For Immediate Release
TR-111708-1
BARRE, VT – The 50th Anniversary stock car racing season
schedule has been released for 2009 for Barre, VT's Thunder Road Int'l
Speedbowl. Nineteen events will be held during the summer-long
celebration at "The Nation's Site of Excitement," beginning with the
traditional Merchants Bank 150 for the American-Canadian Tour
Championship Late Models on Sunday, May 3. The Merchants Bank 150
will raise the curtain on Thunder Road racing for the 11th straight
year.
The ACT Late Model Tour will be back in the second-annual "Twin
100" bill with the open-wheel True Value Modified Racing Series on
Sunday, May 24 with the 47th running of the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day
Classic. John Donahue of Graniteville won the ACT portion of the
event in 2008, while multi-time champion Kirk Alexander of West
Swanzey, NH became the first Modified driver to win at Thunder Road
since 1965.
Thunder Road's 50th Thursday night season begins on June 11 at
6:30pm with Ferguson Waterworks Night. Thursday, June 25 will see the
CARQUEST Vermont Governor's Cup 100 for the Late Model division, where
the winner will earn a guaranteed starting position in September's
first-ever ACT Invitational at the 1-mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway
in Loudon, NH.
July begins with the Pepsi Independence Day Fireworks
celebration on Thursday, July 2, followed on Sunday, July 5 with the
Thunder Road 50th Anniversary Celebration presented by Casella Waste
Management at 5:00pm. The 50th Annual Times Argus Mid-Season
Championships will be Thursday, July 16 with double championship
points on the line.
The "People's Race," the 25th Annual M&M Beverage Enduro –
increased to 250 laps, with a $5,000 winner's purse – for nearly 100
amateur racers driving virtually street-legal cars, will take place on
Sunday, August 2, along with special events for the Street Stock and
Warrior divisions. A special 50th Anniversary Finale Celebration –
and the crowning of the 50th "King of the Road" Track Champion – is
scheduled to close out the regular season on Thursday, August 27.
Bond Auto Parts will host the 31st Labor Day Classic 200 in the
ACT Late Model Tour's final appearance of the season on Sunday,
September 6. The Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 is the longest Late
Model event on the Thunder Road schedule, and has proven to be one of
the most exciting races of the year. Brad Leighton of Center Harbor,
NH survived two flights off the top of the Turn 2 embankment to win
the race in 2008 over Cris Michaud of Northfield, VT and 2008 "King of
the Road" Eric Williams of Hyde Park, VT.
Thunder Road's 50th Anniversary season draws to a close with
one of the most prestigious stock car events in the country, the 46th
Annual Chittenden Bank Milk Bowl. Booth Brothers Dairy and H.P. Hood
present Qualifying Day on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 1:30pm, while
Chittenden Bank Milk Bowl Sunday (Sept. 27) begins with the
last-chance qualifying race at 1:30pm, followed by opening ceremonies
for the race. The Milk Bowl is a three-segment, cumulatively scored
event with full field inversions between segments and a special
three-segment point system to determine the race winner. And, in one
of the most unique traditions in motorsports, the winner gets to kiss
the beauty queen – a Vermont dairy cow!
Season passes are now available at the Thunder Road office in
Waterbury, VT, just in time for the holidays. For more information,
call (802) 244-6963 or visit www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com.
Thunder Road Int'l Speedbowl (Barre, VT) – 2009 Schedule
No. – Day/Date – Event – Post Time
1. Sun., May 03 – Merchants Bank 150 (ACT Late Model Tour) – 1:30
2. Sun., May 10 – Harvest Equipment Mother's Day Special – 1:30
3. Sun., May 24 – Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic (ACT Tour/True
Value Modifieds) – 1:30
4. Thu., June 11 – Ferguson Waterworks – 6:30
5. Thu., June 18 – Sanel Parts Plus – 6:30
6. Thu., June 25 – CARQUEST Vermont Governor's Cup 100 (NHMS Qualifier) – 6:00
7. Thu., July 02 – Pepsi Holiday Fireworks – 6:30
8. Sun., July 05 – Casella Waste Management 50th Anniversary Celebration – 5:00
9. Thu., July 09 – Charter Communications – 6:30
10. Thu., July 16 – Times Argus Mid-Season Championships – 6:30
11. Thu., July 23 – Fisher/Federated Auto Parts – 6:30
12. Thu., July 30 – WDEV Radio/Calkins Portables – 6:30
13. Sun., Aug. 02 – 25th M&M Beverage Enduro 250 (Street Stock/Warrior
Special) – 6:00
14. Thu., Aug. 06 – NAPA Auto Parts – 6:30
15. Thu., Aug. 13 – Vermont ACE Hardware Dealers – 6:30
16. Thu., Aug. 20 – Kinney Drugs – 6:30
17. Thu., Aug. 27 – 50th Anniversary Finale Celebration – 6:30
18. Sun., Sept. 06 – 31st Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 (ACT Late
Model Tour) – 1:30
19. Sat., Sept 26 – Booth Bros./H.P. Hood Qualifying Day – 1:30
Sun., Sept. 27 – 46th Annual Chittenden Bank Milk Bowl – 1:30
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