{"id":1064,"date":"2007-09-06T16:15:05","date_gmt":"2007-09-06T16:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/wp\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2007-09-06T16:15:05","modified_gmt":"2007-09-06T16:15:05","slug":"chittenden-to-present-44th-annual-vermont-milk-bowl-at-thunder-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2007\/09\/chittenden-to-present-44th-annual-vermont-milk-bowl-at-thunder-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Chittenden to Present 44th Annual Vermont Milk Bowl at Thunder Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 44th Annual Vermont Milk Bowl at Barre, VT&rsquo;s Thunder Road has new underwriting for its 2007 season-ending stock car event. &nbsp;Chittenden, a major banking institution in Vermont for over 100 years, will support the tate&rsquo;s largest annual sports event that in 2006 was voted by American promoters as the top short track (under &frac12;-mile) race in the nation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Supporting Vermont traditions is part of our world at Chittenden, and sponsoring the Milk Bowl seemed like a natural choice. &nbsp;We look forward to celebrating the big event with our fellow Vermonters on race day,&rdquo; said Chittenden President and CEO John W. Kelley.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Defending Chittenden Milk Bowl Champion Brent Dragon of Milton, VT noted, &ldquo;Adding Chittenden to the race can only be a positive thing for all involved in racing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Chittenden Milk Bowl&rsquo;s format, with three 50-lap segments, complete field inversions for the second and third legs, and a scoring system based on best finishes in each round, is unique. &nbsp;A perfect score of three points (three segment wins), has been achieved just three times since 1962.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Over 50 American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model race teams are expected to attempt qualifying, with only 28 comprising the starting grid. &nbsp;Entries have already been received from throughout the Northeastern United States and eastern Canada for the $60,000+ race.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Booth Bros.\/H.P. Hood time trials, &ldquo;Triple 50&rdquo; qualifying races, and additional qualifying for Thunder<br \/>Road support divisions begins at 1:30 pm on Saturday, Sept. 29.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A last-chance &ldquo;B&rdquo; Feature will kick off the action on Sunday, Sept. 30 at 1:00pm, followed by pre-<br \/>Chittenden Milk Bowl ceremonies and race Segment I. &nbsp;Championship deciding events for the NAPA Tiger Sportsman and Allen Lumber Street Stock divisions are also featured in the Thunder Road 2007 finale.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For more information about the 44th Annual Chittenden Milk Bowl, call (802) 244-6963, or visit<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><u>www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com<\/u><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acttour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><u>www.acttour.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 44th Annual Vermont Milk Bowl at Barre, VT&rsquo;s Thunder Road has new underwriting for its 2007 season-ending stock car event. &nbsp;Chittenden, a major banking institution in Vermont for over 100 years, will support the tate&rsquo;s largest annual sports event that in 2006 was voted by American promoters as the top short track (under &frac12;-mile) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-canadian-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}