Michaud, Crouch File First Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 Entries

Michaud, Crouch File First Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 Entries

BARRE, VT – Champion Late Model stock car drivers Cris Michaud
and Robbie Crouch have filed the first two entries for the 30th Bond
Auto Labor Day Classic 200 at Barre, VT's Thunder Road Int'l Speedbowl
on Sun., August 31. Both drivers are feature winners at the historic
1/4-mile oval in 2008. Michaud, of Northfield, VT, is in the thick of
the "King of the Road" track championship battle with three victories
to his credit. Crouch, originally of Tampa, FL, earned his first
Thunder Road win in nearly 20 years last month.
The Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 is the tenth of 12 rounds
for the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Championship, and comes just
three days after the final Thunder Road Late Model weekly championship
series event on Thursday, August 28. The 200-lap Classic pays a
guaranteed $5,000 to the winner, plus bonuses.
Michaud, only 35 points behind leader Eric Williams and just
six points back from Phil Scott, is picturing a Labor Day weekend to
remember. "The Bond race is a big deal," he said. "I've never won
it, but I want to this year. It would be pretty special if I could
win my fourth championship at Thunder Road on Thursday and then the
Labor Day Classic on Sunday. I don't know how anyone could top that."
Crouch added the most recent chapter to his storied career on
July 25, scoring a 50-lap main event in front of an enthusiastic
packed house. The win marked the first for the "Tampa Tornado" since
his Chittenden Bank Milk Bowl victory in September 1990. He
previously won the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 in 1977.
John Donahue of Graniteville, VT won the Bond Auto Labor Day
Classic 200 last year, posting his first-ever ACT Late Model Tour
victory in the process. Other past winners of the race expected to
compete include former ACT Champions Jean-Paul Cyr, Pete Fecteau, and
Brad Leighton and legendary racer Bobby Dragon. Entries are expected
from throughout New England and eastern Canada.
The 30th Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 is on Sunday, August
31 at 1:30pm at Thunder Road Int'l Speedbowl in Barre, VT. Discount
advance sale tickets are available at all 36 Bond Auto Parts locations
in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Adult tickets can be
purchased at Bond Auto Parts for just $20, a savings of $5 from the
front gate price. For more information, call (802) 244-6963 or visit
www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com or www.acttour.com.