Photos: Devil’s Bowl – I am Vermont Strong 100
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Photo Credit Eric LaFleche/www.VLFPhotos.com
State Historical Marker officially dedicated at Vermont’s Northeastern Speedway
One of northern New England’s first purpose-built race tracks received statewide recognition today, as Northeastern Speedway was officially recognized by the State of Vermont with the unveiling of a historical marker on speedway grounds.
Northeastern Speedway operated alongside Route 18 in the rural town of Waterford from 1959 to 1966. Hosting today’s dedication ceremony were present property owners Paul and Lise Bellefeuille, of Waterford. The Bellefeuilles have worked tirelessly since 2008 to restore speedway grounds to their original condition, creating a living museum to Vermont’s rich racing history.
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Dan Douville Tames Bear Ridge Sprint Car Field, Siemons Capitalizes For Modified Win
Jesse Smith, Brian Chaffee grab first career victories
Veteran stock car and sprint car driver Dan Douville wowed the crowd at Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, VT on Saturday night with a back-to-front performance in the 25-lap WYKR Sprint Cars of New England (SCoNE) feature on Jiffy Mart of Bradford/P&H Truck Stop Night as part of the 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series. A jammed pit area saw a total of 110 race teams from seven states competing on the seven-division card.
Douville’s team made wholesale changes to the setup of its No. 7x Kondrat Kustoms/Coastal181.com-sponsored Eagle chassis after qualifying, and they paid off. The Bridgewater, NH veteran started 15th on the 19-car SCoNE field and sliced his way through traffic with relative ease, taking the lead from outside polesitter Brandon Valley at lap 10 and never looking back. By the time the checkered flag fell, Douville had lapped nearly half of the field.
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Pembroke Back On Track, Claims Victory at Thunder Road
Jason Corliss and Justin Town Collect Feature Wins
David Pembroke bolstered his title defense with a high-flying victory on a beautiful Sunday (June 17) afternoon at Thunder Road. Pembroke nipped South Barre’s Mike Bailey at the line by just .021 seconds to claim his first feature victory of 2012.
The early stages of the race were led by Winooski driver Jerry Lesage until an early caution brought the field back to his bumper. Bailey snatched the lead on the restart and was driving away when a devastating wreck took the car of Trampas Demers. Pembroke and Bailey dueled side by side for the final 17 laps of the 50 lap race. Defending champion Pembroke pulled ahead in the final moments in the outside groove to take the checkered flag. Pembroke was ecstatic to be back in victory lane.
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Teammates Krawiec and Chaffee Race From the Back; Finish 1-2 in USAC DMA at Bear Ridge Speedway
BY MARK McKEON
Defending Champion Joe Krawiec of Bristol, CT earned his second USAC DMA Powered by Ignite Racing Fuel feature of the year with a determined drive from the 12th starting spot. His teammate Kevin Chaffee of Fairlee, VT, who started 13th and led briefly, finished second while mid race leader and former Sprint Car pilot Scott Holcomb of Granby, CT came home third.
“My car owner Skip Matczak gave me an amazing car’, Krawiec said. “Kevin and Scott raced me hard, but they raced e clean, which was really great. It’s been an amazing year so far, we had a little shortcoming at the beginning, but we’re trying to earn as many points as we can, but with Kevin hot on our trail it’s going to be tough.”
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Craig Bushey Claims VT State Championship Event #2 at Devil’s Bowl
West Haven, VT – Craig Bushey of Fairfax, VT dominated the early stages of the “I Am Vermont Strong 100” at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday, June 15. Bushey started in the 4th position and took the lead from outside pole sitter Brent Dragon on lap 10. Following the first caution with just ten laps complete, the event saw just one more caution over the next 83 circuits.
Bushey created a sizable lead as he worked his way through heavy lapped traffic and had all but the top five in the field lapped before the third caution of the event came on lap 93. Dragon had also worked his way through the lapped traffic and reached Bushey’s bumper just before the lap 93 caution. The two appeared to be setup for a final seven lap dash to the checkers.
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