Rookie Thomas Smithers Earns 1st Win in Rowdy Late Model Affair at White Mountain

N. Woodstock, NH — Six divisions of cars descended on White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday with plenty of action on the track all night long. The evening began with the Wayne’s Market Dwarf Car feature event. Bethlehem’s Jeff Ainsworth was able to keep defending Dwarf Car champion Jason Wyman and point leader Andy Hill at bay to take the 20-lap feature event and end Hill’s five-race win streak. Hill would come home second with a hard-charging Ethan Tyrrell bouncing back from a mid-race spin to claim third.

The Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis were hot to trot in their 25-lap feature. While Tyler Thompson took off with the lead, things got physical between Jack Hayes and Scott Senecal in the opening laps. While things played out, Thompson impressing to a seven car-length lead, the closing laps saw a thrilling battle for second between Hayes and McKenna Merchant as point leader Jacob Roy patiently waited in the catbird seat to spring on the slightest bobble. The opportunity never arrived for Roy as Tyler Thompson took down an emotional first win of the season followed by Merchant and Hayes across the line.

It was an all rookie front row to start the Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tiger feature event of the evening between Owen Cheney and Nate Hamblett. Hamblett would slip and slide his way to the lead while Cheney was overcome by Luke Peters, Brandon Gray and Kyle Streeter. Gray would round Hamblett just after the halfway point as Logan Powers joined the fray to chase down Streeter in second. A late race restart for the spinning Hamblett and Parker Gagne re-racked the field for a final shot at victory. Brandon Gray came out on top to maintain a six-race win streak on the season followed by Kyle Streeter and Luke Peters who edged out Logan Powers at the line for third.

A visit from the New England Pro-4 Modifieds saw fourteen of the four-cylinder open-wheeled teams make the annual trek to White Mountain. Rob Richardi Jr. made his way through the pack to claim the lead at the halfway point with the field slowed under caution just once for the Josh Badach machine spun around in turn four. A nail-biting finish saw Richardi run against defending Pro-4 White Mountain winner Brett Meservey down to the line on the final lap. Rob Richardi, Jr. took down his first win at White Mountain over Brett Meservey by 0.187-seconds with Doug Meservey, Jr. rounding out the podium.

The Foley Oil & Propane Late Models stormed the field under the leadership of Richie Brown and Kyle Goodbout. Brown quickly took off with the lead, leaving Goodbout on the defense against Oren Remick and Thomas Smithers, VI. The first caution flew on lap 21 as Bryan Wall Jr. spun off the nose of John Donahue as Wall tried to avoid the lap car of Dave Labrecque. The restart was no good for Richie Brown as a missed shift shuffled him down through the field leaving Remick and Smithers at the front of the pack. The veteran and the rookie battled it out under green and under restart conditions in the final ten laps with Thomas Smithers coming out on top to claim his first career Foley Oil & Propane Late Model win over Quinny Welch and Jaden Perry in the final tally.

The debut of the Little Webb’s 350 Supermodified Series closed out Saturday’s activities at White Mountain. The 40-lap feature was slowed for one major caution on lap 14 as longtime veteran Jim Storace slipped sideways out of turn four and collected himself in the frontstretch wall for a lengthy clean-up job. Back to green flag racing it was all Ed Witkum at the front of the pack, leading all forty laps and collecting the Series’ debut win at White Mountain Motorsports Park. Ben Tinker called on his former PASS Modified experience at White Mountain to claim second with point leader Jeffrey Battle charging his way up to third.

White Mountain Motorsports Park is back in action next Saturday, July 28 for the exciting New Hampshire Governor’s Cup Twin 100s! The Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series makes their series debut at the 1/4-mile White Mountain Motorsports Park for a $10,000 to win, 100-lap showdown on the North Woodstock highbanks. Joining the top of the bill will be the Foley Oil & Propane Late Models in round two of the Wall’s Ford Platinum Series with the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 100 plus the Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers and Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Minis! Post Time is 6:00pm on Saturday, July 27.

