White River Junction — Police say an experienced race car driver from Vershire was drunk, speeding and intentionally “drifting” his pickup truck around a corner on Carlton Hill Road in Woodstock in July when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed.

Timothy Hodge, 29, faces felony charges of driving under the influence with injury resulting and operating a vehicle in a grossly negligent manner that resulted in serious bodily injury. Hodge and one of two male passengers in the truck who suffered serious injuries in the crash.

Hodge pleaded not guilty to both charges on Tuesday in Windsor Superior Court.

Officers responded to Carlton Hill Road around 2:15 a.m. on July 16 and found three males outside of the truck — two lying in the roadway, one of them Hodge, according to an affidavit filed by Woodstock Police Officer Mark Donka.

The front-seat passenger suffered “non-incapacitating injuries,” while the back-seat passenger, who was ejected from the vehicle, suffered skull and spinal fractures, the affidavit says. Hodge broke his neck in the crash, according to a GoFundMe page set up for him after the accident.

Police said they found empty beer cans both inside and outside of the truck, as well as a cooler with beer in it. Toxicology tests showed Hodge had a blood alcohol content of .161, more than twice the legal limit, according to a separate affidavit filed by Woodstock police.

Vermont State Police subsequently brought in a crash reconstruction team, which issued a report on the crash.

By analyzing the truck’s Event Data Recorder, Vermont State Police Sgt. Owen Ballinger concluded that Hodge was traveling between 51 and 61 mph at the time of the crash and had continued to accelerate into the gravel corner. Hodge braked just one second before the crash happened, according to a Woodstock police affidavit that summarized the crash reconstruction team’s findings.

“At 5 seconds before the crash (Hodge) was only applying the throttle 33 percent and then at 4 seconds before the crash he applied 100 percent throttle,” the affidavit says. “At just two seconds before the crash, (Hodge) was at 94 percent throttle and the engine had climbed to 5,248 rpm — just below ‘red-line’ — with no brake applied through this period. … (T)he evidence reflects that Hodge was accelerating into the turn, intentionally drifting (fishtailing) and it wasn’t until one second before the crash that he realized he had lost control of his truck, resulting in the crash at issue,” the affidavit says.

The affidavit calls Hodge an “experienced and sponsored race car driver.”

According to Hodge’s Facebook page, he has raced at Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, Vt., and at other tracks in New England.

Hodge is represented by Norwich-based attorney Cabot Teachout, who declined to comment on the case. Windsor County State’s Attorney David Cahill is prosecuting the case.

Hodge was released from court on Tuesday on conditions. He will next appear in court on Nov. 15.

Jordan Cuddemi can be reached at jcuddemi@vnews.com.