2019 Thunder Road Season: By the Numbers

2019 Thunder Road Season: By the Numbers

It’s time for one of our favorite things of the year: the 2019 Thunder Road By the Numbers! This is where we get into some of the most important numbers of the past season and why they’re so meaningful. It’s not just who won the most races. Who has a win in the most consecutive seasons? Who’s climbing up the all-time lists? Which of the many racing families at Thunder Road was the best racing family this year? And don’t look now, but early next season, we’ll be reaching another major milestone – 1,000 total events! Check out the numbers we’ve come up with below and let us know which numbers mattered most to you in 2019!

(All statistics include non-point-counting events unless otherwise noted.)

1 – Kyle and Kevin Streeter were the only family duo to both win features at Thunder Road in 2019 – and they did it on the same night. Son Kyle won a make-up Flying Tiger feature on June 21 while dad Kevin won the regularly scheduled Tiger feature later that night.

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Woodard Comes Out on Top of Tiger Oxford Open

Woodard Comes Out on Top of Tiger Oxford Open

Oxford, ME – Waterbury Center, VT’s Jason Woodard put the capstone on a dream 2019 season by winning the inaugural American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Flying Tiger Oxford Open at Maine’s Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday, October 19. Woodard held off charges by Berlin, NH’s Cody LeBlanc and Graniteville, VT’s John Donahue to score his sixth Flying Tiger win of the season in the division’s first visit ever to the historic 3/8-mile oval.

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Therrien Leaves No Doubt on Way to Vermont Milk Bowl Win

Therrien Leaves No Doubt on Way to Vermont Milk Bowl Win

Barre, VT – Hinesburg’s Bobby Therrien was nearly unstoppable on his way to victory in the 57th Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank at Barre’s Thunder Road on Sunday, September 29. The 2017 “King of the Road” bounced back from a heartbreaking runner-up finish in the 2018 edition of the historic event by winning it from the pole with an overall score of eight points.

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