Barre, VT – Island Pond’s Reno Gervais earned his second career win in a last lap thriller at Thunder Road during the Pepsi Holiday Fireworks event on Monday, July 4. Gervais was out about a half a straight away lead with just eight laps remaining when hard charging Lt. Governor Phil Scott of Berlin and Cris Michaud of East Montpelier cleared traffic in the second and third positions respectively.
The two chased down Gervais and Scott reached his rear bumper with just two laps to go. Scott looked to the outside but Gervais moved to the outside lane as well in anticipation of a lap car just ahead. Michaud moved under Scott and the three of them came out of turn four coming to the checkers as they reached the lap car. Gervais had the room on the outside and took the win while Michaud just edged out Scott for second. Joey Becker and Jamie Aube rounded out the top five. Brooks Clark, Scott Payea, Marcel Gravel, Matt White and point leader John Donahue completed the top ten.
Bobby Therrien of Hinesburg picked up his first Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen feature win of the season. He outran Shawn Fleury, Mike Martin, Josh Demers and Eric Badore in the top five. Point leader Derrick O’Donnell took sixth followed by Matt Potter, Mike Ziter, Kyle Pembroke and Brendan Moodie.
Jeff Martin, Jr. of Northfield earned his first career Allen Lumber Street Stock victory. He held off last week’s feature winner Daniel Lathrop, Bunker Hodgdon, Martin Ingram and Sid Sweet. Garry Bashaw, Keith Fortier, Greg Adams, Jayme Lee and Troy Kingsbury all earned top tens.
Kevin Wheatley of Williamstown took his fourth win of the season in the Junkyard Warriors. Jason Woodard took second while Brock Parrott finished third after apparent third place finisher Danny Brassard was disqualified in post race tech.
The Pepsi Holiday event was capped off with a brilliant display of fireworks.
Thunder Road will be back in action in this Thursday, July 7 with the Charter Communications event. All four divisions are on the racing card. Post time is set for 6:30pm.
Pepsi Holiday Fireworks Unofficial Results
Thunder Road – Barre, VT
Monday, July 4, 2011
Late Models
Pos. Driver (Car #) Hometown
1. Reno Gervais (12vt) Island Pond, VT
2. Cris Michaud (6vt) E. Montpelier, VT
3. Phil Scott (14vt) Berlin, VT
4. Joey Becker (16vt) Jeffersonville, VT
5. Jamie Aube (41vt) N. Ferrisburgh, VT
6. Brooks Clark (68vt) Fayston, VT
7. Scott Payea (89vt) Milton, VT
8. Marcel Gravel (5vt) Wolcott, VT
9. Matt White (42vt) Northfield, VT
10. John Donahue (26vt) Graniteville, VT
11. Cody Blake (99vt) Barre, VT
12. #Jimmy Hebert (58vt) Williamstown, VT
13. Jamie Fisher (18vt) Shelburne, VT
14. Jean-Paul Cyr (32vt) Milton, VT
15. Nick Sweet (88vt) Barre, VT
16. Ricky Roberts (3vt) Washington, VT
17. Eric Chase (40vt) Milton, VT
18. Mike Bailey (00vt) South Barre, VT
19. Brett Wheeler (1vt) Waterbury, VT
20. Dave Pembroke (44vt) Middlesex, VT
21. Chip Grenier (22vt) Graniteville, VT
22. #Jim Morris (13vt) Barre, VT
23. Dave Whitcomb (25vt) Essex Jct., VT
24. Robert Ailes, Sr. (5nh) St. Johnsbury, VT
25. Brad Mattson (33vt) Graniteville, VT
26. Grant Folsom (81vt) Waitsfield, VT
27. Mark Norris (22me) Farmington, ME
Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen
Pos. Driver (Car #) Hometown
1. Bobby Therrien (4) Hinesburg, VT
2. Shawn Fleury (31) Middlesex, VT
3. Mike Martin (01) Craftsbury Common, VT
4. Josh Demers (10) Middlesex, VT
5. Eric Badore (04) Milton, VT
6. Derrick O’Donnell (68) Bradford, VT
7. Matthew Potter (23) Marshfield, VT
8. Mike Ziter (26) Williamstown, VT
9. #Kyle Pembroke (27) Montpelier, VT
10. Brendan Moodie (94) Wolcott, VT
11. Tucker Williams (17) Hyde Park, VT
12. Jason Allen (29) Barre, VT
13. Scott Coburn (1) S. Barre, VT
14. Shannon Tomasovich (71) Burlington, VT
15. Christopher Pelkey (64) S. Barre, VT
16. Shawn Powell (40) Jericho, VT
17. Pete Ainsworth, Jr. (80) Middlesex, VT
18. Brian Delphia (55) Duxbury, VT
19. George May (16) Barre, VT
20. Timothy Potter (28) Berlin, VT
21. Mike Billado (8) Essex, VT
22. #Micheal MacAskill (13) Williamstown, VT
23. Blair Bessett (21) Worcester, VT
24. Joe Steffen (00) Grand Isle, VT
25. John Lambert (2) Northfield, VT
26. Richie LaFond (84) Colchester, VT
Allen Lumber Street Stocks/Junkyard Warriors
Pos. Driver (Car#) Hometown
1. Jeffrey Martin, Jr. (08ss) Northfield, VT
2. Daniel Lathrop (6ss) Hyde Park, VT
3. Bunker Hodgdon (83ss) Hardwick, VT
4. Martin Ingram (02ss) Essex Jct., VT
5. Sid Sweet, Jr. (51ss) Williamstown, VT
6. Garry Bashaw (92ss) Lincoln, VT
7. Keith Fortier (35ss) Hinesburg, VT
8. Greg Adams, Jr. (38ss) Hardwick, VT
9. Jayme Lee (18ss) Berlin, VT
10. Troy Kingsbury (39ss) Waitsfield, VT
11. Jamie Davis (43ss) Wolcott, VT
12. Tim Campbell, Sr. (34ss) W. Topsham, VT
13. Amanda Habel (09ss) Roxbury, VT
14. David Whitcomb (77ss) Elmore, VT
15. Ron Gabaree (9ss) Barre, VT
16. Nick Pilotte (11ss) Jefferson, NH
17. Kyle Streeter (37ss) Waitsfield, VT
18. #Cameron Ouellette (90ss) Barre, VT
19. Alex Whitcomb (78ss) Montpelier, VT
20. Jean LeBlanc Jr. (7ss) Gorham, NH
21. Kevin Wheatley (31jyw) Williamstown, VT
22. Jason Woodard (68jyw) Waterbury, VT
23. Gary Mullen (29ss) Tunbridge, VT
24. Kyle Hess (23ss) Morrisville, VT
25. Thomas Smith (22ss) Williamstown, VT
26. Joe Fecteau (75ss) Hardwick, VT
27. Paul Giacherio, Jr. (70ss) Washington, VT
28. Marvin Johnson (24ss) Essex Jct., VT
29. Brock Parrott (23jyw) Williamstown, VT
DSQ Danny Brassard (30jyw) E. Randolph, VT