 16 26VT John Donahue Graniteville, VT 227
25 22 18VT Jamie Fisher Shelburne, VT 226
26 32 48QC Karl Allard Saint-Felicien, QC 199
27 13 03QC Martin Lacombe Terrebonne, QC 192
28 30 4ON Jonathan Urlin London, ON 148
29 33 10QC Stephane Descoste Oka, QC 127
30 31 40VT Eric Chase Milton, VT 114
31 20 16NY Mark Lamberton Mooers Forks, NY 55
32 24 72VT #Dave Paya Milton, VT 53
33 28 32VT Jean-Paul Cyr Milton, VT 43
34 34 82MA Mark Hudson Norton, MA 28
35 35 75VT Pete Fecteau Morrisville, VT 0
Sources: ACT PR