Jun 27, 2016 | American Canadian Tour, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road
Matt White celebrates in Victory Lane after claiming Late Model feature victory at Barre’s Thunder Road. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, VT – Matt White of Northfield grabbed the lead halfway through the race, then held off a late-race challenge from Eric Badore of Milton to claim the 50-lap Late Model feature on North Country Federal Union Night at Thunder Road.
White overhauled pole-sitter Jason Allen of Barre on lap 25. Allen started on the outside of the front row beside White after the only caution of the event on lap 29, but couldn’t reclaim the lead. Badore, last week’s feature winner, pulled into second place in the closing stages, but couldn’t find the speed or the line to get around White. Trampas Demers of South Burlington caught up to the leaders in the final 10 laps, but had to settle for third place
Allen finished in fourth position in the Late Model main event. Nick Sweet of Barre, Eric Chase of Milton, Cody Blake of Barre, Phil Scott of Middlesex, Scott Dragon of Milton, and John Donahue of Graniteville rounded out the top ten.
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Jun 17, 2016 | American Canadian Tour, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Eric Badore celebrates in Victory Lane after claiming the Triple Crown on Casella Night at Thunder Road. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, VT – Eric Badore of Milton held off a pair of challengers early, then pulled away late to claim his second care Late Model victory on Casella Waste Systems Night at Thunder Road. Badore also won his heat race and the semi-feature to earn the second Maplewood Triple Crown of his Late Model career.
Badore and pole-sitter Jason Allen of Barre waged a side-by-side battle at the front of the pack for the first 10 laps of the race. Eric Chase of Milton took over second after Allen spun out on lap 32 to bring out the second caution of the evening on lap 32. Chase led by a nose on the outside on the restart following the caution flag, but Badore regained the top spot and stayed in front for the rest of the way.
Phil Scott of Middlesex and Nick Sweet of Barre moved through the field together but couldn’t run down Badore. Scott finished second and Sweet third. Rounding out the top 10 were Scott Dragon, Cody Blake, Nick Sweet, Jason Corliss, Trampas Demers, Kyle Pembroke, and David Whitcomb.
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Jun 12, 2016 | American Canadian Tour, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road
Barre, VT – Persistent rain showers have forced the postponement of the Harvest Equipment event at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road scheduled for Sunday, June 12. A make-up date is to be determined.
Despite multiple efforts to dry the racing surface for the event, which was originally scheduled for May 22, the rains returned each time. All grandstand admission tickets and pit passes purchased for the event will be honored at Casella Waste Management Night, on Thursday, June 16.
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Jun 7, 2016 | American Canadian Tour, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Waterbury, VT – The American Racer Three Star program will continue in 2016. The program is designed to recognize three teams in no particular order of performance that had outstanding races at ACT US Tour events. There are no specific criteria for deciding who might receive the award of a free American Racer Tire (value $125.00), but a special effort by a team, exceptional race, just plain old hard luck, or other accepted reason to give the award is used to decide the recipients.
The three stars are chosen by officials and winners will receive certificates for the use of a free American Racer tire at a future Tour race of their choosing during 2016.
The awarding of the stars does not allow for anybody in the top three to receive the recognition.
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Jun 7, 2016 | American Canadian Tour, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road
Waterbury, VT – The popular win in the 54th running of the Memorial Day Classic,
by Tyler Cahoon, Danville, VT was a sign of the emergence of another group of young talent that has arrived at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement”, Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl in Barre, VT.
Cahoon may have won the race, but Thunder Road and race fans also look like winners with the group of talented young teams who have recently become competitive with the ‘old guard’ teams, like fellow Green Mountain veteran racers Nick Sweet, Barre; Phil Scott, Middlesex, VT; John Donahue, Graniteville, VT; Dave Whitcomb, Essex Jct., VT; Trampas Demers, Shelburne, VT and Matt White, Northfield, VT.
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May 30, 2016 | Maine Racing News, More Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
PASS Super Late Models Top Three – L to R: Travis Benjamin #7, 3rd; Winner Glen Luce #7L: and Wayne Helliwell #27, 2nd; with event sponsor Mikkelsen RV representative.
Barre, Vermont – Glen Luce of Turner, Maine claimed an emotional victory Sunday afternoon in the Mekkelsen RV 150 for Pro All Stars Series Super Late Models at Thunder Road international Speedbowl in Barre, Vermont.
Luce, coming off his best-ever season racing stock cars – a season that included a $31,000-plus win in the 42nd Annual Oxford 250 last August – took the lead from and then held off a longtime ACT Tour rival, Wayne Helliwell, Jr., of Dover, New Hampshire.
Helliwell, a multi-time ACT Late Model Tour champion, chased Luce under the checkered flag, earning his runner-up finish the hard way after starting dead last in the quick Super Late Model field. Travis Benjamin of Morrill, Maine nailed down a third-place finish.
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