Jul 18, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway
Veteran driver Sam Sessions Gets The Call Behind The Wheel As “Aspire Higher” Program Comes To Fruition This Weekend
SOUTH PARIS, Maine – No matter what happens in the Oxford 250, a group of Oxford Hills Middle School students will see this weekend as a success.
Veteran Sam Sessions of South Paris, Maine, will enter the “Aspire Higher” No. 0 Oxford Hills Middle School Chevrolet in the 40th annual TD Bank Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, July 21. It will mark Sessions’ first race at Oxford Plains in seven years, and it comes in a car that has a very special background.
Oxford Hills Middle School students in the school’s “Aspire Higher” program have joined Crazy Horse Racing owner Mitch Green over the last two years in taking the No. 0 car from an idea to a reality.
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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 17, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway
Bradley Babb Hopes For Better Oxford 250 Fate
Third-Generation Champion Wants To Make Up For Lost Time
WINDHAM, Maine – The last time Bradley Babb went to the Oxford 250, he worked so hard just to qualify for the main event that his race car had very little left in it by the time the green flag waved.
This weekend, Babb, of Windham, Maine, will try and learn from lessons of the past in the 40th annual TD Bank Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, July 21. Babb, the reigning NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track champion at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, hasn’t competed in the Oxford 250 since 2010.
“Everybody knows it’s one of the major Super Late Model races in the whole country, and it’s one we have right here in our backyard,” Babb said. “I think everybody wants to win the 250. I can’t really tell you what it would mean until I was actually standing in Victory Lane. It would mean the world to me to be able to win it.”
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Jul 17, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway
Trevor Sanborn Gets His Shot At Oxford 250
Pave-Tek Motorsports Crew Chief Takes Driver’s Seat This Weekend
ARUNDEL, Maine – When Bill Stilphen came calling, Trevor Sanborn was all ears.
Sanborn, of Parsonsfield, Maine, will take his second shot at Maine’s premier racing event when he drives for Stilphen’s Pave-Tek Motorsports team in the 40th annual TD Bank Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, July 21. Sanborn last competed in the event in 2006, when he finished sixth.
Incidentally, that year was the last time the race was contested under Super Late Model rules. After a six-year hiatus, the race returns to a PASS North Series sanction this weekend.
“It’s probably the biggest race for anyone in Maine,” Sanborn said. “Truthfully, what short track race is better? I know there’s the Snowball Derby and the Winchester 400, but the Oxford 250 is still the Oxford 250.
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Jul 17, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway
Chris Coolidge Takes Aim At 2nd Oxford 250
Oxford Plains Weekly Competitor Seeks Back-To-Back Starts
NORWAY, Maine – One year ago, Chris Coolidge’s crew chief and father, Bill Coolidge, stood in the infield at Oxford Plains Speedway with tears in his eyes as his son circled the track during the pace laps for the Oxford 250.
While that moment might have served as the culmination in a career for the locally based racing family, Chris Coolidge will try and qualify for the 40 annual TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains this Sunday, July 21, for the second consecutive year. He knows that it certainly won’t be any easier this time around, but he’s still looking forward to being part of the annual midsummer classic.
Coolidge is a rookie in the Pro Late Model division at the track on a weekly basis this season.
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Jul 16, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway
Reid Lanpher Eyes First Oxford 250 Start
15-Year-Old JR Motorsports Driver Teams With Veteran Leadership
MANCHESTER, Maine – The last time Super Late Models were the car of choice in the Oxford 250, Reid Lanpher was just eight years old. Now that they’re back, the JR Motorsports development driver aims to have a presence in the starting field for the historic race.
Lanpher, of Manchester, Maine, heads to the 40th annual TD Bank Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, July 21, with an eye on making history. Should he qualify, Lanpher could become the youngest driver ever to start the Super Bowl of short track racing in the northeast.
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Veteran driver Sam Sessions Gets The Call Behind The Wheel As “Aspire Higher” Program Comes To Fruition This Weekend
