by Jay | Dec 21, 2015 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Devil’s Bowl Speedway’s 50th Season to Offer Dual NASCAR Sanction in 2016
Asphalt and Dirt Track racers to compete in NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
WEST HAVEN, Vt. – Devil’s Bowl Speedway will break new ground in its upcoming 50th season of stock car racing in 2016. For the first time ever, the Vermont track will host weekly NASCAR-sanctioned events on both its half-mile asphalt oval and its three-tenths-mile dirt track, operating both surfaces as part of the national NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.
The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS) sanctions nearly 60 paved and dirt weekly short tracks throughout the United States and Canada. Each track designates a “Division I” class to compete for track, state, provincial, and national championships under a common point structure. Series entitlement sponsor Whelen Engineering, based in Connecticut, manufactures automotive, aviation, industrial, and emergency lighting.
The two-track sanction at Devil’s Bowl Speedway creates an interesting and unique opportunity for competitors. Drivers in the two Division I classes – Bond Auto Parts Modifieds on asphalt and Sportsman Modifieds on dirt – will compete directly with each other for the NWAAS Vermont State Championship, and several drivers are expected to participate on both surfaces in pursuit of the titles.
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by Jay | Dec 20, 2015 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Devil’s Bowl Speedway Announces Exciting Changes for 50th Season Schedule in 2016
Asphalt racing moves to Saturday nights; Dirt Track schedule expands to 13 events
WEST HAVEN, Vt. – Devil’s Bowl Speedway’s landmark 50th season will be one to remember in 2016. Officials have overhauled the stock car racing schedule for the historic Rutland County facility, and the calendar will be packed with exciting, family-oriented, NASCAR-sanctioned events on both of Devil’s Bowl’s race tracks – a fast half-mile paved oval and a tight three-tenths-mile clay oval – situated on Route 22A in West Haven, Vt.
The asphalt will make a big change as it moves to a new Saturday night slot at 6:00 p.m. beginning on May 21; the track had previously operated on Fridays. The Bond Auto Parts Modified division will again headline the program in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series presented by Yandow Sales & Service and John Deere, along with Central Vermont Motorcycles Late Models, Brileya’s Chrysler-Jeep Renegades, and Portland Glass Mini Stocks.
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by Jay | Dec 19, 2015 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
Bear Ridge Speedway set to Honor its 48th Season Champions Lake Morey Inn Saturday December 19, 2015
FAIRLEE, VT – Bear Ridge Speedway is set to honor the achievements of its competitors of the 2015 racing season this coming Saturday night at the Lake Morey Inn. A packed house is once again expected with more than $20,000 in prizes and point fund purses to be awarded.
The top ten in the Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds will be recognized, along with nine drivers from the top ten in the DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes and ten drivers from the .
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by Jay | Dec 19, 2015 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Devil’s Bowl Speedway Banquet of Champions set for January 30
Asphalt and Dirt Track drivers to be honored in Rutland
RUTLAND, Vt. – Devil’s Bowl Speedway will officially wrap up the 2015 stock car racing season with the annual Banquet of Champions on Saturday, January 30, 2016. The event will again be hosted at the Holiday Inn Rutland-Killington in Rutland, Vt., and will feature top drivers from the asphalt 1/2-mile oval and the 3/10-mile dirt track.
Vince Quenneville Jr. of Brandon, Vt. leads the list of asphalt champions from the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series presented by Yandow Sales & Service and John Deere. Quenneville topped the Bond Auto Parts Modifieds and will be joined on stage by fellow champions Josh Masterson of Bristol, Vt. in the Central Vermont Motorcycles Late Models, Robert Gordon of Milton, Vt. in the Brileya’s Chrysler-Jeep Renegades, and Chris LaVair of Gabriels, N.Y. in the Portland Glass Mini Stocks.
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by Jay | Nov 29, 2015 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Thunder Road Announces 2016 Schedule of Events
Barre, VT – Thunder Road officials have announced the release of the 2016 Thunder Road schedule of events. The 18-event schedule for the 57th season of racing at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement” begins with the 18th Annual Merchants Bank 150 season opener featuring the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) on Saturday/Sunday, April 30/May 1 and runs through the 54th Annual Northfield Savings Bank Milk Bowl on Saturday/Sunday, October 1 & 2.
A special weekly event Sunday, May 22 will kick off the 2016 Late Model “King of the Road” chase. The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Models will then return for the 54th Annual Mekkelsen Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 29 as part of a doubleheader with the Thunder Road Late Models.
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by Jay | Nov 28, 2015 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Thunder Road International Speedbowl honored its 2015 Champions with the annual Banquet of Champions at the Barre Elks Club on Saturday, November 14. Derrick O’Donnell received the top honors for the third consecutive season in the Thunder Road Late Model division, while Brendan Moodie and Jamie Davis earned their first Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen and Allen Lumber Street Stock championships, respectively.
North Haverhill, NH’s O’Donnell became the second driver in Thunder Road history to win three straight “King of the Road” crowns, joining Chuck Beede’s run from 1992-1994. O’Donnell’s championships came in his first three years in the division. He earned a career-high four wins in 2015, giving him a total of seven for his career. Among the victories was his second Memorial Day Classic triumph as well as a win in the Times Argus Mid-Season Championships. O’Donnell also finished second in the Milk Bowl and third in the Vermont Governor’s Cup.
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Devil’s Bowl Speedway’s 50th Season to Offer Dual NASCAR Sanction in 2016