{"id":10533,"date":"2012-08-15T18:10:47","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T22:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=10533"},"modified":"2012-08-12T18:11:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T22:11:42","slug":"action-packed-august-events-coming-to-devils-bowl-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/action-packed-august-events-coming-to-devils-bowl-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Action-Packed August Events Coming to Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Action-Packed August Events Coming to Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway<br \/>\nFans will have several opportunities to experience on-track excitement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway is inviting its stock car racing fans to be a part of the excitement in an action-packed month of August.  In addition to the high-drama racing of the weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, race fans can get in on the fun in a variety of ways.<\/p>\n<p>Enduro racing returns to Devil\u2019s Bowl on Friday, August 17, with novice racers running nearly street-legal 4- and 6-cylinder race cars in a survival-of-the-fittest event.  Enduros do not have caution flags, with stoppages only for emergency situations.  Hinesburg, VT\u2019s Eric \u201cMongo\u201d Messier won the season\u2019s first Enduro on June 29 in a 1995 Ford Probe.  The event begins at 7:30pm; general admission is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors (62+), and free for children 12 and under.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday and Sunday, August 18-19, \u201cThe Racing School\u201d returns to Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway for an economically priced two-day instructional session with professional drivers in Late Model-style stock cars.  Fans have the option to drive the cars or ride along with an instructor at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour.  For more information, call 1-877-CAN-RACE or visit www.theracingschool.com.<\/p>\n<p>Sugar &#038; Spice restaurant presents the first-ever pancake eating contest held at a stock car track on Friday, August 24, along with the return of Spectator Racing.  Fans will race their daily drivers \u2013 cars, trucks, SUVs, limousines, even an errant school bus or two \u2013 in one-on-one races around the Devil\u2019s Bowl half-mile.  Gary Grant of Addison, VT won the first Spectator Race in June.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, August 25, the Sports Car Club of Vermont returns for its fourth Autocross event of the year.  Autocross is a single-car, two-lap time trial on a temporary slalom-style course set up around the Devil\u2019s Bowl track.  Vehicles of all types and drivers of all skill levels are welcome to compete in the friendly competition.  For more information, visit www.sccv.org.<\/p>\n<p>Lady racers take to the track on Friday, August 31, as Brown\u2019s Quarried Slate and Brown\u2019s Farm Stand &#038; Orchard present a Powder Puff race during Championship Night for the weekly Bond Auto Parts Modified and J&#038;S Steel Late Model divisions.  Drivers\u2019 wives, girlfriends, sisters, aunts, daughters, mothers, grandmothers, and fans will race in cars from the four-cylinder Bomber division.<\/p>\n<p>The Daredevil division will also be running on dates to be announced soon.  The Daredevils are track-owned race cars that offer fans, sponsors, and other community members a chance to compete in real races.  Paul Allen and Frank Fiorino, Jr., have each carried the checkered flag in the division this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Action-Packed August Events Coming to Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway Fans will have several opportunities to experience on-track excitement Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway is inviting its stock car racing fans to be a part of the excitement in an action-packed month of August. 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