Ryan Preece Racing announced today that Luke Baldwin will compete in the full Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series schedule during the 2025 season. Baldwin will drive the No. 40 for Preece in eight of the 10 events and will pilot the No. 7NY for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the other two races, allowing him to compete for the championship.

Barre, VT — Thunder Road Speedbowl officials released the 2025 schedule for the Nation’s Site of Excitement on Thursday morning. The schedule will once again include 21 individual events beginning with the 27th annual Community Bank 150 on May 3-4 and concluding with the 63rd Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank on October 4-5.

A Vermont tradition continued Sunday afternoon with the 62nd running of the Vermont Milk Bowl at Thunder Road Speedbowl. An event that began with nearly 50 American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Models in the pit area ended with Marcel Gravel kissing the cow for the first time in victory lane.

Barre, VT — The Thunder Road Speedbowl office in Barre has been buzzing with preparation for the 62nd running of the Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank, October 5-6 at the Nation’s Site of Excitement. Forty-nine American-Canadian Tour Late Model teams have thrown their respective hats in the ring for ‘The Toughest Short Track Stock Car Race in North America’ with an exciting $104,000 purse awaiting the two-day pinnacle of racing in the Green Mountain State.

Barre’s Thunder Road International Speedbowl roars back to life this Thursday, June 20 headlined by the 45th Vermont Governor’s Cup presented by the Vermont Lottery. The 150-lap showdown serves as Round #2 in the Squier Cup Triple Crown Series and sets up a battle between the Maplefields/Irving Late Models, several expected American-Canadian Tour invaders and reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Cole Custer along with track championship action for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers and rk Miles Street Stocks with a special 6:30pm post time.

Barre, VT — The teams of the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series are gearing up for their first event of the season at Thunder Road International Speedbowl as part of the 61st Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 26. After rain postponed the much-anticipated series debut at Thompson Speedway in April, the Monaco Modifieds have run out of fingernails to bite, impatiently waiting to start their season on the highbanks of the Nation’s Site of Excitement.

Barre, VT — The time has finally arrived for Thunder Road’s 65th Season Opener with the 26th Annual Community Bank N.A. 150 this Saturday, May 4. Alongside the stars and cars of the American-Canadian Tour, the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, rk Miles Street Stocks and Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors all get their 2024 seasons off and running in front of the big opening day crowd at the Nation’s Site of Excitement.

Barre, VT — Thunder Road officials and Stewart-Haas Racing are excited to announce that 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Champion Cole Custer of Ladera Ranch, California is set to make his debut at ‘The Nation’s Site of Excitement’ with the 45th Vermont Governor’s Cup presented by the Vermont Lottery on Thursday, July 11.

Barre, VT — Following a meeting between Thunder Road officials, Vermont state government officials and representatives of the Squier family, all parties have announced today that the Kenley Dean Extravaganza – A Celebration of Life, for the One-and-Only, Ken Squier is in full planning stages and scheduled for Saturday, May 4 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vermont. The Kenley Dean Extravaganza will begin at 12:00-noon on Saturday, May 4 with the annual Thunder Road car show set to start the day beginning at 9:00am.

Barre, VT — The time has come to release the 2024 schedule of events for Barre, Vermont’s Thunder Road International Speedbowl with 21 action-packed dates on tap throughout the upcoming year. The 65th season for the Nation’s Site of Excitement will see the return of iconic events, including the 62nd Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank, visits from the American-Canadian Tour, Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series, Pro All Stars Series, New England Supermodified Series and SRX Series with a sprinkling of fan-favorite events throughout the year.

It was May 13, 1989. I was exactly one month shy of my sixth birthday, and my father had taken me to a car show in Barre, Vermont – an event to boost the looming opener for the stock car racing season at nearby Thunder Road International Speedbowl. The parking lot of the strip mall at which this particular show was being held was jam-packed with brightly colored racecars and star-studded drivers.

Barre, VT — Thunder Road is ready to break into the month of October with Vermont’s most popular stock car racing event, the 61st running of the Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank. Over 40 of New England and Quebec’s top short-track stars are ready to take on the Toughest Short Track Stock Car Race in North America this Saturday and Sunday, all looking to join the granite monument at the venerable Vermont oval and join a winning roster of legends.

Due to the severity of the flooding to our community, local businesses, racers and fans, Officials have postponed the 44th running of the Vermont Governor’s Cup by the Vermont Lottery originally scheduled for Thursday, July 13. With well over 100 roads washed out across the area, along with flooding in homes, businesses and Thunder Road’s own office building in downtown Barre, Officials postponed the event to allow people the necessary time to assess their situations and plan accordingly.

Barre, VT — Officials have announced today that NASCAR Cup Series star Daniel Suárez will be making his debut at Thunder Road as part of the 44th Vermont Governor’s Cup presented by the Vermont Lottery on Thursday, July 13.

Barre, VT — As part of a reimagined opening weekend for the 64th season of stock car racing at Thunder Road International Speedbowl, the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) invaded the State of Vermont on Saturday. The PASS Super Late Models once again stirred the bowl at Thunder Road along with the PASS Modifieds and R&R Race Parts Open Street Stock Series to kick-off the 2023 racing season with plenty of octane and horsepower to fuel the thrills and spills of the triple-header event.