by Jay | Jul 29, 2011 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Graniteville’s John Donahue and Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke are tied atop the Thunder Road Late Model point standings with just three point counting events left on the schedule. Donahue is aiming for his first “King of the Road” title, while Pembroke looks for his second.
The two have taken very different paths to the top in 2011. Donahue and his National Guard team started off the season on fire, winning the Memorial Day Classic and following it up just three races later with a win in the Vermont Governor’s Cup. Donahue has been the point leader for the majority of the season and lead by as much as 46 points. He hasn’t been lower than second in the standings all year.
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by Jay | Jul 29, 2011 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Veteran Matt White of Northfield earned his fourth career Thunder Road Late Model win on WDEV/Calkins Portable Toilets Night on Thursday, July 28. White came from the third starting position and survived a fourth caution 50 lap event to pick up his first win of the season. He held off Mike Bailey, who came home second.
Lt. Governor Phil Scott worked his way from the 14th starting spot and got around Cris Michaud late to take third. Michaud and second place point man Dave Pembroke completed the top five. Reno Gervais, Trampas Demers, Joey Becker, rookie Jimmy Hebert, and Cody Blake rounded out the top five.
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by Jay | Jul 22, 2011 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Graniteville’s John Donahue rebounded from an eventful Mid-Season Championship just a week ago with a win on Casella night Thursday, July 21 at Thunder Road. Donahue came from the 13th starting position and worked his way through heavy traffic to earn his third win of the season.
Joey Becker led early from the outside pole after a caution on the original green. He would hold a comfortable lead for the first 30 laps before it appeared his car started going away. Dave Whitcomb made a power move on the outside on lap 30 to take the lead. He would hold the lead for less than a lap as Donahue moved from the outside of Becker to under Whitcomb in the blink of an eye.
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by Jay | Jul 15, 2011 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
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by Jay | Jul 15, 2011 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Dave Pembroke of Montpelier earned his second straight feature win of the season on Times Argus Mid-Season Championship Night, Thursday, July 14 at Thunder Road. The former “King of the Road” inherited a spot in the front row during a wild final 10 laps of the 75 lap feature and cruised to the win.
Graniteville’s Chip Grenier led early from the outside pole and began lapping the tail of the field before the first caution on lap 40. Grenier again built a comfortable lead after the restart until Phil Scott cleared traffic on lap 50 and took second. Scott began to run him down and was nearly to Grenier’s rear bumper when Grenier spun trying to split two lap cars on lap 67.
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by | Jul 14, 2011 | Thunder Road, Vermont
By Phil Whipple
Staff Writer
BARRE, Vermont — Former track champion David Pembroke got the advantage on a late restart, then held off the challenge of defending King of the Road Nick Sweet to claim the Times Argus Trophy Dash Thursday evening at the famed Thunder Road International Speedbowl.
Pembroke, of Montpelier, took over the point at lap 68 and hung on for top honors. Sweet settled for second, while 2010 Rookie of the Year Cody Blake came home third. Marcel Gravel and Grant Folsom completed the top five.
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