Scarborough,Maine- Mike Rowe extended his NASCAR Whelan All American Series point lead with another victory on Saturday night in the Pro Series division at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Justin Cusack dominated the Sport Series division as did Matt Gain in the Wildcat main event. Shawn Brackett joined them in victory lane as winner of the Road Runner feature race.
With the American-Canadian Tour back in town for the first time in 16 years, Dave Oliver also took the time to renew acquaintances with the winners circle in front of a large crowd of fans. The 40 lap Pro Series feature was led in the early going by Keith McKinnon who was about to drive the best race of his short career. McKinnon stayed in front until lap 14 when Oliver took over following a restart. With Oliver cruising away from the field McKinnon was locked in a battle for second place with Aaron Ricker, Bub Bilodeau and Mike Rowe. Oliver would take the win and McKinnon posted a career best second place with Rowe getting third at the stripe by inches. Ricker and Mike Maietta Jr were fourth and fifth.
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Scarborough,Maine- With approximately 200 career victories to his credit, Mike Rowe used his experience to foil the youth movement on Saturday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Rowe won the Pro Series 40 lap main event as the NASCAR Whelan All American Series was in action at the Maine oval.
Scarborough, Maine- Third generation driver Bradley Babb was victorious on Friday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Babb secured his first win in the top NASCAR division in one of the seasons more prestigious races the Miller Lite Firecracker 50. Other winners were Lyman McKeage in the Wildcat division and Ray Letellier in the Road Runners. The Sport Series main event fell victim to rain that moved in following the fireworks show and that event will begin the race card this coming Saturday night.
Scarborough,Maine- Mike Ramsey used a late race caution flag to his advantage and captured the annual 50 lap race for the Wildcat division on Saturday night. D.J. Shaw, Bobby Nadeau and Matt Dow also shared victory lane on this fog filled evening of racing.
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Chris Smith victorious in Budweiser 100 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.
By Dan Walker
Scarborough, Maine-Last season Chris Smith found himself wheeling a Pro Series car at Beech Ridge and went on to be rookie of the year. The deal with that car was not renewed for the 2009 season so Smith was helping out George Libby with his Sport Series car this season. Libby made the decision to put Smith in his cat for Saturday nights Budweiser 100 and as they say the rest is history as Smith was the winner.