N. WOODSTOCK, N.H. — One hundred and thirteen teams flooded the White Mountain Motorsports Park pit area on Saturday afternoon, setting up for one of the biggest showdowns of the season at New Hampshire’s Favorite Short Track.
Headlined by a set of Twin 100s, Saturday saw the conclusion of the second annual Wall’s Ford Platinum Late Model Series and the return of the $5,000-to-win R&R Race Parts NH Street Stock Open that left plenty of thrills for the crowd on hand and provided an early champion for the record books.
The Foley Oil & Propane Late Models returned to wrap up the Wall’s Ford Platinum Series with a 100-lap affair in the tight championship battle. With American-Canadian Tour hotshoe Erick Sands at the helm and White Mountain regular Matt Anderson to his outside, the Wall’s 100 came to life.
Kasey Beattie entered the picture early to steal away the lead on lap two as Scott Dragon, Bryan Wall Jr. and Anderson followed in line. Anderson’s strong luck disappeared on lap 13 in a shower of sparks under his left front.
Beattie and Sands continued their hard-nosed fight at the front with Quinny Welch and current American-Canadian Tour top rookie Tanner Woodard getting a front-seat view.
Welch moved into second around Sands on lap 56 to begin chasing down Beattie with a caution for Reilly Lanphear’s slide through the infield grass and up into turn one stacking them up once again.
Multiple caution-induced restarts continued to pour gas on the flame between Beattie and Welch at the front as they continually fought it out over and over again. Through it all, Beattie proved to be class of the field, able to secure a trifecta by taking the Wall’s Ford 100 event win, the Wall’s Ford Platinum Series Championship and was crowned the White Mountain Motorsports Park King of the Mountain by virtue of his point lead two weeks prior to championship night at the track.
Justin Prescsott won the $5,000-to-win R&R Race Parts NH Street Stock Open, while Nick Anderson won the Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini Late Model feature.
The 35-lap Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers feature was won by Colin Cornell. Kristian Switser won the 25-lap Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis event.
The Wayne’s Market Dwarf Cars feature was secured by Jason Wyman.