WATERBURY, Vt. – The American-Canadian Tour is heading south to get an early start on the racing season.

Officials announced Tuesday that a pair of American-Canadian Tour late models events have been scheduled at North Carolina’s Hickory Motor Speedway on April 2-3. The 125-lap events are part of a doubleheader organized by the Pro All Stars Series. The trip will be ACT’s first visit to the historic .363-mile speedway.

On April 2, the ACT Hickory 125 will be run alongside the 2020 PASS Easter Bunny 150, which was pushed back a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Saturday, April 3 features the ACT Easter Bunny 125 and the 2021 Easter Bunny 150. Post time is 5 p.m. each day.

Both the Friday and Saturday events will have separate qualifying, features and purses. The events will not count for points towards the American-Canadian Tour championship.

“We’re getting more excited about this event every day,” ACT managing partner Cris Michaud said. “When Tom Mayberry of PASS invited us to be part of the event, we were immediately intrigued. However, we wanted to make sure there was enough interest from teams before committing. The response we got was incredibly positive and convinced us to say yes.

“Hickory is one of those bucket-list tracks for a series,” Michaud went on. “It’s like the trip to Richmond Raceway two years ago or the first ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway back in 2009. Almost every short track racing fan has heard of Hickory. We’re honored PASS would even consider having us at the event, and we think it’s going to be a great show.”