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Devil’s Bowl Speedway releases 19-event schedule for 2015

Devil's Bowl Speedway will offer a diverse schedule schedule of both paved and dirt track racing in 2015.  (Credit: Devil's Bowl Speedway photo.)

Devil’s Bowl Speedway will offer a diverse 19 race schedule of both paved and dirt track racing in 2015. (Credit: Devil’s Bowl Speedway photo.)

By Lou Modestino

Devil’s Bowl Speedway has released an exciting new 19-event stock car racing schedule for its 49th season in 2015, providing something for fans of all types of action. From May to early October, 14 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events will be contested on the half-mile asphalt oval with an expanded five-event slate on the new one-third-mile clay surface on The Dirt Track at Devil’s Bowl. Continue reading

Bonsignore honored by VMRS and releases 2015 tentative schedule

Art Barry (left) has been responsible for giving winning Modified race cars to drivers for over six decades.  (Credit: Chrome Horne photo)

Art Barry (right) has been responsible for giving winning Modified race cars to drivers for over six decades. (Credit: Jim Dupont photo)

By Lou Modestino

Justin Bonsignore of Holtsville, New York completed his goal Saturday night, December 6, when he officially became the 2014 Valenti Modified Racing Series champion at the 11th annual VMRS Awards Banquet at Best Western Executive Inn, Manchester, NH. Continue reading

ACT Tour returns to Thompson Speedway at the Oct. 2015 World Series of Stockcar Racing

The ACT L:ate Models will return to TMSP in mid-Act. 2015 after a 23 year absence.  Credit: ACT Tour photo)

The ACT L:ate Models will return to TMSP in mid-Act. 2015 after a 23 year absence. Credit: ACT Tour photo)

By Lou Modestino

Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) in Connecticut and the American Canadian Tour (ACT), based in Waterbury, VT have agreed that the 2015 ACT Championship Late Model stock car season will crown the ACT Champion at the famed Thompson World Series event on Saturday, October 17, 2015. ACT will join over 15 other divisions at TSMP in a year-end celebration for both fendered and open wheeled race cars. Continue reading

Lt. Governor and ACT driver Phil Scott named Grand Marshall of Battle of the Bowl

Vermont's Phil Scott manages to do well in both his political and race driver careers. (Credit: Phil Scott photo)

Vermont’s Phil Scott manages to do very well in both his political and racing driver careers. (Credit: Phil Scott photo)

By Lou Modestino

Devil’s Bowl Speedway in W. Haven, VT has seen a flurry of activity in recent days as the Rutland County track prepares for its final event of the season. With inaugural “Battle at the Bowl” dirt track championships on the line, the speedway welcomes a new sponsor and an appearance by the Lieutenant Governor of Vermont on Saturday, October 18 at 2 p.m.

Lt. Governor Phil Scott (R) has been named the Grand Marshal for the “Vermont Freedom & Unity 100” on Saturday, October 18. The long-time stock car driver is no stranger to Devil’s Bowl, having raced his Late Model asphalt car at the facility. He was a five-term Vermont State Senator (R-Washington County), and is seeking his third term as Lt. Governor. His racing résumé includes championships at Thunder Road Speedbowl, Airborne Park Speedway and on the American-Canadian Tour.

A new sponsor joins the Devil’s Bowl Speedway family as the AutoSaver Group gives its support to the event through its all-new AutoSaver Ford dealership in Comstock, NY and Springfield Buick-GMC in Springfield, VT.

Sportsman Modifieds will run the headline 100-lap race at the AutoSaver Ford/Springfield Buick-GMC event, with a $2,000 winner’s purse and two championships up for grabs. Vince Quenneville, Jr. leads Adam Pierson by just eight points in the three-race Battle at the Bowl standings, with Kenny Tremont, Jr., Leon Gonyo, and Josh Sunn all within 22 points. The race is also the final event for the Northern Modified Challenge Series with Jessey Mueller looking to wrap up the title over Gonyo and Quenneville.

The Renegade and Mini Stock divisions will crown their champions and each division has a slim three-point margin between the top two drivers. Bill Duprey leads Jamy Begor in the Renegades, while Scott Richner has the edge on Rob Gioia in the Mini Stocks. Also on the card are a $1,000-to-win run for the Sprint Cars of New England and a $1,000-to-win special for Bear Ridge Speedway Sportsman Coupes.

TGhe Grandstands open at 12 noon with hot laps at 1 p.m., Sportsman Modified time trials at 1:30 p.m. and green flag racing at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 18.

Neil Stratton is an upset winner on Devil’s Bowl dirt

Bennington, VT's Neil Stratton was the top driver at Devil's Bowl Speedway's "King of the Clay" Credit: MemoEvents photo.)

