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Derek Griffith Back in PASS Super Late Model Victory Lane
John Raper Photo
N. Woodstock, NH — Following heat race qualifying for the action-packed Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Fall Foliage program at White Mountain Motorsports Park, the Kennebec Equipment PASS Modifieds got Saturday’s feature racing started. Dan Brown led Zach Nicholson at the onset in their 50-lap main event with Chanler Harrison pulling up to third in the early circuits. The back half of the top-ten saw plenty of fender-banging action with Brandon Varney battling Ryan Hewins and Zach Bowie for position. Varney made the jump to the outside lane and found himself in third looking for more under Nicholson with ten laps remaining.
Fighting wheel to wheel with Brown, the two made heavy contact in turn two shooting Varney up the track before Varney returned the favor in turn four to bring out the lap 48 yellow. Setting up the green-white-checkered between Varney and Nicholson was initially short lived, with a backstretch stack-up sending Hewins and Harrison around and ending Harrison’s day. Brandon Varney would power on to the win followed by Zach Nicholson and Spencer Morse charging his way up to third. Morse’s apparent podium finish would be denied in post-race technical inspection giving Zach Bowie the third-place run.
Mike Mayberry and Dave Duggan brought the New England Supermodified Series (NESS) showdown to green in their 50-lap main event on Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Fall Foliage Saturday. Duggan launched into the early lead with Matt Swanson quickly pulling up to his rear bumper as defending champion Dan Bowes began to reel them in from a distant third. Swanson used the threat of lap traffic ahead to motor into the lead around Duggan at the halfway point with Bowes following close behind. Matt Swanson would nail down the win in the caution-free, nine-minute event with Dan Bowes and Bobby Timmons climbing into a podium finish.
The PASS Super Late Model Fall Foliage 150 got its start under the leadership of Austin Teras. Teras powered the Cushman Competition machine to a growing lead before a strong-running Jimmy Hebert entered the picture. Hebert seemed content to ride it out early in their 150-lap marathon but Trevor Sanborn and Johnny Clark began to bear down on the leaders. Clark quickly powered his way by Sanborn and Teras while Hebert read the writing on the wall and took the lead on lap 26. Calamity struck on lap 38 for Ryan Green as Cole Robie made a three-wide move entering turn one that went fowl as he, Green and Kyle Salemi motored off turn two and squeezed hard into the backstretch wall. Green took the brunt of it all, nearly rolling over as the contact stripped all body panels off his chassis and Robie was subsequently parked for the remainder of the event by PASS officials.
Hebert maintained the restart lead over Sanborn with Joey Doiron, Rusty Poland and DJ Shaw entering the top-five around Johnny Clark before slowing once again for an expired engine under the hood of Dennis Spencer on lap 52. Jimmy Hebert kept tabs at the front of the field until lap 94 when Clark, after stalking him for forty laps, finally made his move underneath to secure the lead. Derek Griffith would use a similar move nearly thirty-laps later to take over the top spot with the two having a hard-fought battle to the very end! Derek Griffith would take the edge and claim the Fall Foliage 150 win over Johnny Clark with Jimmy Hebert holding on to claim third overall.
Twinning with the green-on-black combination, Derby Line long haulers Nate Hamblett and Kyle Willis brought the Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers to green. The two remained side-by-side through the early laps before Ryan Field called out the first caution on lap 7 in the #77VT. Brandon Gray used the restart re-rack to take the lead over Willis on lap 12 and never looked back en-route to his 13th win of the year and clinched the season-long championship with the point lead one week early. Luke Peters and Shane Sicard rounded out the podium.
Bryan Wall, Jr. and Erick Sands brought the American-Canadian Tour to green for the 46th running of the Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Fall Foliage 200 with Joey Polewarczyk and Flying Tiger champion Brandon Gray in tow. Sands immediately took charge at the head of the pack with Wall and Jamie Swallow, Jr. following close behind. Charging from an 8th-place starting spot, Gabe Brown claimed the lead around Sands on lap 27 and made hay at the head of the field. The first major caution saw Tom Carey III and Justin Prescott land hard in the turn three tire wall on lap 56, ending both their runs early.
