by Jay | Sep 11, 2012 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Stone, Tremont to tackle Modifieds; Late Model stars running for Vermont State Championship
The deepest and most diverse field of northeastern stock car racing talent will be at Devil’s Bowl Speedway for the Vermont 200 Weekend on Saturday, September 15 and Sunday, September 16. The event is expected to draw a pool of Late Model drivers and open-wheel Modified racers from all corners of the Northeast for a pair of 100-lap events to close out the Devil’s Bowl season.
Top drivers from the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Bond Auto Parts Modified division will face stiff competition from a strong group of invaders. Charlton, NY veteran Ron Proctor, the newly crowned 2012 Devil’s Bowl Speedway track champion, will square off against Vince Quenneville, Jr., of Brandon, VT, teenagers Hunter Bates of Middlebury, VT and Jessey Mueller of Olmstedville, NY, and feature winners Leon Gonyo, Alex Bell, Joe Williams, and Rookie of the Year Joey Roberts.
Expected to challenge the Modifieds are multi-time champions Todd Stone of Middlebury, VT and Kenny Tremont, Jr., of West Sand Lake, NY. Stone won the 2008 Devil’s Bowl title on dirt and is the 2012 Airborne Speedway champion on asphalt, and Tremont has 34 track championships on his resume including six titles at Devil’s Bowl on both dirt and asphalt surfaces. As many as 30 Modified teams could attempt qualifying on Saturday and Sunday.
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by Jay | Sep 8, 2012 | Devils Bowl, Modified, Vermont
Bushey, Gordon, Masterson celebrate titles
Veteran stock car racer Ron Proctor of Charlton, NY celebrated his second-straight NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Bond Auto Parts Modified track championship at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday night following a 50-lap finale presented by Brown’s Quarried Slate and Brown’s Orchard & Farm Stand. Joe Williams of Scotia, NY drove to a convincing victory – his first of the season – while Proctor ran a smooth, steady race to finish seventh and secure the title.
Williams, driving the No. 55L ME Engineering/BNC Motorsports entry for Sargen Racing, jumped out to a big lead early and held the point through a 45-lap stretch of green-flag racing. Two quick caution periods – one of which claimed championship contender Vince Quenneville, Jr., with a hard crash into the Turn 1 wall – did little to slow Williams down, and he sped to the win.
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by Jay | Sep 7, 2012 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Proctor-Quenneville Championship Fight Settled Friday at Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Veterans separated by 23 points; semi-feature adds extra chance for bonus points
WEST HAVEN, VT – Two veteran Modified stock car racers will settle an exciting season-long championship fight on Friday at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, as Ron Proctor and Vince Quenneville, Jr., vie for NASCAR Whelen All-American Series title honors on Championship Night presented by Brown’s Quarried Slate and Brown’s Orchard & Farm Stand.
With the Sunoco Race Fuels “Dash For Cash” semi-feature added in the final weeks of the season, a total of 65 points are up for grabs on Friday. Quenneville, of Brandon, VT, can cut as much as 14 points off his 23-point deficit before the main event begins if he finishes near the front in his qualifying heat and the semi-feature, but only if Charlton, NY racer Proctor finishes fourth or worse in his heat race. In that scenario, Quenneville would only need to beat Proctor by five positions in the main event.
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by Jay | Sep 4, 2012 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Brian Hoar Wins Labor Day Classic 200
Eight-time Tour champion inches closer to 2012 ACT Title
BARRE, Vt. – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., took advantage of shrewd pit strategy at Thunder Road International Speedbowl, emerging with crucial track position and holding off all comers to win the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 on Sunday afternoon. Hoar led the most laps en route to his record 37th career ACT Late Model Tour victory and inched to within eight points of the series lead with just one race remaining.
The win was the second in a row in this event for RPM Motorsports, which also won the event in 2011 with Nick Sweet driving as a teammate to Hoar.
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by Jay | Sep 3, 2012 | ACT, Maine, New England, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Austin Theriault Racing: ACT Late Model Tour
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Report
BARRE, Vt. – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished fifth in the ACT Late Model Tour Labor Day Classic 200 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Sunday, September 2. Theriault started 29th in the 30-car field, used pit strategy early in the race to gain track position, and then picked up two spots over the final four laps to finish in the Top-5 for the seventh time in nine ACT races this season. The Brad Keselowski Racing development driver remained the only driver on the ACT Late Model Tour to have finished in the Top-10 in all nine points races, and the AT Racing No. 57 Pelletier Ford Ford Fusion has two Top-10s in two races at Thunder Road in 2012.
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by Jay | Sep 3, 2012 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Hoar Wins Big, Sends Championship Message
Gonyaw, Pilotte Pick up Feature Wins
Barre, VT – Eight-time Champion Brian Hoar made it clear his championship defense was far from over on Sunday afternoon at Thunder Road, claiming the clutch victory in the 34th Annual Bond Auto Labor Day Classic. Current point leader Wayne Helliwell, Jr. made him earn it, finishing a close second, and three-time Thunder Road track champion Cris Michaud rounded out the podium finishers.
Rookie Jimmy Hebert led the way early until a lap 33 caution when Helliwell spun in turn three. Hebert retained the lead following the restart, but was overpowered by Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. on lap 54 of the event. His lead, however, was short-lived when a hard charging Brent Dragon charged from the tenth starting position to take the lead on lap 68.
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