It has been an eventful year for Fort Kent race car driver Austin Theriault. But Theriault said in some ways, it hasn’t been eventful enough. The 20-year-old landed a three-race series in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports, and it didn’t go as well as he had hoped. Theriault finished 15th at Iowa Speedway, 21st at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and, last Saturday night, he wound up 18th at Kentucky Speedway. He also has been in five Pro All-Stars Series Super Late Model North races and won his first ARCA race at Michigan International Speedway. He will probably conclude his season on Saturday afternoon at the Ripley and Fletcher Ford 150 PASS SLM North race at Oxford Plains Speedway. He has four top-five finishes in his five PASS races but will be looking to post his first win of the season. Then he will hit the road seeking sponsors and a ride for next season. He is taking everything in stride. ‘I’m going to stay positive. I know things take time. Hopefully, things are happening for the right reasons,’ he said. ‘I’m not going to dwell on it too much. You look at what happened, you make mental notes and you move forward.’ He said he does want to continue racing and would prefer ‘the bigger [3400-pound] cars with the radial tires.’ That would mean the Nationwide, Camping World Trucks or ARCA series. But he also knows he has to be a realist and take the best opportunity to get seat time, even if it isn’t in one of those divisions.(Bangor Daily News)
