{"id":18001,"date":"2015-02-24T05:57:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T10:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=18001"},"modified":"2015-02-24T04:18:07","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T09:18:07","slug":"inaugural-green-mountain-sprint-car-nationals-coming-to-the-dirt-track-at-devils-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/inaugural-green-mountain-sprint-car-nationals-coming-to-the-dirt-track-at-devils-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Green Mountain Sprint Car Nationals Coming to The Dirt Track at Devil\u2019s Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_9424\"<\/a>WEST HAVEN, VT \u2013 Sprint Car racing history will be made in Vermont as The Dirt Track at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway hosts a blockbuster open-competition event \u2013 the inaugural \u201cGreen Mountain Sprint Car Nationals\u201d \u2013 on Saturday, September 26. The new 1\/3-mile clay oval is set for a showdown featuring the region\u2019s most fearless racecar drivers and their lightning-quick, winged, open-wheel machines.
\nThe Green Mountain Sprint Car Nationals will be the richest Sprint Car race in Vermont history and is expected to draw the region\u2019s top teams. The purse boasts a $3,000 winner\u2019s prize and a minimum of $300 to start. The event is co-sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) and the Bond Auto Parts Sprint Cars of New England (SCoNE), but is open to any winged Sprint Car with a 360-cubic-inch engine limit.<\/p>\n

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SCoNE champion Chris Donnelly of Piermont, NH became the first Sprint Car winner at The Dirt Track at Devil\u2019s Bowl last fall. Other top SCoNE racers include Dan Douville, Clay Dow, Kevin Chaffee, Luke Greenwood, Jake Williams, Tyler Austin, and SCoNE president Will Hull. Front-running ESS drivers include Chuck Hebing, Jason Barney, Jeff Cook, Matt Tanner, and Cory Sparks, along with Canadians Lee Ladouceur and 2014 champion Steve Poirier. A family rivalry is also expected between SCoNE\u2019s Lacey Hanson and her cousin, ESS competitor James Hanson, who are each based in Orwell, VT just 10 minutes from Devil\u2019s Bowl.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the Green Mountain Sprint Car Nationals will be something special,\u201d ESS promoter Dean Reynolds said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see the best of both series, and I bet a few Canadian teams will come to Devil\u2019s Bowl for the great purse being offered. We can\u2019t wait for this race.\u201d
\n\u201cI\u2019m excited and anxious to bring together all of the region\u2019s top Sprint Car teams for the first time,\u201d SCoNE president and competitor Will Hull said. \u201cWe had a great time at Devil\u2019s Bowl last fall and I really think this is going to be a race to remember.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur fans are going to see a wild show at the Green Mountain Sprint Car Nationals,\u201d Devil\u2019s Bowl promoter Mike Bruno said. \u201cDean Reynolds of ESS and Will Hull from SCoNE deserve a lot of credit for putting this event together. It\u2019ll be exciting to see how the best from each series stack up against each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

The inaugural Green Mountain Sprint Car Nationals will be held on Saturday, September 26, with additional details to follow. Drivers will also have two additional opportunities to compete at The Dirt Track at Devil\u2019s Bowl, as SCoNE holds stand-alone events on Sunday, July 5 and Sunday, August 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WEST HAVEN, VT \u2013 Sprint Car racing history will be made in Vermont as The Dirt Track at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway hosts a blockbuster open-competition event \u2013 the inaugural \u201cGreen Mountain Sprint Car Nationals\u201d \u2013 on Saturday, September 26. The new 1\/3-mile clay oval is set for a showdown featuring the region\u2019s most fearless racecar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"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":[15798],"class_list":["post-18001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devils-bowl","category-vermont","tag-devils-bowl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18001","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18003,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18001\/revisions\/18003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}