BARRE, VT – American-Canadian Tour (ACT) stock car driver Patrick Laperle of Montreal earned a
convincing victory in the 44th Annual Chittenden Milk Bowl at Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl in Barre, VT on Sunday.  The recently crowned Champion of the Serie ACT Castrol in his native Canada took the win with a dominating nine-point spread over runner-up Ben Rowe of Turner, ME in the three-segment, cumulatively scored race.

      “Man, the car was unbelievable all day long.  It was fast anywhere I tried to drive it,” said the
popular Frenchman.  “I love Thunder Road, and I love the Milk Bowl.”  The victory was Laperle’s second in the race in three years.

       As is tradition, Laperle was greeted in victory lane by a real Vermont beauty, Dickens, a prize-
winning Ayrshire dairy cow from Harvest Hills Farm, and planted a kiss on her snout.        “I don’t mind doing that if it means I win the Milk Bowl,” Laperle joked.        Laperle turned in finishes of second, seventh, and fourth in the Chittenden Milk Bowl’s three 50-lap segments for a total score of 13 points (each finishing position in a segment is worth a point value –first place awards one point, second place awards two points, etc.).  Rowe’s finishes of third, 13th, and sixth gave him a total score of 22 points for the overall runner-up spot.  Former ACT Late Model Tour Champion Dave Whitcomb finished third overall (5+18+3=26 points).

       Brian Hoar of Williston, VT matched his best ACT finish of the season in fourth place overall
(10+15+2=27 points), winning a three-way tie involving Turner, ME’s Mike Rowe (13+4+10) and Milton, VT’s Brent Dragon (11+3+13).  In the event of ties for overall position, the driver with the highest final-
segment finish is award the higher overall position.

       Cris Michaud of Williamstown, VT (12+10+9=31 points), Roger Brown of Lancaster, NH (9+11+11=31 points), Jean-Paul Cyr of Milton, VT (15+1+17=33 points), and Scott Payea of Milton, VT (8+12+14=34 points) rounded out the unofficial top ten overall finish.

       The ACT Late Model Tour season finale takes place at Maine’s Oxford Plains Speedway on Sat.,
October 6 with the running of the New England Dodge Dealers 150.  For more information, call (802) 244-6963 or visit www.acttour.com.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – 44th Annual Chittenden Milk Bowl
American-Canadian Tour 2007 Event #12 of 13
Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl – Barre, VT

Pos     Car#    Driver  Seg 1   Seg 2   Sub     Seg 3   Total
1       91      Patrick Laperle 2       7       9       4       13
2       4ME     Ben Rowe        3       13      16      6       22
3       25      Dave Whitcomb   5       18      23      3       26
4       45      Brian Hoar      10      15      25      2       27
5       24ME    Mike Rowe       13      4       17      10      27
6       55VT    Brent Dragon    11      3       14      13      27
7       6       Cris Michaud    12      10      22      9       31
8       99      Roger Brown     9       11      20      11      31
9       32      Jean-Paul Cyr   15      1       16      17      33
10      89      Scott Payea     8       12      20      14      34
11      15      Joey Laquerre   6       9       15      22      37
12      44      Dave Pembroke   14      24      38      1       39
13      86      Dennis Demers   17      8       25      16      41
14      55NH    Brad Leighton   25      2       27      15      42
15      14      Phil Scott      1       14      15      27      42
16      41      Pete Potvin     23      17      40      7       47
17      16      Joey Becker     16      23      39      8       47
18      02      Randy Potter    22      5       27      21      48
19      97NH    Joey Polewarczyk, Jr.   4       27      31      18      49
20      7ME     Glen Luce       7       16      23      26      49
21      78      Quinny Welch    24      6       30      20      50
22      28      Dwayne Lanphear 26      20      46      5       51
23      17      Eddie MacDonald 21      19      40      19      59
24      36      Kip Stockwell   29      21      50      12      62
25      80      Donald Theetge  20      22      42      23      65
26      42      Matt White      18      26      44      24      68
27      48      Robbie Crouch   19      25      44      29      73
28      7VT     Eric Williams   27      28      55      25      80
29      18      Jamie Fisher    28      29      57      29      86