Thousands of Dollars Up for Grabs in Epic 60th Vermont Milk Bowl Purse

Barre, VT — After the largest purse increase in recent memory, the 60th Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank has the American-Canadian Tour Late Model community buzzing. $103,100 is up for grabs across the 26-car starting field included lap money, all new heat race purses and special bonus’ that all highlight Thunder Road’s celebration of the 60th edition of the ‘Toughest Short Track Stock Car Race in North America.’ 

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Starting on Saturday, October 1st with Booth Bros./Hood Milk Bowl Qualifying Day, the action heats up for the large expected Late Model field as they take on a whole new enemy, the Time Clock. For the one and only time during the season each driver races the track alone, apart from the customary eight or ten-car heat race field found week in and week out at Thunder Road or along the American-Canadian Tour.  

Two laps for each driver determines the starting field for three ‘Triple-50’ heat races with the fastest time earning the pole for Sunday’s big dance and second-fastest earning outside pole. Booth Bros. and Hood, multi-decade supporters of the Vermont Milk Bowl, celebrate the fast-time achievements with $1,000 going to the polesitter and $500 going toward the second-fastest driver.  

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Swiftly moving into the three 50 lap heat races, each now holding its own $4,300 purse to add into the drama of Booth Bros./Hood Milk Bowl Qualifying Day. $1,000 will go to the winner of each respective heat with the top-10 earning cash bonuses as the starting line-up is set for Sunday’s three-segment extravaganza.  

By Sunday morning, even before the first green flag has flown, one lucky driver could very well be walking through the pit gates with $2,000 in their pockets after taking the Booth Bros./Hood fast time and winning their respective heat race. If that same lucky driver proceeds to lead every lap in segment one, they would park it pit side $4,500 in the black. Amazingly, that’s nowhere close to the end of the possibilities with two 50 lap segments to go! 

Along with the $100-per-lap breakdown between the top three leaders of each lap, a $12,000 Northfield Savings Bank Milk Bowl winners-share waits in victory lane alongside a pair of special, big-money bonuses. Should the winner sweep all three segments to earn a ‘perfect score’ of just 3 points, they would receive a $10,000 bonus. If the perfect three is too much a challenge, a victorious 4 or 5 point win is worth a $5,000 bonus!  

If all the pieces fall together, the winner of Sunday’s 60th Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank could walk away with over $25,000 in cash prizes, not to mention the true privilege of kissing a beautiful Vermont dairy cow in front of fans both at Thunder Road and around the world on FloRacing and having their name carved in Barre Granite on the premises.  

Three-days of New England’s best stock car racing is on tap to celebrate the big $103,000 60th Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank starting with Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Friday on September 30th. Friday’s Pro All Stars Series invasion includes the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel PASS Super Late Model 150 plus the New England Supermodified Series, PASS Modifieds and White Mountain Motorsports Park’s Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models joining in with a $1,000 to win, 50 lap main event.  

Saturday, October 1st brings back Booth Bros./Hood Milk Bowl Qualifying Day with Time Trials and $1,000 to win triple-50 heat races for Late Models, group time trials and Mini Milk Bowl segment one for the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers and rk Miles Street Stocks plus Full Mini Milk Bowls for the White Mountain Motorsports Park Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis and Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division. Saturday night will feature the Thunder Road Go-Karts on the infield along with band Vinyl Spell and Bonfire in the Turn Three and new VIP Parking Areas.  

Sunday, October 2nd showcases the 60th edition of the famed Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank. Headlined by the $12,000 to win ‘Toughest Short Track Stock Car Race in North America,’ Sunday’s action also includes the final segment in the career-defining Flying Tiger and Street Stock Mini-Milk Bowls plus the Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warrior Mini Milk Bowl. Full schedule for all three days of the 60th Vermont Milk Bowl weekend is now available online at www.thunderroadvt.com/schedule.  

All racing events at Thunder Road International Speedbowl, including the $103,000-purse Northfield Savings Bank Vermont Milk Bowl, will be broadcast live and around the world on FloRacing with a monthly or yearly subscription. For more information about FloRacing, visit www.FloRacing.com or www.FloSports.tv. 

For more information, contact the Thunder Road offices at (802) 244-6963, media@thunderroadvt.com, or visit www.thunderroadvt.com. You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @ThunderRoadVT.