DEANE SMART EDGES RYAN DEANE FOR 95 LATE MODEL VICTORY
Deane Smart of Bradley made his way from an eighth place starting position to be running in second when the caution flag flew with 7 laps to go in the Dysart’s Late Model feature at Speedway 95 Thursday night. On the restart, Smart lined up outside Ryan Deane of Winterport, who had led the event from lap 4. When the green flew, Smart and Deane raced side by side for the 7 lap sprint to the finish, swapping the lead several times, until Smart led the final three laps by inches, taking his fourth win of the season by about three feet. Deane finished second with John Curtis Jr. of Hermon right behind, finishing third. Fourth went to pole-sitter Wayne Parritt Jr. of Steuben with Dana Wilbur of Frankfort finishing a strong fifth. These results are currently unofficial, as the shock absorbers on Ryan Deane’s car were removed during post-race tech inspection and will be sent out for testing to ensure their eligibility for competition in the division.
In the Darling’s Ford Sportsman, Trey Brown of Winterport outraced Steve Kimball of Holden in a three lap dash to the finish in the 25 lap feature. Kimball had led from the drop of the green, with Brown running second with Shane Tatro of Levant on his bumper in third. When the green flew to restart the race, Brown was ready and grabbed the lead from Kimball, who had chosen the inside for the restart. Brown held off Kimball’s efforts to regain the lead and took the win. Kimball finished second with Tatro right beside, taking third. Fourth went to Ralph Melanson of Corinth with Mike Overlock of Franklin finishing fifth.
Bob Seger of Frankfort again led the Casella Waste Systems Street Stock feature from green to checkers, keeping the lead through two restarts along the way. Jordan Pearson of Glenburn finished second with Greg Pung of Franklin in third. Bimbo Look of Jonesport finished fourth with Bradley Norris of Ellsworth in fifth.
In the Coca-Cola Sport-Fours, Donny Silva of Hudson took the lead from Hermon’s Andrew Crosby on a lap 9 restart and held it to the end of the 25 lap feature. Crosby finished second, with rookie Dustan Durrell of Newburgh in third. Fourth went to last week’s winner, Lewis Batchelder of Dixmont, with Jeff Overlock Jr. of Hermon finishing fifth.
Speedway 95 returns to action on Saturday, September 5, when the Outlaw Super Series of Maine and the Darling’s Ford Sportsman combine for a 50 lap feature race. The Dysart’s Late Models, Casella Waste Systems Street Stocks, Coca-Cola Sport-Fours and the Wednesday night RoadRunners will also be in action.