Annual Port-a-Potty Grand Prix to Close Out the Month of July at Thunder Road
Barre, VT — The sights and sounds of Barre’s Thunder Road returns this Thursday, July 28th with the annual WDEV/Calkins Portable Toilets Night. Along with championship action for the Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, and rk Miles Street Stocks, the Burnett Scrap Metals also return to the stage for their part in the most amazing feat of athletic skill in motorsports – the iconic Port-a-Potty Grand Prix!
Graniteville’s Christopher Pelkey moved to the outside lane just after the halfway mark last Thursday to rocket his Casella/Hutch Concrete machine into the winner’s circle for his second consecutive Midseason Championship. In doing so, he jumped back to the top of the Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Model standings over Stephen Donahue and Kyle Pembroke with a 29-point lead. Pelkey will need to maintain a strong and consistent record from here on out to keep ahead of the competition as they prepare for WDEV/Calkins Portable Toilets Night.
Equally as powerful in the outside groove last Thursday night was Milton’s Sam Caron in the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers. Although he didn’t have laps enough to chase down rookie Kaiden Fisher’s multi-car-length lead, Caron was powerful enough to take the Flying Tiger point lead by just one point over Justin Prescott, who was mired in traffic during Midseason Championships. The ultra-competitive Flying Tigers will be back on Thursday as Caron, Prescott, and more look to return to the winner’s circle in the WDEV/Calkins Portable Toilets trophy dash.
With an injured Jeffrey Martin sitting on the sidelines and his Chevy Cavalier’s computer melting on the racetrack with Nick Pilotte behind the wheel, Dean Swister Jr. now leads the point standings with heavy competition on his rear bumper. After winning three races in a row, Williamstown’s Josh Lovely now sits second in the standings, just ten points behind Switser. Lovely’s Ford Mustang has been the force in rk Miles Street Stock competition over the last month and certainly shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
In the Burnetts Scrap Metals Road Warriors its brother versus brother, times two! After both ending up in the podium last Thursday, Ryan and Neal Foster have proved their both tuned up while the Sayers brothers, Ryan and Taylor, are equally hot to trot each time out. Don’t look away from Nate ‘Tater’ Brien or Flyin’ Fred Fleury either, after an off week for the veterans they’ll be hungry to return to WDEV/Calkins Portable Toilets victory lane.
The Nation’s Site of Excitement, Barre’s Thunder Road returns Thursday, July 28th with WDEV/Calkins Portable Toilets Night. All four Thunder Road divisions will be on hand including the Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, and rk Miles Street Stocks and Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors. All three current point leaders and a special team of Road Warriors will also participate in the annual Port-a-Potty Grand Prix for the chance at one of the most iconic trophies in all of motorsports, the Golden Toilet Seat! Post Time is set for 7:00pm with full race day schedule and pricing information available online at www.thunderroadvt.com/schedule.
All racing events at Thunder Road Speedbowl, including WDEV/Calkins Portable Toilets Night and the $100,000 Northfield Savings Bank Vermont Milk Bowl, will be broadcast live and around the world on FloRacing with a monthly or yearly subscription. For more information about FloRacing, visit www.FloRacing.com or www.FloSports.tv.
WDEV has been broadcasting over the state of Vermont since 1931 and has been owned by the Radio Vermont Group since 1935. Owned and operated by Ken Squier, WDEV features a plethora of programming including iconic coverage of local sports, news, weather, talk shows, and, of course, Music to Go to the Dump By every Saturday morning. Along with being the first New England radio station to broadcast the Boston Red Sox, a relationship that continues to this day, WDEV frequently broadcasts live from Thunder Road and Norwich Cadets college hockey during the winter. Find WDEV on the dial at AM 550 and 96.1 FM Waterbury, 96.5 FM Barre, 98.3 FM Montpelier, 101.9 FM Island Pond.
Calkins Portable Toilets has been providing Northern Vermont with portable toilets, handicap-accessible portable toilets, and wash stations for over 25 years. The staff at Calkins’ Montpelier office are friendly, reliable, and ready to provide you with sanitary stations for weddings, construction sites, unforeseen emergencies, or any sort of special outdoor event for the day, week, or as long as you like! Call Calkins Portable Toilets at (802) 282-7634 and remember, Calkins is No. 1 in the No. 2 Business!
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.
Sources: Cale King/Thunder Road Speedbowl PR
(tr09102144.jpg): The annual Port-a-Potty Grand Prix as part of WDEV/Calkins Portable Toilets Night is one of the most spectacular feats of physical skills for the Thunder Road teams and one event every fan has marked on the calendar!
(IMG_7708): Maplewood/Irving Oil Late Model point leader Christopher Pelkey looks to keep the momentum going after his second consecutive Midseason Championship last Thursday.
(IMG_7644.jpg): Milton’s Sam Caron currently holds a slim one-point lead over Justin Prescott in the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tiger standings after hard charging on the outside groove last Thursday.
(IMG_7577.jpg): Josh Lovely (54) has been a force to be reckoned with in the rk Miles Street Stocks with three-wins-in-a-row the last three weeks but still needs to overcome a 10-point deficit to lead the points.
(IMG_7371.jpg): Brothers Ryan (8) and Neal (19) Foster finished in the Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors podium together as part of Midseason Championships night, but who will be on top on WDEV/Calkins Portable Toilets Night?
(Alan Ward Photos)