by | Feb 22, 2014 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Devil’s Bowl Speedway to host People’s United Bank 100 on May 30
WEST HAVEN, VT – One of Vermont’s most important stock car racing events will enjoy the support of one of America’s great financial institutions, as People’s United Bank sponsors the 100-lap Vermont State Late Model Championship Series event at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday, May 30.
People’s United Bank is a longtime supporter of stock car racing at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, and 2014 marks People’s second season of involvement in the Vermont State Championship. With more than 400 locations throughout New England and New York – including a branch just five miles from Devil’s Bowl in Fair Haven, VT – People’s United Bank is an integral part of the local community.
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by | Feb 20, 2014 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Devil’s Bowl champion grabs another title at New Smyrna Speedway
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL – Todd Stone is bringing another piece of hardware home to Vermont. The Middlebury stock car driver survived a rough race Wednesday night to clinch the Florida Modified division championship at the prestigious World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway. The title backs up his 2013 Devil’s Bowl Speedway track championship and NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Vermont State title.
The week-long World Series event saw Stone compete in four events over six nights. He opened the series on Valentine’s Day with a runner-up finish, won on Saturday, finished fourth on Monday, and inherited a second victory after a heart-stopping run in the 75-lap finale on Wednesday.
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by | Feb 15, 2014 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
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Sprint Cars of New England to make first half-mile appearance October 18
WEST HAVEN, VT – The winged warriors are back. Mud-slinging, methanol fueled, high-flying Sprint Cars will come to Vermont’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, October 18 with the Bond Auto Parts Sprint Cars of New England series.
The race marks the first show for winged sprinters in over five years, and is the final event of a three-race, end-of-season series on a temporary clay surface laid over the existing Devil’s Bowl pavement. The SCoNE tour will be making its first-ever appearance on a half-mile track during the event and will crown its 2014 champion there.
Top drivers expected to be at Devil’s Bowl include three-time SCoNE champions Mark Cole and “Professor” Chris Donnelly, 2011 champion Danny “The Topside Tornado” Douville, Vermont’s “Fairlee Flier” Kevin Chaffee, Clay Dow, Will Hull, and 2013 SCoNE Triple Crown champion Tyler Rich.
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by | Feb 12, 2014 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Flat karts, Mini Cup cars to race on new paved infield track
WEST HAVEN, VT – Go-kart racing will return to Devil’s Bowl Speedway in 2014. A new structured program designed to give both children and adults a competitive racing experience will bring flat karts and full-body “Mini Cup” cars to a brand new paved 1/7-mile oval on Sunday afternoons. The kart track shares a portion of the frontstretch with the half-mile stock car track.
The new ten-event Devil’s Bowl Speedway Kart Series marks the first kart races held at the facility in more than a decade. Devil’s Bowl is working closely with officials from the Adirondack Karting Association in Ballston Spa, NY – including former Modified stock car standout Joe Williams – to keep rulebooks in line with other tracks in the area.
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by | Feb 4, 2014 | Devils Bowl, New, Vermont
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Capacity crowd recognizes champions and award winners
RUTLAND, VT – Devil’s Bowl Speedway honored the achievements of its star stock car drivers on Saturday, February 1 at the annual Banquet of Champions, held at the Holiday Inn Rutland-Killington in Rutland, VT. The sold-out crowd of nearly 300 guests enthusiastically applauded the champions of the track’s four NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions along with the Northern Modified Challenge Series, the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series, and the Enduro Series.
Todd Stone of Middlebury, VT was officially crowned the champion of the headline Bond Auto Parts Modified division after a record-breaking season of 10 victories in 17 starts. Stone’s crew chief Jeff Carter received NASCAR’s UNOH Ultimate Mechanic Challenge prize, and the owner’s championship, won by Gardner Stone, was accepted by long time team member Rob Lowell. Hunter Bates was honored as the Modified division’s runner-up, with Vince Quenneville, Jr. third.
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by | Feb 3, 2014 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
RUTLAND, VT – Devil’s Bowl Speedway has unveiled an exciting and diverse stock car racing lineup for 2014. The fast half-mile track, located in West Haven, VT just 20 minutes from Rutland City, will pay homage to its past and future with a summer slate of asphalt racing and a three-race return to its original clay dirt surface in the fall. The announcement was made before a crowd of nearly 300 at the Banquet of Champions on Saturday, February 1.
The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series pavement season will open on Sunday, May 4 with the historic “Spring Green” event. The Bond Auto Parts Modified, Renegade, and Central Vermont Motorcycles Mini Stock divisions will open their championship schedules, and will be joined again by the exciting American-Canadian Tour Late Models.
The weekly Friday night season kicks off one week early in 2014, on Friday, May 16 at 7:00pm. Special events dot the summer schedule, beginning with the first of two appearances by the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series on Friday, May 30. The Coca-Cola Firecracker extravaganza returns on Friday, July 4, with the double-points Mid-Season Championships on Friday, July 18. There will be two “off weeks” during the season, on Friday, June 13, and again on Friday, July 25.
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Devil’s Bowl Speedway to host People’s United Bank 100 on May 30
