Jeff Taylor Handed Second ACT Win at Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford, ME – Jeff Taylor of Farmington, Maine scored his second career ACT Late Model Tour win at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday, August 20. Taylor was running second behind Jeff White, who won the last ACT event at OPS, when White ran out of gas with eight laps remaining.
White, the current OPS point leader, and Taylor had broken away from the field following the last restart of the event on lap 93. White clearly had the car to beat as Taylor stuck with him but didn’t have enough to make the pass until White’s ride started sputtering after completing lap 142.
Taylor led the final eight laps uncontested and was followed to the line by Austin Theriault and current ACT point leader Brian Hoar. Two-time Oxford 250 winner Eddie MacDonald and Glen Luce completed the top five. TJ Brackett, Wayne Helliwell, Jr., Dave Farrington, Jr., Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., and Randy Potter filled out the top ten.
Taylor is already on the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Saturday, September 24) invite list along with Brian Hoar, Nick Sweet, Patrick Laperle, John Donahue, Daniel Descoste, Jeff White, Patrick Hamel, Alex Labbe, Donald Theetge and Kyle Busch.
The ACT Late Model Tour heads north of the border next Saturday, August 27 for their 10th event of the season. They will join the Série ACT Castrol for the combination Can-Am 200 at Riverside Speedway in Ste-Croix, Quebec.
ACT Late Model Tour 150 Unofficial Results
Oxford Plains Speedway – Oxford, ME
Satruday, August 20, 2011
Pos. Driver, Hometown, Laps Completed
1. Jeff Taylor, Farmington, ME, 150 Laps
2. Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, ME, 150 Laps
3. Brian Hoar, Williston, VT, 150 Laps
4. Eddie MacDonald, Rowley, MA, 150 Laps
5. Glen Luce, Turner, ME, 150 Laps
6. TJ Brackett, Buckfield, ME, 150 Laps
7. Wayne Helliwell, Jr., Dover, NH, 150 Laps
8. #Dave Farrington, Jr., Jay, ME, 150 Laps
9. Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Hudson, NH, 150 Laps
10. Randy Potter, Groveton, NH, 150 Laps
11. Tim Brackett, Buckfield, ME, 150 Laps
12. Nick Sweet, Barre, VT, 150 Laps
13. Corey Morgan, Lewiston, ME, 150 Laps
14. John Donahue, Graniteville, VT, 149 Laps
15. Ricky Rolfe, Albany Twp., ME, 149 Laps
16. Shawn Martin, Turner, ME, 149 Laps
17. Brent Dragon, Milton, VT, 149 Laps
18. #Ben Ashline, Pittston, ME, 149 Laps
19. Travis Stearns, Auburn, ME, 148 Laps
20. Matt Sanborn, West Baldwin, ME, 148 Laps
21. Sam Session, South Paris, ME, 147 Laps
22. James Linardy, Somerville, MA, 147 Laps
23. JR Baril, Haverhill, MA, 147 Laps
24. Jeff White, Winthrop, ME, 143 Laps
25. #Pete Yetman, Peru, MA, 132 Laps
26. Mark Lamberton, Mooers Forks, NY, 117 Laps
27. Doug Coombs, Livermore Falls, ME, 117 Laps
28. Tommy Ricker, Poland, ME, 109 Laps
29. Ray Parent, Tiverton, RI, 92 Laps
30. Jean-Paul Cyr, Milton, VT, 81 Laps
31. Dave Wilcox, Fairfield, VT, 76 Laps
32. #Rowland Robinson, Jr., Birch Harbor, ME, 51 Laps
33. Joey Laquerre, E. Montpelier, VT, 45 Laps
34. Garry Chiasson, Peru, ME, 29 Laps
35. Jimmy Childs, Mechanic Falls, ME, 28 Laps
36. Chris Smith, Buxton, ME, 1 Laps
Cautions: 6 (laps 2, 19, 19, 28, 74, 93)
Leaders: Austin Theriault, 1; Jeff Taylor, 2-13; Ricky Rolfe, 14-49; Jeff White, 50-142, Taylor, 143-150.