Restructured American-Canadian Tour Stock Car Schedule Gives Racers Options in 2008

For Immediate Release                                        ACT-112007-1

    WATERBURY, VT A completely redesigned championship format will be used for the American-Canadian Tour
(ACT) Late Model stock car racing season in 2008.  A diverse slate of twelve events at seven speedways in the
northeastern United States and Canada will comprise the schedule, while also giving race teams several options
during the course of the April-to-September campaign.
    The ACT driver and owner championships will be decided using the best ten results for each individual
during the 12-race season, thus giving teams the benefit of dropping their two worst outings of the year.  ACT
President Tom Curley says that offering teams options like this will help raise the level of competition across
the board.
    ACT and the short track racing industry as a whole is in a restructuring phase right now, and we are
listening to what our racers are saying, Curley explained.  The times have changed, and we want to meet the
current demands of our race teams and the fans that support them.  We feel we have a schedule that is regionally
attractive, but also one that does not require an overwhelming budget or too much weekly travel.
    With the 10-race championship decided in a 12-race season, Curley continued, teams will, in a sense,
not be penalized for a bad finish.  Because we draw such huge fields of cars at tracks like Thunder Road, Oxford,
Lee USA, White Mountain, and others, our drivers will not have to scramble and play catch-up as much if they
fail to qualify for an ACT race; they can drop their worst two events of the season.  There are many scenarios
that could develop, and there is the great potential for a very exciting point battle.  We entertained the idea of
a format similar to this last season, but felt that the timing was better for 2008.  We are confident that our new
schedule and format will be a favorite for both teams and fans.
    The ACT Late Model Tour season kicks off at the high-banked, 3/8-mile Lee USA Speedway on the New
Hampshire seacoast on Sunday, April 20 with a 100-lap event.  Maines Oxford Plains Speedway hosts the first of
its three 150-lap races on April 26, while Barre, VTs Thunder Road will hold the 10th Annual Merchants Bank 150
on May 4.  Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY presents the 34th Annual Spring Green 100 on May 17, followed by
Thunder Roads Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 100 on May 25.
    ACT returns to Waterford Speedbowl in southern Connecticut on Saturday, June 7 for the first time in four
years.  Rocket Roger Brown won in the series debut at the 3/8-mile oval in 2004.  The Tour then travels back to
Oxford Plains Speedway on June 21 before the ¼-mile White Mountain Motorsports Park bullring in North Woodstock,
NH hosts a 150-lap event on June 28.  Kawartha Speedway in Fraserville, Ontario returns for the second straight
season with the Summer Sizzler 200 on a new date, Sunday afternoon, July 13.  The 30th Bond Auto Labor Day Classic
200 is at Thunder Road on Sunday, August 31, before the final Oxford Plains event on Saturday, September 13.  The
season concludes with the 45th Annual Chittenden Milk Bowl on the weekend of September 27/28 at Thunder Road.
    Also new to the American-Canadian Tour schedule for 2008 is the first-ever ACT Showdown at Chaudière a
non-points all-star invitational event for the Top 10 drivers competing on the ACT Late Model Tour and Canadas
Série ACT Castrol, Saturday, September 6.  Autodrome Chaudière in Vallée-Jct., QC will present the Showdown,
paying $5,000 to the winner and a healthy $1,000 for the last-place finisher.  The 35th Annual TD Banknorth 250 on
Sunday, July 20 at Oxford Plains Speedway will again be a non-points open competition event for ACT-type Late
Model cars.
    Jean-Paul Cyr of Milton, VT wrapped up his fifth consecutive and seventh overall ACT Late Model Tour
Championship in 2007, and will reportedly try for an unprecedented sixth-straight in 2008.  Other lead contenders
include veterans Brent Dragon and Randy Potter, young guns Brown, and Joey Pole Polewarczyk, and 2007 ACT runner-
up Scott Payea.
    For more information on the American-Canadian Tour, call (802) 244-6963 or visit www.acttour.com.

    2008 AMERICAN-CANADIAN TOUR SCHEDULE   
#    DAY    DATE    TRACK    LAPS
1    Sun    4/20    Lee USA Speedway    100
2    Sat    4/26    Oxford Plains Speedway    150
3    Sun    5/04    Thunder Road    150
4    Sat    5/17    Airborne Speedway    100
5    Sa/Su    5/24-25    Thunder Road    100
6    Sat    6/07    Waterford Speedbowl    100
7    Sat    6/21    Oxford Plains Speedway    150
8    Sat    6/28    White Mountain Motorsports Park    150
9    Sun    7/13    Kawartha Speedway    200
**    Sun    7/20    Oxford Plains Speedway - TD Banknorth 250    250
10    Sun    8/31    Thunder Road    200
**    Sat    9/06    Autodrome Chaudière - "ACT Showdown at Chaudière"    200
11    Sat    9/13    Oxford Plains Speedway    150
12    Sa/Su    9/27-28    Thunder Road    150
** - Non-ACT Championship events   
(schedule subject to change)   
Driver and Owner Championships/Point Fund based on best 10 events during season

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Contact: Justin St. Louis                                    Phone: (802) 244-
6963
Email: media@acttour.com                                Fax: (802) 244-1616