Granitevile’s John Donahue took the lead early in the event after starting on the outside pole. He led the majority of the first 60 laps while battling with Barre’s Nick Sweet, who spun on lap 46 while battling for the lead. Joey Becker also led several laps before Pembroke got by. Donahue would hold on for second, Eric Williams came from the 25th starting spot to claim third while Joey Laquerre and Rich Lowrey rounded out the top five. Becker would hold on for sixth followed by Tracie Bellerose, Jamie Fisher, Nick Sweet, and Brent Dragon to complete the top ten. The 48th Annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic was a ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway qualifier. Pembroke now becomes the fourth driver to receive an invite. He joins Nick Sweet, Eddie MacDonald and Patrick Laperle as qualifiers for the Saturday, September 18th event in Loudon, NH. It was Pembroke’s second straight feature win in Thunder Road Late Model competition with his previous victory coming in the season opening event at Devils Bowl Speedway just seven days ago, Sunday, May 23. The Modified Racing Series portion of the Memorial Day Classic Doubleheader saw Bellingham, MA’s Stephen Mase earn his second career MRS feature win. His first was the 2009 Memorial Day win at Thunder Road. He was followed to the line by Rob Goodenough of Swanzey, NH and Ken Barry of Preston, CT. The Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman saw Brendan Moodie rebound from not qualifying for the opening day event at Thunder Road and claim the win. He held off Tom Therrien how took second and Ricky Roberts in third. Lance Allen and David Finck completed the top five. The Allen Lumber Street Stocks saw Travis Hull take the win in the feature event followed by Mike MacAskill, Daniel Lathrop, Jamie Davis and David LaFleche rounding out the top five. Amanda Habel took the win in the Reserve Feature. The top finishing Junkyard Warriors were Ken Christman Josh Erwin, and Brock Parrott. The “Nation’s Site of Excitement” will take next weekend off before back to back Sunday events. Sunday, June 13 will be Ferguson Waterworks night while Sunday, June 20 is Harvest Equipment night. Both post times will be at 4:00pm. Ferguson Waterworks (June 13) night will also feature Kiddie Rides from 1:30pm to 2:30pm. The Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman will take their show on the road next weekend with the first event of the 2010 Bond Auto/WIX Tiger Tour. The 100 lap event will be at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, NH on Saturday, June 5. Unofficial Results Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 100 Thunder Road Late Models Sunday, May 30, 2010 Pos Car # Driver Laps 1 44VT Dave Pembroke 100 2 26VT John Donahue 100 3 7VT Eric Williams 100 4 15VT Joey Laquerre 100 5 8VT Richard Lowrey 100 6 16VT Joey Becker 100 7 2NH Tracie Bellerose 100 8 18VT Jamie Fisher 100 9 88VT Nick Sweet 100 10 55VT Brent Dragon 100 11 42VT Matt White 100 12 68VT Brooks Clark 100 13 40VT Eric Chase 100 14 41VT Pete Potvin III 100 15 99VT #Cody Blake 100 16 25VT David Whitcomb 100 17 00VT Mike Bailey 100 18 26NH DJ Shaw 100 19 75VT Pete Fecteau 100 20 4VT Doug Murphy 100 21 74VT Jerry Lesage 99 22 34VT Dylan Smith 99 23 81VT Grant Folsom 99 24 12VT Reno Gervais 99 25 6VT Cris Michaud 96 26 20VT Chris Chambers 94 27 49VT Nate Brown 91 28 1VT Tony Andrews 55 29 14VT Phil Scott 49 Unofficial Results – Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 100 – Thunder Road Late Models – Sunday, May 30, 2010 – 1. Dave Pembroke (44VT) Montpelier, VT, 2. John Donahue (26VT) Graniteville, VT, 3. Eric Williams (7VT) Hyde Park, VT, 4. Joey Laquerre (15VT) E. Montpelier, VT, 5. Richard Lowrey (8VT) Charlotte, VT, 6. Joey Becker (16VT) Jeffersonville, VT, 7. Tracie Bellerose (2NH) Gorham, NH, 8. Jamie Fisher (18VT) Shelburne, VT, 9. Nick Sweet (88VT) Barre, VT, 10. Brent Dragon (55VT) Milton, VT, 11. Matt White (42VT) Northfield, VT, 12. Brooks Clark (68VT) Fayston, VT, 13. Eric Chase (40VT) Milton, VT, 14. Pete Potvin III (41VT) Graniteville, VT, 15. #Cody Blake (99VT) Barre, VT, 16. David