{"id":10522,"date":"2012-08-11T08:23:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T12:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=10522"},"modified":"2012-08-11T11:25:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T15:25:48","slug":"vermont-state-late-model-championship-to-be-decided-at-devils-bowl-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/vermont-state-late-model-championship-to-be-decided-at-devils-bowl-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont State Late Model Championship to be Decided at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vermont State Late Model Championship to be Decided at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway
\nSweet, Pembroke tied for lead entering final round on September 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway will be the site of the first Vermont State Late Model Championship Series celebration in a quarter-century on Sunday, September 16. The 100-lap finale for the renewed four-round stock car championship will be part of a new tradition at the West Haven track \u2013 the \u201cVermont 200\u201d weekend \u2013 which also features a 100-lap event for the track\u2019s weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Bond Auto Parts Modified division.<\/p>\n

Brought back in 2012 after a 25-year hiatus, the Vermont State Championship Series pits the very best Late Model stock car teams from the fast, progressively-banked Devil\u2019s Bowl half-mile and the high-banked, quarter-mile bullring at Thunder Road Int\u2019l Speedbowl in Barre, VT against each other to crown an overall champion. A total of 44 drivers have attended the first three events, including invaders from New York, New England, and eastern Canada.
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Former Thunder Road champion Nick Sweet scored a pair of wins at his hometown track in the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 100 on May 27 and the Vermont Lottery Commission Governor\u2019s Cup 150 on July 12, while J&S Steel Late Model top dog Craig Bushey of Fairfax, VT won Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway\u2019s \u201cI Am Vermont Strong 100\u201d at his home track on June 15. Sweet\u2019s two Thunder Road wins sandwich a tough 19th-place showing at Devil\u2019s Bowl after handling problems.<\/p>\n

Dave Pembroke of Middlesex, VT is the only driver to have a top-ten finish in every race thus far. Pembroke was ninth in the Memorial Day opener, fifth at Devil\u2019s Bowl, and second in the Governor\u2019s Cup 150, and is tied with Sweet for the championship lead at 244 points entering the Vermont 200 weekend finale. Pembroke won the first-ever asphalt Late Model race held at Devil\u2019s Bowl in May 2010.<\/p>\n

With a pair of third-place finishes, Brent Dragon of Milton, VT sits third overall just a dozen points behind the Sweet-Pembroke deadlock; Dragon also won a 30-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series race at Devil\u2019s Bowl earlier this season. Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott is fourth overall, followed closely by Brooks Clark and Maine veteran Ricky Rolfe.<\/p>\n

The Vermont 200 at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway is a two-day racing extravaganza that will feature qualifying and 100-lap events for the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series and the Bond Auto Parts Modifieds on Sat.\/Sun., September 15-16. It is also the final championship event for the track\u2019s weekly Renegade and Bomber divisions. Two-day general admission is $30; kids 12 and under are free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vermont State Late Model Championship to be Decided at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway Sweet, Pembroke tied for lead entering final round on September 16 Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway will be the site of the first Vermont State Late Model Championship Series celebration in a quarter-century on Sunday, September 16. The 100-lap finale for the renewed four-round stock […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[201,126,200],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-10522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devils-bowl","category-new-england","category-vermont","tag-late-model"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}