BARRE – The Street Stocks got Sunday’s action started at Thunder Road with their rain-delayed 50-lap special. A face-off between front row starters Mike Gay and Paige Whittemore saw the pair run side-by-side through the first ten laps as the field spread into single-file competition prior to the first yellow on lap 14 for Juan Marshall’s smack with the backstretch wall.
Street Stock victory lane in the 25-lap trophy dash included (from left) Mike Gay (3rd), first-time winner Derek Farnham, Scott Weston (2nd).
While Whittemore would lead the restart, a pair of mid-pack hard-chargers came knocking on the door in the form of Trevor Jaques and Ryan Foster. With ten laps remaining, Jaques had control of the lead with Foster driving deep in the outside groove attempting to round one of the division’s top aces. The final five laps saw Jaques just barely edge Foster by less than 0.032 seconds at the line with Zach Audet rounding out the podium.
The Road Warriors were twenty-nine strong in the pit area with twenty-six holding together to take the green in their 20-lap main event. Chaos struck on lap-seven with Brayden Murphy, Jennesta Garrett and Neal Foster collected together in turn two. The second half of the event saw Taylor Sayers and Easton Garvey battling it out before calamity after rolling calamity pushed officials to park them pit-side as heavy rains approached.
In Late Model victory lane on Vermont Lottery night were (from left) Jason Corliss (2nd), winner Kaiden Fisher, Marcel Gravel (3rd).
The Late Models took on the highbanks under the leadership of Phil Scott and Keegan Lamson. Governor Scott would lead from the drop of the green with Lamson back-tracking, allowing Cooper Bouchard and Jason Corliss to fall in and chase the all-time wins leader. Corliss began to use the outside lane around Bouchard as the pair grew ever closer to Scott’s rear bumper. Corliss would maintain the outside groove to take the lead on lap 20, just as the first caution flag flew for the spinning Stephen Donahue across the front stretch. Two more caution periods continued to leave Corliss in command, with point leader Kaiden Fisher all over his rear bumper. The final caution on lap 45 set up a fight to the checkered flags with Fisher getting the bumper-length lead on the restart. The 16-year-old Kaiden Fisher would best three-time champion Jason Corliss with dominance on the outside groove. Marcel Gravel closed out his night in third.
Victory Lane for the rain-delayed Street Stock 50-lap special included (from left) Zach Audet (3rd), winner Trevor Jaques and Ryan Foster (2nd).
The Street Stocks jumped back on track following qualifying events and the Late Model main for their 25-lap trophy dash. This year’s hardluck campaigners Derek Farnham and Scott Weston led the field as Mike Gay battled with rookies Kylee Potter and Walker Fitch for third. Fitch would run high coming out of turn four and found himself headlong into the widowmaker front stretch wall, sending the youngster pinballing against the second half of the field and coming to a stop on his roof just past the start/finish line.
Following a lengthy clean-up Derek Farnham kept it lean and green en-route to his first career victory in the four-cylinder division followed by Scott Weston and Mike Gay at the line.
Rains moved in during the Street Stock victory lane and with continued lightning heading into the area officials opted to end the program prematurely. As such, the Triple Crown Round No. 2 will take place at the start of Thursday’s program as the Flying Tigers take on double features.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (local competitors)
Late Models – (50 Laps)
3. 86VT, Marcel J. Gravel, Wolcott
6. 01VT, Stephen Martin, Craftsbury Common
Street Stocks – (25 Laps)
12. 34, Patrick Tibbetts, Plainfield
15. 32, #Kylee Potter, Marshfield
23. 18, #Walker Fitch, Marshfield
Street Stock Triple Crown Round No. 2
9. 34, Patrick Tibbetts, Plainfield
18. 18, #Walker Fitch, Marshfield
28. 32, #Kylee Potter, Marshfield
Road Warriors – (20 Laps)
DNS 18, Cayden Green, Marshfield
