N. WOODSTOCK, N.H. – The Kids Division kicked off Saturday night’s six-division card with Chloe Doyle and Bella Hamel leading the way side-by-side at the front. Several back of the pack cautions slowed the pace early but under green flag conditions Lucas Sidney and Owen Dupuis made their way through the field to pour the pressure on in the closing laps. Under the twin checkered flags Sidney took the win by a hair over Doyle with Makenzi Sicard sliding in for third to round out the opening podium.
photo by John Racer
Austin Sicard took off with the lead in the Flying Tiger 35-lap dash but after eleven laps of fighting up through the inside line it was Owen Cheney out front. With the top six cars under a blanket, Nate Hamblett, Shane Sicard and Luke Peters tried following Cheney up the outside line as Austin Sicard and Todd Derrington held on strong in the outside groove. The caution free sprint saw Owen Cheney keep the steam up to take career win No. 1 in the Flying Tigers followed across the line by Nate Hamblett and Shane Sicard. Hamblett was later disqualified in post-race inspection for an illegal distributor under the hood.
For the first half of the Late Model feature it was a spirited battle between Mike Jurkowski and Stacy Cahoon in a double-file fight for the ages. By the lap 29 caution for Nick Gilcris’ front-stretch spin, Richie Brown and Brian Whalley had broken into the top four runners. Brown stalked Cahoon by just inches around the White Mountain highbanks, sneaking a peek or two to the inside but the Old Man of the Mountain kept it clean and green out front to take down win number-two of the season with Brown and Jaden Perry rounding out a stellar top three podium for the Late Models.
Rookie Logan Farnsworth brought the Strictly Minis to green for their 25-lap trophy dash but had to give way to J.J. Goodbout up on the high groove. Goodbout kept his foot to the firewall until the field slowed for Aiden Young’s expired powerplant and the oil it dropped down on lap 13. Goodbout never fell off the pace on the return to green and took down the win over Jacob Roy and Tyler Thompson.
After rains came over the racetrack, the Mini Late Models took to the pavement for their 50-lap special. Chris Moulton quickly took over the lead with a pair of Jacksons coming on strong from behind. Following the early caution for Craig Smith’s dislocated right-rear wheel, it became a dogfight between Moulton and Dustin Jackson for first while team-cars Nick Miller and Cody LeBlanc ran side-by-side behind the leaders. LeBlanc motored around Moulton to lead at the halfway point and never took his foot off the gas pedal taking the 50-lap win over Dustin Jackson and Chris Moulton.
With weather playing a factor, the Dwarf Cars were called official following a rain-delay ahead of their second and final segment of the night. Jeff Ainsworth has been declared the winner after taking the first
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
(local competitors)
Late Models – (50 Laps)
3. 92VT, Jaden Perry, Hardwick
10. 9x, Jamon Perry, Hardwick
Flying Tigers – (35 Laps)
6. 23VT, Matt Potter, Marshfield
7. 23NH, Michael Potter, Plainfield
Kids Division – (15 Laps)
9. 23, Madison Potter, Marshfield
