Barre, VT – The rk Miles Street Stocks kicked off feature racing action on Vermont Lottery Governor’s Cup night. Rookie Owen Dupuis led ‘Flyin’ Fred Fleury across the line under the initial green flag and kept his foot to the firewall from then on. Fleury backtracked early allowing Kyle MacAskill and Riley Morris to close in on the top three positions. Late in the race, Paul Rocheleau drove up to third around Morris and then second around MacAskill with five laps remaining. Time was not on his side with freshman competitor Owen Dupuis too far to catch en-route to his first career victory with Rocheleau taking second over Riley Morris.
Kyle Gravel showed the way early in the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tiger feature before Chris LaForest called out the lap 6 caution to re-rack the field once again. Second-place runner Jason Pelkey slipped back through the pack on the restart, leaving Gravel to fend off the crazy eights of Mike Billado and Jaiden Del Toro. Eric Messier met the widowmaker frontstretch wall after a flat right front and collected Robert Gordon and Erin Beaudry in the process to call the second caution on lap 25.
Gravel took over the restart lead handily and drove off but the picture began to change with ten laps remaining. Billado and Luke Peters reeled Gravel back in with Peters jumping to the outside groove and run the highline around Billado. In the end, Kyle Gravel prevailed to his first career Tiger win with Luke Peters besting Mike Billado on the podium charge.
Jason Corliss earned the pole position in plus/minus qualifying action with a ‘+3’ against Kaiden Fisher’s ‘+2’ and looked shot from a cannon in the opening circuits. Corliss thundered away with the early lead as Justin Prescott, Fisher, Brandon Gray and Nick Sweet kept pace behind him. After a strong run, everything went south for Prescott with a broken throttle arm ending his day with the lap 61 caution.
Corliss and Gray kept it interesting out front with the #00VT holding tight to the rear bumper of the #66VT around the high groove of the Nation’s Site of Excitement. Meanwhile, NASCAR Cup Series winner Ryan Preece maintained a lead lap position until the very late goings as Corliss and Gray kept all the momentum at the head of the pack. With a 75-lap green flag run in the second half of the event, Jason Corliss made history as he crossed the stripe to take the Vermont Lottery Governor’s Cup! With the win, Corliss became the first two-time Squier Cup presented by Milton CAT champion, the first five-time victor of the Governor’s Cup and joined the exclusive 40-wins club at Thunder Road!
Thunder Road is back next Thursday for Central Vermont’s favorite Thursday Night of the season when Jet Service Envelope & Accura Printing present RUN-WHAT-U-BRUNG! It’s that time already for your chance to take your street ride to the Barre highbanks for Run-What-U-Brung Spectator Drags alongside track championship action courtesy of the Maplefields/Irving Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, rk Miles Street Stocks and Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors with a 7:00pm Post Time.
*UNOFFICIAL RESULTS*
*Thursday, August 20, 2026*
*Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl – Barre, VT*
*47th Vermont Lottery Governor’s Cup feat. Ryan Preece!*
*Maplefields/Irving Late Models – 47th Vermont Lottery Governor’s Cup (150 Laps)*
*2026 Squier Cup Triple Crown pres. by Milton CAT Champion – Jason Corliss*
1. 66VT Jason Corliss Barre, VT
2. 00VT Brandon Gray E. Thetford, VT
3. 18VT Kaiden Fisher Shelburne, VT
4. 88VT Nick Sweet Williamstown, VT
5. 99VT Cody Blake Barre, VT
6. 92VT Jaden Perry Hardwick, VT
7. 48VT Taylor Hoar South Hero, VT
8. 64VT Christopher Pelkey S. Barre, VT
9. 68VT Brooks Clark Fayston, VT
10. 01VT Stephen Martin Craftsbury Common, VT
11. 5VT Bobby Therrien Hinesburg, VT
12. 71VT Jesse Laquerre E. Montpelier, VT
13. 0VT Scott Dragon Milton, VT
14. 26VT Stephen Donahue Graniteville, VT
15. 7ME Logan Powers Middlesex, VT
16. 17VT Darrell Morin Westford, VT
17. 02NH Brian Whalley Laconia, NH
18. 16VT Brandon Lanphear Morrisville, VT
19. 60BH Ryan Preece Berlin, CT
20. 46VT Brian Hoar South Hero, VT
21. 86VT Marcel J. Gravel Wolcott, VT
22. 25VT Mike Rubalcaba Barre, VT
23. 33VT #Matt Sonnhalter Randolph, VT
24. 04VT Justin Prescott Fairfax, VT
25. 60OB Landyn O'Donnell N. Haverhill, NH
*Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers – (50 Laps)*
1. 5VT Kyle Gravel Wolcott, VT
2. 26VT Luke Peters Groton, VT
3. 8VT Mike Billado Grand Isle, VT
4. 8NH #Jaiden Del Toro Graniteville, VT
5. 4VT Cooper French Northfield, VT
6. 13VT Ty Delphia Waterbury, VT
7. 31VT Logan Powers Middlesex, VT
8. 33VT Matt Ballard Williamstown, VT
9. 56VT Chris Laforest Barre, VT
10. 15VT Derrick Calkins Hinesburg, VT
11. 29VT Owen Cheney Moretown, VT
12. 94VT Brendan Moodie Wolcott, VT
13. 42VT Karsen Murphy Northfield, VT
14. 20VT Robert Gordon Milton, VT
15. 3VT Michael MacAskill Williamstown, VT
16. 55VT Parker Gagne Fairfax, VT
17. 64VT Jason Pelkey Barre, VT
18. 5NH Erin Beaudry Claremont, NH
19. 19VT Eric Messier Hinesburg, VT
*rk Miles Street Stocks – (30 Laps)*
1. 48VT #Owen Dupuis Washington, VT
2. 8VT Paul Rocheleau Georgia, VT
3. 13ME Riley Morris Barre, VT
4. 7VT Kyle MacAskill Williamstown, VT
5. 77VT #Zachary Garvey Milton, VT
6. 16VT Nate Brien Williamstown, VT
7. 15VT Hayden Bushey Fairfax, VT
8. 31VT Tyler Wheatley Brookfield, VT
9. 93VT Jackson Hunt Derby Line, VT
10. 39VT Derek Farnham Bethel, VT
11. 04VT Scott Weston Berlin, VT
12. 17VT Connor Rueda Barre, VT
13. 75VT TJ Haggett Waterford, VT
14. 74VT Tyler Whittemore Barre, VT
15. 13VT Hayden Morris Barre, VT
16. 25VT Jennifer Getty E. Fairfield, VT
17. 43VT Jamie Davis Johnson, VT
18. 71VT Jason Kirby Milton, VT
19. 00VT Howard Stockwell Randolph, VT
20. 08VT Zach Audet Morrisville, VT
21. 97VT Eddie Thompson Colchester, VT
22. 27VT #Derrick Mann Graniteville, VT
23. 06VT Donat Premont Johnson, VT
24. 47NH Paige Whittemore Graniteville, VT
25. 99VT Fred Fleury Graniteville, VT
26. 96VT Thomas Peck Waterbury, VT
27. 18VT Walker Fitch Marshfield, VT
28. 7GA Easton Garvey Milton, VT
29. 33VT Curtis Franks Topsham, VT
30. 76VT #Braden LaRose Essex, VT
DNS 22VT Thomas Smith Williamstown, VT -30- Cale King Thunder Road Speedbowl Media Director / General Manager (802) 244-6963 ext. 3 [email protected]
