Story By: WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK – NORTH WOODSTOCK, NH – A healthy field of cars filled the White Mountain Motorsports Park pit area on Saturday afternoon for the 6th annual Spring Board 100 to start Memorial Day weekend. Fans followed suit as well with another large crowd on hand to take in some Thunder in the Mountain to start their holiday weekend. A night of competition provided some excited, and deserved, winners a chance to grab the checkers in what continues to play out as an exciting season ahead.
The 6th annual Spring Board 100 to kick-off the Wall’s Ford Platinum Series saw thirty Foley Oil & Propane Late Models make the trip and battle for the top prize. Earning the high plus/minus handicap in his heat, Berlin’s Cody LeBlanc took the field to the initial green flag and led the first half of the 100 lap event. A mid-race caution with the tangled Howie Switser and Bryan Wall, Jr. machines on the frontstretch saw a pack of young American-Canadian Tour stars pounce on the longtime White Mountain campaigner.
Gabe Brown, Kaiden Fisher and Tanner Woodard overpowered LeBlanc on the restart, the three young-guns fighting hard for position throughout the final 50 circuits, and among several restarts. With the final twenty-five laps going caution free, Brown used the bottom to his advantage in the closing circuits to claim the Spring Board 100 lead and the lead atop the Wall’s Ford Platinum Series standings with Woodard coming home second and Fisher relegated to third.
The caution-free, 35-lap feature for the Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers went off in a flash, wrapping up in just over eight-and-a-half minutes! Brandon Gray made patient use of his 6th-place starting position to methodically work through the pack and claim back-to-back victories in the fan-favorite class. Staying up front throughout the feature was Belmont’s Frankie Sweeney who would finish out the night in second and for the second-consecutive week Groton, Vermont’s Luke Peters took home third.
A rolling calamity started for the Woodsville Guaranty Saving Bank Strictly Mini 25-lap feature as polesitter Jeff Champine quickly slid back on the outside, stacking up the groove for a melee coming out of turn four on lap one. A crossed-up McKenna Merchant slammed into Tyler Thompson with no room to go, collecting a late-hitting Landyn O’Donnell and Kylee Potter by the end of it all. Following the red flag clean up, the feature went caution-free with local-boy Jack Hayes overtaking the lot to win Saturday’s feature event followed by Patrick Switser and Jason Goodbout, Jr. on the podium.
The Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars also didn’t mess around in twin 20-lap segment competition with Andy Hill sweeping both segments to claim the win followed by a revived Jason Wyman following a rough start to the season and Dave Gyger claiming third once again this week.
The Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division impressed again this week with a dozen young racers filing into the pits Saturday afternoon. Hayden Bushey claimed back-to-back victories atop the pack followed by Connor Charbonneau and Colby Stygles on the podium.
Thunder in the Mountains resumes next Saturday, June 1 with the headlining $1,000-to-win Mini Late Model special! The annual special event for the Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models is joined by fellow track championship action courtesy of the Foley Oil & Propane Late Models, Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers, Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Minis and the Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division! Post Time is 6:00pm next Saturday, June 1 at White Mountain Motorsports Park!
