by | May 31, 2014 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – A summer time of Thursday night action on the high banks of Barre’s Thunder Road is set to kick off with FairPoint Communications night. This Thursday, June 5, the “Nation’s Site of Excitement” opens its gates for its 55th season of stock car racing Thursday night action. The Late Models, Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen and Allen Lumber Street Stocks will all be racing. While the first two events of the season were among the biggest and most prestigious held at Thunder Road, it’s the gritty Thursday night action each week where drivers win or lose titles.
Barre’s Jason Corliss sits atop the Late Model standings after his thrilling win in the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic. The division will run its first 50-lap feature this Thursday for their second point-counting event. Unlike the 100-lap Memorial Day event, weekly 50-lap features are sprint races that require drivers to be aggressive each and every lap. Two-time “King of the Road” Nick Sweet will look to avenge his Memorial Day loss, while Cody Blake, Dave Pembroke and a host of others continue their title campaigns.
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by | May 30, 2014 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
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by Jay | May 26, 2014 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Photo by Alan Ward
Jessie Mueller Wins Second Straight Modified Event at Thunder Road
Barre, VT – Barre’s own Jason Corliss scored his first career Thunder Road Late Model win in the 52nd running of the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic. Corliss stole the win with a last lap pass of multi-time Thunder Road Champion Nick Sweet in a photo finish of the first Vermont State Late Model Championship event of the year.
Sweet led every step of the way during the first 99 laps of the caution free 100 lap event. The hometown favorite rode the much favored high lane as he lapped the majority of the field. Sophomore driver Corliss and Cody Blake caught Sweet in the final 10 laps as they worked heavy lap traffic. Corliss got by Blake but couldn’t find the grip to get around Sweet. With the white flag flying, Corliss made a last ditch effort as he threw his Burnett Scrap Metals Ford Fusion to the low lane.
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by | May 16, 2014 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
NMCS schedule opens at Thunder Road’s Memorial Day Classic on May 25
BARRE, VT – The ground-pounding Modifieds are headed back to the road – Thunder Road. The Northern Modified Challenge Series opens its second year of open-wheel stock car racing at the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT on Sunday, May 25. The race will be run in conjunction with the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series.
Jessey Mueller made history last year at the track, winning the first-ever event for the Northern Modified Challenge Series. The Olmstedville, NY racer, just 18 years old at the time, led the way ahead of veterans Leon Gonyo and Kenny Tremont, Jr. for the 50-lap victory. The race featured side-by-side action in the high-banked corners and a spectacular opening-lap crash on the “Widowmaker” frontstretch wall.
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by | May 16, 2014 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Friday, May 16 – Whelen Engineering/Mobil 1 Night
2:00pm Open Practice
3:30pm Track Close/Clear Pits
4:00pm Pits Open
5:00pm Grandstands Open
5:00pm Practice (subject to change)
5:00-5:10 Central Vermont Motorcycles Mini Stock (10 minutes)
5:10-5:20 SK Light (10 minutes)
5:20-5:30 Late Model (10 minutes)
5:30-5:40 Bond Auto Parts Modified (10 minutes)
5:40-5:50 Central Vermont Motorcycles Mini Stock (10 minutes)
5:50-6:00 SK Light (10 minutes)
6:00-6:10 Late Model (10 minutes)
6:10-6:20 Bond Auto Parts Modified (10 minutes)
6:25pm Driver & Spotter Meeting – ALL DIVISIONS – MANDATORY
(In pit grandstands)
6:50pm Champions Post Parade (1X Mod, 27 LM, 8 Mini)
6:55pm National Anthem
7:00p m (2) Late Model Heats (10L)
(1) SK Light Heat (8L)
(2) Bond Auto Parts Modified Heats (10L)
(2) Central Vermont Motorcycles Mini Stock Heats (8L)
Intermission/Fun Bus (10 min.)
Late Model Feature (30L if 15 cars or more; 25L if 14 cars or less)
SK Light Feature (25L if 10 cars or more; 20L if 9 cars or less)
Central Vermont Motorcycles Mini Stock Feature (15L)
Bond Auto Parts Modified Feature (35L)
by | May 14, 2014 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
“Fans First” free admission program begins at Whelen/Mobil 1 event
WEST HAVEN, VT – History will be made on Friday, May 16, as Devil’s Bowl Speedway opens for the first time in its 48-year run with a Friday night “under the lights” event. Whelen Engineering and Mobil 1 present the groundbreaking NASCAR Whelen All-American Series stock car show at 7:00 p.m.
The event will honor fans as much as competitors as Devil’s Bowl Speedway begins its new “Fans First” program for 2014, granting free general admission to residents of selected locales throughout the year. Residents of the track’s hometown in West Haven, VT and nearby Fair Haven, VT will receive free general admission upon presenting valid identification at the event. The program will continue at many events during the summer to include residents of Vermont, New York, New Hampshire, and Canada.
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