NHIS POSTS $1500 IN HALF WAY MILK BOWL LAP MONEY

OVER $8,800 AVAILABLE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                            ACT-092606-2

BARRE, VT – New Hampshire Int’l Speedway (NHIS) in Loudon has posted a $500 bonus for the drivers leading at the half-way mark in each of the New England Dodge Dealers Milk Bowl’s three 50-lap segments.  The first competitor to take the mid-point indicator Sunday during each portion of Thunder Road’s 43rd annual event will receive a $250 bonus; the second driver will get $150 and the third, $100.  All told, more than $8,800 in “Lap Leader” money will be paid out following Sunday’s event for the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) competitors.  The other 147 laps will each pay $50 to be split among the top three racers $25, $15, and $10.

Coupled with the $10,000 winner’s purse, the $1,000 Booth Bros/H.P. Hood Fast Timer Award, $500 Five Star RaceCar Bodies Award, $150 Lenny’s Hot Shoe Challenge Award, and others, the winner of Sunday’s event could take home nearly $15,000.

Milk Bowl action kicks off on Sat, (Sept 30) with Booth Bros/H.P. Hood Qualifying Day with Late Model Time Trials.  In addition to qualifying races two of Thunder Road’s weekly divisions, the Late Models will also have 50-lap qualifying races.  The track’s PowerShift Warrior racers will also have their season-ending feature and crown the division’s 2006 champion.  Sunday’s racing kicks off with the Last Chance “B” Feature for the Late Models.  In addition to the three-segment Milk Bowl, main events for the NAPA Tiger Sportsmen and Allen Lumber Street Stocks will be held as will the bi-annual Politician’s Cow Chip Toss.  Post time both days is 1:00 pm.  Spectator gates open at 10:00 am

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