Corey Martin Cruises to Road Warrior Challenge Victory

Barre, VT — With skies far clearer than they were just twenty-four-hours before, Thunder Road International Speedbowl roared to life for Nolato Night on Friday. Two first-time winners graced victory lane high atop Quarry Hill for the first time on a stellar Friday night of racing.

The Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers started off the evening’s feature racing action with twenty-two cars led to the green flag by sophomore racer Cam Gadue and longtime pilot Mike Billado. Charging ahead from his third-place starting position, Logan Powers quickly overtook the spotlight to lead the field. With Rich Lowrey and Jason Pelkey in tow, Powers continued to pace the field and click the laps off one-by-one. In the green to checkered, caution-free feature event, Cam Powers would take down his third-career Flying Tiger victory flanked by Rich Lowrey and Jason Pelkey on the podium.

Kyle Gravel and Kasey Collins led round two for the rk Miles Street Stock Triple Crown to green. Evenly matched at the onset, the two swapped the lead again and again in the opening laps before Gravel powered back to the front. A wild melee on the 13th lap saw Juan Paco Marshall fly across the middle of the pack in turn one with Collins, Eric Johnson and Kyle MacAskill piling down pit road and into the tire barrier. One other caution lay ahead on lap 22 as another wild cross-up saw Tyler Whittemore and top rookie Ryan Foster hook on the frontstretch to collect MacAskill, once again, Parker Gagne and Haidyn Pearce.

The final restart found a face-off between Gravel and Trevor Jaques with three laps remaining saw the two young-guns lead the field side-by-side. Under the white flag Jaques put the hammer down on the outside groove and never lifted on his way to Nolato victory lane. After taking the Marvin Johnson Memorial Non-Winners Race back in June, Milton’s Trevor Jaques took down his first career points-counting win over Tommy ‘Thunder’ Smith and Kyle Gravel. The rk Miles Street Stocks will crown their Triple Crown champion tomorrow as part of the McGee Hyundai of Barre Super Saturday program.

The Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Models put another date in the running for the best event of the 2023 season on Friday after being led to green by Scott Coburn and Tyler Cahoon. The battle between Cahoon and Coburn got physical quickly with third-place runner Chris Roberts getting quite the show across his windshield. While remaining two-by-two, Brandon Lanphear and Chip Grenier made masterful use of the outside lane to claim second and third before the lone caution flew on lap 37 for the turned around Justin Prescott on the frontstretch.

With just thirteen laps remaining, Lanphear went to work outside of longtime race leader Cahoon with Chris Roberts following the Richard Green Trucking machine to the front. Looking strong on the outside, Roberts let it all hang out up top and lead over Lanphear on lap 45. Not backing down, and under heavy pressure from behind, Chris Roberts used the outside groove all the way to the checkered flags to take down his first career Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Model win over Brandon Lanphear and top rookie Kaiden Fisher.

Taking the field for their fifth annual 50-lap Challenge, the Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors went all out in front of the hometown crowd. Quickly jumping up from his fourth-place starting spot, Brodie Frazier took the ‘Freakin Chicken’ to the top spot early and the chase was on. Nate ‘Tater’ Brien caught up to the Chicken to lead lap 11 before a leaking fuel issue saw Tater fade into the back while last-week’s winner Corey Martin charged forward.

Complete mayhem ensued throughout the field as the leaders bobbed and weaved around lap traffic before the first and only caution flew on lap 39. Staring down the barrel, Martin again punched the skinny pedal to lead the restart over Frank Putney in the ‘Unofficial Thunder Road Pacecar.’ After taking his first win in post-race tech inspection last time around, Corey Martin proved it was no fluke by winning the Road Warrior Challenge over Tyler Wheatley and Frank Putney.

Thunder Road teams have a quick 24-hour turnaround before tomorrow’s Super Saturday presented by McGee Hyundai of Barre on Saturday, August 12th. Along with extra money on the line for all four Thunder Road divisions, the rk Miles Street Stocks wrap up their all-new three-in-a-row Triple Crown for even more cash bonuses for the top three in series standings!

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, Twitter, and Instagram at @ThunderRoadVT.

Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl – Barre, VT

Nolato Night feat. 5th annual Road Warrior Challenge

Friday, August 11, 2023

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors – (50 Lap Challenge)

1. 26 Corey Martin Northfield, VT

2. 31 Tyler Wheatley Brookfield, VT

3. 88 Frank Putney Graniteville, VT

4. 17 Brodie Frazier E. Montpelier, VT

5. 19 Neal Foster Moretown, VT

6. 75 Bert Duffy Milton, VT

7. 99 Fred Fleury Graniteville, VT

8. 71 Jason Kirby Milton, VT

9. 77 Zach Garvey Milton, VT

10. 43 Anderson Boyd Berlin, VT

11. 81 Mike Slingerman

12. 03 Robert Catchapaw Waterbury, VT

13. 18 David Wilder Barre, VT

14. 96 Bill O'Connor S. Washington, VT

15. 97 Nick DeBlois Barre, VT

16. 65 Connor Noyes E. Montpelier, VT

17. 50 Nick Copping Barre, VT

18. 33 Brayden Murphy Barre, VT

19. 13 Kevin Wheatley Brookfield, VT

20. 42 Karsen Murphy Northfield, VT

21. 07 Benjamin Bushey Springfield, VT

22. 16 Nate Brien Williamstown, VT

23. 76 Easton Garvey Milton, VT

24. 83 Gavin Hodgdon

Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Models – (50 Laps)

1. 8VT Chris Roberts Washington, VT

2. 16VT Brandon Lanphear Morrisville, VT

3. 18VT #Kaiden Fisher Shelburne, VT

4. 86VT Marcel J. Gravel Wolcott, VT

5. 9VT Chip Grenier Orange, VT

6. 38VT Tyler Cahoon Danville, VT

7. 14VT *Bobby Therrien Hinesburg, VT

8. 64VT Chris Pelkey Graniteville, VT

9. 88VT Nick Sweet Williamstown, VT

10. 4VT Scott Coburn Barre, VT

11. 27VT Kyle Pembroke Montpelier, VT

12. 01VT Stephen Martin Craftsbury Common, VT

13. 31KS #Cody Schoolcraft Claremont, NH

14. 7VT Cooper Bouchard Hinesburg, VT

15. 17VT Darrell Morin Westford, VT

16. 31VT Stephen Donahue Graniteville, VT

17. 0VT Scott Dragon Milton, VT

18. 55VT #Keegan Lamson Berlin, VT

19. 04VT #Justin Prescott Milton, VT

20. 99VT Cody Blake Barre, VT

*Sub Driver for Phil Scott

Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers – (40 Laps)

1. 31VT Logan Powers Middlesex, VT

2. 8NH Rich Lowrey South Hero, VT

3. 64VT Jason Pelkey Barre, VT

4. 68VT Jason Woodard Waterbury Ctr., VT

5. 23NY Cam Gadue Highgate, VT

6. 00VT Brandon Gray E. Thetford, VT

7. 20VT Robert Gordon Milton, VT

8. 37VT Kyle Streeter Waterbury Ctr., VT

9. 3VT Michael MacAskill Williamstown, VT

10. 07VT Sam Caron Milton, VT

11. 90VT Cameron Ouellette Barre, VT

12. 45VT Adam Maynard Milton, VT

13. 8VT Mike Billado Grand Isle, VT

14. 54VT Colin Cornell E. Burke, VT

15. 56VT Chris Laforest Barre, VT

16. 78VT #Tyler Pepin Barre, VT

17. 08VT Phil Potvin Underhill, VT

18. 33VT Matt Ballard Williamstown,VT

19. 22VT Travis Patnoe Wolcott, VT

20. 26VT #Luke Peters Groton, VT

21. 67VT Kevin Streeter Waitsfield, VT

22. 9VT #Zach Audet Morrisville, VT

rk Miles Street Stocks – (25 Laps)

1. 57 Trevor Jaques Milton, VT

2. 22 Thomas Smith Williamstown, VT

3. 5 Kyle Gravel Wolcott, VT

4. 34 Patrick Tibbetts Plainfield, VT

5. 16 Dean Switser, Jr. Waterford, VT

6. 68 Kyler Davis Berlin, VT

7. 30 Cameron Powers E. Montpelier, VT

8. 71 Jesse Laquerre Berlin, VT

9. 0 James Dopp Northfield, VT

10. 24 Todd Raymo Swanton, VT

11. 50 Eric MacLaughlin Milton, VT

12. 9 #Logan Farrell Barre, VT

13. 3 Michael Gay S. Burlington, VT

14. 74 Tyler Whittemore Barre, VT

15. 20 Eric Johnson Randolph, VT

16. 39 Derek Farnham Bethel, VT

17. 2 Haidyn Pearce Chelsea, VT

18. 88 #Paul Rocheleau Georgia, VT

19. 04 Scott Weston Berlin, VT

20. 96 Thomas Peck Waterbury, VT

21. 08 #Ryan Foster Waterbury, VT

22. 55 Parker Gagne Fairfax, VT

23. 48 Taylor Hoar South Hero, VT

24. 7 Kyle MacAskill Williamstown, VT

25. 98 Kasey Collins Berlin, VT

26. 79 Juan 'Paco' Marshall Pittsfield, VT

27. 43 Jamie Davis Johnson, VT

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