MID-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS MAKE OR BREAK FOR T- ROAD TEAMS

by Jay | Jul 9, 2011 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont

Waterbury, VT – It has taken the better part of the Thunder Road season to get the top dogs positioned to take advantage of the Times Argus Mid-Season Championship double point extra-distance race coming up Thursday, July 14, 2011. Including the American Canadian Tour Merchants Bank opener, there have been eight races with seven (7) different winners in the competitive Late Model division.

There are just 79 points separating the top ten. The Times Argus Mid-Season Championship awards 150 points to the winner. The most recent winner, Dave Pembroke, from Montpelier, VT, is a former Thunder Road champion and he vaulted his team into contention last Thursday, going from eleventh in the standings to third by winning the Charter Communication main event. The Vermont State Employees Credit Union/ Lamoille Valley Ford team is just 45 points out of the lead heading to the mid-season battle on Thursday, July 14th.
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Dave Pembroke Scores His First Win of the Season on Charter Night

by Jay | Jul 8, 2011 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont

Dave Pembroke Scores His First Win of the Season on Charter Night

Barre, VT – Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke earned his first Late Model feature win of the season at Thunder Road International Speedbowl during the Charter Communications night on Thursday, July 7. Pembroke put on a dominate performance coming from the seventh starting position and racing by leader Brett Wheeler.
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Sixty-Six Year Old Don “Dipstick” Tofani First Entrant in M&M Beverage Enduro

by Jay | Jul 6, 2011 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont

Barre , VT – Don “Dipstick” Tofani of Plainfield is the first entrant into the 27th Annual M&M Beverage Enduro on Sunday, August 7 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl. The sixty-six year old Enduro veteran will pilot the Richard Bell Surveyor, Craftsbury Garage Oldsmobile Cutlass in the $3,000-to-win “People’s Race.” Over 100 slightly modified street cars driven by amateurs, are expected to run in the 200-lap event that will feature no cautions and stops for emergencies only. The annual Enduro is an action-packed thriller for the whole family.
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Reno Gervais Earns Second Career Win on Pepsi Holiday Fireworks Night

by Jay | Jul 5, 2011 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont

Barre, VT – Island Pond’s Reno Gervais earned his second career win in a last lap thriller at Thunder Road during the Pepsi Holiday Fireworks event on Monday, July 4. Gervais was out about a half a straight away lead with just eight laps remaining when hard charging Lt. Governor Phil Scott of Berlin and Cris Michaud of East Montpelier cleared traffic in the second and third positions respectively.
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