Luke Peters Uses Late Race Pick to Take Central Asphalt Independence Day 76 at WMMP
/Johnny Racer photos
N. Woodstock, NH — The Fourth of July brought a holiday spectacular for the ages to White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday headlined by Round #2 in the Central Asphalt Paving Triple Crown. The Independence Day 76 for The Farmyard Store Flying Tigers saw twenty-one teams enter the event with defending Thunder Road champion Sam Caron and White Mountain hot-shoe Kyle Willis leading the field to green.
Caron would launch away with the lead in the opening laps as Willis back-slid on the outside lane. Luke Peters would motor around Cam Gadue in the early circuits and chased down Caron to stay within two car-lengths as the field stretched out with the long green-flag run. Following the lap 38 caution for Willis’ spin in turn two, Peters and Caron fought doorhandle-to-doorhandle before Caron powered away once again. The defining moment of the race would come on lap 61 as the two leaders came upon the lap cars of Chris Moulton and JT Blanchard with Peters using the pick to jump underneath Caron and walk away with the lead to the very end. Groton’s Luke Peters would nail down the Independence Day 76 over Sam Caron with the quick and consistent Cameron Ouellette rounding out the extra-distance podium.
The Dads 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division kicked off Saturday’s racing action with their 15-lap main event. Bella Hamel led the early circuits as Cameron Beattie, Cooper Benoit and Maddie Potter kept the momentum up on the inside groove. Under the two-to-go popsicle sticks, Beattie moved to the inside of Hamel, taking the lead under the white flag and coming home to the win on lap later with Gracen Gorham and Evan Folsom rounding out the top three.
The 1764 Sports Bar & Grill Late Models were brought to green by rookies Landyn O’Donnell and Lukee Shannon. O’Donnell got the early lead and drove off as Thomas Smithers VI, Kasey Beattie and Colin Cornell fought hard for third. The spin for McKenna Merchant in turn four on lap 23 would put the rookies back side-by-side for the restart with Shannon nabbing the lead from the inside with Richie Brown following him on the bottom. One more quick spin caution with 12 laps remaining had no effect on Lukee Shannon who took down his first career Late Model win over Kasey Beattie and Landyn O’Donnell.
Chad Dufour brought the Caulder Construction Dwarf Cars to the field, leading the field through the majority of their 20 lap main event on Saturday. Butch King would bring out the final caution on lap 17 to set up a nail-biting shoot out with Jeff Ainsworth and Dave Gyger. Ainsworth and Dufour would make contact in turn four, sliding across the line sideways under the white flag but Jeff Ainsworth held on to it to take the win with Gyger and Dennis O’Brien rounding out the top three.
The White Mountain Crown Vics returned to the highbanks for the third time this season with Danville’s Scott Corey running away with the early lead. Coming from second-to-last, two-time winner Frankie Sweeney put on a show coming up through the field of wild and wacky Crown Victorias. The green-to-checkered feature saw Sweeney pull up alongside Corey for a dead-even run under the two-to-go signal with Sweeney taking the win two laps later as Rhode Island’s Ethan Williams took third.
Johnny Racer photos
Rookie Lucas Sidney brought the Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Strictly Minis to bear for their 25 lap main event. Jacob Roy and Tyler Thompson made things interesting on lap five with a slam-bang affair into turn one with Donnie Baumgardner taking a piece of it for good measure. Back under green Sidney again maintained pace out front all the way to his second win of the 2026 season over JJ Goodbout and Thunder Road invader Tyler Whittemore at the stripe.
White Mountain Motorsports Park is back in action for a stellar Midseason Doubleheader Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12. It all begins next Saturday with Midseason Championship Night as Double Points are on the line for the 1764 Sports Bar & Grill Late Models, The Farmyard Store Flying Tigers, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Strictly Minis, Caulder Construction Dwarf Cars and the Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Models alongside a special visit from the New England Pro-4 Modifieds with a 6:00pm Post Time.
The action starts all over again on Sunday, July 12 for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Midseason Invasion featuring the Modified Racing Series! The PASS Super Late Models go for 150 laps on Sunday along with the White Mountain 100 for the Modified Racing Series plus the New England Supermodified Series and the PASS Modifieds with a 2:00pm Start Time Sunday.
For more information, contact the White Mountain Motorsports Park offices at (802) 244-6963, media@acttour.com, or visit www.whitemountainmotorsports.com. You can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram!
