Very Cool. Chuck Hess crunched the numbers, and here is the way the team looks so far…
| Driver | Car number | top 5 | top 10 | top 15 |
| Dave Whitcomb | 77 | 4 | 10 | 12 |
| Greg Adams | 38 | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| Thomas Placy | 33 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| Danny Doyle | 26 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Danny Lathrope | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Joe Blais | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Bunker Hodgdon | 83 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| Sid Sweet | 51 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Alex Whitcomb | 78 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Jayme Lee | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Brett Pierce | 90 | 1 | ||
| Jen Getty | 25 | 1 |
Very Impressive! Let’s hope to continue the Hess Racing success for the rest of the season!
This week, Hess Racing has announced that they will be adding two more cars to their team. The tiger cars currently driven by Ricky Roberts (#9), and Clem Despault (#3) are now Hess owned. Ricky Roberts will continue driving the #9 until the end of the season, while Blair Bassett will drive the #3 car until the end of the season. As for 2011, Matt Potter will likely move into the #9 car, and Blair Bassett will continue in the #3 Tiger. A new driver will be found for the #23 currently driven by Potter. Good luck to Ricky, Matt, and Blair, and congratulations to the Hess team for expanding more into the Tiger division!
Jayme Lee took down the win in the #18 car! First win for a rookie this season!
David Whitcomb – Rallied from mid pack and finished 6th place.
Kyle Hess – failed to qualify, with car troubles.
Joe Blais finished 18th in the feature, after a great rally out of the back in the reserve.
Alex Whitcomb finished 28th, after a fourth place finish in the reserve, and getting black flagged in the feature due to smoke.
Jennifer Getty struggled with the car and failed to qualify
Tommy Smith finished 14th in the feature.
Sid Sweet Jr finished 17
Thomas Placey continued his hot streak and finished ninth
Tommy Elwood failed to qualify with an overheating car
Greg Adams finished 10th in the feature.
Bunker Hodgdon qualified but the car did not fire for the feature.
Kyle Hess ended up turned around in one part of his qualifier, and then flipped end over end down the front stretch in a hard lick from the #59 Street Stock. Kyle is okay, and hoping to get that car back together for Thursday’s Race.
Tommy Thunder once again had engine troubles, and failed to qualify.
Dave Whitcomb qualified in his heat, but ended up with a flat tire in the feature and finished 29th.
Alex Whitcomb led the first ten laps of his heat, settling for second. In the feature, his car overheated and he finished a dismal 25th.
Tommy Elwood also struggled with overheating problems, not qualifying for the feature.
Rookie Thomas Placey posted an incredible 10th place finish in the feature! What a run for him!
Bunker Hodgdon won his heat and ended up 9th.
Joe Blais had a solid finish in 14th place.
Greg Adams posted another top ten finish with 8th.
Dan Lathrop finished a solid 13th after starting way out back
Jennifer Getty started on the pole for the feature, but ended up finished 26th.
Matt Potter ended up 17th in the Tiger feature.
An update on your favorite Hess Drivers!
Dan Lathrop claimed his first podium finish, with a third place overall in the feature! Congratulations to him!
Kyle Hess ended up with engine trouble, and couldn’t start the feature.
Tommy Elwood also had engine troubles, but still managed a top ten finish among the warriors.
Tommy Thunder had transmission problems, and did not qualify for the feature.
Mike Gay wrecked in the reserve feature.
Dave Whitcomb survived a mayhem-filled Street Stock feature and claimed an 8th place finish.
Bunker Hodgdon flipped end over end down the front stretch, and was back on the track just a few minutes after!
Greg Adams finished 6th overall.
Joe Blais blew a motor early in the day.
Thomas Placey finished a respectable 15th in the feature.
Alex Whitcomb and Jennifer Getty failed to qualify.
After a winter of waiting, the season is finally here for the Hess Racing Team!
Here are the updates, and highlights!
Jennifer Getty won the car show with Tommy Thunder placing as well!
Kyle Hess had engine trouble for most of the day, and ended up exiting the feature Early.
Matt Potter started off the year with a solid 13th place finish.
Greg Adams came within a few feet of winning a thrilling feature with Timmy Campbell
Tommy Thunder also had car problems, as Jennifer Getty did early in her feature.
Bunker Hodgdon got a podium finish in third place, and Dave Whitcomb finished a solid 6th
Alex Whitcomb had engine trouble, and finished the race 18th
Dan Lathrop was running in the front until he was spun into the infield, but recovered to finish 8th
Tommy Elwood had a scary wreck early in his feature, almost rolling onto upside down on the track, but thankfully was okay and even ended up with a third place finish among the warriors!
Jayme Lee and Thomas Placey lead the Rookie of the Year standings with finishes of 9th and 12th respectively, The top 4 Rookies in the Street Stocks are all Hess Drivers! (Jayme Lee, Thomas Placey, Sid Sweet, AlexWhitcomb)
Mike Gay broke the rear end in practice and ended up not starting the feature.
That’s all the highlights for the Hess Driver’s for now, See you on the 31st!
After many interviews, and some standout candidates, it has been decided that Tiger standout Matt Potter will be driving the former #61 Tiger Sportsman this year for Hess Racing. Potter finished 11th last year in points, and helped Jason Corliss set up the car for a strong 2nd place finish in the 2009 Milk Bowl. Potter will take the wheel himself for the 2010 season, so welcome to the team Matt!
Hess Racing begins the year by signing a hood sponsor for the Father-Son Team Dave and Alex Whitcomb. Union Mutual Insurance, based out of Montpelier, Vermont, has signed on to take both hoods of the Whitcomb Racing Street Stocks for the 2010 season. We are thrilled to have them on board, and can’t wait to begin the partnership for the 2010 season!
Thursday night marked the maiden voyage of the VLF Radio show with host Eric LaFleche. LaFleche will be hosting a weekly radio show about ACT, Thunder Road, and a slew of other tracks in the area starting this week. This weeks show focused mainly on Thunder Road, the Tiger tour, the ACT tour, and the Warrior/Street Stock Merger. Hess’ own Alex Whitcomb even called in for the last ten minutes of the show to share some insight about the merger, the chase for rookie of the year, street stock championships, and more. Tune in live next week for the show at
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/vlf1/2010/01/21/vlf-living-with-the-off-season-blues-let-the-rumor
Listen to last week’s show here at:
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Yes, The Vermont Motorsports Magazine Bear Ridge Speedway Driver of the Year – Thomas Placey – is the latest addition to the Hess stables. On the fuel of a ridiculous 11 wins in 17 starts, Placey comes to the Hess Stables as proven champion of the Hornet division at Bear Ridge Speedway. He looks to continue his dominance in a Hess owned Allen Lumber Street Stock. We are thrilled to have a driver of this calibur join the ranks for the 2010 season!
