Twin Street Stock Features, Twin 50-Lappers on Tap for Expanded Community College of Vermont Night at Thunder Road

Mother Nature has once again waved her magic wand and made for an exciting and expanded Thursday night of racing at Thunder Road! With rains having pushed back the Bolduc Metal Recycling Street Stock Special, the 50-lapper for New England’s most competitive four-cylinder division will now kick-off the Community College of Vermont program on Thursday, August 8, which also includes star-studded action from the Late Models, Flying Tigers and the big 50-lap Challenge for the Road Warriors!

Thunder Road’s four-cylinder divisions are the stars of the show on Community College of Vermont night. While the rk Miles Street Stocks begin with their longest event of the season, the 50-lap Bolduc Metal Recycling Special, they also battle in rounds two and three of their Triple Crown! After taking his first career win last Thursday, Georgia’s Paul Rocheleau continues to lead the stands but a combined 75-laps of feature racing action is sure to make some change for the 30+ drivers in the hunt!

The Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors circle this race on the calendar each and every season. The Community College of Vermont Road Warrior Challenge is a non-stop 50-lap sprint, more than double the division’s usual 20-lap feature distance on Thursday nights. This will be a test of man and machine for the entry level daredevils as they push their backyard craftsmanship to the limits on the Barre highbanks! Will another first-time winner join the likes of Nick Copping, Brodie Frazier, Kendall Zeno, Dan Garrett and Zach Garvey or will a veteran like Neal Foster, Jason Kirby or Nate ‘Tater’ Brien take the extra-distance affair?

Following a successful and consistent month of July, 2023 rookie of the year Kaiden Fisher has planted himself atop the Maplefield/Irving Late Model standings by 24 points over two-time King of the Road Scott Dragon. The ‘Thunder and Lightning’ division of Barre’s Thunder Road have seen nine different winners in ten events so far this season with the competition expected to be just as tight on Community College of Vermont night!

East Thetford’s Brandon Gray is Mr. Flying Tiger this summer, leading the standings at sister-tracks Thunder Road and White Mountain Motorsports Park to take twelve feature wins as of press time! Gray leads the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers by a whopping 126 points over second-place chaser Kevin Streeter. Just because the championship chase seems wrapped up, doesn’t mean the excitement won’t show! Last Thursday the Flying Tigers once again proved themselves to be ‘North America’s #1 Support Division’ after forty green flag laps running side-by-side, sometimes three-wide on Thunder Road’s treacherous highbanks!

Community College of Vermont Night is on tap for Thunder Road this Thursday, August 8 with the added Bolduc Metal Recycling Street Stock Special for twin 50 specials on Thursday! Community College of Vermont Night is also headlined by the annual Road Warrior Challenge; a 50-lap test of man and machine in the popular entry division of Thunder Road! The Maplefield/Irving Late Models and Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers join the rk Miles Street Stock double features and the Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warrior challenge with a 7:00pm post time! Adult General Admission is available for $15 with kids 12-6 for $5 and children 5 and under free! The Family Four Pack (Two Adults, Two Kids) will also be available for $30.

For more information, contact the Thunder Road offices at (802) 244-6963, [email protected], or visit www.thunderroadvt.com. You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @ThunderRoadVT.

-Thunder Road Press Release
-Photo credit: Alan Ward