Barre, VT – Bergamot + Amor and Calkins Portable Toilets presented the annual Port-a-Potty Grand Prix Thursday night at Thunder Road.
Point leaders Jason Corliss, Moodie, Tyler Wheatley and Road Warrior representative Taylor Sayers were pushed across the line and down the frontstretch as fast as their pit crews could push. In the end, Corliss took the Golden Throne over Wheatley at the toilet-paper finish line!
Curtis Franks and Jen Getty brought out the rk Miles Street Stocks to kick off feature racing on Bergamot + Amor / Calkins Portable Toilets Night but quickly succumbed to Zach Audet in the early goings. Audet quickly began to spread out his lead and faced an onslaught of slower lapped traffic by the halfway point. The lone caution flag flew on lap 28 as rookie Zachary Garvey spun in his own oil and collecting three others in turn two. The restart pitted Audet against Connor Rueda with Donat Premont all over his rear bumper. Audet rolled off the restart like a Sunday drive en-route to his first win of the season over Premont and late-charger TJ Haggett at the line.
Eric ‘Mongo’ Messier brought the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers to green for their 50-lap feature event but it was outside polesitter Jason Pelkey who kept pace on the outside groove. Once Pelkey settled in, point leader Brendan Moodie completed his outside groove charge to second, stalking Messier around the quarter-mile with 15 laps complete. Chris LaForest called the caution out at the halfway point after a run-in with the turn two wall that blew his right front tire. Moodie out-foxed Messier on the restart and took the lead at the line as closest track championship competitor Cooper French settled into third. That is how it stayed to the very end with Moodie taking career win number twenty-five followed by Messier and French across the line.
Post-race technical inspection located an unapproved pitman arm in the steering components of Messier’s #19 machine, moving French into second and Williamstown’s Matt Ballard into the third-place podium spot.
It was Brandon Lanphear versus Stephen Martin at the head of the Maplefields/Irving Late Model table with Martin nabbing the early lead by a fender in their 60-lap Bergamot + Amor trophy dash. Stephen Donahue initially looked good on the outside groove before falling back and leaving Lanphear and Martin to duke it out alone. Donahue’s turn four spin brought out the lap 11 caution to set off the first of two drag-races between Lanphear and Martin. The two top runners kept things interesting while Marcel Gravel and Taylor Hoar made their duo into a group of four out front.
The final caution on lap 46 for Boomer Morris’ turn one spin, Gravel and Lanphear faced off for the final time under the restart green. Gravel took the edge this time around and ran away to take his first win of the season followed by Lanphear and Martin to complete the Bergamot + Amor podium.
The Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors went for two 15-lap segments to bring a little Milk Bowl flair to the cool September evening. Cayden Green handily won the first segment, then found himself stuck in the back and having to fight his way to the top in the second round. Taylor Sayers made his way to the front first, leaving Green to fight in the middle of the pack until the lap 11 caution for Mason Frazier’s contact with the ‘Widowmaker’ frontstretch wall and subsequent meeting with the turn one tire wall. The caution re-racked the field but it was all Taylor Sayers for the overall win over Cayden Green on the tiebreaker with Brayden Murphy taking third.
Thunder Road is back in action for the final Thursday night event of the season on September 24 for Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Championship Night presented by the Vermont Air National Guard. The Maplefields/Irving Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers and rk Miles Street Stocks will crown their 2026 track championships alongside the Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors and a special Northstar Fireworks display to cap off the evening and a special 6:30pm Post Time.
