by Jay | Jun 10, 2012 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, New England, Vermont
King Sneaks Into Miller Auto Group Win at Bear Ridge Speedway
Williams nips Pierson for Coupe checkers, Fornwalt again in Late Models
Bear Ridge Photos (from this race and others)
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Veteran stock car driver Bryan King of Corinth, VT sneaked into victory lane on Miller Auto Group Night at Bear Ridge Speedway on Saturday. King used a lapped car to execute a “pick” move with just two laps remaining in the 35-lap Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified feature and steal the lead from Evan Kingsbury.
Kingsbury, of Bradford, VT, drove the best race of his young Modified career to hold for the runner-up finish after leading the first 33 laps. Justin Comes of Middlebury, VT won a heated multi-car battle for third. “If it wasn’t for that lapped car, I probably wouldn’t have got [Kingsbury],” King said. “It just took that little bit and I got him.”
Kingsbury was disappointed in losing the race but was happy with his finish. He and Comes both credited Miller Auto Group, an automotive dealer in West Lebanon, NH that also offers many of the factory-built General Motors racing engines used in the Modified class. “I was hoping those lapped cars would get out of the way, but unfortunately they didn’t,” Kingsbury said. “I want to thank Miller Auto Group. Without these engines I don’t know if I’d be racing – they make it pretty inexpensive to do this.”
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by Jay | Jun 9, 2012 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
State Championship event rescheduled for June 15; Masterson wins Bombers; $567 raised for fund
Rains put a stop to the “I Am Vermont Strong 100” stock car event at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday night. Just as qualifying was completed for the second round of the four-race Vermont State Late Model Championship Series, a blustery rain storm swept onto the grounds and forced the postponement of the main events.
Jamie Fisher of Shelburne, VT won the first qualifying heat for the J&S Steel Late Models, just ahead of Chris Wilk and Dave Pembroke. Milton, VT driver Jean-Paul Cyr beat Joey Becker and Brian Hoar in the second heat, and Ricky Rolfe of Albany Township, ME won the third heat over Matt White and Craig Bushey. Chip Grenier of Graniteville, VT won the consi over Bryan Town and Dan Petronis, II.
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2012 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
RPM MOTORSPORTS: Renewed Optimism For Hoar
Recent Devil’s Bowl Speedway Win Has Team Ready For 100-lap Event
Brian Hoar left Devil’s Bowl Speedway last weekend in a completely different frame of mind than he did when he last visited the half-mile Vermont oval in mid-May.
Hoar won the 30-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model feature event at Devil’s Bowl on Friday night, his final tuneup before the I Am Vermont Strong 100 at the track this weekend. It’s the second race in the four-race Vermont State Championship Series being contested this season between Devil’s Bowl and Thunder Road International Speedbowl.
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2012 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Racing historian Cho Lee of Barre, VT will be remembered at Thunder Road this Sunday, June 10 in the racetrack’s first seasonal weekly program presented by Sherwin-Williams. It will be the first of two twilight Sunday affairs for the high-banked oval before weekly Thursday night racing begins.
Lee, who co-authored “Fifty Years of Excitement” documenting Thunder Road’s history, will be remembered by the New England Antique Racers with the Cho Lee Memorial Race. More than thirty vintage racecars are expected to join Thunder Road’s three weekly racing divisions in Sunday’s event.
St. Johnsbury VT’s John Gammell will be in attendance to present the award for the historic racing cars. Gammell, who has been fighting cancer, is nostalgic for the opportunity.
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by Jay | Jun 6, 2012 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
Vermont State Late Model Championship Series event features fundraiser for 2011 flood victims
Devil’s Bowl Speedway celebrates the Green Mountain State on Friday as the Vermont State Championship Series for Late Model stock cars invades the West Haven half-mile oval for a 100-lap event. The home-track heroes of the weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series J&S Steel Late Model division will square off against invaders from Barre’s Thunder Road and around the northeast.
While the 100-lap Vermont State Late Model Championship Series race will be the focal point for many, Devil’s Bowl Speedway is calling on the community to help its own during a fundraiser to benefit the “I Am Vermont Strong” initiative. I Am Vermont Strong is a non-profit organization that raises relief funds for Vermonters affected by flood damage in storms in 2011 including Tropical Storm Irene.
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by Jay | Jun 5, 2012 | Devils Bowl, Media, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
NSN Joins Vermont State Late Model Series
Live Broadcasts Come to Thunder Road, Devil’s Bowl
Barre, VT – The Northeast Sports Network, a Vermont sports broadcasting website, has teamed up with Barre’s Thunder Road and West Haven’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway to incorporate live broadcasts into the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series. The four race series saw it’s opening event at Thunder Road claimed by hometown sensation Nick Sweet, and heads to Devil’s Bowl Speedway this Friday, June 8 for the I Am Vermont Strong 100.
The Northeast Sports Network completed a live broadcast of the first event in the series, the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic at Thunder Road, which can be found on their website www.nsnsports.net in high definition. It can also be found by a link on both the Thunder Road (www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com) and American Canadian Tour (www.acttour.com) websites. DVDs will be available for purchase, which include features from Allen Lumber Street Stocks and Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen from the Memorial Day event.
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