Demers Gains Title Ground with Dominating Win on Jet Service-Accura Night
Barre, VT – Shelburne’s Trampas Demers made a big move in the 2019 “King of the Road” title chase by earning his second Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Model win of the year on Thursday, August 22. Demers took the lead from Westford’s Darrell Morin early in the 50-lap feature and held off a late charge from Northfield’s Matt White for the win at Jet Service Envelope/Accura Printing Night.
Demers started the main event fifth after a cold stretch of finish in recent weeks and quickly went to work making up lost ground. The race was slowed early on lap four after Graniteville’s Christopher Pelkey spun and Wolcott’s Marcel J. Gravel got crunched up in the aftermath. On the restart, Demers darted around Phil Scott for third. He then got underneath Brendan Moodie for second following another restart on lap eight for Tyler Cahoon’s spin. A few laps later, Demers went to the outside of Morin, putting a nose up for the lead on lap 16 and clearing him soon thereafter.
White, who was gunning for back-to-back wins, got around Morin for second just before the halfway mark. He then chased down Demers with 15 laps remaining. White looked to the high groove several times in the closing laps, but Demers held him at bay to score the win.
Morin held off Barre’s Boomer Morris for third. Milton’s Scott Dragon finished fifth followed by point leader Jason Corliss of Barre. Kyle Pembroke, Brooks Clark, Moodie, and Cahoon rounded out the top-10.
Unofficially, Corliss retains the Late Model point lead with just one point-counting event remaining for the division. Demers jumped to second overall, 15 points behind Corliss. Dragon unofficially sits in third 17 points out of first.
Hinesburg’s Cooper Bouchard broke out of a season-long sophomore slump with his first win of the year in the 40-lap feature for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers. Bouchard came from eighth on the starting grid and was running second to Chelsea’s Danny Doyle when the caution flew on lap 23 for a multi-car tangle in turn four. Following a lengthy clean-up, plus an aborted restart attempt due to a water leak from another car, Bouchard swiped the lead away on the restart.
Bouchard had to fend off the field one more time after a caution with four laps to go for an incident involving Adam Maynard and Micheal MacAskill. But the youngster was up to the task as Doyle went sliding backwards on the high side.
Barre’s Jason Pelkey finished second while Waterbury Center’s Jason Woodard came from 16th to take third. Kelsea Woodard nipped Doyle at the line for fourth. Brandon Lanphear, Mike Martin, Tyler Austin, Brian Delphia, and Colin Cornell also earned top-10 finishes. Jason Woodard unofficially has retaken the points lead after Stephen Martin spent the night stuck out back in traffic.
Berlin’s Scott Weston held off all challengers to score his first Allen Lumber Street Stock win since 2010. Weston started on the pole in the 25-lap feature and handled early charges from Kyle MacAskill and J.T. Blanchard.
Point leader Jeffrey Martin had sliced his way through the field in the caution-filled event and was on Weston’s bumper with 10 laps to go. However, after Milton’s Eric MacLaughlin flipped on the front stretch the following lap, Martin was forced to pit during the caution with a tire problem.
Northfield’s Cooper French inherited the second spot, but when the fifth caution flew again a lap later after MacAskill and Justin Blakely tangled fighting for third, French suddenly headed for the pits, too. Weston then withstood several attempts by E. Kingston, NH’s Bryan P. Wall – who had been involved in the event’s first caution on lap three – down the stretch for the win.
Wall took second while Graniteville’s Blanchard held off Wolcott’s Jamie Davis for third. Tanner Woodard, Dean Switser Jr., Michael Gay, Tim Hunt, Tommy “Thunder” Smith”, and Gary Mullen completed the top-10.
Berlin Corner’s Justin Lawrence triumphed in the eight-cylinder division of the “Run What U Brung” spectator races. Barre’s Erik Steel was the victor in the four-cylinder class. Lawrence then won a run-off for the overall title after Steel was slow on the start.
Thunder Road has a Labor Day weekend doubleheader coming up on Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1. Saturday night at 6:00pm is Four Cylinder Saturday with 50 laps for the North East Mini Stock Tour plus added-distance features for Thunder Road’s Allen Lumber Street Stocks and Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors. Admission is $10 for adults and $3 for kids ages 6-12.
Sunday, September 1 at 1:30pm is the 41st Annual Coca-Cola Labor Day Classic. The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) is town for 200 laps of green flag racing with $3,500 to the winner. The afternoon also includes the inaugural Road Warrior Challenge along with the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers. Admission is $25 for adults and free for kids ages 12 and under.
For more information, contact the Thunder Road offices at (802) 244-6963, [email protected], or visit www.thunderroadvt.com.
