Shaw Takes Second Career Milton CAT 250, Local Drivers Shine in Front of Packed Stands!

N. Woodstock, NH — With a massive crowd on hand for the 7th annual Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250 at White Mountain Motorsports Park, the local racers competed with plenty of pride on Saturday evening. The highlight of the summer season at New Hampshire’s Favorite Short Track started off with the Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division. Twelve strong, these racers of tomorrow kicked off feature racing action with Sophia Beer and Jackson Hunt leading the action to the first yellow for a mix-up between Madison Potter and Kiptyn Aldrich. Hunt would lead on the restart and begin to grow his lead before the field was stopped for Aldrich’s hard lick into the turn four tire barrier. Jackson Hunt would fend off Connor Stygles and Hayden Bushey to take his first career win at the line.

Mark A. Cote photo

Mark A. Cote photo

In between American-Canadian Tour qualifying for the Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250, the Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers took the field for their 35-lap main event. Rookie Austin Sicard brought the field to green with Nate Hamblett to his outside and fellow rookies Owen Cheney and Kyle Willis in tow. Pulling double duty on Saturday, point leader Brandon Gray made the long march to the front while Sicard looked like a seasoned veteran out front, leading until lap 18. Gray would round the rookie to take over the lead and only slowed once for the division’s lone caution with two laps remaining. Gray and Groton, Vermont’s Luke Peters duked it out for the green-white-checkered finish with Gray maintaining his win streak followed by Peters and Shane Sicard on the podium.

Mark A. Cote photo

Likewise, the Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Minis saw a rookie lead the field, this time in the hands of young Landyn O’Donnell. The North Haverhill young-gun led the pack through the halfway point while Tyler Thompson, Kyler Davis and Patrick Switser cut their way through the pack. Unfortunately for O’Donnell a lap 17 caution for a stalled Scott Senecal with a flat tire proved to be his undoing with a missed shift on the restart taking away his chance for a first-time win. The final circuits proved some of the most entertaining of the evening as the pack maintained side-by-side battles to the end. Tyler Thompson narrowly edged out Jason Goodbout, Jr. for the win with Patrick Switser taking third in a three-wide-battle against McKenna Merchant and Kyler Davis at the line!

The American-Canadian Tour brought thirty-nine teams from across New England and Quebec for the Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250, the first of two appearances for the international tour at White Mountain this summer. Following heat races, the consolation round and the Last Chance B-Feature carved the thirty-nine entries down to twenty-nine starters in the 250-lap main event. 2006 King of the Mountain D.J. Shaw and former White Mountain ACT victor Tom Carey III brought the field to green. With Shaw leading the early circuits, White Mountain standout Bryan Wall, Jr. kept up with the defending ACT champion out front.

Hard luck struck the White Mountain weekly teams starting with Jaden Perry going in the spin cycle to bring the first yellow on lap 25 before Tanner Woodard brought out the lap 42 caution after stopping on the top of turn two. After running strong in the opening half, nine-time track champion Quinny Welch lost all electrical power and shut down, ending his run early. Going against the grain, Wall’s Ford Platinum Series point leader Gabe Brown kept pace with Shaw at the head of the field for the majority of the 250-lap spectacular before everything went south as a piece of metal lodged in his right front tire, sending him out of a strong second-place run.

Mark A. Cote photo

Mark A. Cote photo

In the final circuits, 2023 White Mountain track champion Kasey Beattie, now leading the ACT Rookie of the Year battle, battled hard with D.J. Shaw for the win. Again and again, Beattie drew alongside Shaw on both the high side and down low, unable to get just the right momentum to make his #45NH stick. Beattie gave one final charge at Shaw on the final lap but it was not enough. D.J. Shaw became the first two-time Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250 champion under the twin checkered flags with Tom Carey III sneaking around Beattie to take second.

Mark A. Cote photo

White Mountain Motorsports Park returns on Saturday, August 10 for the rain-postponed Round #2 of the Central Asphalt Paving Triple Crown Series for the Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers! The Foley Oil & Propane Late Models, Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Minis, Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models, Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars and Dads 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division are all back in action 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 3, 2024

Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

 

American-Canadian Tour – (250 Laps)

