Renfrew goes back-to-back with PASS Fall Foliage 150 win

The Pro All Stars Series podium is becoming a very comfortable place for Jimmy Renfrew, Jr.

The hard-charging Granite Stater was unstoppable on a pair of late-race restarts en route to his third PASS North victory of 2026, and his fourth PASS win overall, in Saturday evening’s Fall Foliage 150.

And while he may not have won over the hearts and minds of race fans, right now, Renfrew is simply winning.

The season’s penultimate double-bill pairing PASS with the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour took to the high banks of White Mountain Motorsports Park.

Renfrew’s July visit to the North Woodstock, N.H. quarter-mile was a sore subject. The Candia, N.H. driver had taken the lead entering a lap-100 caution, but an on-track incident as the yellow waved dealt race-ending damage to Renfrew’s car, placing him 16th in the finishing order.

But since then, Renfrew has been lights-out unstoppable. He earned his first career PASS North win at Lee USA Speedway later in July. And with the exception of an early exit in the Oxford 250 in August, Renfrew has not finished outside the top three in a PASS race, winning last weekend at Star Speedway to boot. Renfrew also scored back-to-back Granite State Pro Stock Series victories at Hudson Speedway and Autodrome Chaudière.

The presumptive favorite for Saturday’s prelude to ACT’s Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Fall Foliage 200 started outside the top ten, leaving polesitter Ryan Kuhn to show the way for the opening laps. Slowed briefly by a lap-3 spin for JP Josiasse, Kuhn held the early advantage over Joey Doiron and Johnny Clark as Renfrew carved his way through the top ten.

Renfrew was up to fourth by lap 25, with Kuhn and Doiron maintaining their advantage over the pack. Deep in the field, Alexendre Tardif slipped off-course trying to find a way around the slower car of Josiasse, but Tardif regained control and the flagstand kept the yellow tucked away.

By lap 50, Renfrew had run down Doiron, needing only a few laps and a light nudge to take second place from his Star Speedway rival. Renfrew quickly closed the gap to Kuhn, who had led every lap so far.

With halfway looming, Renfrew went to work, unsettling Kuhn from the inside line and poking his nose out front to lead lap 75. Kuhn fired back with a light tap, but Renfrew was already checking out, taking advantage of lapped traffic to put distance between himself and the early leader.

ACT star Jesse Switser went around on lap 120, bringing out only the second caution of the afternoon. D.J. Shaw and a fading Doiron were among those who pitted, while Tardif rejoined the lead lap under caution. Kuhn gridded up alongside Renfrew, hopeful for a shot at taking back the top spot.

But Renfrew fired off fast on the restart, leaving Kuhn to battle Clark for second as Sylas Ripley and Gabe Brown settled the score for fourth. Second in points entering the day, Brown dispatched Ripley and went after Kuhn and Clark as Renfrew pulled away from the pack.

Trouble for veteran Pat Corbett slowed his car to a crawl atop the turn-two banking, forcing the third yellow flag of the day and giving Brown one last shot at Renfrew’s bumper. But once again, Renfrew left the field in the dust.

In the final four circuits, Renfrew pulled away to a 1.134-second margin of victory as he took his first-ever touring Late Model win at WMMP.

Brown, a two-time PASS feature winner at WMMP, finished second. Clark, the seven-time PASS North champion with nine career WMMP wins, held on for third.

Rookie Cole Robie made some late-race moves to place fourth, while May WMMP winner Trevor Sanborn was fifth.

Early leader Kuhn faded to sixth at the finish. Tardif rebounded from his early contact and falling a lap down to place seventh. Ripley, Doiron and outside polesitter Wayne Helliwell, Jr. rounded out the top ten.

Points leader D.J. Shaw finished eleventh, but starting the race at all was a victory for the reigning champion. Shaw’s engine detonated late in his qualifying heat, putting his entire day in doubt. The team wasted no time in unloading their backup car, lining up shotgun on the 17-car starting field. While Shaw would drive well into the top ten, handling woes consigned the former track champion to his second finish worse than seventh all season.

Shaw entered the day with a 70-point lead over Brown and another 42 markers over third-place Trevor Sanborn. Fourth-place Garrett Hall was not at WMMP, shaking up the standings further among the other three drivers who have started every race so far.

Renfrew, who only moved to sixth after his Star Speedway win, should move past Hall and Doiron to assume fourth, while shaving some points off the leaders’ margins. Shaw has been the model of season-long consistency, completing every lap and finishing no worse than 12th this year. But Renfrew is the hot hand, winning twice and finishing worse than third only once in his last six PASS-sanctioned starts.

The wildcard is next Sunday’s PASS 400 at Oxford Plains Speedway, where the titular 400-lap distance is split into two 100-lap features and a 200-lap endurance run, each scored as a separate points race. Calamity in one of the early segments could result in a major setback for the others, with the very real risk of jumbling the standings headed into the season finale.

Shaw, of course, brings the veteran “been here before” aura to the battle, while Renfrew is making the same progression Brown did a few seasons ago, tempering a win-at-all-costs approach with the wisdom of when to expend the costs. It is a progression that does not come without growing pains, and without making a few rivals along the way.

But as long as the checkered flags keep coming, Renfrew seems not to mind.

Unofficial Results
PASS North | Fall Foliage 150
White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H.
1. (00) Jimmy Renfrew, Jr.
2. (47) Gabe Brown
3. (54) Johnny Clark
4. (29) Cole Robie
5. (44) Trevor Sanborn
6. (72) Ryan Kuhn
7. (21QC) Alexendre Tardif
8. (09) Sylas Ripley
9. (73D) Joey Doiron
10. (27NH) Wayne Helliwell, Jr.
11. (60) D.J. Shaw
12. (25NH) Jesse Switser
13. (71) Jesse Laquerre
14. (6) Kyle Goodbout
15. (5VT) Pat Corbett
16. (81) Dan Winter
17. (24J) JP Josiasse
DNS (32Q) Alex Quarterley

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