{"id":11980,"date":"2013-04-05T12:25:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T16:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=11980"},"modified":"2013-04-05T12:25:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T16:25:04","slug":"devils-bowl-speedway-rutland-to-host-2nd-annual-devils-bowl-downtown-fan-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/devils-bowl-speedway-rutland-to-host-2nd-annual-devils-bowl-downtown-fan-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY: Rutland to Host 2nd Annual Devil\u2019s Bowl Downtown Fan Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ATTACHED PHOTOS (all credit Devil’s Bowl Speedway): The Downtown Rutland Partnership will host the second annual “Devil’s Bowl Downtown Fan Festival” on Saturday, May 4 in Rutland City, VT. The Devil’s Bowl Speedway season opens with the “Spring Green” on Sunday, May 5 in nearby West Haven, VT.<\/em><\/p>\n

Rutland to Host 2nd Annual Devil\u2019s Bowl Downtown Fan Festival<\/strong>
\n Racecars and drivers to line Rutland City streets before Spring Green opener<\/strong><\/p>\n

RUTLAND, VT \u2013 One of Vermont\u2019s largest cities will rumble with the sound of stock car engines on Saturday, May 4 as the Downtown Rutland Partnership hosts the second annual \u201cDevil\u2019s Bowl Downtown Fan Festival.\u201d One day before Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway in nearby West Haven, VT opens for its 39th annual \u201cSpring Green\u201d event, as many as 50 sparkling new race machines will line Merchants Row \u2013 in the heart of the shopping, dining, and entertainment district of the city \u2013 beginning at 9:00am. Admission is free.<\/p>\n

Cars and drivers from the Bond Auto Parts Modified, Late Model, Renegade, and Central Vermont Motorcycles Mini Stock divisions of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series will be on hand, along with Late Model teams competing in the American-Canadian Tour championship. Fans can meet the drivers, collect autographs, and enter to win a Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway 2013 Season Pass at the Fan Festival and are encouraged to support surrounding businesses including the Farmers Market on nearby West Street.<\/p>\n

New features highlighting the work done by each race team\u2019s crew members have been added to this year\u2019s Fan Festival, including Best Appearing Car awards and a Pit Stop Competition. Best Appearing Car awards will be decided by a panel of officials judging overall workmanship; winners will be announced at the Spring Green event at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway on Sunday, May 5. The Pit Stop Competition, scheduled for 11:00am, will see race teams go head-to-head in a timed two-tire pit stop on Merchants Row. The Fan Festival wraps up with a parade of racecars through the city streets at 12:00 noon.<\/p>\n

In cooperation with the Downtown Rutland Partnership (DRP), the Fan Festival will also include a show-and-shine for vintage, classic, custom, and all other types of street vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year nearly 1,000 fans attended [and] we thought it would be great for those enthusiasts to participate directly with their own cars,\u201d DRP Marketing Coordinator Laura Conti said. \u201cIt might be a vintage Mustang, a Model T, an antique truck \u2026 or if you have a great new car, you can enter that, too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[nggallery id=64] ATTACHED PHOTOS (all credit Devil’s Bowl Speedway): The Downtown Rutland Partnership will host the second annual “Devil’s Bowl Downtown Fan Festival” on Saturday, May 4 in Rutland City, VT. The Devil’s Bowl Speedway season opens with the “Spring Green” on Sunday, May 5 in nearby West Haven, VT. Rutland to Host 2nd Annual […]<\/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":[15247,14980,15248],"class_list":["post-11980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devils-bowl","category-vermont","tag-devils-bowl-downtown-fan-festival","tag-devils-bowl-speedway","tag-rutland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11980","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=11980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}