by | Oct 6, 2013 | ACT, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Barre, VT – Racing stateside is becoming very agreeable with 2013 Série ACT Runner-up Alex Labbe of St-Albert, QC.
One week after winning the ACT Fall Foliage 200 at Airborne Park Speedway, the 20-year-old Canadian racer won the Booth Brothers/HP Hood pole award at Thunder Road and will start on the point in Sunday’s (October 6) 51st Peoples United Bank Milk Bowl. He became the first Quebec driver to earn the pole award and the $1,000 bonus since Patrick Laperle in 2002.
Labbe best 49 other ACT Late Model teams when he turned Saturday’s fastest lap (13.159) in qualifying. Three-time Milk Bowl winner Brian Hoar (13.206) will be his partner on the front row.
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by | Oct 6, 2013 | ACT, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
3-time Vermont Milk Bowl Champion To Start On Front Row Sunday
BARRE, Vt. – Eight-time ACT Late Model Tour champion Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., qualified on the outside of the front row for the People’s United Milk Bowl, becoming one of just two guaranteed starters for the 51st annual event at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Saturday, October 5.
Hoar, a three-time Vermont Milk Bowl champion, toured the quarter-mile oval in 13.206 seconds and will start second in the 30-car field on Sunday afternoon. The first of three 50-lap segments takes the green flag at 1:30 p.m.
“I think with these new (American Racer) tires, they’re going to throw everybody for a loop,” Hoar said. “It’s going to be interesting. I think we have a good shot at it, and we’re starting in the right area for sure.”
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by | Oct 5, 2013 | ACT, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Barre, VT – A total of 46 American Canadian Tour Late Models were in attendance at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT for Friday’s (October 4) practice session in anticipation of the 51st People’s United Bank Milk Bowl. Practice was delayed and started around 1:30pm due to some showers. The session was extended until 6:00pm to give teams time to get comfortable on the new American Racer tires.
A diverse group of competitors ran near the top of the speed charts all day. Former Milk Bowl Champions Jean-Paul Cyr, Brent Dragon, Brian Hoar, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Cris Michaud and Dave Pembroke were among them. Several drivers looking for their first career Milk Bowl wins also turned quick laps, including Chip Grenier, Trampas Demers, 2013 Thunder Road Champion Derrick O’Donnell, Cody Blake, Nick Sweet and Stacy Cahoon. A contingent of Quebec stars was also quick in the practice sessions. Alex Labbe and three-time Milk Bowl Champion Patrick Laperle led the way with Alex Labbe, Jonathan Bouvrette and Stephane Descoste not far behind.
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by Jay | Oct 5, 2013 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – A total of 46 American Canadian Tour Late Models were in attendance at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT for Friday’s (October 4) practice session in anticipation of the 51st People’s United Bank Milk Bowl. Practice was delayed and started around 1:30pm due to some showers. The session was extended until 6:00pm to give teams time to get comfortable on the new American Racer tires.
A diverse group of competitors ran near the top of the speed charts all day. Former Milk Bowl Champions Jean-Paul Cyr, Brent Dragon, Brian Hoar, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Cris Michaud and Dave Pembroke were among them. Several drivers looking for their first career Milk Bowl wins also turned quick laps, including Chip Grenier, Trampas Demers, 2013 Thunder Road Champion Derrick O’Donnell, Cody Blake, Nick Sweet and Stacy Cahoon. A contingent of Quebec stars was also quick in the practice sessions. Alex Labbe and three-time Milk Bowl Champion Patrick Laperle led the way with Alex Labbe, Jonathan Bouvrette and Stephane Descoste not far behind. (more…)
by | Oct 4, 2013 | Devils Bowl, Vermont
Champion owner to earn $1,000; total Top 10 purse raised by 50%
CANAAN, NH – Top competitors from the Northern Modified Challenge Series have received a boost in their inaugural season-ending awards purse. The first-year stock car racing championship’s baseline point fund has been increased by 50 percent from its previously announced total.
Sanctioned by Devil’s Bowl Speedway, the Northern Modified Challenge Series is a unique short track championship tour utilizing center-seat, dirt-style Modified cars on both asphalt and dirt tracks. Events have been held on asphalt tracks at Devil’s Bowl in West Haven, VT, Thunder Road in Barre, VT, and New Hampshire’s Canaan Fair Speedway. The finale will be the Charlie Elliott Memorial “OctoberFast 100” on October 19 run at the flat, quarter-mile Canaan Dirt Speedway adjacent to the asphalt track.
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by Jay | Oct 1, 2013 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Waterbury, VT – The Peoples United Bank Milk Bowl at Thunder Road on Sunday, October 6, 2013 will welcome back nine (9) former champions of the prestigious event, billed as the ‘toughest short track race in North America’. Between the nine former champions who will compete in the 51st running of the Milk Bowl is a group of champions who have earned the right to lift the legendary milk can 15 times.
Eight (8) time ACT Champion Brian Hoar from Williston, VT and four (4) time ACT Champion Patrick Laperle (three Série ACT and one US title) each have won the race three (3) times and will be looking to tie Robbie Crouch’s record of four (4) Milk Bowl victories. “It really is unique in racing. First, it’s not 150 or 200 laps of straight racing. Next, it is Thunder Road, which is a challenge in any race, and finally, there are going to be 20-plus ‘regular weekly’ Thunder Road teams who race 50-lap segments every Thursday night. All these factors make it a very tough race. I love it. It is old-fashioned, get-up-on-the-wheel, hold-your-breath and hang on,” said Hoar.
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Barre, VT – Racing stateside is becoming very agreeable with 2013 Série ACT Runner-up Alex Labbe of St-Albert, QC.