by Jay | Jul 6, 2012 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Pelkey, Packard Claim Feature Victories
East Montpelier’s Jay Laquerre took the 50-lap late model feature by storm on his way to his second win of 2012 on Thursday night (July 5) at Thunder Road sponsored by Charter Communications. He was followed by a late-charging “Hurricane” Jamie Fisher, and early leader Ricky Roberts.
Roberts looked to be on his way to victory while leading the first twenty laps of the race, but daring to drive on the high line was Laquerre, who swung high and wide near the top of the track to pass Roberts for the lead and never looked back. He developed a sizable lead over Roberts, who in the closing laps lost second to a fast closing Fisher on the outside groove, but the former champion ran out of laps trying to catch Laquerre. Brett Wheeler and Cody Blake chased the trio to the line in fourth and fifth. Point leader Nick Sweet flexed muscle starting fifteenth and extending his points lead once again with a sixth place finish. Mike Bailey, Cris Michaud, defending champion Dave Pembroke, and Brooks Clark rounded out the top ten.
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by Jay | Jul 6, 2012 | Maine, New England
Brad Keselowski Racing development driver Austin Theriault finished fourth in the 29th annual World Crown 300 at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Ga., on Wednesday, July 4. The finish marked a career-best in a Super Late Model for Theriault, who finished third in the first 150-lap segment and second in the second 100-lap segment en route to the Top-5 finish.
“Coming home in the Top-5 was a great rebound from the last time we were here,” said Theriault, who made his BKR debut in the 2011 World Crown 300 last November. “We got turned on Lap 18 last time. We finally finished a World Crown 300, and finally finished a race here.
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by Jay | Jul 6, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, Thompson
O’Sullivan, Talman, Lowinski-Loh, Jr., Sundeen, Michalski & Cummins Also Victorious
Thompson International Speedway featured Twin 30 lap features for the Sunoco Modifieds on Thursday night. Woody Pitkat of Stafford, CT, made it two in a row in Sunoco Modified action in the night’s Modified the opener. In the second of the twins, Ryan Preece was declared the winner of a controversial feature event that saw Pitkat cross the checkers first. In a more conventional finish, it was Tommy O’Sullivan scoring the victory in the Late Models.
Troy Talman of Oxford, MA wired the field to secure the victory in Sunoco Lite Modified. Scott Sundeen continued his domination of the Limited Sportsman division with a win on Thursday night. John Lowinski-Loh, Jr. made it five consecutive wins in the TIS Modified division. Dave Trudeau of Mansfield, MA, earned top honors in the Mini Stocks. Bill Cummins of Clinton, MA, earned top honors in the Vintage Outlaw Modifieds.
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by Jay | Jul 4, 2012 | ACT, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Allen and Gabaree Win Last Lap Showdowns
In a night full of last lap surprises, Barre sensation Nick Sweet sent up championship fireworks of his own on his way to a hard fought win in Tuesday night’s (July 3) Northfield Savings Bank Holiday event at Thunder Road. Defending Thunder Road Champion Dave Pembroke chased Sweet to the line, and Milton’s Scott Payea was forced to settle for third in the closing laps.
Sweet started from the fifteenth position, and manipulated traffic masterfully on his way to the front of the pack. Sweet had reached second place just past the halfway mark, but Payea had extended a sizable lead searching for his first win of 2012. Sweet mercilessly closed the gap before catching him with 10 laps to go and charging to victory in the outside lane. Pembroke inched by Payea on the last lap to steal second, and Chip Grenier scored his first top five of the season with a fourth place finish. Trampas Demers, a feature winner already this season, came home fifth, three-time champion Phil Scott fought from 14th to sixth, and Brett Wheeler, Cody Blake, Jamie Fisher, and Brent Dragon rounded out the top ten.
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by Jay | Jul 4, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Thompson
The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series feature division, the Sunoco Modifieds, face their biggest challenge of the season this week at the Thompson International Speedway. Twin 30-lap feature events are on the schedule for these extra fast, open wheel race cars.
With valuable points awarded in each of the two feature races, current track points leader, Ryan Preece, will look to extend his eight points advantage over Ted Christopher. Kerry Malone, Shawn Thibeault and John Catania are also in the points hunt as the track approaches the half way mark in this year’s race season.
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