American-Canadian Tour (ACT) officials have announced that Pete Knights has been named as the new director of competition for the ACT Late Model Tour.

Knights will replace Dean Gallison, who stepped down from the role following the 2017 racing season after 20 years with the organization. Gallison will remain as the director of competition at Vermont’s Thunder Road Int'l Speedbowl.

Knights has been involved in the Northeast racing community for more than 40 years as a crew member and official. He first entered the ACT Late Model scene in the early 1990s working with longtime racer Stacey Cahoon and won the ACT Crew Chief of the Year Award in 2008 as a member of Randy Potter Racing. Since 2013 he had been working as the head technical inspector at White Mountain Motorsports Park in New Hampshire.

“Being asked to join ACT as the Director of Competition is a great honor for me,” Knights said. “I hope to carry on what Dean and his crew have established with keeping cars and crews on a level playing field for the fans to enjoy. I’m looking forward to working with all the drivers and their crews as well as with Cris Michaud and the entire ACT organization.”