by | Jan 31, 2013 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
PHOTO: Teenager Jordan Fornwalt rides a dominant Limited Late Model championship season into his rookie Modified campaign at Bear Ridge Speedway in 2013. (Alan Ward photo)
BRADFORD, VT – Bear Ridge Speedway’s recent growth spurt has not slowed any during the winter off-season. New England’s premier dirt stock car track – the only track in North America with weekly racing divisions sanctioned by both the prestigious DIRTcar and USAC organizations – has seen an unprecedented transformation with competitor counts tripling in the last five years. As new drivers and teams join Bear Ridge each year, others progress through the support division ladder system at the track. (more…)
by | Jan 31, 2013 | Devils Bowl
PHOTO: Robert Gordon will receive honors for his Renegade division championship at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, along with Modified champion Ron Proctor, Late Model champion Craig Bushey, and Bomber champion Josh Masterson. (MemorEvents photo)
Speedway announces creation of special annual awards
RUTLAND, VT – More than 230 guests will honor the champions and top stock car drivers from the 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season at the Devil’s Bowl Speedway Banquet of Champions on Saturday, February 2. The fete will be held at the Holiday Inn Rutland-Killington in Rutland, VT.
Ron Proctor of Charlton, NY and car owners Debbie Eddy and Ron White of Fair Haven, VT will collect their second consecutive championship in the Bond Auto Parts Modified division. J&S Steel Late Model champion Craig Bushey of Fairfax, VT, Renegade champion Robert Gordon of Milton, VT, Bomber champion Josh Masterson of Bristol, VT, and the top drivers from each division will also receive awards. (more…)
by | Jan 23, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
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ATTACHED PHOTOS (credit Leif Tillotson):
ministock_1: This wild Mini Stock action on the frontstretch at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in 2012 is just a sample of the fun that the cost-effective, entry-level racing division produces.
ministock_2: Five-time feature winner and championship runner-up Bobby LaVair (#5) of Gabriels, NY is the top returning Mini Stock racer at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in 2013.
Mini Stock Division Gets Devil’s Bowl Speedway Facelift
Five-time winner LaVair leads wide-open championship chase
WEST HAVEN, VT – The grassroots have been replanted at Devil’s Bowl Speedway for the 2013 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series stock car racing season. The entry-level four-cylinder Mini Stock division has undergone a facelift during the winter and is expecting a wide-open championship chase.
Known in previous seasons as the “Bomber” division, the Mini Stock class is the starting point for many local racecar drivers. Cars that compete include Chevrolet Cavaliers, Honda Civics, Dodge Neons, and other American-made and import compact sedans. Modifications allow only for safety advancements and minor, inexpensive handling and mechanical improvements. Racing in the Mini Stock class is often intense with three-wide and even four-wide action sprinkled with metal-crunching crashes and rollovers. (more…)
by | Jan 15, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Sixteen stock car racing events for “Vermont’s Fastest Family Fun”
WEST HAVEN, VT – Devil’s Bowl Speedway has announced its most exciting asphalt stock car racing schedule to date for the 2013 season. Sixteen action-packed events will feature a different headline race at each outing, creating a summer full of dramatic door-to-door competition for the local stars of the weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at the West Haven, VT half-mile oval.
The season opens on Sunday, May 5 at 1:30pm with the historic “Spring Green 113” for the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Models. The 39th running of the Spring Green marks the third consecutive year that the event will be held at Devil’s Bowl; Wayne Helliwell, Jr., of Dover, NH posted the first victory of his ACT championship season in the 2012 event. The race also opens the championship schedule for the open-wheel Bond Auto Parts Modifieds, the American-made, V8-powered Renegades, and the entry-level four-cylinder Mini Stocks of the weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. (more…)
by | Dec 21, 2012 | Devils Bowl, Granite State Pro Stock
Granite State Pro Stock Series Announce 2013 Schedule
Nine races make up second season; Inaugural trips to Devil’s Bowl, Riverside
CANAAN, NH — Granite State Pro Stock Series officials have announced a nine race schedule for the 2013 racing season that will see the Pro Stocks travel to six unique tracks in two New England states.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT will host the Granite State Pro Stock Series for the first time on Friday night, June 7. The progressively banked half-mile oval will see the Pro Stocks run for 100-laps on the largest track of the season. (more…)
by | Dec 19, 2012 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Bushey voted Devil’s Bowl Speedway “Driver of the Year” by readers of vtmotormag.com
WEST HAVEN, VT – A group of local stock car racers from Devil’s Bowl Speedway has been honored by the readers of the independent Vermont Motorsports Magazine news website during its annual “Driver of the Year” voting. Eleven drivers from the half-mile asphalt oval in West Haven, VT were nominated in seven categories on www.vtmotormag.com.
With over 23,000 total votes cast during the two-week balloting, Craig Bushey of Fairfax, VT was named the Devil’s Bowl Speedway Driver of the Year. Bushey took an impressive nine victories en route to winning the J&S Steel Late Model championship in 2012. Vince Quenneville, Jr., of Brandon, VT finished second in the category after a five-win season in the Bond Auto Parts Modified division, and Modified track champion Ron Proctor of Charlton, NY finished third in the vote. (more…)
