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Clark Dominates in Clean Green Leaf Peepers 100 Victory At White Mountain

N. Woodstock, NH — After a restful off-weekend, Thunder returned to the Mountains this past Saturday for the Leaf Peeper 100 at White Mountain Motorsports Park. Along with an action-packed visit from the NELCAR Legends and Bandolero Tour, the weekly competition was just as hot as the 2023 season comes down to the wire with just three events left in the year.

The Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Kid’s Division kicked off the evening with their rain-delayed Midseason Championship feature. While Kylee Potter and Austin Sicard tangled after the halfway point, the restart fueled the flames underneath St. Johnsbury’s Logan Farnsworth who powered up to victory over Connor Charbonneau and Bentley Robbin. In their regularly scheduled feature event it was Charbonneau who drove methodically through the field from his fifth-place starting spot to claim the checkers, this time with Walker Fitch in the runner-up spot and Farnsworth back in third.

The NELCAR Bandoleros were a green to checkers affair with everyone chasing Brent Robidoux in the 20-lap feature. Although brother Bryson Robidoux put up a good fight, Andrew Gomes swooped in late to steal second away with Bryson rounding out the podium three.

A hard wreck in the heat race for Todd Randlett brought the night to a stop as Speedway Safety Services cut him out of his car and sent him to the hospital for further evaluation. Per NELCAR social media, Randlett, remains sore with a bruised left shoulder but is already at work on his back-up car for the next outing. A pair of Kevins led the NELCAR Legends to green with Kevin Davis taking the charge over Kevin Girard Jr with a quick Chase Silvia on his tail. Two caution periods would set up continuous dog-fights at the front, first between Davis and Cole Robie then between Silvia and Joshua Parson. Parson would get the edge at the end before a strong challenge from late-comer Brenden Lavelle with Lavelle taking the 0.056-second lead over Parson under the checkered flags. Chase Silvia kept it in the running to finish third.

The Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers then took the field with Joey Laquerre and David Baron at the helm. Laquerre took the lead from the onset as Baron and top rookie Luke Peters battled side-by-side. As the field began to stretch, Brandon Gray made daring moves across both lanes of the White Mountain asphalt to work his way around the two and set his sights on Colin Cornell. Cornell had overtaken Laquerre on lap 18 only to have a rear-view mirror full of Gray. The two battled side-by-side to the end with Gray getting a bumper cover, 0.046-second lead to claim the win over Cornell with John Donahue rounding out the top-three.

John Knight and Jillian Baumgardner led the Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Mini Stock feature to green with Jack Hayes quickly making moves to join them under the green flag. Hayes would jump under Knight to lead at the halfway point of their 25-lap feature while a four-way-battle for fourth between top rookie McKenna Merchant, Pat Switser, Kristian Switser and Donnie Baumgardner got hot and heavy. Contact between Pat Switser and Baumgardner wreaked havoc in turn two, collecting Tyler Thompson, championship contender Todd Derrington and sending Scott Senecal into the backstretch wall. In the final restart Jack Hayes powered all the way to victory lane for his second win of the season followed by Kristian Switser and Merchant on the podium.

After facing off side-by-side under the initial green flag, Pat Patten led the Foley Oil & Propane Late Model field for their Leaf Peeper 100 on Labor Day weekend. The lone caution flag would fly on lap 3 as a chain reaction began in turn three with Oren Remick coming down and forcing father/son combination Tyler and Stacy Cahoon to slam the binders and spin into the infield grass. Back under green, Mike Clark put the pedal down to lead over Patten on lap 10 and never looked back. While the competition was fierce for second and third between top rookie Kyle Goodbout, point leader Kasey Beattie and defending champion Quinny Welch, Clark kept it clean and green to drive all the way to Foley Oil & Propane victory lane as the Leaf Peeper 100 champion in his first win of a long, learning-curve season for the Littleton, New Hampshire veteran. Goodbout kept his own foot in it to bring home second with Beattie taking third.

White Mountain Motorsports Park returns to action this Saturday, September 9th with a double-shot of exciting 100 lap showdowns. The $5,000 to win R&R Race Parts NH Street Stock Open 100 goes head-to-head with the Wall’s Ford Platinum Late Model Series Championship 100 along with the Matt Clay Memorial for the Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models, Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers, Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis and Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars.

