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American Canadian Tour
CategoryStock car racing
CountryNew England and New York, United States
Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia Canada
Inaugural season1979
Drivers' championAmerican-Canadian Tour – D.J. Shaw (2022)
Série ACT Quebec – Jonathan Bouvrette (2017)
Official websiteACT Tour

The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) is an independent regional stock car racing series based in the northeastern United States, and Eastern Canada. The American-Canadian Tour was founded in 1979, conducts professional races across New England and Quebec. After starting with a pair of non-point events at Hickory Motor Speedway in North Carolina, the ACT Tour will open its 45th season in April 2023 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire.[1]

History[edit]

Both Squier and Curley have been inducted into the New England Auto Racing Hall of Fame and the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame. In 2004, ACT founder Tom Curley was voted by more than 1,000 race promoters across the continent as the Auto Racing Promoter of the Year. In 2018 Ken Squier was ceremoniously inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC for his contributions to the growth of the sport on a national, and international, level.

While Squier continues to visit Thunder Road, ACT lost its visionary leader in May 2017 when a decades-long battle with COPD claimed Tom Curley. In November that year the American-Canadian Tour changed ownership for the first time in its storied history. Former racer Cris Michaud and Vermont businessman Pat Malone took charge of the sanctioning body after partnering to purchase Vermont’s Thunder Road earlier that season. The partnership would go on to purchase New Hampshire’s White Mountain Motorsports Park in 2019.

In recent years the American-Canadian Tour has competed at tracks across New England, Quebec, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. Partnering with the Maine-based Pro All Stars Series (PASS), the two sanctioning bodies have been co-promoting events at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (CT) since 2020.

Competitors, officials, and fans alike are eagerly awaiting the 2023 season to begin. In its 45th consecutive year, the American-Canadian Tour schedule features thirteen point-counting events in New England and Quebec with highlights that include the return to Stafford Speedway, at least seven events worth $5,000-or-more to win and joining the region’s biggest weekends, including the 51st Spring Sizzler, the 50th Oxford 250 and the 61st Vermont Milk Bowl.

The American-Canadian Tour also returns as a permanent fixture in Quebec, Canada with the 10-race Serie ACT Quebec series in 2023. ACT-sanctioned weekly racing can also be found at Thunder Road International Speedbowl (VT), White Mountain Motorsports Park (NH) and Thompson Speedway (CT).

American-Canadian Tour Champions (1979-2022)[edit]

