Video #97 Joey Polewarczyk Jr ACT Heat Race at Thunder Road 5-1-2011
#97 Joey Polewarczyk Jr ACT Heat Race at Thunder Road 5-1-2011
Brian Hoar Finishes 5th At Thunder Road
Brian Hoar: ACT Late Model Tour
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Report
BARRE, VT – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., finished fifth in the ACT Late Model Tour Merchants Bank 150 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Sunday, May 1. The finish marked the second consecutive Top-5 finish to open the season for the RPM Motorsports driver, who started the event from the pole after qualifying through the consolation round.
WHO: Brian Hoar, Williston,Vt.
TEAM: RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Merchants Bank 150
WHERE: Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile oval)
STARTED: 1st
FINISHED: 5th
LED: 0 times for 0 laps
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Brent Dragon Finishes 15th at Thunder Road
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Report
BARRE, Vt. – Brent Dragon overcame a mechanical issue to take home a 15th-place finish in the ACT Late Model Tour Merchants Bank 150 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Sunday, May 1. Around Lap 20, Dragon lost the power steering in his Avery Motorsports but still managed to finish in the top half of the field for the second straight race after starting out from the sixth postion.
WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
TEAM: Avery Motorsports No. 55 Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/CharlesboisFreightliner Chevrolet
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Merchants Bank 150
WHERE: Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile oval)
STARTED: 6th
FINISHED: 15th
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Nick Sweet Takes Second Merchants Bank 150 in a Row
Nick Sweet Takes Second Merchants Bank 150 in a Row
Barre, VT – Barre, VT’s Nick Sweet claimed his second straight Merchants Bank 150 win at Thunder Road International Speedbowl on Sunday, May 1. The defending track champion came from his 8th starting position to take the lead from Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. on lap 91. Sweet would work his way through lap traffic with ease and never relinquished the lead for the remainder of the event.
Graniteville’s John Donahue led from the outside pole for the first four laps before Polewarczyk took over from the fourth place starting spot. Polewarczyk survived the only restart of the event after a lap 9 caution for a spin. He then took control of the event and lapped the majority of the field before Sweet reeled him in and took the lead.
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Austin Theriault Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Report
Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Report
BARRE, Vt. – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, failed to qualify for the ACT Late Model Tour Merchants Bank 150 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Sunday, May 1. Theriault fought the track position battle through all three rounds of qualifying on the high-banked quarter-mile oval, but in the end the RPM Motorsports driver simply ran out of time in the last-chance qualifying race. A total of 50 cars attempted to make the 30-car starting field
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: RPM Motorsports No. 57 Varney Insurance Ford
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Merchants Bank 150
WHERE: Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile oval)
STARTED: DNQ
FINISHED: DNQ
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13th Annual Merchants Bank 150 ACT Late Model Tour Results
13th Annual Merchants Bank 150 ACT Late Model Tour Results
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Unofficial Results
1. (8) Nick Sweet, Barre, VT,1 50 Laps
2. (4) Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Hudson, NH, 150 Laps
3. (2) John Donahue, Graniteville, VT, 150 Laps
4. (10) Patrick Laperle, St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, QC, 150 Laps
5. (1) Brian Hoar, Williston, VT, 150 Laps
6. (21) Jonathan Urlin, London, ON, 149 Laps
7. (11) Randy Potter, Groveton, NH, 149 Laps
8. (13) #Ben Ashline, Pittston, ME, 149 Laps
9. (19) Quinten Welch, Lancaster, NH, 149 Laps
10. (17) Mark Lamberton, Mooers Forks, NY, 149 Laps (more…)