Barre, VT — A beautiful Thursday afternoon greeted Central Vermont race fans to ring in the first Thursday Night program at Thunder Road for 2024. Casella Waste Management Night proved to be a perfect night for hard-nosed, competitive short track racing that has kept Thunder Road a tradition for folks across the region and it was a rousing start to the summer.

Barre, VT — The race fans, teams and officials of Barre’s Thunder Road Speedbowl are impatiently awaiting the much-anticipated start to the iconic Thursday Night Racing that was started by founder Ken Squier all the way back in 1960! Casella Waste Management presents the opening of weekly Thursday racing on June 13 with plenty of nostalgic help from the New England Antique Racers (NEAR) alongside heart-pounding track championship action courtesy of the Maplefields/Irving Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers and rk Miles Street Stocks!

Barre, VT — Although a bright morning cast a hopeful glimpse for Friday’s weekly racing opener at Thunder Road, forecasts continue to indicate a five-hour window of unstable weather starting anytime after 4:00pm across the Barre/Montpelier area. With that forecast holding steady over the last several days, and with a touring series as part of Friday’s planned event, Thunder Road officials have made the difficult decision to postpone McGee Hyundai of Barre Night to Friday, September 6. There will be no racing on Friday, June 7 at Thunder Road.

Barre, VT — Thunder Road International Speedbowl is ready to roll out weekly racing for the 2024 season with the annual Friday Night Special kickoff courtesy of McGee Hyundai of Barre! Along with track championship action for the Maplefields/Irving Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers and rk Miles Street Stocks, the New England Supermodified Series (NESS) returns to the Barre highbanks along with the Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors!

Barre, VT — Starting a picture-perfect day on Quarry Hill last Sunday, Thunder Road Speedbowl managing partner Cris Michaud announced the creation of the Squier Cup in honor of late Thunder Road founder Ken Squier with a new granite monument at the Speedbowl he created back in 1960. The Squier Cup is a triple crown series for the Maplefield/Irving Late Models that call Thunder Road home every week, made up of three marquee events with the inaugural champion earning their name in Barre Gray granite and the first name on the new Squier Cup!

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Barre, VT — On a beautiful Sunday morning, Thunder Road officials announced the creation of the Squier Cup for the Late Model Triple Crown at the Nation’s Site of Excitement starting with the 61st Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic. Twenty-five Maplefield/Irving Late Models filed into the pit area, quite the full one as a matter of fact with the 3rd annual addition of the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series.

Barre, VT — After two weeks of recuperation, the steadfast race teams of Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl are ready to re-enter the ring for the 61s Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 26. The Memorial Day Classic 125 for the Maplefields/Irving Late Models starts off the 2024 King of the Road track championship campaign as well as the new Late Model Triple Crown! Along with the Late Models, the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series adds a headline double-bill for New England’s race fans along with guaranteed action courtesy of the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, rk Miles Street Stocks and Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors!