Corliss Back in Victory Lane on North Country Federal Credit Union Night
Barre, VT – Jason Corliss continued his resurgence after a tough start to the season by winning the North Country Federal Credit Union Late Model Trophy Dash at Thunder Road on Thursday, June 25.
The Barre local started fourth and took the lead from Matt White on lap 29 of the 50-lap event. Corliss then held off a late charge from sophomore competitor Josh Demers to earn his first win of the year and third of his Thunder Road Late Model career.
“The car was really good in the beginning,” Corliss said. “I was just biding my time with Matt. He had a good car in the beginning, but his car started to fade and he got a little tight. I finally went to the outside and decided it was time to go.
“As soon as Demers cleared White, I knew he’d be coming, and my car was tightening up,” Corliss added. “I knew he wanted the bottom, so I just protected the heck out of the bottom. We’ve raced with each other a long time, and he’s a great guy with a great group of people. It’s fun to race with guys like that because you know they’re going to race you clean and race you with respect.”
Rookie Darrell Morin started on the pole and led the first four laps before Northfield’s White wrestled the top spot away. Corliss moved into second following the race’s only caution on lap nine for Jason Allen’s spin and stalked White for the next 20 circuits before moving around him on the outside.
Demers got by White for second five laps later and set his sights on Corliss, catching him with a handful of laps remaining. Though Demers looked to the outside on the final circuit, Corliss was able to keep him at bay for the win.
Demers settled for a career-best second-place finish. Defending Champion Derrick O’Donnell passed White in the final laps for third and unofficially moved into a tie for the points lead with Nick Sweet. John Donahue, Morin, Cody Blake, Phil Scott, Dave Pembroke, and Trampas Demers rounded out the top-10.
Wolcott’s Brendan Moodie took his second win of the season in the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen 35-lap feature. The veteran got around rookie Derek Barker just before the halfway point and appeared to have clear sailing ahead.
But Barker and Dylan Payea got together at the start-finish line fighting for second with 13 laps remaining and spun out, sending the field scattering and bring out the caution. After new runner-up Cameron Ouellette fell by the wayside on the restart, Moodie held off a challenge from point leader Mike Martin for the victory.
Martin finished second followed by Barre driver Doug Crowningshield. Stephen Donahue, Jason Woodard, Chris Pelkey, Mike Billado, David Finck, Payea, and Caleb Nelson also earned top-10 finishes.
Montpelier’s Donny Yates was the winner of the 25-lap Allen Lumber Street Stock feature. Yates took the lead from former Champion Gaty Mullen on a restart just before the halfway mark and cruised to the win.
Jaden Perry took second and Kyle Streeter earned his third straight podium finish in third. Mullen, Marcel Gravel, Garry Bashaw, Chris LaForest, Patrick Tibbets, Richard Gravel, and Matthew Smith completed the top-10.
Thunder Road kicks off an Independence Day weekend doubleheader next Thursday, July 2 with Aubuchon Hardware Night. All weekly divisions will be in action and the evening will be capped off by the biggest fireworks display in the northeast. Post time is 6:30pm.
For more information contact the Thunder Road offices at 802.244.6963, media@acttour.com, or visit www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com.
