Phil Scott 1st Sitting Governor To Win Vermont Stock Stock Car Race: AP

BARRE, VT — Vermon

Vermont's stock-car-racing governor is back in victory lane.

Republican Gov. Phil Scott won the 50-lap feature Thursday at Barre's Thunder Road, taking home a total of $1,200.

.@GovPhilScott is victorious on Premium Mortgage Night at Thunder Road! Read the full release at https://t.co/3olle5j040 pic.twitter.com/K4ebtHdgXS
— Thunder Road (@ThunderRoadVT) July 7, 2017

Scott, a part-time racecar driver, is the all-time winningest driver in the top division at Thunder Road. The win was his 30th and his first since becoming governor in January. (For more Across America news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

He can now add to his list of accomplishments that he is the first sitting governor to win a Vermont stock car race.

Scott easily won two preliminary heats Thursday before starting the feature in the pole position at the head of the pack. He led for the entire race.

Scott previously served three two-year terms as Vermont's part-time lieutenant governor.

Photos credit: Wilson Ring, Associated Press