{"id":19723,"date":"2015-08-21T11:58:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T15:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=19723"},"modified":"2015-08-21T11:58:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T15:58:16","slug":"thunder-road-thursday-season-nears-checkered-flag-with-jet-serviceacura-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/thunder-road-thursday-season-nears-checkered-flag-with-jet-serviceacura-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder Road Thursday Season Nears Checkered Flag with Jet Service\/Acura Night"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alan Ward\/Big Al’s Photos photo<\/p><\/div>\n

Barre, VT<\/em> \u2013 The next-to-last Thursday night event of the 56th<\/sup> Thunder Road racing season is this Thursday, August 20 with Jet Service Envelope\/Accura Printing Night. N. Haverhill, NH\u2019s Derrick O\u2019Donnell is just three races away from a record-tying third consecutive \u201cKing of the Road\u201d title, making each spot critical this Thursday<\/span><\/span> night.<\/p>\n

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The evening will also feature the annual \u201cRun-What-U-Brung\u201d spectator races, allowing people to race their registered and inspected street vehicles mano-a-mano<\/em> around the \u00bc-mile oval. Participants must register at the pit gate by 5:30pm<\/span><\/span>, purchase a pit pass, and wear a full racing helmet.<\/p>\n

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O\u2019Donnell had a big night last Thursday. Barre challengers Nick Sweet and Cody Blake were both involved in crashes while O\u2019Donnell escaped trouble to secure a fifth-place finish. O\u2019Donnell now has a 42-point lead over Sweet and is 60 points ahead of Blake, putting him in the catbird seat for a third straight championship, a feat accomplished only once in Thunder Road\u2019s 56-year history. John Donahue and Scott Dragon round out the top-five.<\/p>\n

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The Late Models are still looking for their first winner of the Maplewood Convenience Stores \u201cTriple Crown\u201d. The bonus for a driver winning their heat, semi-feature, and the 50-lap main event is up to $800 after Brett Gervais\u2019 bid last Thursday was felled by a flat tire in the feature.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI definitely think I\u2019m going to get another crack at it,\u201d Gervais said. \u201cWinning two out of three is always good, but that last one is the one that matters the most. It\u2019s definitely something I\u2019m looking to do, but the season is coming to a close, so the pressure is on. We\u2019ll just have to work harder and try to bring it to the finish.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Behind the leading Late Model group, a tight race has developed for the rest of the top-10 positions. Sixty points separate sixth-place Jason Corliss from 12th<\/sup>-place Gervais, leaving much to be decided in the final three events.<\/p>\n

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The title chase is wide open in the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen with just 48 points separating the top-six drivers. Defending Tiger Champion Jason Woodard of Waterbury Ctr. has led the standings for the past four weeks, but his margin over Wolcott\u2019s Brendan Moodie shrunk to 17 points in last Thursday\u2019s Twin 50s. Dylan Payea and Christopher Pelkey are third and fourth with Stephen Donahue and Mike Martin tied for fifth.<\/p>\n

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Hardwick\u2019s Jaden Perry has a mere 10-point lead over Wolcott\u2019s Jamie Davis in the Allen Lumber Street Stock standings. Marcel J. Gravel, Tyler Austin, and Jamon Perry sit third through fifth.<\/p>\n

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Jet Service Envelope\/Accura Printing Night at Barre\u2019s Thunder Road featuring the \u201cRun-What-U-Brung\u201d spectator races is this Thursday, August 20 with a 7:00pm<\/span><\/span> post time. Admission is $12 for adults, $3 for kids ages 6-12, and $25 for a family of four (2 adults, 2 kids).<\/p>\n

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For more information contact the Thunder Road offices at 802.244.6963<\/a>, media@acttour.com<\/a>, or visit www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Barre, VT \u2013 The next-to-last Thursday night event of the 56th Thunder Road racing season is this Thursday, August 20 with Jet Service Envelope\/Accura Printing Night. N. Haverhill, NH\u2019s Derrick O\u2019Donnell is just three races away from a record-tying third consecutive \u201cKing of the Road\u201d title, making each spot critical this Thursday night.   The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[26,200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thunder-road","category-vermont"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19723","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19724,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19723\/revisions\/19724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}