BARRE, Vt. — Chris Pelkey won the headlining late model feature during a busy Thursday night card at Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl.
Next generation drivers Brandon Lanphear and Stephen Donahue brought the Maplefields/Irving Late Models to the green flag for their 65-lap Casella Waste feature.
The two battled doorhandle-to-doorhandle throughout the opening laps before Justin Prescott made some moves on lap 22 to bring out a pile-up caution in turn three, ending the night for several cars.
Back under green, Pelkey brought his No. 64VT Casella Waste machine to the front and put on a spirited battle with Marcel Gravel to the very end. Pelkey took the Casella Night checkers by 0.205 seconds over Gravel with Stephen Martin taking third.
The New England Auto Racers brought its cars of the past to the Nation’s Site of Excitement on Thursday. Opting to run all the old-time machines together for one fifteen-lap feature, former Flying Tiger pilot Mike Rollins took the Sportsman checkers with his No. 29 Dave Dion machine while Palmer, Massachusetts-native Dennis Desantels took the top Modified honors.
Karsen Murphy topped the 50-lap Flying Tigers feature and Kyle MacAskill won the street stock main event.
