{"id":28158,"date":"2021-06-22T16:38:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T20:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=28158"},"modified":"2021-06-22T16:38:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T20:38:06","slug":"street-stocks-in-spotlight-again-at-ccv-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2021\/06\/street-stocks-in-spotlight-again-at-ccv-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Stocks in Spotlight Again at CCV Night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Street Stocks in Spotlight Again at CCV Night<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barre, VT <\/em>\u2014 Thunder Road holds its first official race of summer this Thursday, June 24 with Community College of Vermont (CCV) Night live on FloRacing. The full card of championship stock car racing sees the RK Miles Street Stocks take center stage for the second straight week with a pair of 4-cylinder races that are sure to be memorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Street Stocks begin the program with qualifying and their 25-lap CCV feature. Point leader Tommy \u201cThunder\u201d Smith, Kaiden \u201cTropical Storm\u201d Fisher, Josh Lovely, Kyler Davis, Jamie Davis, Kyle MacAskill, and other standouts will get after it in pursuit of the 2021 track championship. Drivers who had a rough double-feature night last week, such as former Street Stock champion Jeffrey Martin and multi-time winner Patrick Tibbetts, will try to start their turnaround.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later in the night, the division\u2019s up-and-comers take center stage in the seventh annual Marvin Johnson Memorial First-Time Winner\u2019s Race. The 19-lap event is for Street Stock drivers who have not won a Thunder Road feature or are not a previous Memorial winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Marvin Johnson Memorial has been held every year since 2015 in honor of the late Marvin Johnson, a well-liked underdog racer and professional pharmacist. Johnson never won a feature in his long career, but he loved racing and would do whatever it took to get to the track. His spirit was rewarded posthumously with the 2014 Ed Carroll Memorial Sportsmanship Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Johnson\u2019s passing, Thunder Road created the First Time Winner\u2019s Race in his honor, with the 19-lap distance inspired by one of his former car numbers. It is a chance for rising young racers such as Luke Peters, Trevor Jaques, Haidyn Pearce, Thomas Peck, and Jared Rouleau to strut their stuff. When the checkered flag falls, one of them will be a first-time winner in Marvin Johnson\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three other divisions are on the schedule with plenty of drama and stories to be told in each. In the Maplewood\/Irving Oil Late Models, Barre\u2019s Jason Corliss continues to stand atop the mountain. The two-time defending \u201cKing of the Road\u201d charged from the 17th<\/sup> starting position last Thursday to win his 22nd<\/sup> career Thunder Road Late Model event. That moved him into a tie with Nick Sweet for second all-time. It also gave him a 29-point lead in the standings after three point-counting events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, there is a long way to go before the 2021 championship is decided. Graniteville\u2019s Christopher Pelkey, Shelburne\u2019s Trampas Demers, and Northfield\u2019s Matt White are among those who have shown great speed this year. Graniteville\u2019s Stephen Donahue, Wolcott\u2019s Brendan Moodie, and Milton\u2019s Scott Dragon have also been fast. There are 11 chapters left to write for this year\u2019s title tale, and fans will be on the edge of their seats seating what plot twists are in store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lenny\u2019s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers are their usual hyper-competitive selves. After four point-counting events, Barre\u2019s Cameron Ouellette is the leader of the pack. The five-time winner is the only driver to finish in the top-10 of every feature so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That consistency has him ahead of a trio of teammates. East Kingston, NH\u2019s Bryan Wall Jr., Waterbury Center\u2019s Jason Woodard, and his daughter Kelsea Woodard sit second through fourth in points. Youngsters like Stephen Martin, Colin Cornell, Logan Powers, and Jason Pelkey are within striking distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors round out the program. Last week\u2019s feature came down to the final corner with Nate \u201cTater\u201d Brien nipped \u201cFlyin\u2019\u201d Fred Fleury for the victory. They\u2019ll aim for an encore this week as Josh Vilbrin, Clay Badger, Neal Foster, and Jason Kirby stand in their way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thunder Road welcomes the summer this Thursday, June 24 at Community College of Vermont Night. The Maplewood\/Irving Oil Late Models, Lenny\u2019s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, RK Miles Street Stocks, and Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors all have a full card of championship racing. The program also features the Marvin Johnson Memorial First-Time Winner\u2019s Race for the Street Stocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admission is $15 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-12, and $30 for a family of four (2 adults, 2 kids). Advance tickets are available at www.happsnow.com\/event\/Thunder-Road-Speedbowl<\/a>. All Thunder Road events are also live-streamed on FloRacing for those with a monthly or yearly subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, contact the Thunder Road offices at (802) 244-6963, media@thunderroadvt.com<\/a>, or visit www.thunderroadvt.com<\/a>. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter at @ThunderRoadVT. For more information about FloRacing, visit www.FloRacing.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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