Month: August 2010

Sweet is “King of the Road” BARRE — Thunder Road fans saw a night of record-setting performances Thursday as John Donahue tied a record 13 years old, Ken Christman tied one 49 years old, and Nick Sweet set his own record by becoming the track champion. Donahue, of Graniteville, posted his third consecutive Late Model victory in the Aubuchon Hardware 75-lap regular season finale to become only the second driver in the division’s history to achieve the three-peat. Phil Scott won three straight Late Model features in August 1997. The last driver in any division to win three straight features at Thunder Road was Street Stock driver Kevin Campbell in 1999. “I want two more,” Donahue said, referring to the Labor Day Classic and Milk Bowl events in September. “I can go for it, it’s stress-free.” Donahue entered the Aubuchon event as a long shot for the championship, an almost insurmountable 42 points behind leader Dave Pembroke, but had won the last two features at the track. The Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 is part of the American-Canadian Tour schedule — a series in which Donahue sits third overall but is a distant 177 points out of the championship — and the Milk Bowl is a special non-points event. “I told these guys today, I was talking to Nick [Sweet], I said, ‘It’s stress-free for me, I’m here...