Thunder Road Releases Schedule of Events for 64th Season in 2023

Thunder Road Releases Schedule of Events for 64th Season in 2023

Barre, VT — Thunder Road Officials have finalized the 2023 Schedule of Events for the venerable Central Vermont speedbowl. Along with the Silver Anniversary of the Community Bank 150 and the Diamond Jubilee for the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic, exciting format changes for the bookending weekends of the 64th season of stock car racing have been created with fan-favorites ready to roll all summer long.

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2022 Season Officially Wraps Up with Annual Banquet of Champions

2022 Season Officially Wraps Up with Annual Banquet of Champions

Barre, VT — The top runners of the 2022 American-Canadian Tour and Thunder Road seasons were honored with the annual Banquet of Champions in Barre, Vermont on Saturday. Over 300 drivers, team members, family and series staff flooded into the Barre Elks Club to celebrate the season’s accomplishments with over $75,000 in point funds and contingency awards released to the hard-earned weekly warriors of Thunder Road and the touring powerhouse teams of the American-Canadian Tour.

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Christopher Pelkey Pockets Over $15,500 in 1st Vermont Milk Bowl Triumph

Christopher Pelkey Pockets Over $15,500 in 1st Vermont Milk Bowl Triumph

Barre, VT — The 60th Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank proved to be one of the most thrilling and lucrative in its hallowed history. Over $85,000 in cash and prizes will be distributed to the Milk Bowl field, not including the purses for Sunday’s three support divisions with their own iconic Mini Milk Bowls. In all, four fantastic, hardnosed and deserving racers took home those four silver bowls that truly signify as the pinnacle of any stock car racing career in the State of Vermont.

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King of the Road Chris Pelkey Takes $1,000 Booth Bros./Hood Milk Bowl Pole

King of the Road Chris Pelkey Takes $1,000 Booth Bros./Hood Milk Bowl Pole

Merchant and Pilotte Back-to-Back Mini Milk Bowl Winners

Barre, VT — Day two of the 60th Vermont Milk Bowl weekend showcased the best and brightest Late Model stars in the American-Canadian Tour ranks along with some of the most competitive support divisions in the twin-states of Vermont and New Hampshire. # teams and drivers flooded the pit area Saturday morning for the all-important Booth Bros./Hood Milk Bowl Qualifying Day. The stakes were high and the hardnosed racing in all divisions showed it leaving it all hang out en route to Sunday’s Vermont Milk Bowl.

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Former Milk Bowl Polesitter Takes PASS Super Late Model Win at Thunder Road

Former Milk Bowl Polesitter Takes PASS Super Late Model Win at Thunder Road

Barre, VT — Another successful Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Milk Bowl Friday set the stage for the iconic 60th Vermont Milk Bowl weekend at Thunder Road. The New England Supermodified Series brought thunder and lighting to Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Milk Bowl Friday while the Pro All Stars Series Super Late Models delivered a deserving first-time winner in Thunder Road victory lane. Also, the Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models saw another multi-time winner in the newfound series with the Kennebec Equipment PASS Modifieds putting on another world famous showdown on the Barre highbanks.

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Thunder Road Showcases Support Divisions in Career Defining Mini Milk Bowls  

Thunder Road Showcases Support Divisions in Career Defining Mini Milk Bowls  

Barre, VT — Although the three segment Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank is the annual end-of-year highlight, it also holds a long standing tradition for the various Thunder Road support divisions. The glory earned on Milk Bowl weekend for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers and rk Miles Street Stocks has long been a career highlight for those strong enough to take the Mini Milk Bowl wins while new divisions take on the challenge to join those names in the Thunder Road history books.

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BREAKING: Nick Sweet to Make Supermodified Debut on Milk Bowl Friday  

BREAKING: Nick Sweet to Make Supermodified Debut on Milk Bowl Friday  

Barre, VT — Just in; Nick Sweet, the four-time and defending Vermont Milk Bowl winner, Thunder Road International Speedbowl track record holder and multi-time King of the Road track champion has officially entered the New England Supermodified Series (NESS) event on Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Milk Bowl Friday on September 30th. The special Friday Night showdown also includes the Pro All Stars Series Super Late Model 150, PASS Modifieds and Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models.

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