Posted: June 18th, 2004

A cool and breezy evening could not take away some of the tightest racing of the season at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, as several races throughout the night were not decided until the last lap. Winners on the evening included Tyler Cahoon, Leslie Keyser, Tom Keith, Brady Therrien, Jared Martel and Danny Long.

  St. Johnsbury, Vermont's, Tyler Cahoon took over the point from Pete Potvin III on lap eleven of the 35 lap NAPA, LMS main event, and then fought off continuous pressure from his father, Stacy Cahoon to capture his first feature win of 2004. Stacy Cahoon had his hands full over the final few laps, as red hot Glenn Martel from Gilmanton, was all over his back bumper but had to settle for the third spot when the checkers flew. Bryan Mason edged out Russell Clark for the fourth spot in a near photo finish for the position. Qualifying checkers flew for Jean Leblanc, Kendell Legendre and Martel, while Legendre won the bonus point semi-feature.

  Northfield's, Leslie Keyser jumped out front in the 30 lap Gilmour Jeep / Ford / Dodge Super Street feature, and then had to hold off the advances of Littleton's, Ken Marier to nail down the win. Marier, whom has had a very long early season due to wrecks and mechanical failures was very satisfied with his teams effort in victory lane. Another gentleman that has suffered with horrendous luck in 2004, Laconia's, Adam Delucca, also had his best outing of the year, placing third. Rick Fadden and Richard Paradis completed the top five. Keyser and Oren Remick won their respective heats.

  It was ladies night on Father's Day weekend in the Beacon Motel and Resort Strictly Streets as two of the top three spots were captured by our female competitors for the first time in track history. The gold medal went to Pike speedster, Tom Keith. Keith raced by then leader Keri Driscoll on lap 12 of the 25 lap main event. Pike then separated himself from the pack, leaving the next for spots up for grabs over the second half of the race. Driscoll from Lincoln, New Hampshire had a torrid battle with Tamworth's, Kim Cotton as they raced nose to tail and side by side to the finish. When the checkers dropped, the finish was Keith, Driscoll, Cotton, David Baron and Toby Peters. Qualifiers went to Jamie Longley and Scott Vien.

  The Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Mini feature wasn't decided until turn four of the last lap as Lyndonville, Vermont's, Brady Therrien nipped rookie Blaine Dorman from Londonderry at the stripe. Therrien made a nice move in turn one on the last lap, diving to the inside of Dorman. The pair raced side by side into turn three and off turn four, but Dorman drifted up slightly, and Therrien rolled under the checkers for his first win of 2004. Roddy Tanner from Hill, New Hampshire, another rookie in the class had a career best 3rd place finish. He was followed to the stripe by Sean Akers and Al Hauver. Dorman and Tom Smithers won the preliminary races.

  Once again there was a pair of races for the Hobo Hills Adventure Golf Kids Trucks. The first feature saw a wild finish as three trucks came down to the checkers off turn four looking for the win. When the dust settled Danny Long from Alton Bay carried the checkers. Berlin's, Cody Leblanc placed 2nd and Dunbarton's, Dan Legault was 3rd. Completing the top five were newcomer Aaron Ricker and Doug Willey. In the second round, Belmont's, Jared Martel kept up the family tradition posting a solid victory over Farmington's, Cody Bodwell and Amherst speedster, David McIntosh. Jeremy Davis and Joshua Cantara rounded out the top five. Leblanc and Martel won their respective heats.

  The visiting STAR Antique Racers made their lone visit in 2004, and Dennis Fish claimed the top Sportsman prize and Bob Pringle won the modified portion.

  It will be a huge night of racing this coming Saturday night as the mighty ground pounding Modifieds of the True Value Modified Racing Series will make their first appearance at WMMP. Close to twenty-five cars are expected to make the trip for the 100 lap grind. Admission for this giant event is just $13.00 for adults. Gates open at 2pm, practice begins at 4pm and the first green flag flies at 6pm. White Mountain Motorsports Park is located on Route 3 in beautiful North Woodstock, New Hampshire. For more information call the track at 603-745-6727 or check them out on the web at www.whitemtnmotorsports.com.