NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, earned his best ACT Late Model Tour finish of the season with a 6th-place run in the White Mountain 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday, June 18. Theriault started 20th in the 31-car field, and he’d worked his way into the Top-10 before the race reached the halfway mark. Once there, he patiently gained ground on the leaders and was still moving forward when the checkered flag flew – giving RPM Motorsports two cars in the Top-6 at race’s end.
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: RPM Motorsports No. 57 Varney Insurance Ford
CREW CHIEF: Mickey Green, West Paris, Maine
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour White Mountain 150
WHERE: White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H. (.25-mile banked oval)
STARTED: 20th
FINISHED: 6th
LAPS LED: 0 times for 0 laps
ACT Late Model Tour
LAST RACE: June 4, The Big Jab 150, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (16th)
NEXT RACE: June 25, The Q 97.9 FM 150, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)
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AUSTIN, THIS HAS TO BE ENCOURAGING FOR YOU.
We’re finally turning the corner.I don’t want to jinx myself, but I think we are finally coming around and the two teams are coming together and we’re finally setting cars up the way I like to drive them. So I’m pretty pumped up. The guys worked their butts off and we had a good night overall.
What a difference a year makes. Coming back to the track, I really didn’t know what to expect because we didn’t even race 150 laps (at this race last year). I’m really pumped up about the finish.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE LEADERS AT THE END?
We had a really strong car. I’ll go out on a limb and say that we probably had a fourth-place car. I know we were chasing down those guys at the end. We just ran out of time.
IT SEEMED THE KEY FOR YOU WAS PATIENCE, ESPECIALLY EARLY ON.
Yeah, especially in that first half of the race. The thing here is that when you start on the outside, you’re really boxed in everywhere. On a couple of the restarts I waited and waited and then once I got my hole I just dove down.
I waited on the bottom and waited for the other cars. Some guys really loosened up, and some guys couldn’t hold the bottom and we were able to shoot off down low and get by them.