Stearns & Packard to Lead 6th Bond ACT Invitational to Green
Loudon, NH – For the second consecutive year, Auburn, Maine’s Travis Stearns will lead the 43-car Bond ACT Invitational field to green at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH on Saturday, September 20. East Montpelier, Vermont’s Emily Packard will start to his outside in the front row of the star-studded field. Glen Luce of Turner, Maine, Larry Gelinas of Buxton, Maine and Brandon Atkins of Au Sable Forks, New York will all start in the top five.
The American Canadian Tour Late Models completed their morning practice session with only a few issues on Saturday. Eight-time ACT Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, Vermont suffered a broken rocker arm in his motor and only completed four laps of practice. Guy Caron of Lempster, New Hampshire broke a transmission but still managed a top ten time in practice. Both teams have made the necessary repairs and will be ready for the green flag this afternoon.
The province of Quebec leads the way in the speed charts with Martin Latulippe of Vallee-Jonction and Patrick Laperle of Montreal setting the two fast times of the session. Luce, Tom Carey, Jr. of New Salem, Massachusetts, and 2014 Serie ACT Champion Alex Labbe of Quebec City, Quebec completed the top five fast times. New Hampshire drivers Aaron Fellows and Wayne Helliwell, Jr. were next, followed by Chip Grenier of Graniteville, Vermont, pole sitter Stearns and Caron.
Three-time and defending Bond ACT Invitational winner Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, Massachusetts was 13th fastest in the morning session and will have to come from the 17th starting position in the 50-lap race this afternoon. Other former Invitational winners, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (2010) of Hudson, New Hampshire and Tiverton, Rhode Island’s Ray Parent (2012) will have to come from the 23rd and 24th starting positions respectively.
The 43 car field of American Canadian Tour Late Models in the 6th Annual Bond ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire will come to green at approximately 5:00pm this afternoon (Saturday, September 20).
6th Annual Bond ACT Invitational Starting Line-Up
American Canadian Tour
New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, NH
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Pos. Car # Driver, Hometown
1. 16ME Travis Stearns, Auburn, ME
2. 9ME Emily Packard, East Montpelier, VT
3. 7ME Glen Luce, Turner, ME
4. 91CT Larry Gelinas, Buxton, ME
5. 4NY Brandon Atkins, Au Sable Forks, NY
6. 38VT Tyler Cahoon, St. Johnsbury, VT
7. 34NH Todd Davis, Claremont, NH
8. 99VT Cody Blake, Barre, VT
9. 11NY Josh Masterson, Charlotte, VT
10. 66VT Jason Corliss, Barre, VT
11. 9NH Kyle Welch, Newport, NH
12. 16VT Scott Dragon, Colchester, VT
13. 9VT Chip Grenier, Graniteville, VT
14. 28ME Rowland Robinson, Jr., Steuben, ME
15. 15ME Ben Ashline, Pittston, ME
16. 27NH Wayne Helliwell, Jr., Dover, NH
17. 17MA Eddie MacDonald, Rowley, MA
18. 37VT Brian Hoar, Williston, VT
19. 58VT Jimmy Hebert, Williamstown, VT
20. 48QC Alex Labbe, Quebec, QC
21. 8NH Guy Caron, Lempster, NH
22. 41VT Jamie Aube, N. Ferrisburg, VT
23. 97NH Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Hudson, NH
24. 17RI Ray Parent, Tiverton, RI
25. 91QC Patrick Laperle, St-Denis, QC
26. 15VT Joey Laquerre, East Montpelier, VT
27. 41QC Jonathan Bouvrette, Blainville, QC
28. 19QC Dany Trepanier, St-Edouard, QC
29. 29NH Aaron Fellows, Croyden, NH
30. 88VT Nick Sweet, Barre, VT
31. 50ME Jeff White, Winthrop, ME
32. 84QC Martin Latulippe, Vallee-Jonction, QC
33. 07MA Tom Carey, Jr., New Salem, MA
34. 3VT Ricky Roberts, Washington, VT
35. 77MA Jimmy Linardy, Somerville, MA
36. 20NH Taylor Martin, Windham, NH
37. 49NH Matt Anderson, Franklin, NH
38. 78QC Stephane Descoste, Oka, QC
39. 5RI Richard Staskowski, Hope Valley, RI
40. 10MA John Falconi, Oakham, MA
41. 11NH Brett Gervais, Island Pond, VT
42. 10VT Josh Demers, Middlesex, VT
43. 9MA Brian Tagg, Oxford, MA
Sources: ACT PR