Thermal Control Products “Turn Up The Heat” Award -- September 2011
Posted By Tj Ingerson On October 3, 2011
Categories: Thermal Control
The Thermal Control Products “Turn Up The Heat” Award recognizes drivers who have stood out at area short tracks with a big victory or a breakthrough performance. Six drivers will be featured each week, with two finalists entered into a monthly vote for the grand prize from Thermal Control Products. Each of the two weekly finalists will receive a prize package from Thermal Control Products.
Two weekly finalists will be placed in a monthly pool and will each be awarded a prize from Thermal Control Products. Each finalist will be entered in a pool for the monthly grand prize, as voted on by Vermont Motorsports Magazine staff.
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The finalists for the Thermal Control Products “Turn Up The Heat” Award in September 2011 are:
John Donahue -- Finished seventh in Pro All Stars Series debut at in PASS 300 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway
Jordan Fornwalt -- Fourteen year-old Bear Ridge Speedway rookie, won third Limited Late Model feature (and a fourth since being nominated)
Derrick O'Donnell -- Won John Clark Memorial 101 ACT Tiger Tour race at Riverside Speedway
Scott Payea -- Finished third in ACT Late Model Tour Labor Day Classic 200 at Thunder Road
Lonnie Rivers -- Won Renegade feature in place of ill driver Curt Seymour at Airborne Speedway
D.J. Shaw -- Won PASS National Championship 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park after wrecking at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Danny Sullivan -- Won first career Sportsman feature at Airborne Speedway
Nick Sweet -- ACT Invitational runner-up at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
And the Thermal Control Products “Turn Up The Heat” Award winner for September 2011:
LONNIE RIVERS -- Cadyville, N.Y.
No. 357 Friehofer’s/Adirondack Siding Chevrolet
Two-time Airborne Speedway Renegade champion Rivers carried his first checkered flag of the year on September 3, but with an asterisk. Before the race, Rivers received the support of every one of his competitors on a petition to track management, asking to earn points in place of Curtis Seymour, who was forced onto the sidelines with an illness. Rivers changed his car number to Seymour’s familiar No. 357 and -- in Hollywood-story fashion -- got the victory in honor of his friend.
Rivers earned two first-place votes and one second-place vote from Vermont Motorsports Magazine staff to lead the finalists and earn the Thermal Control Products “Turn Up The Heat” Award for September.
Rivers will be awarded the grand prize: An exterior door protector and a roll of ZeroClearance thermal protection sheet -- a total value of more than $130.00 -- from Thermal Control Products.
For more information on Thermal Control Products, visit www.thermalcontrolproducts.com.
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(Lonnie Rivers car photo by Dave Brown)