by | Jan 20, 2014 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
Schedule set with race night sponsors returning for the 2014 season.
BRADFORD, VT – Bear Ridge Speedway announces the return of “99ROCK WFRD” as the Weekly Racing Series sponsor for the 2014 season. Our relationships with Chris and Heath has been working very well for us, and we are very pleased to be able to say the 99Rock weekly racing series will be pounding the dirt again at the Ridge in 2014.
The 2014 Bear Ridge Speedway 99ROCK WFRD weekly racing series will consist of the DIRTcar sanctioned Bond Auto Parts Sportsman Modifieds, the Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes, the USAC sanctioned DMA Midgets, the Laquerre’s Motorsports Limited Late Models, Weglarz Property Service Fast Fours, and the KDD NAPA of Bradford Ridge Runner Hornets. All divisions will be competing weekly and the USAC DMA Midgets on a by-weekly basis.
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by | Dec 5, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Season pass pricing remains same for “Vermont’s Fastest Family Fun”
WEST HAVEN, VT – Devil’s Bowl Speedway has begun offering discount season passes for the 2014 stock car racing season – and just in time for the holidays. The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series will return to headline the weekly Friday night summer events at the asphalt half-mile track located in West Haven, VT just 20 minutes outside Rutland City.
General Admission season passes are available at no increase over last year’s pricing. The Adult Season Pass (age 13-61) remains at $190, while the Senior Season Pass (age 62+) remains $160. In addition to saving money from the race-day ticket price, season pass holders receive a 15-minute head start in selecting their grandstand seats at every event.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway is also rolling out sales of its new Gift Certificate, available in any amount and redeemable toward the purchase of any merchandise, apparel, race tickets, season passes, licenses, or other products – including race tires and race fuel.
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by | Dec 1, 2013 | ACT, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Barre, VT – Thunder Road International Speedbowl honored its 2013 Champions with the annual Banquet of Champions at the Barre Elks Club on Saturday, November 30. Rookie Derrick O’Donnell received the top honors in the Late Model division, while Shawn Fleury and Bunker Hodgdon claimed the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen and Allen Lumber Street Stock Championships respectively.
O’Donnell of North Haverhill, NH was dominant in his first season behind the wheel of a Late Model at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement.” He claimed his first career Late Model win in the first point counting event of the season on Memorial Day weekend. He took home another victory just a few weeks later. And to cap it off, the former Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen Champion became the first rookie driver to claim a Late Model “King of the Road” title.
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by | Nov 14, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Vermont, Whelen All American Series
RUTLAND, VT – Devil’s Bowl Speedway will toast top local stock car drivers from the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at its annual Banquet of Champions on Saturday, February 1, 2014. Among the competitors to be honored on stage are Rookie of the Year winners from each of the track’s four weekly racing classes. The Banquet of Champions will be at the Holiday Inn Rutland/Killington in Rutland, VT.
Twenty year-old Jamie LaFountain of Keeseville, NY will collect Rookie of the Year honors for his efforts in the headline Bond Auto Parts Modified division. LaFountain built a consistent record in his first year of racing at Devil’s Bowl, finishing in the Top 10 in nine of his 17 feature starts and taking 12th in the overall championship standings. He outdistanced Bruce Schwab and Emily Quinn for the freshman crown.
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by | Nov 6, 2013 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
Donnelly, Williams, Krawiec among guests of honor at sold-out banquet
FAIRLEE, VT – Six stock car champions will be among those honored on Saturday, November 30th as Bear Ridge Speedway honors the stars of its 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series at a sold-out awards banquet at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, VT.
Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified champion Chris Donnelly of Orford, NH will receive his seventh Bear Ridge Speedway Championship after a season long battle with runner-up Kevin Chaffee.
Veteran Terry Williams claimed the Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupe title with one racing remaining, mainly by being consistently up front all season long.
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by | Nov 2, 2013 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Thunder Road International Speedbowl has released its 2014 stock car racing schedule. The schedule features 18 events from the end of April through the beginning of October, as is tradition at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement.” The biggest change for 2014 is the switch from Sunday “Twilight” events in early June to the return of the traditional June Thursday night events.
The season will kick off with the 16th Annual Merchants Bank 150 on the weekend of Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27. The Merchants Bank event will be the only American Canadian Tour races at the ¼-mile in 2014.
The 52nd Annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic will be on Sunday, May 25. This event will be the first of the 2014 Vermont State Championship events. The season will be highlighted by big Thursday nights. The Governor’s Cup 150, the second of Thunder Road’s VT State Championship events, will be on June 26 with the Northfield Savings Bank Holiday Fireworks night the following week on July 3.
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