BRADFORD, VT – With crowns on the line, championship night sponsored by 99ROCK and Lucky’s Trailer Sales offered plenty of racing excitement for the packed house Saturday September 20, 2014 at the Ridge.
WEST HAVEN, VT – Vermont’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway can lay claim to the most diverse schedule of stock car racing events in the Northeast in 2014, as details for the first-ever “Battle at the Bowl” dirt series have been announced. The three-race run begins on Friday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m.
Originally planned to be a temporary clay surface laid on top of the existing half-mile asphalt oval, the dirt track will now be a permanent one-third-mile clay oval built in the infield. The first and second turns will have as much as 10 degrees of banking, while the third and fourth corners have between four and seven degrees of banking. Corners will be 50-60 feet wide, with straightaways at 60-80 feet wide.
BRADFORD, VT – While Race Against Cancer night was shortened to features only due to rain on Saturday September 6, 2014 sponsored by Mekkelsen RV, there was still plenty edge of your seat racing for the fans who stood up to mother nature and waited out the rains for the show.
BRADFORD, VT – Topless night offered plenty of hot action on Saturday August 30, 2014 sponsored by Dead River Co, as the Sportsman Modifieds an Sprint Cars of New England bared it all without roofs and wings.
BRADFORD, VT – With the rain looming the Bradford Bull Dogs Benefit night sponsored by Swenson Insurance Saturday August 16, 2014 made it in the record books suffering only one delay due to the weather.
The second spoiler of the year in the DIRTcar Bond Auto Sportsman Modifieds happened Saturday night when Bob Shepard found himself with 5 to go leading the pack to the checkers. Shepard celebrating his 63rd birthday this week couldn’t think of a better birthday present to give himself. Unfortunately for Shepard another shoe having suffered a two year dry run was on a mission and ready to take away the gold from anyone in his way. A rain delay on lap 19 changed the condition of the track, and Shepard while able to hold on to the lead for most of the event, found Sunn on lap 37 flying by on the outside. Sunn would lead the remaining three circuits and claim the checkers with Shepard holding on for second. Finishing in third was Richie Simmons with his best finish of the season. Completing the top five were Kevin Chaffee and Chris Donnelly.
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Photos (all credit Alan Ward)
Rich Tops Held Over SCoNE Triple Crown Feature
BRADFORD, VT – A jammed pit area saw a total of 117 race teams from five states competing on the seven-division card for the fourth annual New England Dirt Track Championships. Mother Nature tried it’s best to put a damper on the night with a persistent on and off drizzle delaying the start of the night by over two hours, but once the racing started it was hot and heavy for the regular 99ROCK weekly Racing Series divisions along with the USAC Dirt Midgets and the Sprint Cars of New England. The only event not completed was the Kids Bike Giveaways, as about 75 bikes were slated to be given away, this will now occur this week.
The final race of the Sprint Cars of New England (SCoNE) Triple Crown Series, held over from a rainout earlier in the year, kicked off the night on the ultra fast and smooth track with Tyler Rich of Lyme, NH coming to the front from his sixth starting position. Rich took the lead from Troy Comeau and went on to take a convincing win. Perennial front runner Chris Donnelly was second with Rick Martel, Troy Comeau and Clay Dow completing the top five. With the win Rich was named the Triple Crown Champion over Chris Donnelly. The feature saw both Lacey Hanson and Dan Douville take wild rides, destroying their mounts in separate incidents.
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