BARRE, VT – Casella Waste Management will present a 100-lap stock car race for the NAPA Tiger Sportsman division at Barre’s Thunder Road on Sunday, August 10. The Casella 100 compliments a jam-packed 2008 schedule full of special events, including four appearances by the American-Canadian Tour Championship Late Models, the CARQUEST Governor’s Cup 100, the 24th Annual M&M Beverage Enduro 200, and Vermont’s first open-wheel Modified stock car race in over 20 years – the True Value Modified Racing Series 100 at the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day lassic.
East Montpelier veteran Joey Laquerre, 64, has won each of the last three 100-lap Sportsman events at Thunder Road, including the two previous editions of the Casella 100. He defeated Pete Ainsworth and Shawn Fleury by a car length for the Casella 100 victory in 2006, and last year recovered from a final-turn scuffle to beat Craig Bushey and Nick Sweet by just six feet. He also won the WDEV 100 last June.
The addition of the 100-lap Tiger Sportsman race on Sunday, August 10 creates a slight shuffle in Thunder Road’s 2008 season schedule; the annual Casella Waste Management event was originally slated for Sunday, May 18, but that race date has been cancelled in favor of the mid-summer slot. The Sun., Aug. 10 date will also have a special post time at 5:00 pm.
Thunder Road’s 49th season opens on Sunday, May 4 with the 10th Annual Merchants Bank 150. For information on the “Nation’s Site of Excitement,” call (802) 244-6963 or visit www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com.
2008 Stock Car Racing Schedule
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl – Barre, VT
# Day Date Event Post (all times PM)
1. Sun 5/04 10th Annual Merchants Bank 150 1:30
ACT Late Model Tour
2. Sun 5/11 Harvest Equipment 1:30
3. Sun 5/25 Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 1:30
ACT Tour/True Value Modifieds
4. Thu 6/12 Ferguson Waterworks 6:30
5. Thu 6/19 Sanel Parts Plus 6:30
6. Thu 6/26 CARQUEST Governor’s Cup 100 6:30
7. Thu 7/03 Pepsi Holiday Fireworks 6:30
8. Thu 7/10 Charter Communications 6:30
9. Thu 7/17 Times Argus Mid-Season Championships 6:30
10. Thu 7/24 Fisher/Federated Auto Parts 6:30
11. Sun 7/27 24th Annual M&M Beverage Enduro 200 6:00
Street Stock/Warrior Special
12. Thu 7/31 WDEV Radio/Calkins Portables 6:30
13. Thu 8/07 NAPA Auto Parts 6:30
14. Sun 8/10 Casella Waste Management 100 5:00
15. Thu 8/14 VT ACE Hardware Dealers 6:30
16. Thu 8/21 Kinney Drugs 6:30
17. Sun 8/31 30th Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 1:30
ACT Late Model Tour
18. Sat 9/27 Booth Bros./H.P. Hood Qualifying Day 1:30
Sun 9/28 45th Annual Chittenden Milk Bowl 1:30
ACT Late Model Tour
(schedule subject to change)