{"id":9753,"date":"2013-04-02T21:51:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T01:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=9753"},"modified":"2013-04-02T21:51:09","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T01:51:09","slug":"vermont-state-late-model-championship-series-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2013\/04\/vermont-state-late-model-championship-series-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont State Late Model Championship Series Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"troad\"Four-Race Schedule Set for Thunder Road and Devil\u2019s Bowl<\/p>\n

Barre, VT \u2013 After its resurgence in 2012 following a 25-year hiatus, the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series will be back in 2013 for a four-race schedule split evenly between Barre, VT\u2019s Thunder Road and West Haven, VT\u2019s Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway.<\/p>\n

The first event will be held at Thunder Road during the 51st Annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 26. Last year the event saw eventual King of the Road Nick Sweet take the victory in dominating fashion, picking up his first of two wins in the series. After that, the VSLCS will turn to the fast Devil\u2019s Bowl half-mile on Friday, June 7 for the second jewel of the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series crown.
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For the third race, the series will return to Thunder Road for the Vermont Lottery Governor\u2019s Cup on Thursday, July 11, and the series finale will be held at Devil\u2019s Bowl where the 2013 Vermont State Late Model Champion will be honored during their Vermont 200 weekend of September 14\/15. Last year\u2019s championship came down to a paint-trading last lap of the finale, leaving Champion Dave Pembroke and runner-up Brent Dragon just a single point apart.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were so close last year, it was heartbreaking to come up one-point shy the way we did,\u201d said Dragon. \u201cIt was great to win that final race at Devil\u2019s Bowl, though. I love both of these tracks, so we\u2019ll go out and try to win these races and see if we can\u2019t gain that extra point this time around,\u201d he finished.<\/p>\n

King of the Road Nick Sweet may also be looking for redemption.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe came in tied with Dave (Pembroke) for the point lead in that final race at Devil\u2019s Bowl, and we really felt like we had a good shot,\u201d said Sweet, who won both races at Thunder Road in the series in 2012. \u201cWe just had a bad day with the car down there, it\u2019s a tricky place, but we\u2019re getting better. I\u2019m excited to get started and get down there again,\u201d he finished.<\/p>\n

The Vermont State Late Model Championship Series kicks off at Thunder Road on Sunday, May 26 for the 51st Annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic.<\/p>\n

2013 Vermont State Late Model Championship Series Schedule<\/p>\n

# Date Event Track<\/p>\n

1. Sunday, May 26 51st Annual Memorial Day Classic Thunder Road<\/p>\n

2. Friday, June 7 VSLCS Event #2 Devil\u2019s Bowl<\/p>\n

3. Thursday, July 11 VT Governor\u2019s Cup Thunder Road<\/p>\n

4. Sat.\/Sun. Sept. 14\/15 Vermont 200 Weekend Devil\u2019s Bowl<\/p>\n

For additional information head to www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com, call the Thunder Road office at (802) 244-6963, or email us at media@acttour.com.<\/p>\n

Also check us out on social media at www.facebook.com\/TRoadSpeedbowl and www.twitter.com\/TRoadSpeedbowl .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four-Race Schedule Set for Thunder Road and Devil\u2019s Bowl Barre, VT \u2013 After its resurgence in 2012 following a 25-year hiatus, the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series will be back in 2013 for a four-race schedule split evenly between Barre, VT\u2019s Thunder Road and West Haven, VT\u2019s Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway. The first event will […]<\/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":[7,18,6,65,4],"tags":[42,1347],"class_list":["post-9753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-canadian-tour","category-maine-racing-news","category-new-england-racing-news","category-thunder-road","category-latest-touring-news","tag-act","tag-thunder-road"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9753","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=9753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}