White Mountain Motorsports Park – N. Woodstock, NH
6th annual Spring Board 100
Saturday, May 25, 2024
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Foley Oil & Propane Late Models – 6th annual Spring Board 100 – (100 Laps)
Wall’s Ford Platinum Series Round #1
1. 47NH Gabe Brown Center Conway, NH
2. 68NH Tanner Woodard Waterbury Ctr., VT
3. 18VT #Kaiden Fisher Shelburne, VT
4. 5CT Dillon Moltz New Sharon, ME
5. 7NH Cody Leblanc Berlin, NH
6. 0NH Erick Sands Derry, NH
7. 60VI #Thomas Smithers, VI Gilmanton, NH
8. 42NH Mike Jurkowski Claremont, NH
9. 54VT #Colin Cornell E. Burke, VT
10. 28NH Ricky Bly Sunapee, NH
11. 26VT John Donahue Graniteville, VT
12. 10NH Bryan Mason Milan, NH
13. 83VT Stacy Cahoon St. Johnsbury, VT
14. 78NH Quinten Welch Groveton, NH
15. 92VT Jaden Perry Hardwick, VT
16. 17NH Kyle Goodbout N. Woodstock, NH
17. 31VT Bill Donahue Graniteville, VT
18. 29MA Joshua Hedges New Bedford, MA
19. 36ME Howie Switser W. Burke, VT
20. 45NH Kasey Beattie St. Johnsbury, VT
21. 77NH Bryan Wall Jr. E. Kingston, NH
22. 21VT Reilly Lanphear Waterbury, VT
23. 07NH Mark Patten Belmont, NH
24. 20NH Richie Brown Wentworth, NH
25. 21NH Oren Remick Monroe, NH
26. 01GC Dylan Payea Milton, VT
DNS 39VT Mike Foster Barre, VT
DNS 38VT Tyler Cahoon Danville, VT
DNS 61NH Ryan Olsen N. Haverhill, NH
DNS 26NH Brett Geno
Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers – (35 Laps)
1. 00VT Brandon Gray E. Thetford, VT
2. 82NH Frank Sweeney Belmont, NH
3. 26VT Luke Peters Groton, VT
4. 4NH Shane Sicard Barton, VT
5. 15VT Joey Laquerre E. Montpelier, VT
6. 43VT #Kyle Willis Derby Line, VT
7. 23NH Michael Potter Plainfield, VT
8. 36NH Nathan Hamblett Derby Line, VT
9. 29VT #Owen Cheney Moretown, VT
10. 34VT Jim Paquette Alburgh, VT
11. 77VT Ryan Field Wolcott, VT
12. 49VT #Austin Sicard Gilmanton, NH
DNS 37VT Kyle Streeter Waterbury Ctr., VT
Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Minis – (25 Laps)
1. 09 Jack Hayes Littleton, NH
2. 16x Patrick Switser Woodsville, NH
3. 92 Jason Goodbout, Jr. Lincoln, NH
4. 11 Jacob Roy Danville, VT
5. 17 #Connor Rueda Barre, VT
6. 57 Todd Derrington Littleton, NH
7. 69 Aiden Young Dalton, NH
8. 02 Dustin Wilson Bethlehem, NH
9. 12 John Knight Franklin, NH
10. 01 Jeff Champine Whitefield, NH
11. 17NH Scott Senecal Lisbon, NH
12. 19 Dave Driscoll N. Woodstock, NH
13. 99 McKenna Merchant Waterford, VT
14. 51 Tyler Thompson Lincoln, NH
15. 1 #Landyn O’Donnell N. Haverhill, NH
16. 32 #Kylee Potter Marshfield, VT
DNS 18 Donnie Baumgardner N. Woodstock, NH
DNS 3 Arlen Jewett St. Johnsbury, VT
Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars – (Two 20-Lap Segments)
1. 8 Andy Hill Waterford, VT (1+1=2)
2. 88 Jason Wyman Easton, NH (3+2=5)
3. 93 Dave Gyger Campton, NH (6+2=8)
4. 52 Chad Dufour Littleton, NH (3+5=8)
5. 41 Jeff Ainsworth Bethlehem, NH (5+4=9)
6. 23 Ethan Tyrrell Worcester, VT (4+7=11)
7. 55 Ken Wright Danbury, NH (7+6=13)
Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Kid’s Division – (15 Laps)
1. 15 Hayden Bushey Fairfax, VT
2. 6 Connor Charbonneau Groveton, NH
3. 05 Colby Stygles Bradford, VT
4. 63 Clayton Houghton Concord, VT
5. 2 Cooper Cox-Benoit Washington, VT
6. 74 Kiptyn Aldrich Woodsville, NH
7. 45 Cameron Beattie St. Johnsbury Ctr, VT
8. 23 Madison Potter Marshfield, VT
9. 17 Makenzi Sicard Gilmanton, NH
10. 19 Chloe Doyle Northfield, VT
11. 09 Khloe Goodbout Lincoln, NH
DNS 99 Sophia Beer Lyndonville, VT