by Jay | May 5, 2016 | Devils Bowl, New, Vermont
Rosen & Berger Auto Recyclers to Sponsor Renegades at Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Rutland business steps up for 50th season, will continue 50/50 raffle
CENTER RUTLAND, Vt. – Devil’s Bowl Speedway’s family of sponsors and marketing partners continues to step up for the track’s 50th season of stock car racing in 2016. Longtime Rutland-area staple Rosen & Berger Auto Recyclers and Scrap Metals will sponsor the intermediate Renegade division of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series on both the half-mile asphalt and 3/10-mile dirt tracks at Devil’s Bowl, and will continue its support of the speedway’s 50/50 raffle.
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by Jay | May 4, 2016 | ACT, New, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Local Stars Looking to Make Noise at Thunder Road on Sunday. (Alan Ward Photo)
Barre, VT—With the 18th running of the Merchants Bank 150 rescheduled for Sunday May 8, there are plenty of local race teams with hopes of carrying the checkered flag around the high banked ¼ mile oval. The American Canadian Tour (ACT) race is expecting well over 40 Late Models trying to qualify for just 26 starting spots at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement”.
Hinesburg, VT’s Bobby Therrien currently holds the top spot in the ACT Points Championship race, with defending three-time Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr. just 2 points behind. Barre’s Nick Sweet, Emily Packard of Berlin, VT and Jimmy Hebert of Williamstown, VT are all regular Competitors on the ACT Tour who started their racing careers at Thunder Road. Of this group, Sweet has had the most success earning the “King of the Road“ title in 2010, 2012, and finishing as the runner-up in 2015, to go along with his four feature victories last season. The 21 year-old Hebert has also won a track Championship on the high banks, claiming the Flying Tiger Sportsman Division in 2009, and the 19 year-old Packard who finished fourth in the ACT Points Championship last season would love to get her first ACT win at her home track.
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by Jay | May 2, 2016 | Bear Ridge, New, Vermont
The 2016 Upper Valley Car Show at Fireside Inn was overflowing with machines
New Victory Lane sponsor announced for 2016 season
BRADFORD, VT – The kick off to the 2016 racing season was a hugh success with over a full field of
Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds on hand for the fans to get up close and personal to along with several DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes, Laquerre’s Sports USAC DMA Midgets, Mike River’s Automotive Limited Late Models, and the Weglarz Property Service Four Cylinders. Also in attendance was a very strong contingent of the O’Reilly Auto Parts Granite State Mini Sprints as well as some Sprint Cars of New England.
If you wanted to see some of the cars and stars that will be providing some great racing excitement at the Ridge in 2016 at the Fireside Inn W Lebanon NH you needed to get there early to get a good parking space, as the parking lot was overflowing. It was a perfect day for the fans.
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by Jay | May 2, 2016 | Devils Bowl, New, Vermont
Next Era of Racing Ready to Begin at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in 2016
New schedule to see Vermont track host full-time asphalt and dirt racing in 50th season
WEST HAVEN, Vt. – Transformation has been almost constant at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in its first 49 seasons, and the Vermont track’s 50th summer in 2016 will continue the trend. Since its opening, the speedway has seen action shift from natural Slate Valley clay to asphalt – and back again – twice. As both a nod to the past and a look toward the future, the facility will host races on both surfaces on a full-time basis this year for the first time.
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by Jay | May 2, 2016 | ACT, New, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Rescheduled for Sunday May 8
Waterbury, VT –The dismal forecast for Sunday May 1 has forced Thunder Road Speedbowl to postpone the Merchants Bank 150. The race has been rescheduled for Sunday May 8, post time set for 2:00pm.
More than 40 ACT Late Model teams were expected to try and qualify including defending 2015 ACT Champion Wayne Helliwell Jr. of Dover, NH, along with 2015 Merchants Bank champion Brad Babb and multi-feature winner Nick Sweet.
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by Jay | Apr 28, 2016 | New, Thunder Road, Vermont
Therrien, Helliwell Open Thunder Road on Top. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, VT—Hinesburg, VT’s Bobby Therrien heads to the “Nations Site of Excitement” as the American Canadian Tour (ACT) points leader this weekend for the 57th season opener of Barre, VT’s Thunder Road. Therrien, with a dominating win in the season opener at Oxford Plains Speedway and a 7th place finish last Sunday at Lee USA Speedway, leads three-time ACT Tour Champion Wayne Helliwell Jr. by just two points heading into the 18th Merchants Bank 150 on Sunday at 1:00pm. Helliwell, with a fourth place finish in the opener at Oxford and a strong second last week at Lee, is looking to carry the checkered flag around the high banked ¼ mile track again like he did in 2014. Brad Babb, driving the Joey Laquerre owned 15NH, stole the show in last year’s Merchants Bank 150 with Helliwell settling for second place. Babb became the 12th different winner in 17 editions of the event.
The ACT Tour drivers will not only be competing against each other but will also have to battle many of the weekly Thunder Road Late Model competitors. Second generation driver Cody Blake, Jason Corliss and Trampas Demers have filed entries to compete and Lt. Governor Phil Scott attended an open practice session at Thunder Road on April 20th.
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