by Jay | Jul 24, 2010 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Lowrey Earns Casella Night Feature Win at Thunder Road
Barre, VT – Charlotte’s Rich Lowrey earned his first feature win of the season and 8th career Late Model feature win at Thunder Road on Thursday, July 22. Lowrey came from the sixth starting spot to take the lead from rookie Cody Blake at the halfway mark. He then held off eventual runner-up finisher Nick Sweet on the final restart of the event on lap 29.
Lowrey and Sweet were followed to the line by Matt White, Phil Scott and Blake completing the top five. Point leader Dave Pembroke finished with a solid 6th with Reno Gervais, Cris Michaud, John Donahue and Joey Becker rounding out the top ten.
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by Jay | Jul 14, 2010 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Make or Break For Thunder Road Title Dreams in Times Argus Mid-Season Championships
Barre, VT – This Thursday’s Times Argus Mid-Season Championships at Barre’s Thunder Road will be the most important event for any team with 2010 title hopes, as double points are on the line for all four divisions. Some drivers will be looking to keep their momentum going into the second half of the 2010 season while others will be looking to use the double points night to turn around a forgettable first half of the season.
Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke, with two wins already this season, holds an eight point lead over Senator Phil Scott in the Thunder Road Late Model Championship standings. Barre’s Nick Sweet also has two wins this season, although one was an ACT Tour point counting event at Thunder Road, and sits just 26 points out of the lead. Among the top three Scott, who also has a feature win already this season, is the only one with a finish outside of the top ten in the first eight races.
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by Jay | Jul 5, 2010 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Cris Michaud Earns First Win of the Season on Pepsi Holiday Fireworks Night
Barre, VT – East Montpelier’s Cris Michaud earned his first win of the 2010 season on Sunday, July 4th’s Pepsi Holiday Fireworks event. Michaud, who has had some bad luck so far this season took his Ford powered Fusion from the fifth starting position and took the lead with less than fifteen laps to go. Michaud’s win will help him in not only the Thunder Road point standings but the Ford Blue Oval Cup standings. It was also Michaud’s 16th career Thunder Road Late Model win.
Northfield’s Matt White followed up his win this past Thursday with a second followed by Randolph’s Dylan Smith who finished a career high third after leading the first half of the 50 lap event. Rich Lowrey took fourth with Senator Phil Scott rounding out the top five. Reno Gervais, Nick Sweet, Thunder Road Late Model point leader Dave Pembroke, Grant Folsom and Joey Becker completed the top ten.
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by Jay | Jul 3, 2010 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Joe Steffen Takes Bond/WIX Tiger Tour 100 Win at Thunder Road
Barre, VT – Essex Junction’s “Double O” Joe Steffen won the second event on the Bond/WIX Tiger Tour at Thunder Road on Thursday, July 1. Steffen came from the sixth starting position to take the lead after a lap 43 restart. He would hold off the rest of the field through three more cautions and lead the rest of the way.
Milton’s Eric Badore and Georgia, Vermont’s Joey Roberts battled for the runner-up position during the final laps. Badore took second while Roberts settled for third. Jason Bonnett took fourth and Tony Rossi rounded out the top five. Chip Grenier, Tom Therrien, Mike Billado, Tucker Williams, and David Finck completed the top ten.
The 100 lap event took just over one hour and eighteen minutes to complete with a total of nine cautions and three lead changes among three drivers.
Northfield’s Matt White earned his third career Thunder Road Late Model win in the 50 lap feature. He took the lead from Doug Murphy on the final restart of the race and held off Rich Lowrey who had to settle for second. John Donahue earned third followed by Brooks Clark and Joey Becker rounding out the top five. Nick Sweet, Dave Pembroke, Phil Scott, Mike Bailey and Jamie Fisher completed the top ten.
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by Jay | Jun 26, 2010 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Nick Sweet Claims Carquest Governor’s Cup
Barre, VT – Barre’s Nick Sweet claims his second Thunder Road win of 2010 in the Carquest Governor’s Cup 100 on Friday, June 25. Sweet took the lead from the pole and battled with Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke throughout the 100 lap event. The two would swap the lead twelve times before Sweet got to the front for good on lap 94.
Pembroke would have to settle for third after Jamie Fisher got by in the closing laps. Senator Phil Scott claimed his third straight top five with a fourth followed by Mike Bailey in fifth. Eric Williams came from 19th to finish sixth while ACT Tour Rookie of the Year contender Austin Theriault climbed from 21st to finish seventh. Matt White, John Donahue and Rich Lowrey rounded out the top ten.
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by Jay | Jun 22, 2010 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Northfield’s Tony Andrews claimed his third career Thunder Road Late Model win on the final Sunday twilight special sponsored by Harvest Equipment on Sunday, June 20. Andrews led the 50 lap event flag to flag but not without pressure from Grant Folsom and Senator Phil Scott after a restart with just 6 laps remaining.
Scott would settle for second and Folsom took third followed by Dave Whitcomb and Joey Becker rounding out the top five. John Donahue, Dave Pembroke, Reno Gervais, Nick Sweet and Cris Michaud completed the top ten.
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