Without any improvement in Saturday’s forecast, White Mountain Motorsports Park Officials have made the decision to cancel the weekly racing events originally scheduled for Saturday, June 20.
Officials waited until Saturday morning to make a decision, hoping the forecast would improve but current forecasts call for rain throughout the afternoon and evening, leaving no choice.
“We were hopeful to at least get our track championship divisions in today, but the forecast says otherwise,” said WMMP managing partner Cris Michaud. “We’ll regroup for Kid’s Night next Saturday and look forward to seeing everyone for fireworks to kick-off Independence Day week.”
NASCAR Cup Series Champion and NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Labonte is ready to take on Barre’s Thunder Road Speedbowl on Thursday, July 9th with a new 100 lap event scheduled for the Maplefields/Irving Late Models alongside the previously scheduled Flying Tiger $2K.
Thunder Road Speedbowl officials are excited to announce that 2000 NASCAR Cup Series Champion and NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Labonte will be making the trip to Barre, Vermont to compete on the famed highbanks of the Nation’s Site of Excitement on Thursday, July 9.
Bobby Labonte Night will now feature 100-lap events for both the Maplefields/Irving Oil Late Models and the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers!
Hailing from Corpus Christi, Texas, Bobby Labonte has been a fixture in the NASCAR scene since the 1990s, having earned the 1991 O’Reilly Series championship before signing with Joe Gibbs Racing. Labonte piloted the iconic Interstate Batteries #18 to the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship and even added the IROC Series Championship to his resume in 2001.
Both new and returning winners made it to Saturday night magic at White Mountain Motorsports Park.
Quinny Welch won the 1764 Sports Bar & Grill Late Model victory lane podium, while Sidney and Sicard took the win.
The New England Auto Racers (NEAR) brought their tough old racers over the Kancamagus and up Interstate 93 to take on the White Mountain highbanks as part of their yearly doubleheader with Thunder Road on Thursday. The condensed fifteen lap feature saw Dave Blanchard in his 1979 Chevy Malibu take the checkers for the Sportsman while Mike Kugler took home the top Modified honors.
Makenzi Sicard and Kiptyn Aldrich kicked off feature racing for the Dads 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division before Sicard and Cameron Beattie made contact on lap one to call the early caution. Back under green, Clayton Houghton took command of the field while Madison Potter and Gracen Gorham duked it out for second behind him. Potter and Gorham made contact coming off turn four in the final lap, leaving Clayton Houghton to take down his first Kids Division win over Evan Folsom and Chloe Doyle at the line.
Once again, Wiscasset Speedway proved the doubters wrong and beat the weather on Saturday evening, hosting a successful Group 2 program that was presented by the Maine ARMY National Guard.
The racing action kicked off with the 35-lap Pepsi Spotlight feature for the Portland Glass Strictly Streets. Ethan Dinsmore took off with the early lead, but it was utter chaos behind him with 2 and 3-wide battles throughout the entire field. After leading the entire race, Dinsmore came to a sudden slow on the track due to a transmission failure on lap 14, resulting in a premature exit.
Dale Lawrence powered to the lead on the restart and maintained command throughout multiple cautions that followed. “Cowboy” Dan Trask entered the picture just past halfway, climbing to second after starting back in 17th. A late-race caution brought the field back together with just 8 laps to go. This brought opportunity to Trask, who powered to the lead with just 5 laps remaining. As Trask sailed into the victory, Landon Tapley and Chris Burgess (who gained 20 positions) followed in succession, completing the top 3. After scoring his first victory in 7 years, an emotional Trask climbed out of the car and was joined by family & friends. He dedicated his win to his late friend and Wiscasset Speedway Hall of Famer Mike Kimball, who is dearly missed and remembered by many.
Oxford, Maine – Dale Shaw of Center Conway, New Hampshire outgunned Buckfield’s T.J. Brackett on a mid-race restart, then held off both Brackett and Tommy Ricker of Poland on a couple of subsequent restarts to win the 40-lap Pro Late Model main event in the Championship Series points opener at Oxford Plains Speedway Sunday afternoon. Kurt Hewins of Leeds, Rob Greenleaf of Bath and Corey Morgan of Lewiston were also triumphant in feature events on the program’s undercard.
Brackett led the top-tier main event for more than half the distance, holding off Shaw and Ricker until the eventual winner made a bold, three-wide move pay off entering turn one. Ricker and, especially, Brackett kept the pressure on the former NASCAR Busch North Series champion until the checkered flag waved, but couldn’t get by the wily veteran once he was in command. (more…)
