Coby Takes Control Late for White Mountain Showdown Win
Hill Earns First Career Late Model Victory
N. Woodstock, NH — Milford, CT’s Doug Coby began his drive for a seventh NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship in earnest by capturing the White Mountain Showdown 200 at North Woodstock, NH’s White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday, August 1. Coby dove underneath polesitter Jon McKennedy to get the lead on the 135th circuit and then held on through a late restart to pick up his 30th career NASCAR Modified victory and first as an owner-driver.
Coby took the green flag fifth on the 28-car starting grid and was content to maintain his position early as McKennedy and outside polesitter Chris Pasteryak duked it out at the front. McKennedy was able to keep the top spot through a trio of cautions for single-car spins spread over the first half of the race. When the field went back to full song on lap 94 following the third yellow, Coby ducked underneath Lisbon, CT’s Pasteryak for the second spot.
N. Woodstock, NH — Berlin, NH’s Cody LeBlanc went to the front early and stayed there to win the North East Mini Stock Tour (NEMST) “King of the Mountain 50” at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday, July 25. The 2018 NEMST Champion took the lead from polesitter Issac Rollins on a lap-4 restart and left the field in the dust for his first victory in nearly two years.
Leblanc earned the fourth starting spot in qualifying for the 50-lap main event and was already up to second when the first caution flew on lap 4 for Joe Katula’s spin. When the green flag came back out, LeBlanc flew past Rollins like a man possessed, determined to break his winless streak.
White Mountain Welcomes North East Mini Stock Tour This Saturday
NEMST Visit Starts Another Strong Stretch of Big Events
N. Woodstock, NH — Good things will arrive in small packages this Saturday, July 25 at White Mountain Motorsports Park. The North East Mini Stock Tour (NEMST) is making the trip to Northern New Hampshire, bringing the fastest four-cylinder cars and drivers in the region for the King of the Mountain 50 in North Woodstock.
For more than a decade, NEMST has been where drivers can go on the road and be the stars in what had previously been an entry-level division. The Tour has become a regular at White Mountain in recent years with teams from throughout the region taking a scenic drive to the fast quarter-mile.
Laflamme Makes First Late Model Win Count at Midseason Championships
N. Woodstock, NH — Whitefield, NH’s Christian Laflamme picked one of the best possible times for his first career Foley Oil & Propane Late Model win by capturing the Midseason Championships at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday, July 18. The first-year Late Model racer held off fellow up-and-comer Matthew Morrill and eight-time track champion Quinny Welch to go wire-to-wire in the 60-lap main event.
Laflamme started on the outside pole of a 22-car grid and blew past polesitter Allie Menard at the drop of the green. It was relatively easy sailing for the youngster over the first half of the race as the field waged battle behind him. Morrill quickly moved up from his sixth starting spot to second in the running order, but he faced constant pressure from veterans Mike Bailey and Stacy Cahoon as they fought extra-hard with double points on the line.
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Returning to White Mountain on August 1
N. Woodstock, NH — The mountains of Northern New Hampshire will roar once again with the sounds of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour on Saturday, August 1. White Mountain Motorsports Park and NASCAR officials announced today that an agreement has been reached for NASCAR’s longest-running series to make a return visit to the quarter-mile bullring.
The White Mountain Showdown 200 will be the second trip of the summer to North Woodstock, NH for the Whelen Modified Tour. The announcement comes just four days after the series made its White Mountain debut with Holtsville, NY’s Justin Bonsignore holding off Matt Hirschman and Doug Coby for the win in a green-white-checkered “overtime” finish.
7-Eleven Night Cancelled Due to Tropical Storm Fay
N. Woodstock, NH — Tropical Storm Fay was declared the winner at N. Woodstock, NH’s White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday, July 11, as track officials announced the cancellation of 7-Eleven Fan Appreciation Night due to the impending rain. The next event will be the Mid-Season Championships on Saturday, July 18.
Anyone who already purchased the Northeast Sports Network pay-per-view broadcast of the event will receive a full refund. Officials are exploring the possibility of holding another Fan Appreciation Night later in the season. Additional schedule announcements will be forthcoming early next week.
