ACT: Donahue Takes 47th Annual Chittenden Milk Bowl

Barre, VT – Graniteville’s John Donahue won the 47th Annual Chittenden Milk Bowl at Thunder Road International Speedbowl on Sunday, October 4. Donahue’s fifth place finish in the third segment was enough to edge out Brent Dragon by just four points. Dragon went into the third segment as the overall leader after winning the first segment and placing 10th in the second segment. His tenth place finish in the third segment gave him an overall score of 21 points for the three segment event.

Donahue took the green in the final segment trailing Dragon by just one point. The two fought hard through traffic to get to the front but Donahue got into the open air quicker and made it up to fifth and secured the win with a combined score of 17.

Eric Williams finished third overall with 26 points, followed by Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (28), Brian Hoar (29), Dave Pembroke (31), Jamie Fisher (31), Nick Sweet (31), Joey Laquerre (34), and Chip Grenier (37) rounded out the top ten.

In the Tiger Sportsman division Shawn Fleury of Middlesex took home his second win of the 2009 season at Thunder Road. His previous win was in the Tiger Tri-State Series 100 back in August. Fleury was followed to the line by Jason Corliss, Derrick O’Donnell, Tony Rossi and Bobby Therrien.

Williamstown’s Jimmy Hebert was crowned the 2009 Tiger Sportsman Champion after point leader Pete Ainsworth finished just one position shy of qualifying for the main event. Hebert recovered from an early spin to edged out Tony Rossi for the title.

Tommy Smith of Williamstown took his third win of the season in the Allen Lumber Street Stocks. Mike Martin, Danny Doyle, Gary Bashaw and Marcus Farnham completed the top five.

Gary Mullen of Tunbridge took the Allen Lumber Street Stock title over Mike Martin after Tucker Williams failed to qualify. Mullen secured the championship after finishing ninth in the feature. With that ninth Mullen finished the year with ten top tens in 16 starts.

Cabot’s Ken Christman took the Power Shift Junkyard Warrior feature win over Keith Fortier and Kevin Streeter. Donnie Yates of Montpelier was crowned the Power Shift Junkyard Warrior Champion even though he did not qualify for the feature. He had a big enough lead over Christman going into the feature that he could not be beaten. Yates had an amazing six wins during the 2009 season.

The 47th Annual Chittenden Milk Bowl capped off the 50th Anniversary Season at Thunder Road International Speedbowl. The American Canadian Tour title will be decided next Sunday, October 11 at Oxford Plains Speedway.

47th Annual Chittenden Milk Bowl Results

Sunday, October 4, 2009
Pos      Car #   Driver                          TOTAL
1          26vt     John Donahue             17
2          55vt     Brent Dragon              21
3          7vt       Eric Williams               26
4          97nh    Joey Polewarczyk, Jr.  28
5          37        Brian Hoar                  29
6          44        Dave Pembroke          31
7          18        Jamie Fisher                31
8          88        Nicholas Sweet            31
9          15vt     Joey Laquerre             34
10        9vt       Chip Grenier               37
11        11vt     Jean-Paul Cyr              38
12        14        Phil Scott                     39
13        89        Scott Payea                 40
14        55nh    Brad Leighton             41
15        38vt     Tyler Cahoon               44
16        7me     Glen Luce                    45
17        1          Tony Andrews             45
18        27        Wayne Helliwell Jr.     47
19        73me   Joey Doiron                 47
20        78nh    Quinten Welch            50
21        42vt     Matt White                 59
22        6          Chad Wheeler             62
23        77nh    Mark Hayward                        63
24        32        Mike Olsen                  63
25        40vt     Eric Chase                   63
26        16        Joe Becker                   65
27        41        Pete Potvin, III             66
28        8vt       Rich Lowrey                71
29        00        Mike Bailey                 77
30        25        David Whitcomb         85

NAPA Tiger Sportsman Results
Pos      Car #   Driver
1          31        Shawn Fleury
2          61        Jason Corliss
3          68        Derrick O'Donnell
4          90        Tony Rossi
5          4          Bobby Therrien
6          89        Ray Stearns
7          94        Brendan Moodie
8          48        Tom Therrien
9          10        Josh Demers
10        18        Lance Allen
11        37        David Finck
12        06        Jeff French
13        58        James Hebert
14        15        Troy Gray
15        99        Cody Blake
16        04        Eric Badore
17        23        Matt Potter
18        19        #Neal Foster
19        2          John Lambert
20        55        Brian Delphia
21        1          Scott Coburn
22        32        #Erik Steel
23        84        Richard LaFond
24        33        Jason Allen
25        16        George May
26        0          Mark Barnier
27        79        Jason Bonnett
28        26        Mike Ziter

Allen Lumber Street Stocks and Power Shift Junkyard Warrior Results
Pos      Car #   Driver
1          22ss     Tommy Smith
2          01ss     Mike Martin
3          51ss     #Danny Doyle
4          92ss     Garry Bashaw
5          13ss     Markus Farnham
6          68ss     Bruce Melendy
7          83ss     Bunker Hodgdon
8          38ss     Greg Adams Jr.
9          29ss     Gary Mullen
10        30ss     Lloyd Blakely
11        34ss     Timmy Campbell
12        77ss     Dave Whitcomb
13        43ss     #Jamie Davis
14        61ss     Jason Corliss
15        42ss     Tyler Therrien
16        73ss     Vern Woodard
17        2ss       David LaFleche
18        24ss     Marvin Johnson
19        6ss       #Daniel Lathrop
20        4jyw     Ken Christman
21        35jyw   Keith Fortier
22        61jyw   Kevin Streeter
23        87jyw   John Prentice
24        88jyw   Thomas Elwood
25        31jyw   Kevin Wheatley
26        06ss     Michael Moore
27        7ss       Martin Ingram
28        09ss     #Amanda Habel