by Jay | Jun 1, 2015 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
Robert Tucker Dominates Rain Shortened Sportsman Modified Feature
Pierson’s win again in USAC Dirt Midgets and Sportsman Coupes
BRADFORD, VT – Robert Tucker took full advantage of his front row starting position to run to a dominating win in the Bond Auto DIRTcar Sportsman Modified Feature. Tucker led all 41 laps while running the cushion on the high side before the rain hit and shortened the Feature from 61 to 41 laps. Evan Kingsbury and Mike Gendron waged a torrid race long battle for Second with Gendron claiming the spot. Kingsbury was third with a fast closing Adam Pierson finishing fourth after starting 14th with Current Points’ leader Josh Sunn completing the top five.
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by Jay | May 31, 2015 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
FMR Racing Finishes 1st & 2nd at USAC DMA Race
Ellington, CT: It was a night of first during the USAC Dirt Midget Association race at Bear Ridge Speedway with new teams racing for the first time and FMR Racing taking a 1-2 finish in the feature. It was also the first trip of the 2015 race season to the Vermont track for USAC Champion John Heydenreich who has over 500 wins in racing.
The first heat race of the night had the 18C of Mike Chaffee starting on the pole with the 47 driven by Scott Holcomb starting second. As the race went green, Holcomb in his 47 jumped out front to the point and had command of the race until the first yellow on lap three for the 50 of Vince Lucca who had mechanical issues. Back under green, Holcomb kept the lead with the 4 of Kevin Chaffee now taking second dropping Mike Chaffee in the 18C back to third. While the battle for the top spot was taking place, Adam Pierson in the 76M was charging forward and quickly moved into second as the 4 of Kevin Chaffee fell out of the race with mechanical problems. By lap ten and as the checkered flag waived, it was Scott Holcomb of North Granby, CT in the 47 taking the win followed by Adam Pierson of East Corinth, VT in the 76M for second and the 18C of Mike Chaffee who is from Corinth, VT rounding out the top three.
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by RacingNews | May 27, 2015 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
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WEST HAVEN, VT – There wasn’t a full moon over Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday night, but the action was as crazy as if there had been. When all was said and done on Brileya’s Chrysler-Jeep Night, fans witnessed four close finishes, while a disqualification changed the final results of the main event.
Robert Gordon will go into the record books as the winner of the first-ever 100-lap race for the Brileya’s Chrysler-Jeep Renegade division at Devil’s Bowl. Though he crossed the finish line in second place, the defending track champion from Milton, VT was the driver to watch through the duration of the race. Gordon led 41 laps in the first half of the event and sat in second place behind Richie Turner during a scheduled refueling break at lap 51. Gordon had a right-front tire go flat during the break and was forced to make a pit stop, then marched from the back of the 17-car field at the restart to reclaim the runner-up spot.
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by RacingNews | May 27, 2015 | PASS, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, Vermont – Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine held off a hard-charging Jeremy Davis to score an historic 150-lap AIM PASS North Super Late Model victory at the famed ¼-mile Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vermont on Sunday afternoon (May 24).
For Doiron it was a homecoming of sorts, as he made his first appearance at the track in some six years, moving on to the Super Late Model ranks after winning the ACT Late Model Rookie of the Year award in his only full season of Late Model; competition.
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by Jay | May 26, 2015 | PASS, Thunder Road, Vermont
photo by Norm Marx
Barre, Vermont – Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine held off a hard-charging Jeremy Davis to score an historic 150-lap AIM PASS North Super Late Model victory at the famed ¼-mile Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vermont on Sunday afternoon (May 24).
For Doiron it was a homecoming of sorts, as he made his first appearance at the track in some six years, moving on to the Super Late Model ranks after winning the ACT Late Model Rookie of the Year award in his only full season of Late Model; competition.
While Doiron started the 150-lap headline event at Thunder Road’s annual Mekklesen RV Memorial Day Classic he had plenty of competition, as he chased fellow former ACT stars Glen Luce and Wayne Helliwell, Jr. through most of the first one-third of the event.
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by RacingNews | May 25, 2015 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT—Two-time defending Thunder Road “King of the Road” Derrick O’Donnell began his quest for a threepeat in dominating fashion with a win in the Mekkelsen Memorial Day Classic 100 on Sunday, May 24.
N. Haverhill, NH’s O’Donnell quickly got to the front from his third starting position, moving around polesitter Nick Sweet on the outside to take the lead on lap eight. The 2013 Memorial Day Classic winner drew out to a big lead, but run into two-by-two lapped traffic at the halfway point of the caution-free race, allowing Milton, VT’s Scott Dragon to catch him.
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