Dario Franchitti is set to take to the track at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed with Gordon Murray Automotive’s T.50 supercar and two ground-breaking Gordon Murray-designed heritage cars – the LCC Rocket and the Brabham BT44b – being driven up the famous 1.16-mile hill.
Barre, VT — Due to the severity of the flooding to our community, local businesses, racers and fans, Officials have postponed the 44th running of the Vermont Governor’s Cup by the Vermont Lottery originally scheduled for Thursday, July 13th. With well over 100 roads washed out across the area, along with flooding in homes, businesses and Thunder Road’s own office building in downtown Barre, Officials postponed the event to allow people the necessary time to assess their situations and plan accordingly. (more…)
Barre, VT — An incredibly hot night high atop Quarry Hill in Barre, Vermont set up for one of the most hotly contested Times Argus Midseason Championships on record. All four divisions battled it out to join the wins list along with the FloRacing double purse in store to boot with the intensity as soaring as the temperatures inside their stock cars. Several stars made their mark on Thunder Road’s Midseason Championships for the first time, cementing themselves in the history books at ‘The Nation’s Site of Excitement.’ (more…)
Kicking off six consecutive Thursday nights of prime time racing action, the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) Series makes its debut on ESPN on Thursday, July 13, at 9 p.m. ET, bringing “Thursday Night Thunder” back to ESPN. The Camping World SRX Series pits champion-level drivers from different racing series against each other in identically-prepared race cars, competing on some of America’s iconic short tracks. (more…)
For only the second time in series history, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series will head to Mid-Ohio for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 150 (Saturday, July 8 at 1:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM Radio).
Sitting on 380 acres of land, the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Road Course is often touted as the “Most Competitive in the U.S.” and currently plays host to IMSA, the NTT IndyCar Series, and now the ARCA Menard’s Series and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series events.
LAKEVILLE, CONN. (5 July 2023)- Beth Paretta, the founder, owner and Team Principal of Paretta Autosport – the first woman-owned, woman-driven and woman-forward team in the NTT INDYCAR Series, will add another milestone to her impressive motorsport career, serving as the Grand Marshal for the upcoming FCP Euro Northeast Grand Prix Presented by LIQUI MOLY at Lime Rock Park (July 21-22).
Barre, VT — Less than 24 hours after Thunder Road officials posted the 2023 Bolduc Metal Recycling Enduro 200 Rules and Entry Form, Nick Deblois strolled into the Barre, Vermont office with the first official entry. After posting a third-place finish behind New Hampshire’s Alby Ovitt and Milton’s Richie Turner in last year’s edition of The People’s Race’, the Barre native is ready to keep the $3,000 check here at home in Central Vermont! (more…)
I wasn’t sure how this street race in Chicago would turn out. While hoping for the best, I was on the fence not only about the drivers’ ability to not turn this into a crashfest into Turn 1, but also thought this much-hyped event was nothing more than another NASCAR gimmick to drive eyes onto the sport even for a brief period of time.
Barre, VT — In the past thirty-one seasons, the Times Argus Midseason Championships has been the date circled on every racer’s calendar. One night that can make, or break, a championship season at Thunder Road with double points on the line in all divisions. Double the reward and double the risk. In 2023, the Times Argus Midseason Championships will also have double the money on the line thanks to our streaming partner FloRacing, only adding to the drama and excitement, along with the annual Autograph Session! (more…)
