Unbuckled: Getting to Know Brandon Lanphear

Unbuckled: Getting to Know Brandon Lanphear

Hometown: Morrisville, VT

Division: Allen Lumber Street Stocks/Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers

Car: L&L Farm #11 Ford Mustang

2017 Season: Finished 6th in Street Stock points

 

What are your favorite non-racing hobbies?

I enjoy hunting and fishing, and I drive four-wheelers. I don’t do that much for other hobbies though, because I’m usually busy with work or racing.

 

What do you do for work?

We have a family farm (L&L Farm) that milks 120 cows using robotic milkers. I tend to the cows, and during the summer I do a lot of field work – haying and such. Of course there’s a lot of barn chores to do as well.

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Unbuckled: Getting to Know Trevor Lyman

Unbuckled: Getting to Know Trevor Lyman

Hometown: Hinesburg, VT

Division: Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers

Car: Lyman Excavating #17 Chevy Monte Carlo

2017 Season: Finished fourth in Tiger points (4 feature wins)

 

What are your favorite non-racing hobbies?

Hunting obviously, and golf. I’m a big-time golfer.

How long have you been golfing?

10 years, since I last quit racing. This year I played four or five times, but before that, in the 10 years I wasn’t racing, I would play probably 30 times a year. It didn’t me long to drop the golf clubs and put on the racing shoes though.

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Unbuckled: Getting to Know Bobby Therrien

Unbuckled: Getting to Know Bobby Therrien

Hometown: Hinesburg, VT

Division: Thunder Road Late Models

Car: Maplewood/Casella #5VT Chevrolet Impala

2017 Season: Late Model Champion; Thunder Road “King of the Road” (1 feature win)

 

What are your favorite non-racing hobbies?

This time of year, hunting for sure. I enjoy fishing in the wintertime as well – I don’t do a lot of fishing in the summertime because I’ve got my hands pretty well tied up with racing, but I do like ice fishing when I can. I also like carpentry work. I usually get into a kick in the wintertime where I like do little projects and stuff like that. It usually keeps me pretty busy.

What sort of carpentry projects do you do?

It’s usually little household stuff. Last year I built a big picture frame for my brother (Tom) and my sister-in-law for Christmas that had a bunch of little pictures of when they had just barely had their baby. It was a cool little Christmas gift to put together. I like reusing old wood, so I was able to collect some pallets over time, chop them apart, and make something cool out of it. I enjoy doing that.

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The 2017 Thunder Road Season in Review: Part 4

The 2017 Thunder Road Season in Review: Part 4

We’re almost to the finish line of the 2017 Season in Review! September and October are always a little bittersweet in the short racing world, as they signify the final weeks of an exciting season. So how do you distract yourself from the bitter? With some sweet on-track action! Beginning with the Labor Day Classic and ending with the Vermont Milk Bowl, the final three weekends of the 2017 Thunder Road had something for everyone. Champions were crowned, history was made, and legends were born within the span of hours, minutes – and in one case, seconds. Read all about in the final chapter that is the 2017 Thunder Road Season in Review: Part 4!  (For Part 3, click here; For Part 2, click here; and for Part 1, click here).

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