by | Mar 18, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Rutland Regional Race Car Show to be held March 23-24
RUTLAND, VT – Local NASCAR stock car drivers and their high-speed racing machines are flocking to the Diamond Run Mall in Rutland, VT for the 12th Annual Rutland Regional Race Car Show. The popular event will be held on Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24 and will showcase racers from around the region, including competitors from Devil’s Bowl Speedway in nearby West Haven, VT.
As many as a dozen NASCAR Whelen All-American Series drivers and cars are expected to represent Devil’s Bowl Speedway at the event including Bond Auto Parts Modified racers Jeff Haskins of Wells, VT and Cody Sargen of Greenfield Center, NY, rookie Late Model drivers Josh Masterson of Bristol, VT and Seth Bridge of Mendon, VT, and two-division star Hunter Bates of Middlebury, VT. Devil’s Bowl Speedway will also have a display booth with information about the 2013 racing season.
The Rutland Regional Race Car Show will be open on Saturday, March 23 from 10:00am to 9:00pm and Sunday, March 24 from 11:00am to 5:00pm. While admission is free, all attendees are encouraged to make a donation to the March For Babies charity; donation details will be available during the event. (more…)
by | Mar 14, 2013 | Media, NASCAR, New England, Photos, Vermont
Crew Chief Woodward Helps Sophomore’s Late Model Learning Curve
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – When 16-year-old Late Model driver Emily Packard buckles into her race car, she might as well be settling into a chair in the front of a classroom at U-32 High School.
For the sophomore Late Model driver, who last year competed weekly at two different northern New England tracks and qualified for her very first ACT Late Model Tour race, she has a veteran presence atop her pit box coaching her through the ins and outs of competing in one of the region’s most competitive stock car racing divisions. Five-time ACT champion crew chief Neal Woodward has been with Packard every step of the way. (more…)
by | Mar 1, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
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WEST HAVEN, VT – Interstate All Battery Center has recharged its commitment to Devil’s Bowl Speedway for the 2013 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season. The longtime Rutland, VT business has supported local stock car racing teams for nearly 30 years and last year increased its involvement with Devil’s Bowl Speedway itself.
Interstate All Battery Center of Rutland will present a full card of racing for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series on Friday, August 9, hosting the Bond Auto Parts Modifieds, Late Models, Renegades, and Mini Stocks. Race fans can get in on the action as well as the wildly popular and highly unpredictable Spectator Races return. Spectator Races are one-on-one, single-lap, elimination races run with street-legal vehicles. Recent winning rides include a 2008 Ford Mustang, a 1982 Pontiac Grand Prix, and a 2006 Audi A3. (more…)
by | Feb 25, 2013 | Devils Bowl, NASCAR, Vermont
Vermont track hopes to repair Irene damage with trees from “Clean Air Project”
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – Devil’s Bowl Speedway is going green again. The host site of the prestigious “Spring Green” stock car race has been selected to receive a grant from the NASCAR Green initiative and will plant trees in Vermont as part of the NASCAR Green Clean Air Project. The announcement was made during a conference for NASCAR Home Tracks promoters at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL on Saturday, February 16.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway was one of five NASCAR Home Tracks selected for the NASCAR Green Clean Air Project, joining Ohio’s Lake County Speedway, Kalamazoo (MI) Speedway, Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie Speedway, and Myrtle Beach (SC) Speedway. The NASCAR Green Clean Air Project debuted in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2009 and expanded to include the NASCAR Home Tracks program in 2011. (more…)
by | Feb 20, 2013 | Bear Ridge, New England, Vermont
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 46 year-old quarter-mile clay oval each Saturday night, May through September, at the famous “6:00-ish” starting time. In the event that track or weather conditions delay the target 6:00pm start time by a few minutes, fans are often treated to trivia contests and rewarded with prizes, or get to know current and former drivers through one-on-one interviews. (more…)
by | Feb 4, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Media, Photos, Vermont
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Proctor Tops Devil’s Bowl Speedway Champions Celebration
Track promoter Mike Bruno wins inaugural John Bruno Award
RUTLAND, VT – A sold-out room of more than 230 stock car drivers, team members, sponsors, and fans honored the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series champions from the 2012 season at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, February 2. The Devil’s Bowl Speedway Banquet of Champions was held at the Holiday Inn Rutland-Killington in Rutland, VT.
Ron Proctor of Charlton, NY collected his second-straight championship in the Bond Auto Parts Modified division after a sterling season that saw him tally three victories and finishes of seventh or better in all 18 regular-season events. Car owners Debbie Eddy and Ron White of Fair Haven, VT were also honored for their title, and Marcy Proctor accepted the team’s UNOH Ultimate Mechanic Challenge award. (more…)
