Jesse Switser First Regular to Claim ACT Checkers at White Mountain in Big Milton CAT 250

Baumgardner Doubles Down on Strictly Mini Double Features

N. Woodstock, NH — Once again the biggest date on the summer calendar, the Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250 for the invading American-Canadian Tour proved White Mountain Motorsports Park to be New Hampshire’s Favorite Short Track on Saturday. A capacity crowd greeted the White Mountain players in all four divisions as Foley Oil & Propane Late Model heroes made their mark on the ACT crowd while track championship action kept the crowd on their toes all night long.

The evening’s racing activity started with the Midseason Championship make-up for the Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis. After qualifying for their double points feature over a month ago, Jason Goodbout Jr. and Donnie Baumgardner took the first green flag of the night. At lap six, leading rookie McKenna Merchant got crossed up in a borrowed, back-up ride taking Kristian Switser with her and sending Jacob Ailes and John Knight scattering to call out the first caution. Back under green, Baumgardner got the launch and took it all the way to the Midseason Championship victory followed by a rebounded Kristian Switser and defending track champion Chris Moulton coming from tenth on the grid.

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Twelve Dads 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division teams joined the Milton CAT fun at White Mountain on Saturday. The lone caution in their 15-lap feature would slow the field at the halfway point as early frontrunner Kylee Potter came to a sliding stop in turn one. Back under green, A.J. Sicard drove his Dukes of Hazzard-inspired ride to the front with Logan Farnsworth all over his rear bumper. While they finished one-two under the checkered flags, heat race winner Walker Fitch would round out the podium in third.

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The Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers put on a wild 35-lap feature for the capacity crowd on hand for the Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250. Headed by longtime campaigner Joey Laquerre and Chandler Potter under the green flag, the field stretched themselves out and settled in but a lap 17 caution for the spinning John Donahue re-racked the field. Back on the hunt, Donahue flew up through the field under the restart only to be caught up with an exploding right rear tire on the Cooper French machine, sending French up into Donahue and calling the final caution on lap 23. Able to return, Donahue again flew up through the field but time ran out. Navigating his way through it all, Brandon Gray returned to White Mountain Motorsports Park victory lane with a smooth and consistent Chandler Potter in second and Jamon Perry in third.

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The Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis returned to action as the final event before the big American-Canadian Tour 250-lap challenge with Jason Goodbout Jr. and Jillian Baumgardner at the helm. The first yellow would flash on lap 10 for Scott Senecal and Don Judd’s stop in the bottom of turn two with the restart proving no better for Goodbout, Anthony Gavell and Tyler Thompson with a second yellow. The field returned to green and drove their four-cylinder power-plants to the max for the final fifteen laps. Once again, it was all Donnie Baumgardner, this time driving up from an eighth-place starting spot with Chris Moulton in tow all the way to victory lane and Kristian Switser rounding out the podium.

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After three rounds of qualifying for the ACT Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250, Independence Day Foley Oil & Propane Late Model winner Ryan Olsen earned the pole position over former Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tiger champion, and current ACT rookie contender, Tanner Woodard. After former ACT winner at White Mountain Jimmy Hebert took over at the head of the thirty-one-car field, defending King of the Mountain Quinny Welch made his presence known early with a top-5 run at the leaders.

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Following the first round of pit stops for fresh Hoosier Race Tires, Welch and current Late Model point leader Kasey Beattie paced the field before Hebert returned to lead following the lap 100 fueling break. A caution on lap 148 would see defending Wall’s Ford Platinum Series champion Derek Gluchacki take over the lead before tackling with current Wall’s Ford frontrunner Gabe Brown on lap 194 to call out the yellow once again.

In the final fifty laps, 2022 track championship runner-up Jesse Switser kept his nose up front and drove the wheels off his St. J Auto Chevy Camaro in constant stand-offs with top American-Canadian Tour names like Brian Hoar, Gluchacki, Brown and D.J. Shaw. After battling through all three rounds of qualifying, only getting in through his win in the B-Feature, West Burke, Vermont’s Jesse Switser took down his first career American-Canadian Tour victory at his hometrack to the tune of $10,000 with former Milton CAT 250 winner Dillon Moltz in second and Gabe Brown in third.

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White Mountain Motorsports Park takes a week off before returning on Saturday, August 19th for the Central Asphalt Paving Flying Tiger Triple Crown Championship Event! Round #3 will determine the Central Asphalt Triple Crown champion while the Foley Oil & Propane Late Models and Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Minis also return to track championship action while the Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars run their Midseason Championship make-up and the Maine-based Wicked Good Vintage Racing Association invades the White Mountain highbanks!

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 – N. Woodstock, NH

ACT Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250

Saturday, August 5, 2023

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

American-Canadian Tour – 6th Annual Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250

