ACT & Thunder Road Announce $5,000 Top Prize at Labor Day Classic

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ACT & Thunder Road Announce $5,000 Top Prize at Labor Day Classic

Labor Day Start of Huge Month for Northeast Late Model Racers

Barre, VT — The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and Barre’s Thunder Road have announced the 43rd Berlin Optical Expressions Labor Day Classic on Sunday, September 5 will pay $5,000 to the winner. The 200-lap showdown instantly becomes one of the richest point-counting events of the year on the ACT Late Model Tour schedule. It will be broadcast live on FloRacing as part of the track’s live streaming agreement with Thunder Road.

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Triple Crown Championship to be Decided on Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac Night

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Triple Crown Championship to be Decided on Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac Night

Three-Way Tie for Lead Sets Up Big Thursday Night Drama

Barre, VT — The first Thunder Road champion of the year will be crowned this Thursday, August 5 at Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac Night. The event features the Myers Container Service Triple Crown Series finale with 75 laps for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers to decide who wins the title.

Coming into the third and final event of the series, the championship battle is literally as close as it can be. Milton’s Robert Gordon, Waterbury Center’s Kelsea Woodard, and Hardwick’s Jaden Perry are in a three-way tie for the Myers Triple Crown point lead. In all, eight drivers are within 12 points of the top spot and 10 are within 18 points, setting up the ultimate nail-biter. After rain washed out a planned Thursday-Sunday doubleheader last weekend, racers and fans are even more anxious to get back to the top of Quarry Hill for some stock car action.

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Thunder Road Enduro Postponed to Sunday, August 8

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Alan Ward photo

Alan Ward photo

Barre, VT — Mother Nature pulled a clean sweep of the Thunder Road racing weekend by forcing the postponement of Sunday’s Bolduc Metal Recycling Enduro 200 and Street Stock Special. The event has been rescheduled for Sunday, August 8 at 6:00pm.

Forecasters expect rain showers to start in the Central Vermont area by mid-afternoon. The rain’s severity is expected to increase throughout the evening with a significant chase for thunderstorms. Thunder Road officials determined that this combination would create a potentially unsafe environment for drivers and fans. As such, the decision was made to push the program back one week.

All advance tickets purchased for the Bolduc Metal Recycling Enduro will be honored on the make-up date. Anyone with advance tickets who cannot attend the make-up date must contact the Thunder Road office by Friday, August 6 to receive a refund. These people can call (802) 244-6963 ext. 4 or email tb@thunderroadvt.com.

Thunder Road returns to action next Thursday, August 5 at 7:00pm with Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac Night. The Myers Container Service Triple Crown Series will crown its 2021 champion with a 75-lap feature for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers. There is also a full card of racing for the Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Modes and RK Miles Street Stocks.

Admission is $15 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-12, and $30 for a family of four (2 adults, 2 kids). Advance tickets are available at www.happsnow.com/event/Thunder-Road-Speedbowl. All Thunder Road events are also live-streamed on FloRacing for those with a paid subscription.  

For more information, contact the Thunder Road offices at (802) 244-6963, media@thunderroadvt.com, or visit www.thunderroadvt.com. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter at @ThunderRoadVT. For more information about FloRacing, visit www.FloRacing.com.

Pelkey Comes Out on Top of Wild Midseason Championships

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Pelkey Comes Out on Top of Wild Midseason Championships

Barre, VT — Graniteville’s Christopher Pelkey had the car, the skill, and the luck to earn victory in the Times Argus Midseason Championships at Barre’s Thunder Road on Thursday, July 22. Pelkey took the lead from Wolcott’s Marcel J. Gravel just before halfway in the wild 75-lap main event to pick up his second Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Model win of the season.

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