*UNOFFICIAL RESULTS*
*Thursday, September 17, 2026*
*Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl – Barre, VT*
*Bergamont + Amor / Calkins Portable Toilets Night*
*2026 Port-a-Potty Grand Prix Champion – **Jason Corliss & The Kinney Drugs Ford Mustang Team*
*Maplefields/Irving Late Models - (60 Laps)*
1. 86VT Marcel J. Gravel Wolcott, VT
2. 16VT Brandon Lanphear Morrisville, VT
3. 01VT Stephen Martin Craftsbury Common, VT
4. 66VT Jason Corliss Barre, VT
5. 00VT Brandon Gray E. Thetford, VT
6. 48VT Taylor Hoar South Hero, VT
7. 17VT Darrell Morin Westford, VT
8. 04VT Justin Prescott Fairfax, VT
9. 64VT Christopher Pelkey S. Barre, VT
10. 26VT Stephen Donahue Graniteville, VT
11. 5VT Bobby Therrien Hinesburg, VT
12. 13VT Boomer Morris Barre, VT
13. 33VT #Matt Sonnhalter Randolph, VT
14. 25VT Mike Rubalcaba Barre, VT
15. 23VT Kolby Picard Hyde Park, VT
16. 0VT Scott Dragon Milton, VT
17. 11x Austin Jacobs Barre, VT
*Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers – (50 Laps)*
1. 94VT Brendan Moodie Wolcott, VT
2. 4VT Cooper French Northfield, VT
3. 33VT Matt Ballard Williamstown, VT
4. 07VT Sam Caron Milton, VT
5. 64VT Jason Pelkey Barre, VT
6. 31VT Logan Powers Middlesex, VT
7. 15VT Derrick Calkins Hinesburg, VT
8. 26VT Luke Peters Groton, VT
9. 13VT Ty Delphia Waterbury, VT
10. 42VT Karsen Murphy Northfield, VT
11. 8VT Mike Billado Grand Isle, VT
12. 20VT Robert Gordon Milton, VT
13. 29VT Owen Cheney Moretown, VT
14. 5NH Erin Beaudry Claremont, NH
15. 3VT Michael MacAskill Williamstown, VT
16. 56VT Chris Laforest Barre, VT
17. 8NH #Jaiden Del Toro Graniteville, VT
18. 22VT Travis Patnoe Wolcott, VT
19. 39VT Derek Farnham Bethel, VT
DSQ 19VT Eric Messier Hinesburg, VT
*Disqualified for Illegal Pitman Arm*
*rk Miles Street Stocks – (30 Laps)*
1. 08VT Zach Audet Morrisville, VT
2. 06VT Donat Premont Johnson, VT
3. 75VT TJ Haggett Waterford, VT
4. 17VT Connor Rueda Barre, VT
5. 93VT Jackson Hunt Derby Line, VT
6. 18VT Walker Fitch Marshfield, VT
7. 15VT Hayden Bushey Fairfax, VT
8. 74VT Tyler Whittemore Barre, VT
9. 31VT Tyler Wheatley Brookfield, VT
10. 32HD Erik Steel Colchester, VT
11. 43VT Jamie Davis Johnson, VT
12. 8VT Paul Rocheleau Georgia, VT
13. 33VT Curtis Franks Topsham, VT
14. 27VT #Derrick Mann Graniteville, VT
15. 7VT Kyle MacAskill Williamstown, VT
16. 00VT Howard Stockwell Randolph, VT
17. 71VT Jason Kirby Milton, VT
18. 13VT Hayden Morris Barre, VT
19. 13ME Riley Morris Barre, VT
20. 16VT Nate Brien Williamstown, VT
21. 04VT Scott Weston Berlin, VT
22. 7GA Easton Garvey Milton, VT
23. 25VT Jennifer Getty E. Fairfield, VT
24. 70VT Bert Duffy Milton, VT
25. 76VT #Braden LaRose Essex, VT
26. 77VT #Zachary Garvey Milton, VT
27. 47NH Paige Whittemore Graniteville, VT
DNS 48VT #Owen Dupuis Washington, VT
*Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors – (20 Laps)*
1. 95 Taylor Sayers Barre, VT (2+1=3pts)
2. 18 Cayden Green Marshfield, VT (1+2=3pts)
3. 33 Brayden Murphy Barre, VT (3+3=6pts)
4. 97 Eddie Thompson Colchester, VT (4+4=8pts)
5. 51 Caleb Cramer Georgia, VT (5+5=10pts)
6. 79 Rian Thompson Colchester, VT (6+6=12pts)
7. 5 Sierra Wilds W. Topsham, VT (8+7=15pts)
8. 70 Mason Frazier E. Montpelier, VT (7+8=15pts)
9. 05 Brandon Premont Johnson, VT (9+11=20pts)
10. 53 Kevin Utton Graniteville, VT (10+22=21pts) -30- Cale King Thunder Road Speedbowl Media Director / General Manager (802) 244-6963 ext. 3 [email protected]
