Thunder Road SpeedBowl
Thunder Road Banquet of Champions
ACT and Thunder Road Announce Separate Banquets
For the first time in several years the American-Canadian Tour has announced separate banquets for the 2011 ACT competitors and the 2011 Thunder Road competitors. The ACT Late Model Tour (US) and the Série ACT Castrol (Canada) Banquet of Champions will be held at the Doubletree Inn in Burlington, VT on Saturday, January 21, while the Thunder Road Banquet of Champions will be at the Elks Club in Barre, VT on Saturday, December 10, 2011.
The ACT Banquet will honor Brian Hoar of Williston, VT as the eight-time ACT (US) Champion as well as Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC as the two-time Série ACT Castrol (Canada) Champion. Hoar had a record setting season in his Rick Paya-owned ride for RPM Motorsports. He claimed five point counting wins as well as the People’s United Bank Milk Bowl and the Showdown at Chaudiere non-point counting events. Laperle, who also has a ACT (US) Championship, secured his second career Série ACT Castrol title with four wins in 2011.

2011 Season Review

2011 Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen Championship Season Review

Derrick O’Donnell – Bradford, VT

#68 Gary Clay Builders/Perry’s Oil Service Chevrolet Monte Carlo

 

·        Derrick earned his first career Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen Championship at Thunder Road in just his fourth season in the division.

·        He also earned the Bond/WIX Tiger Tour title this season.

·        Derrick has won three feature events in each of the past two seasons.

·        He is tied for 19th on the all-time Tigers win list with 6.

·        Derrick’s first win of his career came in 2010. He would pick up his third in the 2010 season finale Milk Bowl weekend.

·        From the 2010 Milk Bowl weekend through the first two events at Thunder Road in 2011, Derrick won three straight Tiger features.

·        In 2011, he capped off his championship season with his second straight Milk Bowl Tiger event win.

·        Following his win on opening day, Derrick held the lead in the Tiger standings for the entire 2011 season.


2011 Season Review

2011 Thunder Road Late Model Championship Season Review

Dave Pembroke – Montpelier, VT

#44VT VSECU/Lamoille Valley Ford Ford Fusion

 

·        Dave now has two (2) Thunder Road Late Model Championships (2007, 2011)

·        He is now the fourth driver to win multiple Thunder Road Late Model titles (Chuck Beede, Phil Scott and Cris Michaud each have three titles)

·        2011 was his first season in a Ford-powered ride

·        Dave fell as far as 11th in points, 88 points behind the leader before his back-to-back wins, including the double-points Mid-Season Championship, brought him to the point lead in just two weeks.

·        2011 was Dave’s 12th season in the Thunder Road Late Model division (2000-2011)

·        He was the 2000 Late Model Rookie of the Year

·        He has won at least one race in 10 of his 12 seasons

·        He has finished inside the top ten in the final standings in all 12 of his Thunder Road Late Model seasons. 8 of the 12 seasons he has claimed a top five in the final standings, including the last five straight.

·        He has won back-to-back features in each of the last three seasons