Jason Corliss Makes History in Latest Vermont Lottery Governor’s Cup Triumph

Flying Tigers and Street Stocks Both See First-Time Winners!

Barre, VT – The rk Miles Street Stocks kicked off feature racing action on Vermont Lottery Governor’s Cup night. Rookie Owen Dupuis led ‘Flyin’ Fred Fleury across the line under the initial green flag and kept his foot to the firewall from then on. Fleury backtracked early allowing Kyle MacAskill and Riley Morris to close in on the top three positions. Late in the race, Paul Rocheleau drove up to third around Morris and then second around MacAskill with five laps remaining. Time was not on his side with freshman competitor Owen Dupuis too far to catch en-route to his first career victory with Rocheleau taking second over Riley Morris.

Kyle Gravel showed the way early in the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tiger feature before Chris LaForest called out the lap 6 caution to re-rack the field once again. Second-place runner Jason Pelkey slipped back through the pack on the restart, leaving Gravel to fend off the crazy eights of Mike Billado and Jaiden Del Toro. Eric Messier met the widowmaker frontstretch wall after a flat right front and collected Robert Gordon and Erin Beaudry in the process to call the second caution on lap 25.

Gravel took over the restart lead handily and drove off but the picture began to change with ten laps remaining. Billado and Luke Peters reeled Gravel back in with Peters jumping to the outside groove and run the highline around Billado. In the end, Kyle Gravel prevailed to his first career Tiger win with Luke Peters besting Mike Billado on the podium charge.

Jason Corliss earned the pole position in plus/minus qualifying action with a ‘+3’ against Kaiden Fisher’s ‘+2’ and looked shot from a cannon in the opening circuits. Corliss thundered away with the early lead as Justin Prescott, Fisher, Brandon Gray and Nick Sweet kept pace behind him. After a strong run, everything went south for Prescott with a broken throttle arm ending his day with the lap 61 caution.

Alan Ward photos

Corliss and Gray kept it interesting out front with the #00VT holding tight to the rear bumper of the #66VT around the high groove of the Nation’s Site of Excitement. Meanwhile, NASCAR Cup Series winner Ryan Preece maintained a lead lap position until the very late goings as Corliss and Gray kept all the momentum at the head of the pack. With a 75-lap green flag run in the second half of the event, Jason Corliss made history as he crossed the stripe to take the Vermont Lottery Governor’s Cup! With the win, Corliss became the first two-time Squier Cup presented by Milton CAT champion, the first five-time victor of the Governor’s Cup and joined the exclusive 40-wins club at Thunder Road!

Alan Ward photos

Thunder Road is back next Thursday for Central Vermont’s favorite Thursday Night of the season when Jet Service Envelope & Accura Printing present RUN-WHAT-U-BRUNG! It’s that time already for your chance to take your street ride to the Barre highbanks for Run-What-U-Brung Spectator Drags alongside track championship action courtesy of the Maplefields/Irving Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, rk Miles Street Stocks and Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors with a 7:00pm Post Time.

For more information, contact the Thunder Road offices at (802) 244-6963, media@thunderroadvt.com, or visit www.thunderroadvt.com. You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @ThunderRoadVT.

 

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl – Barre, VT

47th Vermont Lottery Governor’s Cup feat. Ryan Preece!

 

Maplefields/Irving Late Models – 47th Vermont Lottery Governor’s Cup (150 Laps)

