{"id":1156,"date":"2008-05-05T17:19:09","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T17:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/wp\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2008-05-05T17:19:09","modified_gmt":"2008-05-05T17:19:09","slug":"moms-mower-race-kids-rides-to-highlight-thunder-road-mothers-day-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2008\/05\/moms-mower-race-kids-rides-to-highlight-thunder-road-mothers-day-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Moms Mower Race, Kids Rides to Highlight Thunder Road Mother?s Day Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BARRE, VT &ndash; Harvest Equipment will present the annual Mother&rsquo;s Day stock car racing special at Barre&rsquo;s Thunder Road on Sunday, May 11&hellip; but with a twist.&nbsp; As part of Harvest Equipment&rsquo;s involvement with the event, a special six-Mom Lawn Mower Race will be held in the infield of the race track.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Moms will be chosen to participate in the lawn mower race based on essays sent to the Thunder Road office by their children.&nbsp; Kids &ndash; here&rsquo;s what you have to do: Write a short essay explaining why your mom should be chosen for the Lawn Mower Race at Thunder Road.&nbsp; Email your essay to <a href=\"mailto:media@acttour.com\">media@acttour.com<\/a>, fax it to (802) 244-6963,or send it by mail to: Mother&rsquo;s Day Contest, P.O. Box 296, Waterbury, VT 05676, but make sure your entry is in no<br \/>later than 5:00pm on Thursday, May 8.&nbsp; Winning moms will be notified on Friday, May 9.&nbsp; Kids, please include your mom&rsquo;s name and a daytime phone number in your essay.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Moms will compete in the Lawn Mower Race while riding on John Deere lawn tractors provided by Harvest Equipment.&nbsp; The first mom to complete her mowing section, sit in a comfy lawn chair, and open an ice cold Pepsi will be the winner.&nbsp; Each mom in the race will also receive a bouquet of flowers.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kids will be rewarded for their hard work with rides in a Thunder Road race car and free photos for Mom from David Heath Photography.&nbsp; Kids&rsquo; race car rides will be held from 2-3pm, and are open to all children age 12 and under.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Harvest Equipment Mother&rsquo;s Day Special will be the second event of Thunder Road&rsquo;s 49th season, and will also be the first weekly championship event for the ACT Late Model division.&nbsp; Dave Pembroke of Middlesex, the third-place finisher at last Sunday&rsquo;s Merchants Bank 150, is the defending Late Model &ldquo;King of the Road&rdquo; Track Champion.&nbsp; Scott Coburn of Barre leads the NAPA Tiger Sportsman division point standings following his opening day victory, while Graniteville&rsquo;s Dave LaFleche and Waterbury&rsquo;s Neal Foster lead the Allen Lumber Street Stock and Power Shift Online Junkyard Warrior divisions, respectively.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General admission for the Harvest Equipment Mother&rsquo;s Day Special on Sunday, May 11 is only $9.50 for adults, $3 for children (6-12), and just $20 for a family of four.&nbsp; Gates open at 1:30pm, with kids&rsquo; rides from 2-3pm, and racing action beginning at 5pm.&nbsp; Thunder Road is located on Fisher Road atop Quarry Hill in Barre, VT. For more information, call (802) 244-6963 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com\/\">www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BARRE, VT &ndash; Harvest Equipment will present the annual Mother&rsquo;s Day stock car racing special at Barre&rsquo;s Thunder Road on Sunday, May 11&hellip; but with a twist.&nbsp; As part of Harvest Equipment&rsquo;s involvement with the event, a special six-Mom Lawn Mower Race will be held in the infield of the race track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-canadian-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}