Fireworks-a-Plenty for Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Championship Night at Thunder Road

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The closest championship battle of the season is in the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers with Barre’s Cameron Ouellette (#90VT) just seven points ahead of former champ Sam Caron of Milton with just 50 laps to decide the crown on Thursday! (Alan Ward photo)

Barre, VT – It has all come down to this. One final Thursday night of the season and one last chance for your highbank heroes to do good on their championship hopes at Thunder Road International Speedbowl during Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Championship Night. While there’s sure to be plenty of fireworks on the asphalt, there will also be plenty of fireworks in the sky following the racing action courtesy of Northstar Fireworks of East Montpelier!

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Hinesburg’s Derrick Calkins Cashes In On Vermont Agency Of Transportation Night At Thunder Road

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After 100 hardfought laps, Hinesburg’s Derrick Calkins cashed in the $2,000 winner’s share on Vermont Agency of Transportation Night at Thunder Road Thursday. (Alan Ward photo)

Barre, VT – The inaugural $2,000-to-win, 100 lap special for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers certainly did not disappoint on Vermont Agency of Transportation night at Thunder Road. Thirty teams entered the event with only Ty Delphia unable to take the green after fighting mechanical woes all afternoon. It was a spirited side-by-side race at the front of the field starting with Rich Lowrey and Mike Martin at the onset.

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Thunder Road Back This Thursday for Vermont AOT Flying Tiger $2k To Win, 100 Lapper!

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As the championship picture gets clearer, be on the lookout for drivers like Scott Dragon (0VT) and Kaiden Fisher (18VT) to go trophy hunting in the Maplefields/Irving Late Models! (Alan Ward photo)

Barre, VT – During a week off following the big EastRise Credit Union Labor Day Classic, the Thunder Road faithful have been hard at work repairing their mounts for the final two-race run at the championship starting this Thursday, September 11 with Vermont Agency of Transportation Night. Headlined by the inaugural $2,000-to-win, 100 lap showdown for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, the four division card on VTrans night is sure to be hot and heavy with the championship season coming to a close.

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Thunder Road Office Releases $103,000 Northfield Savings Bank Milk Bowl Entry Form

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With the Thunder Road office releasing the Vermont Milk Bowl entry blank with over $100,000 in purse monies available on Saturday and Sunday, October 4 & 5, already defending champion Marcel Gravel and three-time champion Jason Corliss have thrown their hat in the ring. (Alan Ward photo)

Barre, VT – With the cool air already making its way through the hills and valleys of the Green Mountain State, so too comes the official entry form for the 63rd Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank. Vermont’s greatest racing spectacle returns to Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl on Sunday, October 5 following the Booth Bros./Hood Milk Qualifying Day on Saturday, October 4. Over $100,000 is available to the Maplefields/Irving Oil Late Model teams during the weekend as these brave drivers contest in the Toughest Short Track Stock Car Race in North America!

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Jason Corliss Dominates Thunder Road EastRise Credit Union Labor Day Classic Against Invading Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour

Barre, VT – Perfect weather greeted the race fans and the over 120 teams on hand Sunday afternoon for the 47th EastRise Credit Union Labor Day Classic at Thunder Road. An incredible 37 of those teams were Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour teams, ready to dig deep all day long for a shot at just thirty starting positions.

Thunder Road stars Christopher Pelkey and Jason Corliss, along with current ACT point leader Raphael Lessard and former champion Jimmy Hebert all earned one of four heat race victories to kick off Sunday’s afternoon showcase. Returning for two more qualifying rounds, former winner D.J. Shaw and defending Milk Bowl victor Marcel Gravel split the two consolation events while Stephen Donahue ran away with the B-Feature win.

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Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Headlines Stacked EastRise Credit Union Labor Day Classic Showdown this Sunday

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The Stars and Cars of the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour return to the Thunder Road highbanks for the 47th EastRise Credit Union Labor Day Classic 200 on Sunday afternoon with a 4:00pm Start Time. (Alan Ward photo)

Barre, VT – Coming off a successful doubleheader weekend at Oxford Plains Speedway just one week ago, the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour returns to Thunder Road International Speedbowl for the 47th EastRise Credit Union Labor Day Classic 200! The annual holiday special will bring the top Late Model pilots from across New England and Quebec to compete in the 200-lap affair while the New England Pro-4 Modifieds also invade for a five-division card complete with the Flying Tigers, Street Stocks and Road Warriors!

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Next Generation’s Streeter and Morris Take First Wins at Thunder Road

Thunder RoadBarre, VT – Twenty one street legal cars, and a pair of golf cars, took to the highbanks for the annual Run-What-U-Brung festivities on Thursday at Thunder Road. Over fifteen rounds of head-to-head matches finally whittled the field down to two; Street Stock standout Tyler Wheatley and third generation stalwart Howard Stockwell. The tow truck driver went toe-to-toe with the windshield extraordinaire in a finale for the ages with Wheatley taking the overall and Stockwell earning the top four-cylinder honors.

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Thunder Returns to White Mountain for Six Division Car and Annual Mini Late Model Special

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The Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers have been putting on fantastic side-by-side racing week in and week out at White Mountain, much of it coming from point leader Shane Sicard (#4NH) and Logan Powers (#31VT). (Johnny Racer photo)

N. Woodstock, NH — White Mountain Motorsports Park is back in action this Saturday night in North Woodstock, New Hampshire following last week’s annual off-weekend for the Oxford 250. All six track championship divisions return to the highbanks along with the annual Mini Late Model Special on Ammonoosuc Asphalt Night.

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Annual Run-What-U-Brung Spectator Drags Highlight Jet Service Envelope/Accura Printing Night at Thunder Road

Thunder Road Spectator DragsBarre, VT – It’s one of the most anticipated Thursday night events of the summer season with the annual Run-What-U-Brung Spectator Drags set to once again headline Jet Service Envelope/Accura Printing Night at Barre’s Thunder Road! World famous track championship racing accompanies the annual Run-What-U-Brung special as your own neighbors, business owners and maybe even a local celebrity or two take on the highbanks in their daily drivers!

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Calkins Takes Cody Chevrolet Flying Tiger 100; Donahue Celebrates Late Grandfather with Late Model Victory

Stephen Donahue, late model winner at Thunder Road Cody Chevrolet
Maplefields/Irving Late Model winner Stephen Donahue takes his late grandfather’s battle flag around the Thunder Road highbanks in tribute after taking the 50-lap Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac trophy dash on Thursday. (Alan Ward photo)

Barre, VT – It all came down to Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac Night for the Myers Container Service Triple Crown championship 100 lap showdown. Cooper French and Rich Lowrey kept things interesting at the front of the pack throughout the opening laps with Derrick Calkins keeping up the pressure for good measure. Flat tires ruined the night for both Ty Delphia in the beginning of the race and Sam Caron towards the end as Lowrey yo-yoed between the lead and second against French and Calkins.

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