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Over $50,000 to be Awarded at ACT/Thunder Road Banquet of Champions

For Immediate Release                                        ACT-011008-1

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT A total point fund exceeding $50,000 will be awarded to top stock car drivers at
the 2007 American-Canadian Tour/Thunder Road Banquet of Champions on Saturday night at the Sheraton-Burlington
Hotel & Conference Center in South Burlington, VT.  Jean-Paul Cyr of Milton, VT will be feted for winning his
seventh ACT Late Model Tour Championship, while his car owner, Rick Paya, will collect a check for nearly $10,000
in point fund monies.
    The Top 10 drivers from the ACT Late Model Tour, as well as the Top 10 drivers in each of the four racing
divisions at Thunder Road Intl Speedbowl, a ¼-mile high-banked oval track in Barre, VT, will be recognized. 
Thunder Road Late Model King of the Road Track Champion Dave Pembroke of Montpelier, VT will receive a check for
$5,000 for his winning efforts.  Thunder Roads NAPA Tiger Sportsman Champion, Nick Sweet of Barre, VT, will
receive a check for $1,000, while Allen Lumber Street Stock Champion Bobby Therrien of Hinesburg, VT earns a $500
bonus.  Bunker Hodgdon of Hardwick, VT was the Power Shift Online Junkyard Warrior Champion at Thunder Road in
2007.
    Winners will also be announced for the ACT Late Model and NAPA Tiger Sportsman divisions Most Improved
Driver and Sportsmanship awards, as well as the winner of the Ed Carroll Memorial Street Stock Sportsmanship Award
and the first-ever Sportsmanship award in the Warrior class.  Each of the Most Improved Driver and Sportsmanship
award winners were decided by a vote of competitors and race officials.  Winners of the prestigious Don MacTavish
Award, Ken Squier Award, and Dr. G. R. Nielsen Rookie Achievement Award will also be honored.
    The ACT/Thunder Road Banquet of Champions is Saturday, January 12 at the Sheraton-Burlington Hotel &
Conference Center in South Burlington, VT.  The ACT Late Model Tour kicks off its 17th season at Lee USA Speedway
in Lee, NH on Sunday, April 20.  Thunder Roads 49th season opens with the 10th Annual Merchants Bank 150 on
Sunday, May 4.  For information, call (802) 244-6963 or visit www.acttour.com or www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com.
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Contact: Justin St. Louis                                Phone: (802) 244-6963
Phone: media@acttour.com                                Fax: (802) 244-1616


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