BARRE, Vt. — While keeping an eye on the weather all day Sunday, Thunder Road International Speedbowl put on one of the best short-track races in recent memory.
Twenty-four Maplefields/Irving Late Models joined the field for the 63rd Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 125 on Father’s Day Sunday with Kaiden Fisher earning the pole position in Plus/Minus qualifying. Fisher showed the way early as last Thursday’s winner Chris Pelkey followed in second followed by Brandon Gray, Bobby Therrien and Justin Prescott running nose-to-tail in the early goings.
While Fisher looked unstoppable, Gray began to close in late before the lap 100 caution for Stephen Donahue’s broken ride in turn one.
On the restart, Gray would round Fisher to take the lead, but the hood-pins of the S.D. Ireland Concrete machine were glued to the bumper of the C.W. Gray Auctioneers Chevy. The two swapped lanes as the battle ensued and with five laps remaining, the lapped car of Mike Rubalcaba made things interesting.
With the gap closed between the two front runners, they again swapped lanes with Gray leading all but the last lap as Fisher just edged him at the line by 0.036-seconds on in inside groove. Chris Pelkey maintained third place at the line followed by Therrien and Prescott to complete the top five.
Jamie Davis won the rk Miles Street Stocks feature and Derrick Calkins claimed the Flying Tiger main event.
