WEST HAVEN, VT — A new era has begun for Vermont sports: Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway has new leadership. Vermont business owners Mike and Alayne Bruno have purchased the 75-acre facility and plan to host a full season of stock car racing in 2012.
\nDevil\u2019s Bowl Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned, half-mile paved stock car track located in West Haven, VT, 15 minutes from Rutland, the state\u2019s second-largest city.<\/p>\n
The co-owner and president of Rutland-based Bruno\u2019s Towing, 40 year-old Mike Bruno is a champion stock car driver with well over 50 victories. He began racing at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway in 1988, following in the footsteps of his late father, John, a multi-time track champion.
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\n\u201cToday is a major milestone for me personally. I\u2019ve traveled all over the country to race, but my roots have been firmly planted at Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway since I was young,\u201d Mike Bruno said. \u201cMy family has a deep connection with the area, and having the chance to guide our home track into the future means a great deal to us. Beyond our personal history, though, we feel that we have a great opportunity to have a positive impact on local motorsports and the greater community as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mike and Alayne Bruno purchased the speedway from founder C.J. Richards. Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway opened as a dirt track in 1967 and was paved in 2010. The track adopted sanction from the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series under the Richards family\u2019s leadership last year. Bruno, who led a successful open-discussion \u201ctown meeting\u201d with competitors two weeks ago, said the asphalt surface will remain, as will the track\u2019s relationship with NASCAR.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve met with NASCAR officials in Florida, and our management team met with local competitors two weeks ago and made great progress,\u201d Bruno said. \u201cWe are confident that this transition will go smoothly for everyone, and we are very excited to bring our new ideas to the table.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bruno said that plans include the rebirth of Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway\u2019s open-wheel, dirt-style 358-Modified division and integrating the class with the current crate-engine Sportsman Modifieds, as well as growing the American-Canadian Tour-legal Late Model division and the Renegade and Bomber support classes. Bruno\u2019s target is an 18-event championship race schedule in 2012. Other plans include upgrades to the physical plant, the possible addition of go-kart racing, and non-racing community events.<\/p>\n
Information will be forthcoming including a full schedule of events, competitor rulebooks, licensing information, and other programs. For more information, call (802) 773-0146, email devilsbowlspeedway@gmail.com, or visit www.devilsbowlspeedwayvt.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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