Three of Thunder Road's four divisions will begin the hunt for this year's "King of the Road" titles on Sunday, April 30 when the ACT Late Model Tour hits town for the Merchants Bank 150. The NAPA Tiger Sportsman champion will return to defend his crown, while the battles for the Allen Lumber Street Stock and Power Shift Warrior titles are up for grabs.

A host of new faces in the NAPA Tiger Sportsmen and Allen Lumber Street Stock divisions at Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl, Barre, VT will be on hand during the 2006 stock car racing campaign at the high banked, quarter-mile oval. The 47th season opens Sat/Sun, April 29/30 with the Merchants Bank 150 for the ACT Late Model Tour and the tracks three weekly divisions.

Two weeks remain until the March 1 full-season entry deadline for the American-Canadian Tour's (ACT) Tiger Sportsman Series and 12 competitors have already served notice they will race in the six events. The 2006 Series will travel to four tracks ranging in size from a quarter-mile (Thunder Road, Barre, VT and White Mountain Motorsports Park, N Woodstock, NH) to nearly a mile (the 7/8ths mile Sanair Super Speedway, St-Pie, Qc).