BARRE, VT – Thunder Road’s Late Model stock car competitors are ready to defend their home turf. With a challenge expected from the stars of the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) at the 45th Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 100, the 2007 edition of the traditional holiday weekend event is the “rubber match” between the weekly warriors and the ACT big guns.
Youth was unable to overcome experience in the Casella Waste Management Mother’s Day 100 at Barre’s Thunder Road International Speedbowl on Sunday afternoon. Hometown driver Nick Sweet, 21, led the first 58 laps from his outside pole starting position and looked to take his second NAPA Tiger Sportsman win of the season, but veteran Joey Laquerre of East Montpelier had other plans. Laquerre, 64, and a winner at Thunder Road in five different decades, moved underneath Sweet to take the lead on the 59th circuit and drove to the victory.
But it wasn’t that easy.
NOLIN SCORES UPSET FIRST WIN AT SPRING GREEN
First-time ACT winners go three-in-a-row
WHAT: 33rd Annual Furniture World of VT Spring Green
WHERE: Airborne Speedway, Plattsburgh, NY
WHEN: Sat., May 12, 2007
DISTANCE: 100 laps (50 miles)
SANCTION: American-Canadian Tour, Ltd. (ACT)
PROMOTER: Mike Perrotte
SCHEDULE: Pits Open: 12:00 pm Practice: 1:30 pm Post Time: 4:00 pm
POSTED AWARDS: $18,050.00
PLATTSBURGH, NY – Scott Payea of Milton, VT is anticipating his return to Airborne Speedway this weekend, and with good reason: When the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) rolls into the fast 4/10-mile track for the 33rd annual Furniture World of VT Spring Green on Saturday, May 12, Payea will be looking for his second straight ACT Late Model Tour victory.
WATERBURY, VT – Thunder Road International Speedbowl officials have announced that stock car driver Joey Laquerre of East Montpelier, VT has been disqualified from his apparent second-place finish in the NAPA Tiger Sportsman division’s Merchants Bank feature event on Sunday, May 6.