Jun 10, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – Barre’s own Jay Laquerre took the outside lane to victory in the headline Late Model division on Sunday evening (June 10) on Sherwin-Williams night at Thunder Road. Laquerre’s victory was his first since 2001 when he scored his two career victories at the Barre high banks. Jamie “The Hurricane” Fisher made Laquerre work for the win on a late race charge, but settled for second. Cody Blake, former Thunder Road Champion Nick Sweet, and multi-time champion Phil Scott rounded out the top five.
Laquerre took the lead and ran away in the first half of the race after a lap three caution for debris before Fisher caught him using the outside lane in lapped traffic over the final 47 green flag laps. Fisher mounted multiple attacks, cruising to Laquerre’s bumper and pulling down on the inside, only to find himself back in second. Laquerre is thankful Fisher had the same handling condition as they battled for the lead.
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Jun 6, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – Racing historian Cho Lee of Barre, VT will be remembered at Thunder Road this Sunday, June 10 in the racetrack’s first seasonal weekly program presented by Sherwin-Williams. It will be the first of two twilight Sunday affairs for the high-banked oval before weekly Thursday night racing begins.
Lee, who co-authored “Fifty Years of Excitement” documenting Thunder Road’s history, will be remembered by the New England Antique Racers with the Cho Lee Memorial Race. More than thirty vintage racecars are expected to join Thunder Road’s three weekly racing divisions in Sunday’s event.
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May 30, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
NickSweet-AveryMurphy.jpg – Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic Winner Nick Sweet looks on as Race to Read winner Avery Murphy signs his car.
Barre, VT – This past Sunday, May 27 at Thunder Road in Barre, VT, Nick Sweet won the 50th Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic. It completed a dream for the former champion, etching his name into the final spot of the granite block that lists the 50 Memorial Day Classic winners, but his dreams were not the only ones to come true.
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May 28, 2012 | NE Racing News, Thunder Road
Photos From Thunder Road Memorial Day Races
Race Story – Nick Sweet Rolls to First Memorial Day Classic Victory at Thunder Road
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May 27, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Barre, VT – In a race that had eluded his prestigious racing career, Barre, VT’s Nick Sweet methodically worked his way to the victory in the 50th Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic at Thunder Road in Barre, VT on Sunday, May 27, 2012. The Memorial Day Classic was the first of four events in the Vermont State Late Model Championship series. Sweet held off Lt. Governor Phil Scott and Brent Dragon, who flew through the field from the 12th and 16th starting positions to finish second and third.
The race began with pole sitter and former Oxford Plains Speedway Champion Ricky Rolfe showing the way early, only to engage with a heated back and forth struggle with Milton’s Scott Payea. Rolfe and Payea traded the lead back and forth, side by side for more than half of the race. Scott and Sweet trailed the pair for the majority of the exchange as the top four ran in a tight battle for the point. Scott took over on the outside lane for 12 laps only to see Nick Sweet steal it away for good on a lap 68 restart.
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May 25, 2012 | American Canadian Tour, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Champions, Tracks Tough To Tame
Defending “King of the Road” Dave Pembroke (#44VT) looks for room between Thunder Road regular Brooks Clark (#68VT) and ACT regular Rowland Robinson, Jr. (#28ME) during the Merchants Bank 150 in April.
Barre, VT – The quest to become the Vermont State Late Model Champion begins this coming Sunday, May 27 at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road for the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 150. The four race series between Thunder Road and Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT will crown the Vermont State Champion of 2012. The Memorial Day Classic is also the first event in the bid to become the 2012 “King of the Road.”
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