BARRE, Vt. — A quick night greeted the faithful fans and teams of Thunder Road Speedbowl Thursday night for Vermont Tire & Service night.
The Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers kicked off feature racing on Vermont Tire & Service Night. Mike Billado and Eric Messier made for a spirited race for the lead in the opening laps before the lone caution on lap 13 for Mike MacAskill’s frontstretch spin into the infield grass.
Back under green, Brendan Moodie launched into the lead with another fantastic battle brewing behind him. Throughout the final 15 laps, Cameron Ouellette, Mike Billado and Cooper French ran side-by-side and all around each other before coming under the twin checkered flags.
Brendan Moodie took down Flying Tiger win No. 22 over Ouellette and French with point leader Sam Caron taking sixth.
The rk Miles Street Stocks went off without a single caution in their 25-lap run. Connor Rueda shot off from outside polesitter Walker Fitch and never took his size six shoe off the gas pedal to take the win over Jaiden Del Toro and Paul Rocheleau.
While there was no drama on the track, post-race technical inspection changed the narrative. Both Rocheleau and Del Toro were disqualified for illegal suspension, giving Tommy Smith the runner-up spot and Derek Farnham third.
The Maplefields/Irving Late Models were similarly devoid of any on track drama in their own green-to-checkered, 14-minute 50-lap main event.
Chris Roberts flew from the pole starting spot to take his first win of the year, after reportedly selling his ride in the pits earlier in the afternoon, but all eyes were on the battle for second.
Darrell Morin and Justin Prescott fought for 50 grueling laps across the start/finish line, swapping second-place again and again. In the final laps, a slippery affair allowed Brandon Lanphear to slide by the battle and take second away as Morin settled for a back-to-back third-place run.
The Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors rounded out the evening as polesitter Sierra Wilds brought out just the second, and final, caution in feature racing with her lap one spin to the infield.
Back under green, Bert Duffy showed the early way before Eddie Thompson motored around to lead lap five and never looked back to take down his first career Road Warrior win over Mike Slingerland and Taylor Sayers.