NORTH COUNTRY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION NIGHT
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
THUNDER ROAD LATE MODELS
Pos., Driver, Car #, Hometown
1. Jason Corliss ( 66VT ) Barre, VT
2. Josh Demers ( 10VT ) Montpelier, VT
3. Derrick O’Donnell ( 60VT ) N. Haverhill, NH
4. Matt White ( 42VT ) Northfield, VT
5. John Donahue ( 26VT ) Graniteville, VT
6. #Darrell Morin ( 17VT ) Westford, VT
7. Cody Blake ( 99VT ) Barre, VT
8. Phil Scott ( 14VT ) Middlesex, VT
9. Dave Pembroke ( 44VT ) Middlesex, VT
10. Trampas Demers ( 85VT ) S. Burlington, VT
11. Nick Sweet ( 88VT ) Barre, VT
12. Mike Bailey ( 00VT ) S. Barre, VT
13. Eric Badore ( 4VT ) Milton, VT
14. Shawn Fleury ( 1VT ) Middlesex, VT
15. Scott Dragon ( 16VT ) Milton, VT
16. Kyle Pembroke ( 27VT ) Montpelier, VT
17. Eric Chase ( 40VT ) Milton, VT
18. #Scott Coburn ( 72VT ) Barre, VT
19. Boomer Morris ( 13VT ) Barre, VT
20. David Whitcomb ( 25VT ) Essex Jct., VT
21. Brett Gervais ( 11NH ) Island Pond, VT
22. Craig Bushey ( 57VT ) Cambridge, VT
23. Jason Allen ( 29VT ) Barre, VT
24. Kevin Boutin ( 25NY ) Fairfax, VT
25. Ricky Roberts ( 3VT ) E. Barre, VT
DNS Joey Laquerre ( 15VT ) E. Montpelier, VT
BOND AUTO TIGER SPORTSMEN
Pos., Driver, Car #, Hometown
1. Brendan Moodie ( 94 ) Wolcott, VT
2. Mike Martin ( 01 ) Craftsbury, VT
3. Doug Crowningshield ( 14 ) Barre, VT
4. Stephen Donahue ( 26 ) Graniteville, VT
5. Jason Woodard ( 68 ) Waterbury Ctr., VT
6. Christopher Pelkey ( 64 ) S. Barre, VT
7. Mike Billado ( 8 ) Essex, VT
8. David Finck ( 37 ) Barre, VT
9. Dylan Payea ( 7 ) Milton, VT
10. Caleb Nelson ( 07 ) Moretown, VT
11. #Derek Barker ( 15 ) Post Mills, VT
12. Jeffrey Bousquet ( 44 ) Worcester, VT
13. Tommy Smith ( 50 ) Williamstown, VT
14. Bert Gallison ( 30 ) Graniteville, VT
15. Joe Steffen ( 00 ) Grand Isle, VT
16. Cameron Ouellette ( 90 ) Barre, VT
17. Brian Delphia ( 27 ) Duxbury, VT
ALLEN LUMBER STREET STOCKS
Pos., Driver, Car #, Hometown
1. Donny Yates ( 05 ) N. Montpelier, VT
2. Jaden Perry ( 92 ) Hardwick, VT
3. Kyle Streeter ( 37 ) Waitsfield, VT
4. Gary Mullen ( 29 ) Tunbridge, VT
5. Marcel J. Gravel ( 86 ) Wolcott, VT
6. Garry Bashaw ( 4 ) Lincoln, VT
7. #Chris LaForest ( 56 ) Barre, VT
8. Patrick Tibbetts ( 48 ) Barre, VT
9. Richard Gravel ( 68 ) Wolcott, VT
10. #Matthew Smith ( 04 ) Essex Jct., VT
11. Alan Maynard ( 10 ) Fairfax, VT
12. Tyler Austin ( 5 ) E. Calais, VT
13. Avery Gaudette ( 61 ) Waterbury, VT
14. Bunker Hodgdon ( 83 ) Hardwick, VT
15. Jamon Perry ( 62 ) Hardwick, VT
16. Kelly Miller Jr. ( 0 ) Johnson, VT
17. Justin Town ( 53 ) East Barre, VT
18. Scott Maynard ( 59 ) Burlington, VT
19. Thomas Merchant ( 38 ) Eden Mills, VT
20. #Reilly Lanphear ( 21 ) Duxbury, VT
21. Kevin Streeter ( 67 ) Waitsfield, VT
22. Jamie Davis ( 43 ) Wolcott, VT
23. Avery Gaudette ( 61 ) Waterbury, VT
24. Will Hennequin ( 47 ) Morrisville, VT
25. Steve Bennett Jr. ( 76 ) Northfield, VT
DNS Scott Weston ( 40 ) Berlin, VT
Sources: Michael Stridsberg/ACT PR