BARRE – For the first time in recent memory, a Thursday came and went in Barre that was not affected by the rainy-wrath of Mother Nature as A sunny afternoon greeted the fans and teams of Thunder Road, all in preparation for the Midseason Championships.
photo by Alan Ward
The Flying Tigers got Thursday’s feature racing off with a bang following the popular autograph session. A blown tire for point leader Sam Caron called out the first caution on lap 15 of the extra-distance 50 lap trophy dash. The big one came on lap 21 with nine cars involved in a turn one calamity that included championship hopeful Logan Powers. Back under green, Kevin Streeter and Mike MacAskill faced off at the front. The two veterans fidgeted with the lead, back and forth until MacAskill finally took the edge all the way to victory lane. A hard-charging Robert Gordon took second with Streeter rounding out the podium.
Scott Weston and young Hayden Morris brought the Street Stocks to green for their extra-distance 35 lap Midseason Championship event. While Morris slid back, another rookie in Tyler Wheatley quickly took over the point in a ten lap side-by-side battle with Weston. One dust-up along the frontstretch wall ruined the night for Connor Rueda, but otherwise the field was set, with Wheatley taking down his second win of the season followed by Morris and Hayden Bushey across the line.
photo by Alan Ward
Rookie Trevor Jaques and Stephen Martin led the Late Models under the green flag with a mirror full of Scott Dragon. Dragon took over the top spot around Martin on lap nine just before a chain reaction on the frontstretch ended the night for Stephen Donahue and Scott Coburn. Dragon took off from position number one on the return to green flag racing and never looked back in the final sixty-five laps to walk away with the Midseason Championship over Martin and point leader Jason Corliss.
The Road Warriors finished off the night with a customary wild exclamation point on the evening. Nick Copping and Bill O’Connor showed the way early but it was Cayden Green who quickly took over the top spot and looked to run away with it. Unfortunately, the lap 23 caution for the stalled newcomer Shoshawna Mastin on the bottom of turn one ended Green’s run for the win. A wild last restart saw Derrick Mann launch into a three and four wild frenzy to take the lead and the win over another first-timer Anthony Benoit and Taylor Sayers rounding out the podium.
photo by Alan Ward
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl crowns its first champion of 2025 Thursday, July 31, on Portable Toilets Night. Along with the annual Port-a-Potty Grand Prix, the Squier Cup Triple Crown for the Late Models is on the line. The Flying Tigers, Street Stocks and Road Warriors are also back in action with a 7 p.m. post time.
For more information, contact the Thunder Road offices at (802) 244-6963, [email protected], or visit www.thunderroadvt.com.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
(local competitors)
Maplefields/Irving
2 01VT Stephen Martin Craftsbury Common, VT
12 86VT Marcel J. Gravel Wolcott, VT
Flying Tigers – (50 Laps)
16. 22VT Travis Patnoe Wolcott, VT
Street Stocks – (35 Laps)
11. 34 Patrick Tibbetts Plainfield, VT
19. 18x Walker Fitch Marshfield, VT
DNS 32 Kylee Potter Marshfield, VT
Burnett Scrap Metals
9. 18 Cayden Green Marshfield, VT
