GOVERNOR'S CUP 150
Barre, VT – Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Tony
Stewart will race in the CARQUEST Vermont Governor's Cup 150 lap race
Thursday, June 25 as part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration at
Barre's Thunder Road International Speedbowl.
The 2002 and 2005 Cup winner with 32 major NASCAR victories to
his credit is considered the most versatile race driver since Mario
Andretti in the 1970s. In 1995 Stewart gained national attention when
he swept all three of the United States Auto Club's major open cockpit
divisions, capturing the Midget, Sprint, and Silver Crown Series. He
was the first driver to ever do so. He was the 1997 Indianapolis
Racing League Champion and is remembered as the rookie who sat on the
Indianapolis 500 pole and led for 144 laps before his car went away.
The Rushville, Indiana racer, considered the most aggressive
driver in American motorsports today told Thunder Road track officials
'The Road' has special significance. "Thunder Road has been on my
list of short tracks that I just have to race", he said. "My friend
Kenny Schrader tells me the competition is tough. This is a race I'm
looking forward to," said the twice Daytona 400 winner.
Thunder Road promoter and co-owner Tom Curley said, "Of all the
people, in any form of racing, the one driver I wanted to have help us
celebrate the track's 50th anniversary is Tony Stewart. I have always
thought he represents what stock car racing is really all about", said
Curley. "He definitely will be coming to race and that's what Thunder
Road fans and competitors expect".
The CARQUEST Governor's Cup will draw a top field from the
American-Canadian Tour. Earlier this year ACT announced that the
Governor's Cup would be designated as a Qualifier for the Saturday,
September 19th ACT INVITATIONAL at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in
Loudon. It will be part of the Sprint Cup weekend, which will
culminate with the Sylvania 300 on Sunday, September 20th. If Stewart
wins the Barre race and elects to compete, New Hampshire Motor
Speedway will increase the starting line-up for the INVITATIONAL.
A special commemorative 50th Anniversary Governor's Cup Tony
Stewart discounted ticket will be available beginning with Thunder
Road's Mekkelsen Memorial Day Classic double header over the May 23/24
weekend when the American-Canadian Tour will be joined by the True
Value Modified Racing Series on Memorial Day weekend.
Ticket prices for the Governor's Cup will be $17.00 for Adult
advance tickets, with race day Adult tickets $20, and Children's
ticket (6-12) $3.00. Pits will open at 2pm, front gate at 3pm, with
post time 6pm and the Governor's Cup scheduled for 8pm.
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