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Marcel Gravel Takes ‘Pistol’ Pete Fecteau-Inspired Ride to 2nd-Straight Milk Bowl Win

by Lou ModestinoOctober 6, 2025

Marcel Gravel stands with Northfield Savings Bank President and CEO Joseph Bater in victory lane. (Alan Ward photos) — Marcel Gravel stands with Northfield Savings Bank President and CEO Joseph Bater in victory lane. (Alan Ward photo)

Barre, VT – A beautiful, summer-like day greeted the fans and teams of Thunder Road Speedbowl to set the scene for a history-making Vermont Milk Bowl. Three segments of racing awaited the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour / Maplefields-Irving Late Models Sunday morning with Marcel Gravel pacing the pack early in Segment #1. It started with a bang on lap one, in turn one as Brandon Gray, Bryan Wall Jr. and Erick Sands saw their days end early in a crashing of steel and concrete. Gravel set the pace but fell under attack from current Touring point leader Raphael Lessard at lap 10. Gravel regained the high ground on lap 19 and kept the hammer down for the Segment #1 win.

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Support Divisions Shine on 63rd Vermont Milk Bowl Weekend At Thunder Road

by Lou ModestinoOctober 2, 2025

The New England Supermodified Series returns to Thunder Road on Saturday as part of the Booth Bros./Hood Milk Qualifying Day along with the debut of the NELCAR Legends Tour at Thunder Road for the first time ever! (Alan Ward photo)

Barre, VT – While the Maplefields/Irving Late Models are center stage all weekend long in both qualifying and contesting the Toughest Short Track Stock Car Race in North America, there is plenty of other action throughout the annual end-of-season spectacular at Thunder Road. Alongside the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers, rk Miles Street Stocks and Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors that call the Nation’s Site of Excitement home all year round, three additional ‘outsider’ divisions will join in for one of New England’s greatest racing spectacle this Saturday and Sunday.

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No Points But Plenty on the Line at the 63rd Vermont Milk Bowl for the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour

by Lou ModestinoOctober 1, 2025

Barre, VT — As New England’s picturesque hills turn amber and leaves begin to fly, many look forward to picking apples, county fairs and carving pumpkins. For the faithful race fans of the northeast, the change of season brings their favorite event of the year. This weekend brings the 63rd running of the Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank to Thunder Road International Speedbowl with drivers from across New England and Quebec set to make the drive for an over $12,000 grand prize and the once-in-a-lifetime chance to plant a kiss on Vermont’s finest Ayrshire dairy cow!

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“Dream Come True!” Logan Powers to Pilot the 31CT Late Model in 63rd Vermont Milk Bowl

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 22, 2025

Barre, VT – Thunder Road officials learned over the weekend that a perennial title contender is moving up to the big leagues for the biggest event of the season at the Nation’s Site of Excitement. Middlesex, Vermont’s Logan Powers will be behind the wheel of the #31CT Knockout Punch Chevy Camaro for Danielson, Connecticut-car owner Jason Glaude in the 63rd Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank on Saturday and Sunday, October 4th and 5th.

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Thunder Road Office Releases $103,000 Northfield Savings Bank Milk Bowl Entry Form

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 5, 2025

Thunder Road Milk Bowl — With the Thunder Road office releasing the Vermont Milk Bowl entry blank with over $100,000 in purse monies available on Saturday and Sunday, October 4 & 5, already defending champion Marcel Gravel and three-time champion Jason Corliss have thrown their hat in the ring. (Alan Ward photo)

Barre, VT – With the cool air already making its way through the hills and valleys of the Green Mountain State, so too comes the official entry form for the 63rd Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank. Vermont’s greatest racing spectacle returns to Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl on Sunday, October 5 following the Booth Bros./Hood Milk Qualifying Day on Saturday, October 4. Over $100,000 is available to the Maplefields/Irving Oil Late Model teams during the weekend as these brave drivers contest in the Toughest Short Track Stock Car Race in North America!

