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Date: Sun May 27 18:46:28 2007

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LAVIGEUR WINS WILD EVENT AT ST-EUSTACHE For Immediate Release ACT-052707-1 ST-EUSTACHE, QUEBEC Stock car racer Normand Lavigeur of Laval, QC turned a strong lead-pack performance into a surprise Serie ACT Castrol victory at Autodrome St-Eustache (St-Eustache, Qc) on Saturday night. Lavigeur, who started the St-Eustache 100 in fourth place, was among the top five drivers throughout the race until a lap 88 crash took leaders Patrick Laperle and Sylvain Lacombe out of contention. Lavigeur assumed the lead position under caution ahead of Martin Lacombe, Steven Boissonneault, and Alexandre Ginrgas, and proceeded to pull away when Boissonneault and Gingras came together just two laps later. As Gingras pulled his car into the low groove to attempt to pass Boissonneault for second place on lap 90, the two made contact exiting Turn 4. Gingras car then vaulted over the pit wall and barrel-rolled before coming to a rest on its wheels. Boissonneault was able to continue following the red flag to clean up the accident. Gingras was uninjured. Lavigeur was able to keep Boissonneault at bay as racing resumed, and scored his first victory of the season in two starts. I knew for sure that my car was good enough to finish in the top three, said a happy Lavigeur, but I didnt know I was going to win the race! Boissonneault had mixed emotions following his runner-up finish. Im pleased with a podium finish, this is my best race since 2004, he said. I assume half of the blame in the crash with Gingras, though, because I did not know he was trying to pass me and I cut down on him. It was not intentional. Jean-Francois Dery of Val-Belair, QC assumed the unofficial point lead for the Serie ACT Castrol after a fine third-place finish. Dery started 21^st in the 25-car field and earned the Kenyon Racing Products Hard Charger Award for improving his starting position the most number of positions. Martin Lacombe and Andre Coursol finished in fourth and fifth, respectively. Yvon Bedard and Mike Lavoie finished sixth and seventh, ahead of Laperle and Sylvain Lacombe, who recovered to finish eighth and ninth. Laperle, who continues to recover from a severe illness which had him in the hospital for over three weeks, led the first 88 laps until his crash with Lacombe. Simon Roussin rounded out the Top 10. The next event for the Serie ACT Castrol will be Saturday, June 9 at Capital City Speedway in Ottawa, Ontario. The Toromont CAT 100 will be the Serie ACT Castrols first trip to the province of Ontario. For more information, call (802) 244-6963, visit the official Serie ACT Castrol at www.laserieactcastrol.com, or the ACT website at www.acttour.com. UNOFFICIAL FINISH: St-Eustache 100 Sat., May 26, 2007 Serie ACT Castrol Autodrome St-Eustache, St-Eustache, Quebec Pos.-Driver 1. Normand Lavigeur 2. Steven Boissonneault 3. Jean-Francois Dery 4. Martin Lacombe 5. Andre Coursol 6. Yvon Bedard 7. Mike Lavoie 8. Patrick Laperle 9. Sylvain Lacombe 10. Simon Roussin 11. Jacques Poulin 12. Stephan Legault 13. Karl Allard 14. Kevin Roberge 15. Claude Leclerc 16. Marc-Andre Cliche 17. Eric St-Gelais 18. Jonathan Desbiens 19. Stephane Durand 20. Alexandre Gingras 21. Daniel Bergeron 22. Benoit Beauchamp 23. Dany Ouellet 24. Mathieu Francoeur 25. Jacques Laperle -30- Contact: Marjorie Mulligan Fay Phone: (802) 244-6963 Email: marjorie@acttour.com Fax: (802) 244-1616 __________________

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