{"id":12615,"date":"2013-05-15T09:40:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T13:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=12615"},"modified":"2013-05-16T03:19:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T07:19:01","slug":"mekkelsen-rv-memorial-day-classic-kicks-off-chase-for-king-of-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/mekkelsen-rv-memorial-day-classic-kicks-off-chase-for-king-of-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic Kicks Off Chase for King of the Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"30<\/a>Vermont State Late Model Champion Series Begins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barre, VT \u2013 The 51st Annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic at Barre\u2019s Thunder Road on Sunday, May 26 will be the kickoff event in the search for the next King of the Road in the premiere Late Model stock car division.
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\nBarre\u2019s own Nick Sweet will look to defend his Late Model title and win his third championship in five years in Thunder Road\u2019s top-flight division.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fresh start for us, and we know we\u2019ve got to bring our A game to this race and every one after it\u201d said Sweet, who earned four victories in last year\u2019s title chase. \u201cMy team and I can\u2019t wait to get started,\u201d he finished.<\/p>\n

The Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic will also serve as the first event of the Vermont State Championship Series, which will run two events at Thunder Road, and two events at West Haven, VT\u2019s half-mile Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway. Last year\u2019s championship was decided by one-point after a photo finish in the series finale.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were so close to that championship last year, it was sort of bittersweet. I was really happy with the way we ran, but I always want more,\u201d said Milton\u2019s Brent Dragon, who won the series finale but came up just shy of his first Vermont State Championship. \u201cI just try to go out and win races. We\u2019ll see where the points fall this time around.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also makinga special appearance on Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day weekend, joining Thunder Road\u2019s own Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen and Allen Lumber Street Stocks for a full card of racing action, will be the Devil\u2019s Bowl Dirt Modifieds. The Modifieds will have a 50-lap special event \u2013 the first ever for Dirt Modifieds at Thunder Road – that will be the opening race to their Northern Modified Challenge Series announced last week.<\/p>\n

Post time for the 51st Annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic is 1:30pm on Sunday, May 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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