Last Time’s Roll Over is This Time’s Victor for McKenna Merchant in Strictly Mini Special at White Mountain

Clear skies and a full pit area greeted race fans on Saturday at White Mountain Motorsports Park. Alongside regular track championship action, the Woodsville Guaranty Saving Bank Strictly Stock Minis had a 50-lap, $500 to win special on deck along with a visit from the New England Antique Racers!

The Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division got the action started with a spirited battle up front between Jackson Hunt and Jaiden Del Toro. The two Green Mountain Boys battled for the lead while two strong running competitors battled back behind them for third. Two-time 2024 winner Hayden Bushey and multi-time winner Connor Charbonneau swapped lanes in the fight to join the podium right down to the wire. Jaiden Del Toro took down his first feature win, joined by Hunt and Bushey in victory lane.

Eleven Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars made for a thrilling twin 20-lap segment feature event. After spearheading the win in segment one, Ethan Tyrrell found himself at the tail of segment two with a tall ladder to climb in just twenty laps. While Andy Hill and Jason Wyman cut and dashed around the quick open-wheeled masters, Tyrrell found himself mired again and again, halting his advance. Andy Hill would nab his third Dwarf Car victory of the season followed by Jason Wyman and Tyrrell.

A long green flag start for the Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers went cold on lap 21 after contact sent Frankie Sweeney and Nathan Hamblett around in turns one and two. Brandon Gray had made quick work of the field, taking the lead by lap five and powering through the 35-lap feature to claim his fourth consecutive win followed by multi-time champion Shane Sicard and rookie Kyle Willis making his first career podium appearance in the Flying Tiger division.

The Foley Oil & Propane Late Models were just the opposite, a rough start made for a short night for several competitors after a lap one wreck along the frontstretch concrete. Back to green, 2023 Rookie of the Year Kyle Goodbout ran the line of a decades-long veteran in his fierce side-by-side battles, first with Oren Remick before taking challenges from Richie Brown and Kasey Beattie. Beattie, returning to White Mountain in further preparation for the American-Canadian Tour Milton CAT Midsummer 250 in August, was digging deep for the elusive Triple Crown after claiming his heat race and semi feature wins.

The lights nearly went out for Beattie as a steady pile of white steam billowed from his overflow through the final ten laps. Undeterred by the distracting mist off the right side of his windshield, Beattie continued to battle hard with Goodbout but time ran out. Kyle Goodbout claimed his first career Foley Oil & Propane Late Model win over Beattie and Quinny Welch.

The Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis put on a clinic for their annual 50-lap special, the class of Saturday night’s divisions. In just under thirteen minutes the popular four-cylinder class ran green to checkers at a gruelling pace! After ending her last event upside down and on her roof on the backstretch, young McKenna Merchant showed the way throughout the 50-lap main event. On three separate occasions she found herself sliding through the corners, and allowing her competitors to gain dangerous amounts of territory, but none were able to take full advantage with Merchant claiming the win and the $500 prize. Todd Derrington came home second with Donnie Baumgardner rounding out the podium.

White Mountain Motorsports Park is off next weekend but returns in a big way on Saturday, June 29 with the Lil’ Webbs 350 Supermodified Series plus the Foley Oil & Propane Late Models, Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers, Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis and Dads 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division. Don’t forget, Saturday June 29 also includes a massive fireworks display courtesy of Northstar Fireworks of Bradford and E. Montpelier, Vermont!

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

-White Mountain Motorsports Park Release
-Photo credit: John Raper

White Mountain Motorsports Park – N. Woodstock, NH
Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Mini Father’s Day Special
Saturday, June 15, 2024
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Minis – (50 Laps)

