Busy September Starts with Early Afternoon Showdown for the R&R Street Stocks and 350 Supers at White Mountain
Sep 4, 2024
Following the Labor Day Classic to open the month of September, the Thunder Road track championship season hits its home stretch starting Friday, September 6 with the rain-postponed McGee Hyundai of Barre Super Friday program! Headlined by a visit from the New England Supermodified Series (NESS), the Maplefield/Irving Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers and rk Miles Street Stocks have just two events left in the season to decide their champions while the Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors joust in double feature action!
Following his win last Thursday, with his spectacular Labor Day Classic victory not counting towards weekly King of the Road standings, Milton’s Scott Dragon remains in striking distance of Kaiden Fisher’s lead on the Maplefield/Irving Late Models. Dragon has come on strong in recent weeks but has already had a stellar season with the Todd Rueda-owned, CDR Concrete team having taken both the Vermont Governor’s Cup and the Labor Day Classic along with the inaugural Squier Cup triple crown! Capping the 2024 season with his third track championship would put the cherry on top but Fisher still holds a 60-point lead on the veteran.
Brandon Gray has nearly sewn up his 2024 bid for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers with another top-5 run on Sunday. Gray has absolutely been the man to beat in Flying Tiger competition across the entire division this season and could mathematically earn the championship this Friday. Logan Powers has been a strong runner over the whole season and is still in the hunt for his first win of the season. With that season winding down quickly, Powers might just do whatever he needs to nab the gold on McGee Hyundai of Barre night!
Speaking of winless, the top three point chasers in the rk Miles Street Stocks also remain with an empty ‘W Column’ with just two more point counting events on the schedule before October’s Milk Bowl festivities! Dean Switser, Jr. has top-10’ed the rest of the field to death this season to lead the standings, as has current runner-up Zach Audet. Both drivers have finished in the top-ten more times than any other competitor and both will be digging deep once again to claim the McGee Hyundai of Barre trophy dash on Friday.
You read the intro right, it’s Double Features for the Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors on Friday starting with Sunday’s rain-delayed feature line-up. Their second feature that closes out McGee Hyundai of Barre Super Friday will be handicapped off the finish of the first feature with an additional five laps to cap off an exciting night at The Road! Much of the excitement will come from the return of the New England Supermodified Series with the big winged, open wheeled rockets expected to make nearly 10-second laps around the Barre highbanks!
Thunder Road closes out the track championship season with a pair of Friday night specials starting with the rain-postponed McGee Hyundai of Barre Super Friday, September 6 as the New England Supermodified Series joins weekly racing action! The five-division showcase will also include the Maplefield/Irving Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, rk Miles Street Stocks and double features for the Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors. Post Time is set for 7:00pm with adult general admission $20, kids 12-6 for $5 and children 5 and under free! The Family Four Pack (two adults, two kids) is also available for $40.
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-Thunder Road Press Release
-Photo credit: Alan Ward