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

 

White Mountain Motorsports Park – N. Woodstock, NH

5th annual Foley Oil & Propane Leaf Peeper 100

Saturday, September 2, 2023

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

 

Foley Oil & Propane Late Models – Leaf Peeper 100

1          22WC  Mike Clark                   Littleton, NH

2          17NH   #Kyle Goodbout           N. Woodstock, NH

3          45NH   Kasey Beattie              St. Johnsbury, VT

4          78NH   Quinten Welch            Groveton, NH

5          42NH   Mike Jurkowski            Claremont, NH

6          74ME   Justin Eldridge             Tuftonboro, NH

7          83VT    Stacy Cahoon              St. Johnsbury, VT

8          21VT    Reilly Lanphear           Waterbury, VT

9          49NH   Matt Anderson            Franklin, NH

10        38VT    Tyler Cahoon               Danville, VT

11        97VT    Patrick Patten              Belmont, NH

12        57NH   David Labreque           Thornton, NH

13        77MA  James Linardy             Somerville, MA

14        07NH   Mark Patten                Belmont, NH

15        21NH   Oren Remick               Monroe, NH

16        16NH   Sammy Gooden           Whitefield, NH

NELCAR Legends – (25 Laps)

1.         4          Brenden Lavelle

2.         9          Joshua Parson

3.         17        Chase Silvia

4.         20        Matt Grant

5.         10        Kevin Davis

6.         19        Kevin Girard Jr

7.         14z       Zachary Martinez

8.         29        Cole Robie

9.         33        Ty Leclerc

10.       13        Jacob Burns

11.       99        Richie Helger

12.       34        Kyle Caissie

13.       25        James Anderson

14.       D3        David Stone

15.       18a      Noah Alexander

16.       15m     Shane Cromett

17.       85        Jake Kelley

18.       47ri      Adam Harrison

19.       57c      Mike DellaVecchia

20.       14        Bill Andreozzi

21.       6          Eric Williams

22.       1          Ethan Avellar

23.       14x      Leo Rossi

24.       0          Owen Ledoux

25.       7x        Bob Poloski

NELCAR Bandoleros – (20 Laps)

1.         25        Brent Robidoux

2.         10        Andrew Gomes

3.         38        Bryson Robidoux

4.         4          Brody Wakefield

5.         19        Grayson Day

6.         14        Parker Dau

7.         3          Nathan Roux

8.         11ri      Nick Vhrig

9.         66        Zackary Keith

10.       17a      Allie Alexander

11.       91        Ayla Martin

12.       11        Ryan Bansste

Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers – (35 Laps)

1.         00VT    Brandon Gray              E. Thetford, VT

2.         54VT    Colin Cornell               E. Burke, VT

3.         26NH   John Donahue             Graniteville, VT

4.         15NH   Joey Laquerre             E. Montpelier, VT

5.         3NH     David Baron                Nashua, NH

6.         82NH   Frank Sweeney            Belmont, NH

7.         26VT    #Luke Peters               Groton, VT

8.         36NH   #Nathan Hamblett      Derby Line, VT

9.         34VT    #Jim Paquette             Alburgh, VT

10.       34ME   David Vaughn              Naples, ME

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

1.         09        Jack Hayes                   Littleton, NH

2.         16NH   Kristian Switser           Waterford, VT

3.         99        #McKenna Merchant  Waterford, VT

4.         15        Chris Moulton             Pepperell, MA

5.         12        John Knight                 Franklin, NH

6.         57        Todd Derrington         Littleton, NH

7.         14        Jillian Baumgardner    N. Woodstock, NH

8.         69        #Aiden Young              Dalton, NH

9.         1          Scott Senecal              Lisbon, NH

10.       16x      #Patrick Switser          Woodsville, NH

11.       19        Dave Driscoll               N. Woodstock, NH

12.       18        Donnie Baumgardner N. Woodstock, NH

13.       51        Tyler Thompson          Lincoln, NH

DNS     18NH   Anthony Gavel             Belmont, NH

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

1.         6          Connor Charbonneau  Groveton, NH

2.         18        Walker Fitch                Marshfield, VT

3.         22        Logan Farnsworth       St. Johnsbury, VT

4.         4          Bentley Robbin            Bradford, VT

5.         01        Austin Sicard               Gilmanton, NH

6.         23        Madison Potter           Marshfield, VT

7.         09        Khloe Goodbout          Lincoln, NH

8.         17        Makenzi Sicard           Gilmanton, NH

9.         63        Clayton Houghton       St. Johnsbury, VT

DNS     32        Kylee Potter                Marshfield, VT

DNS     1          Carter Stygles              Campton, NH

Rain-Delayed Midseason Championship Feat. from 7/8

1.         22        Logan Farnsworth       St. Johnsbury, VT

2.         6          Connor Charbonneau  Groveton, NH

3.         4          Bentley Robbin            Bradford, VT

4.         23        Madison Potter           Marshfield, VT

5.         09        Khloe Goodbout          Lincoln, NH

6.         17        Makenzi Sicard           Gilmanton, NH

7.         63        Clayton Houghton       St. Johnsbury, VT

8.         18        Walker Fitch                Marshfield, VT

9.         01        Austin Sicard               Gilmanton, NH

10.       32        Kylee Potter                Marshfield, VT

DNS     1          Carter Stygles              Campton, NH

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