Sunday was a fantastic race car hoedown at Thunder Road Speed Bowl in Barre, VT. I've been wanting to go here ever since we moved back up here last summer. Thunder Road is a difficult one to describe but I'll try. Take the very essence of everything that is Vermont, and not Chittenden County Burlington, VT, I'm talking about the small-town Vermont, with intense pride, gasoline-charged afternoons, paper plates piled high with powdered sugar dusted fried dough, greasy Carthardts, locally-owned body shops, platinum perm jobs, the complete and total neglect of the letter T in most words and Rs that are harder than the SATs, checkered flags and exhaust fumes and you've got the makings of a truly, truly insanely old school Vermont past-time. Thunder Road rocks and I met some incredible characters at this one. Everyone was geared up and ready to run the Speed Bowl for Sunday's opening day ceremony and were all so friendly and just genuinely excited. It was certainly a taste of another world - a magical, magical place. I'll be back in a big way.
For some awesome audio of Thunder Road craziness and more photos click here:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/legacy/slideshows/050408thunderroad/index.html
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