Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Devil’s Bowl Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., will have the advantage of experience when the ACT Late Model Tour takes on the Spring Green 111 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, in West Haven, Vt., on Sunday, May 22. Dragon is one of the few ACT competitors who have already raced at Devil’s Bowl, having made a start there last year in a non-sanctioned event. The Spring Green 111 will also be the first time that Dragon races his own Dragon Motorsports Late Model this season.
THE FACTS
WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
TEAM: No. 55 Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/Charlesbois Freightliner Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Donnie Avery, Ashland, N.H.
BEST CAREER DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY FINISH: 4th (May 2010)
LAST RACE AT DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY: 4th (May 2010)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 111
WHERE: Devil’s Bowl Speedway, West Haven, Vt. (.5-mile oval)
WHEN: 2 p.m., Sunday, May 22
ACT LATE MODEL TOUR
LAST RACE: May 1, Merchants Bank 150, Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (15th)
NEXT RACE: June 4, The Big Jab 150, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)
CURRENT POINTS POSITION: 7th
DID YOU KNOW?
Brent Dragon finished fourth in a Late Model race at Devil’s Bowl Speedway last season, the first season following the track’s change from dirt to asphalt.
Brent Dragon is a multi-time Late Model track champion at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., a similarly flat half-mile track.
Brent Dragon will debut his Dragon Motorsports Late Model in the Spring Green 111 after running an Avery Motorsports entry in each of the first two races this season.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
BRENT DRAGON, Driver of the No. 55 Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/Charlesbois Freightliner Chevrolet, On running his own Late Model in the Spring Green 111: “We tested our own car a week ago, and it went well. We’re going to a place where we have been before. We went there once last year, so I’m pretty excited about it.”
On what he thinks about racing at Devil’s Bowl Speedway: “Quite a few (ACT competitors) have been there and tested this year. Guys that run out front have been there. It will be another good race.
“The track is nice. You can run side by side, and there is some passing. When we were there last year the asphalt was new and there was a lot of grip. I think some of that will be gone, so the racing should be better.”
On his preference for fast, flat tracks: “That’s what I grew up on (at Airborne). You use a lot of brake at them. A lot of guys grew up not using so much brake, so it’s usually a better race for us.”
UP NEXT
The ACT Late Model Tour heads to Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, for the rescheduled The Big Jab 150 on Saturday, June 4… Brent Dragon will aim to improve on his career best finish of second at Oxford Plains Speedway, the track where he won the pole for the TD Bank 250 in 2009.