Tim Frazier in his Bee Keeper car began well in the Enduro 200 Sunday night at Thunder Road, but suffered a crash with 40 laps remaining. Frazier and his car – both crowd favorites – won the ‘pretty car’ contest before the race at the Barre speedway. Thunder Road photos.

By Guy Page

A popular Thunder Road race car driver won the ‘pretty car’ contest Sunday but then crashed the car and suffered injuries Sunday night at Thunder Road in Barre.

Tim Frazier, an East Montpelier landscaping business owner and Northfield native, was banged up but is doing okay, according to social media and news reports. Hwas driving his colorful Bee Keeper car in the Bolduc Metal Recycling & Storage Containers Eduro 200 when, according to onlookers posting on Facebook, he hit the wall with 40 laps to go. The race and the $3000 prize was won by Brandon Gray.

“He was doing good till he hit the wall hard, fire dept used jaws to get him out…from what we are told he’s ok walking talking but in pain… transported by ambulance,” said a Facebook commenter.

“Sad. He was cut out of the car and transported with only 40 laps to go,” another commenter said. The crash was confirmed by Thunder Road officials to a reporter for News5, which has video of the ambulance and firetruck on the track. 

Earlier, Frazier and his Bee Keeper car had won the 2025 Bolduc Metal Recycling & Storage Containers Enduro Pretty Car Contest. 

Frazier has operated Creative Visions, a commercial and residential landscaping, hardscaping, snow plowing, and vent/hot water heater installation company on Rte. 14S in East Montpelier, since 2003.