Story By: WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK – NORTH WOODSTOCK, NH – Following heat race qualifying and the all-important Late Model Semi Feature, the Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis started off an early schedule Saturday at White Mountain Motorsports Park.
Led to green by former first-time winner on the year, Connor Rueda paced the early circuits with Donnie Baumgardner keeping watch on the outside groove. The best on-track battle saw tied championship hopefuls Todd Derrington and Patrick Switser duke it out midpack for a top-five finish before last-lap fireworks up front.
Entering turn one on the final lap, Rueda found himself across the nose of Baumgardner and into the infield, prompting race control to dock the #18 to last on the lead lap finish and young McKenna Merchant found herself the winner in victory lane. Derrington and Switser joined Merchant on the podium to keep the championship battle at a continued close call leading into the final weeks of the season.
The Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tiger 35-lap trophy dash was led to green by Jim Paquette and Austin Sicard with championship leader Brandon Gray starting shotgun on the field after a heat-race mechanical mishap took him out of contention early on. Mike Clark and Tyler Pepin quickly found themselves at the head of the pack and holding strong but Gray was coming on strong. The division phenom took over the lead on lap 19 and never looked back to claim his eleventh-straight win of the season ahead of Clark and Pepin at the line.
Stacy Cahoon and Oren Remick took the green flag for the Foley Oil & Propane Late Models on Saturday afternoon before the two went sour just twelve laps later with Remick getting the spin and Cahoon taking the penalty. On the restart between Quinny Welch and Jimmy Renfrew, Jr., Renfrew and Welch made contact in turn three with Welch going agricultural racing in the infield but held on to keep the field green. Renfrew was shown the black flag for a pass-through penalty and parked his ride for the night. The feature remained green to the end with Bobby Therrien picking up the checkers in his one-off invasion of White Mountain followed by Tyler Cahoon and Tanner Woodard in the top-three.
The lightning-fast Lil’ Webb’s 350 Supermodified Series went green to checkered in their 40-lap main event in just seven minutes and thirty-four seconds! Ben Tinker showed the way out front and never faltered in his drive to the checkered flags with Ryan Battle and Jim Storace in tow.
The R&R Race Parts NH Street Stock Open 100 wrapped up Saturday’s program with Vermont’s Brandon Gray and Adam Gray hauling up from Massachuestts bringing the field to green. The Grays put on a great side-by-side battle at the front and quickly split from the rest of the pack with Luke Peters and Ryan Lineham in tow. The foursome soon added another member as a hard-charging Jimmy Renfrew, Jr. entered the top-5 picture by lap 27, quickly making his way under Lineham and around Peters to put pressure on the Grays.
A pair of single-car spin cautions made the pressure between the front runners grow to a boiling point with the two making contact on lap 81 in turn one, sending both to the rear and gifting Renfrew the lead. Renfrew kept his foot to the floor and powered all the way up to the $5,000 R&R Race Parts win with former 100-lap open winner Kris Watson taking second and Luke Peters making the hometown crowd proud with a strong third-place run to cap off the afternoon.
Next up at White Mountain Motorsports Park is the championship round in the Wall’s Ford Platinum Late Model Series! The 100-lap affair for the Foley Oil & Propane Late Models closes out the Wall’s Ford Platinum Series in style as a test and tune prior to the Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Fall Foliage 200 on September 21. The Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers, Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Minis, Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars and Dads 4 By Tool & Supply Kid’s Division!
