Community College of Vermont Continues Thunder Road Partnership, Throws Support Behind Road Warrior Challenge

Community College of Vermont Continues Thunder Road Partnership, Throws Support Behind Road Warrior Challenge

Barre, VT — A longtime and popular sponsor continued its partnership with Thunder Road this week as Community College of Vermont returned for a new date with the venerable Central Vermont speedbowl in 2024. Community College of Vermont will now support the annual 50-lap Challenge for the Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors on Thursday, August 8.

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Legendary Thunder Road Car Owner, Racing Historian Lloyd Hutchins Passes Away

Legendary Thunder Road Car Owner, Racing Historian Lloyd Hutchins Passes Away

Barre, VT — Longtime Thunder Road supporter, historian, car owner and builder Lloyd Hutchins passed away yesterday, January 3, 2024. Hutchins got his start with Thunder Road International Speedbowl while the track was being built in the spring of 1960. He worked alongside Ken Squier and the Cooley Brothers to carve the iconic highbanks out of a vast farm at the end of Fisher Road. As the story goes, it was Hutchins who helped place the railroad ties along the frontstretch as the first wall, placing them on the infamous angle that later gave it the Widowmaker moniker.

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ACT-Sanctioned Tracks Heading to Maine’s Northeast Motorsports Expo – SRX Tickets Available

ACT-Sanctioned Tracks Heading to Maine’s Northeast Motorsports Expo – SRX Tickets Available

Barre, VT ­— Officials with the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) announced today that the historic Tour and its sanctioned tracks, Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl and White Mountain Motorsports Park will be represented at the 35th annual Northeast Motorsports Expo at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta, Maine from Friday, January 12 through Sunday, January 14. Representatives will be on-hand all weekend to discuss the upcoming season, offer schedules and sell advance tickets to the SRX event at Thunder Road on Thursday, July 18!

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Looking Ahead: Five Events to Look Forward to at The Nation’s Site of Excitement in 2024

Looking Ahead: Five Events to Look Forward to at The Nation’s Site of Excitement in 2024

Barre, VT — After celebrating the night away on New Years Eve, we’re too excited for the 2024 season to contain ourselves! Looking ahead to the upcoming 65th season of competition at Thunder Road International Speedbowl, we’ve hand-picked five events that we’re most looking forward to this year.

(Note: Events Listed in Chronological Order)

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Looking Back: The Top-5 Events from Thunder Road in 2023

Looking Back: The Top-5 Events from Thunder Road in 2023

Barre, VT — With 2023 winding down to a close, we wanted to look back at some of our most memorable events at Thunder Road in 2023. Each event at the Nation’s Site of Excitement is memorable, making it all the more difficult to narrow down, but we decided to put our minds to it and give it try anyway!

Here are our favorite picks as we look back on the 2023 season. (Note: Events Listed in Chronological Order)

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Burnett Scrap Metals Returns to Title Road Warrior Division Through 2026

Burnett Scrap Metals Returns to Title Road Warrior Division Through 2026

Barre, VT — While the annual Banquet of Champions effectively closed out the 2023 racing season at Thunder Road, the Barre, Vermont office continues to be hard at work. As such, Burnett Scrap Metals became the first in to re-up their commitment to Thunder Road International Speedbowl. The headline sponsor of the Road Warrior division since their popular return in 2017, Burnett Scrap Metals will remain connected to the fan-favorite division through the 2026 season.

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ACT Announces New Tri-State Flying Tiger Series

ACT Announces New Tri-State Flying Tiger Series

Barre, VT ­— After several years of continued growth for the famed Flying Tiger division at Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl and White Mountain Motorsports Park, American-Canadian Tour Officials have announced a new Tri-State Series for the top support division. The Tri-State Flying Tiger Series will visit Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine in its inaugural 2024 season, the first time the Tigers have hit the touring circuit in over a decade.

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