{"id":998,"date":"2007-06-05T16:17:14","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T16:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/wp\/?p=998"},"modified":"2007-06-05T16:17:14","modified_gmt":"2007-06-05T16:17:14","slug":"carquest-to-present-vermont-governors-cup-at-thunder-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2007\/06\/carquest-to-present-vermont-governors-cup-at-thunder-road\/","title":{"rendered":"CARQUEST to Present Vermont Governor?s Cup at Thunder Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">BARRE, VT &ndash; CARQUEST Auto Parts will present the 25th Vermont Governor&rsquo;s Cup, a 100-lap Late Model stock car race at &ldquo;The Nation&rsquo;s Site of Excitement,&rdquo; Barre&rsquo;s Thunder Road, on July 12. &nbsp;The event is expected to draw over 30 race teams from northern New England, including some of the front runners of the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) championship series.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rich Pallai, Vice President of Marketing for CARQUEST Auto Parts, says his company has been looking forward to having a partnership with Thunder Road.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;We have had a presence in Vermont for a few years, and during that time people have been telling us all about the exciting racing on Quarry Hill in Barre,&rdquo; said Pallai. &nbsp;&ldquo;CARQUEST is excited to be a part of Thunder Road, and I understand that the Vermont Governor&rsquo;s Cup race has a long history. &nbsp;We are proud that the next chapter will include CARQUEST.&rdquo;<br \/>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Eric Williams of Hyde Park is the defending champion of the CARQUEST Vermont Governor&rsquo;s Cup 100, and ownsand operates Eric&rsquo;s Auto Repair near his home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Any time an auto parts dealer sponsors an event at Thunder Road, it&rsquo;s a good thing for small businesses like mine,&rdquo; Williams said. &nbsp;&ldquo;I know that CARQUEST is relatively new to our region, and it&rsquo;s good to see them getting involved in local activities like Thunder Road. &nbsp;The Governor&rsquo;s Cup is a great race that gets a lot of attention. &nbsp;I&rsquo;ve won the Milk Bowl and other big races, and the Governor&rsquo;s Cup ranks up there with them. &nbsp;I think CARQUEST will have a good time with us this summer at Thunder Road.&rdquo;<br \/>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CARQUEST Auto Parts has more than 3,400 locations nationwide, including stores in Morrisville, Richmond, Lyndonville, Essex Junction, Burlington, and West Lebanon, NH. &nbsp;For more information on CARQUEST, click on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carquest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><u>www.carquest.com<\/u><\/a>.<br \/>&nbsp; &nbsp; <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 25th CARQUEST Vermont Governor&rsquo;s Cup is slated to run Thursday, July 12. &nbsp;A full card of Tiger<br \/>Sportsmen, Allen Lumber Street Stocks, and Power Shift Junkyard Warriors will join the 100-lap Late Model feature event. &nbsp;Qualifying action will begin at an early post time of 6:00pm. &nbsp;For more information, call (802) 244-6963,<br \/>or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><u>www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BARRE, VT &ndash; CARQUEST Auto Parts will present the 25th Vermont Governor&rsquo;s Cup, a 100-lap Late Model stock car race at &ldquo;The Nation&rsquo;s Site of Excitement,&rdquo; Barre&rsquo;s Thunder Road, on July 12. &nbsp;The event is expected to draw over 30 race teams from northern New England, including some of the front runners of the American-Canadian [&hellip;]<\/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-998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-canadian-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998","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=998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}