2026 Squier Cup Triple Crown pres. by Milton CAT Champion – Jason Corliss

1.         66VT    Jason Corliss               Barre, VT

2.         00VT    Brandon Gray              E. Thetford, VT

3.         18VT    Kaiden Fisher              Shelburne, VT

4.         88VT    Nick Sweet                  Williamstown, VT

5.         99VT    Cody Blake                  Barre, VT

6.         92VT    Jaden Perry                 Hardwick, VT

7.         48VT    Taylor Hoar                 South Hero, VT

8.         64VT    Christopher Pelkey      S. Barre, VT

9.         68VT    Brooks Clark                Fayston, VT

10.       01VT    Stephen Martin           Craftsbury Common, VT

11.       5VT      Bobby Therrien           Hinesburg, VT

12.       71VT    Jesse Laquerre             E. Montpelier, VT

13.       0VT      Scott Dragon               Milton, VT

14.       26VT    Stephen Donahue       Graniteville, VT

15.       7ME     Logan Powers              Middlesex, VT

16.       17VT    Darrell Morin              Westford, VT

17.       02NH   Brian Whalley             Laconia, NH

18.       16VT    Brandon Lanphear      Morrisville, VT

19.       60BH   Ryan Preece                Berlin, CT

20.       46VT    Brian Hoar                   South Hero, VT

21.       86VT    Marcel J. Gravel          Wolcott, VT

22.       25VT    Mike Rubalcaba          Barre, VT

23.       33VT    #Matt Sonnhalter        Randolph, VT

24.       04VT    Justin Prescott             Fairfax, VT

25.       60OB   Landyn O'Donnell       N. Haverhill, NH         

           

 

Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers – (50 Laps)

1.         5VT      Kyle Gravel                  Wolcott, VT

2.         26VT    Luke Peters                 Groton, VT

3.         8VT      Mike Billado                Grand Isle, VT

4.         8NH     #Jaiden Del Toro         Graniteville, VT

5.         4VT      Cooper French             Northfield, VT

6.         13VT    Ty Delphia                   Waterbury, VT

7.         31VT    Logan Powers              Middlesex, VT

8.         33VT    Matt Ballard               Williamstown, VT

9.         56VT    Chris Laforest              Barre, VT

10.       15VT    Derrick Calkins             Hinesburg, VT

11.       29VT    Owen Cheney              Moretown, VT

12.       94VT    Brendan Moodie         Wolcott, VT

13.       42VT    Karsen Murphy           Northfield, VT

14.       20VT    Robert Gordon            Milton, VT

15.       3VT      Michael MacAskill      Williamstown, VT

16.       55VT    Parker Gagne              Fairfax, VT

17.       64VT    Jason Pelkey                Barre, VT

18.       5NH     Erin Beaudry               Claremont, NH

19.       19VT    Eric Messier                Hinesburg, VT

           

rk Miles Street Stocks – (30 Laps)

1.         48VT    #Owen Dupuis             Washington, VT

2.         8VT      Paul Rocheleau           Georgia, VT

3.         13ME   Riley Morris                Barre, VT

4.         7VT      Kyle MacAskill             Williamstown, VT

5.         77VT    #Zachary Garvey         Milton, VT

6.         16VT    Nate Brien                   Williamstown, VT

7.         15VT    Hayden Bushey           Fairfax, VT

8.         31VT    Tyler Wheatley            Brookfield, VT

9.         93VT    Jackson Hunt               Derby Line, VT

10.       39VT    Derek Farnham           Bethel, VT

11.       04VT    Scott Weston               Berlin, VT

12.       17VT    Connor Rueda             Barre, VT

13.       75VT    TJ Haggett                   Waterford, VT

14.       74VT    Tyler Whittemore       Barre, VT

15.       13VT    Hayden Morris            Barre, VT

16.       25VT    Jennifer Getty             E. Fairfield, VT

17.       43VT    Jamie Davis                 Johnson, VT

18.       71VT    Jason Kirby                  Milton, VT

19.       00VT    Howard Stockwell       Randolph, VT

20.       08VT    Zach Audet                  Morrisville, VT

21.       97VT    Eddie Thompson         Colchester, VT

22.       27VT    #Derrick Mann            Graniteville, VT

23.       06VT    Donat Premont           Johnson, VT

24.       47NH   Paige Whittemore       Graniteville, VT

25.       99VT    Fred Fleury                  Graniteville, VT

26.       96VT    Thomas Peck               Waterbury, VT

27.       18VT    Walker Fitch                Marshfield, VT

28.       7GA     Easton Garvey             Milton, VT

29.       33VT    Curtis Franks               Topsham, VT

30.       76VT    #Braden LaRose          Essex, VT

DNS     22VT    Thomas Smith             Williamstown, VT