Taber Gagne Wins M&M Beverage Enduro at Thunder Road

Tim Campbell Takes Allen Lumber Street Stock Special

Swanton’s Taber Gagne earned the $3,000 pay day in the 26^th Annual M&M Beverage 200 at Barre’s Thunder Road International Speedbowl on Sunday, August 8. The former Airborne Speedway Tiger Sportsman competitor was the only driver to complete all 200 laps. A total of 104 cars from all over the Northeast were on hand to take their shot at the top prize.

Tim Campbell of West Topsham earned his fifth win of the 2010 Thunder Road Allen Lumber Street Stock season in the 50 lap M&M Beverage special. Campbell worked his way into the lead just before the halfway point from his seventeenth starting position. He would hold off a hard charging Mike MacAskill, who won last season’s Street Stock special, without giving up the lead for the remainder of the event.

Gary Bashaw, Jean Leblanc, and Ron Gabaree rounded out the top five, while Will Hennequin, Greg Adams, Donnie Yates, Dave Whitcomb and Danny Doyle completed the top ten. The race saw just four cautions and took just over 26 minutes.

Grant Folsom Takes Safelite Feature Win at Thunder Road

Waitsfield’s Grant Folsom earned his second career Thunder Road Late Model feature win on Safelite Autoglass Night on Thursday, August 5. Folsom led flag to flag from the pole position as the 50 lap feature was completed with just one caution. Reno Gervais came home second while Jamie Fisher edged out John Donahue for third. Phil Scott followed Donahue to the line to complete the top five.

Current Thunder Road Late Model point leader Dave Pembroke took sixth followed by Nick Sweet, Rich Lowrey, Cris Michaud and last week’s winner Joey Becker rounding out the top ten.

In the eleven Thunder Road Late Model feature events to date in the 2010 season there have now been eleven different winners. The only repeat winners in the Late Models this season are Dave Pembroke who won the point counting season opener at Devils Bowl Speedway along with a regular feature event and Nick Sweet who won the ACT Late Model Tour Merchants Bank 150 and the Carquest Governor’s Cup.

Thunder Road Run-What-U-Brung Scheduled for Aaron’s Night

Barre’s Thunder Road International Speedbowl has recently announced the return of the Run-What-U-Brung event on Aaron’s Sales and Lease night, Thursday, August 12. The semi-annual event gives fans a chance to feel what it’s like to race around the 1/4-mile highbanked speedbowl in their personal vehicle.