Bennington, VT’s Neil Stratton was the top driver at Devil’s Bowl Speedway’s “King of the Clay” (Credit: MemoEvents photo.)

By Lou Modestino

Neil Stratton scored a major upset on Sunday night at Devil’s Bowl Speedway to become the winner of the inaugural “King of the Clay” race for Big Block and Small Block Modified stock cars. The Bennington, VT driver persevered through rough track conditions, then seized a golden opportunity to steal the win and the $5,000 top prize at the “Battle at the Bowl” dirt track series. Continue reading

Kenny Tremont, Jr. survives at Devil’s Bowl for a victory before a packed house

Kenny Tremont, Jr.

Kenny Tremont, Jr survived a tough 50 laps to win at Devil’s Bowl before a huge crowd. (Credit: CVRA  photo)

By Lou Modestino

Kenny Tremont, Jr. ran what he called “the longest 50 laps of my life” at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday, September 26, but at the end of a grueling night he stood in the winner’s circle. Tremont survived to claim the LawPower.com Slate Valley Showdown presented by Interstate All Battery Center of Rutland, VT and the $1,000 winner’s prize in the opening round of the three-race “Battle at the Bowl” series – the first dirt track race held at the Vermont track in more than five years – before a massive grandstand crowd. Continue reading

Devil’s Bowl will switch from paved to dirt track racing starting Friday, Sept. 26

 

On Sept.26 dirt track Modifieds will be center stage at Devil's Bowl Speedway in W. Haven, VT.  (Credit: Dirt photo)

On Sept.26 dirt track Modifieds will be center stage at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in W. Haven, VT. (Credit: Dirt photo)

By Lou Modestino

Vermont’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway can lay claim to the most diverse schedule of stock car racing events in the Northeast in 2014, as details for the first-ever “Battle at the Bowl” dirt series have been announced. The three-race run begins on Friday, September 26 at 7 p.m. Continue reading

62-year old Ron Proctor goes wire-to-wire at Devil’s Bowl Speedway

Ron Proctor (center) proves that a senior citizen can still win Modified races. (Credit: New England Racing photo)

Ron Proctor (center) proved that a senior citizen can still win Modified races. (Credit: New England Racing photo)

By Lou Modestino

Devil’s Bowl Speedway crowned its 2014 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series champions during a busy and picturesque Sunday afternoon at the Mekkelsen RV Vermont 200 Championship Weekend. Todd Stone and Robert Gordon became two-time champions on the asphalt, while Jamie Fisher and Chuck Bradford each celebrated their first titles. Continue reading

ACT veterans are expected to be challenged by the emerging stars in Saturday’s ACT Invitational at NHMS

 

 

 

Emily Packard has emerged as one of the rising stars on the American Canadian Tour and is looking for success in this Saturday's ACT Tour Invitational at NHMS,  (Credit: ACT Tour photo)

Emily Packard has emerged as one of the rising stars on the American Canadian Tour and is looking for success in this Saturday’s ACT Tour Invitational at NHMS, (Credit: ACT Tour photo)

By Lou Modestino

The starting field for the 6th annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) on Saturday, September 20, 2014 has been set. The sixth edition of the event will have the American Canadian Tour (ACT) introducing fans to a promising future for regional Late Model short track stock car racing. Veteran champions and former NHMS winners Eddie MacDonald, Rowley, MA; Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (Pole), Hudson, NH; Ray Parent, Tiverton, RI; and Brian Hoar, Williston, VT have all won events at the “Magic Mile”. This year there are lots of young emerging stars who will challenge the veterans.

Top ten point chasers who are looking to make a statement at the Bond Auto ACT Invitational include two Vermont drivers, Jimmy Hebert, Williamstown and 18 year-old Emily Packard, E. Montpelier. Hebert already has two ACT wins with an opening event at Lee USA Speedway in 2013 and a win at the 7/8ths mile Sanair Speedway, outside Montreal, Quebec. He was also second-fastest of the thirty-five (35) cars participating in the recent test and tune session at NHMS. Packard may have more laps in 2014 than any other competitor in the field entering the Invitational. She has raced a full schedule on the ACT US and is currently 5th in points, less than 10 points out of second place. She also has maintained full-time weekly schedules at both Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl in Barre, VT and Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT.

The State of Maine sends two drivers to the annual event with Rowland Robinson, Jr. from “Downeast” Steuben and Ben Ashline from Pittston. Robinson’s family team has found consistency in the 2014 season and this will be the #28ME team’s third Invitational. Ben Ashline has been the surprise of the 2014 season. After sitting out over a year and a half from racing due to non-racing injury, the Ashline team has been fast, and brought home consistent top finishes all season.

