Racer Cyr to Pull Memorial Day Double-Duty at Home
Milton, VT driver will race ACT, Modified events at Thunder Road

For Immediate Release                                        ACT-052208-1

    BARRE, VT Champion stock car driver Jean-Paul Cyr of Milton, VT will attempt his second double-duty
effort of the 2008 racing season at his home track, Barre, VTs Thunder Road, with this weekends 46th Annual
Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic on Sat./Sun., May 24/25.  Cyr will assume his regular duties behind the wheel of
the #32 RPM Racing Engines Chevrolet in the 100-lap American-Canadian Tour Late Model event on Sunday afternoon,
and will then strap into the #25 Roscoe Racing car owned by Gary Casella for the True Value Modified Racing Series
100.
    Cyr did the double at New Hampshires Lee USA Speedway in April, but was involved in an early crash in the
ACT Late Model Tour event, finishing 28th.  He later battled power steering problems in the Modified race, but
managed to finish a respectable 12th.
    I think things should go a little better at Thunder Road, said the seven-time and defending ACT
Champion.  Our ACT car is running well, and the problem with the Modified has been solved.  I want to run up
front in both races, and it would be great to win one or even both.
    Cyr, 42, snapped an 18-race ACT winless streak in last weekends Furniture World of VT Spring Green 100 at
Airborne Speedway, and closely trails co-point leaders Scott Payea and Patrick Laperle in the championship
standings.  He said that focusing on the ACT event is his main priority, but that he also wants to enjoy his
experience at the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic.
    I know Ill sleep pretty well on Sunday night after all those laps, he joked, but I look at a guy like
Joey Laquerre and respect the double effort.  Hes a few years older than I am (Laquerre is 64), but he races in
two divisions every week at Thunder Road and is still winning.  Id like to try to pull that off this weekend.
    Cyr will be challenged in the ACT event by cross-town Milton, VT rival Payea, Montréal driver Laperle, New
Hampshires Randy Potter, and three-time Thunder Road Track Champion Cris Michaud of Northfield, VT.  Cyrs
competition in the True Value Modified portion of the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic will come from past series
champions Kirk Alexander of Swanzey, NH and Dwight Jarvis of Ascutney, VT, Massachusetts star Vinnie Who?
Annarummo, Connecticuts Les Hinckley, and point leader David Pinkham of Maine.
    General admission for the 46th Annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic is just $20 for adults, $5 for
children (6-12), and only $40 for the Family Fare for any two adults and two children.  ACT Late Model Tour and
True Value Modified Racing Series practice will begin at 1:00pm on Sat., May 24, followed by qualifying for
Thunder Roads NAPA Tiger Sportsman, Allen Lumber Street Stock, and Power Shift Warrior divisions at 3:30pm.  ACT
and TVMRS racing begins at 1:30pm on Sun., May 25.  Spectator gates open at 12:00 noon on Saturday and 10:00am on
Sunday.  For more 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
Email: media@acttour.com                                    Fax: (802) 244-1616