JET SERVICE ENVELOPE/ACCURA PRINTING NIGHT
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
MAPLEWOOD/IRVING OIL LATE MODELS
Pos., Driver, Car #, Hometown
1. Trampas Demers ( 85VT ) Shelburne, VT
2. Matt White ( 42VT ) Northfield, VT
3. Darrell Morin ( 17VT ) Westford, VT
4. Boomer Morris ( 13VT ) Barre, VT
5. Scott Dragon ( 16VT ) Milton, VT
6. Jason Corliss ( 66VT ) Barre, VT
7. Kyle Pembroke ( 27VT ) Montpelier, VT
8. Brooks Clark ( 68VT ) Waitsfield, VT
9. Brendan Moodie ( 94VT ) Wolcott, VT
10. Tyler Cahoon ( 38VT ) Danville, VT
11. Cody Blake ( 99VT ) Barre, VT
12. Chris Roberts ( 3VT ) Washington, VT
13. Eric Chase ( 40VT ) Milton, VT
14. Trevor Lyman ( 25VT ) Hinesburg, VT
15. Christopher Pelkey ( 64VT ) Graniteville, VT
16. Phil Scott ( 14VT ) Middlesex, VT
17. Marcel J. Gravel ( 86VT ) Wolcott, VT
LENNY’S SHOE & APPAREL FLYING TIGERS
Pos., Driver, Car #, Hometown
1. Cooper Bouchard ( 7VT ) Hinesburg, VT
2. Jason Pelkey ( 64VT ) Barre, VT
3. Jason Woodard ( 68VT ) Waterbury Ctr., VT
4. Kelsea Woodard ( 55VT ) Waterbury Ctr., VT
5. Danny Doyle ( 51VT ) Chelsea, VT
6. Brandon Lanphear ( 11VT ) Morrisville, VT
7. Michael Martin ( 01VT ) Craftsbury Common, VT
8. Tyler Austin ( 5VT ) East Calias, VT
9. Brian Delphia ( 25VT ) Duxbury, VT
10. Colin Cornell ( 54VT ) E. Burke, VT
11. Matthew Potter ( 23VT ) Marshfield, VT
12. Eric Messier ( 3VT ) Hinesburg, VT
13. #Logan Powers ( 31VT ) Middlesex, VT
14. Robert Gordon ( 20VT ) Milton, VT
15. Mike Billado ( 8VT ) Grand Isle, VT
16. #Stephen Martin ( 9VT ) Craftsbury Common, VT
17. Sam Caron ( 07VT ) Milton, VT
18. Chris Chambers ( 14VT ) Brookfield, VT
19. Micheal MacAskill ( 33VT ) Williamstown, VT
20. Adam Maynard ( 57VT ) Milton, VT
21. Joe Steffen ( 00VT ) Grand Isle, VT
22. Brett Wood ( 29VT ) Georgia, VT
23. Sid Sweet Jr. ( 93VT ) Williamstown, VT
24. Shawn Fleury ( 31ME ) Middlesex, VT
25. Bunker Hodgdon ( 83VT ) Wolcott, VT
26. Jeff Murray ( 35VT ) Georgia, VT
DNS Michael Potter ( 23NH ) Plainfield, VT
ALLEN LUMBER STREET STOCKS
Pos., Driver, Car #, Hometown
1. Scott Weston ( 04 ) Berlin, VT
2. Bryan P. Wall ( 77 ) E. Kingston, NH
3. J.T. Blanchard ( 66 ) Graniteville, VT
4. Jamie Davis ( 43 ) Wolcott, VT
5. #Tanner Woodard ( 68 ) Waterbury Ctr., VT
6. Dean Switser Jr. ( 16 ) Lyndonville, VT
7. Michael Gay ( 3 ) So. Burlington, VT
8. Tim Hunt ( 93 ) Derby, VT
9. Thomas Smith ( 22 ) Williamstown, VT
10. Gary Mullen ( 29 ) Tunbridge, VT
11. #Keegan Lamson ( 55 ) Berlin, VT
12. Tyler Pepin ( 8 ) Barre, VT
13. Justin Blakely ( 17 ) Barre, VT
14. #Kyle MacAskill ( 7 ) Williamstown, VT
15. Hunter King ( 64 ) Woodbury, VT
16. #Cooper French ( 4 ) Northfield, VT
17. Juan Marshall ( 79 ) Pittsfield, VT
18. Eric MacLaughlin ( 6 ) Milton, VT
19. Kasey Collins ( 98 ) Berlin, VT
20. Tyler Pepin ( 78 ) Barre, VT
21. Kasey Beattie ( 45 ) St. Johnsbury, VT
22. #Derek Farnham ( 5 ) S. Royalton, VT
23. Brodie Frazier ( 71 ) E. Montpelier, VT