Veteran Joey Pole said, “This is always one of the most fun races to be involved with. Not only is it in my home state, and I have lots of friends and family there, but it really is like no other race we run all year. ACT has a starting system that makes teams like ours sweat it out all day. We try to figure out what we should do to come from what usually is in the mid twenties on the starting grid in order to try and win in just 50 laps. We usually end up throwing the playbook out the window and just put the right pedal on the floor and hang on!”

Two young Quebec stars have experience and talent to challenge the former winners and ACT Champions. Alex Labbe, driving the Larue Industrial Ford out of Quebec City, has risen to become another in a long line of favorites for an enthusiastic Quebec fan base. Labbe will lock up his first ACT title at the Autodrome Ste. Eustache 200 on Sunday, September 14, 2014 just by showing up. He was at the top of the speed charts throughout the NHMS test and tune day. The potent Larue team won two events during the championship run this season. Dany Trepanier is another of the fast Quebec teams with experience in the Bond Auto ACT Invitational. He won an event this season at the Autodrome Ste. Eustache (ASE), and currently sits just five points out of second place in the ACT Quebec Series, going into the final event of the year in a return visit to ASE.

Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian Tour said, “I think the great strength of our ACT system is that the program seems to introduce new and talented young teams every season., As we look to the future this is good for ACT and especially good for regional racing, both weekly and touring. The field of 43 teams we have assembled for the Invitational this year is the most diverse to attend over the past six years. It should be exciting.

The 6th annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational will be part of a sensational triple-header Saturday at NHMS. Forty-three (43) ACT teams will join the NASCAR Modified and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on Saturday, September 20, 2014. Post time is 1:00 following the final NASCAR Sprint Cup practice. The ACT 50 mile event will post at 5 p.m.

6th Annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational Driver Roster

Car # Driver Hometown

3VT Ricky Roberts Washington, VT

4NY Brandon Atkins Au Sable Forks, NY

5RI Richard Staskowski Hope Valley, RI

7ME Glen Luce Turner, ME

8NH Guy Caron Lempster, NH

9ME Emily Packard East Montpelier, VT

9MA Brian Tagg Oxford, MA

9NH Kyle Welch Newport, NH

9VT Chip Grenier Graniteville, VT

10MA John Falconi Oakham, MA

10VT Josh Demers Middlesex, VT

11NH Brett Gervais Island Pond, VT

11NY Josh Masterson Charlotte, VT

15ME Ben Ashline Pittston, ME

15VT Joey Laquerre East Montpelier, VT

16ME Travis Stearns Auburn, ME

16VT Scott Dragon Colchester, VT

17MA Eddie MacDonald Rowley, MA

17RI Ray Parent Tiverton, RI

19QC Dany Trepanier St-Edouard, QC

20NH Taylor Martin Windham, NH

27NH Wayne Helliwell, Jr. Dover, NH

28ME Rowland Robinson, Jr. Steuben, ME

29NH Aaron Fellows Croyden, NH

34NH Todd Davis Claremont, NH

37VT Brian Hoar Williston, VT

38VT Tyler Cahoon St. Johnsbury, VT

41QC Jonathan Bouvrette Blainville, QC

41VT Jamie Aube N. Ferrisburg, VT

48QC Alex Labbe Quebec, QC

49NH Matt Anderson Franklin, NH

50ME Jeff White Winthrop, ME

58VT Jimmy Hebert Williamstown, VT

66VT Jason Corliss Barre, VT

77MA Jimmy Linardy Somerville, MA

78QC Stephane Descoste Oka, QC

84QC Martin Latulippe Vallee-Jonction, QC

88VT Nick Sweet Barre, VT

91CT Larry Gelinas Buxton, ME

91QC Patrick Laperle Montreal, QC

97NH Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. Hudson, NH

99VT Cody Blake Barre, VT

07MA Tom Carey, Jr. New Salem, MA

Vermont 200 goes Sept. 13-14 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway

 

 

 

The Modifieds will be center stage at this weekend's Vermont 200 at Devil's Bowl Speedway in W. Haven, VT  (Credit: Devil's Bowl Speedway photo)

The Modifieds will be center stage at this weekend’s Vermont 200 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in W. Haven, VT (Credit: Devil’s Bowl Speedway photo)

By Lou Modestino

Stock car racing fans will get far more than their money’s worth at the Mekkelsen RV Vermont 200 Championship Weekend at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on September 13-14, with two jam-packed days of action ahead. While feature races and championship celebrations highlight the Sunday portion of the event, the annual “Shootout Saturday” program has also become a can’t-miss. Continue reading