American-Canadian Tour Ready to Sizzle at Kawartha Speedway

For Immediate Release                                        ACT-070808-1

    FRASERVILLE, ON The American-Canadian Tour Championship Late Model stock car series returns to Ontario
on Sunday for the 5th Annual Summer Sizzler 200 at Fraservilles Kawartha Speedway.  The ACT Late Model Tour made
its debut at the fast 4/10-mile oval last September.  Série ACT Castrol champion Patrick Laperle of Montréal won
the race over St. Thomas, ONs Pete Vanderwyst, American drivers Joey Pole Polewarczyk, current ACT point leader
Scott Payea, and Randy Potter, and defending Kawartha Speedway track champion Larry Jackson of Oakville, ON.
    I love Kawartha, says Laperle.  Its very fast and high-banked, just the way I think a race track
should be at the level we compete at.  Its a very good race track with great racing, Im ready to go back this
weekend and it doesnt hurt that I won there last year.
    Polewarczyk echoed Laperles thoughts.  Kawartha is a great track, its very different from any other
track we run on in the States, he said.  It would be pretty special to win there.
    And as much as ACT drivers like Laperle and Polewarczyk enjoy Kawartha, it seems the tracks regular
weekly competitors enjoy the challenge of defending their home turf.
    Its a big deal to some people up here to have ACT racing at Kawartha, said Jackson, the winner of a
100-lap event at the track last month.  There are so many good teams in ACT, and there are a lot more good weekly
teams at Kawartha this year than weve been used to seeing in the past.  It was a great show last year, and I
think itll be even better this time.  I only finished sixth last year, but Im hoping to win this one.
    The Summer Sizzler 200 is the eighth of 12 events on the 2008 ACT Late Model Tour.  Point leader Payea, of
Milton, VT, leads cross-town rival and seven-time and defending series champion Jean-Paul Cyr by 43 points, 488-
445.  Laperle, with 439 points, leads Vermonts John Donahue (409) and New Hampshires Randy Potter (404) to
complete the top five.
    They will be joined at Kawartha Speedway by Vermonters Brent and Scott Dragon, Maines Glen Luce and Leon
Heckbert, Québecs Donald Theetge and Karl Allard, and Ontario rookies Jonathan Urlin of London and Spencer
MacPherson of Carleton Place.  Other top Ontarians expected include Vanderwyst, Jackson, Kawartha Speedway point
leader Dan McHattie of Cavan, teenager Brandon Watson of Stayner, Linc Brown of Coburn, Bryan Mercer of Port Hope,
and Norm Mayhew of Wooler.  Several drivers from Ottawas Capital City Speedway are also expected.
    Green flag qualifying action for the Summer Sizzler 200 begins at 1:30pm on Sunday, July 13.  Kawartha
Speedway is located on County Road #28 in Fraserville, ON, just ten minutes from the city of Peterborough.  On-
site amenities include a 24-hour slot casino, an award-winning restaurant, fully enclosed, climate-controlled
grandstands with live closed-circuit television coverage of the race, and horse-track harness racing on Saturday. 
For more information, call ACT at (802) 244-6963 or visit www.acttour.com, or call Kawartha Speedway at (705) 939-
6316 or visit www.kawarthaspeedway.com.
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Contact: Justin St. Louis                                    Phone: (802) 244-
6963
Email: media@acttour.com                                    Fax: (802) 244-1616