Baumgardner Doubles Up on Four-Cylinder Wins at White Mountain

Baumgardner Doubles Up on Four-Cylinder Wins at White Mountain

Cale King·
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Brett ‘The Jet’ Rowell led the Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Strictly Minis to green for their 25-lap Kids Night feature. Tyler Thompson rim-rode the outside lane looking for any advantage he could up and around Rowell with Donnie Baumgardner, JJ Goodbout and Jacob Roy in hot pursuit behind them. The five-car gaggle out front saw Thompson lead lap 14 but a final set-up saw Baumgardner and Thompson come side-by-side across the line the final two laps with Baumgardner getting the 0.017-second advantage at the line with Jacob Roy completing the top-three podium.

Owen Cheney took the jump on rookie Chris Moulton to lead The Farmyard Store Flying Tigers from the drop of the green flag with championship hopeful Kyle Willis and point leader Shane Sicard in tow. Luke Peters and Willis made their way around Cheney before the halfway point with Peters jetting off as the track opened up ahead of him. The green-to-checkered feature was completely in the hands of Luke Peters who took the 35-lap win over Kyle Willis and Owen Cheney.

Donnie Baumgardner and Andrea St. Amour brought the Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models to green Saturday night for their 25-lap main event with Baumgardner sideways at the start and handing the lead to St. Amour. Baumgardner would rebound to recollect the lead on lap five while defending champion Nick Miller began the long march through the field. With time running out, Donnie Baumgardner took the dominant victory in his first career Mini Late Model win to claim both four-cylinder top spots of the night with Dustin Jackson and Nick Miller rounding out the top-three.

Rookies Lukee Shannon and Kyler Davis brought the 1764 Sports Bar & Grill Late Models to green to round out feature racing Saturday night prior to the Central Maine Pyrotechnics Fireworks Display. A three-peat of early quick-spin cautions slowed the rookie race out front until the lap 13 caution for Kasey Beattie put things on pause with temperatures running high in the pit area. Upon the return to green, Shannon made a jump to the lead as 10-time champion Quinny Welch made his way into the picture by the halfway point. A final yellow with five laps remaining set up a dash to the checkers with Quinny Welch taking the win over Kyler Davis and Mike Bailey at the line.

Jake Kelly broke out on the initial start of the 25-lap NELCAR Legend feature with David Stone III and Kevin Girard, Jr. trying to reel him in. A four-way battle for sixth was the race to watch with four cars nose-to-tail waiting for one of the others to bobble. Kelly would dominate to the win with Stone and Girard rounding out the podium. Andrew Cote would take the 15-lap Bandolero feature over Chase Guillemette and Thea Meserve.

White Mountain Motorsports Park is ready for the Fourth of July holiday with the Independence Day 76 for The Farmyard Store Flying Tigers on Saturday, July 4. The Central Asphalt Paving Triple Crown returns for the 76-lap holiday special along with the 1764 Sports Bar & Grill Late Models, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Strictly Minis, Dads 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division, Caulder Construction Dwarf Cars and the White Mountain Crown Vics with a 6:00pm Post Time.

The results for the 1764 Sports Bar & Grill Late Models (50 Laps) were: 1st place was Quinny Welch, 2nd was #Kyler Davis, and 3rd was Michael Bailey.

For The Farmyard Store Flying Tigers (35 Laps), Luke Peters won the race, followed by Kyle Willis and Owen Cheney.

For the Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Strictly Minis (25 Laps), Donnie Baumgardner won, followed by Tyler Thompson and Jacob Roy.

For the Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models (25 Laps), Donnie Baumgardner won, followed by Dustin Jackson and Nick Miller.

The NELCAR Tour Legends results were: 1st place was Jake Kelly, 2nd was Dave Stone III, and 3rd was Kevin Girard, Jr.

The NELCAR Bandoleros results were: 1st place was Andrew Cote, 2nd was Chase Guillemette, and 3rd was Thea Meserve.

Source: Cale King