by Jay | May 19, 2011 | ACT, Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Devil’s Bowl Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., will have the advantage of experience when the ACT Late Model Tour takes on the Spring Green 111 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, in West Haven, Vt., on Sunday, May 22. Dragon is one of the few ACT competitors who have already raced at Devil’s Bowl, having made a start there last year in a non-sanctioned event. The Spring Green 111 will also be the first time that Dragon races his own Dragon Motorsports Late Model this season.
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by Jay | May 19, 2011 | ACT, Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
Devil’s Bowl Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, will return to race for the first time in three weeks in the ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 111 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, Vt., on Sunday, May 22. The 2011 version of the Spring Green will mark Theriault’s first time competing at the flat half-mile Devil’s Bowl. This week also marks Theriault’s one-year anniversary as a full-time competitor on the ACT Late Model Tour.
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by Jay | May 19, 2011 | ACT, Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
Brian Hoar: ACT Late Model Tour
Devil’s Bowl Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., takes on the ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 111 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, Vt., on Sunday, May 22. The race will mark Hoar’s first career appearance at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, and the first time that the Spring Green has been contested at the fast half-mile track. Hoar and his RPM Motorsports team currently hold the lead in the ACT Tour standings following two weeks of rain and are in pursuit of an unprecedented eighth series championship.
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by Jay | May 19, 2011 | ACT, Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
West Haven, VT – The leader of the youth movement on the American-Canadian Tour; 21-year-old, #97 Joey Polewarczyk Jr of Hudson N.H. is excited about making his first ever start at the recently paved half-mile oval of Devil’s Bowl Speedway, located in West Haven, Vermont.
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by Jay | May 16, 2011 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) will make its first ever appearance at the fast ½ mile Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT this Sunday afternoon. The 38th running of the Spring Green 111 is expecting to have over 30 teams converge on the scenic, newly paved speed plant, built and operated by the Richards family since 1967. The inaugural event one year ago opened the renovated semi-banked progressive track with the Thunder Road ACT Late Models. The battle between local favorite Mike Bruno from nearby Rutland and former Thunder Road Champion David Pembroke was a classic 100-lap battle seen by a full house and a very enthusiastic crowd.
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by Jay | May 16, 2011 | Bear Ridge, New England, Vermont
BY MARK McKEON
BRADFORD, VT Usually, New England Auto Racing Hall of Fame member Denny Zimmerman likes nothing better than spending quality time behind the wheel of one of Skip Matczak’s Midgets, slinging dirt down the straightaways and power sliding through the turns. But Zimmerman isn’t scheduled to race when the USAC Dirt Midget Association debuts at Bear Ridge Speedway on Saturday May 28; instead he plans to be in Indianapolis as an honored guest at the 100th Anniversary of the Indianapolis 500.
Every living driver who ever competed in the Indy 500 has been invited to attend a series of celebrations, including what’s being billed as the world’s largest autograph party. In 1971, Zimmerman finished eighth and was named Rookie of the Year, so he’ll have special status at the anniversary celebrations and has been invited to give a speech.
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