Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Report
BARRE, Vt. – Brent Dragon overcame a mechanical issue to take home a 15th-place finish in the ACT Late Model Tour Merchants Bank 150 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Sunday, May 1. Around Lap 20, Dragon lost the power steering in his Avery Motorsports but still managed to finish in the top half of the field for the second straight race after starting out from the sixth postion.
WHO: Brent Dragon, Milton, Vt.
TEAM: Avery Motorsports No. 55 Beverage Mart/Furniture World of VT/CharlesboisFreightliner Chevrolet
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Merchants Bank 150
WHERE: Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile oval)
STARTED: 6th
FINISHED: 15th (more…)
Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Report
BARRE, Vt. – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, failed to qualify for the ACT Late Model Tour Merchants Bank 150 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Sunday, May 1. Theriault fought the track position battle through all three rounds of qualifying on the high-banked quarter-mile oval, but in the end the RPM Motorsports driver simply ran out of time in the last-chance qualifying race. A total of 50 cars attempted to make the 30-car starting field
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: RPM Motorsports No. 57 Varney Insurance Ford
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Merchants Bank 150
WHERE: Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile oval)
STARTED: DNQ
FINISHED: DNQ (more…)
Barre, VT – Barre, VT’s Nick Sweet claimed his second straight Merchants Bank 150 win at Thunder Road International Speedbowl on Sunday, May 1. The defending track champion came from his 8th starting position to take the lead from Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. on lap 91. Sweet would work his way through lap traffic with ease and never relinquished the lead for the remainder of the event.
Graniteville’s John Donahue led from the outside pole for the first four laps before Polewarczyk took over from the fourth place starting spot. Polewarczyk survived the only restart of the event after a lap 9 caution for a spin. He then took control of the event and lapped the majority of the field before Sweet reeled him in and took the lead. (more…)
13th Annual Merchants Bank 150 ACT Late Model Tour Results
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Unofficial Results
1. (8) Nick Sweet, Barre, VT,1 50 Laps
2. (4) Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Hudson, NH, 150 Laps
3. (2) John Donahue, Graniteville, VT, 150 Laps
4. (10) Patrick Laperle, St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, QC, 150 Laps
5. (1) Brian Hoar, Williston, VT, 150 Laps
6. (21) Jonathan Urlin, London, ON, 149 Laps
7. (11) Randy Potter, Groveton, NH, 149 Laps
8. (13) #Ben Ashline, Pittston, ME, 149 Laps
9. (19) Quinten Welch, Lancaster, NH, 149 Laps
10. (17) Mark Lamberton, Mooers Forks, NY, 149 Laps (more…)
102 cars lined Main Street of downtown Barre for the annual Thunder Road car show on Saturday, April 30.Seven-time and defending champion Brian Hoar and his Rick Paya Motorsports team claimed the title in the 2011 pit stop contest. 47 ACT Late Model Tour cars attended practice at Thunder Road following the annual car show parade up Quarry Hill.
· The fast times of the day were in the 13.2’s and 13.3’s. Much like the Lee USA Speedway practice a couple of weeks ago, a wide range of cars managed to hit that range at some point during the day. In no particular order Randy Potter, Jimmy Hebert, Scott Luce, Matt White, Brian Hoar, Cody Blake, Phil Scott, Nick Sweet, John Donahue, Quinny Welch, Dave Pembroke, Cris Michaud, Joey Laquerre, Jean-Paul Cyr, Brent Dragon, Jamie Fisher, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. all managed to hit that range. (more…)
