NASCAR Star Daniel Suárez Joins 44th Vermont Governor’s Cup at Thunder Road 

NASCAR Star Daniel Suárez Joins 44th Vermont Governor’s Cup at Thunder Road 

Barre, VT — Officials have announced today that NASCAR Cup Series star Daniel Suárez will be making his debut at Thunder Road as part of the 44th Vermont Governor’s Cup presented by the Vermont Lottery on Thursday, July 13th. While he’ll be taking on the local Maplewood/Irving Late Model stars on July 13th, Suárez will be taking all the notes he can in preparation for his return to Quarry Hill just one week later as part of the bombastic line-up of Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) stars ready to make their world debut at Thunder Road on July 20th. 

Daniel Suárez hails all the way from Monterrey, Mexico and has been competing competitively in the three NASCAR national series since 2015 after multi-year success on the NASCAR Mexico Series circuit. After earning the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship with Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), Suárez made the jump to the NASCAR Cup Series with JGR before driving for Stewart-Haas Racing. In 2021 Suárez joined the new-found Trackhouse Racing team headed by Justin Marks and has been in the 99-ride ever since. 

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Doug Coby Rockets To Second-Place Finish at Thunder Road

Mayhew Tools Driver Also Finishes Sixth at Lee USA Speedway on Memorial Day Weekend

Race Recap by Souza Media

BARRE, Vt. – Doug Coby’s first trip to Thunder Road International Speedbowl ended with a finish on the podium on Sunday afternoon. Coby wheeled the Mayhew Tools No. 10 to a strong second-place run after leading laps in the season opener for the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series.

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Northeast Crate Nationals, Sprint Cars, Crown Vics and More All on Tap for Huge Memorial Day Weekend at ‘The Bowl’

WEST HAVEN, V.T. – Memorial Day Weekend is often labeled the “Unofficial Start to Summer” and since 2021 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, the summer kickoff weekend has included a 100-lap, $5,000 to win contest for the Sunoco Crate Modifieds.

Beginning in 2008 at Albany-Saratoga Speedway, the Northeast Crate Nationals enters its 14th year running in 2023 (the race was not held in 2009 or 2012). Past Winners of the prestigious event include now Big-Block heavyweights Rocky Warner, Demetrios Drellos and Tim Sears, Jr. Niskayuna, N.y. driver Tim Hartman, Jr. has more triumphs than anyone with three, including once in 2019 when the race was moved to Fonda Speedway.

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60th Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 125 Starts King of the Road Championship Hunt 

60th Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 125 Starts King of the Road Championship Hunt 

Barre, VT — Since 1961, following Thunder Road’s popular inaugural season, the Memorial Day Classic has been a staple event on the calendar of many Vermont and New England racing fans. Such bonafide Northeast legends as Jean-Paul Cabana, Joey Kourafas, Ralph Nason, Robbie Crouch and Dave Dion have stood in Memorial Day Classic victory lane. For the 27th-consecutive event, the folks at Mekkelsen RV Sales & Service once again present the season opening showdown for the Maplewood/Irving Late Models to kick-start the annual King of the Road track championship season and the first of three Monument Races, with the winner’s name etched forever in Barre, Vermont granite. 

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Double-Duty Memorial Day Weekend For Doug Coby To Include Stops at Lee USA Speedway, Thunder Road

Round Five of NASCAR Whelen Mod Tour Saturday; Monaco Modified Opener Sunday

Race Advance by Souza Media

MILFORD, Conn. – It’s a double-duty kind of weekend for Mayhew Tools driver Doug Coby. 

The six-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion will compete in the fifth race of the Tour season on Saturday at Lee USA Speedway, set for 175 laps, driving the Tommy Baldwin Racing No. 7NY. On Sunday, the Connecticut native will make a visit to Vermont for his first start at Thunder Road Speedbowl as part of the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series season-opening race with his own No. 10.

Coby and Baldwin enter the Granite State Derby at Lee as the defending winners of the race. With six change tires in the pit area again this year, strategy and tire conservation will both play a major role in deciding if they can make it back-to-back. The Mayhew Tools No. 7NY has already been in Tour Victory Lane this season at Monadnock Speedway on May 6 in round one of the Whelen Granite State Short Track Cup. Saturday’s event at Lee is the second of three in the Cup, with Coby and the Baldwin Racing team currently leading the charge in the points. 

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