Welcome to our annual statistical look at the Northfield Savings Bank Vermont Milk Bowl! We’ve gone deep into the well this year with some numbers that tell the tale of Milk Bowl history while also hinting at what might be to come in the 59th edition. We hope you’ll be watching the Milk Bowl live this weekend at the track or on FloRacing!

0 — Although six drivers have won back-to-back Milk Bowls, no driver has ever won three in a row, like Jason Corliss is attempting to do this year. The closest anyone came to a three-peat was when Brian Hoar finished third in 2000 after winning in 1998 and 1999.

1 — Only one driver has won the Milk Bowl from the pole without winning a segment. Dave Pembroke pulled this rarest of feats in 2012.

1 — The late Stub Fadden has the unique distinction of being the only driver with multiple wins AND multiple last-place finishes in the Milk Bowl. He won the overall in 1970 and 1979, and he finished last in 1967 and 1977.

2 — In the time that the Milk Bowl, the Community Bank N.A. 150, and the Labor Day Classic have all been under the ACT-type Late Model banner, only two drivers have won all three in the same season: Nick Sweet (2016) and Jason Corliss (2018). Brooks Clark will try to add his name to that list at this year’s Milk Bowl.

3 — Scott Payea holds the dubious record of most Milk Bowl segment wins by someone who has never won the overall. He won segments in 2006, 2017, and 2018, but his best finish in the final rundown is 3rd.

4 — Robbie Crouch remains the only driver to win four Milk Bowls. Six drivers have won three, but no one has been able to match Crouch’s feat. Jason Corliss will make his first attempt at a fourth Milk Bowl win in 2021.

4 — Only four previous Milk Bowl winners have never won an individual segment of the race. They are: Danny Bridges (1971), Dwayne Lanphear (2001), Eric Williams (2003), and Cris Michaud (2004).

5 — Jason Corliss won five point-counting Late Model features at Thunder Road in 2021, becoming the first driver to do so. This matched the five overall features he won in 2020. A Milk Bowl win would give him a record six total Late Model wins in one season.

5 — The Milk Bowl has belonged to many types of cars over the year. There are five drivers who’ve won the race in at least two different divisions:

· Russ Ingerson in the Class A Flathead Coupes (1965) and Flying Tigers (1966 and 1968)

· Stub Fadden in the Limited Sportsmen (1970) and NASCAR North Tour (1979)

· Jean-Paul Cabana in the NASCAR Late Model Sportsmen (1973) and ACT Pro Stocks (1987)

· Robbie Crouch in the NASCAR North Tour (1983), ACT Late Model Sportsmen (1986), and ACT Pro Stocks (1988 and 1990)

· Kevin Lepage in the NASCAR North Tour (1985) and ACT Pro Stocks (1989 and 1993)

6 — Every driver with at least six top-5 finishes in the Milk Bowl also has at least one win. Of the six drivers who have five top-5 finishes, Scott Payea is the only one who doesn’t have a Milk Bowl victory.

7 — In 7 of the last 11 years, the winner of the first Milk Bowl segment went on to win the overall.

8 — In each of the last three Milk Bowls (2018-2020), the winner has scored 8 points. Prior to the start of this streak, the last time the winner had earned a single-digit score was 1998.

9 — A total of 9 different divisions and series have run the Milk Bowl at least once in its history. The ACT-type Late Model has the longest run, with 2021 being the 26th year (13 as the ACT Late Model Tour and 13 as the ACT-type Thunder Road Late Model).

10 — The 10 highest winning scores in Milk Bowl history have all come during the ACT Late Model era (1996-present). The highest winning score to date was by Dave Pembroke in 2002 with 23 points.

11 — Brooks Clark, who swept the ACT Late Model Tour events at Thunder Road this year, has started 11 straight Milk Bowls. It’s the longest active streak. during that time, his best overall finish is second in 2019.

11 — The largest margin of victory in Milk Bowl history is 11 points. It came in 1986 when Robbie Crouch won with a perfect score of 3 points. Dale Shaw was second with 14 points (5th, 6th, 3rd).

12 — The number of times a driver won the Milk Bowl from the pole. Most notably, all three of Brian Hoar’s Milk Bowl victories (1998, 1999, 2011) came after qualifying on the pole. Robbie Crouch also won from the pole three times.

13 — A driver has won exactly 2 Milk Bowl segments 13 different times. In 10 of those Milk Bowls, that driver went on to win the overall. The only drivers who didn’t were Ron Marvin (1965), Chet Wood (1970), and Pete Fecteau (2001). All three of those drivers also won the pole that year.

14 — Jean-Paul Cabana went 14 years between his first Milk Bowl win (1973) and his second (1987). This is the longest period between Milk Bowl victories in event history.

18 — Of the 55 Milk Bowls of which there are sufficient records for, 18 were decided either by one point or by a tiebreaker. Conversely, only 12 of them were decided by five points or more.

20 — The number of times that the overall Milk Bowl winner did not win a segment. It most recently happened in 2017 with Jason Corliss won with finishes of 4th, 5th, and 4th.

21 — The number of Milk Bowl wins by someone driving a Ford, the most in event history. Chevrolet is the second-winningest manufacturer with 19.

25 — In 25 of the previous 58 Milk Bowls, the overall winner won exactly one segment, making it the most common outcome. In those 25 events, the overall winner won the first segment 12 times, the second segment 7 times, and the third segment 6 times.

26 — The 2021 Milk Bowl will be the 26th run using the ACT-type Late Model (either as an ACT Late Model Tour or Thunder Road Late Model event). It’s the longest period that the Milk Bowl has belonged to any one type of car.

35 — It’s been 35 years since the last perfect score (3) in Milk Bowl history. Robbie Crouch won all three segments in 1986. Since then, only two drivers have even come with three points of a perfect score: Crouch with 5 in 1988 and Brian Hoar with 4 in 1998.

37 — The number of different drivers that have won at least one Milk Bowl. By comparison, 39 different drivers have held the mantle of “King/Queen of the Road”. Only 18 have done both!

59 — This is the 59th edition of the Vermont Milk Bowl. It began in 1962, and the only year since then that the event was not held was 1981.

2005 — The last time a Late Model rookie finished in the top-five of the Milk Bowl was 2005, when Scott Payea came home fourth. The best showing by a rookie ever in the Milk Bowl is third overall (Dennis Demers in 1994 and Jamie Fisher in 1999).

$62,000 — Total posted awards for the 59th Vermont Milk Bowl, one of the largest prize pools in the event’s history.