Touring Series News
Brent Dragon: ACT Invitational Race Preview
Sylvania 300 weekend coverage presented by New England Dirt Track Championships and Subway of VT/NH
(From team press release)
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., joins the ACT Late Model Tour and selected teams from the northeast and Canada for the 2nd annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Saturday, September 18. Dragon has been chosen to compete in the event, finishing 19th in the inaugural running last September. The race is part of a tripleheader at New Hampshire on the undercard of the Sylvania 300 -- the first race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup -- which includes both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Whelen Modified Tour on Saturday. Dragon is third in the current ACT Late Model Tour standings, with three Top-5 and nine Top-10 finishes in 12 races. He's run more races than anybody in the history of ACT with five runner-up finishes in the championship standings.
WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
TEAM: No. 55 Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/Charlesbois Freightliner/Newton Pellets Chevrolet
BEST CAREER ACT INVITATIONAL FINISH: 19th (September 2009)
LAST RACE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 19th (September 2009)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour 2nd annual ACT Inviatational
WHERE: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H. (1.058-mile oval)
WHEN: 5:45 p.m., Saturday, September 18
ACT Late Model Tour
LAST RACE: Sunday, September 12, Mohawk Casino Fall Foliage 300, Airborne Speedway, Plattsburgh, N.Y. (8th-place finish)
NEXT RACE: October 2-3, Milk Bowl, Thunder Road Int'l Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.250-mile oval)
POINTS POSITION: 3rd
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YOU MUST BE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMPETING IN THE 2ND ACT INVITATIONAL.
I'm excited. I'm really looking forward to going back. It's our Super Bowl for the year, in front of a big crowd on that track.
It helps our sport on the whole when we go there. It's a positive thing all the way around.
WHY WILL THIS YEAR'S INVITATIONAL BE DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR'S INAUGURAL RUNNING?
We have a much better starting place (with the car) than we did a year ago. We had no idea what we needed for springs or any of that. Just to have that -- I think you're going to see cars get a lot better this year.
I think it's going to be great going back, and I think it will make for a great race over there.
