Payea seeks to break his own record
SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Scott Payea of Colchester, Vt. will attempt to extend his record-setting American Canadian Tour (ACT) winning streak in the Coastal 100 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Saturday, August 5.
Payea recently drove the Harrison Redi-Mix Dodge Charger No. 37 to a record fourth straight Late Model win at Seekonk Speedway – despite being passed for the lead twice.
Championship Chases Tighten Up Heading into WDEV/Calkins Night
South Burlington’s Trampas Demers (#85VT) now sits just 11 points behind leader Bobby Therrien heading into WDEV/Calkins Night this Thursday, August 3. (Buzz Fisher photo)
Barre, Vt. – Thunder Road motors into the month of August with WDEV Radio/Calkins Portable Toilets Night thisThursday, August 3. Four divisions of action will be on the card, with the Thunder Road Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, Allen Lumber Street Stocks, and Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors all set to do battle on the Barre high banks.
The championship chases tightened up considerably at the Times Argus Mid-Season Championships, setting up a thrilling home stretch for the 2017 season. In the Thunder Road Late Models, Hinesburg’s Bobby Therrien remains the point leader, but saw his lead over South Burlington’s Trampas Demers shrink to just 11 markers. Therrien bounced off the wall early in last Thursday’s double-points event and had to fight back from a series of pit stops to finish sixth, while Demers took second to cut into the deficit. It was Demers’ fifth straight top-five finish.
RACE EVENT AT LEE USA SPEEDWAY
LEE, N.H. -.– Professional Super Late Model cars and stars of the PASS Tour Series return to Lee USA Speedway this Friday night as part of six divisions in a special six-feature race program starting at 6:45PM
Some of the top drivers in New England full-fender late model racing will be in the field as well as winged Super-Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, Ironmen Stocks, and Pure Stocks.
Current PASS Tour point leader Ben Rowe, of Turner, ME, and Travis Benjamin, Belfast, ME, lead the list of drivers in the field. D.J. Shaw, of Center Conway, NH, Derek Griffith, Hudson, NH, and Joey Doiron, Berwick, ME, all are top-10 point drivers expected to compete in the 150-lap main event.
Morris Turns Season Around With Win at Times Argus Mid-Season Championships
Barre, Vt. – Boomer Morris started the second half of the 2017 Thunder Road season in a big way with a win in the Times Argus Mid-Season Championships on Thursday, July 27. The hometown driver went wire-to-wire in the 75-lap Late Model feature to capture his first win of the season and the Maplewood Triple Crown.
Morris, who entered the event 17th in points after a number of hard wrecks in the first part of the year, started on the pole after winning his heat and the semi-feature. He drove away from the field for most of the event, holding on easily through four mid-race restarts as Montpelier’s Kyle Pembroke and Barre’s Cody Blake engaged in an extended battle for the second spot.
Title Hopes on the Line at Times Argus Mid-Season Championships
Hinesburg’s Bobby Therrien (#5VT) tops the Thunder Road Late Model point standings heading into the Times Argus Mid-Season Championships on Thursday, July 20, while Barre’s Jason Corliss (#66VT) will be one of the drivers trying to chase him down on double-points night. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, Vt. – Barre’s Thunder Road closes out the month of July with the annual Times Argus Mid-Season Championships this Thursday, July 27. Double points will be on the line in all events for the Thunder Road Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, and Allen Lumber Street Stocks, giving the night the potential to be a deciding factor in many drivers’ championship hopes.
All three divisions will run extra-distance features, highlighted by a 75-lap main event for the Late Models. But with twice as many points going to all positions – including 150 points for the feature winner versus 75 points for winning a regular weekly event – drivers know they will need to get to the front in order to maintain their spot in the standings or to make a move.