2016 ACT Schedule Revised; Quebec Date Disappears Due to Exchange Rate January 6, 2016 Regional The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) announced today (Jan. 5/16) that the 2016 doubleheader schedule for the two series has been revised. Due to the continuing decline of the Canadian-U.S. exchange rate, the doubleheader event at Quebec’s Autodrome Montmagny originally scheduled for Saturday, July 23 has been cancelled. “Historically, combination races have featured a U.S. funds purse for all competitors, and with the elevated exchange rate expected to go even higher, the costs for both fans and promoters would be unreasonable,” ACT President Tom Curley and PASS President Tom Mayberry said in a joint statement. “We certainly appreciate all the support and enthusiasm the teams and fans from Quebec have had for the combination events in the past, and we hope that we can get them back on the schedule in 2017.” The two series will now host a doubleheader at N. Woodstock, NH’s White Mountain Motorsports Park (WMMP) on Saturday, August 20. As part of the new agreement, WMMP and Speedway 51 have switched dates on the ACT schedule; the ACT White Mountain 150 moves to August 20 while Speedway 51’s Generation Next 151 will now be held on June 18. WMMP will become the fifth different track to host an ACT/PASS doubleheader event. “White Mountain is a favorite track to visit for both teams and fans,” Mayberry said. “It also sits right in the middle of the marketing areas for both ACT and PASS. I think it should be a great event for both series’ competitors and fans.” ACT will open the 2016 season with the traditional New Hampshire Governor’s Cup at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH on Sunday, April 10. PASS will be joined by ACT to open their season the following Sunday, April 17 at Maine’s Oxford Plains Speedway for the first of four doubleheaders between the two organizations. In addition to the newly scheduled doubleheader at WMMP, two other twin bills will take place during the 2016 season featuring the two largest touring series in the Northeast. PASS will return to Barre, VT’s Thunder Road for a 150-lap event during the 54th Annual Mekkelsen Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 29 along with a 100-lap feature for Thunder Road’s ACT-type Late Models. The final doubleheader will be at Scarborough, ME’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on September 17 and 18 during the PASS New England 500 weekend, with ACT running the 42nd Fall Foliage 200 as part of the program. 2016 ACT Late Model Tour Schedule – as of Jan 5/16 showing date, track, location Apr 9-10, Lee USA Speedway, Lee, NH Apr 17, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME Apr 30-May 1, Thunder Road, Barre, VT May 14, Airborne Park Speedway, Plattsburgh, NY May 21, New London-Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT June 04, Devil’s Bowl Speedway, Fair Haven, VT June 18, Speedway 51, Groveton, NH July 16, Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, MA Aug 06, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Aug 20, White Mountain Motorsports Park, N. Woodstock, NH Sept 17-18, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Oct 15, Thompson Speedway, Thompson, CT Schedule Subject to Change THE FOLLOWING WAS PUBLISHED DEC. 26/15 – REVISED JAN 5/16 The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) has announced the release of the 2016 ACT Late Model Tour schedule. The 13-event series will see the Tour visit 12 different tracks in six U.S. states and the province of Quebec as they pursue the $10,000-to-win ACT Championship. The season will once again kick off with the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday, April 10 and crown the 2016 champion at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway on Saturday, October 15. Other traditional early-season events which have returned include the 18th Merchants Bank 150 at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road on May 1, the Spring Green 116 at Plattsburgh, NY’s Airborne Park Speedway on May 14, and a 100-lap event at Fair Haven, VT’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway on June 4. The 2016 schedule will again feature three ACT/Pro All Stars Series (PASS) doubleheaders. The two series open the Oxford Plains Speedway racing season on Sunday, April 17. ACT and PASS then travel to Quebec’s Autodrome Montmagny on Saturday, July 23. The 150-lap event is the ACT U.S. Tour’s first visit to the speedway since 1999 and is a combination event with Série ACT. The third ACT/PASS doubleheader is set for Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18 at Scarborough, ME’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. The ACT portion will mark the return of the Fall Foliage 200 to Beech Ridge, which previously hosted the event from 1987 to 1989. Beech Ridge will be the only track to host two ACT Tour events in 2016, with the Fall Foliage 200 being held in addition to their traditional early-August date. Autodrome Montmagny is one of three tracks the ACT Tour will return to in 2016 after a long hiatus. The Tour visits Connecticut’s New London-Waterford Speedbowl on May 21 and Massachusetts’ Seekonk Speedway on July 16 for the first times since 2010 and 2007, respectively, as part of the Southern New England Tripleheader. The three-race, three-track series concludes in the ACT season finale at Thompson as part of the World Series of Speedway Racing. Annual summer visits to N. Woodstock, NH’s White Mountain Motorsports Park and Groveton, NH’s Speedway 51 round out the schedule. 2016 ACT Late Model Tour Schedule (as of Dec 26/15) showing date, track, location Apr 9-10, Lee USA Speedway, Lee, NH Apr 17, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME Apr 30-May 1, Thunder Road, Barre, VT May 14, Airborne Park Speedway, Plattsburgh, NY May 21, NLW Speedbowl, Waterford, CT June 04, Devil’s Bowl Speedway, West Haven, VT June 18, White Mountain, N. Woodstock, NH July 16, Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, MA July 23, Autodrome Montmagny, Montmagny, QC Aug 06, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Aug 20, Speedway 51, Groveton, NH Sept 17-18, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Oct 15, Thompson Speedway, Thompson, CT Schedule Subject to Change
