Demetrios Drellos Pockets Huge Payday With Vermont 200 Victory At Devil’s Bowl Speedway

Information By: JUSTIN ST. LOUIS / DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY – WEST HAVEN, VT – Demetrios Drellos, of Queensbury, N.Y. had a very big night Sunday at the Devil’s Bowl Speedway.

Drellos started 21st and made his way through traffic to take the lead from Robert Bublak Jr. at lap 85. Drellos led the final 115 circuits to pocket the $7,500 top prize, and $3,376 in lap leader bonuses, totalling $10,876.

Kevin Root finished second but was disqualified in post-race technical inspection.

Mike Maresca, originally third at the finish, was moved up to the runner-up spot, followed by Matt Janczuk, Tim Hartman Jr., and rookie Josh Masterson.

A total of 89 drivers attempted to qualify for 34 starting positions.

Scott Holcomb of Granby, Conn., led every step of the way in the SCoNE field in a 25-lap feature.

However, he still had to hold off a final-lap charge from both Cory Sparks and Will Hull in heavy lapped traffic.

Holcomb’s win was his first at Devil’s Bowl Speedway since 1996.

Jesse Pruchnik was uninjured in a flip during the race.

Rookie Troy Audet of Bridport, Vt., was a first-time winner in a two-day, two-segment race for the 500cc Mini Sprints.

Audet combined a win in the first 12-lap segment on Saturday with a fifth-place effort in Sunday’s second leg for a race-low total score of six points (1st + 5th =6 pts.) and the overall victory.