Gray Continues Flying Tiger Dominance, Rookie Cornell Gets First Late Model Win in Tech

N. Woodstock, NH — Following the biggest weekend of the year for White Mountain Motorsports Park, the White Mountain faithful returned to their favorite summer hangout for a make-up event following Mother Nature’s intense rainfall this summer.

The Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division kicked off the Saturday night action as Madison Potter had the ride of her career, leading the frey until a lap 11 caution for the stalled Colton Williams allowed officials to spot a flat right front developing, sending the young Marshfield, Vermont driver pit-side for repairs. The restart green switched the youth division into a chase after Hayden Bushey in the final circuits. Bushey would nab career win number three in the division followed by Chloe Doyle and Khloe Goodbout in a pair of first podiums for the season.

John Raper photo

John Raper photo

While Scott Senecal brought the Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Minis to green, it was outside polesitter Landyn O’Donnell who jumped to the early lead in their 25-lap main event. O’Donnell ran with a growing lead as things got hairy in the second-half of the field as a turn one rolling road block ruined the night for Kyler Davis, Jason Goodbout and Jack Hayes. With the race staying green, O’Donnell’s competition began knocking on his back door as Todd Derrington, Tyler Thompson and Patrick Switser drew ever closer with each lap. The time never came with a smooth and steady Landyn O’Donnell collecting his first career Strictly Mini victory followed by Derrington and Thompson at the line.

John Raper photo

The Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars got off to a wild start as a turn two melee saw substitute driver Colby Bourgeois flip side-for-side, end over end caught up with Ethan Tyrell, Ryan Ware and Dave Gyger caught in the flash accident. On the restart, Chad Dufour launched to lead the pack with a mirror full of Jason Wyman. The last thing Dufour wanted to see was the yellow flag on lap 17 for a spinning Chris King in turn two leading to a final face-off with Jeff Ainsworth. Chad Dufour would hold on to take his first win of the season followed by Ainsworth and Jason Wyman on the podium.

The Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers were next to take on the White Mountain highbanks, twenty-four strong for the second round of the Central Asphalt Paving Triple Crown. With a plus five in ACT Plus/Minus handicap procedures, Brandon Gray led the field off with Logan Powers and Sam Caron hot on his heels. Gray would continue to grow his lead amidst lap traffic, leaving Powers, Caron, Cam Gadue and Brad Bushey in the dust before the lap 48 caution for the spinning Joey Laquerre on the frontstretch re-racked the field.

John Raper photo

John Raper photo

The restart did little to extinguish the flame, with Gray launching from his competition but hope prevailed for Caron and Gadue with a spinning Mike Clark in turn two. Try as he might, with foot to the firewall, Sam Caron would be relegated to second place by a five car-length margin to winner Brandon Gray with Cam Gadue holding off Logan Powers and Brendan Moodie to take third.

John Raper photo

After polesitter Normand Raymond laid out a smoke screen to take him out of contention in the Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models, Cameron Sontag took off with the lead in their 40-lap main. Blistering speeds saw Sontag control the pack with Garrett LaBounty growing ever closer in second. The best battle on the track was between former champion Nick Anderson and leading rookie Chris Moulton for third with the veteran eventually taking the position. LaBounty would motor around Sontag to lead lap 10 with Anderson sneaking underneath for second. Leaving no meat on the bone, Nick Anderson would swoop around LaBounty with twelve laps remaining and take his second win of the season in the green-to-checkers event followed by Garrett LaBounty and Nick Miller in victory lane.

Veterans Mike Jurkowski and Stacy Cahoon brough the Foley Oil & Propane Late Models to point for the final feature event of the evening. Cahoon would lead the early circuits as the field filed-in for the 50-lap march to the checkers. The best battle in the field would find Oren Remick outside of Jaden Perry in the bare-knuckle fight for fourth with Remick prevailing on the preferred, outside groove. By the halfway point, rookie Colin Cornell began chasing down six-time track champion Cahoon with John Donahue and Ben Belanger battling for third eight-car lengths back.

John Raper photo

Cornell stalked Cahoon by less than a hood-length lap after lap in the veterans tire tracks but with laps winding down the pressure steamed up. The boiler remained unexploded until tech with apparent winner Stacy Cahoon found too wide in post-race technical inspection. Cahoon amicably gave the win to rookie Colin Cornell with a hard-charging Ben Belanger taking second and Cody LeBlanc in third.

Thunder in the Mountains returns next Saturday, August 17 for the final championship round in the Central Asphalt Paving Flying Tiger Triple Crown! The NELCAR Legends Tour and Bandoleros return to the White Mountain highbanks with continued track championship action for the Foley Oil & Propane Late Models, Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Minis, Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models and Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars with a 6:00pm Post Time!

For more information, contact the White Mountain Motorsports Park offices at (802) 244-6963, media@acttour.com, or visit www.whitemountainmotorsports.com. You can also follow us on Facebook at @WhiteMtnMotorsports.