Year Champion Hometown Tour Name Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1979 Harmon 'Beaver' Dragon Milton, VT North Tour 27 9 23 24
1980 Harmon 'Beaver' Dragon Milton, VT North Tour 25 3 18 21
1981 Dick McCabe Kennebunkport, ME Molson Tour 27 7 19 23
1982 Dick McCabe Kennebunkport, ME Molson Tour 33 8 25 31
1983 Robbie Crouch Tampa, FL Stroh's Tour 27 8 17 19
1984 Robbie Crouch Tampa, FL Stroh's Tour 29 5 13 21
1985 Randy LaJoie Norwalk, CT Coors Tour 30 5 21 25
1986 Robbie Crouch Tampa, FL ACT Coors Tour 27 10 20 22
1987 Robbie Crouch Tampa, FL ACT Coors Tour 20 5 13 14
1988 Robbie Crouch Tampa, FL ACT Coors Tour 21 11 14 15
1989 Russ Urlin London, ON ACT Coors Tour 21 7 19 21
1990 Robbie Crouch Tampa, FL ACT Coors Tour 22 4 14 17
1991 Junior Hanley Oakville, ON American-Canadian Tour 21 7 12 16
1992 Junior Hanley Oakville, ON American-Canadian Tour 23 10 16 19
Dave Whitcomb Essex Junction, VT ACT LMS Series 8 1 4 5
1993 Junior Hanley Oakville, ON ACT GM Goodwrench Tour 21 12 16 17
Brian Hoar Willison, VT ACT LMS Series 6 3 4 6
1994 Mike Rowe Turner, ME American-Canadian Tour 16 4 10 13
Jean-Paul Cyr Milton, VT ACT LMS Series 6 1 3 5
1995 Brad Leighton Center Harbor, NH American-Canadian Tour 17 7 8 14
Lance Ferno Williamstown, VT ACT LMS Series 7 1 4 7
1996 Jean-Paul Cyr Milton, VT American-Canadian Tour 8 2 5 5
1997 Brian Hoar Williston, VT ACT Texaco-Havoline Series 8 2 6 6
1998 Brian Hoar Williston, VT ACT Texaco-Havoline Series 9 4 6 7
1999 Brian Hoar Williston, VT American-Canadian Tour 13 5 8 10
2000 Brian Hoar Williston, VT American-Canadian Tour 12 3 8 11
2001 Pete Fecteau Morrisville, VT ACT Dodge Tour 13 2 7 9
2002 Phil Scott Montpelier, VT ACT Dodge Tour 16 0 9 14
2003 Jean-Paul Cyr Milton, VT ACT Dodge Tour 16 4 11 12
2004 Jean-Paul Cyr Milton, VT ACT Dodge Tour 14 2 8 10
2005 Jean-Paul Cyr Milton, VT American-Canadian Tour 10 4 6 9
2006 Jean-Paul Cyr Milton, VT American-Canadian Tour 11 2 6 8
2007 Jean-Paul Cyr Milton, VT American-Canadian Tour 13 0 9 11
2008 Patrick Laperle St-Denis, QC American-Canadian Tour 12 3 8 10
2009 Brian Hoar Williston, VT American-Canadian Tour 13 2 8 11
2010 Brian Hoar Williston, VT American-Canadian Tour 13 3 10 13
2011 Brian Hoar Williston, VT American-Canadian Tour 12 5 9 11
2012 Wayne Helliwell, Jr Dover, NH American-Canadian Tour 10 4 7 9
2013 Wayne Helliwell, Jr Dover, NH American-Canadian Tour 14 2 10 13
2014 Joey Polewarczyk Hudson, NH American-Canadian Tour 9 2 9 9
2015 Wayne Helliwell, Jr Dover, NH American-Canadian Tour 13 4 10 13
2016 Nick Sweet Barre, VT American-Canadian Tour 13 3 9 11
2017 Scott Payea Milton, VT American-Canadian Tour 9 5 8 9
2018 Scott Payea Milton, VT American-Canadian Tour 10 2 8 10
2019 Rich Dubeau Plainfield, NH American-Canadian Tour 10 2 8 9
2020 Jimmy Hebert Williamstown, VT American-Canadian Tour 9 2 7 9
2021 Ben Rowe Turner, ME American-Canadian Tour 12 1 6 11
2022 D.J. Shaw Center Conway, NH American-Canadian Tour 13 3 11 13

Série ACT Quebec[edit]

After a five year hiatus, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent international border closure, the Serie ACT Quebec series returns in 2023 for a 10-race schedule. Split evenly between Quebec bullrings Autodrome Chaudiere and Autodrome Montmagny, Serie ACT Quebec brings a permanent presence back to Canada for the ACT sanctioning body.

Year Champion Hometown Races
2007 Patrick Laperle St-Denis, QC 12
2008 Alexandre Gingras Val-Belair, QC 8
2009 Donald Theetge Boischatel, QC 9
2010 Karl Allard Levis, QC 11
2011 Patrick Laperle St-Denis, QC 12
2012 Patrick Laperle St-Denis, QC 12
2013 Jean-François Déry Quebec City, QC 11
2014 Alex Labbé St-Albert, QC 8
2015 Dany Trepanier St-Edouard, QC 12
2016 Patrick Laperle St-Denis, QC 8
2017 Jonathan Bouvrette Blainville, QC 6

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "The History of the American Canadian Tour". American Canadian Tour. Archived from the original on August 11, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2013.

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