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.

Segment #2 for the Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank saw Scott Dragon take off from the pole position as outside polesitter Joel Hodgdon fell under attack from Taylor Hoar and Brandon Lanphear. With Dragon holding a straightaway lead, Lanphear began having to fend off Justin Prescott and hard-charging ACT campaigner Erick Sands. Taylor Hoar’s run evaporated with a blown right front after a scrape-up with the wall to call out the lap 26 caution. On the lone restart, Scott Dragon went lights out on the field and took the segment two win with Lanphear, Sands, Justin Prescott and Patrick Laperle rounded out the top-five.

The third and final segment in the 62nd Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank wrapped up the afternoon’s racing action with Brian Hoar and Gabe Brown leading the field to green. As the field stretched out and settled in, Jason Corliss, trying to solidify a run on his fourth Milk Bowl victory he tracked down Hoar before the lap 27 caution for Brandon Gray’s spin and Chip Grenier’s stalled ride atop turn four. 2024 King of the Road Kaiden Fisher made his presence known late in the game, battling Corliss for second in a three generation top-three.

While Brian Hoar took down his eleventh career Milk Bowl segment win, Marcel Gravel’s seventh place finish finalized an 18-point total and his first career Vermont Milk Bowl victory on the Barre highbanks. A career-defining win, Marcel Gravel’s name is now etched in the Thunder Road granite monuments for the first time with an emotional victory lane full of friends, family and crew members after Gravel climbed the fence in turn four. Jason Corliss took second with Jimmy Hebert taking third overall in the 62nd Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank.

Year 65 has been officially completed at Thunder Road International Speedbowl with only the 2024 Banquet of Champions left on the schedule for the weekly warriors of the Nation’s Site of Excitement on Saturday, November 9 at the Barre Elks Club.

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Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl – Barre, VT

Sunday, October 6, 2024

62nd Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Banks

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

American-Canadian Tour / Maplefields-Irving Late Models –

62nd Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank

(Finish, Start, Car #, Driver, Hometown, (Seg #1, Seg #2, Seg #3, Overall))

1. 3 86VT Marcel J. Gravel Wolcott, VT (1, 10, 7 – 18)

2. 7 66VT Jason Corliss Barre, VT (2, 20, 2 – 24)

3. 5 58VT Jimmy Hebert Williamstown, VT (4, 16, 6 - 26)

4. 15 18VT #Kaiden Fisher Shelburne, VT (13, 12, 4 - 29)

5. 10 77NH Bryan Wall Jr. E. Kingston, NH (14, 8, 8 - 30)

6. 1 78NH Gabe Brown Center Conway, NH (3, 25, 3 - 31)

7. 9 99VT Cody Blake Barre, VT (6, 11, 15 - 32)

8. 4 64VT Christopher Pelkey S. Barre, VT (5, 19, 9 - 33)

9. 8 46x Brian Hoar South Hero, VT (7, 26, 1 - 34)

10. 14 91QC Patrick Laperle St-Denis, QC (16, 5, 13 - 34)

11. 13 36NH Erick Sands Derry, NH (18, 3, 19 - 40)

12. 24 04VT DJ Shaw Center Conway, NH (19, 7, 14 - 40)

13. 17 68NH Tanner Woodard Waterbury Ctr., VT (15, 22, 5 - 42)

14. 12 68VT Brooks Clark Fayston, VT (11, 17, 18 - 46)

15. 11 16VT Brandon Lanphear Morrisville, VT (22, 2, 22 - 46)

16. 6 21QC Alexendre Tardif Notre Dame des Pins, QC (8, 13, 25 - 46)

17. 16 7AK Derek Gluchacki Dartmouth, MA (10, 6, 31 - 47)

18. 21 0VT Scott Dragon Milton, VT (26, 1, 21 - 48)

19. 20 04NY Justin Prescott Fairfax, VT (20, 4, 24 - 48)

20. 22 48QC Raphael Lessard St-Joseph, QC (23, 9, 17 - 49)

21. 26 36VT Joel Hodgdon Craftsbury Common, VT (25, 15, 10 - 50)

22. 27 8VT Chris Roberts Washington, VT (21, 18, 12 - 51)

23. 23 9VT Chip Grenier E. Barre, VT (12, 14, 28 - 54)

24. 29 71VT #Jesse Laquerre E. Montpelier, VT (27, 21, 11 - 59)

25. 2 17VT Darrell Morin Westford, VT (9, 27, 23 - 59)

26. 18 00VT Brandon Gray E. Thetford, VT (17, 24, 20 - 61)

27. 28 25NH Jesse Switser W. Burke, VT (28, 23, 16 - 67)

28. 19 48VT #Taylor Hoar South Hero, VT (24, 30, 27 - 81)

29. 30 41QC Jonathan Bouvrette Blainville, QC (30, 28, 26 - 84)

30. 25 01VT Stephen Martin Craftsbury Common, VT (29, 29, 31 – 89)

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

American Canadian Tour