BARRE, VT – Late Model stock car driver Scott Payea of Milton, VT earned his third career American-Canadian Tour victory in the 10th Annual Merchants Bank 150 at Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl on Sunday afternoon. Payea waged a race-long battle with defending Thunder Road Track Champion Dave Pembroke of Middlesex, VT, finally taking the lead for good on lap 129.
BARRE, VT – A rookie American-Canadian Tour Late Model stock car pit crew defeated the reigning ACT championship team to win Saturday’s Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Pit Stop Contest in downtown Barre City, VT, part of the 10th Annual Merchants Bank 150 and Car Show weekend. The STJAuto.com/Fortier’s Community Care Home #88 team, led by Crew Chief Shayne Sweet, completed a two-tire change, washed the windshield, and simulated a fuel refill in 25.44 seconds to take the victory over the seven-time ACT Champion Ehler’s RV/RPM Racing Engines #32 team.
PASS North: Mulkern, Lucas, and McKeage Speedway 95 victors – Rain KO’s SLMs
Despite the best efforts of the Pro All Stars Series and Speedway 95 officials, Saturday’s Pro All Stars (PASS) North Community Pharmacies 150 super late model main event was lost to rain. John Fleming, D.J. Shaw and Adam Bates all earned heat race wins.
BARRE, VT – The top Late Model stock car racers in the northeastern U.S. and Canada will be at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl for this weekend’s 10th Annual Merchants Bank 150 (Sat./Sun., May 3/4), the third round of the 2008 American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Championship Series. Seven-time and defending ACT Late Model Tour Champion Jean-Paul Cyr and his cross-town Milton, VT neighbors, Scott Payea and Scott Dragon, have combined to win five of the previous nine Merchants Bank 150s.
HARLOTTE, NC (May 2, 2008) With just two races completed of the fourteen that will make up the 2008 Pro All Stars (PASS) South super late model season, the roller coaster ride is in full effect. Teams that were up following Hickory are down and several teams that were down are up after last Saturday’s race at Watermelon Capital. It’s a ride that should experience even more ups and downs, twists and turns, as PASS South gets set for it’s first ever visit to the Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, VA for the MOM 150 on May 10th.
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BARRE, VT – Stock car racing fans will get a chance to drive a race car at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl this season as the result of an innovative new partnership with the Vermont Governor’s Highway Safety Program’s “Click It Or Ticket” campaign and Bond Auto Parts. Fans who sign up at their local Bond Auto store will be randomly selected to compete in a Power Shift Online Junkyard Warrior division car, beginning with the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic doubleheader on Sunday, May 25.