{"id":13165,"date":"2014-05-27T14:54:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T18:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=13165"},"modified":"2014-05-27T14:54:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T18:54:56","slug":"mueller-takes-second-northern-modified-challenge-win-thunder-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2014\/05\/mueller-takes-second-northern-modified-challenge-win-thunder-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Mueller Takes Second Northern Modified Challenge Win at Thunder Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13166\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13166\" class=\"wp-image-13166 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/mueller_1200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"mueller_1200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/mueller_1200-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/mueller_1200.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy www.vtmotormag.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>New York teenager undefeated at legendary track<\/p>\n<p>BARRE, VT \u2013 Jessey Mueller left little doubt as to who the open-wheel \u201cKing of the Road\u201d is. The 19 year-old made it two-for-two at the historic Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT on Sunday, winning his second Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic for the Northern Modified Challenge Series stock cars in as many years.<br \/>\nMueller, from Olmstedville, NY, was the top overall performer in a two-segment, cumulatively scored event. He posted a runner-up finish in the opening 20-lap dash to score two race points, then sliced through traffic to win the second 20-lap round for an additional point. His total three-point combined score was the lowest among all drivers, giving him the overall victory.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nJason Durgan of Morrisonville, NY won the opening leg and finished fifth in the second segment for a total of six points, good enough for the overall runner-up position. Brandon, VT driver Vince Quenneville, Jr., the inaugural NMCS champion a year ago, took third overall with seven points after finishing fourth and third in the segments. Jamie LaFountain of Keeseville, NY was fourth overall with nine points, and Middlebury, VT\u2019s Todd Stone ranked fifth overall, also with nine points.<br \/>\nThe Northern Modified Challenge Series, sanctioned by Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway management, returns to action at Airborne Park Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY on Saturday, July 26. For more information on the Northern Modified Challenge Series, call (802) 265-3112, visit www.devilsbowlspeedwayvt.com, or follow @NorthernModCS on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>UNOFFICIAL RESULTS \u2013 Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic<br \/>\nNorthern Modified Challenge Series \u2013 Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, VT<br \/>\nSunday, May 25, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Feature Event (20 laps x 2)<br \/>\nPos.-Driver-Hometown-Seg 1-Seg 2-Total Score<br \/>\n1. Jessey Mueller, Olmstedville, NY \u2013 2 \u2013 1 \u2013 3 pts.<\/p>\n<p>2. Jason Durgan, Morrisonville, NY \u2013 1 \u2013 5 \u2013 6 pts.<\/p>\n<p>3. Vince Quenneville, Jr., Brandon, VT \u2013 4 \u2013 3 \u2013 7 pts.<\/p>\n<p>4. Jamie LaFountain, Plattsburgh, NY \u2013 5 \u2013 4 \u2013 9 pts.<\/p>\n<p>5. Todd Stone, Middlebury, VT \u2013 3 \u2013 6 \u2013 9 pts.<\/p>\n<p>6. Ron Proctor, Charlton, NY \u2013 8 \u2013 2 \u2013 10 pts.<\/p>\n<p>7. Leon Gonyo, Chazy, NY \u2013 7 \u2013 8 \u2013 15 pts.<\/p>\n<p>8. Hunter Bates, Middlebury, VT \u2013 6 \u2013 9 \u2013 15 pts.<\/p>\n<p>9. Dave Snow, Brandon, VT \u2013 9 \u2013 7 \u2013 16 pts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York teenager undefeated at legendary track BARRE, VT \u2013 Jessey Mueller left little doubt as to who the open-wheel \u201cKing of the Road\u201d is. The 19 year-old made it two-for-two at the historic Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT on Sunday, winning his second Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic for the Northern Modified [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[1347],"class_list":["post-13165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thunder-road","tag-thunder-road"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13165","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=13165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}