Whitcomb (25VT) Essex Jct., VT, 17. Mike Bailey (00VT) South Barre, VT, 18. DJ Shaw (26NH) Conway, NH, 19. Pete Fecteau (75VT) Morrisville, VT, 20. Doug Murphy (4VT) Tunbridge, VT, 21. Jerry Lesage (74VT) Winooski, VT, 22. Dylan Smith (34VT) Randolph, VT, 23. Grant Folsom (81VT) Waitsfield, VT, 24. Reno Gervais (12VT) Island Pond, VT, 25. Cris Michaud (6VT) E. Montpelier, VT, 26. Chris Chambers (20VT) Brookfield, VT, 27. Nate Brown (49VT) Craftsbury, VT, 28. Tony Andrews (1VT) Northfield, VT, 29. Phil Scott (14VT) Montpelier, VT. Unofficial Results Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman Feature Pos Car # Driver 1 94 Brendan Moodie 2 48 Tom Therrien 3 9 Ricky Roberts 4 18 Lance Allen 5 37 David Finck 6 31 Shawn Fleury 7 4 Bobby Therrien 8 68 Derrick O’Donnell 9 36 Joel Hodgdon 10 04 Eric Badore 11 26 Mike Ziter 12 90 Tony Rossi 13 55 Brian Delphia 14 06 Jeff French 15 23 Matt Potter 16 80 Pete Ainsworth, Jr. 17 58 Jimmy Hebert 18 1 Scott Coburn 19 8 Mike Billado 20 2 John Lambert 21 01 #Mike Martin 22 28 Tim Potter 23 16 George May 24 0 Mark Barnier 25 5 Troy Gray 26 40 Shawn Powell 27 10 Josh Demers 28 00 Joe Steffen Unofficial Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman Feature Results – 1. Brendan Moodie (94) Wolcott, VT, 2. Tom Therrien (48) Hinesburg, VT, 3. Ricky Roberts (9) Washington, VT, 4. Lance Allen (18) Barre, VT, 5. David Finck (37) Barre, VT, 6. Shawn Fleury (31) Middlesex, VT, 7. Bobby Therrien (4) Hinesburg, VT, 8. Derrick O’Donnell (68) Bradford, VT, 9. Joel Hodgdon (36) Craftsbury, VT, 10. Eric Badore (04) Milton, VT, 11. Mike Ziter (26) Williamstown, VT, 12. Tony Rossi (90) Peacham, VT, 13. Brian Delphia (55) Waterbury, VT, 14. Jeff French (06) Northfield, VT, 15. Matt Potter (23) Marshfield, VT, 16. Pete Ainsworth, Jr. (80) Middlesex, VT, 17. Jimmy Hebert (58) Williamstown, VT, 18. Scott Coburn (1) Barre, VT, 19. Mike Billado (8) Essex, VT, 20. John Lambert (2) Northfield, VT, 21. #Mike Martin (01) Craftsbury, VT, 22. Tim Potter (28) Montpelier, VT, 23. George May (16) Barre, VT, 24. Mark Barnier (0) Essex Jct., VT, 25. Troy Gray (5) Fairlee, VT, 26. Shawn Powell (40) Jericho, VT, 27. Josh Demers (10) Middlesex, VT, 28. Joe Steffen (00) Essex Jct., VT. Unofficial Results Allen Lumber Street Stocks/Junkyard Warriors Main Event Pos Car # Driver 1 66ss Travis Hull 2 3ss Micheal MacAskill 3 6ss Daniel Lathrop 4 43ss Jamie Davis 5 2ss David LaFleche 6 38ss Greg Adams 7 18ss #Jayme Lee 8 77ss Dave Whitcomb 9 7ss Jean LeBlanc 10 40ss Rick Utley 11 92ss Garry Bashaw 12 03ss Lloyd Blakely 13 09ss Amanda Habel 14 51ss #Sid Sweet Jr. 15 33ss #Thomas Placey 16 05ss #Donnie Yates 17 04ss Scott Weston 18 4jyw Ken Christman 19 24ss Marvin Johnson 20 75ss Joe Fecteau 21 83ss Bunker Hodgdon 22 34ss Tim Campbell, Sr. 23 57jyw Josh Erwin 24 23jyw Brock Parrott 25 9ss Ron Gabaree 26 47ss William Hennequin 27 12jyw Fred Schroeder 28 8jyw Kevin Dodge 29 07ss Eric Johnson Unofficial Results – Allen Lumber Street Stocks/Junkyard Warriors Main Event – 1. Travis Hull (66ss) Graniteville, VT, 2. Micheal MacAskill (3ss) Williamstown, VT, 3. Daniel Lathrop (6ss) Hyde Park, VT, 4. Jamie Davis (43ss) Wolcott, VT, 5. David LaFleche (2ss) Graniteville, VT, 6. Greg Adams (38ss) Hardwick, VT, 7. #Jayme Lee (18ss) Barre, VT, 8. Dave Whitcomb (77ss) Elmore, VT, 9. Jean LeBlanc (7ss) Gorham, NH, 10. Rick Utley (40ss) Wheelock, VT, 11. Garry Bashaw (92ss) Lincoln, VT, 12. Lloyd Blakely (03ss) Graniteville, VT, 13. Amanda Habel (09ss) Roxbury, VT, 14. #Sid Sweet Jr. (51ss) Williamstown, VT, 15. #Thomas Placey (33ss) Bradford, VT, 16. #Donnie Yates (05ss) N. Montpelier, VT, 17. Scott Weston (04ss) Berlin, VT, 18. Ken Christman (4jyw) Cabot, VT, 19. Marvin Johnson (24ss) Essex Jct., VT, 20. Joe Fecteau (75ss) Hardwick, VT, 21. Bunker Hodgdon (83ss) Hardwick, VT, 22. Tim Campbell, Sr. (34ss) W. Topsham, VT, 23. Josh Erwin (57jyw) Waterbury, VT, 24. Brock Parrott (23jyw) Williamstown, VT, 25. Ron Gabaree (9ss) Barre, VT, 26. William Hennequin (47ss) Morrisville, VT, 27. Fred Schroeder (12jyw) Bristol, VT, 28. Kevin Dodge (8jyw) Barre, VT, 29. Eric Johnson (07ss) Randolph Ctr., VT. |