BARRE, Vt. — The Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers got the show started Thursday at Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl with Brendan Moodie getting the victory.
The extra-distance affair began as front-row starters Cameron Ouellette and Moodie battled hard in the opening circuits, Moodie taking the early lead.
Two-by-two three rows deep behind them saw a spirited battle between a six-pack of heavy hitters, riding it out in the early stages and waiting for the perfect opportunity to pounce. Triple Crown point leader Sam Caron would bite the dust on lap 23 with a broken right-front suspension component sending him into the turn one wall with Adam Maynard and Matt Ballard piling in.
After leading from the restart, Brendan Moodie would dominate his way to Myers Container Service victory lane with Jason Pelkey in second and Logan Power just barely edging Cameron Ouellette at the line for third.
The Flying Tigers returned later in the program with Mike Billado and Sam Caron at the helm of the 40-lap Vermont Tire & Service trophy dash.
Digging deep for the FloRacing Double Purse, and to recoup his point losses in the extra-distance opener, Sam Caron charged into the lead around Billado on lap 4 with Kyle Streeter hot-to-trot behind him.
A blown-out wheel for Cameron Ouellette brought the first caution on lap 12 with Kyle Streeter besting Caron on the restart green. With the race continuing straight through to the double checkered flags, Kyle Streeter took down his third win of the season followed by Sam Caron and Cooper French on the podium.
Jason Corliss picked up the victory in Thursday night’s Maplefield/Irving Late Models feature.
Darrell Morin and Scott Coburn brought the field to the green, with Coburn taking the lead and Chip Grenier beginning to make his way to the front.
While Coburn and Grenier ran similar lap times again and again, rookie Jesse Laquerre grew closer to Grenier’s rear-bumper in third place as the three spread farther ahead of fourth and fifth-place runners Corliss and Justin Prescott.
With 10 laps remaining the field caught up to Coburn with Corliss feeling pressure from point leaders Kaiden Fisher and Scott Dragon on the outside groove.
Corliss would lead lap 46 and take it all the way to the checkered flag over Fisher with Chris Pelkey coming home third.
Tyler Whittemore won the street stock feature and Tyler Wheatley topped the road warrior main event.