by Jay | Sep 17, 2012 | Devils Bowl, Media, New England, Photos, Vermont
Stone, Dragon Thrill in Vermont 200 Wins at Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Pembroke wins Vermont State Championship by single point
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Todd Stone and Brent Dragon left stock car racing fans cheering at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Sunday, picking up wins in the twin 100-lap events during the second day of the Vermont 200 Weekend. The event was the final race on the regular stock car racing schedule for 2012.
Stone, a Middlebury, VT native who won the 2008 Devil’s Bowl Speedway championship when the track had a clay surface, made a triumphant return to his home track in winning the 100-lap Bond Auto Parts Modified race. Stone overcame a mechanical failure on lap 11 that left his car stopped on the track and caused a caution period, but after pitting for repairs, the No. 1x G. Stone Motors car tore its way through heavy traffic to catch leaders Jessey Mueller and Roger Labreche late in the race.
Seventeen year-old Mueller, of Olmstedville, NY, expertly navigated lapped traffic, but the right-front tire on his No. 19 Mueller & Sons Heavy Duty Towing car gave up with ten laps remaining. Stone snuck underneath Mueller exiting Turn 4 on lap 92 to take the lead and never looked back. Mueller took the runner-up spot, with St-Remis, QC racer Labreche third in his first-ever Devil’s Bowl appearance. Vince Quenneville, Jr., of Brandon, VT was fourth with Leon Gonyo of Chazy, NY fifth. Alex Bell, Kenny Tremont, Jr., Hunter Bates, Joey Roberts, and Nick Heywood completed the unofficial top ten.
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by Jay | Sep 16, 2012 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Pembroke Wins VT State Championship by One
Dragon Wins Vermont 100 in Dramatic Fashion
West Haven, VT – Milton, VT’s Brent Dragon proved himself as one of the greats in the most dramatic race of the year at the Vermont State Championship Series finale at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Sunday, September 16. Chip Grenier finished a heart-breaking second, and the Mad River Valley’s Brooks Clark stole third in the closing laps.
Grenier shot to the lead in the early going, working around pole sitter Clark to gain the lead on the third lap of the event, but third-place point man Dragon stole it away from him on the eleventh circuit. Dragon’s lead was short lived when 7-time American Canadian Tour Champion Jean Paul Cyr worked to the front, where the pair survived 7 of the first 9 cautions on the front row together. While Dragon fought for the lead, tied point leaders Sweet and Pembroke struggled.
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by Jay | Sep 15, 2012 | Devils Bowl, New England, Vermont
Haskins Takes Modified Shootout at Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Vermont State Late Model Championship decided Sunday
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The Vermont 200 stock car racing weekend began at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in exciting fashion on Saturday, September 15. Rookie open-wheel Modified driver Jeff Haskins of Wells, VT posted his first-ever win, and 2012 champion Robert Gordon of Milton, VT held off young Stephen Donahue to win the Renegade race.
The victory for Haskins’ No. 95 Fuller Sand & Gravel/TPW Management entry came in a special 10-lap Shootout for drivers who had not previously won a Bond Auto Parts Modified feature race in 2012. He defeated Cody Sargen, Jason Bruno, Mike Bush, and Andy Smith for the win.
First-round qualifying was held for the Modifieds as well, locking in the top-12 starters for Sunday’s 100-lap main event. Vince Quenneville, Jr., of Brandon, VT won the first 10-lap heat race, while Roger Labreche of St-Remis, QC won his heat in his first-ever appearance at Devil’s Bowl. Ron Proctor of Charlton, NY won the third heat; Proctor won the 2012 Devil’s Bowl championship last week.
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by Jay | Sep 15, 2012 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, Vermont
3rd annual New England Dirt Track Championships on Sept. 22
Bear Ridge Speedway will host back-to-back headline events to close out its 45th anniversary dirt track stock car racing season. The third annual New England Dirt Track Championships presented by Perry Oil Service and 99ROCK will be held on Saturday, September 22, and a special event has been added on Saturday, September 29, presented by Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank.
The double-points New England Dirt Track Championships on September 22 will feature a special 50-lap, $750-to-win race for the Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds. Multi-time champions Chris Donnelly of Piermont, NH and Adam Pierson of Fairlee, VT won the first two editions in 2010 and 2011; they’ll be challenged by Kevin Chaffee, Justin Comes, Jason Gray, Derek Graham, Gary Siemons, and many others.
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by | Sep 15, 2012 | Devils Bowl, New
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Photos Credit – Leif Tillotson
1 3-wide qualifying action for the Late Models
2 Phil Scott’s day ended after a heat race wreck destroyed the rear end of his car
3 Bombers tangle on the frontstretch during feature race action
4 Bobby LaVair was the Bomber feature winner
5 Lance Rabtoy spisn in Renegade feature action
6 Kevin Boutin (25) stays ahead of Robert Gordon for the Renegade feature win
7 Renegade feature winner Kevin Boutin
8 -10 the Late Model filed ready to race in their feature
11 early race leader Jean-Paul Cyr (32) tries to hold off Chip Grenier in Late Model feature action
12 Joey Becker spins in Late Model feature action
13 Vermont Late Model Championship contender Nick Sweet (88) spins, ending his hopes for the title
14 rookie Emily Packard (9x) held off the challenges of many veterans during the race (like Brent Dragon in the 55) until eventually being spun and done for the day with just 3 laps to go in Late Model feature action
15 Brent Dragon (55) won the race but Dave Pembroke (44) won the overall title for the Vermont State Late Model Championship
16 Chip Grenier (9) and Brent Dragon fight for the race win in Late Model feature action
17 winner Brent Dragon
18 the Modifieds ready to race their feature
19 Todd Stone is involved in a melee as his car shuts down on a restart. The car would eventually refire and Stone went on to win the race in the Modified feature
20 3-wide action in the Modified feature
21 Gardner Stone and Ron Proctor tangled on the frontstretch in the Modified feature
22 the Modified field races down the backstretch
23 Jessey Muller (19) tries to hold off eventual winner Todd Stone in the Modified feature
24-26 Modified feature winner Todd Stone
by Jay | Sep 15, 2012 | ACT, New England, New Hampshire, Touring Series News, Vermont
Brian Hoar Heats Up In September
8-time ACT Late Model Champion Rolling Into Busy Stretch
GEORGIA, Vt. – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., heads for the final round of the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series this Sunday, September 16, at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, Vt., at just the right time.
Over the past three weeks, the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger has won two straight ACT Late Model Tour points races and rallied to finish fifth in the Showdown at Chaudiere – setting Hoar and crew chief Rick Paya up for a run through some of the most prestigious races of the entire season.
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