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Heritage 100
Tigers Tighten Points Race for Heritage 100
Thunder Road Point Leaders Survive Double Points Night
 
Championship battles are turning the corner at Barre’s Thunder Road as point battles tighten heading into the second half of the season. Point leaders Nick Sweet, Jason Allen, and Nick Pilotte survived a double points battle last Thursday, but title hunts remain unsettled.
 
Late Model point leader Nick Sweet has taken no prisoners in 2012, jumping out to a 78-point lead on the wings of four feature victories. Defending Champion Dave Pembroke, looking for his third Thunder Road track title, rides second and leads the effort to break Sweet’s stranglehold. Trampas Demers has risen to third, multi-time Champion Phil Scott rides fourth, and young Cody Blake sits in fifth.

Times Argus Mid-Season Championship

Sweet Defends Points Lead, Shines at Midseason Championships

Former Champs Fleury, Mullen Take Feature Victories

 

Hometown sensation Nick Sweet sent a dagger into his competitor’s championship hopes, claiming the victory and extending his point lead at The Times Argus Midseason Championships on Thursday, July 19.  Sweet was followed to the line by Jeffersonville’s Joey Becker and Essex Junction’s Dave Whitcomb.  Former K&N Pro Series Champion Jamie Aube took home fourth, and 3-time Thunder Road Champion Phil Scott rounded out the top five.

 

Becker dominated the early part of the 75 lap event, stretching his lead while top three point drivers David Pembroke and Cody Blake were caught in early trouble.  After a lap 23 caution, Whitcomb and Becker broke into a tireless duel side by side for the lead, with point leader Nick Sweet waiting in the whims.  When Whitcomb finally inched by Becker using the high lane, Sweet took full advantage soaring to the lead with over 30 laps to go in the event, and never looked back.  Mad River Valley’s Brooks Clark brought home sixth place and South Burlington’s Trampas Demers was seventh.  Pembroke recovered from early damage to salvage eighth place, and Eric Chase and Scott Payea rounded out the top ten.

Fisher, Theetge First Entries to 50th Milk Bowl
Fisher, Theetge First Entries to 50th Milk Bowl
 
 Former Thunder Road Champion Jamie Fisher, and two-time Serie ACT Castrol Champion Donald Theetge were the first to file entries for the 50th Annual People’s United Bank Milk Bowl on Sunday, September 30 at Barre’s Thunder Road. 
 
Fisher filed within 30 minutes of receiving his entry form last Thursday. “This may be the biggest Milk Bowl we ever run for, so I didn’t want to waste any time,” said Fisher. “We’ve finally got the car going great again this year, I think we’ve got a real shot,” he finished.