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, July 20, 2024
Little Webb’s 350 Super Series & Pro-4 Modified Special
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

Foley Oil & Propane Late Models – (50 Laps)

1. 60VI #Thomas Smithers, VI Gilmanton, NH
2. 78NH Quinten Welch Groveton, NH
3. 92VT Jaden Perry Hardwick, VT
4. 21NH Oren Remick Monroe, NH
5. 17NH Kyle Goodbout Lincoln, NH
6. 29ME Cole Robie Windham, ME
7. 68NH Tanner Woodard Waterbury Ctr., VT
8. 42NH Mike Jurkowski Claremont, NH
9. 77NH Bryan Wall Jr. E. Kingston, NH
10. 38VT Tyler Cahoon Danville, VT
11. 68VT Brooks Clark Fayston, VT
12. 54VT #Colin Cornell East Burke, VT
13. 83VT Stacy Cahoon St. Johnsbury, VT
14. 57NH Dave Labrecque Thorton, NH
15. 20NH Richie Brown Wentworth, NH
16. 26VT John Donahue Graniteville, VT

Little Webb’s 350 Supermodified Series – (40 Laps)

1. 39 Ed Witkum Westford, MA
2. 19 Ben Tinker Windham, ME
3. 14 Jeffrey Battle Dunstable, VT
4. 5 Joey Scanlon Salem, NH
5. 45 James Witkum Methuen, MA
6. 64 James Capps III Tewksbury, MA
7. 38 Ryan Locke Chester, NH
8. 47 Jim Storace Kingston, NH
9. 98 Tommy Tombarello Haverhill, MA

Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers – (35 Laps)

1. 00VT Brandon Gray E. Thetford, VT
2. 37VT Kyle Streeter Waterbury Ctr., VT
3. 26VT Luke Peters Groton, VT
4. 31VT Logan Powers Middlesex, VT
5. 4NH Shane Sicard Barton, VT
6. 52VT Brad Bushey Fairfax, VT
7. 23VT Matt Potter Marshfield, VT
8. 43VT #Kyle Willis Derby Line, VT
9. 55VT Parker Gagne Fairfax, VT
10. 78VT Tyler Pepin Barre, VT
11. 29VT #Owen Cheney Moretown, VT
12. 49VT #Austin Sicard Gilmanton, NH
13. 34VT Jim Paquette Alburgh, VT
14. 36NH Nathan Hamblett Derby Line, VT

New England Pro-4 Modifieds – (25 Laps)

1. 0 Rob Richardi, Jr. N. Easton, MA
2. 5 Brett Meservey Chatham, MA
3. 45 Doug Meservey, Jr. Brewster, MA
4. 821 Robert Matheson Sanbornton, NH
5. 3x Steve Gill Makira City, FL
6. 50 Jack Dumas Brockton, MA
7. 57 Kurt Lester W. Suffield, CT
8. 67B Brandon LaVoie Littleton, MA
9. 4xl Craig Phillips Oakham, MA
10. 03VT Sophia Ashford Northfield, VT
11. 37 Eddie Pestruskevicius Rutland, MA
12. 15 Moe Denner New Brighton, MA
13. 88 Josh Badach Danbury, CT
14. 91 Vic Cote Griswold, CT

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

1. 51 Tyler Thompson Lincoln, NH
2. 99 McKenna Merchant Waterford, VT
3. 09 Jack Hayes Littleton, NH
4. 11 Jacob Roy Danville, VT
5. 16x Patrick Switser Woodsville, NH
6. 17 Connor Rueda Barre, VT
7. 57 Todd Derrington Littleton, NH
8. 92 Jason Goodbout, Jr. Lincoln, NH
9. 18 Donnie Baumgardner N. Woodstock, NH
10. 17NH Scott Senecal Lisbon, NH
11. 12 John Knight Franklin, NH
12. 32 #Kylee Potter Marshfield, VT
13. 1 Landyn O’Donnell N. Haverhill, NH
14. 19 Dave Driscoll N. Woodstock, NH
15. 69 Aiden Young Dalton, NH

Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars – (20 Laps)

1. 41 Jeff Ainsworth Bethlehem, NH
2. 8 Andy Hill Waterford, VT
3. 23 Ethan Tyrrell Worcester, VT
4. 88 Jason Wyman Easton, NH
5. 93 Dave Gyger Campton, NH
6. 32 Ryan Ware E. Burke, VT
7. 52 Chad Dufour Littleton, NH
8. 99 Chris King
   DNS 3 #Avery Young Hudson, NH