Matt White celebrates in Victory Lane after claiming Late Model feature victory at Barre’s Thunder Road. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, VT – Matt White of Northfield grabbed the lead halfway through the race, then held off a late-race challenge from Eric Badore of Milton to claim the 50-lap Late Model feature on North Country Federal Union Night at Thunder Road.
White overhauled pole-sitter Jason Allen of Barre on lap 25. Allen started on the outside of the front row beside White after the only caution of the event on lap 29, but couldn’t reclaim the lead. Badore, last week’s feature winner, pulled into second place in the closing stages, but couldn’t find the speed or the line to get around White. Trampas Demers of South Burlington caught up to the leaders in the final 10 laps, but had to settle for third place
Allen finished in fourth position in the Late Model main event. Nick Sweet of Barre, Eric Chase of Milton, Cody Blake of Barre, Phil Scott of Middlesex, Scott Dragon of Milton, and John Donahue of Graniteville rounded out the top ten.
Doug Crowningshield of Barre won the opening segment, then finished sixth in the second 18-lap feature to grab his first Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen victory of the season. Crowningshield finished with seven points combined, giving him a 2-point overall advantage over Jason Woodard of Waterbury Center.
Woodard won the second 18-lap segment to grab second place overall. Stephen Donahue of Graniteville, Mike Martin of Craftsbury Common, and Tommy Smith of Williamstown rounded out the top five for the Tiger Sportsmen.
Bunker Hodgdon III of Hardwick took home the checkered flag in the 25-lap Allen Lumber Street Stocks feature. The main event finished under yellow and checkers, as the field had to avoid a wrecked car in the fourth turn on the last lap.
Matthew Smith of Essex Jct. finished third. Jaden Perry of Hardwick, Alan Maynard of Fairfax,
Greg Collette of Milton, Thomas Merchant of Eden Mills, Brandon Lanphear of Morrisville,
Jamie Davis of Wolcott, Richard Gravel of Wolcott, and Tyler Austin of E. Calais completed the top ten finishers in the Street Stocks.
Racing action returns to Thunder Road on Sunday, June 26 for Harvest Equipment Night. This is a special twilight event, with a post time of 5:30 p.m., featuring a full card of action for the Thunder Road Late Models, Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen, and Allen Lumber Street Stocks. Admission is $12 for adults, $3 for kids ages 6-12, and $25 for a family of four (2 adults, 2 kids).
For more information contact the Thunder Road offices at 802-244-6963, [email protected], or visit www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com.
THUNDER ROAD LATE MODELS
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Pos., Driver, Car #, Hometown
- Matt White ( 42vt ) Northfield, VT
- Eric Badore ( 04vt ) Milton, VT
- Trampas Demers ( 85vt ) S. Burlington, VT
- Jason Allen ( 29vt ) Barre, VT
- Nick Sweet ( 88vt ) Barre, VT
- Eric Chase ( 40vt ) Milton, VT
- Cody Blake ( 99vt ) Barre, VT
- Phil Scott ( 14vt ) Middlesex, VT
- Scott Dragon ( 16vt ) Milton, VT
- John Donahue ( 26vt ) Graniteville, VT
- Boomer Morris ( 13vt ) Barre, VT
- Tyler Cahoon ( 38vt ) Danville, VT
- Shawn Fleury ( 31vt ) Middlesex, VT
- Jason Corliss ( 66vt ) Barre, VT
- #Christopher Pelkey ( 64vt ) So. Barre, VT
- #Marcel J. Gravel ( 86vt ) Wolcott, VT
- Darrell Morin ( 17vt ) Westford, VT
- #Richard Lowrey III ( 44vt ) Charlotte, VT
- Scott Coburn ( 72vt ) Barre, VT
- Mike Foster ( 79vt ) Williston, VT
- David Whitcomb ( 25vt ) Essex Jct., VT
- Rick Roberts ( 3vt ) E. Barre, VT
- Kyle Pembroke ( 27vt ) Montpelier, VT
BOND AUTO TIGER SPORTSMEN
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Pos., Driver, Car #, Hometown
- Doug Crowningshield ( 14 ) Barre, VT
- Jason Woodard ( 68 ) Waterbury Ctr., VT
- Stephen Donahue ( 26 ) Graniteville, VT
- Mike Martin ( 01 ) Craftsbury Common, VT
- Thomas Smith ( 50 ) Williamstown, VT
- #Kevin Dodge ( 88 ) Barre, VT
- Cameron Ouellette ( 90 ) Barre, VT
- Mark Barnier ( 0 ) Essex Jct., VT
- Mike Billado ( 8 ) Essex, VT
- Joe Steffen ( 00 ) Grand Isle, VT
- Shawn Powell ( 40 ) Jericho, VT
- Brendan Moodie ( 94 ) Wolcott, VT
- Sid Sweet ( 51 ) Williamstown, VT
- Mike Potter ( 23 )
ALLEN LUMBER STREET STOCKS
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Pos., Driver, Car #, Hometown
- Bunker Hodgdon lll ( 83 ) Hardwick, VT
- Matthew Smith ( 04 ) Essex Jct., VT
- Jaden Perry ( 92 ) Hardwick, VT
- Alan Maynard ( 10 ) Fairfax, VT
- Greg Collette ( 33 ) Milton, VT
- Thomas Merchant ( 38 ) Eden Mills, VT
- #Brandon Lanphear ( 11 ) Morrisville, VT
- Jamie Davis ( 43 ) Wolcott, VT
- Richard Gravel ( 68 ) Wolcott, VT
- Tyler Austin ( 5 ) E. Calais, VT
- Kelly Miller, Jr. ( 0 ) Johnson, VT
- Jamon Perry ( 62 ) Hardwick, VT
- Jennifer Getty ( 25 ) Cambridge, VT
- William Hennequin ( 47 ) Hardwick, VT
- Keith Fortier ( 35 ) Hinesburg, VT
- Michael Gay ( 3 ) So. Burlington, VT
- #Cooper Bouchard ( 7 ) Hinesburg, VT
- Reilly Lanphear ( 21 ) Duxbury, VT
- Gary Mullen ( 29 ) Tunbridge, VT
- Patrick Tibbetts ( 48 ) Barre, VT
- #Kelsea Woodard ( 55 ) Waterbury Ctr., VT
- #Peyton Lanphear ( 22 ) Duxbury, VT
- Garry Bashaw ( 4 ) Lincoln, VT
- Peter Burt, Jr. ( 82 ) Johnson, VT
- #Joshua Poirier ( 15 ) Enosburg Falls, VT