White Mountain Motorsports Park
Saturday, September 7, 2024
R&R Race Parts NH Street Stock Open
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
R&R Race Parts NH Street Stock Open Series – (100 Laps)
1. 00NH Jimmy Renfew, Jr. Candia, NH
2. 35 Kris Watson Kendeskeag, ME
3. 26VT Luke Peters Groton, VT
4. 19 Ryan Lineham Warwick, RI
5. 00VT Brandon Gray E. Thetford, VT
6. LL George Baldwin Lowell, MA
7. 7 Shane Gendron Chelmsford, MA
8. 7C JT Cashman Danvers, MA
9. 31VT Logan Powers Middlesex, VT
10. 03 Josh Gerard W. Wareham, MA
11. 67VT Kevin Streeter Waterbury Ctr., VT
12. 52 Rob MacRae Billerica, MA
13. 68VT Jason Woodard Waterbury Ctr., VT
14. 97 Adam Gray Granby, MA
15. 57 Justin Beecher Billerica, MA
16. 02 Geoff Rollins Merrimack, NH
17. 77QC Jerimee Dubois
18. 24 Jeff Alley Machias, ME
19. 04NH Shawn Swallow Groveton, NH
20. 63 Brian Caswell Buxton, ME
21. 77NH Brandon Lambert Alton, NH
Foley Oil & Propane Late Models – (50 Laps)
1. 5VT Bobby Therrien Hinesburg, VT
2. 38VT Tyler Cahoon Danville, VT
3. 68NH Tanner Woodard Waterbury Ctr., VT
4. 78NH Quinten Welch Groveton, NH
5. 45NH #Kasey Beattie St. Johnsbury, VT
6. 99NH Ben Belanger Whitefield, NH
7. 17NH Kyle Goodbout Lincoln, NH
8. 42NH Mike Jurkowski Claremont, NH
9. 83VT Stacy Cahoon St. Johnsbury, VT
10. 92VT Jaden Perry Hardwick, VT
11. 54VT #Colin Cornell East Burke, VT
12. 21NH Oren Remick Monroe, NH
13. 48x Kyle Streeter Waterbury Ctr., VT
14. 15QC Christopher Bedard Levis, QC
15. 23VT Kolby Picard Hyde Park, VT
16. 0NH Jimmy Renfrew Jr. Candia, NH
Lil’ Webb’s 350 Supermodified Series – ( Laps)
1. 19 Ben Tinker New Gloucester, ME
2. 21 Ryan Battle Dunstable, MA
3. 47 Jim Storace Kingston, NH
4. 39 Ed Witkum, Jr. Westford, MA
5. 5 Joey Scanlon Salem, NH
6. 14 Jeffrey Battle Dunstable, MA
7. 70 Rusty Poland Naples, ME
8. 27 Robby Gordon Douglas Derry, NH
Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers – (35 Laps)
1. 00VT Brandon Gray E. Thetford, VT
2. 22WC Mike Clark Littleton, NH
3. 78VT Tyler Pepin Barre, VT
4. 4NH Shane Sicard Barton, VT
5. 26VT Luke Peters Groton, VT
6. 23VT Matt Potter Marshfield, VT
7. 56VT Chris Laforest Barre, VT
8. 43VT #Kyle Willis Derby Line, VT
9. 29VT #Owen Cheney Moretown, VT
10. 49VT #Austin Sicard Gilmanton, NH
11. 36NH Nathan Hamblett Derby Line, VT
12. 55NH Laci Potter Danville, VT
13. 34VT Jim Paquette Alburgh, VT
14. 66VT JT Blanchard Milton, VT
15. 77NH Brandon Lambert Alton, NH
Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis – (25 Laps)
1. 99 McKenna Merchant Waterford, VT
2. 57 Todd Derrington Littleton, NH
3. 16x Patrick Switser Woodsville, NH
4. 51 Tyler Thompson Littleton, NH
5. 17 Connor Rueda Barre, VT
6. 36 Kodi Sabins Windsor, VT
7. 02 Dustin Wilson Bethlehem, NH
8. 17NH Scott Senecal Lisbon, NH
9. 11 Jacob Roy Danville, VT
10. 18 Donnie Baumgardner* N. Woodstock, NH
11. 69 Aiden Young Dalton, NH
12. 92 Jason Goodbout, Jr. Lincoln, NH
13. 31 Chris King** Bethlehem, NH
14. 19 Dave Driscoll N. Woodstock, NH
15. 12 John Knight Franklin, NH
DNS 1 Landyn O’Donnell N. Haverhill, NH
*Relegated to Final Car on the Lead Lap by Race Control
**Sub Driver for Wes Washburn