Trampas Demers earned one of the biggest victories of his career on Thursday, taking the lead for good from Bobby Therrien with 10 laps remaining and holding on to win the 38th Vermont Governor’s Cup at the Thunder Road Speedbowl.

With NASCAR Champion Kyle Busch in the field and a massive crowd in attendance, it was the veteran Demers who stole the show in a wild, back-and-forth race. Demers led eight laps in the early going before dropping back in the pack as Jonathan Bouvrette and Scott Dragon set the pace.

After he and many of the leaders pitted on a lap-98 caution for Jamie Fisher’s spin – which also saw Vermont Governor Phil Scott go sailing off the top of turn one in the aftermath – Demers methodically worked his way back through the field and was running third when the 14th and final caution came out on lap 134 of the 150-lap event for Jean-Francois Dery’s stalled machine.

Therrien got the jump over leader Marcel J. Gravel on the restart with Demers following him around. A few laps later, Demers swung to the outside of Therrien for the 14th lead change of the race, capturing his eighth career victory in the process.

Point leader Therrien maintained his advantage with a second-place finish while Gravel took third. Darrell Morin, Dragon, Jason Corliss, Cody Blake, Eric Chase, Eric Badore, and Boomer Morris completed the top-10. Busch was running sixth when he slapped the wall on a lap-114 restart, forcing him to retire from the event.

Complete results can be viewed below.

1. Trampas Demers
2. Bobby Therrien
3. Marcel Gravel
4. Darrell Morin
5. Scott Dragon
6. Jason Corliss
7. Cody Blake
8. Eric Chase
9. Eric Badore
10. Boomer Morris
11. Ricky Roberts
12. Christopher Pelkey
13. Tyler Cahoon
14. Josh Demers
15. Mike Bailey
16. Kyle Pembroke
17. Jamie Fisher
18. Chris Riendeau
19. Dave Whitcomb
20. J.F. Dery
21. Kyle Busch
22. Jonathan Bouvrette
23. Scott Coburn
24. Phil Scott
25. Mike Foster
26. Shawn Fleury
27. Jason Durgan