{"id":11850,"date":"2013-03-20T09:28:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T13:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=11850"},"modified":"2013-03-20T08:50:33","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T12:50:33","slug":"devils-bowl-speedway-devils-bowl-modifieds-to-make-thunder-road-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/devils-bowl-speedway-devils-bowl-modifieds-to-make-thunder-road-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVIL&#8217;S BOWL SPEEDWAY: Devil\u2019s Bowl Modifieds To Make Thunder Road Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[nggallery id=60]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Devil\u2019s Bowl Modifieds To Make Thunder Road Debut<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Dirt-style Modifieds to run at Memorial Day Classic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">BARRE, VT \u2013 The ground-pounding Bond Auto Parts Modified stock car division from Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway will be hitting \u201cThe Road\u201d this year \u2013 Thunder Road International Speedbowl, that is. The legendary Barre, VT bullring has invited the dirt-style, center-seat Modifieds to compete in a 50-lap event during the 51st Annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 26 at 1:30pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The site of the famous People\u2019s United Bank Milk Bowl, Thunder Road has hosted a variety of open-wheel events throughout its history, but never with the \u201cdirt on asphalt\u201d Modified rules package that has been so popular at Devil\u2019s Bowl in recent years. The race will be held as a companion event to the traditional 100-lap Late Model event at the Memorial Day Classic, along with Thunder Road\u2019s regular Tiger Sportsman and Street Stock divisions.<br \/>\nDevil\u2019s Bowl Speedway drivers are excited about the creation of the Thunder Road event. Two-time defending Devil\u2019s Bowl champion Ron Proctor will make the long haul from Charlton, NY to compete.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard a lot of stories about how small and tight Thunder Road is. It really makes you leery of how much contact there might be,\u201d Proctor said. \u201cBut for now it\u2019s all stories, and I can\u2019t judge until I race it. I know I\u2019ll have a lot of competition from Vince Quenneville, Jessey Mueller, Hunter Bates, and those guys. Since I\u2019ve never raced there it will be a clean slate of sorts, but I\u2019m hoping I can find the adjustments a little quicker than them because of my racing experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vince Quenneville, Jr. of Brandon, VT has never raced at Thunder Road, but the 2012 Devil\u2019s Bowl runner-up knows all about it. Quenneville\u2019s father competed there some 40 years ago, and his employer, Todd Stone, raced there with the American-Canadian Tour.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019ve been a Vermonter all my life, so I\u2019ve heard an awful lot about Thunder Road. I know some of the guys in NASCAR today have competed there, and when guys like Robbie Crouch, Jean-Paul Cabana, the Dragons, Stub Fadden, and Ricky Craven have raced there, it excites me even more,\u201d Quenneville said. \u201cTodd Stone used to run an ACT Late Model, and he told me what a tough track it was to figure out. My father raced there in the 1970s with the old NASCAR North Tour, too. I\u2019m going to do a lot of asking around, and I think I can adjust faster than a lot of these guys. A win would mean a lot to me up there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic at Thunder Road International Speedbowl is scheduled for Sunday, May 26. Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway opens its season with the ACT Spring Green 113 and the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series on Sunday, May 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[nggallery id=60] Devil\u2019s Bowl Modifieds To Make Thunder Road Debut Dirt-style Modifieds to run at Memorial Day Classic BARRE, VT \u2013 The ground-pounding Bond Auto Parts Modified stock car division from Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway will be hitting \u201cThe Road\u201d this year \u2013 Thunder Road International Speedbowl, that is. 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