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NELCAR Legends Make Thunder Road Debut on Vermont Milk Bowl Weekend

by Lou ModestinoFebruary 17, 2025

Thunder Road officials announced today an exciting addition to the 63rd Vermont Milk Bowl weekend presented by Northfield Savings Bank. Along with the most intense qualifying action of the season, the Maine-based NELCAR Legends will make their Thunder Road debut on Saturday, October 4 during the Booth Bros./Hood Milk Bowl Qualifying Day! (more…)

Wolcott’s Marcel Gravel Takes Career Defining, Emotional Win in 62nd Vermont Milk Bowl

by Lou ModestinoOctober 7, 2024

Barre, VT — Following the annual pomp and circumstance of the annual season ending classic, the brave drivers of the American-Canadian Tour took on the first of three Segments in the 62nd Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank. Polesitter Gabe Brown jumped ahead to lead the pack early while collecting the first lap money of the event along with Marcel Gravel in second and Jimmy Hebert in third. Driving hard on the outside lane, Gravel launched to lead lap nine with Hebert and previous Milk Bowl winners Jason Corliss and Chris Pelkey in tow. A trio of mid-race, quick cycle cautions slowed the segment for heart-pounding restarts before Marcel Gravel claimed the opening segment win with Jason Corliss, Brown, Hebert and Pelkey rounding out the top five. (more…)

Granite Stater Gabe Brown Earns Vermont Milk Bowl Pole Position Following Disqualification in Tech

by Lou ModestinoOctober 7, 2024

Williamstown’s Jimmy Hebert Nabs First PASS SLM Checkers at Hometrack

Barre, VT — Starting off the 62nd Vermont Milk Bowl weekend in style, Booth Bros./Hood Qualifying Day set the tone for the annual end-of-season extravaganza at Barre’s Thunder Road. Forty-seven American-Canadian Tour / Maplefields-Irving Late Models took on the highbanks in the once-a-year single car time trials with Kaiden Fisher and Derek Gluchacki taking fast time before technical inspection stripped them of their efforts with tread width deemed too wide by officials. ACT point leader Gabe Brown and Championship Night winner Darrell Morin inherited the front row prior to the start of the Triple 50s qualifying heat races. (more…)

History, Tradition and Career Defining Performances on Tap for Sunday’s 62nd Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank

by Lou ModestinoOctober 3, 2024

Barre, VT — Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! It’s the big dance, the granddaddy of them all, the 62nd Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank with history ready to be made in the Toughest Short Track Stock Car Race in North America. The winner of Sunday’s three-segment Vermont Milk Bowl will take home at least $12,000, not counting any of the $15,000 in lap money up for grabs or the $15,000 in combined point bonuses, along with the chance to kiss a genuine Vermont beauty queen in victory lane and have their name forever etched in granite on the hallowed grounds of Thunder Road International Speedbowl. (more…)

Action-Packed Booth Bros/Hood Qualifying Saturday Kicks-Off Vermont Milk Bowl Weekend

by Lou ModestinoOctober 1, 2024October 1, 2024

In the featured photo by Alan Ward, Jimmy Hebert (L), DJ Shaw (Center) and Jimmy Renfrew (R) watch Booth Bros./Hood Milk Time Trials on Race Monitor following their own attempts to claim last season’s Pole Position in the Vermont Milk Bowl.

Barre, VT — Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl is ready to open its gates one more time for the biggest race weekend in the State of Vermont. The 62nd Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank begins with the Saturday afternoon kick-off courtesy of Booth Bros./Hood Milk supporting the Vermont Milk Bowl Qualifying Day! The all-important Time Trial qualifying for the Late Models, Flying Tigers and Street Stocks leads the business of Booth Bros./Hood Qualifying Day while visits from the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Models, New England Supermodified Series and PASS Modifieds make it a can’t miss program!

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