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Modified racers to tackle northeastern asphalt and dirt tracks in five-race championship<\/strong><\/p>\n RUTLAND, VT \u2013 Northeastern Modified stock car racing teams will be hitting the road in 2013. Management at Vermont\u2019s Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway has announced the creation of the all-new Northern Modified Challenge Series for center-seat Modified cars. The five-race schedule will be the ultimate test for drivers and race teams, as events will be staged on both asphalt and dirt surfaces. The inaugural Northern Modified Challenge Series features a five championship events staged on four vastly different race tracks. The Challenge begins on Sunday, May 26 at 1:30pm at the high-banked quarter-mile at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT. The track\u2019s 51st annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic will raise the curtain on the Challenge schedule with a 50-lap event, run as a companion race to the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series. Featuring 18-degree banked corners and the infamous \u201cWidowmaker\u201d wall, Thunder Road is sure to take even the best race teams to task in its first-ever event for dirt-style Modifieds.<\/p>\n Several teams have already turned laps in test sessions at Thunder Road in preparation of the May 26 event. Todd Stone of Middlebury, VT, who won the opening event at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway on May 5, was one of the drivers who tested in April, turning fast laps of 12.6 seconds \u2013 nearly a half-second faster than the Late Model cars that compete there regularly. Not only will the Thunder Road event award championship points toward the Northern Modified Challenge Series, it will also give each competitor 50 bonus points toward the Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway track championship.<\/p>\n The Northern Modified Challenge Series will have an exciting two-track weekend doubleheader on August 2-3. The Challenge runs on its home track at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT for the second annual C.J. Richards Memorial 67 presented by Carrara Masonry & Concrete on Friday, August 2 at 7:00pm. The Modified division has produced exciting side-by-side action and straightaway speeds topping 125 miles per hour at the Devil\u2019s Bowl half-mile in its four seasons as an asphalt track.<\/p>\n The second half of the doubleheader brings the Northern Modified Challenge Series to Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, NH for a 50-lap showdown presented by S.K. Bean\u2019s Enfield Garage on Saturday, August 3 at 6:00pm. Dirt-style Modified racing is not unprecedented on the fast, smooth 1\/3-mile asphalt track at Canaan, although the most recent event for the cars there was staged nearly a decade ago.<\/p>\n Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway will host the Northern Modified Challenge Series again during its annual Vermont 200 Weekend on September 14-15. The event\u2019s format, which will be designed to create exciting competition, will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n The Northern Modified Challenge Series will crown its inaugural champion on Saturday, October 12 on the tough, racy 1\/4-mile clay oval at Canaan Dirt Speedway in Canaan, NH at the second annual Jaycox Property Maintenance-sponsored \u201cOctoberFAST\u201d event. The Charlie Elliott Memorial Canaan Cup 100-lap main event will pay a cool $2,500 to the winner.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are so proud and excited to have created the Northern Modified Challenge Series for 2013,\u201d NMCS Director Mike Bruno said. \u201cI have to thank Tom Curley at Thunder Road and Dick Therrien at Canaan for their great support. Our tracks will showcase the talent level of the Modified drivers and teams in this region, and we are all really looking forward to these races.\u201d<\/p>\n The Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 26 at Thunder Road Int\u2019l Speedbowl in Barre, VT is the opening event for both the Northern Modified Challenge Series and the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series, with racing scheduled to begin at 1:30pm.<\/p>\n NORTHERN MODIFIED CHALLENGE SERIES<\/b><\/p>\n 2013 Schedule of Events<\/b>\u00a0(as of Friday, May 10, 2013)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n No.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Day\/Date\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Event\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sun, May 26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thunder Road Int\u2019l Speedbowl \u2013 Barre, VT \u2013 high-banked 1\/4-mile asphalt oval<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Fri, Aug 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Carrara Masonry & Concrete C.J. Richards Memorial\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a067 Laps\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a07:00pm<\/p>\n Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway \u2013 West Haven, VT \u2013 progressively-banked 1\/2-mile asphalt oval<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sat, Aug 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0S.K. Bean\u2019s Enfield Garage Night\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Canaan Fair Speedway \u2013 Canaan, NH \u2013 semi-banked 1\/3-mile asphalt oval<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sat, Sept 14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Vermont 200 Weekend \u2013 Qualifying & Shootout Day\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TBA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:30pm<\/p>\n Sun, Sept 15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Vermont 200 Weekend \u2013 Main Event\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway \u2013 West Haven, VT \u2013 progressively-banked 1\/2-mile asphalt oval<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sat, Oct 12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jaycox Property Maintenance \u201cOctoberFAST\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Canaan Dirt Speedway \u2013 Canaan, NH \u2013 semi-banked 1\/3-mile clay oval<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [nggallery id=75] Modified racers to tackle northeastern asphalt and dirt tracks in five-race championship RUTLAND, VT \u2013 Northeastern Modified stock car racing teams will be hitting the road in 2013. 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\nThe Northern Modified Challenge Series will follow Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway\u2019s 2013 Bond Auto Parts Modified division rulebook, allowing a wide variety of racecars from tracks across the Northeast to compete. While the sealed General Motors \u201c602\u201d crate engine will be the primary power plant that most teams use to compete, the events are also open to cars using 358 cubic-inch engines with a carburetor restrictor plate issued by series officials at each race.<\/p>\n