1.         25NH   Jesse Switser               West Burke, VT

2.         5CT      Dillon Moltz                 New Sharon, ME

3.         60ME   Gabe Brown                Center Conway, NH

4.         03MA  Derek Gluchacki          North Dartmouth, MA

5.         45NH   Kasey Beattie              St. Johnsbury, VT

6.         45NY    Brian Hoar                   Williston, VT

7.         68VT    Brooks Clark                Fayston, VT

8.         04VT    D.J. Shaw                     Center Conway, NH

9.         58VT    Jimmy Hebert              Williamstown, VT

10.       41QC   Jonathan Bouvrette    Blainville, QC

11.       92VT    Jaden Perry                 Hardwick, VT

12.       77NH   #Bryan Wall Jr.            E. Kingston, NH

13.       31CT    #Andrew Molleur       Shelton, CT

14.       0VT      Scott Dragon               Milton, VT

15.       68NH   #Tanner Woodard       Waterbury Ctr., VT

16.       61NH   Ryan Olsen                  N. Haverhill, NH

17.       78NH   Quinten Welch            Groveton, NH

18.       36NH   Erick Sands                  Derry, NH

19.       55VT    Keegan Lamson           Berlin, VT

20.       00NH   Jimmy Renfrew Jr.      Candia, NH

21.       97NH   Joey Polewarczyk        Hudson, NH

22.       66VT    Jason Corliss               Barre, VT

23.       78CT    Walter Sutcliffe          E. Haven, CT

24.       21QC   Alexendre Tardif         Notre Dame des Pins, QC

25.       91QC   Patrick Laperle            St-Denis, QC

26.       7ME     Dylan Payea                Milton, VT

27.       99NH   Ben Belanger              Whitefield, NH

28.       5MA    Tom Carey III               New Salem, MA

29.       55QC   William Larue             Quebec City, QC

30.       22VT    Peyton Lanphear         Waterbury, VT

31.       4NH     Jamie Swallow Jr.        Groveton, NH

DNQ    86VT    Marcel J. Gravel          Wolcott, VT

DNQ    49NH   Matt Anderson            Franklin, NH

DNQ    7NH     Joel Hodgdon              Craftsbury Common, VT

DNQ    28NH   Ricky Bly                      Sunapee, NH

DNQ    04NH   Shawn Swallow           Groveton, NH

DNQ    5ME     #Dominic Curit            Saco, ME

DNQ    17NH   #Kyle Goodbout           N. Woodstock, NH

DNQ    27NH   Cam Huntress              Rochester, NH

DNQ    21VT    Reilly Lanphear           Waterbury, VT

DNQ    7NC     Davey Riendeau          Mooresville, NC

Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers – (35 Laps)

1.         00VT    Brandon Gray              E. Thetford, VT

2.         23NC   Chandler Potter           Plainfield, VT

3.         62VT    Jamon Perry                Hardwick, VT

4.         26NH   John Donahue             Graniteville, VT

5.         54VT    Colin Cornell               E. Burke, VT

6.         26VT    #Luke Peters               Groton, VT

7.         82NH   Frank Sweeney            Belmont, NH

8.         3NH     David Baron                Nashua, NH

9.         15NH   Joey Laquerre             E. Montpelier, VT

10.       23TX    #Owen Cheney            Moretown, VT

11.       4ME     Cooper French             Northfield, VT

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

1.         18        Donnie Baumgardner N. Woodstock, NH

2.         15        Chris Moulton             Pepperell, MA

3.         16NH   Kristian Switser           Waterford, VT

4.         14        Jillian Baumgardner    N. Woodstock, NH

5.         09        Jack Hayes                   Littleton, NH

6.         57        Todd Derrington         Littleton, NH

7.         16X      #Patrick Switser          Woodsville, NH

8.         99        #McKenna Merchant  Waterford, VT

9.         0          Keri Driscoll                 Gilmanton, NH

10.       26        Corey Martin               Northfield, VT

11.       12        John Knight                 Franklin, NH

12.       51        Tyler Thompson          Lincoln, NH

13.       18NH   Anthony Gavel             Belmont, NH

14.       69        #Aiden Young              Dalton, NH

15.       92        Jason Goodbout, Jr.    Lincoln, NH

16.       19        Dave Driscoll               N. Woodstock, NH

17.       1          Scott Senecal              Lisbon, NH

18.       01        Jeff Champine             Whitefield, NH

19.       02        Dustin Wilson              Bethlehem, NH

20.       72        Jacob Ailes                  St. Johnsbury, VT

21.       87        Don Judd                     Franklin, NH

22.       17        Les Washburn             Bethlehem, NH

Midseason Championship Make-Up from 7/8 – (25 Laps)

1.         18        Donnie Baumgardner N. Woodstock, NH

2.         16NH   Kristian Switser           Waterford, VT

3.         15        Chris Moulton             Pepperell, MA

4.         18NH   Anthony Gavel Belmont, NH

5.         51        Tyler Thompson          Lincoln, NH

6.         1          Scott Senecal              Lisbon, NH

7.         57        Todd Derrington         Littleton, NH

8.         16x      #Patrick Switser          Woodsville, NH

9.         14        Jillian Baumgardner    N. Woodstock, NH

10.       99        #McKenna Merchant  Waterford, VT

11.       92        Jason Goodbout, Jr.    Lincoln, NH

12.       09        Jack Hayes                   Littleton, NH

13.       12        John Knight                 Franklin, NH

14.       72        Jacob Ailes                  St. Johnsbury, VT

15.       74        Keegan Tabor              Randolph, VT

Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division – (15 Laps)

1.         01        Austin Sicard               Gilmanton, NH

2.         22        Logan Farnsworth       St. Johnsbury, VT

3.         18        Walker Fitch                Marshfield, VT

4.         32        Kylee Potter                Marshfield, VT

5.         6          Connor Charbonneau  Groveton, NH

6.         4          Bentley Robbin            Bradford, VT

7.         09        Khloe Goodbout          Lincoln, NH

8.         81        Mark Mgrdichian        Raymond, NH

9.         23        Madison Potter           Marshfield, VT

10.       63        Clayton Houghton       St. Johnsbury, VT

11.       17        Makenzi Sicard           Gilmanton, NH

12.       1          Carter Stygles              Campton, NH