{"id":10852,"date":"2012-09-29T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=10852"},"modified":"2012-09-29T07:00:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T11:00:15","slug":"brian-hoar-seeks-4th-milk-bowl-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/brian-hoar-seeks-4th-milk-bowl-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Hoar Seeks 4th Milk Bowl Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Thunder<\/a>RPM Motorsports: 50th Annual Milk Bowl
\nBrian Hoar Thunder Road Race Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n

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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THE FACTS
\nWHO: Brian Hoar, Williston, Vt.
\nTEAM: RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger
\nCREW CHIEF: Rick Paya, Georgia, Vt.
\nBEST CAREER MILK BOWL FINISH: 1st (3 times)
\nMOST RECENT MILK BOWL FINISH: 1st (October 2011)
\nWHAT: 50 annual People’s United Milk Bowl
\nWHERE: Thunder Road International Speedbowl, Barre, Vt. (.25-mile banked oval)
\nWHEN: Friday, September 28 \u2013 Practice, 11 a.m.; Saturday, September 29 \u2013 Practice, 9:30 a.m.; Qualifying, 1:30 p.m.; Sunday, September 30 \u2013 Race, 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

DID YOU KNOW?
\nBrian Hoar won the Milk Bowl in 1998, 1999 and 2011.
\nBrian Hoar has won a record six pole positions for the Milk Bowl, including four straight from 1997-2000 and the last two in a row.
\nBrian Hoar won two of three segments en route to his first Milk Bowl victory in 1998 \u2013 while his father, Doug Hoar, also won the third and final segment of the day that year.
\nRPM Motorsports owner Rick Paya won the Milk Bowl as a crew chief in 2011.
\nBrian Hoar won the first and third segments, as well as the pole position, en route to winning the 2011 Milk Bowl.<\/p>\n

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
\nBRIAN HOAR, Driver of the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger, On the significance of the 50th annual People’s United Milk Bowl: \u201cIt’s one of the biggest races we run. It has a huge history. It’s big. In my mind, I have a tendency to try not make these races too big \u2013 you don’t want to put too much pressure on yourself in big races \u2013 but with the Milk Bowl, it’s probably a couple of my three most memorable Victory Lanes in my career. Emotionally, it’s been huge for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the look on people’s face when they win the Milk Bowl \u2013 pictures from Victory Lane or when they’re first climbing out of their car \u2013 that’s what says something. It’s big. It’s big for the team. It’s just huge. It’s pretty awesome. There’s a ton of media attention, and there’s alway a huge crowd of people, and it’s always fun to race in front of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

On how hard it is to win the Milk Bowl: \u201cIt’s a tough race to win. It’s not one race, it’s three races. It’s like a mini championship day. It’s tough to win. Some years, it’s a high-point total that wins it and some years it’s a low-point total. You just never know.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s just a tough race because of the format. Somebody made a point (this week) that I won the race last year with 12 points. I won the first and third segments and finished 10th in the second segment. To have had a perfect low score (of three points), I would have had to pass 20 more cars during the day. Basically, I would have had to pass 10 more cars in the second segment \u2013 but that would have put me 10 spots further back in the third segment, so it’s another 10 cars I would have had to pass.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s how hard it is to win the Milk Bowl.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the $50,000 bonus being awarded this year to any driver who can win all three Milk Bowl segments, which hasn’t been done since Robbie Crouch did it in 1986: \u201cI don’t know if it changes everything, but does it factor in your mind because it’s a lot of money? Is it a big enough bonus that it gets you thinking about how it would be possible? Hell yeah. Of course, after the first segment is over, it goes out the window for everybody but one guy.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, to win the bonus, you win the race. But to just try and win the bonus, does it affect your chances to win the race? Yes. It could change the way you race, and you could put yourself in a bad spot trying to make something like that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

UP NEXT
\nThe ACT Late Model Tour heads to the final event of the 2012 season with the Fall Foliage 200 at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburg, N.Y., on Saturday, October 6… Brian Hoar trails leader Wayne Helliwell by eight points heading into the final race of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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