{"id":5257,"date":"2011-05-19T21:06:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T02:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-05-19T21:06:43","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T02:06:43","slug":"brent-dragon-devils-bowl-speedway-race-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/brent-dragon-devils-bowl-speedway-race-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"BRENT DRAGON: Devil&#8217;s Bowl Speedway Race Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour<br \/>\nDevil&#8217;s Bowl Speedway Race Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/images\/ACT.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY<\/strong><br \/>\nBrent Dragon of Milton, Vt., will have the advantage of experience when the ACT Late Model Tour takes on the Spring Green 111 at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway, in West Haven, Vt., on Sunday, May 22. Dragon is one of the few ACT competitors who have already raced at Devil\u2019s Bowl, having made a start there last year in a non-sanctioned event. The Spring Green 111 will also be the first time that Dragon races his own Dragon Motorsports Late Model this season.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>THE FACTS<\/strong><br \/>\nWHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.<br \/>\nTEAM: No. 55 Beverage Mart\/Furniture World of VT\/Charlesbois Freightliner Chevrolet<br \/>\nCREW CHIEF: Donnie Avery, Ashland, N.H.<br \/>\nBEST CAREER DEVIL\u2019S BOWL SPEEDWAY FINISH: 4th (May 2010)<br \/>\nLAST RACE AT DEVIL\u2019S BOWL SPEEDWAY: 4th (May 2010)<br \/>\nWHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 111<br \/>\nWHERE: Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway, West Haven, Vt. (.5-mile oval)<br \/>\nWHEN: 2 p.m., Sunday, May 22<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACT LATE MODEL TOUR<\/strong><br \/>\nLAST RACE: May 1, Merchants Bank 150, Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (15th)<br \/>\nNEXT RACE: June 4, The Big Jab 150, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)<br \/>\nCURRENT POINTS POSITION: 7th<\/p>\n<p><strong>DID YOU KNOW?<\/strong><br \/>\nBrent Dragon finished fourth in a Late Model race at Devil&#8217;s Bowl Speedway last season, the first season following the track&#8217;s change from dirt to asphalt.<br \/>\nBrent Dragon is a multi-time Late Model track champion at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., a similarly flat half-mile track.<br \/>\nBrent Dragon will debut his Dragon Motorsports Late Model in the Spring Green 111 after running an Avery Motorsports entry in each of the first two races this season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/images\/brent-dragon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT THEY&#8217;RE SAYING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BRENT DRAGON, Driver of the No. 55 Beverage Mart\/Furniture World of VT\/Charlesbois Freightliner Chevrolet, On running his own Late Model in the Spring Green 111: \u201cWe tested our own car a week ago, and it went well. We\u2019re going to a place where we have been before. We went there once last year, so I\u2019m pretty excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On what he thinks about racing at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway: \u201cQuite a few (ACT competitors) have been there and tested this year. Guys that run out front have been there. It will be another good race.<br \/>\n\u201cThe track is nice. You can run side by side, and there is some passing. When we were there last year the asphalt was new and there was a lot of grip. I think some of that will be gone, so the racing should be better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his preference for fast, flat tracks: \u201cThat&#8217;s what I grew up on (at Airborne). You use a lot of brake at them. A lot of guys grew up not using so much brake, so it\u2019s usually a better race for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>UP NEXT<\/strong><br \/>\nThe ACT Late Model Tour heads to Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, for the rescheduled The Big Jab 150 on Saturday, June 4&#8230; Brent Dragon will aim to improve on his career best finish of second at Oxford Plains Speedway, the track where he won the pole for the TD Bank 250 in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maineracer.com\/forum\/viewforum.php?f=51\">ACT Forum<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/neracer.com\/blog\/blog\/category\/act\/\">ACT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour Devil&#8217;s Bowl Speedway Race Preview THE STORY Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., will have the advantage of experience when the ACT Late Model Tour takes on the Spring Green 111 at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway, in West Haven, Vt., on Sunday, May 22. 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