by Jay | Sep 15, 2015 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Ryan Opens Vermont 200 Weekend with Victory at Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Championship finales ready for Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
WEST HAVEN, VT – Jimmy Ryan kicked off the Mekkelsen RV Vermont 200 Championship Weekend with a long awaited checkered flag on “Shootout Saturday” at Devil’s Bowl Speedway. Ryan led a parade of stock car drivers through victory lane in a series of bonus races following first-round qualifying for the annual year-end asphalt championship event. The main events will be run on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
Ryan’s win came in a special 10-lap shootout for non-feature winners in the Bond Auto Parts Modified division. The veteran from Whiting, VT fought off an early challenge from Billy Lussier before stretching out his lead and taking the win, which came just two weeks after getting his car upside down.
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by Jay | Sep 9, 2015 | Thunder Road, Vermont
photo by RPM 360
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Fighting an ill-handing car throughout the entire race, Emily Packard was able to bring home a 15th place finish in a race that saw 9 caution flags in the 37th Coca Cola Labor Day Classic at Thunder Road International Speedbowl this past weekend.
The 18-year old East Montpelier native was consistently in the top ten on each of the speed sheets and felt that she would have a decent car for the heat. Packard started her Northstar Fireworks/Packard Fuels car in the 8th position of the second heat race, but wasn’t able to make much movement forward. “We had a tough heat race,” Packard said. “We weren’t able to get into the preferred line, and the car wasn’t exactly how we wanted it, being a little snug in the center.” She would end up finishing the heat race in 8th place, and found herself running the consi to make the feature. (more…)
by Jay | Sep 9, 2015 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
Local boy Richie Simmons comes back for his 2nd win in the DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds
Adam Pierson continues his dominance in the USAC DMA Midgets with his 7th win
BRADFORD, VT – Valley Floors night offered plenty of racing excitement for the fans and was capped with a 75 lap Enduro. Over thirty cars took to the track at the end of the night with competitors ranging in ages from fifteen to seventy three. Ryan Christian claimed the checkers with Tim Chase in second and Michael Labounty in third. Frank Putney and Chad Martin completed the top five.
Local boy Richie Simmons started the season on a high grabbing the first win of the season and then struggled a bit until this week. Starting from mid pack Simmons worked his way to the front and on lap nine took the lead away from Thomas Kimball. Simmons would be uncontested for most of the race until Kevin Chaffee having advance twelve spots set his sights on Simmons. Luckily for Simmons laps would run out before Chaffee could make his move with the two crossing the line in that order. Michael Dunn with his second best finish of the season came home in third. DJ Robinson and Josh Currier completed the top five.
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by Jay | Sep 9, 2015 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
Pierson Wins USAC DMA Race Three of Triple Crown Presented by New England Racing Fuel at Bear Ridge Speedway
Ellington, CT: Adam Pierson, driving his FMR 76M midget, was not going to be denied the race win to score the Triple Crown Presented by New England Racing Fuel. And by nights end he had succeeded in winning both.
Heat race one started with the 18C of Mike Chaffee on pole and the 15 driven by Jeff Champagne starting second. With the drop of the green flag, Chaffee in the 18C would take control of the race and hold the point while the 15 of Champagne was second and the 11 with Alex Rose at the wheel held the third spot. On lap three and with Chaffee in his 18C still in control of the race, Champagne’s 15 starting losing ground as did the 11 of Rose but coming to the front was Ray Miller in the 1W followed by Adam Whitney in the 12 now running second and third respectively. Miller and Whitney would play cat and mouse for several laps while the 18C of Chaffee kept the point. With three to go, Whitney is his 12 would get around Miller in the 1W to take second moving Miller back to third. When the race came to the end, Mike Chaffee from Cornith, VT would get the win followed by the 12 of Adam Whitney for second and rounding out the top three was Ray Miller in the 1W.
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by Jay | Sep 9, 2015 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Sweet Makes Move Late for Record Third Labor Day Classic Victory
Barre, VT – Local racer Nick Sweet made his move on a late restart to become the first three-time winner of the Coca-Cola Labor Day Classic 200 at Barre’s Thunder Road on Sunday, September 6 while Derrick O’Donnell put the finishing touches on his third straight “King of the Road” crown.
Sweet methodically worked his way through the field after pitting for right-side tires on a lap-78 caution and found himself alongside leader Brett Gervais of Island Pond on a restart with 22 laps remaining after O’Donnell shut down while battling for third.
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by Jay | Sep 8, 2015 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Four for the Four: Veteran Gonyo Wins Again at Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Mini Stock racer Bradford sets new consecutive win record for asphalt track
WEST HAVEN, VT – Stock car racing’s youth movement took a back seat at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday, September 4, as the elder statesmen showed the way. Leon Gonyo drove to his fourth win of the season to highlight the Heritage Family Credit Union “Member Night” program for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series presented by Yandow Sales & Service and John Deere. Other winners included Bobby Therrien, Robert Gordon, and Chuck Bradford, though all results in all divisions have been deemed unofficial pending technical inspection and review.
Driving a car with the familiar number 4 on its doors, Chazy, NY veteran Gonyo blasted away from the field to grab his fourth Bond Auto Parts Modified victory of the year in the 30-lap main event. Rookie Bob Kilburn had the best showing of his freshman year by leading the first 11 laps before the race’s lone caution period, after which Gonyo seized the lead and cruised to an easy win.
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Ryan Opens Vermont 200 Weekend with Victory at Devil’s Bowl Speedway