{"id":8857,"date":"2012-01-27T13:11:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T18:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2012-01-27T13:11:29","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T18:11:29","slug":"vermont-late-model-stock-car-championship-series-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/vermont-late-model-stock-car-championship-series-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"VERMONT LATE MODEL STOCK CAR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES ANNOUNCED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/images\/thunder.jpg\" alt=\"Thunder Road\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Waterbury, VT \u2013 Officials from Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT and Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT have announced a Vermont State Late Model Championship Series for the 2012 race season.<\/p>\n<p>Four (4) long distance stock car events for Late Model race teams will determine the Vermont State Late Model Champion. The American Canadian Tour (ACT) type Late Model division is the most popular form of stock car racing in the northeastern US and eastern Canada, serving the needs of racers and fans at fifteen different race tracks and two regional touring divisions.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Thunder Road will present the historic 50th anniversary Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic and annual Vermont Governors Cup 150 as part of the Vermont State series. The new owners of Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT, Mike and Alayne Bruno, have joined over a dozen regional tracks by incorporating the ACT Late Model rules as a part of their NASCAR weekly racing program.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Bruno, a former ACT Late Model competitor himself, said, \u201cI know how competitive these cars can be and when Tom (Curley) and I talked about this idea, it just seemed like a good fit for our first year with Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway, and for the entire Late Model region\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway will host a 100-lap event on Friday, June 8, 2012. The Vermont State Late Model Champion will be crowned at the Devil\u2019s Bowl season finale on Sunday, September 16, 2012. Both events will be 100 laps in distance. The two tracks will post over $10,000 in point fund money for participating teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ACT US Tour Late Models have put on a great show at Devil\u2019s Bowl over the past couple years, and the opening event at Devil\u2019s Bowl will once again be the traditional Spring Green 112 lap event.  This combined effort to give the weekly teams around the region an opportunity to have a four race weekly type series and honor the first Vermont State Late Model Champion is a nice balance between tour racing and weekly racing. I think it will be well received by Late Model teams in the region,\u201d said Tom Curley, long time promoter of Thunder Road and the American Canadian Tour.<\/p>\n<p>2012 VERMONT LATE MODEL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULE<\/p>\n<p>Sun May 27          Thunder Road   Mekkelsen Memorial Day Classic 100L<br \/>\nFri   Jun 08   Devil\u2019s Bowl      D Bowl 100L<br \/>\nThu Jul  12 Thunder Road     Vermont Governor\u2019s Cup 150L<br \/>\nSun Sep16  Devils Bowl                Vermont 200 Weekend   100L<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waterbury, VT \u2013 Officials from Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT and Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT have announced a Vermont State Late Model Championship Series for the 2012 race season. Four (4) long distance stock car events for Late Model race teams will determine the Vermont State Late Model Champion. 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