Jul 23, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS, Touring Series News
Oxford, ME – DJ Shaw and the #60 Precision JLM Racing team returned to the Oxford Plains Speedway this past weekend for the 40th annual TD Bank 250, the biggest race in short track racing. 66 of the country’s best Super Late Model drivers battled for 41 spots in the heat races. Shaw had a great run going, as he contended in the top five for much of the race until a skirmish late in the race left Shaw with damage, and holding on for a 17th place finish at the end of the day.
Throughout the two days of practice, Shaw felt confident in his chances to turn out a good finish in the TD Bank 250. Shaw had run the race in ACT style competition in previous years, but this year was the return of the Super Late Models. He would start from the ninth position in the fifth 25 lap heat race, leaving his work cut out for him as only four cars would make the big show while the rest would be relegated to the consolation and last chance races. Shaw wasted no time on his way to the front though, as he used a timely caution flag to his advantage to work his way forward and take the heat win ahead of his teammate Andy Saunders in the 49 car! The heat win gave Shaw a 5th place starting spot for the 250 lap main event.
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Jul 22, 2013 | PASS
REC’D, #, NAME, HOMETOWN, OWNER, SPONSOR
1, 35, JAY FOGLEMAN, DURHAM, NC, JFCO MOTORSPORTS, BULL CITY RACE CARS
2, 54, JOHNNY CLARK, HALLOWELL, ME, JOHN CLARK III, CLARKS SCRAP METALS
3, 2, MATT MATHESON, OROMOCTO, NEW BRUNSWICK, TIM & MATT MATHESON, MODERN VENTURES LTD
4, 42, COREY BUBAR, WINDHAM, ME, DAN BUBAR, BEN MOREY GOLF PRO AT SPRING MEADOWS
5, 77, CASSIUS CLARK, FARMINGTON, ME, COREY HIGHT, HIGHT CHEVREOLET BUICK GMC
6, 84, SCOTT MULKERN, FALMOUTH, ME, MULKERN RACING LLC, SOUTHERN MAINE MOTORS
7, 129, SPENCER DAVIS, DAWSONVILLE, GA, SCOTT DAVIS, PORT CITY AUTO PARTS
8, 4, BEN ROWE, TURNER, ME, RICHARD MOODY RACING, HANCOCK LUMBER/MCGUNNEGILL RACING ENGINES/RICHARD MOODY & SONS COSNTRUCTION
9, O6, DAN COLBY, LYMAN, NH, DAN COLBY, SCHOFIELD SEPTIC/NORTHERN EXPOSURE REST
10, 72, CHRIS COOLIDGE, BRYANT POND, ME, BILL COOLIDGE, BILLS AUTOMOTIVE (more…)
Jul 22, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS
PASS Sportsman Series: Dan McKeage
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Report
OXFORD, Maine – Dan McKeage of Gorham, Maine, finished eighth in the rain-shortened PASS Sportsman Series 75 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Friday, July 19. Severe weather and a heavy downpour passing through the area brought out the first and only caution flag of the night on Lap 57, and the race was never restarted. McKeage qualified fourth in the Naughty 40 Racing No. 40 Top Gun Construction/J.P. & Family Roofing Chevrolet, but the same strong car he had throughout the day never materialized once feature racing began. McKeage will round out his weekend with a 40-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Pro Series race at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, July 20.
WHO: Dan McKeage, Gorham, Maine
TEAM: Naughty 40 Racing No. 40 Top Gun Construction/J.P. & Family Roofing Chevrolet
WHAT: PASS Sportsman Series 75
WHERE: Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)
STARTED: 4th
FINISHED: 8th
NEXT RACE: August 4, PASS Sportsman Series 75, White Mountain Motorsports Park, N. Woodstock, N.H. (.25-mile oval) (more…)
Jul 17, 2013 | Beech Ridge, Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS
NAPLES, ME (July 16) – Ever since the first TD Bank 250 was held at Oxford Plains Speedway in 1974, it has attracted not only the best short track racers from New England, but from across North America. In that first event won by Joey Kourafas, the precedent was set that short track racing’s best would assemble at Oxford for the 250. In addition to the talented group of drivers from New England in the field that day, Southern aces Bosco Lowe and 1963 Daytona 500 winner Tiny Lund competed along with a strong group of Canadian drivers led by Jean Paul Cabana. In fact, the early years of the TD Bank 250 were dominated by Southern drivers such as Butch Lindley, Bob Pressley, and Tommy Ellis. The first Canadian to taste TD Bank 250 glory was Don Biederman in 1977.
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Jul 16, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS
PASS Sportsman Series: Dan McKeage
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
GORHAM, Maine – Dan McKeage of Gorham, Maine, returns to the PASS Sportsman Series for the PASS Sportsman 75 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Friday, July 19. McKeage has one win this season in Sportsman competition with the Naughty 40 Racing No. 40 Top Gun Construction Chevrolet – in the season opener at his home track of Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine – and sits second in the series standings through the first three races of the season. He finished third in the most recent race held at Oxford Plains in May, and he believes the key to winning the series championship hinges on being able to perform on the flat, .375-mile oval.
THE FACTS
WHO: Dan McKeage, Gorham, Maine
CREW CHIEF: Dan Bubar, Windham, Maine
TEAM: Naughty 40 Racing No. 40 Top Gun Construction Chevrolet
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Jul 16, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS, Touring Series News
Oxford, ME – DJ Shaw and the #60 Precision JLM team made their way back to Oxford Plains Speedway this past weekend for the fifth event of the Pro All Stars Series North season. The team was looking to improve from their previous race at Oxford where they struggled throughout the day with a tight racecar, but salvaged a sixth place effort. This time around, the team hit the setup right and had one of their best performances of the season on the PASS North Series.
Starting from the 12th position in the 150 lap event, Shaw worked his way into the top ten early, but multiple cautions in the race’s early laps stalled his progress before he was able to make his way through the field. On the races first long green flag run, that’s just what he did. Making the outside groove work to his advantage, Shaw went from ninth at the start of the run, to the lead on lap 62 after dueling with Mike Rowe. Shaw opened his lead up to over a straightaway over the field before the field was slowed by a caution flag with 46 laps to go.
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