by Jay | Sep 26, 2010 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Daisy Dalton Earns Miss Milk Bowl 2010
Berlin, VT – Harvest Hills Farm’s Daisy Dalton, an eight year old registered Ayreshire, has been selected as Miss Milk Bowl 2010. The Vermont beauty will be at the 48th Annual People’s United Bank Milk Bowl at Thunder Road on Sunday, October 3 to deliver the victory kiss to one lucky driver.
Daisy, who comes from Scottish background, adds the Miss Milk Bowl title to her “Queen of 2010 Enosburg Dairy Festival” and “Political Puller” at the 2010 Annual Barre Farm Show crowns. Anne Burke, owner of Harvest Hills Farm in Berlin, VT says, “Daisy will serve her reign with pride and grace, and looks forward to meeting the lucky driver in victory lane at this year’s Milk Bowl.”
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by Jay | Sep 15, 2010 | New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
THUNDER ROAD MILK BOWL GETS FACELIFT
Waterbury, VT – Officials from Thunder Road Speedbowl in Barre, VT announced today a change in the format of one of America’s best-known short track events, the People’s United Bank Milk Bowl.
For most if its 47-year history, the Milk Bowl has been comprised of qualifying and three 50-lap segments, with a unique scoring system that crowns the Champion after the completion of the final segment. In 2010, fans will see a change in the number of laps to the Milk Bowl format. As usual, the first 50-lap segment will be determined from a pole and outside-pole effort in time trials. The second and third segments have traditionally seen a full inversion of the previous segment, with the last place driver from the previous segment starting on the pole and the winner last. Beginning with the Peoples United Bank 2010 Milk Bowl, the event will look the same until the second segment when the laps will increase from 50 to 75. Again 75 laps will be run for the third and final segment, after the second segment inversion, making the new format a 200-lap Milk Bowl versus the 150-lap event of the past.
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by Jay | Sep 6, 2010 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Brent Dragon: ACT Late Model Tour
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Report
Brent Dragon of Milton, Vt., finished 23rd in the ACT Late Model Tour Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Sunday, September 5. Dragon was running inside the Top-5 just past the halfway mark of the event when he was caught in the wake of an accident involving lapped traffic. He pitted to make repairs, returned to the race but retired a few laps later due to the damage his No. 55 Chevrolet incurred.
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by Jay | Sep 6, 2010 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Report
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., finished eighth in the ACT Late Model Tour Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., on Sunday, September 5. Polewarczyk dominated the first two-thirds of the event — starting on the outside pole and leading on a remarkable seven different occasions totaling more than 150 laps before aging tires over the closing stages dropped his No. 97 Ford in the running order. He was the only driver to finish in the Top-10 that did not opt to put for fresh tires at some point in the event. It was Polewarczyk’s seventh Top-10 finish in 10 starts this season.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision No. 97 Ford
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200
WHERE: Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile oval)
STARTED: 2nd
FINISHED: 8th
LED: 7 times for 152 laps
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by Jay | Sep 6, 2010 | ACT, Canada, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Patrick Laperle Claims Bond Auto Labor Day Victory
Barre, VT – St-Denis, Quebec’s Patrick Laperle held off a late charging Phil Scott to claim the ACT Late Model Tour win in the 32nd running of the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT on Sunday, September 5. Laperle led the final 14 laps of the 200 lap event after getting around Dave Pembroke.
Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. and current ACT Late Model Tour point leader Brian Hoar battled for the first 160 laps of the event. They swapped the lead eight times amongst themselves before Pembroke joined the mix with fresher tires on lap 160. Pembroke would hold the lead until lap 187 when Laperle took over also on fresher tires.
Phil Scott ran in the top three for the majority of the event until pitting for tires on a lap 167 caution. He proceed to slice through the field followed closely by Hoar and Randy Potter who also pitted on lap 167 with the same strategy.
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by Jay | Aug 31, 2010 | ACT, New England, Thunder Road, Vermont
Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl Race Preview
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., and the ACT Late Model Tour head to the series’ hub for the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt. Polewarczyk won his first career race on unique quarter-mile track in June of 2009, beating 2-time Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart in the process. With two wins for Ford Racing to his credit this season, Polewarczyk is fourth in the ACT standings — just one point out of third with three races remaining. He finished 12th at Thunder Road in May, and he finished 8th last weekend in the all-star Showdown At Chaudiere event. On Monday, Polewarczyk learned that he was one of the first 20 drivers named to the starting grid for the 2nd annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 18.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: No. 97 Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision Ford Fusion
BEST CAREER THUNDER ROAD FINISH: 1st (June 2009)
LAST RACE AT THUNDER ROAD: 12th (May 2010)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200
WHERE: Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile oval)
WHEN: 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 5
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