Waterbury Center’s Jason Woodard earned his fourth Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tiger victory of the season in the 75-lap Myers Container Service Triple Crown event. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, Vt. – Craftsbury Common’s Mike Martin & Waterbury Center’s Jason Woodard were the big winners on Thursday, August 10 in the Myers Container Service Triple Crown finale for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers. Woodard took his fourth Tiger victory of the season while Martin captured the first championship of the 2017 Thunder Road season as part of Cody Chevrolet Cadillac Night.
Martin entered the 75-lap event with a 20-point lead over Woodard following qualifying. But Woodard slashed his way through the field from his 13th starting position, roaring around the outside of Grand Isle’s Joe Steffen on lap 32 and holding off Hinesburg Bobby Therrien on a pair of subsequent restarts. Meanwhile, Martin found himself mired in traffic with an ill-handling car, sinking as low as 12th on the track.
WALPOLE, N.H. – The Granite State Pro Stock Series will celebrate the life and pay tribute to John Hoyt on Saturday night at Monadnock Speedway. The annual “JBH” 100 lap main event is set for the high-banks of Monadnock.
Hoyt, the co-founder of the series, unexpectedly passed away back in 2011 and this race was put together in his honor. Last year, series president Mike Parks won the race behind the wheel of his No. 66.
The Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers run the final round of the Myers Container Service Triple Crown Series this Thursday, August 10, with Craftsbury Common’s Mike Martin (#01) entering the event holding a 13-point lead over Waterbury Ctr.’s Jason Woodard. (Buzz Fisher photo)
Barre, Vt. – Barre’s Thunder Road enters the home stretch of the summer racing season this Thursday, August 10with Cody Chevrolet Cadillac Night. The Myers Container Service Triple Crown Series finale for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers headlines the four-division card as the track awards the first championship of the 2017 season.
Craftbury Common’s Mike Martin enters the extra-distance event holding a 13-point lead over Waterbury Center’s Jason Woodard. The pair each has a victory in the first two legs of the Triple Crown with Martin’s fourth-place finish in the opener giving him the overall edge.
South Hadley, Mass.’s Wesley Johnson (right) celebrates his win in the 33rd M&M Beverage Enduro 200. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, Vt. – South Hadley, MA’s Wesley Johnson emerged victorious in the 33rd M&M Beverage Enduro 200 at Barre’s Thunder Road on Sunday, August 6. The 30-year-old topped a field of 105 entries to pocket $3,000 for his victory in front of a capacity crowd at the Barre high banks.
Johnson found his way into the top-three around the halfway point of the event, and at one point found himself in a three-way battle for the lead with Granitville’s Frank Putney and Monson, Mass.’s Bill Davis. While Putney eventually was forced to pit with problems and Davis encountered a pair of on-track skirmishes, Johnson held steady and was the only driver to complete all 200 laps.
For Louis and Lisa Hallstrom and their sons Evan (driver) and Wil (crew member) racing is in their blood. Literally.
Louis is the nephew of legendary racer Norm Andrews and Lisa is the niece of legendary racer Clem Despault. “Louie began on my uncle’s race team as a crew member at the age of 13” says Lisa. “We actually met at Clem’s junkyard and that’s how we got to know each other. I had always gone to the races (back then it was Thunder Road and Catamount) and when Louis and I started dating we followed the racing circuit from Sanair to Catamount to Thunder Road.”
After spending years watching and helping others race, Louis and Lisa decided that they wanted to field their own team. “Louis began building our first car in 2007” Lisa says. “We started racing at Thunder Road and on the American Canadian Tour in 2008 with Tony Andrews.”
Hallstrom Motorsports enjoyed multiple wins in their first year competing, a major accomplishment for any team and especially a new one.
By Kyle Souza, Granite State Pro Stock Series 
