ACT Track Facts: Speedways on the 2011 ACT Schedule By the Numbers
In anticipation of the 2011 ACT Racing Guide, which will be published and ready for sale soon, we’ll take a look at the speedways on the 2011 ACT Late Model Tour schedule. All of these stats (and more) can be found in the 2011 ACT Racing Guide. The stats below include ACT Late Model Tour point counting events only, unless otherwise noted. More information on the Racing Guides will be available soon.
ACT Late Model Tour
Airborne Speedway – Plattsburgh, NY – ½ mile
First ACT event: May 23, 1992
# of ACT events: 38
Total event payout: $563,079
Number of starters: 1,176
Most starts: Dave Whitcomb (34)
Most wins: Brian Hoar (7)
Most top fives: Brian Hoar (16)
Most top tens: Brent Dragon (25)
Most money earned: Brian Hoar ($28,702)
Total laps run: 5,162
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway – Scarborough, ME – 1/3 mile
First ACT event: September 13, 1992
First ACT event: September 13, 1992
# of ACT events: 4
Total event payout: $47,590
Number of starters: 115
Most starts: Brent Dragon and Brian Hoar (4)
Most wins: Pat Corbett, Brian Hoar, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., and Dave Whitcomb (1)
Most top fives: Dennis Demers and Brian Hoar (2)
Most top tens: Brent Dragon and Brian Hoar (3)
Most money earned: Brian Hoar ($3,670)
Total laps run: 380
Devil’s Bowl Speedway – West Haven, VT – ½ mile
The Sunday, May 22, 2011 ACT Late Model Tour event will be the first ever event ACT event run at Devil’s Bowl. The former dirt track was paved at the beginning of the 2010 season and hosted a special Thunder Road Late Model 100 lap event last May. Former Thunder Road Champion Dave Pembroke earned the win.
Lee USA Speedway – Lee, NH – 3/8 mile
First ACT event: September 21, 2003
# of ACT events: 8
Total event payout: $205,983
Number of starters: 263
Most starts: Brent Dragon and Jamie Fisher (8)
Most wins: Miles Chipman, Jean-Paul Cyr, DJ Kennington, Patrick Laperle, Brad Leighton, Cris Michaud, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., and Ben Rowe (1)
Most top fives: Jean-Paul Cyr, Cris Michaud, Scott Payea (3)
Most top tens: Brent Dragon (6)
Most money earned: Jean-Paul Cyr ($14,477)
Total laps run: 1,000
New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, NH – 1 mile
The New Hampshire Motor Speedway will hold its first ever ACT point counting event in 2011. The stats below include the two non-point counting ACT Invitationals run there to date.
First ACT event: September 19, 2009
# of ACT events: 2
Total event payout: $139,005
Number of starters: 79
Most starts: 26 different drivers (2)
Most wins: Eddie MacDonald and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (1)
Most top fives: Eddie MacDonald (2)
Most top tens: Brian Hoar, Patrick Laperle, Joey Laquerre, Eddie MacDonald, and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (2)
Most money earned: Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. ($8,275)
Total laps run: 110
Oxford Plains Speedway – Oxford, ME – 3/8 mile
First ACT event: May 21, 1995
# of ACT events: 22
Total event payout: $383,480
Number of starters: 756
Most starts: Brent Dragon (20)
Most wins: Eddie MacDonald (3)
Most top fives: Brian Hoar, Eddie MacDonald, Shawn Martin, Ricky Rolfe (6)
Most top tens: Brent Dragon (13)
Most money earned: Shawn Martin ($12,655)
Total laps run: 2,742
Riverside Speedway – Ste-Croix, QC – 5/8 mile
First ACT event: June 28, 1992
# of ACT events: 8
Total event payout: $135,271
Number of starters: 245
Most starts: Jean-Paul Cyr and Brent Dragon (8)
Most wins: Brian Hoar and Donald Theetge (2)
Most top fives: Jean-Paul Cyr and Brent Dragon (5)
Most top tens: Jean-Paul Cyr and Brent Dragon (6)
Most money earned: Donald Theetge ($8,805)
Total laps run: 855
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl – Barre, VT – ¼ mile
First ACT event: June 18, 1992
# of ACT events: 58
Total event payout: $1,334,540.86
Number of starters: 1,561
Most starts: Phil Scott (55)
Most wins: Jean-Paul Cyr (7)
Most top fives: Brian Hoar (19)
Most top tens: Phil Scott (31)
Most money earned: Jean-Paul Cyr ($61,560)
Total laps run: 7,868
Twin State Speedway – Claremont, NH – 1/3 mile
First ACT event: May 28, 2004
# of ACT events: 3
Total event payout: $48,960
Number of starters: 83
Most starts: Brent Dragon (3)
Most wins: Brent Dragon, Mark Hayward, Patrick Laperle (1)
Most top fives: 15 drivers (1)
Most top tens: John Donahue, Aaron Fellows, Brian Hoar, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. and Ben Rowe (2)
Most money earned:
Total laps run: 300
White Mountain Motorsports Park – N. Woodstock, NH – ¼ mile
First ACT event: September 6, 1998
# of ACT events: 19
Total event payout: $271,275
Number of starters: 516
Most starts: Brent Dragon (18)
Most wins: Jean-Paul Cyr (4)
Most top fives: Jean-Paul Cyr (11)
Most top tens: Brent Dragon (14)
Most money earned: Jean-Paul Cyr ($17,765)
Total laps run: 2,200
Sources: ACT PR