BARRE, Vt. Following Mondays announcement of a multi-year partnership between Milton CAT and the American-Canadian Tour, officials released Wednesday an increased point fund for the upcoming season.

The Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour will see a 50-percent increase in season ending point fund money to full time participants, with the champion set to earn $20,000.

Not only has the champions share of the point fund doubled, officials have also allocated an additional $10,000 increase that will be dispersed among the top-10 finalists.

Traditionally the ACT point fund has been paid out to the top-15 full-time drivers, but officials are further prepared to pay out any full-time driver and push that 50-percent increase even higher.

More still is the separate Rookie of the Year point fund which pays an additional $1,000 to the Rookie of the Year. All other full-time freshman drivers will also receive a portion of the separate rookie point fund.

This is not the first time that American-Canadian Tour ownership partners Cris Michaud and Pat Malone have increased the point funds for the international touring series. When the two first purchased ACT in 2017, they immediately made a 35-percent increase that has only been eclipsed by Wednesdays announcement.

Pat and I are proud to grow the ACT point fund once again with the help of Milton CAT, said ACT managing partner Cris Michaud. Like us, Milton CAT believes in rewarding our racers after a hard-fought season across the region. Last year we gambled to bring the base purses up to a $5,000 to win, $500 to start format and the racers supported us completely. Now, were taking the next step to increase the point fund and further support those that support the Tour.

Were excited to get things started at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour embarks on a record-breaking season with over $70,000 in season ending awards, all 14 championship events paying at least $5,000 to win, five of those events paying above and beyond the $5,000 benchmark and the special $100,000 Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank in October.