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Run-What-U-Brung

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.

The event features single lap elimination match races between two street-legal cars at a time. Drivers must wear a helmet, long sleeve shirt and pants while they wheel their currently registered and inspected vehicle door handle-to-door handle with their competition. Elimination events will be run until one driver is left standing and crowned the 2010 Run-What-U-Brung Champion.

Thunder Road Announcer's Contest

Thunder Road Announcer’s Contest Finalists

Three finalists in the Thunder Road International Speedbowl Announcer’s Contest have been selected. The season-long contest has reached its final round with three contestants remaining.

The contest began earlier this season with 10 competitors taking their turns calling the action at the “Nation’s Site of Excitement” in an attempt to find another new voice for one of America’s most famous short tracks. The field of ten is now down to three with Lyndonville’s Aaron Maynard, Eden’s Jason Heath and Montpelier’s Michael Stridsberg entering the final round over the next two weeks.

The three finalists will get one last shot behind the mic on Thursday, August 12 and Thursday, August 19. The winner will be crowned on the final Thursday (August 26) night of the 2010 Thunder Road season.

WDEV/Calkins Night

Becker Wins Fourth Career Feature on WDEV/Calkins Night at Thunder Road

Jeffersonville’s Joey Becker eanred his fourth career Thunder Road Late Model feature win on WDEV/Calkins night on Thursday, July 29. Becker worked his way through the field from his seventh starting position to take the lead on lap 27 from rookie Cody Blake. He held off Senator Phil Scott and Nick Sweet through six more caution flags to earn the win.

Scott took second while Sweet finished third. Last week’s feature winner Rich Lowrey earned fourth and Cris Michaud rounded out the top five. Eric Chase took sixth, while point leader Dave Pembroke bounced back from an early spin to earn seventh. Matt White, Jay Laquerre and Brooks Clark completed the top ten.

The 50 lap feature was slowed by a total of eight cautions and was completed in just over forty minutes.

The Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen completed their 35 lap feature with just one caution late in the event. Marshfield’s Matt Potter picked up his second career win after battling the entire 35 laps with rookie Jason Allen. Allen would hold on for a career best second while Bobby Therrien, Jimmy Hebert and Troy Gray completed the top five. Mike Ziter, David Finck, Derrick O’Donnell, George May and Joe Steffen rounded out the top ten.