Waterbury, VT – The Merchants Bank 150 at Barre’s Thunder Road cranked up the heat on the American Canadian Tour, shaking up the point standings before a key showdown takes place at the Spring Green 113 this Sunday, May 5 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT.
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bessette_1200: George “Mad Dog” Bessette celebrates his Granite State Pro Stock Series victory at Thompson Int’l Speedway’s “Icebreaker” on Sunday. (Eric LaFleche/VLFPhotos.com photo)
hebert_1200: Jimmy Hebert (#58) leads Eddie MacDonald (#17) and the rest of the American-Canadian Tour field en route to his win in the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday. (Leif Tillotson photo)
DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY REGIONAL REPORT: April 15, 2013
Hebert and Bessette take series wins; Devil’s Bowl drivers get early start
(NOTE: The Devil’s Bowl Speedway Regional Report is a new regular feature that will showcase drivers and series affiliated with the West Haven, VT track racing in other parts of the Northeast.) (more…)
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ATTACHED PHOTOS (all credit Devil’s Bowl Speedway): The Downtown Rutland Partnership will host the second annual “Devil’s Bowl Downtown Fan Festival” on Saturday, May 4 in Rutland City, VT. The Devil’s Bowl Speedway season opens with the “Spring Green” on Sunday, May 5 in nearby West Haven, VT.
Rutland to Host 2nd Annual Devil’s Bowl Downtown Fan Festival
Racecars and drivers to line Rutland City streets before Spring Green opener
RUTLAND, VT – One of Vermont’s largest cities will rumble with the sound of stock car engines on Saturday, May 4 as the Downtown Rutland Partnership hosts the second annual “Devil’s Bowl Downtown Fan Festival.” One day before Devil’s Bowl Speedway in nearby West Haven, VT opens for its 39th annual “Spring Green” event, as many as 50 sparkling new race machines will line Merchants Row – in the heart of the shopping, dining, and entertainment district of the city – beginning at 9:00am. Admission is free. (more…)
Vermont State Late Model Championship Series Returns to Devil’s Bowl, Thunder Road
Four-race series pits each track’s best head-to-head
WEST HAVEN, VT – Vermont’s stock car civil war isn’t over. The Vermont State Late Model Championship Series will return for a second-straight year in 2013, pitting the best Late Model drivers and teams in the region against each other in a four-race shootout at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT and Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT.
With two events each at the high-speed Devil’s Bowl half-mile and the high-banked Thunder Road quarter-mile bullring, race teams will be put to the test in extra-distance events to crown a champion. The series opens on Sunday, May 26 at Thunder Road with the 51st annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 100, followed by a 100-lap tilt at Devil’s Bowl on Friday, June 7. The series moves back to Barre on Thursday, July 11 with the Vermont Lottery Commission Governor’s Cup 150 before concluding in Rutland County at Devil’s Bowl’s Vermont 200 Weekend on Sunday, September 15. (more…)
WEST HAVEN, VT – Spring in Vermont is a beautiful time of year. New flowers bloom in the meadows, birds chirp away, and the aroma of fresh-cut grass hangs in the breeze. All of that will go unnoticed on Sunday, May 5, though, as the brightly-colored, loud-as-thunder, rubber-burning machines of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series and the American-Canadian Tour charge into Devil’s Bowl Speedway for the 39th annual “Spring Green” stock car spectacular.
Nearly 80 drivers and race teams from around the northeast and Canada are expected to pack the pit area of the Rutland County speed plant as the season opens with the historic Spring Green event. With as many as 40 roaring Late Model cars expected to attempt qualifying for the 113-lap main event – one of the American-Canadian Tour’s oldest and most prestigious races – the season definitely comes in like a lion at Devil’s Bowl. (more…)
Greenwich, NY dealership to present new Granite State Pro Stock Series event on June 14
WEST HAVEN, VT – Carmody Ford has joined the growing roster of sponsorship partners at Devil’s Bowl Speedway and has agreed to present an all-new event at the West Haven, VT stock car track on Friday, June 14. The Greenwich, NY dealership will be the title sponsor of the inaugural “Carmody Ford Slate Valley 100” for the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) in the tour’s first-ever trip to a Vermont speedway.
Located at the intersection of Routes 29 and 40 in Greenwich, NY, Carmody Ford is a rapidly-expanding, full-line dealer of new and pre-owned Ford cars, trucks, and SUVs. Carmody Ford has just completed a facility expansion to accommodate its steadily-growing service area and is currently undergoing a major overhaul of its showroom and offices. Unique to Carmody Ford is the new addition of the “Boneyard BBQ” restaurant planned to open in the summer of 2013. (more…)