Sep 12, 2017 | NE Racing News, Thunder Road
Hinesburg’s Bobby Therrien and his FastOne Motorsports team celebrate winning the 2017 “King of the Road” title. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, Vt. – Hinesburg’s Bobby Therrien became the first driver in Thunder Road’s modern era to win championships in three different divisions as he was crowned the 2017 “King of the Road” at Community College of Vermont Championship Night on Sunday, September 10. The new Thunder Road Late Model Champion previously won titles in the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers in 2012 and the Allen Lumber Street Stocks in 2007.
Therrien entered the main event with a 28-point advantage over South Burlington’s Trampas Demers and started 15th on the grid for the 65-lap Late Model feature. As Barre’s Boomer Morris ran away at the front, Therrien steadily worked his way through the field and had found his way up to fifth when the race’s second and final caution came out on lap 36 for Kyle Pembroke’s stalled automobile.
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Sep 7, 2017 | NE Racing News, Thunder Road
Waterbury Center’s Jason Woodard (#68) leads Wolcott’s Brendan Moodie (#94) by 24 points in the race for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tiger crown. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, Vt. – The final point-counting event of the season at Barre’s Thunder Road is set for this Friday, September 8 at 7:00pm with Community College of Vermont (CCV) Championship Night. The Thunder Road Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, and Allen Lumber Street Stocks will all crown their champions at the Friday night affair that was previously postponed due to weather.
As part of the CCV Championship Night special, all three divisions will run extra-distance features. The Late Models will cap the night with a 65-lap main event, while the Flying Tigers and Street Stocks will run 50 and 35 laps, respectively.
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Sep 7, 2017 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
LEE, NH: A special 47-lap hobby stock feature race will highlight a 12-race program thisFriday night at Lee USA Speedway.
The Johnny Durant 47 honoring former driver and track official John Durant, of NorthHampton, NH, is on tap for hobby stocks following qualifying heats.
The hobby stock season point championship is on the line with Boe Green, Berwick,Maine, leading Paul Palen, of Pelham, NH, by just 20 points. Ryan Green, the point leader’s son, is third with Jimmy Renfrew Jr. and Patrick Tanguay the next three in order, only a few pointsapart.
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Sep 7, 2017 | NE Racing News, Thunder Road
Former Serie ACT Champion Alex Labbe (#48QC) is the first of nearly 30 drivers who have already filed entries for the 55th Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank on Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, Vt. – St. Albert, Qué.’s Alex Labbé has filed the first official entry for the 55th Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank on Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1. The 2014 Serié ACT Champion will look to become the first Canadian driver since 2008 to win the historic event.
Labbé is an 11-time Serié ACT winner and currently leads the NASCAR Pinty’s Series standings. He was the polesitter for the 2013 Vermont Milk Bowl and is aiming for his first victory in “The Toughest Short-Track Stock Car Race in North America”.
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Sep 7, 2017 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News
Supermodifed winner Dave Helliwell. (photo by Rich Hayes)
Lee, NH – The David’s Race Cars and Components Hobby Stocks were the headliners at Lee USA Speedway on Friday night, running twin 25-lap feature events with bonus money on the line for the driver with the best combined finishes.
Former two-time champion Patrick Tanguay of Lebanon, ME put in first bid for the honor, taking down the win in the first feature with an impressive run, holding off points leader Boe Green of Berwick, ME to score his second feature win of the season by a 0.239 second margin of victory.
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Sep 7, 2017 | GSPSS, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
Star, Squeglia with the Checkers. ( Troy Bregy photo)
By Kyle Souza, Granite State Pro Stock Series
WALPOLE, N.H. – The Granite State Pro Stock Series has just three races remaining on the 2017 championship schedule and the battle for the title is heating up heading for Star Speedway this coming Friday and Saturday night.
The GSPSS will be part of the annual Star Classic weekend, which is a two-day show that also includes the International Supermodified Association (ISMA). The GSPSS will compete in a 100-lap feature event on the slightly banked asphalt oval in Epping, N.H.
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