by Jay | Jun 4, 2010 | ACT, New England, Vermont
BOND/WIX TIGER TOUR HEADS TO WHITE MOUNTAIN SATURDAY
Waterbury, VT – White Mountain Motorsport Park (WMMP) will open the Bond/Wix Tiger Tour this Saturday, June 05, 2010. The popular Bond Tiger Sportsman cars from throughout the region will begin their championship run in the first of four events for the 2010 race season.
“White Mountain was a natural for us to begin the 2010 campaign,” said Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian Tour, (ACT), which sanctions the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman Division. “WMMP took a major step to bring the ACT rules for the Tiger Sportsman division to the track this season, and we want to do whatever we can to try and help get this division in a growth trend at WMMP. We have encouraged the Thunder Road Tiger teams to visit WMMP whenever they can in 2010.”
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by Jay | Jun 4, 2010 | New England, Vermont
Brent Dragon: Bear Ridge Speedway
Sportsman Modified Race Preview
Coming off a 10th-place finish in the Memorial Day Classic 100 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl last weekend, Brent Dragon takes a break from Late Model racing this weekend. The Milton, Vt., driver plans to compete for the second year in a row in an exhibition race at Bear Ridge Speedway, a quarter-mile dirt track in Bradford, Vt. On Saturday night, Dragon will join his father, Beaver Dragon, his uncle Bobby Dragon and his cousin Scott Dragon in a pair of 10-lap Sportsman Modified races. Brent raced in the event last year, winning one of the two races and then finishing 10th in the track’s regularly-scheduled 30-lap Sportsman Modified feature at Bear Ridge. Dragon is expected to compete in a car owned by track owner Butch Elms.
WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
WHAT: Dirt Sportsman Modified Exhibition Event
WHERE: Bear Ridge Speedway, Bradford, Vt. (.25-mile dirt oval)
WHEN: 6 p.m., Saturday, June 5
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by Jay | May 31, 2010 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Pembroke Takes Second Straight Memorial Day Classic
Barre, VT – Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke earned his second straight Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic win at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road International Speedbowl on Sunday, May 30. Pembroke started the race from the 14th spot and worked his way through traffic to take the lead on lap 68. Pembroke would hold the lead for the remainder of the race.
Granitevile’s John Donahue took the lead early in the event after starting on the outside pole. He led the majority of the first 60 laps while battling with Barre’s Nick Sweet, who spun on lap 46 while battling for the lead. Joey Becker also led several laps before Pembroke got by. Donahue would hold on for second, Eric Williams came from the 25th starting spot to claim third while Joey Laquerre and Rich Lowrey rounded out the top five.
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by Jay | May 26, 2010 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
THUNDER ROAD FEATURES TWIN 100’S IN MEMORIAL DAY CLASSIC
Waterbury, VT – Mekkelsen RV will present the 48th annual Memorial Day Classic at Thunder Road Speedbowl in Barre, VT this Sunday, May 30. For the third year the Modified Racing Series (MRS), presented by Bob Valenti AutoMall, will join the American Canadian Tour (ACT) Thunder Road Late Models in the twin bill. Each division will race 100 lap features.
The Memorial Day tradition has been going on at the high-banked oval for nearly half a century. Beginning in 1961, the list of winners is a great tribute to some of the men who helped build stock car racing in the northeast. That tradition continues this Memorial weekend.
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by Jay | May 25, 2010 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
Dragon Breaks In New Devil’s Bowl; Sets Sights On Thunder Road Return
MILTON, Vt. — Brent Dragon gave the new Devil’s Bowl Speedway rave reviews over the weekend and then set his sights on an old, familiar foe.
Dragon finished 4th in the first-ever Late Model race held on Devil’s Bowl’s brand new asphalt surface on Sunday afternoon during an off-weekend for the ACT Late Model Tour. Next up for Dragon is a return trip to Thunder Road International Speedbowl this weekend for the non-points Memorial Day Classic 100 on the tight quarter-mile.
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by Jay | May 23, 2010 | Devils Bowl, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Pembroke Wins at Devils Bowl
West Haven, VT – Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke took the win in the Thunder Road Late Models 100 lap event at the freshly paved Devils Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT on Sunday, May 23. Pembroke battled side-by-side with hometown favorite Mike Bruno of Rutland, VT for the majority of the race, which was the season opener for Devils Bowl and also the opening event in the Thunder Road Late Models 2010 championship campaign.
Pembroke took the lead on lap 14 after starting in the 3rd position before swapping the lead with Bruno, who started 7th for the remainder of the event. Pembroke broke away from Bruno several times while working through lap traffic but Bruno reeled him in each time, but didn’t have enough to complete the pass. Pembroke and Bruno were followed to the line by pole-sitter Tracie Bellerose, Brent Dragon and Joey Becker completing the top five. Senator Phil Scott, Nick Sweet, Mike Bailey, Tony Andrews, and rookie Chris Riendeau rounded out the top ten.
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