Racing: MacDonald Tames New Hampshire Again for 4th Invitational Win

Posted on , updated on by George Commo

Courtesy American Canadian Tour

Loudon, NH – Eddie “The Outlaw” MacDonald took advantage of a well-timed caution to surge to the lead with 15 laps remaining and win the 7th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 26.

The Rowley, MA driver started 20th and was running a distant third to Jimmy Hebert and Joey Polewarczyk Jr. when the caution came out for early leader Jeff Rocco’s spin in turn four on lap 31 of the 50-lap event. But MacDonald came to life on the restart, eventually grabbing the lead from “Joey Pole” and holding on through a final caution to beat the impending darkness and score his fourth Invitational win.

“I was a little worried,” MacDonald said. “I didn’t think that there would be a caution, but Hebert and Pole had almost a straightaway on us, so I knew that if I really pushed it hard I would haven’t anything for them at the end. It was kind of a gamble, and luckily for us it worked out and the caution came out at the right time.”

Wallingford, CT’s Rocco surged to the lead on the start from the outside pole and led the first five laps. Hebert then grabbed the top spot from his 10thstarting position followed shortly thereafter by Pole. The two then drew away from the field on a long green-flag run, as Pole eventually caught Hebert in lapped traffic and was riding on his bumper when Rocco spun.

Pole outgunned Hebert for the lead on the restart, but MacDonald sliced around both to take the lead on lap 36. The field had one more shot at MacDonald on a restart with six laps to go following John Donahue’s spin, but Pole came under attack from rival Wayne Helliwell Jr. for second, allowing MacDonald to drive off into the sunset.

Pole nipped Helliwell by 0.022 seconds at the finish line for second. Patrick Laperle took fourth while Hebert faded to fifth. Woody Pitkat, Jonathan Bouvrette, Tom Carey Jr., Dillon Moltz, and Alex Labbe completed the top-10.

The ACT U.S. Tour and Série ACT travel to Plattsburgh, NY’s Airborne Park Speedway for the 41st Fall Foliage 200 next Saturday, October 3. It will be the season finale for Série ACT with the Tiger Sportsman/Renegade Team Challenge also on the card. Post time is 2:00pm.

For more information contact the ACT offices at 802.244.6963, media@acttour.com, or visit www.acttour.com.

7TH ANNUAL BOND AUTO ACT INVITATIONAL

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

Pos, Start Pos, Driver, Car #, Hometown, Laps

  1. ( 20 ) Eddie MacDonald ( 17MA ) , Rowley, MA , 50 Laps
  2. ( 16 ) Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. ( 97NH ) , Hudson, NH , 50 Laps
  3. ( 21 ) Wayne Helliwell, Jr. ( 27NH ) , Dover, NH , 50 Laps
  4. ( 17 ) Patrick Laperle ( 91QC ) , St-Denis, QC , 50 Laps
  5. ( 10 ) Jimmy Hebert ( 58VT ) , Williamstown, VT , 50 Laps
  6. ( 15 ) Woody Pitkat ( 07MA ) , Sturbridge, MA , 50 Laps
  7. ( 23 ) Jonathan Bouvrette ( 41QC ) , Blainville, QC , 50 Laps
  8. ( 6 ) Tom Carey, Jr. ( 10MA ) , New Salem, MA , 50 Laps
  9. ( 27 ) Dillon Moltz ( 5CT ) , Waterford, CT , 50 Laps
  10. ( 19 ) Alex Labbe ( 48QC ) , St-Albert, QC , 50 Laps
  11. ( 13 ) Brandon Atkins ( 4NY ) , Au Sable Forks, NY , 50 Laps
  12. ( 30 ) Jean-François Déry ( 21QC ) , Quebec, QC , 50 Laps
  13. ( 14 ) Ray Parent ( 17RI ) , Tiverton, RI , 50 Laps
  14. ( 25 ) Nick Sweet ( 40VT ) , Barre, VT , 50 Laps
  15. ( 26 ) Brad Babb ( 15NH ) , Windham, ME , 50 Laps
  16. ( 28 ) Bobby Santos ( 15VT ) , Noblesville, IN , 50 Laps
  17. ( 5 ) Ryan Vanasse ( 11RI ) , Warwick, RI , 50 Laps
  18. ( 3 ) Walt Hammond Jr. ( 98NH ) , Orange, NH , 50 Laps
  19. ( 7 ) Josh Masterson ( 11NY ) , Charlotte, VT , 50 Laps
  20. ( 24 ) Guy Caron ( 8NH ) , Lempster, NH , 50 Laps
  21. ( 11 ) Dave Farrington Jr. ( 23ME ) , Jay, ME , 50 Laps
  22. ( 12 ) Rowland Robinson, Jr. ( 28ME ) , Steuben, ME , 50 Laps
  23. ( 1 ) Todd Davis ( 34NH ) , Claremont, NH , 50 Laps
  24. ( 35 ) Bucky Demers ( 26NH ) , Cornish, NH , 50 Laps
  25. ( 9 ) Larry Gelinas ( 91CT ) , Buxton, ME , 50 Laps
  26. ( 2 ) Jeff Rocco ( 68CT ) , Wallingford, CT , 50 Laps
  27. ( 43 ) Paul Charette ( 14CT ) , Woodstock, CT , 50 Laps
  28. ( 22 ) John Donahue ( 31VT ) , Graniteville, VT , 50 Laps
  29. ( 36 ) Alby Ovitt ( 0NH ) , Somersworth, NH , 49 Laps
  30. ( 38 ) Mike Ziter ( 54VT ) , Barre Town, VT , 49 Laps
  31. ( 37 ) John Lowinski-Loh ( 20MA ) , Milford, MA , 49 Laps
  32. ( 39 ) Rich Dubeau ( 30NH ) , Plainfield, NH , 49 Laps
  33. ( 40 ) Martin Goulet Jr. ( 83QC ) , Marcouche, QC , 49 Laps
  34. ( 31 ) James Linardy ( 77MA ) , Somerville, MA , 49 Laps
  35. ( 8 ) Matt Anderson ( 49NH ) , Franklin, NH , 49 Laps
  36. ( 41 ) Mike Kenison ( 3NH ) , Lancaster, NH , 49 Laps
  37. ( 42 ) Ryan Olsen ( 61NH ) , N. Haverhill, NH , 46 Laps
  38. ( 34 ) Scott MacMichael ( 7NH ) , Newbury, NH , 36 Laps
  39. ( 4 ) Kyle Welch ( 9NH ) , Newport, NH , 27 Laps
  40. ( 29 ) Aaron Fellows ( 29NH ) , Croydon, NH , 24 Laps
  41. ( 18 ) Dany Trepanier ( 19QC ) , St-Edouard, QC , 19 Laps
  42. ( 33 ) Ricky Roberts ( 3VT ) , Washington, VT , 16 Laps
  43. ( 32 ) Jean-Pierre Ouimet ( 07QC ) , Terrebonne, QC , 0 Laps

Lap Leaders: Todd Davis, 0; Jeff Rocco, 1-5; Jimmy Hebert, 6-31; Joey Polewarczyk Jr., 32-35; Eddie MacDonald, 36-50. (4 Lead changes among 5 drivers)

Cautions: 3 (Laps 2, 31, 44)

Time of Race: 39 minutes and 9 seconds

Margin of Victory: 1.363 seconds

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