{"id":20018,"date":"2015-11-29T15:48:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T20:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=20018"},"modified":"2015-11-29T15:48:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T20:48:22","slug":"thunder-road-announces-2016-schedule-of-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/thunder-road-announces-2016-schedule-of-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder Road Announces 2016 Schedule of Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"thunder\"<\/a>Thunder Road Announces 2016 Schedule of Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barre, VT \u2013 Thunder Road officials have announced the release of the 2016 Thunder Road schedule of events. The 18-event schedule for the 57th season of racing at the \u201cNation\u2019s Site of Excitement\u201d begins with the 18th Annual Merchants Bank 150 season opener featuring the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) on Saturday\/Sunday, April 30\/May 1 and runs through the 54th Annual Northfield Savings Bank Milk Bowl on Saturday\/Sunday, October 1 & 2.<\/p>\n

A special weekly event Sunday, May 22 will kick off the 2016 Late Model \u201cKing of the Road\u201d chase. The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Models will then return for the 54th Annual Mekkelsen Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 29 as part of a doubleheader with the Thunder Road Late Models.
\n <\/p>\n

Thursday night events begin on June 16 and will run through August 25. All Thursday events will have a 7:00pm post time. Big events throughout the summer include the VP Small Engine Fuels Vermont Governor\u2019s Cup 150 on Thursday, July 14; the Times Argus Mid-Season Championships on Thursday, July 28; and the M&M Beverage Enduro 200 and Street Stock Special on Sunday, August 7.<\/p>\n

Two perennial major events conclude the 2016 season. The 38th Coca-Cola Labor Day Classic will be held on Sunday, September 4. The 54th Annual Northfield Savings Bank Milk Bowl on Sunday, October 2 along with Booth Bros.\/H.P. Hood Qualifying Day on Saturday, October 1 will close out the schedule.<\/p>\n

2016 Thunder Road season passes are now available and can be ordered by contacting the Thunder Road office at 802.244.6963 or tb@acttour.com. For more information on the 2016 season contact the Thunder Road office at media@acttour.com or visit www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com.<\/p>\n

2016 Thunder Road Schedule of Events
\n# DAY DATE EVENT
\n— Sat Apr 30 Barre Car Show \u2013 Practice
\n1 Sun May 1 18th Merchants Bank 150 \u2013 ACT Tour
\n2 Sun May 22 Harvest Equipment
\n3 Sun May 29 54th Mekkelsen Memorial Day Classic 100\/PASS 150
\n4 Thu Jun 16 Casella Waste Management
\n5 Thu Jun 23 Regular Event
\n6 Thu Jun 30 Regular Event
\n7 Sun Jul 03 Holiday Fireworks Event
\n8 Thu Jul 07 Regular Event
\n9 Thu Jul 14 37th VP Small Engine Fuels Governor\u2019s Cup 150
\n10 Thu Jul 21 FairPoint Communications
\n11 Thu Jul 28 Times Argus Mid-Season Championships
\n12 Thu Aug 04 WDEV Radio\/Calkins Portable Toilets
\n13 Sun Aug 07 32nd M&M Enduro 200 \u2013 Street Stock Special
\n14 Thu Aug 11 Regular Event
\n15 Thu Aug 18 U.S. Army Recruiting
\n16 Thu Aug 25 Jet Service Envelope
\n17 Sun Sep 04 38th Coca Cola Labor Day Classic 200
\n18 Sat Oct 01 Booth Bros.\/H.P. Hood Qualifying Day
\nSun Oct 02 54th Northfield Savings Bank Milk Bowl
\n Schedule subject to change<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thunder Road Announces 2016 Schedule of Events Barre, VT \u2013 Thunder Road officials have announced the release of the 2016 Thunder Road schedule of events. The 18-event schedule for the 57th season of racing at the \u201cNation\u2019s Site of Excitement\u201d begins with the 18th Annual Merchants Bank 150 season opener featuring the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) […]<\/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-20018","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\/20018","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=20018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20019,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20018\/revisions\/20019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}