The New Brunswick based Atlantic Modified Tour (AMT) will be sticking to its roots in 2021 as a driver owned tour. Launched in 2003 as the Atlantic Open Wheel (AOW) Tour, the series has undergone many changes throughout the course of its history, but one thing which has and will continue to remain constant is the cumulative driver ownership of…
(MIRAMICHI, NB – October 5th, 2020) Yves McCray (Neguac, NB) has added an Atlantic Modified Tour championship to his impressive driving resume after Saturday’s Keswick Kitchen Season Finale at Speedway Miramichi. McCray clinched the 2020 touring title by winning the 35-lap feature, a cap to a wild day of Modified racing at the Miramichi, New Brunswick oval. The Keswick Kitchen…
(FREDERICTON, NB – September 30th, 2020) – The Atlantic Modified Tour will crown their 2020 champion on Saturday afternoon at Speedway Miramichi in Miramichi, New Brunswick. The Keswick Kitchen Season Finale, a part of The Very Best Fall Shootout, will see the title change hands after a 35-lap feature on the North Shore oval. The action-packed day of racing begins at 2pm on Saturday, October 3rd.
(RIVER GLADE, NB – September 21st, 2020) – Chris Wilson (South Esk, NB) raced to his second career Atlantic Modified Tour win at Petty International Raceway on Sunday afternoon with the win in the Krown Rust Control 50. Wilson, who also won the qualifying heat race in the ten car field, led wire to wire in the only extended distance…
(RIVER GLADE, NB – September 18th, 2020) – The Opening Night card of the Seventh Annual Mike Stevens Memorial scheduled for Friday, September 18th at Petty International Raceway has been washed out due to persistent showers in the forecast throughout the day and into the evening on Friday. With several teams traveling from outside of the Province of New Brunswick…
Series Release/Photo by Michelle Roy (FREDERICTON, NB – September 16th, 2020) – The Atlantic Modified Tour returns to Petty International Raceway on Friday, September 18th for their second and final stop at the high banked bullring. The River Glade, New Brunswick oval will play host to the only extended distance race for the Tour in 2020, the Krown Rust Control…
(MIRAMICHI, NB – September 12th, 2020) – Joe Hoyt (Waasis, NB) scored his first official Atlantic Modified Tour win of 2020 on Saturday evening at Speedway Miramichi, taking the win in the Fairley’s Sports Bar 35. It is Hoyt’s first win since last season’s finale at the Douglastown, New Brunswick oval, which clinched the 2019 championship for Hoyt at the…
Fairley’s Sports Bar 35 serves as makeup date for August 29th rain out (FREDERICTON, NB – September 10th, 2020) – The Atlantic Modified Tour is back in action quicker than expected. After two action packed events on SpeedWeekend 2020 at Speedway 660, the rolling thunder will head up to Miramichi for the first time in 2020. The Fairley’s Sports Bar…
(FREDERICTON, NB – September 8th, 2020) – Yves McCray (Neguac, NB) raced to his second SpeedWeekend Sunday win in as many years with his victory in the Krown Rust Control 35 at Speedway 660. McCray, who drove to victory lane in the Labour Day Classic in 2019, started seventh in the 35-lap feature and took what would be the eventual lead from Zean Dutcher (Miramichi, NB) just past the halfway point in the race. The final restart with eight laps to go would see McCray pull away from point leader Logan Power (Riverview, NB) to not only snap Power’s win streak but put McCray into victory lane for the first time in 2020. The win is McCray’s seventh in his Atlantic Modified Tour career.
Photos by Michelle Roy
(FREDERICTON, NB – September 3rd, 2020) – The Atlantic Modified Tour returns to Speedway 660 this Labour Day weekend as a part of SpeedWeekend 2020. The open wheel cars and stars will be participating in two races this weekend – a non point exhibition race on Friday night, the Bryn Enterprises 35, and the third of six Atlantic Modified Tour point races on Sunday afternoon, the Krown Rust Control 35. Over a dozen drivers are expected to compete in the SpeedWeekend Sunday event. Racing begins on Friday evening, September 4th at 8pm while the Sunday, September 6th show is an afternoon one with racing slated for 2pm.