Joey Laquerre Claims 14th Thunder Road LM Win
Barre, VT – Longtime veteran of Thunder Road stock car racing, Joey Laquerre of East Montpelier earned his 14th career Late Model feature win during FairPoint Communications night on Thursday, June 5. It was the first Thunder Road Thursday night event of 2014. Laquerre held off both Shawn Fleury and Brett Gervais during multiple restarts to claim the win and move into a tie for fourth on the all-time Thunder Road Late Model wins list.
Fleury and Gervais finished second and third respectively in the caution plagued 50-lap event. Dave Pembroke appeared to have the fastest car on the track at one point but couldn’t find room to get to the front after several caution periods near the end of the event. He settled for fourth followed by Brooks Clark. Nick Sweet, Derrick O’Donnell, Josh Demers, Jason Corliss and Kyle Pembroke completed the top ten.
The 24-car field was quickly cut down to 20 as a pile up in turn one with just one lap complete ended the day of Ricky Roberts, Eric Chase, Dave Whitcomb and Eric Badore. Several other cars were involved, but were able to continue. The event would see eight total cautions.
Eric Johnson of Randolph Center claimed his first career Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen win after leading the 35-lap event flag-to-flag. He held off fellow podium finishers “Double-O” Joe Steffen and Mike Billado. Point leader Jason Woodard and Tucker Williams completed the top five. Dylan Payea, Doug Crowningshield, Brendan Moodie, Cameron Ouellette and Joel Hodgdon all earned top tens.
Wolcott’s Jamie Davis scored his third career Allen Lumber Street Stock win. He held off Kyle Streeter on a green-white-checkered finish, while Dave Whitcomb took his second straight podium finish in third. Garry Bashaw and Jennifer Getty rounded out the top five.
The highlight of the Street Stock 25-lap feature was a barrel-roll down the front stretch by Berlin’s Ken Stridsberg on lap 23. The roll brought the field under red, but Stridsberg was ok.
All three Thunder Road divisions will be back in action next Thursday, June 12 with Harvest Equipment night. Post time will be 6:30pm.
FairPoint Communications Night
Thunder Road – Barre, VT
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Late Model Unofficial Results
Pos. Driver (Car #) Hometown
1. Joey Laquerre (15vt) East Montpelier, VT
2. Shawn Fleury (1vt) Middlesex, VT
3. Brett Gervais (11nh) Island Pond, VT
4. Dave Pembroke (44vt) Middlesex, VT
5. Brooks Clark (68vt) Fayston, VT
6. Nick Sweet (88vt) Barre, VT
7. Derrick O’Donnell (60vt) N. Haverhill, NH
8. #Josh Demers (10vt) Montpelier, VT
9. Jason Corliss (66vt) Barre, VT
10. Kyle Pembroke (27vt) Montpelier, VT
11. Emily Packard (9me) E. Montpelier, VT
12. Cody Blake (99vt) Barre, VT
13. Phil Scott (14vt) Middlesex, VT
14. Trampas Demers (85vt) S. Burlington, VT
15. #Jason Allen (29vt) Barre, VT
16. Lance Allen (17vt) Barre, VT
17. Scott Dragon (16vt) Colchester, VT
18. Joey M. Laquerre (51vt) E. Montpelier, VT
19. John Donahue (26vt) Graniteville, VT
20. Boomer Morris (13vt) Barre, VT
21. Ricky Roberts (3vt) E. Barre, VT
22. Eric Chase (40vt) Milton, VT
23. David Whitcomb (25vt) Essex Jct., VT
24. #Eric Badore (4vt) Milton, VT
Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen Unofficial Results
Pos. Driver (Car #) Hometown
1. Eric Johnson (20) Randolph Ctr. VT
2. Joe Steffen (00) Grand Isle, VT
3. Mike Billado (8) Essex, VT
4. Jason Woodard (68) Waterbury Ctr., VT
5. Tucker Williams (11) Hyde Park, VT
6. Dylan Payea (7) Milton, VT
7. Doug Crowningshield (14) Barre, VT
8. Brendan Moodie (94) Wolcott, VT
9. Cameron Ouellette (90) Barre, VT
10. Joel Hodgdon (36) Craftsbury, VT
11. George May (16) Barre, VT
12. Caleb Nelson (07) Moretown, VT
13. Scott Coburn (1) Barre, VT
14. Chris Roberts (85) Washington, VT
15. Christopher Pelkey (64) S. Barre, VT
16. Jeff Bousquet (44) Worcester, VT
17. Mark Barnier (0) Essex Jct., VT
18. Darrell Morin (17) Burlington, VT
19. Nick Gilcris (32) Groveton, NH
20. Tim Potter (28) Plainfield, VT
21. Derrick Calkins (4) Milton, VT
22. Shawn Franklin (76) Waitsfield, VT
23. Mike Martin (01) Craftsbury Cmn, VT
Allen Lumber Street Stock Unofficial Results
Pos. Driver (Car #) Hometown
1. Jamie Davis (43) Wolcott, VT
2. Kyle Streeter (37) Waitsfield, VT
3. Dave Whitcomb (77) Morrisville, VT
4. Garry Bashaw (4) Lincoln, VT
5. Jennifer Getty (25) Cambridge, VT
6. Tyler Austin (5) E. Calais, VT
7. Bunker Hodgdon (83) Hardwick, VT
8. Alan Maynard (10) Fairfax, VT
9. Jaden Perry (92) Hardwick, VT
10. Tommy Smith (50) Williamstown, VT
11. Marcel J. Gravel (86) Wolcott, VT
12. Jamon Perry (62) Hardwick, VT
13. Donny Yates (05) N. Montpelier, VT
14. Keith Fortier (35) Hinesburg, VT
15. Paul Grant (46) E. Calais, VT
16. Jeremy Colson (44) S. Royalton, VT
17. Marvin Johnson (19) Essex Jct., VT
18. Will Hennequin (47) Morrisville, VT
19. Troy Kingsbury (39) Waitsfield, VT
20. Tommy Elwood (88) Morrisville, VT
21. Thomas Merchant (38) Eden Mills, VT
22. Ken Stridsberg (76) Berlin, VT
23. Patrick Tibbetts (48) Barre, VT
24. Gary Mullen (29) Tunbridge, VT
25. Kevin Dodge (8) Barre, VT
Sources: ACT PR