Lennys Hottest Shoe Award Winners Announced at Thunder Road

For Immediate Release                                        TR-100307-1

    BARRE, VT The winners of the annual Lennys Shoe & Apparel Hottest Shoe Awards for stock car racers at
Barres Thunder Road have been decided.  Braintrees Kip Stockwell (American-Canadian Tour Late Model), hometown
driver Nick Sweet (NAPA Tiger Sportsman), and Hinesburg youngster Bobby Therrien (Allen Lumber Street Stock) each
posted to most feature event wins in their respective divisions in 2007, and have earned bonus checks from Lennys
Shoe & Apparel, to be given at the annual ACT/Thunder Road Awards Banquet in January.
    Stockwell posted three 50-lap victories in his first full season of racing at Thunder Road since 1997 in
the ACT Late Model division.  Stockwell took his first win of the year on Pepsi Fireworks Night in July, earning a
$150 Lennys Hot Shoe Challenge bonus.  He took the Lennys Double Dip bonus of $75 for his second win of the
season on Calkins Portables/Pelletier Quick Lube Night in August, and locked in his third win on NAPA/Make-A-Wish
Night the following week.  Stockwells Hottest Shoe bonus will be $500.
    Other ACT Late Model drivers collecting bonuses from Lennys Shoe & Apparel in 2007 were Scott Payea, Joey
Becker, Dennis and Trampas Demers, Marcel Gravel, Eric Williams, Phil Scott, Dwayne Lanphear, John Donahue, and
Patrick Laperle, as well as 2007 Thunder Road Rookie of the Year Chip Grenier and the King of the Road, Track
Champion Dave Pembroke.
    Sweet entered the Chittenden Milk Bowl on Sept. 30 in a four-way tie with Joey Laquerre, Scott Coburn, and
Matt White.  Each of the NAPA Tiger Sportsman drivers had won two prior feature events, but Sweets Milk Bowl
victory clinched the Lennys Hottest Shoe bonus of $250.  He also locked up the Thunder Road Championship with
the victory.  Other drivers taking $100 Lennys Hot Shoe Challenge bonuses included Tom Therrien, Brendan
Moodie, David Finck, Chris Chambers, rookies Joel Hodgdon, Kyle Tatro, and Shawn Sicard, and championship runner-
up Craig Bushey.
    Allen Lumber Street Stock Champion and Rookie of the Year Bobby Therrien set a freshman record at six
feature wins, including the 30-lap finale at the Chittenden Milk Bowl, and earned the $100 Lennys Hottest Shoe
award for his division.  The 20 year-old was joined during the season as a $50 Lennys Hot Shoe Challenge bonus
winner by Bruce Melendy, Mike Martin, Chad Stewart, David Greenslit, Tommy Smith, David Allen, Mike Ziter, Tim
Campbell, Lloyd Blakely, and Michael Moore.
    Visit Lennys Shoe & Apparel in four convenient locations: Barre, Williston, St. Albans, or online at
www.lennyshoe.com.  For more information on Thunder Road, call (802) 244-6963 or visit
www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com.
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Contact: Justin St. Louis                                    Phone: (802) 244-
6963
Email: media@acttour.com                                Fax: (802) 244-1616