The first Thunder Road champion of the season will be crowned on Thursday, August 4th as part of a jam-packed Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac night on August 4th. It’s the final round of the Myers Container Service Flying Tiger Triple Crown and the 2022 edition is going out in style with the Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac 100, the longest race of the season for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers! All Thunder Road divisions will be on the track, and on the front stretch for the rescheduled Times Argus Autograph Session!
It’s the Chittenden County Clash in the Flying Tiger ranks as Hinesburg’s Derrick Calkins currently leads the Triple Crown standings by 13-points over Milton’s Sam Caron. Calkins also needs to put some muscle into the track championship standings as he sits in 3rd, 23-points behind the razor-thin battle between Caron and Williston’s Justin Prescott. Barre’s Jason Pelkey sits just 15-points out of the Myers Container Triple Crown-throne with all of the top-13 drivers in the running to be a first time Triple Crown champion, keeping a six-year tradition of extra-distance competition alive and well for the ‘#1 Support Division in North America’. The championship Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac 100 for the Myers Container Service Flying Tiger Triple Crown Series is not to be missed!
The Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Models continue to be led by a couple of Graniteville’s finest as Midseason Champion Christopher Pelkey will defend his 19-point lead over Stephen Donahue. After bowing out early in the American-Canadian Tour Milton CAT 250 at White Mountain last Saturday with major electrical issues, Donahue and the Norm Andrews team will be looking for redemption at his home track on Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac night. Don’t count out Montpelier’s Kyle Pembroke, Scott Dragon or Marcel Gravel as they play catch-up in the season-long King of the Road battle.
The rk Miles Street Stocks are ready to roll into a busy week at Thunder Road with their 25-lap Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac feature event on Thursday, a quick two-day turn around, and back atop Quarry Hill on Sunday for their annual Bolduc Metal Recycling Street Stock Special 50 lapper. Williamstown’s Josh Lovely has won the last three events in a row with Dean Switser Jr. continuing to lead the championship fight by just 10-points. This may also be the week that ultra-consistent Kyler Davis, William Hennequin or Taylor Hoar enter the winners circle with the checkered flag in hand.
The Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors were also added to the Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac Night to join in the rescheduled Times Argus Autograph Session during Intermission. While ‘Barbie Boy’ Frank Putney, ‘Flyin’ Fred Fleury and Neal ‘Tetanus’ Foster have been the dominant force in the entry division, the Sayers Brothers, ‘No Look’ Nick Copping and Nate ‘Tater’ Brien are all ready to bounce back into victory lane, whether on four wheels, two wheels or on the roof!
Barre, Vermont’s Thunder Road starts the month of August in style with the Myers Container Service Triple Crown Championship headlining a jam-packed Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac Night on Thursday, August 4th. Along with the Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac 100 for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, the Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Models, rk Miles Street Stocks and Burnetts Scrap Metals Road Warriors are also in town for the rescheduled Times Argus Autograph Session at Intermission. Main Gates open at 5:15pm with Post Time set for 7:00pm. General Admission is $15 for Adults, $5 for Kids 6 to 12 with those 5 and under free! Full schedule is available online at www.thunderroadvt.com/schedule.
Don’t forget! The 38th Bolduc Metal Recycling Enduro 200 returns this Sunday, August 7th. Alongside the annual 50-lap Street Stock Special, the People’s Race annually serves as one of the largest Enduro events in New England with over 100 cars expected to chase down the $3,000 top prize! Full Sunday schedule and race day information is available online at www.thunderroadvt.com/schedule.
All racing events at Thunder Road Speedbowl, including Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac Night and the $100,000 Northfield Savings Bank Vermont Milk Bowl, will be broadcast live and around the world on FloRacing with a monthly or yearly subscription. For more information about FloRacing, visit www.FloRacing.com or www.FloSports.tv.
Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac has been the car buying experience in the Barre/Montpelier area since the Roaring Twenties! Cody’s 100% customer service goal has earned them multiple awards here in the State of Vermont as well as national industry accolades from General Motors, AAA and others. Cody’s is open for your business with incentives and discounts to help get you into the car of your dreams and on to the open road. Check out Cody’s inventory and hours of operation online at www.codychevrolet.com or www.codycadillac.com or stop in and see them at 364 River Street on the Barre/Montpelier Road.