1. 99 McKenna Merchant Waterford, VT
2. 57 Todd Derrington Littleton, NH
3. 18 Donnie Baumgardner N. Woodstock, NH
4. 11 Jacob Roy Danville, VT
5. 17 Connor Rueda Barre, VT
6. 16x Patrick Switser Woodsville, NH
7. 09 Jack Hayes Littleton, NH
8. 92 Jason Goodbout, Jr. Lincoln, NH
9. 19 Shane Sicard Barton, VT
10. 17NH Scott Senecal Lisbon, NH
11. 02 Dustin Wilson Bethlehem, NH
12. 69 Aiden Young Dalton, NH
13. 01 Jeff Champine Whitefield, NH
14. 16VT Nate Brien Williamstown, VT
15. 12 John Knight Franklin, NH
16. 1 Landyn O'Donnell N. Haverhill, NH
17. 32 #Kylee Potter Marshfield, VT
18. 51 Tyler Thompson Lincoln, NH
19. 3 Arlen Jewett St. Johnsbury, VT

Foley Oil & Propane Late Models – (50 Laps)

1. 17NH Kyle Goodbout Lincoln, NH
2. 45NH #Kasey Beattie St. Johnsbury, VT
3. 78NH Quinten Welch Groveton, NH
4. 20NH Richie Brown Wentworth, NH
5. 61NH Ryan Olsen N. Haverhill, NH
6. 42NH Mike Jurkowski Claremont, NH
7. 54VT #Colin Cornell East Burke, VT
8. 92VT Jaden Perry Hardwick, VT
9. 68NH Tanner Woodard Waterbury Ctr., VT
10. 38VT Tyler Cahoon Danville, VT
11. 31VT Bill Donahue Rutland, VT
12. 83VT Stacy Cahoon St. Johnsbury, VT
13. 21VT Reilly Lanphear Waterbury, VT
14. 67NH Jordan Davis Whitefield, NH
15. 21NH Oren Remick Monroe, NH
16. 39VT Mike Foster Williston, VT
17. 57NH Dave Labrecque Thorton, NH
18. 45VT Derek Ming W. Burke, VT
19. 22VT Peyton Lanphear Waterbury, VT
20. 92NH William Avery Campton, NH
21. 36ME Howie Switser West Burke, VT
22. 60VI #Thomas Smithers, VI Gilmanton, NH
23. 18VT #Kaiden Fisher Shelburne, VT
24. 26VT John Donahue Graniteville, VT

Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers – (35 Laps)

1. 00VT Brandon Gray E. Thetford, VT
2. 4NH Shane Sicard Barton, VT
3. 43VT #Kyle Willis Derby Line, VT
4. 5RI #Kyle Gravel Wolcott, VT
5. 49VT #Austin Sicard Gilmanton, NH
6. 26VT Luke Peters Groton, VT
7. 82NH Frank Sweeney Belmont, NH
8. 36NH Nathan Hamblett Derby Line, VT
9. 29VT #Owen Cheney Moretown, VT
10. 34VT Jim Paquette Alburgh, VT
DNS 22WC Mike Clark Littleton, NH

Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars – (Two 20-Lap Segments)

1. 8 Andy Hill Waterford, VT (2+1=3)
2. 88 Jason Wyman Easton, NH (3+3=6)
3. 23 Ethan Tyrrell Worcester, VT (1+5=6)
4. 93 Dave Gyger Campton, NH (6+2=8)
5. 52 Chad Dufour Littleton, NH (5+4=9)
6. 41 Jeff Ainsworth Bethlehem, NH (4+6=10)
7. 32 Ryan Ware E. Burke, VT (7+7=14)
8. 16 #Mitchell O'Brien Deerfield, NH (8+8=16)
9. 99 Chris King (10+9=19)
10. 55 Ken Wright Danbury, NH (9+10=19)
11. 3 #Avery Young Hudson, NH (11+11=22)

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

1. 8 Jaidan Del Toro Barre Town, VT
2. 93 Jackson Hunt Derby Line, VT
3. 15 Hayden Bushey Fletcher, VT
4. 6 Connor Charbonneau Groveton, NH
5. 10 Landon Brawn Websterville, VT
6. 45 Cameron Beattie St. Johnsbury Ctr, VT
7. 17 Makenzi Sicard Gilmanton, NH
8. 15VT Connor Dow
9. 19 Chloe Doyle Northfield, VT
10. 05 Colby Stygles Bradford, VT
11. 23 Madison Potter Marshfield, VT
12. 09 Khloe Goodbout Lincoln, NH
DNS 63 Clayton Houghton Concord, VT