{"id":12147,"date":"2013-04-16T09:31:57","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T13:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=12147"},"modified":"2013-04-16T08:45:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T12:45:37","slug":"devils-bowl-speedway-devils-bowl-speedway-regional-report-april-15-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/devils-bowl-speedway-devils-bowl-speedway-regional-report-april-15-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVIL&#8217;S BOWL SPEEDWAY: Devil&#8217;s Bowl Speedway Regional Report &#8211; April 15, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bessette_1200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12148 alignleft\" alt=\"bessette_1200\" src=\"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bessette_1200-300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bessette_1200-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bessette_1200-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bessette_1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/hebert_1200-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12149 alignleft\" alt=\"hebert_1200 (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/hebert_1200-1-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/hebert_1200-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/hebert_1200-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/hebert_1200-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><em>bessette_1200: George &#8220;Mad Dog&#8221; Bessette celebrates his Granite State Pro Stock Series victory at Thompson Int&#8217;l Speedway&#8217;s &#8220;Icebreaker&#8221; on Sunday. (Eric LaFleche\/VLFPhotos.com photo)<\/em><br \/>\n<em> hebert_1200: Jimmy Hebert (#58) leads Eddie MacDonald (#17) and the rest of the American-Canadian Tour field en route to his win in the New Hampshire Governor&#8217;s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday. (Leif Tillotson photo)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>DEVIL\u2019S BOWL SPEEDWAY REGIONAL REPORT: April 15, 2013<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Hebert and Bessette take series wins; Devil\u2019s Bowl drivers get early start<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>(NOTE: The Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway Regional Report is a new regular feature that will showcase drivers and series affiliated with the West Haven, VT track racing in other parts of the Northeast.)<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The New England stock car racing season is officially in full swing, and a handful of drivers from Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway have taken off to an early start. Touring series drivers Jimmy Hebert and George Bessette highlighted the list of winners at Lee USA Speedway and Thompson International Speedway, while other Devil\u2019s Bowl racers turned in strong performances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>American-Canadian Tour \u2013 Lee USA Speedway, Lee, NH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New Hampshire Governor\u2019s Cup 150 \u2013 Sunday, April 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00b7 Jimmy Hebert, 21, of Williamstown, VT broke into the winner\u2019s circle for the first time to open the ACT Late Model Tour championship season on Sunday. Hebert started 15th and led the final 25 laps going away. Travis Fadden, Eddie MacDonald, Rowland Robinson, Jr., and Ray Parent completed the top five finishers.<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 Hebert, the 2012 ACT Rookie of the Year made, two starts at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway in his freshman season, finishing 22nd in the 101.5 \u201cThe Fox\u201d Spring Green with the ACT Late Model Tour in his first-ever trip to the West Haven, VT half-mile in May. He returned in June for the \u201cI Am Vermont Strong 100\u201d for the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series and was running inside the top 10 before crashing hard off the backstretch and finishing 16th.<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 Brian Hoar, Wayne Helliwell, Jr., and Brent Dragon \u2013 all previous winners at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway \u2013 each had a tough start to their season at Lee USA. Hoar, of Williston, VT, spun in his qualifying heat and eventually finished ninth in the 150-lap main event. Dover, NH driver Helliwell, the defending 101.5 \u201cThe Fox\u201d Spring Green winner and ACT champion, spun late in the Lee USA event and finished 14th. Dragon, of Milton, VT, was pinched into the wall in qualifying by another driver; he qualified for the Governor\u2019s Cup race, but was never a factor for the win, finishing 13th. The trio of drivers has combined for two Spring Green victories and five overall wins at Devil\u2019s Bowl since 2011.<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 Sixteen year-old Joey M. Laquerre, a fourth-generation driver from East Montpelier, VT, just missed the cut in qualifying for the New Hampshire Governor\u2019s Cup 150 in his first ride for car owner Kendall Roberts. Laquerre ranked 10th in championship points in the Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model division in 2012 with two third-place finishes.<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 The ACT Late Model Tour visits Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway twice in 2013 \u2013 The 101.5 \u201cThe Fox\u201d Spring Green 113 opens the season on Sunday, May 5 at 1:30pm, followed on Sunday, July 28 by a 150-lap mid-summer showdown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Granite State Pro Stock Series \u2013 Thompson International Speedway, Thompson, CT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Icebreaker 50 \u2013 Sunday, April 1<\/strong>4<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00b7 Veteran driver George \u201cMad Dog\u201d Bessette of Danbury, CT scored his first win on the Granite State Pro Stock Series during the famed Icebreaker weekend event at Thompson International Speedway on Sunday. Bessette, a multi-time Thompson winner and champion, inherited the lead when Louie Mechalides suffered mechanical trouble with nine laps left and retired from the race. Bessette then outdueled fellow Thompson standout Mike O\u2019Sullivan for the win. Glenn Tyler, Jake Vanada, and Jim Banfield completed the top five finishers.<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 Vernon\u2019s Josh King, the lone Vermonter in the field, finished in 10th place to open the Granite State Pro Stock Series season. Part-time NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Matt Frahm of North Salem, NH, finished 12th, and former Oxford 250 winner Larry Gelinas of Buxton, ME was 16th.<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 The Granite State Pro Stock Series visits Vermont for the first-time ever at the inaugural Carmody Ford \u201cSlate Valley 100\u201d at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway on Friday, June 14 at 7:00pm.<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 Three NASCAR Whelen All-American Series drivers who compete at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway were also in action on the fast 5\/8-mile at Thompson during the Icebreaker. Joe Williams of Scotia, NY made his debut in the Sunoco\/SK-type Modified division, driving from 17th starting position to a 10th-place finish in his debut in the division. Guy Caron of Lempster, NH and Pete Yetman of Peru, MA were major players in the Late Model event; Yetman finished fourth and Caron led a majority of the 25-lap race before finishing seventh. Williams, a feature winner in 2012, will compete in the Bond Auto Parts Modified division at Devil\u2019s Bowl on a limited basis for the Sargen Racing team in 2013 while Caron and Yetman join the wide-open championship fight in the Late Model class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>bessette_1200: George &#8220;Mad Dog&#8221; Bessette celebrates his Granite State Pro Stock Series victory at Thompson Int&#8217;l Speedway&#8217;s &#8220;Icebreaker&#8221; on Sunday. 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