by Jay | Aug 9, 2010 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Taber Gagne Wins M&M Beverage Enduro at Thunder Road
Tim Campbell Takes Allen Lumber Street Stock Special
Barre, VT – Swanton’s Taber Gagne earned the $3,000 pay day in the 26th Annual M&M Beverage 200 at Barre’s Thunder Road International Speedbowl on Sunday, August 8. The former Airborne Speedway Tiger Sportsman competitor was the only driver to complete all 200 laps. A total of 104 cars from all over the Northeast were on hand to take their shot at the top prize.
Tim Campbell of West Topsham earned his fifth win of the 2010 Thunder Road Allen Lumber Street Stock season in the 50 lap M&M Beverage special. Campbell worked his way into the lead just before the halfway point from his seventeenth starting position. He would hold off a hard charging Mike MacAskill, who won last season’s Street Stock special, without giving up the lead for the remainder of the event.
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by Jay | Aug 6, 2010 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Grant Folsom Takes Safelite Feature Win at Thunder Road
Barre, VT – Waitsfield’s Grant Folsom earned his second career Thunder Road Late Model feature win on Safelite Autoglass Night on Thursday, August 5. Folsom led flag to flag from the pole position as the 50 lap feature was completed with just one caution. Reno Gervais came home second while Jamie Fisher edged out John Donahue for third. Phil Scott followed Donahue to the line to complete the top five.
Current Thunder Road Late Model point leader Dave Pembroke took sixth followed by Nick Sweet, Rich Lowrey, Cris Michaud and last week’s winner Joey Becker rounding out the top ten.
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by Jay | Jul 30, 2010 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Becker Wins Fourth Career Feature on WDEV/Calkins Night at Thunder Road
Barre, VT – Jeffersonville’s Joey Becker eanred his fourth career Thunder Road Late Model feature win on WDEV/Calkins night on Thursday, July 29. Becker worked his way through the field from his seventh starting position to take the lead on lap 27 from rookie Cody Blake. He held off Senator Phil Scott and Nick Sweet through six more caution flags to earn the win. (more…)
by Jay | Jul 24, 2010 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Lowrey Earns Casella Night Feature Win at Thunder Road
Barre, VT – Charlotte’s Rich Lowrey earned his first feature win of the season and 8th career Late Model feature win at Thunder Road on Thursday, July 22. Lowrey came from the sixth starting spot to take the lead from rookie Cody Blake at the halfway mark. He then held off eventual runner-up finisher Nick Sweet on the final restart of the event on lap 29.
Lowrey and Sweet were followed to the line by Matt White, Phil Scott and Blake completing the top five. Point leader Dave Pembroke finished with a solid 6th with Reno Gervais, Cris Michaud, John Donahue and Joey Becker rounding out the top ten.
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by Jay | Jul 14, 2010 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Make or Break For Thunder Road Title Dreams in Times Argus Mid-Season Championships
Barre, VT – This Thursday’s Times Argus Mid-Season Championships at Barre’s Thunder Road will be the most important event for any team with 2010 title hopes, as double points are on the line for all four divisions. Some drivers will be looking to keep their momentum going into the second half of the 2010 season while others will be looking to use the double points night to turn around a forgettable first half of the season.
Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke, with two wins already this season, holds an eight point lead over Senator Phil Scott in the Thunder Road Late Model Championship standings. Barre’s Nick Sweet also has two wins this season, although one was an ACT Tour point counting event at Thunder Road, and sits just 26 points out of the lead. Among the top three Scott, who also has a feature win already this season, is the only one with a finish outside of the top ten in the first eight races.
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by Jay | Jul 5, 2010 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Cris Michaud Earns First Win of the Season on Pepsi Holiday Fireworks Night
Barre, VT – East Montpelier’s Cris Michaud earned his first win of the 2010 season on Sunday, July 4th’s Pepsi Holiday Fireworks event. Michaud, who has had some bad luck so far this season took his Ford powered Fusion from the fifth starting position and took the lead with less than fifteen laps to go. Michaud’s win will help him in not only the Thunder Road point standings but the Ford Blue Oval Cup standings. It was also Michaud’s 16th career Thunder Road Late Model win.
Northfield’s Matt White followed up his win this past Thursday with a second followed by Randolph’s Dylan Smith who finished a career high third after leading the first half of the 50 lap event. Rich Lowrey took fourth with Senator Phil Scott rounding out the top five. Reno Gervais, Nick Sweet, Thunder Road Late Model point leader Dave Pembroke, Grant Folsom and Joey Becker completed the top ten.
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