by | Jul 10, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Mid-Season Championships are make-or-break; Kids rides, driver autographs on schedule
WEST HAVEN, VT – NASCAR Whelen All-American Series stock car drivers will have to bring their “A-game” to Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday, July 12 at 7:00pm for the Rutland Herald Mid-Season Championships. With double championship points up for grabs in all preliminary and feature races, the event can make or break a driver’s title hopes and places even greater emphasis on performance.
All four weekly divisions will see point values increase twofold for each finishing position at the Rutland Herald Mid-Season Championships. Qualifying heats are bumped up from five points to win to a healthy 10 points – the difference of five finishing positions in a regular 35-lap main event. The Sunoco Race Fuels Semi-Feature for the Bond Auto Parts Modified division is also doubled, jumping from 10 points for a win to a whopping 20 markers. Feature races are stuffed with points, with the victory ballooning from 50 points to a mammoth 100 tallies.
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by | Jul 9, 2013 | ACT, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Race driver Clint Bowyer, whose next event is Thursday night at Barre, Vermont’s Thunder Road, was part of a last lap charge this past weekend to win the Daytona 400. He wound up 4th in the 200 mph chase. But that charge has projected him to 2nd place in the NASCAR National Sprint Cup standings behind 5-time National Champion Jimmy Johnson.
This Thursday night’s 150 lap battle for the Vermont Lottery Commission Governor’s Cup on the Barre high banks won’t see the Daytona speeds, but promises to be just as great a challenge for Bowyer, with regional stock car stars eager to prove they can race with one of the nations very best. Barre’s Nick Sweet, Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke, and the three-time T-Road Track Champion Lt. Governor Phil Scott will be joined by Burlington’s Trampas Demers, Chip Grenier, Brooks Clark and 16-year old Emily Packard. Some 30 ACT Championship Late Model cars are expected.
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by | Jul 9, 2013 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Northfield Savings Bank 50: Emily Packard
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Report
BARRE, Vt. – Emily Packard of East Montpelier, Vt., continued adding to her list of career achievements at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., finishing fifth in the Northfield Savings Bank 50 on Thursday, July 4. It marked the first Top-5 finish in weekly Late Model competition for Packard, who followed that up with an 18th-place effort in the ENPRO Services 50 on Sunday, July 7. Packard now has Top-10 finishes in two of her last three starts in her first full season of Late Model competition as she sets her sights on the Vermont Governor’s Cup 150 at Thunder Road on Thursday, July 11.
WHO: Emily Packard, East Montpelier, Vt.
CREW CHIEF: Neal Woodward, Georgia, Vt.
TEAM: Emily Packard Motorsports No. 9x Northstar Fireworks/Berlin Optical Expressions Chevrolet
SPONSORS: Northstar Fireworks, Fecteau Homes, Berlin Optical Expressions, Yipes! of Barre, VT Shifter Karts, GossCars.com, Be The Match, Rutland Regional Medical Center, R.G. Paving
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by | Jul 9, 2013 | Bear Ridge, Media, Photos, Vermont
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by | Jul 9, 2013 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
Barker 2nd Rookie to claim Modified Win
BRADFORD, VT – Kane Pike of Bradford VT became the seventh different winner of the season in the Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupe division in the 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series on J&A Lawncare and Boudreault Septic Night at Bear Ridge Speedway on Saturday..
It would take Pike seventeen laps to work his way to the front of the pack and a caution on that lap was what he needed to steal the lead from Buster Kathan of Ludlow VT. Pike maintained the lead for the remaining laps and went on to claim the win making him the seventh different driver in seven. Kathan in his career best performance crossed the line in second with Jeff Robbins coming home in third for the final victory lane spot. Rounding out the top five were Josh Constantine and Jesse Smith.
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by | Jul 8, 2013 | ACT, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Derrick O’Donnell of North Haverhill, NH wheeled around 16-year-old Joey M Laquerre – three months removed from Driver’s Ed at U-32 High School – and went on to a car-length win in the 50-lap ENPRO Services Late Model main at Thunder Road.
Right behind Joey M Laquerre for 3rd came his grandfather Joey Laquerre, a fixture at Thunder Road for decades. “I tried to give him a little room, I didn’t want to make him nervous,” Grandpa Joey said.
“I have a lot of fun racing with my family,” Joey M Laquerre said in victory lane.
O’Donnell’s impressive win in the Gary Clay Builders No. 60 was his second of the season. He started 16th on the grid and sat 8th at the halfway mark. Phil Scott and Scott Payea finished 4th and 5th respectively after passing one another several times.
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Mid-Season Championships are make-or-break; Kids rides, driver autographs on schedule