Tremont Spanks the Field at Devil's Speedbowl

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

WEST HAVEN, Vt. – Devil’s Bowl Speedway living legends Kenny Tremont Jr. and Tim LaDuc once again added to their impressive résumés on Sunday, August 6.  Each scored a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series feature race win at The Dirt Track at Devil’s Bowl during the annual “Double Feature Night” presented by Liberty Street Discount Beverage& Deli.  Six other drivers – Bill Duprey, Chris Murray, P.J. Bleau, Jason Porter, Aaron Mulready, and Austin Chaves – also visited victory lane during the event.

Tremont, of West Sand Lake, N.Y., scored his 77^th career Devil’s Bowl win in the opening 25-lap feature for the Central Vermont Motorcycles Sportsman Modified division.  He started in 14^th position and methodically worked his way toward the front as trouble fell on three different early leaders – Jimmy Ryan and Chad Miller were taken out after contact from Justin Severance, and Billy Lussier later broke a rear axle.

Tremont took the top spot from Vince Quenneville Jr. with seven laps remaining and cruised to the win – his third in a row and fourth of the season.  Quenneville scored his fourth runner-up finish of the year on The Dirt Track, followed by Randy Howe, Justin Comes, and Codie Aubin.  Mike Fisher finished an impressive sixth in his first-ever start, followed by Severance, James Fadden, LaDuc, and Trevor Rocke.

It was all Orwell, Vt., native LaDuc in the second feature, as he got out front early and sailed to his 49^th career Devil’s Bowl win.  Howe closed in late but never mounted a serious challenge and finished second.  Lussier rebounded from his earlier problems to complete a late pass on Tremont and score his career-best dirt finish in third place.  Tremont and Comes were next, ahead of Rocke, Brian Whittemore, Tomas Kimball, Fadden, and Fisher.

Unofficially, LaDuc’s lead in the championship standings shrunk to just five points over Tremont, 518-513, with four weeks left in the point-counting season.  Quenneville sits third, 28 points back, at 490.

1.       (14) Kenny Tremont Jr., West Sand Lake, N.Y.

2.       (10) Vince Quenneville Jr., Brandon, Vt.

3.       (11) Randy Howe, Lebanon, N.H.

4.       (12) Justin Comes, Middlebury, Vt.

5.       (1) Codie Aubin, Plattsburgh, N.Y.

6.       (17) # Mike Fisher, Castleton, Vt.

7.       (9) Justin Severance, Pittsford, Vt.

8.       (8) # James Fadden, Plainfield, N.H.

9.       (13) Tim LaDuc, Orwell, Vt.

10.   (15) Trevor Rocke, Canaan, N.H.

11.   (8) Lenny Pillsbury, Cornish, N.H.

12.   (7) Brian Whittemore, Pittsford, Vt.

13.   (5) # Tomas Kimball, White River Junction, Vt.

14.   (6) Billy Lussier, Fair Haven, Vt.

15.   (3) Jimmy Ryan, Whiting, Vt.

16.   (2) Chad Miller, White River Junction, Vt.

17.   (16) # Timmy Alrdighetti, Bethel, Vt.

Shiley Fabrication Hard Charger Award: Kenny Tremont Jr.

Shiley Fabrication Hard Luck Award: Chad Miller