Sep 29, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS, SLM, Touring Series News
Photo by Lindsay Ellison Photography
Oxford, ME – Evan Beaulieu drove his #56 Hancock Lumber Chevrolet from the 20th starting spot to finish 13th in his first race at Oxford Plains in a Super Late Model. In the longest race the 21 year old driver has run, the race only had three cautions with a green flag run going for over 90 laps, making it tough to pick up spots as the 36 car field spread out around the 3/8th mile track. After what has been a disappointing sophomore season, Beaulieu was thrilled to leave Oxford Plains with the finish.
“I grew up watching these guys race here, so just to be a part of it is really special to me,” Beaulieu said after the race, “I wanted a top ten, and we were there towards the end but by the time the yellows flew at the end there I had used up my right rear and I was fighting grip pretty bad on those restarts. We still had a great finish though and for our first actual PASS race, I’m proud of that effort.”
Beaulieu started tenth and after getting shuffled back in his heat race, he wound up finishing seventh while only the top six advanced into the show, leaving the rest to run the consolation race. Beaulieu started on the pole of the 15 lap “consi,” and lead the whole way to win, and giving himself a 20th place starting spot in the stacked 36 car Super Late Model field.
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Sep 28, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS, Touring Series News
Photos by Norm Marx
Oxford, ME – DJ Shaw and the Precision JLM Racing team fought through a long Pro All Stars Series North season, and had to overcome plenty of adversity and the grueling demands of racing against some of the best drivers in the Northeast. After their runner up finish in the “Ripley & Fletcher Ford 150,” their hard work was rewarded as they were crowned as PASS North Champions. While going into the race with a points cushion over six time PASS North Champion Johnny Clark, Shaw knew anything could happen and was going to run as hard as he could to secure the title.
“It’s been an incredible season, and to see our cars go 1-2-3 in the season finale makes it even better,” Shaw said from Victory Lane, “Today was just a fantastic day. I thought that last caution was going to hurt us, but we fought hard and got the finish we needed. Johnny (Clark) had a strong season, as well, and I congratulate him and his team for that. Today was our day, and now it’s time to celebrate. I’m thankful for my great car owners Rita and Julio Miglioli, all of our partners, my parents and this great team for all their support.”
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Sep 28, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS, SLM, Touring Series News
photo by Norm Marx
Oxford, Maine – Joey Doiron of Berwick outran DJ Shaw of Center Conway, New Hampshire to the checkered flag to win the Ripley & Fletcher Ford PASS 150 for Super Late Models Saturday at Oxford Plains Speedway.
For Doiron it was his second victory of the season on the series. While Shaw came up a bit short in the race, his runner-up finish was enough to wrap up his first Pro All Stars Series Super Late Model championship.
Late-race cautions gave Doiron the opportunity to battle for the victory with Standish veteran David Oliver, who dominated much of the event prior to the final restart with just a handful of laps remaining. Oliver settled for a third-place finish, completing a sweep of the podium finishes for Dale Shaw Race Cars drivers.
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Sep 24, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS
September 26th and 27th Oxford Plains Speedway will be hosting the PASS Series Championship Weekend with championship races for the PASS North Super Late Models, PASS North East Late Model Series, PASS Modifieds, and PASS Sportsman on Saturday September 27th. Saturdays event will have a full card of racing as the 4 PASS Divisions race are accompanied by Street Stocks, NELCAR Legends, and Mini Stocks. In the PASS Super Late Models DJ Shaw will be looking to defend his point lead over Johnny Clark a six time PASS Champion as Shaw attempts to win his first Pro All Stars Series Title. In the PASS Modifieds Scott Alexander will be trying to hold off Andy Shaw to win the championship in the open wheel PASS Modifieds. In the PASS Sportsman Series Joe Pastore is leading the points with Dan McKeage in Second place both of these drivers are sure to be tough competitors as they battle it out one more time in the 2014 season.
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Sep 9, 2014 | New England Motorsports North, Oxford Plains Speedway, Speedway 95
The Benjamin Motorports team came into this past weekend with a lot of momentum on there side after winning the Oxford 250 and finishing 3rd at Speedway 95 in there last two races. So the team had very high hopes of winning at the RE/Max 250. After practice the team was as high as second on the speed charts and after starting 6th in the qualifying race and finishing 2nd the team was really excited to get the 250 underway. The forcast didn’t look good and the rains came and the team would have to wait till Monday morning to get the race underway.
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Sep 8, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford, Maine – Jeremy Davis of Tamworth, New Hampshire was the dominant car in Budweiser Pro Late Model competition on Buy The Fire Championship Day at Oxford Plains Speedway, cruising to victory lane by a healthy margin in the 75-lap headline event.
While a happy first-time winner celebrated in victory lane, Buckfield’s TJ Brackett managed to maintain his slight points lead over multi-time track champ Shawn Martin of Turner to earn his first title in the top class at OPS.
The new champion’s father, Timmy Brackett of Buckfield – himself a former king of the top class at the historic speedway – claimed runner-up honors in the Pro Late Model finale. Hebron’s Alan Wilson made an impressive charge through the field on the outside groove to claim the final podium position. Billy Childs Jr., of Leeds, and rookie Kyle Treadwell of Auburn rounded out the top-five.
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