Gravel and Couture Get 1st Wins of the Season

Barre, VT — On a hot and sticky night high atop Quarry Hill, the Thunder Road faithful returned for another stellar night of side-by-side stock car racing on Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac Night. In the end, Sam Caron grabbed his first Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tiger win of the season but it wasn’t enough to stop Derrick Calkins from taking the Myers Container Service Triple Crown Championship. Marcel Gravel used a late-race outside pass to win the Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Model’s feature, rk Miles Street Stock rookie Zach Audet took his first point-counting win and local-boy Chris ‘Creature’ Couture took his first Burnett Scrap Metal Road Warrior win.

Barre, VT — The first Thunder Road champion of the season will be crowned this Thursday night as part of a jam-packed Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac night on August 4th. It’s the final round of the Myers Container Service Flying Tiger Triple Crown and the 2022 edition is going out in style with the Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac 100, the longest race of the season for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers! All Thunder Road divisions will be on the track, and on the front stretch for the rescheduled Times Argus Autograph Session!

Barre, VT — With thunderstorms and rain moving into Central Vermont early this afternoon and lasting after tonight’s scheduled Post Time, Thunder Road officials have made the difficult decision to postpone tonight’s events to the new date of Friday, September 9th. New to the 2022 Thunder Road schedule is the WDEV/Calkins Portable Toilets Championship Night for the Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers and rk Miles Street Stocks on Friday, September 9th.

Barre, VT — The sights and sounds of Barre’s Thunder Road returns this Thursday, July 28th with the annual WDEV/Calkins Portable Toilets Night. Along with championship action for the Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers and rk Miles Street Stocks, the Burnett Scrap Metals also return to the stage for their part in the most amazing feat of athletic skill in motorsports – the iconic Port-a-Potty Grand Prix!

Barre, VT — Graniteville’s Christopher Pelkey used the outside groove at Thunder Road on Thursday to take down his second consecutive Times Argus Midseason Championship. In all, Pelkey doubled down on the iconic race win along with double the points and double the cash, courtesy of our Streaming Partners at FloRacing. Rookie Kaiden Fisher and veteran four-cylinder aces Josh Lovely and Frank Putney also doubled down on Times Argus Midseason Championships night.

Barre, VT — The time has come to ring in a 31-year-old tradition at Thunder Road with the return of the Times Argus Midseason Championships. Along with the glory of being crowned the Midseason Champion, double points are on the line along with added distances and double the purse, courtesy of our streaming partners at FloRacing.

Barre, VT — Even after taking a restful partial season in 2022, three-time ‘King of the Road’ Jason Corliss returned to his roots at Barre’s Thunder Road and once again stood victorious before the large crowd on hand for the 43rd Vermont Governor’s Cup presented by the Vermont Lottery. Waterbury Center’s Tanner Woodard and Williamstown’s Josh Lovely also made the thrilling trip to Thunder Road victory lane.