Story By: WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK – NORTH WOODSTOCK, NH – Following a rainy start to the annual opening day car show festivities, the 32nd season at White Mountain Motorsports Park got off to a bang with a doubleheader weekend of excitement! Thunder in the Mountains returned in a big way on both Saturday and Sunday with ten divisions of racing action starting both the King of the Mountain track championship campaigns as well as the ACT Tri-State Flying Tiger Series and visits from the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Models, Modifieds and the New England Supermodified Series (NESS) lid lifter!
It all started Saturday with a six division card of racing highlighted by the R&R Race Parts Open Street Stock Series and the start of the season for the Foley Oil & Propane Late Models. Jimmy Renfrew, Jr. nabbed the early lead in the R&R Street Stock Open 75 and found himself in a long-standing battle for the lead with former White Mountain Tiger champion Jason Woodard. The pot finally boiled over between the two on the lap 67 restart that saw Renfrew around and a steering wheel flying through the air. Woodard would take the win followed by Shane Gendron and Brandon Gray.
After pulling off the heat race and semi-feature wins, John Donahue was on a hat-trick mission to claim the HK Powersports opening night win in the Foley Oil & Propane Late Models. Starting off mired in the pack, it was Mike Jurkowski that claimed the early lead ahead of Oren Remick, Kyle Goodbout and Ben Belanger. A lap 40 mishap between Remick and Belanger put the Goodbout boy into overdrive through the final ten laps with just inches separating the finish! Mike Jurkowski would take the HK Powersports opening day win by just 0.042-seconds over Kyle Goodbout with Quinny Welch rounding out the podium.
HK Powersports Opening Night winners also included a hard fought battle between Nick Anderson and Kevin Boucher in the Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models with Anderson coming out on top over Boucher and Matt LeBlanc. Littleton’s Donnie Baumgardner barnstormed the competition in a borrowed ride to take the Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Mini win. Piloting the Dave Driscoll-machine, Baumgardner took the checkers over McKenna Merchant and Jacob Roy.
Andy Hill took the thrilling Wayne’s Market Dwarf Car Twin-20 lap segments in his return to the division followed by Ethan Tyrrell and Dave Gyger. The Dads 4 By Tool & Supply Kid’s Division had so many entries that officials opted to split the growing group into two 15-lap features. Walker Fitch would take the first feature win over Kiptyn Aldrich and Connor Charbonneau while newcomer Hayden Bushey won round two over Clayton Houghton and Colby Stygles.
Sunday brought a new crop of drivers to New Hampshire’s Favorite Short Track with an opening weekend PASS invasion. Starting with the PASS Modifieds, heat race winners Zach Nichols and Spencer Vaughn led the first leg of the Weston’s Automotive Triple Crown to green. It quickly became the Ryan Ripley show out front, even after repeated challenges from Ryan Hewins and Spencer Morse. Coming down to a green, white, checker finish, Ripley nabbed the win and early control of the Weston’s Auto Triple Crown standings.
Rob Summers led the early goings in the New England Supermodified Series (NESS) 50 lap season opener but relinquished to a lightning quick Dave Duggan on lap 10. While Duggan won the battle, defending champion Dan Bowles was waging war, flying by Duggan on a mid-race restart and never looking back. Dan Bowles started off his championship defense with one in the wins column followed by Duggan and Russ Wood.
After coming home from Canada early Sunday morning, D.J. Shaw led the PASS Super Late Model 150 to green that same afternoon. Austin Teras quickly ensured that his Cushman Competition machine stayed in Shaw’s review mirror as Johnny Clark muscled his way into the top three pack. While Clark attempted to nab the lead, the pack faced heavy lap traffic again and again, all three considering three-wide moves to gain position on the others. Clark would get a bumper on Shaw on lap 64 but again faced lead-threatening lap traffic and a heartbreaking blown engine under the hood of fifth place runner Brandon Varney. While Teras battled hard in for one last shot, Johnny Clark struck down his 50th career PASS Super Late Model win at the Series’ 50th appearance at White Mountain followed by Shaw and Gabe Brown on the podium.
The ACT Tri-State Flying Tiger Series brought twenty-nine machines to White Mountain on Sunday. Tripling as the Tri-State Series, White Mountain weekly series and Central Asphalt Paving Triple Crown Series opener, Sunday’s 75 lapper for the Tigers was a grand slam! Although a rough go made for a rough race, Brandon Gray resumed his 2023 dominance and powered up to take the lead early on and never looked back to take the win. Cameron Ouellette impressed in a patient drive to take second while Luke Peters drove from eighteenth to third to round out the podium.
Thunder in the Mountains returns on Saturday, May 25 with the 6th annual Spring Board 100, the launching first race of the Wall’s Ford Platinum Late Model Series! Alongside the exciting Late Model highlight includes continued track championship action for the Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers, Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis, Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars and Dads 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division!
