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BARRE, VT Stock car racing fans in Central Vermont are getting ready for an action-packed doubleheader race week at The Nations Site of Excitement, Barres Thunder Road. Pepsi presents the 48th Annual Independence Day Fireworks Spectacular on Tuesday, July 3, with green flag racing action for the ACT Late Model, NAPA Tiger Sportsman, Allen Lumber Street Stock, and Power Shift Junkyard Warrior divisions, plus the regions biggest and best holiday fireworks extravaganza. Preliminary qualifying rounds for the Street Stocks and Warriors begin at 6:30pm, with the traditional Thunder Road Post Parade kicking off the regular program of events at 7:00pm. Just two days later on Thursday, July 5, Charter Communications presents a full card for all four racing divisions. Like Tuesdays race schedule, Street Stocks and Warriors begin qualifying at 6:30pm, with the regular program beginning at 7:00pm. Wolcotts Marcel Gravel will look for his third consecutive victory in the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model division at Tuesdays Pepsi event. Gravel made history on Sanel Parts Plus Night last week, becoming the first driver ever to earn the first two wins of his career in back-to-back races. Dave Whitcomb, the 1995 King of the Road from Essex Junction, leads the division with 328 points after five events. Dave Pembroke of Montpelier and Joey Becker of Jeffersonville are tied for second place, just three points behind Whitcomb. Past champions Cris Michaud (312) and Jamie Fisher (307) round out the top five drivers. In spite of not qualifying for the Sanel Parts Plus event, Barres Nick Sweet continues to lead the NAPA Tiger Sportsman standings by 37 points over East Montpeliers Joey Laquerre (363-326). Only 34 points separate the balance of the top ten, from Craig Bushey in third at 324 to tenth-place Kris Grout at 290. Craftsbury Common racer Mike Martin leads the Allen Lumber Street Stock division standings with 384 points. Barres Lloyd Blakely is second at 353, just two points ahead of rookie Bobby Therrien of Hinesburg, already a two-time feature winner in 2007. Bunker Hodgdon of Hardwick in the Power Shift Junkyard Warrior point leader at 386 points over Elmore racer, the other David Whitcomb (352). Jamie Davis of Wolcott is third at 349 points. Post time for Tuesdays Pepsi Independence Day Fireworks Spectacular is 7:00pm, with preliminary events beginning at 6:30pm. General admission for the special event is $10 for adults, $3 for children, and just $20 for a family of four. Thursdays Charter Communications event will have the same schedule, but regular admission prices return at only $9 for adults, $3 for children, and $18 for a family ticket. For more information, call (802) 244-6963 or visit www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com. -30- Contact: Justin St. Louis Phone: (802) 244-6963 Email: media@acttour.com Fax: (802) 244-1616
BARRE, VT The second half of a stock car racing doubleheader at Barres Thunder Road is set to roll on Thursday, as Charter Communications presents a full card of racing for the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model, NAPA Tiger Sportsman, Allen Lumber Street Stock, and Power Shift Junkyard Warrior divisions. Kip Stockwell of Braintree returned to Thunder Roads victory lane for the first time in a decade at the Pepsi Fireworks Spectacular on Tuesday night. Stockwell joins Marcel Gravel of Wolcott, Shelburnes Dennis Demers, Jeffersonville driver Joey Becker, and point leader Dave Pembroke of Montpelier as a feature winner at the Quarry Hill oval this season. Nick Sweet of Barre and Mike Martin of Craftsbury Common continued their winning ways on Pepsi Night, each taking their second wins of 2007 and padding their point leads in their respective divisions. Sweet bested rookie Shawn Sicard in the NAPA Sportsman feature, while Martin earned his triumph in the Allen Lumber Street Stocks. Hometown driver Scott Weston and Granitevilles Mark LaFleche each earned their first career Power Shift Junkyard Warrior win in a wild race on Tuesday night. Weston and LaFleche were scored as a two-car team in a special bump-and-run race where bonus points were awarded for giving competitors a love tap while passing. The pairs average finish and bonus points were good enough for the overall win. Post time for Charter Communications Night is scheduled for 7:00pm on Thursday, July 5. Preliminary qualifying rounds begin at 6:30pm. General admission is only $9 for adults, $3 for children (6-12), and just $18 for a family of four the best entertainment value in Vermont. For more information, call (802) 244-6963, or visit www.thunderroadspeebowl.com. -30- Contact: Justin St. Louis Phone: (802) 244-6963 Email: media@acttour.com Fax: (802) 244-1616
