Gabe Brown Tops American Canadian Tour Bar Harbor Fall Foliage 200 At White Mountain


(Press release from White Mountain Motorsports Park)

Derek Griffith Back in PASS Super Late Model Victory Lane 

Third place Alexendra Tardif, winner Gabe Brown and second place Kasey Beattie following the American-Canadian Tour feature Satuday at White Mountain (Photo: John Raper/White Mountain)
Derek Griffith celebrates victory in the PASS Super Late Model feature Saturday at White Mountain (Photo: John Raper/White Mountain)

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, [email protected], 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



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