Sweet Defends Home Turf in Bond Labor Day Classic

Sweet Defends Home Turf in Bond Labor Day Classic

Barre, VT – Barre’s own Nick Sweet will defend his home turf at Thunder Road International Speedbowl against the ACT Late Model Tour stars in this Sunday’s (September 5) 32nd running of the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200. The recently crowned 2010 “King of the Road” will battle with the likes of current ACT Tour point leader Brian Hoar, Brent Dragon, John Donahue, who has won the last three Thunder Road Late Model features, and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. among others.

As the hometown favorite, Sweet has had one of the most outstanding seasons at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement” in recent memory. He has already captured two big wins this season with the Thunder Road season opening ACT Tour Merchants Bank 150 in May and the Carquest Governor’s Cup 100 in June. In the 15 events held at Thunder Road this season Sweet has yet to finish outside the top ten. It is this consistency that helped him claim the 2010 Thunder Road Late Model Championship by just six points last Thursday (August 26).
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Rowe Keeps Title Hopes Alive With Top-5 Finishes

Rowe Keeps Title Hopes Alive With Top-5 Finishes

FALMOUTH, Maine — Ben Rowe sits just a handful of points out of the PASS North Series championship lead as the tour barrels down the homestretch.

Rowe, of Turner, Maine, posted back-to-back Top-5 finishes at Seekonk Speedway in Seekonk, Mass., and Spud Speedway in Caribou, Maine to position himself just 13 points out of the PASS North Series lead with two races remaining.
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NASCAR Veteran Benson Returning to Challenge for the 10th Annual Auto Value 250

NASCAR Veteran Benson Returning to Challenge for the 10th Annual Auto Value 250

Fredericton, NB – Last year’s Auto Value 250 at Speedway 660 Speedway attracted one of the best fields of pro stock cars ever seen in the region. This year’s field has already broken that standard and today veteran NASCAR driver Johnny Benson has thrown his hat into the ring for the 2010 Auto Value 250. The 2008 Craftsman Truck Series Champion and former Nextel/Winston Cup regular announced that he has teamed with Martins Home Heating and Sommerville Racing to make the trek north to Fredericton, NB for the Labour Day event.

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