White Mountain Motorsports Park – N. Woodstock, NH
HK Powersports Opening Day
Saturday, May 18, 2024
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Foley Oil & Propane Late Models – (50 Laps)
1. 42NH Mike Jurkowski Claremont, NH
2. 17NH Kyle Goodbout N. Woodstock, NH
3. 78NH Quinten Welch Groveton, NH
4. 31VT Stephen Donahue Graniteville, VT
5. 60VI Thomas Smithers, VI Gilmanton, NH
6. 83VT Stacy Cahoon St. Johnsbury, VT
7. 66VT Jason Corliss Barre, VT
8. 38VT Tyler Cahoon Danville, VT
9. 68NH Tanner Woodard Waterbury Ctr., VT
10. 10NH Bryan Mason Milan, NH
11. 26VT John Donahue Graniteville, VT
12. 92VT Jaden Perry Hardwick, VT
13. 39VT Mike Foster Williston, VT
14. 54VT #Colin Cornell W. Burke, VT
15. 04NH Shawn Swallow Groveton, NH
16. 67NH Jordan Davis Whitefield, NH
17. 92NH Will Avery Campton, NH
18. 57NH David Labreque Thornton, NH
19. 99NH Ben Belanger Whitefield, NH
20. 21NH Oren Remick Monroe, NH
21. 20NH Richie Brown Wentworth, NH
DNS 0NH Jimmy Renfrew, Jr. Candia, NH
DNS 36ME Howie Switser Whitefield, NH
R&R Race Parts Street Stock Open Series – (75 Laps)
1. 68VT Jason Woodard Waterbury Ctr., VT
2. 7 Shane Gendron Tyngsboro, MA
3. 00VT Brandon Grey E. Thetford, VT
4. 24 Jeff Alley Machias, ME
5. 35 Kris Watson Kenduskeag, ME
6. 33VT Matt Sonnhalter Randolph, VT
7. 7C John Cushman Danvers, MA
8. 52 Brad Bushey Cambridge, VT
9. 78 Tyler Pepin Barre, VT
10. 68NH Nate Hamblett Derby Line, VT
11. 03 Josh Gerand W. Wareham, MA
12. 79 Travis Lovejoy Carmel, ME
13. 00NH Jimmy Renfrew, Jr. Candia, NH
14. 21 Clark Brooks Raymond, NH
15. 98 Steve Dickey, Jr. Milford, NH
16. 71 Donny Silva Hudson, ME
Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Minis – (25 Laps)
1. 18 Donnie Baumgardner N. Woodstock, NH
2. 99 McKenna Merchant Waterford, VT
3. 11 Jacob Roy Danville, VT
4. 57 Todd Derrington Littleton, NH
5. 51 Tyler Thompson Lincoln, NH
6. 92 Jason Goodbout, Jr. Lincoln, NH
7. 16x Patrick Switser Woodsville, NH
8. 17 Connor Rueda Barre, VT
9. 09 Jack Hayes Littleton, NH
10. 17NH Scott Senecal Lisbon, NH
11. 02 Dustin Wilson Bethlehem, NH
12. 12 John Knight Franklin, NH
13. 32 #Kylee Potter Marshfield, VT
14. 1 Landyn O’Donnell N. Haverhill, NH
15. 69 Aiden Young Dalton, NH
16. 01 Jeff Champine Whitefield, NH
Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models – (40 Laps)
1. 55 Nick Anderson Oxford, MA
2. 71 Kevin Boucher Grafton, NH
3. 7 Matt LeBlanc Berlin, NH
4. 12 Chris Sontag Sterling, MA
5. 15 #Chris Moulton Pepperell, MA
6. 16 #Kristian Switser Woodsville, NH
7. 66 Normand Raymond, Jr. Sherbrooke, QC
8. 17NH Nick Miller Berlin, NH
9. 31 Brett Jackson Bethlehem, NH
10. 57 Pat Houle Vernon, VT
11. 76 Garrett LaBounty Orleans, VT
12. 13 Cameron Sontag Sterling, MA
Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars – (Two 20 Lap Segments)
1. 8 Andy Hill Waterford, VT (1+3=4)
2. 23 Ethan Tyrrell Worcester, VT (3+4=7)
3. 93 Dave Gyger Campton, NH (2+5=7)
4. 41 Jeff Ainsworth Bethlehem, NH (8+1=9)
5. 88 Jason Wyman Easton, NH (7+2=9)
6. 52 Chad Dufour Littleton, NH (4+6=10)
7. 16 Mitchell O’Brien Deerfield, NH (5+7=12)
8. 55 Ken Wright Danbury, NH (6+8=14)
9. 3 #Avery Young Hudson, NH (9+9=18)
Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Kid’s Division – (15 Laps)
Feature #1 – (15 Laps)
1. 18x Walker Fitch Marshfield, VT
2. 74 Kiptyn Aldrich Woodsville, NH
3. 6 Connor Charbonneau Groveton, NH
4. 10 Landon Brawn Websterville, VT