The next caution for the spinning Philippe Poulin in turn four saw top runners Brown, Kaiden Fisher, DJ Shaw and Alexendre Tardif, among others, jump pit side for fuel, tires and adjustments. Brown maintained a torrid pace through the field, slowed only by a pair of quick-spin cautions before he returned to the lead around Bryan Wall, Jr. on lap 137. In dominant fashion, the newly-crowned Wall’s Ford Platinum Series champion Gabe Brown kept his foot planted in the firewall to lead the final sixty-four laps and take his first American-Canadian Tour win of the season and his first Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Fall Foliage 200! Kasey Beattie kept it lean and clean all night long to take second place with Quebec’s Alexendre ‘Fireball’ Tardif taking third.
The Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models rounded out Saturday’s super program with Kevin Boucher and Tim Paquette fighting side-by-side under the green flag. Boucher led the way, going on the defensive with Nick Miller hot-to-trot behind him. Miller nabbed the lead on lap 16 and never looked back to take his second win of the season in the Mini Late Model ranks with rookie Chris Moulton in second and former champion Nick Anderson rounding out the podium in the caution-free showdown.
White Mountain Motorsports Park wraps up the 2024 season with Championship Night on Saturday, September 28! All six divisions will be in action with the Foley Oil & Propane Late Models, Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers, Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Minis, Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars and the Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models all crowning their 2024 track champions! The Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Kid’s Division joins in on the fun with a special 5:00pm Post Time!
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, September 21, 2024
46th Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Fall Foliage 200
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
American-Canadian Tour – 46th Fall Foliage 200 presented by Bar Harbor Bank & Trust (200 Laps)
1. 47NH Gabe Brown Center Conway, NH
2. 45NH #Kasey Beattie St. Johnsbury, VT
3. 21QC Alexendre Tardif Notre Dame des Pins, QC
4. 4NH Jamie Swallow Jr. Lancaster, VT
5. 97NH Joey Polewarczyk Hudson, NH
6. 17NH Kyle Goodbout Lincoln, NH
7. 77NH Bryan Wall Jr. E. Kingston, NH
8. 91QC Patrick Laperle St-Denis, QC
9. 7MA #Jeremy Sorel Westfield, MA
10. 0VT Scott Dragon Milton, VT
11. 36NH Erick Sands Derry, NH
12. 18VT #Kaiden Fisher Shelburne, VT
13. 04VT DJ Shaw Center Conway, NH
14. 68NH Jason Woodard Waterbury Ctr., VT
15. 27NH Cam Huntress Rochester, NH
16. 00VT Brandon Gray E. Thetford, VT
17. 01VT Stephen Martin Craftsbury Common, VT
18. 6NH Sammy Gooden Whitefield, VT
19. 73MA #Cole Littlewood Orange, MA
20. 33QC Remi Perreault St. Paul, QC
21. 49NH Matt Anderson Franklin, NH
22. 21VT Reilly Lanphear Waterbury, VT
