Picture perfect weather greeted the fans and competitors at White Mountain Motorsports Park for HK Powersports Opening weekend. Over 100 cars filled the pit area for Saturday’s car show and season-starter while the Pro All Stars Series invasion on Sunday afternoon put an exclamation mark on a showstopping start to the 2026 season.
It all began Saturday with a moment to reflect on the loss of track builder and founder Donnie Avery with all cars on display to mark the moment. Racing action started off hot and heavy with the Dads 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division as Gracen Gorham, Maddie Potter, Evan Folsom and Kaden Wimble fought under a blanket nearly all 15 laps! Gorham slid by Potter in the closing laps to claim the win with Wimble keeping third.
The Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Strictly Minis opened the flood-gates to start the feature with Jacob Roy, Donnie Baumgardner and Tyler Thompson duking out for the top spot. At the halfway point Thompson flew out of the groove and into the turn one concrete, drove back the pit area and called it a night. Jacob Roy capitalized late to take the HK Powersports Opening Day win over Baumgardner and John Knight at the line.
Star Speedway’s Coastal Clash 150 has been postponed from Saturday, May 9, to Sunday, June 14, due to forecasted inclement weather in Epping, New Hampshire. Officials with the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour and Star Speedway made the decision to reschedule the event after three consecutive races across different facilities earlier this month.
“It’s unfortunate that Mother Nature couldn’t see us through just one more weekend, but we’ve been incredibly lucky up to this point,” said ACT managing partner Cris Michaud. “To save teams the travel this was the best call to make and we’re looking forward to returning to Star Speedway on Sunday, June 14.”
The postponement means the Brookside Equipment Sales Triple Crown will feature back-to-back events starting with the 51st Spring Green at Seekonk Speedway on Saturday, June 6, followed by the Coastal Clash 150 at Star Speedway on Sunday, June 14. The Milton CAT series will next race on Sunday, May 31, at Riverside Speedway & Adventure Park in Groveton, New Hampshire, with additional series including the Pro All Stars Series Super Late Models and PASS Modifieds also set to compete.
Barre, VT – In a rare turn of events at the Nation’s Site of Excitement Sunday afternoon, three traveling members of the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour shocked the usually dominant hometown defenders at Thunder Road International Speedbowl with a sweep of the victory lane podium!
Thirty-five Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour drivers entered the Thunder Road pit area vying for starting position in the 28th annual Community Bank, n.a. 150 on Sunday. Three rounds of qualifying events whittled them down to twenty-nine starters on the grid. Current number-two point man Jake ‘The Jet’ Johnson earned the pole position with a ‘+4’ handicap alongside 2025 Serie ACT Quebec champion Jeff Côte in just his first visit to the Barre highbanks.
Côte quickly shot to the top spot from the outside pole with Thunder Road regulars Justin Prescott, Taylor Hoar and front-running ACT point man Gabe Brown riding in the top five. Meanwhile, the two most recent Thunder Road Kings of the Road, Kaiden Fisher and Jason Corliss, waged a side-by-side battle for seventh throughout the early goings.
White Mountain Motorsports Park (WMMP) and the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour announced a new prize program for local Late Model drivers, offering two Hoosier Race Tires and 5 gallons of Sunoco Race Fuel to the highest-finishing 1764 Sports Bar & Grill Late Model in both the Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250 (August 1) and Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Fall Foliage 200 (September 19). The R&R Race Parts NH Challenge requires competitors to participate in at least 80% of WMMP events leading up to both races, with at least three eligible drivers in each event.
“This is a great challenge for our weekly Late Models and adds another layer of competitiveness when the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour comes to town,” said ACT General Manager Cale King. “We’re thankful to Jim and Melissa Renfrew for believing in this program and we’re excited to see where it goes from here!”
The 2026 season at WMMP kicks off with HK Powersports Opening Day on May 16, featuring a six-division full card of racing, followed by the Pro All Stars Series Spring Spectacular on May 17. The R&R Race Parts NH Challenge will be featured at both the August 1 Midsummer Classic 250 and September 19 Fall Foliage 200.
The Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour has announced a new partnership with California-based Swift Springs for the 2026 season. The performance coil spring manufacturer will award a spring product certificate to the second-place finisher in each Tour event throughout the year, including the non-point Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank on October 4th.
Swift Springs has also awarded the organization four certificates — each good for a pair of springs — to be distributed via blind draw to participating Late Model competitors across the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour, Serie ACT Quebec, Thunder Road Speedbowl, and White Mountain Motorsports Park.
