Ford Racing Announces ACT Contingency Program

For Immediate Release -                                      ACT – 060909-23

        Waterbury, VT – With its S347JR engine approved for competition on

the American Canadian Tour (ACT) and its affiliate weekly series tracks,

Ford Racing has announced a contingency program to support the Ford racers in these series.  Racers in the US ACT Late Model Tour, Canadian Serie ACT Castrol Tour, as well as weekly Late Model series at ACT-approved affiliate tracks will be eligible for awards contingent on the use of the

M-6007-S347JR Sealed Racing engine.  The payouts for the series are as follows:

ACT Late Model Tour and Serie ACT-Castrol Tour
        Race winner      $500

        Second              $250

        Third                $100

ACT Affiliate Approved Late Model Weekly Program
        Race Winner      $250

        Second              $125

        Third                $ 75

Racers are required to register for the contingency program at:

http://www.1fordracing.com/fordracing/

Click on "contingency" under Team Ford Racing.

Cris Michaud, who did all the testing on the ACT Ford crate motor said, “This

is great news for our Ford team and any other teams that jump on the Ford

Racing program. We have already started selling off our GM components and

are anxious to get Ford Racing their first win either at Thunder Road or at an

American Canadian Tour event. I need to get into the ACT Invitational

this September at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS)--now that

would be pretty special to win the inaugural event in a Ford.”

Michaud and his Ford team will have their first chance to pick up an

invitation to the NHMS September 19th special 50 mile race at the

CARQUEST Governor’s Cup 150 on Thursday, June 25th at Thunder Road. He

will have to beat NASCAR CUP point leader Tony Stewart and 30 of the best

Late Model drivers in the Northeast to grab the win, but Michaud is a three-

time Thunder Road “King of the Road’, so the odds are in his favor.

Advance discount tickets are now on sale at the ACT office in Waterbury at

802-244-6963, or can be purchased at the opening Thunder Road Thursday

events beginning Thursday, June 11 and Thursday, June 18.

For additional information contact the Thunder Road office at 802.244.6963 or media@acttour.com