by | Feb 4, 2014 | Devils Bowl, New, Vermont
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Capacity crowd recognizes champions and award winners
RUTLAND, VT – Devil’s Bowl Speedway honored the achievements of its star stock car drivers on Saturday, February 1 at the annual Banquet of Champions, held at the Holiday Inn Rutland-Killington in Rutland, VT. The sold-out crowd of nearly 300 guests enthusiastically applauded the champions of the track’s four NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions along with the Northern Modified Challenge Series, the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series, and the Enduro Series.
Todd Stone of Middlebury, VT was officially crowned the champion of the headline Bond Auto Parts Modified division after a record-breaking season of 10 victories in 17 starts. Stone’s crew chief Jeff Carter received NASCAR’s UNOH Ultimate Mechanic Challenge prize, and the owner’s championship, won by Gardner Stone, was accepted by long time team member Rob Lowell. Hunter Bates was honored as the Modified division’s runner-up, with Vince Quenneville, Jr. third.
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by | Feb 3, 2014 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
RUTLAND, VT – Devil’s Bowl Speedway has unveiled an exciting and diverse stock car racing lineup for 2014. The fast half-mile track, located in West Haven, VT just 20 minutes from Rutland City, will pay homage to its past and future with a summer slate of asphalt racing and a three-race return to its original clay dirt surface in the fall. The announcement was made before a crowd of nearly 300 at the Banquet of Champions on Saturday, February 1.
The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series pavement season will open on Sunday, May 4 with the historic “Spring Green” event. The Bond Auto Parts Modified, Renegade, and Central Vermont Motorcycles Mini Stock divisions will open their championship schedules, and will be joined again by the exciting American-Canadian Tour Late Models.
The weekly Friday night season kicks off one week early in 2014, on Friday, May 16 at 7:00pm. Special events dot the summer schedule, beginning with the first of two appearances by the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series on Friday, May 30. The Coca-Cola Firecracker extravaganza returns on Friday, July 4, with the double-points Mid-Season Championships on Friday, July 18. There will be two “off weeks” during the season, on Friday, June 13, and again on Friday, July 25.
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by | Jan 28, 2014 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
Still Plenty of Bang For Your Buck At the Ridge
Affordable family entertainment at New England’s premier dirt track
BRADFORD, VT – Bear Ridge Speedway is offering affordable family fun and entertainment all summer long for the Connecticut River Valley. Conveniently located just minutes from Interstate 91 in Bradford, VT, Bear Ridge Speedway is New England’s premier dirt short track and the weekly home of the region’s top open-wheel and full-fender stock car racers.
The 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series invades the 47 year-old quarter-mile clay oval each Saturday night, May through September, at the famous “6:00-ish” starting time.
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by | Jan 27, 2014 | Devils Bowl
Season schedule, other announcements to be made at Banquet of Champions
RUTLAND, VT – Local stock car racers will be celebrated for their high-speed achievements on Saturday, February 1 at the Devil’s Bowl Speedway Banquet of Champions. The annual awards gala will be held at the Holiday Inn Rutland-Killington in Rutland, VT, honoring champions and top award winners from the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series and other divisions.
Todd Stone of Middlebury, VT will collect awards for his championship in the headline Bond Auto Parts Modified division, and crew chief Jeff Carter will be honored as the winner of the UNOH Ultimate Mechanic Challenge. Claremont, NH veteran Chris Bergeron will be toasted as the champion of the highly competitive Late Model division after a four-win campaign. Richie Turner of Fairfax, VT will collect top honors in the Renegade class, and Jake Noble of Benson, VT will be recognized for his title in the Central Vermont Motorcycles Mini Stocks.
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by | Jan 24, 2014 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Labor Day Classic replaces Governor’s Cup at Thunder Road
WEST HAVEN, VT – The four-race Vermont State Late Model Championship stock car series, which boasts an $11,000 point fund, will see changes in 2014. The series features four events split between Vermont’s only two paved oval speedways and will now include the Labor Day Classic at Barre’s Thunder Road on the schedule, instead of the Vermont Governor’s Cup as in years past.
The Vermont State Late Model Championship was created in 2012 and hosts two races each at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven and Thunder Road in Barre. Once again the series will kick off with the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 100 at Thunder Road on Sunday, May 25. The quarter-mile portion of the series will conclude with the Labor Day Classic 200 on Sunday, August 31. The Labor Day event will also be the final Thunder Road Late Model point-counting event for 2014.
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by | Jan 22, 2014 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Renegade, Mini Stock, Kart Series meetings to be held prior to Banquet of Champions
RUTLAND, VT – Informational meetings for stock car and go-kart competitors at Devil’s Bowl Speedway have been rescheduled for Saturday, February 1 at the Holiday Inn Rutland-Killington in Rutland, VT. The meetings were postponed from their original January date and have been slated to the afternoon prior to the Devil’s Bowl Speedway Banquet of Champions.
The “town meeting” style forum will be open to all race drivers and teams interested in competing in the developmental classes at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT in 2014. Times for the divisional meetings are as follows:
· Renegade – 12:00pm to 1:00pm
· Mini Stock – 1:00pm to 2:00pm
· Kart Series – 2:00pm to 3:30pm
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