Lowrey Earns Casella Night Feature Win at Thunder Road
Charlotte’s Rich Lowrey earned his first feature win of the season and 8th career Late Model feature win at Thunder Road on Thursday, July 22. Lowrey came from the sixth starting spot to take the lead from rookie Cody Blake at the halfway mark. He then held off eventual runner-up finisher Nick Sweet on the final restart of the event on lap 29.
Lowrey and Sweet were followed to the line by Matt White, Phil Scott and Blake completing the top five. Point leader Dave Pembroke finished with a solid 6th with Reno Gervais, Cris Michaud, John Donahue and Joey Becker rounding out the top ten.
Middlesex’s Pete Ainsworth also took his first checkered flag of the season in the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen feature. It was also his 11th career Tiger Sportsman win. He started on the pole and held off Fairlee’s Troy Gray who settled for second and Brendan Moodie took third.
The Allen Lumber Street Stocks saw opening day winner Mike MacAskill of Williamstown return to victory lane for his fourth career Street Stock win. He just edged out Jean Leblanc who took second. Scott Weston, Thomas Placey, and Jamie Davis completed the top five. Ron Gabaree, Tim Campbell, Travis Hull, Gary Mullen and Greg Adams all earned top tens.
Barre’s Kevin Dodge earned his this Junkyard Warrior feature win of the season. He was followed by Ken Christman and Kevin Wheatley.
The “Nation’s Site of Excitement” will be back next Thursday, July 29 for WDEV/Calkins night featuring the infamous Porta-Pottie Grand Prix. All four divisions will also be in action. Qualifying starts at 6:30pm.
Thunder Road International Speedbowl
Casella Waste Management Night
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Late Models
Unofficial Results
Pos Car # Driver Hometown
1 8vt Richard Lowrey Charlotte, VT
2 88vt Nick Sweet Barre, VT
3 42vt Matt White Northfield, VT
4 14vt Phil Scott Montpelier, VT
5 99vt #Cody Blake Barre, VT
6 44vt Dave Pembroke Montpelier, VT
7 12vt Reno Gervais Island Pond, VT
8 6vt Cris Michaud E. Montpelier, VT
9 26vt John Donahue Graniteville, VT
10 16vt Joey Becker Jeffersonville, VT
11 74vt Jerry Lesage Winooski, VT
12 68vt Brooks Clark Fayston, VT
13 18vt Jamie Fisher Shelburne, VT
14 1vt Brett Wheeler Northfield, VT
15 25vt David Whitcomb Essex Jct., VT
16 4vt Doug Murphy Tunbridge, VT
17 40vt Eric Chase Milton, VT
18 81vt Grant Folsom Waitsfield, VT
19 2nh Tracie Bellerose Gorham, NH
20 34vt Dylan Smith Randolph, VT
21 49vt Nate Brown Craftsbury, VT
22 00vt Mike Bailey South Barre, VT
Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen
Unofficial Results
Pos Car # Driver Hometown
1 80 Pete Ainsworth, Jr. Middlesex, VT
2 5 Troy Gray Fairlee, VT
3 94 Brendan Moodie Wolcott, VT
4 90 Tony Rossi Peacham, VT
5 37 David Finck Barre, VT
6 04 Eric Badore Milton, VT
7 55 Brian Delphia Waterbury, VT
8 48 Tom Therrien Hinesburg, VT
9 58 Jimmy Hebert Williamstown, VT
10 9 Ricky Roberts Washington, VT
11 68 Derrick O’Donnell Bradford, VT
12 4 Bobby Therrien Hinesburg, VT
13 31 Shawn Fleury Middlesex, VT
14 61 #Jason Corliss Danville, VT
15 01 #Mike Martin Craftsbury, VT
16 36 Joel Hodgdon Craftsbury, VT
17 16 George May Barre, VT
18 26 Mike Ziter Williamstown, VT
19 18 Lance Allen Barre, VT
20 29 #Jason Allen Barre, VT
21 8 Mike Billado Essex, VT
22 10 Josh Demers Middlesex, VT
23 23 Matt Potter Marshfield, VT
24 00 Joe Steffen Essex Jct., VT
25 2 John Lambert Northfield, VT
Allen Lumber Street Stocks/Junkyard Warriors
Unofficial Results
Pos Car # Driver Hometown
1 3ss Micheal MacAskill Williamstown, VT
2 7ss Jean LeBlanc Gorham, NH
3 04ss Scott Weston Berlin, VT
4 33ss #Thomas Placey Bradford, VT
5 43ss Jamie Davis Wolcott, VT
6 9ss Ron Gabaree Barre, VT
7 34ss Tim Campbell, Sr. W. Topsham, VT
8 66ss Travis Hull Graniteville, VT
9 29ss Gary Mullen Tunbridge, VT
10 38ss Greg Adams Hardwick, VT
11 26ss Danny Doyle Hancock, VT
12 47ss William Hennequin Morrisville, VT
13 13ss Markus Farnham Randolph Ctr., VT
14 77ss Dave Whitcomb Elmore, VT
15 14ss Joe Blais E. Barre, VT
16 03ss Lloyd Blakely Graniteville, VT
17 05ss #Donnie Yates N. Montpelier, VT
18 8jyw Kevin Dodge Barre, VT
19 51ss #Sid Sweet Jr. Williamstown, VT
20 09ss Amanda Habel Roxbury, VT
21 25ss Jennifer Getty Cambridge, VT
22 39ss Troy Kingsbury Waitsfield, VT
23 70ss Paul Giacherio Washington, VT
24 22ss Thomas Smith Williamstown, VT
25 4jyw Ken Christman Cabot, VT
26 31jyw Kevin Wheatley Williamstown, VT
27 88jyw Thomas Elwood Morrisville, VT
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