 

White Mountain Motorsports Park

Saturday, August 10, 2024

Central Asphalt Paving Triple Crown Round #2

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

 

Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers – (75 Laps)

Central Asphalt Paving Triple Crown Series – Round #2

1.         00VT    Brandon Gray             E. Thetford, VT

2.         07VT    Sam Caron                  Milton, VT

3.         23NY   Cam Gadue                 Highgate, VT

4.         31VT    Logan Powers             Middlesex, VT

5.         15NH   Brendan Moodie        Wolcott, VT

6.         26VT    Luke Peters                 Groton, VT

7.         4NH     Shane Sicard               Barton, VT

8.         37VT    Kyle Streeter               Waterbury Ctr., VT

9.         52VT    Brad Bushey               Fairfax, VT

10.       90VT    Cameron Ouellette     Barre, VT

11.       22WC  Mike Clark                   Littleton, NH

12.       23VT    Matt Potter                 Marshfield, VT

13.       36NH   Jason Woodard*        Waterbury Ctr., VT

14.       78VT    Tyler Pepin                  Barre, VT

15.       43VT    #Kyle Willis                 Derby Line, VT

16.       62VT    Jamon Perry                Hardwick, VT

17.       29VT    #Owen Cheney           Moretown, VT

18.       49VT    #Austin Sicard             Gilmanton, NH

19.       23NH   Michael Potter            Plainfield, VT

20.       15VT    Joey Laquerre             E. Montpelier, VT

21.       77VT    Issac Spaulding           Wolcott, VT

22.       3VT      Michael MacAskill      Williamstown, VT

23.       92VT    Jaden Perry                 Hardwick, VT

24.       34VT    Jim Paquette              Alburgh, VT

*Sub Driver for Nate Hamblett

 

Foley Oil & Propane Late Models – (50 Laps)

1.         54VT    #Colin Cornell             East Burke, VT

2.         99NH   Ben Belanger              Whitefield, NH

3.         7NH     Cody LeBlanc              Berlin, NH

4.         26VT    John Donahue             Graniteville, VT

5.         42NH   Mike Jurkowski           Claremont, NH

6.         68NH   Tanner Woodard        Waterbury Ctr., VT

7.         60VI     #Thomas Smithers, VI Gilmanton, NH

8.         17NH   Kyle Goodbout           Lincoln, NH

9.         21VT    Reilly Lanphear           Waterbury, VT

10.       92VT    Jaden Perry                 Hardwick, VT

11.       21NH   Oren Remick               Monroe, NH

12.       38VT    Andy Hill*                   Danville, VT

13.       78NH   Quinten Welch           Groveton, NH

14.       67MA  Johnny Silva               

DNS     57NH   Dave Labrecque          Thorton, NH   

DSQ     83VT    Stacy Cahoon             St. Johnsbury, VT

* Sub Driver for Tyler Cahoon

 

Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis – (25 Laps)

1.         1          Landyn O'Donnell       N. Haverhill, NH

2.         57        Todd Derrington         Littleton, NH

3.         51        Tyler Thompson         Littleton, NH

4.         16x      Patrick Switser             Woodsville, NH

5.         99        McKenna Merchant    Waterford, VT

6.         02        Dustin Wilson             Bethlehem, NH

7.         12        John Knight                 Franklin, NH

8.         17NH   Scott Senecal              Lisbon, NH

9.         19        Dave Driscoll               N. Woodstock, NH

10.       92        Jason Goodbout, Jr.    Lincoln, NH

11.       11        Jacob Roy                    Danville, VT

12.       09        Jack Hayes*                Littleton, NH

DNS     17        Connor Rueda             Barre, VT

DNS     31        Les Washburn             Bethlehem, NH

DNS     18        Donnie Baumgardner N. Woodstock, NH

*Relegated to Last Place by Procedure

 

Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models – (40 Laps)

1.         55        Nick Anderson             Oxford, MA

2.         76        Garrett LaBounty        Orleans, VT

3.         17NH   Nick Miller                  Berlin, NH

4.         15        #Chris Moulton          Pepperell, MA

5.         7          Matt LeBlanc              Berlin, NH

6.         93        Tim Paquette              Bennington, NH

7.         31        Brett Jackson              Bethlehem, NH

8.         24        Colton Hull                

9.         71        Kevin Boucher             Grafton, NH

10.       13        Cameron Sontag         Sterling, MA

11.       66        Normand Raymond, Jr. Sherbrooke, QC

 

Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars – (25 Laps)

1.         52        Chad Dufour               Littleton, NH

2.         41        Jeff Ainsworth             Bethlehem, NH

3.         88        Jason Wyman             Easton, NH

4.         93        Dave Gyger                 Campton, NH

5.         16        #Mitchell O'Brien        Deerfield, NH

6.         99        Chris King                   

7.         32        Ryan Ware                  E. Burke, VT

8.         23        Ethan Tyrell                Worcester, VT

9.         8          Colby Bourgeois*       St. Johnsbury, VT

*Sub Driver for Andy Hill

 

Dads 4 By Tool & Supply Kid’s Division – (15 Laps)

1.         15        Hayden Bushey           Fletcher, VT

2.         19        Chloe Doyle                Northfield, VT

3.         09        Khloe Goodbout         Lincoln, NH

4.         05        Colby Stygles               Bradford, VT

5.         93        Jackson Hunt              Derby Line, VT

6.         74        Kiptyn Aldrich             N. Haverhill, NH

7.         2          Cooper Benoit             Washington, VT

8.         17        Makenzi Sicard           Gilmanton, NH

9.         23        Madison Potter          Marshfield, VT

10.       14        Colton Williams          Washington, VT