EMILY PACKARD: Packard Returns To Thunder Road This Thursday Night

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EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Emily Packard of East Montpelier, Vt., joins the stout weekly Late Model field at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., for the Casella Waste Management 50 on Thursday, June 20. Packard sits 15th in the Thunder Road standings after two races in her first full season of competition at the tight, quarter-mile bullring. Thursday night’s program marks the first Thursday night event of the season at Thunder Road, and Packard hopes her recent work with two-time track champion Nick Sweet of Barre, Vt., will pay dividends when she hits the track this week.
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Rough Riders Prepare for Thunder Road Debut

The all new Rough Rider division takes to the track in a race at the end of the 2012 season.  The Rough Rider division will run eight times in 2013, starting with this Thursday night, June 20.  (Photo Credit: Alan Ward)Barre, VT – When Thursday night events start at Barre’s Thunder Road this Thursday, June 20, there will be a new twist on the Nation’s Site of Excitement’s racing card: The Rough Riders are coming to town.

The Rough Riders, are a division of 6-cylinder cars, ten years old or older, designed to introduce competitors to racing in a way that is cheap, simple, and most of all, fun. The cars will be painted with family friendly themes, and will have their first event of 2013 on the high banks this Thursday, June 20.
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Kids Night On Deck For Thunder Road

Children at Thunder Road prepare for a race car ride around the track in 2012.  Kids Night returns to Thunder Road this Sunday, June 16 complete with free admission, a free hot dog, and race car rides for children 12 and under.  (Photo Credit: David Heath)Barre, VT – On Sunday, June 16, The Nation’s Site of Excitement Thunder Road will open the gates with free admission for kids 12 and under with a full card of racing action and special events for the whole family.

Racecars from Thunder Road’s Late Model division, Bond Auto Tigers, and Allen Lumber Street Stocks will be lined up at 1:15pm to give rides around the quarter-mile oval to kids in attendance. Thunder Road will also be giving out a free hot dog to all kids.
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