{"id":22742,"date":"2018-02-10T14:10:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T19:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=22742"},"modified":"2018-02-10T12:11:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T17:11:34","slug":"becker-files-first-entry-for-myers-container-service-triple-crown-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2018\/02\/becker-files-first-entry-for-myers-container-service-triple-crown-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Becker Files First Entry for Myers Container Service Triple Crown Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Thunder-Road-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Thunder-Road-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Thunder-Road-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Thunder-Road.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>Becker Files First Entry for Myers Container Service Triple Crown Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Barre, Vt. \u2013 After four years largely spent on the sidelines, Jeffersonville veteran Joey Becker is returning to competition at Thunder Road. The former Memorial Day Classic Champion has filed the first official entry for the Myers Container Service Triple Crown and will strap into the driver\u2019s seat once again for the three-race series that will open as a part of a special Friday night event on Friday, June 8.<\/p>\n<p> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Becker is a multi-time winner in both the Flying Tigers and the Maplewood\/Irving Late Models. However, he has not raced in a Thunder Road weekly event since 2014, when he retired from the seat of the #16VT Richard Green Racing Late Model. He spent more than a decade with the Richard Green team as a driver; since then, he has remained with the organization as a crew member and mechanic, helping replacement Scott Dragon win the 2016 \u201cKing of the Road\u201d title.<\/p>\n<p>But for three nights this summer, Becker will return to the division where he was one of the top drivers for many years. He will pilot the #05 Waste Oil Heating Systems of VT Chevrolet owned and prepared by 2008 Flying Tiger Champion Craig Bushey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really wasn\u2019t planning on this at all,\u201d Becker said of his comeback. \u201cCraig had put a bug in my ear for a while, and I didn\u2019t really take it too seriously. But then he got after me pretty hard, and I said, \u2018I\u2019ve got Scott\u2019s Late Model to deal with, and I really don\u2019t have time.\u2019 Craig said, \u2018you just need to be the driver. I\u2019ll take care of everything else.\u2019 I was like, \u2018that\u2019ll work for me!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve kind of been itching a little bit to come back,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019ve run a couple Enduros, but this three-race schedule is just about right for me. I\u2019m definitely looking forward to getting back in a Tiger car, and especially mixing it up with Dwayne Lanphear. Why let him have all the fun?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Myers Container Service Triple Crown Series will feature three 75-lap events with the first event scheduled for Capital City Auto Mart Night on Friday, June 8. Events two and three will be held on Thursday, July 12 and Thursday, August 9. A separate point fund has been posted for the top Triple Crown finishers. The events will also award points towards the 2018 Lenny\u2019s Shoe &#038; Apparel Flying Tiger championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Becker Files First Entry for Myers Container Service Triple Crown Series Barre, Vt. \u2013 After four years largely spent on the sidelines, Jeffersonville veteran Joey Becker is returning to competition at Thunder Road. 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