Jun 20, 2016 | Maine Race Tracks, More Maine Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway
Jon McKennedy is Valenti Mod star, Ryan Robbins outruns PASS Mod foes
Oxford, Maine – Scott Robbins of Dixfield prevailed in a hotly-contested, wildly-entertaining 50-lap Super Late Model main event Saturday night, headlining the Budweiser Championship Series weekly racing card Saturday night at Oxford Plains Speedway.
It wasn’t the only victory lane appearance for the Robbins clan, third-generation Oxford racers, as 2015 OPS Mods champ Ryan Robbins was triumphant in a 40-lap main event for PASS Mods earlier in the program.
Twin 50-lap main events for the visiting Valenti Modified Racing Series were atop the marquee, with race wins going to Anthony Nocella of Marlborough, Massachusetts and Jon McKennedy of Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
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Jun 12, 2016 | Maine Race Tracks, More Maine Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford, Maine – Ben Ashline nailed down his first-ever Super Late Model victory in just his third career start in the class in the 50-lap headline race Saturday night at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Ashline, a proven winner in the discontinued Late Model division at OPS a few year back, led all the way to claim victory in the ultra-competitive class, becoming the seventh different winner in seven Super Late Model races this season. It was just his third start in the class, all in Gary & Renee Smith’s Uncle Henry’s-sponsored car.
Ashline’s closest rival under the checkered flag was Dixfield’s Scott Robbins, who finished some four seconds behind the victor. The final 49 laps of the race were caution-free. Reigning champion and current Budweiser Championship Series points leader Timmy Brackett of Buckfield added another trophy to his collection with a third-place trophy.
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Jun 5, 2016 | Maine Race Tracks, More Maine Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway
No repeat winners yet this season in Speedway’s premier class
Oxford, Maine – Adam\ Polvinen of Auburn raced past early leader Ben Ashline, then pulled away from the field in the 50-lap Budweiser Championship Series Super Late Model feature, topping the stock car racing card Saturday night at Oxford Plains Speedway. Polvinen is the sixth different winner in the six Super Late Model 50-lappers contested this season at the Route 26 racetrack.
“It’s been a long time coming,” the winner said in victory lane. Polvinen’s closest rival as he crossed the finish line under the checkered flag was reigning track champion and current championship points leader Timmy Brackett of Buckfield.
Turner’s Shawn Martin started deep in the pack, then cruised by most of his competition on the outside en route to a third-place finish. Early leader Ashline, of Fairfield, ended up in fourth position, followed by Anson’s Scott Moore.
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May 30, 2016 | Maine Race Tracks, More Maine Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford, Maine — TJ Brackett of Buckfield raced away from the pack to earn his first Budweiser Championship Series Super Late Model win of the season in a non-stop 50-lap race topping the card Saturday night at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Brackett, a former track champion in the ultra-quick top class, had a terrible start to his 2016 campaign turn around nicely, as he easily outran rookie Super Late Model driver Josh Childs of Oxford to the checkered flag.
Dennis Spencer, Jr., establishing himself as a championship contender once again, nailed down a second consecutive podium finish. Multi-time Late Model champion Shawn Martin of Turner earned a fourth-place finish with a lot of work on the outside groove, sometimes three-wide.
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May 23, 2016 | Maine Race Tracks, More Maine Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford, Maine — Defending Oxford Plains Speedway Super Late Model Champion Timmy Brackett of Buckfield vaulted back atop the Budweiser Championship Series rankings Saturday night, nailing down his first victory of the season in the 50-lap main event.
Brackett chased last year’s NASCAR Pro Series champion at Beech Ridge, Reid Lanpher of Manchester, through the early stages of the event, then got the lead back on a restart scrum that likely cost Lanpher any shot at victory.
Brackett’s closets rival under the checkered flag was Dennis Spencer, Jr., of Oxford. Spencer was comfortably ahead of a torrid, last-lap battle for third position, with Minot’s Scott Farrington just able to get by Shawn Knight from South Paris.
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May 16, 2016 | Maine Race Tracks, More Maine Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford, Maine — Spencer Morse of Waterford raced to a career-first Super Late Model victory Saturday night, topping the Budweiser Championship Series stock car racing card at Oxford Plains Speedway.
A third-generation OPS racer, and son of a former track champion, Morse battled frontrunner Ryan Deane of Winterport in the early stages of the 50-lap finale, then held off a hard-charging Tracy Gordon to earn a popular victory lane appearance.
Morse and Gordon, from Strong and one of the track’s more successful veteran racers, were joined on the podium by multi-time Late Model track champion Dennis Spencer, Jr. Early race leader Deane and Shawn Knight of South Paris rounded out the top five.
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