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49th Annual People's United Bank Milk Bowl

Thunder Road Wraps Up Point Battles Milk Bowl Weekend

Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT will wrap up its point battles and crown its final three 2011 champions during the People’s United Bank Milk Bowl on Sunday, October 2. Champions for the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen, Allen Lumber Street Stock and the Junkyard Warrior divisions will be crowned following the season finale this weekend.

Bradford, VT’s Derrick O’Donnell holds a commanding lead over Bobby Therrien in the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen division. O’Donnell began the season with back-to-back wins in the Merchants Bank 150 and the Memorial Day Classic and has remained atop the standings all season. Therrien is trailed closely by Eric Badore and two-time Tiger Champion Shawn Fleury, while Mike Ziter completes the top five.

Hardwick, VT’s Greg Adams, Jr. and Jefferson, NH’s Nick Pilotte will conclude their Allen Lumber Street Stock battle. The two have swapped the lead several times during the season with neither driver leading by more than 19 points. Adams picked up his third win of the season during Labor Day weekend, while Pilotte earned his second during a make-up event on the same weekend. Bunker Hodgdon, Martin Ingram and Alan Maynard fill the remainder of the top five.

49th Annual People's United Bank Milk Bowl

Daisy Dalton Repeats as Miss Milk Bowl

Harvest Hills Farm’s Daisy Dalton, an eight year old registered Ayreshire, has been selected as Miss Milk Bowl 2011, her second straight season earning the crown. The Vermont beauty will be at the 49th Annual People’s United Bank Milk Bowl at Thunder Road on Sunday, October 2 to deliver the victory kiss to one lucky driver.

Daisy, who comes from Scottish background, was not only Miss Milk Bowl in 2010, she also earned “Queen of 2010 Enosburg Dairy Festival” and “Political Puller” at the 2010 Annual Barre Farm Show crowns. Anne Burke, owner of Harvest Hills Farm in Berlin, VT says, “Daisy will once again serve her reign with pride and grace, and looks forward to meeting the lucky driver in victory lane at this year’s Milk Bowl.” Daisy got to lock lips with the 2010 People’s United Bank Milk Bowl winner Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, NH last season.

People's United Bank Milk Bowl

ACT Teams Ride High Into Milk Bowl

American Canadian Tour Late Model teams are riding high as they prepare for the 49th Annual People’s United Bank Milk Bowl at Thunder Road International Speedbowl on Sunday, October 2. The buzz still lingers following the third annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which is considered by many as the best event of the tripleheader this past Saturday, September 24.

No one created more buzz than the 2010 “King of the Road” Nick Sweet of Barre, VT. Sweet ran down eventual Invitational winner Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, MA for a thrilling 15 lap side-by-side battle. Sweet will carry his momentum into the Milk Bowl, looking for his third big Thunder Road win of the season. The Barre native has already won the season opening Merchants Bank 150 and the Bond Auto Labor Day Classic 200.

Other contenders include eight-time ACT Tour Champion Brian Hoar of Williston, VT who will attempt to earn his third career Milk Bowl win as he comes off a sixth place finish in the Invitational. The 2010 Milk Bowl Champion Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, NH, followed Hoar to the line for seventh at NHMS and will be looking for his first ACT win since the Goodyear Speedweeks Cup in New Smyrna Beach, FL this past February.