{"id":21920,"date":"2017-07-19T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=21920"},"modified":"2017-07-19T09:00:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T13:00:02","slug":"tiger-triple-crown-return-of-warriors-highlight-fairpoint-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2017\/07\/tiger-triple-crown-return-of-warriors-highlight-fairpoint-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Triple Crown, Return of Warriors Highlight FairPoint Night"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers are set for round two of the Myers Container Service Triple Crown Series this Thursday, July 20 as part of FairPoint Communications Night. (Alan Ward photo)<\/p><\/div>\n

Barre, Vt.<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Thunder Road enters the heart of its midsummer schedule this\u00a0Thursday, July 20<\/span>\u00a0with FairPoint Communications Night. As the season nears its halfway point, many teams will be jockeying for championship position in what is shaping up to be an action-packed evening of racing.<\/p>\n

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Round two of the Myers Container Service Triple Crown Series for the Lenny\u2019s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers will highlight the full card of racing. The extended distance feature will award both Triple Crown and Thunder Road weekly points, putting a premium on a good performance for all contenders.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou have a different mindset in these longer races,\u201d Triple Crown Series point leader Jason Woodard said. \u201c75 or 100 laps allow you to give that extra two to three lifts if you have to \u2013 you don\u2019t have to just go charging to the front as soon as the green flag drops. Obviously you have to make your way forward, but you don\u2019t have to use everything up at the beginning of the race to do it. It\u2019s more a mindset of being there at the end. I\u2019ve got the car to do it, so we have some luck, I think we\u2019ll be there again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Woodard was the winner of the Triple Crown opener on June 22, while Wolcott\u2019s Brendan Moodie tops the weekly Flying Tiger standings on the strength of seven top-five finishes in eight events. Morrisville\u2019s Dwayne Lanphear sits second in weekly points and is tied for sixth in the Triple Crown Series, while Hardwick\u2019s Jaden Perry, Craftsbury Common\u2019s Mike Martin, and Grand Isle\u2019s Joe Steffen are also in the hunt for one or both titles. Trevor Lyman, Jamon Perry, and Jason Pelkey have all won races in 2017 and could add another trophy to their collection.<\/p>\n

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Fairpoint Night also marks the much-anticipated return of the Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors to the Barre high banks. The entry-level division, which previously competed from 2003 to 2011 as the Junkyard Warriors, will make their season debut as part of a six-race schedule. A number of drivers have already registered for the division with the potential for more\u00a0on Thursday<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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The Thunder Road Late Models and Allen Lumber Street Stocks will be in action as well. In the Late Models, Hinesburg\u2019s Bobby Therrien holds a 14-point edge over Vermont Governor\u2019s Cup winner Trampas Demers of South Burlington. Milton\u2019s Eric Chase and Scott Dragon along with Barre\u2019s Jason Corliss are within striking distance while Westford\u2019s Darrell Morin has come on strong in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

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The Street Stock title chase remains hotly contested as five drivers sit within 11 points of the top spot. 2015 Champion Jamie Davis of Wolcott has a one-point advantage over Fairfax\u2019s Alan Maynard with Hardwick\u2019s Will Hennequin, Morrisville\u2019s Brandon Lanphear, and Duxbury\u2019s Reilly Lanphear completing the top-five.<\/p>\n

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The jam-packed Fairpoint Communications Night program goes to post at\u00a07:00pm<\/span>\u00a0on Thursday, July 20. The evening will also feature a send-off ceremony recognizing United States Women\u2019s National Ice Hockey team member Amanda Pelkey as the Montpelier native begins preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympics. The pits open at\u00a03:30pm<\/span>\u00a0and the front gates open at\u00a05:15pm<\/span>. Admission is just $12 for adults, $3 for kids ages 6-12, and $25 for a family of four (2 adults, 2 kids).<\/p>\n

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For more information, contact the Thunder Road offices at\u00a0(802) 244-6963<\/a>,\u00a0media@thunderroadvt.com<\/a>, or visitwww.thunderroadvt.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Barre, Vt.\u00a0\u2013 Thunder Road enters the heart of its midsummer schedule this\u00a0Thursday, July 20\u00a0with FairPoint Communications Night. As the season nears its halfway point, many teams will be jockeying for championship position in what is shaping up to be an action-packed evening of racing.   Round two of the Myers Container Service Triple Crown Series […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thunder-road","category-vermont"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21921,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21920\/revisions\/21921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}