Oxford, ME – Joey Doiron and the #73 Wild Willy’s Burgers team kicked off their 2014 northern campaign at Oxford Plains Speedway for the Pro All Stars Series North season opener. After fighting the handling throughout practice, the team made gains on the car going into the races and he drove to a hard earned eighth place finish at the end. The race was postponed from Saturday after constant rain plagued the area over the weekend.
photo by Norm Marx
“We fought a tight car for most of the day and that hurt us during the race, I was doing all I could to save the tires and if things would have gone the right way at the end I think we could’ve gotten to the top five,” Doiron said after the race, “Thank you to PASS, Oxford and all the fans that stuck around to watch us race today, it was a long day for all of us with the rain but I’m glad to get the season started with a top ten finish.”
After starting third in the second heat race, Doiron made quick work of the front two and drove away early with the lead. He held off a charge from Austin Theriault to get the heat win, giving him an outside front row start. After hours of rain delays, the race finally began with sunset not far behind the 35 car Super Late Model field. On the start, Doiron fought the tight handling car along with what was an intense race in the races opening laps. At the race’s halfway point, Doiron found himself in the tenth spot trying to save his tires for a run at the finish. Throughout the race’s final stages, Doiron fought hard with Trevor Sanborn, Mike Rowe and Theriault before he crossed the finish line in the eighth spot.
Next weekend Doiron will return to Beech Ridge Motor Speedway for the “Southern Maine Motors 150.” Doiron claimed his first PASS win in this race two years ago, and was runner up last year as well. The racing will kick off on Saturday, May 3rd at 3:00PM, you won’t want to miss this race as it’s always one of the most exciting on the PASS North calendar!
For more information on Joey Doiron, find him on Facebook at Joey Doiron Racing, on Twitter @joeydoiron73 and online at joeydoiron.com.