5. 23 Madison Potter Marshfield, VT
6. 2 Cooper Cox-Benoit Washington, VT
7. 17 Makenzi Sicard Gilmanton, NH
8. 09 Khloe Goodbout Lincoln, NH
Feature #2 – (15 Laps)
1. 15 Hayden Bushey Fairfax, VT
2. 63 Clayton Houghton Concord, VT
3. 05 Colby Stygles
4. 45 Cameron Beattie St. Johnsbury Ctr, VT
5. 93 Jackson Hunt Derby Line, VT
6. 99 Sophia Beer Lyndonville, VT
7. 19 Chloe Doyle Northfield, VT
White Mountain Motorsports Park – N. Woodstock, NH
The PASS 150
Sunday, May 19, 2024
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Models – (150 Laps)
1. 54 Johnny Clark Hallowell, ME
2. 60 D.J. Shaw Center Conway, NH
3. 47 Gabe Brown Center Conway, NH
4. 44 Trevor Sanborn E. Parsonsfield, ME
5. 29 Austin Teras Gray, ME
6. 02 Brian Whalley Laconia, NH
7. 21 David Oliver Standish, ME
8. 09 Jeremy Davis Tamworth, NH
9. 19 Rusty Poland Naples, ME
10. 07 Nicholas Calvert Steepfalls, ME
11. 25 Anthony Bello Newtown, CT
12. 18 Michael Scorzelli Feura Bush, NY
13. 32 Nick Jenkins Brownville, ME
14. 5VT Pat Corbett Williamstown, VT
15. 1v Brandon Varney Auburn, ME
16. 12 Dennis Spencer, Jr. Oxford, ME
17. 32CT Tom Abele, Jr. Norwich, CT
ACT Tri-State Flying Tiger Series Central Asphalt Paving 75 – (75 Laps)
1. 00VT Brandon Gray E. Thetford, VT
2. 90VT Cameron Ouellette Barre, VT
3. 26VT Luke Peters Groton, VT
4. 15NH Brendan Moodie Wolcott, VT
5. 23NY Cam Gadue Highgate, VT
6. 07VT Sam Caron Milton, VT
7. 37VT Kyle Streeter Waterbury Ctr., VT
8. 15VT Joey Laquerre E. Montpelier, VT
9. 4NH Shane Sicard Barton, VT
10. 67VT Kevin Streeter Waitsfield, VT
11. 8VT Mike Billado Grand Isle, VT
12. 3VT Michael MacAskill Williamstown, VT
13. 13VT Ty Delphia Waterbury, VT
14. 56VT Chris Laforest Barre, VT
15. 78VT Tyler Pepin Barre, VT
16. 36NH Nathan Hamblett Derby Line, VT
17. 62VT Jamon Perry Hardwick, VT
18. 29VT #Owen Cheney Moretown, VT
19. 22WC Mike Clark Littleton, NH
20. 82NH Frank Sweeney Belmont, NH
21. 34VT Jim Paquette Alburgh, VT
22. 49VT #Austin Sicard Gilmanton, NH
23. 77VT Ryan Field Stowe, VT
24. 26NH Stephen Donahue Graniteville, VT
25. 31VT Logan Powers Middlesex, VT
26. 01VT Michael Martin Craftsbury, Common, VT
27. 43VT #Kyle Willis Derby Line, VT
28. 92VT Jaden Perry Hardwick, VT
29. 23VT Matt Potter Marshfield, VT
New England Supermodified Series (NESS) – (50 Laps)
1. 25 Dan Bowles Epping, NH
2. 51 Dave Duggan Milford, NH
3. 41 Russ Wood Pelham, NH
4. 11 Ben Seitz Bourne, MA
5. 47 Jim Storace Kingston, NH
6. 5 Rob Summers Manchester, CT
7. 13 Bobby Timmons Windham, ME
8. 45 Mike Mayberry Naples, ME
9. 52 Vern Romanowski Strong, ME
10. 97 Matt Swanson Harvard, MA
11. 24 David Sanborn Tilton, NH
PASS Modifieds – (50 Laps)
1. 09 Ryan Ripley Thomaston, ME
2. 34 Spencer Morse Naples, ME
3. 70 Ryan Hewins Oxford, ME
4. 52 Colby Benjamin Belmont, ME
5. 7 Spencer Vaughn Canton, ME
6. 6 Zach Bowie New Gloucester, ME
7. 1x Henry Hudson Harrison, ME
8. 32 Jacob Heathcoat South Paris, ME
9. 25 Shawn Knight South Paris, ME
10. 63 Thomas Oliver Raymond, ME
11. 0 Alex Smith Old Orchard Beach, ME
12. 41 Mike Nichols Livermore Falls, ME
13. 83 Dan Brown Turner, ME
14. 9 Alex Ricker Tamworth, NH
15. 85 Chanler Harrison Freeport, ME
16. 33 Danny Morris Lewiston, ME
17. 1 Brandon Varney Canton, ME
18. 53 Ken Martineau
19. 64 Matty Sanborn W. Baldwin, ME
20. 21 Zach Nicholson Scarborough, ME
21. 66 Jacoby Maines Hollis Center, ME
22. 4 Billy Dixon N. Waterboro, ME