7th annual Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250

1.         04VT    DJ Shaw                       Center Conway, NH

2.         5MA    Tom Carey III               New Salem, MA

3.         45NH   #Kasey Beattie             St. Johnsbury, VT

4.         25NH   Jesse Switser               W. Burke, VT

5.         21QC   Alexendre Tardif         Notre Dame des Pins, QC

6.         47NH   Gabe Brown                Center Conway, NH

7.         18VT    #Kaiden Fisher             Shelburne, VT

8.         91QC   Patrick Laperle            St-Denis, QC

9.         77NH   Bryan Wall Jr.              E. Kingston, NH

10.       03MA  Derek Gluchacki         Dartmouth, MA

11.       97NH   Joey Polewarczyk        Hudson, NH

12.       36NH   Erick Sands                  Derry, NH

13.       68VT    Brooks Clark               Fayston, VT

14.       7MA    #Jeremy Sorel             Westfield, MA

15.       53NH   Jeremy Davis               Tamworth, NH

16.       48QC   Raphael Lessard         St-Joseph, QC

17.       41QC   Jonathan Bouvrette   Blainville, QC

18.       33QC   Remi Perreault           St. Paul, QC

19.       27NH   Cam Huntress             Rochester, NH

20.       0VT      Scott Dragon               Milton, VT

21.       4NH     Jamie Swallow Jr.        Lancaster, VT

22.       10NH   Bryan Mason              Stark, NH

23.       58VT    Jimmy Hebert             Williamstown, VT

24.       11QC   Claude Leclerc             Lanoraie, QC

25.       68NH   Tanner Woodard        Waterbury Ctr., VT

26.       92VT    Jaden Perry                 Hardwick, VT

27.       00VT    Brandon Gray             E. Thetford, VT

28.       01VT    Stephen Martin          Craftsbury Common, VT

29.       78NH   Quinten Welch           Groveton, NH

DNQ    73MA  #Cole Littlewood        Orange, MA

DNQ    29ME   Cole Robie                  Windham, ME

DNQ    22VT    Peyton Lanphear        Waterbury, VT

DNQ    61NH   Ryan Olsen                  N. Haverhill, NH

DNQ    32NH   Jeff Marshall               Littleton, NH

DNQ    2VT      Stephen Donahue      Graniteville, VT

DNQ    55VT    Keegan Lamson          Berlin, VT

DNQ    46x      Brian Hoar                  S. Hero, VT

DNQ    04NH   Shawn Swallow           Groveton, NH

DNQ    21VT    Reilly Lanphear           Waterbury, VT

 

Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers – (35 Laps)

1          00VT    Brandon Gray             E. Thetford, VT

2          26VT    Luke Peters                 Groton, VT

3          4NH     Shane Sicard               Barton, VT

4          78VT    Tyler Pepin                  Barre, VT

5          62VT    Jamon Perry                Hardwick, VT

6          23NC   Chandler Potter          Plainfield, VT

7          23NH   Michael Potter            Plainfield, VT

8          43VT    #Kyle Willis                 Derby Line, VT

9          29VT    #Owen Cheney           Moretown, VT

10        49VT    #Austin Sicard             Gilmanton, NH

11        34VT    Jim Paquette              Alburgh, VT

12        77VT    Ryan Field                   Wolcott, VT

13        36NH   Nate Hamblett           Derby Line, VT

14        22WC  Mike Clark                   Littleton, NH

 

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

1.         51        Tyler Thompson         Littleton, NH

2.         92        Jason Goodbout, Jr.    Lincoln, NH

3.         16x      Patrick Switser             Woodsville, NH

4.         11        Kyler Davis*                Berlin, VT

5.         99        McKenna Merchant    Waterford, VT

6.         57        Todd Derrington         Littleton, NH

7.         18        Donnie Baumgardner N. Woodstock, NH

8.         09        Jack Hayes                  Littleton, NH

9.         16VT    Nate Brien                  Williamstown, VT

10.       02        Dustin Wilson             Bethlehem, NH

11.       17        Connor Rueda             Barre, VT

12.       12        John Knight                 Franklin, NH

13.       69        Aiden Young               Dalton, NH

14.       1          Landyn O'Donnell       N. Haverhill, NH

15.       17NH   Scott Senecal              Lisbon, NH

DNS     19        Dave Driscoll               N. Woodstock, NH

*Sub Driver for Jacob Roy

 

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

1.         93        Jackson Hunt              Derby Line, VT

2.         05        Colby Stygles               Bradford, VT

3.         15        Hayden Bushey           Fletcher, VT

4.         2          Cooper Benoit             Washington, VT

5.         15        Connor Dow                Georgia, VT

6.         17        Makenzi Sicard           Gilmanton, NH

7.         99        Sophia Beer                Lyndonville, VT

8.         19        Chloe Doyle                Northfield, VT

9.         23        Madison Potter          Marshfield, VT

10.       6          Connor Charbonneau Groveton, NH

11.       74        Kiptyn Aldrich             Woodsville, NH

12.       09        Khloe Goodbout         Lincoln, NH