23. 33P Philippe Poulin St-Georges, QC
24. 47MA Justin Storace Seabrook, NH
25. 25NH Jesse Switser W. Burke, VT
26. 46x Justin Prescott Fairfax, VT
27. 5MA Tom Carey III New Salem, MA
28. 03MA Derek Gluchacki Dartmouth, MA
DNS 01GC Dylan Payea Milton, VT
Pro All Stars Series Super Late Models – (150 Laps)
1. 12G Derek Griffith Hudson, NH
2. 54 Johnny Clark Hallowell, ME
3. 58VT Jimmy Hebert Williamstown, VT
4. 60 D.J. Shaw Center Conway, NH
5. 73D Joey Doiron Berwick, ME
6. 29 Austin Teras Gray, ME
7. 09 Jeremy Davis Tamworth, NH
8. 27NH Wayne Helliwell, Jr. Dover, NH
9. 09R Ryan Ripley Thomaston, ME
10. 19 Rusty Poland Naples, ME
11. 66VT Brian Hoar South Hero, VT
12. 32Q Alex Quarterley Westfield, MA
13. 44 Trevor Sanborn E. Parsonsfield, ME
14. 25 Shawn Knight S. Paris, ME
15. 18 Michael Scorzelli Feura Bush, NY
16. 02 Brian Whalley Laconia, NH
17. 5VT Pat Corbett Williamstown, VT
18. 12S Dennis Spencer, Jr. Oxford, ME
19. 29R Cole Robie Windham, ME
20. 63 Kyle Salemi Nashua, NH
21. 93 Ryan Green Berwick, ME
22. 8 Calvin Rose, Jr. Turner, ME
New England Supermodified Series – (50 Laps)
1. 97 Matt Swanson Harvard, MA
2. 25 Dan Bowles Epping, NH
3. 13 Bobby Timmons Windham, ME
4. 14 Jeffrey Battle Dunstable, MA
5. 51 Dave Duggan Milford, NH
6. 41 Russ Wood Pelham, NH
7. 5 Rob Summers Manchester, CT
8. 22 Mark MacIver Stafford, NH
9. 45 Mike Mayberry Naples, ME
10. 47 Jim Storace Kingston, NH
11. 11 Ben Seitz Bourne, MA
DNS 52 Vern Romanoski Strong, ME
DNS 81 Brian Robie Sunapee, NH
PASS Modifieds – (50 Laps)
1. 1 Brandon Varney Canton, ME
2. 21 Zach Nicholson Scarborough, ME
3. 6 Zach Bowie New Gloucester, ME
4. 17 Mike Davis Tamworth, NH
5. 1 Adam Chadbourne Woolwich, ME
6. 63 Thomas Oliver Raymond, ME
7. 83 Dan Brown Turner, ME
8. 0 Alex Smith Old Orchard Beach, ME
9. 7 Spencer Vaughn Canton, ME
10. 66 Jacoby Maines Hollis Center, ME
11. 85 Chanler Harrison Freeport, ME
12. 09 Ryan Ripley Thomaston, ME
DSQ 34 Spencer Morse Naples, ME
DSQ 70 Ryan Hewins Oxford, ME
Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers – (35 Laps)
1. 00VT Brandon Gray E. Thetford, VT
2. 26VT Luke Peters Groton, VT
3. 4NH Shane Sicard Barton, VT
4. 78VT Tyler Pepin Barre, VT
5. 43VT #Kyle Willis Derby Line, VT
6. 23VT Matt Potter Marshfield, VT
7. 23NC Chandler Potter Plainfield, VT
8. 29VT Cameron Ouellette* Barre, VT
9. 77NH Brandon Lambert Alton, NH
10. 77VT Ryan Field Wolcott, VT
11. 55VT Parker Gagne Fairfax, VT
12. 55NH Laci Potter Danville, VT
13. 49VT #Austin Sicard Gilmanton, NH
14. 82NH Todd Derrington Bethlehem, NH
15. 36NH Nathan Hamblett Derby Line, VT
*Sub Driving for Owen Cheney
Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models – (40 Laps)
1. 17NH Nick Miller Berlin, NH
2. 15 #Chris Moulton Pepperell, MA
3. 55 Nick Anderson Oxford, MA
4. 7NH Cody LeBlanc Berlin, NH
5. 76 Garrett LaBounty Orleans, VT
6. 93 Tim Paquette Bennington, NH
7. 31 Brett Jackson Bethlehem, NH
8. 71 Kevin Boucher Grafton, NH
9. 13 Derek Farnham Bethel, VT
10. 66 Normand Raymond, Jr. Sherbrooke, QC
