by | Oct 1, 2013 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
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Viets Tops Dirt Midgets, Pike wins Coupes
BRADFORD, VT – Veteran Modified stock car driver Chris Donnelly saved his best for last at Bear Ridge Speedway, winning the second annual Crate Motor Nationals and clinching the track’s 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series Title in the process. Donnelly, of Orford, NH, took the win in the last race of the season to wrap up the Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified track title
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by | Sep 23, 2013 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, New England, Vermont
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Photos (all credit Alan Ward)
Rich Tops Held Over SCoNE Triple Crown Feature
BRADFORD, VT – A jammed pit area saw a total of 117 race teams from five states competing on the seven-division card for the fourth annual New England Dirt Track Championships. Mother Nature tried it’s best to put a damper on the night with a persistent on and off drizzle delaying the start of the night by over two hours, but once the racing started it was hot and heavy for the regular 99ROCK weekly Racing Series divisions along with the USAC Dirt Midgets and the Sprint Cars of New England. The only event not completed was the Kids Bike Giveaways, as about 75 bikes were slated to be given away, this will now occur this week.
The final race of the Sprint Cars of New England (SCoNE) Triple Crown Series, held over from a rainout earlier in the year, kicked off the night on the ultra fast and smooth track with Tyler Rich of Lyme, NH coming to the front from his sixth starting position. Rich took the lead from Troy Comeau and went on to take a convincing win. Perennial front runner Chris Donnelly was second with Rick Martel, Troy Comeau and Clay Dow completing the top five. With the win Rich was named the Triple Crown Champion over Chris Donnelly. The feature saw both Lacey Hanson and Dan Douville take wild rides, destroying their mounts in separate incidents.
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by | Sep 21, 2013 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – The 51st Annual People’s United Bank Milk Bowl will return to its historic three (3) 50-lap segment format on Sunday, October 6 at Barre’s Thunder Road. In recent years, the final two segments had been run with extended 75-laps. After listening to the fans, it has been decided that the shortened 50-lap segments will create more “edge of your seat” action.
“The 50-lap segments were always more volatile,” said Thunder Road Promoter Tom Curley. “The third and final segment was the highlight of the Milk Bowl, as drivers had to go flat out every lap. The 75-lap segments allowed drivers to relax and gave them too much time to work their way through traffic. That isn’t what the Milk Bowl is about. It’s about white-knuckled, up-on-the-wheel, three-wide for the win action. It’s what makes the Milk Bowl the ‘Toughest Short Track Event in North America’.”
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by | Sep 17, 2013 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
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Bear Ridge Press 9/14/13-Rookie Sensation Fornwalt Claims 2nd Modified win; Cadwell Wins 2nd in Coupes
by Jay | Sep 16, 2013 | Bear Ridge, Modified, Vermont
Rookie Sensation Fornwalt Claims 2nd Modified win; Cadwell Wins 2nd in Coupes
BRADFORD, VT –Before the start of the night only three weeks remained in the 2013 weekly racing season, and from the action on the track for Shaker Valley Auto night it is clear to see that the points are tight and it is all or nothing as the season winds down.
The Bond Auto DIRTcar Sportsman Modified Feature presented a show for the fans with everyone full throttle at the drop of the green and ten minutes one second later 23 machines crossed the line after fourty laps for the checkers. (more…)
by Jay | Sep 15, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Modified, Vermont
Williams, Bryant Open Vermont 200 Weekend in Victory Lane
Germain, McCarron also score in Shootouts; main events Sunday at 1:30pm
WEST HAVEN, VT – Modified stock car driver Joe Williams and Late Model racer Robert Bryant, Jr., highlighted an exciting opening day at the Vermont 200 Championship Weekend at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, September 14. Williams and Bryant scored victories in 10-lap “Shootout” races for weekly competitors who had not yet won a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series main event in 2013.
Scotia, NY driver Williams nearly didn’t complete the opening lap in the Bond Auto Parts Modified Shootout. Williams bounced through an opening-lap scrape involving Jamie LaFountain and Vince Quenneville, Jr., but escaped and sped to the win ahead of Ron Proctor and Cody Sargen. Bryant, of Brooklyn, CT, dominated the Late Model Shootout with rookies Seth Bridge and Tom Eriksen in tow.
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