{"id":11947,"date":"2013-04-02T14:15:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T18:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=11947"},"modified":"2013-04-02T17:23:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T21:23:59","slug":"devils-bowl-speedway-vermont-state-late-model-championship-series-returns-to-devils-bowl-thunder-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/devils-bowl-speedway-vermont-state-late-model-championship-series-returns-to-devils-bowl-thunder-road\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY: Vermont State Late Model Championship Series Returns to Devil\u2019s Bowl, Thunder Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vermont State Late Model Championship Series Returns to Devil\u2019s Bowl, Thunder Road<\/strong>
\n Four-race series pits each track\u2019s best head-to-head<\/strong><\/p>\n

WEST HAVEN, VT \u2013 Vermont\u2019s stock car civil war isn\u2019t over. The Vermont State Late Model Championship Series will return for a second-straight year in 2013, pitting the best Late Model drivers and teams in the region against each other in a four-race shootout at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT and Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT.<\/span><\/p>\n

With two events each at the high-speed Devil\u2019s Bowl half-mile and the high-banked Thunder Road quarter-mile bullring, race teams will be put to the test in extra-distance events to crown a champion. The series opens on Sunday, May 26 at Thunder Road with the 51st annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 100, followed by a 100-lap tilt at Devil\u2019s Bowl on Friday, June 7. The series moves back to Barre on Thursday, July 11 with the Vermont Lottery Commission Governor\u2019s Cup 150 before concluding in Rutland County at Devil\u2019s Bowl\u2019s Vermont 200 Weekend on Sunday, September 15.<\/p>\n

Following a 25-year hiatus, the Vermont State Championship was reborn last summer to rave reviews, with more than 50 drivers from five states and Canada competing. Dave Pembroke of Montpelier, VT added to his r\u00e9sum\u00e9 by becoming the first Vermont State Champion crowned since 1987, and will attempt to score a second title this year. Thunder Road champion Nick Sweet of Barre, VT swept both State races at his home track, while the Devil\u2019s Bowl events were won by track champion Craig Bushey of Fairfax, VT and American-Canadian Tour veteran Brent Dragon of Milton, VT. Pembroke was the only driver to finish all four events inside the top-10, beating Dragon by a single point for the title.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were so close last year. It was heartbreaking to come up one point shy the way we did,\u201d Dragon said. \u201cIt was great to win that final race at Devil\u2019s Bowl, though. I love both of these tracks, so we\u2019ll go out and try to win these races and see if we can\u2019t gain that extra point this time around.\u201d<\/p>\n

After testing the Vermont State Championship waters at their home track last season, many Devil\u2019s Bowl teams are expected to tackle the full 2013 State schedule including Kevin Elliott of Rutland, VT, Hunter Bates of Middlebury, VT, Bryan Town of Charlestown, NH, Dan Petronis of Mechanicville, NY, and Devil\u2019s Bowl Rookie of the Year Robert Bryant, Jr. of Rutland, VT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vermont State Late Model Championship Series Returns to Devil\u2019s Bowl, Thunder Road Four-race series pits each track\u2019s best head-to-head WEST HAVEN, VT \u2013 Vermont\u2019s stock car civil war isn\u2019t over. The Vermont State Late Model Championship Series will return for a second-straight year in 2013, pitting the best Late Model drivers and teams in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"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":[201,200],"tags":[14980],"class_list":["post-11947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devils-bowl","category-vermont","tag-devils-bowl-speedway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11947","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}