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Saturday, July 4, 2026
White Mountain Motorsports Park – N. Woodstock, NH
Central Asphalt Paving Independence Day 76
The Farmyard Store Flying Tigers – Central Asphalt Paving Triple Crown #2 (76 Laps)
1. 26VT Luke Peters Groton, VT
2. 07VT Sam Caron Milton, VT
3. 90VT Cameron Ouellette Barre, VT
4. 94VT Brendan Moodie Wolcott, VT
5. 23NY Cam Gadue Highgate, VT
6. 49VT Austin Sicard Gilmanton, NH
7. 36NH Nathan Hamblett Derby Line, VT
8. 29VT Owen Cheney Moretown, VT
9. 2WC Mike Clark Littleton, NH
10. 31VT Logan Powers Middlesex, VT
11. 23NC Chandler Potter Plainfield, VT
12. 43VT Kyle Willis Derby Line, VT
13. 56VT Chris Laforest Barre, VT
14. 4NH Shane Sicard Barton, VT
15. 14VT #Jed Whitcomb Milton, VT
16. 4SC Scott Coburn Barre, VT
17. 66VT JT Blanchard Georgia, VT
18. 15MA #Chris Moulton Pepperell, MA
19. 57NH Todd Derrington Littleton, NH
20. 98VT Kasey Collins Berlin, VT
21. 32VT #Kylee Potter Marshfield, VT
1764 Sports Bar & Grill Late Models – (50 Laps)
1. 13NH #Luke E. Shannon Lunenburg, VT
2. 45NH Kasey Beattie St. Johnsbury, VT
3. 60OB Landyn O'Donnell N. Haverhill, NH
4. 60VI Thomas Smithers, VI Gilmanton, NH
5. 78NH Quinten Welch Groveton, NH
6. 47NH Gabe Brown Center Conway, NH
7. 20NH Richie Brown Wentworth, NH
8. 54VT Colin Cornell East Burke, VT
9. 17NH Kyle Goodbout Lincoln, NH
10. 1VT #Kyler Davis Berlin, VT
11. 1ME Michael Bailey S. Barre, VT
12. 68NH #Jason Woodard Waterbury Ctr., VT
13. 55WI Tanner Woodard Waterbury Ctr., VT
14. 99NH #McKenna Merchant Waterford, VT
15. 87VT Jim Paquette Isle La Motte, VT
16. 83VT Stacy Cahoon St. Johnsbury, VT
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Strictly Minis – (25 Laps)
1. 12VT #Lucas Sidney Concord, VT
2. 92NH Jason Goodbout, Jr. N. Woodstock, NH
3. 74VT Tyler Whittemore Barre, VT
4. 94NH Brett Rowell Concord, VT
5. 7VT Kyle MacAskill Williamstown, VT
6. 51NH Tyler Thompson Littleton, NH
7. 48VT #Owen Dupuis Washington, VT
8. 18NH Donnie Baumgardner Littleton, NH
9. 19NH Dave Driscoll N. Woodstock, NH
10. 11VT Jacob Roy Danville, VT
Caulder Construction Dwarf Cars – (20 Laps)
1. 41 Jeff Ainsworth Bethlehem, NH
2. 23 *Dave Gyger Campton, NH
3. 61 Dennis O'Brien Deerfield, NH
4. 09 #Jack Hayes Littleton, NH
5. 52 Chad Dufour Littleton, NH
6. 16 Mitchell O'Brien Deerfield, NH
7. 99 Chris King Bethlehem, NH
8. 99K Butch King Bethlehem, NH
9. 3NH Daniel Brofman Berlin, NH
DNS 88 Jason Wyman Easton, NH
*Sub Driver for Ethan Tyrrell
Dads 4 By Tool & Supply Kids Division – (15 Laps)
1. 45 Cameron Beattie St. Johnsbury Ctr, VT
2. 56x Gracen Gorham E. Burke, VT
3. 81VT Evan Folsom Barre, VT
4. 04VT Bella Hamel Milton, VT
5. 23 Madison Potter Marshfield, VT
6. 63 Clayton Houghton Concord, VT
7. 17 Makenzi Sicard Gilmanton, NH
8. 19 Chloe Doyle Northfield, VT
9. 2 Cooper Benoit Washington, VT
10. 78VT Kaden Wimble Waterbury, VT
11. 09 Khloe Goodbout Lincoln, NH
12. 14 Colton Williams Washington, VT
13. 74 Kiptyn Aldrich N. Haverhill, NH
14. 00 Bryson Wyman Bath, NH
15. 10 Madison Lambert Milton, VT
White Mountain Crown Vics – (20 Laps)
1. 82 Frank Sweeney Belmont, NH
2. 22 Scott Corey Danville, VT
3. 4 Ethan Williams Promfret Ctr., RI
4. 10 Mike Gilbert Rumney, NH
5. 81 Mike Slingerland Fairfax, VT
6. 7 Kevin Willey Rochester, NH
7. 67 Justin Lamontage Laconia, NH
