by Jay | Sep 29, 2012 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Touring Series News, Vermont
Barre, VT – Over 30 American Canadian Tour Late Model teams took advantage of a Late Model only practice session at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT on Friday, September 28. Competitors dodged the rain drops to get in valuable laps in preparation for Saturday’s (Sept. 29) Booth Bros./H.P. Hood Qualifying day for the 50th People’s United Bank Milk Bowl on Sunday (Sept. 30).
East Montpelier, VT’s Cris Michaud, the 2004 Milk Bowl Champion, set the fast time of the day with a 13.093. Also near the top of the speed charts were current ACT point leader Wayne Helliwell, Jr. of Dover, NH, Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, ME, St. Johnsbury, VT’s Stacy Cahoon, and two-time Milk Bowl Champion Phil Scott of Berlin, VT.
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by Jay | Sep 29, 2012 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
RPM Motorsports: 50th Annual Milk Bowl
Brian Hoar Thunder Road Race Preview
Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., will attempt to become only the second four-time champion of the prestigious People’s United Milk Bowl on Sunday, September 30, at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt. Hoar, who is the reigning Milk Bowl champion, won the event in back-to-back seasons of 1998-199 and will try and join Robbie Crouch as the event’s only four-time winner of the unique, three-segment event. Hoar and the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger team won both ACT Late Model Tour events at Thunder Road this season, including the Labor Day Classic 200 on September 2.
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by Jay | Sep 28, 2012 | Thunder Road, Vermont
Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman and Allen Lumber Street Stock seasons have reached the final hour, as both divisions will close out championship point battles this weekend, September 29 and 30, at the 50th People’s United Bank Milk Bowl. The race, which offers extra purse and segment style racing, will be the last point-counting event for both divisions.
Wolcott’s Brendan Moodie, Jr. currently holds a nine-point advantage over a hard-charging Bobby Therrien of Hinesburg coming into the final event. Both drivers are looking for their first-ever Tiger Championship. Two-time Tiger Champion Shawn Fleury sits in third place just 12-points back, with Milton’s Eric Badore and Williamstown driver Mike Ziter completing the top five championship contenders.
The Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen have endured one of the closest championship point battles in recent history, one where seven of the current top ten have led the standings at some point during the year. Many drivers have seen a glimpse of the championship. One will walk away with it this coming weekend.
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by Jay | Sep 27, 2012 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, Vermont
Two big shows in one to end 45th racing season on Saturday
Bear Ridge Speedway’s 45th stock car racing season ends with a bang on Saturday with a double-bill for the 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series. The final three races of the third annual New England Dirt Track Championships presented by Perry Oil Service and 99ROCK, postponed one week by rain, will kick off the first-ever Vermont Crate Motor Nationals event. Racing begins at early start time of 5:00pm.
Twenty-six Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified cars were on hand for qualifying heats at the New England Dirt Track Championships on Saturday, September 22 before heavy rain washed out the 50-lap, double-points main event. Fairlee, VT racers Adam Pierson and Kevin Chaffee are just 43 points apart for the Modified title; Pierson is trying for his third-straight and eighth overall Bear Ridge championship, while Chaffee guns for his first Modified title.
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by Jay | Sep 27, 2012 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
By Phil Whipple
ACT Correspondent
BARRE, Vt. — It’s known as the one of the toughest short track races in the nation, and this year’s edition is going to be very special for a number of reasons.
Race fans around the northeast are gearing up for a very special weekend in Vermont on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29-30, as officials at Barre’s famed Thunder Road International Speedbowl present the 50th annual People’s United Bank Milk Bowl.
With its three-segment, Monza- style format with an inverted field after each stint, the Milk Bowl is without argument the biggest annual challenge for any driver who earns a coveted starting position.
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by Jay | Sep 25, 2012 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Barre, VT – Thunder Road Officials have announced a fifty thousand ($50,000) dollar bonus to be awarded to any competitor that can win all three segments of the 50th People’s United Bank Milk Bowl on the weekend of September 29th and 30th.
The $50,000 award is an added bonus to posted awards already exceeding $120,000, making the race one of the biggest sporting events in Vermont’s history. In the Milk Bowl’s long history, three drivers have completed the feat of winning all three segments: Larry Demar (1967), Dave Dion (1975), and Robbie Crouch (1986). Others have come dangerously close, and no one more than Williston’s Brian Hoar.
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