May 7, 2014 | Beech Ridge, Maine Race Tracks
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Turner, Maine’s Mike Rowe took over the lead on a lap 101 restart and cruised home to victory in the Southern Maine Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine this past Saturday afternoon. The legendary veteran edged out Travis Benjamin and Austin Theriault for the win.
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May 6, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, PASS, Touring Series News
photo by Norm Marx
Scarborough, ME – Joey Doiron and the #73 Wild Willy’s Burgers/JBJ Machine team recorded their second straight top ten finish this past Saturday at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway to start the Pro All Stars Series North season. Doiron ended the “Southern Maine Motors 150” in the seventh position after starting from the 18th position. This is Doiron’s third consecutive top ten finish in the spring race at his home track of Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.
“We are still trying to figure this new car out, we were fighting the handling a bit during the race but we improved a lot over where we were last weekend at Oxford Plains,” Doiron said of his seventh place effort, “It was hard to get anywhere with that long green flag run and coming from as deep in the field as we did.”
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May 6, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, PASS, Touring Series News
photo by Norm Marx
Scarborough, ME – After opening the Pro All Stars Series North season up last weekend with a third place finish, DJ Shaw and the #60 Precision JLM Racing team fought hard for a fourth place effort on Saturday in the second race of the season. Shaw ran in the top ten throughout most of “The Southern Maine Motors 150” at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, but long green flag runs made track position crucial as Shaw fought into the top five late in the race. In the end, Shaw was satisfied with his day.
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“We got stuck in traffic for a little bit of this race and the long green flag runs made it hard to pass today with everyone getting strung out early,” Shaw said after the race, “We still had another good car and I’ll take two top fives to start the season, we fought hard with a lot of great drivers today and the competition is really tight every week.”
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May 5, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, PASS, Touring Series News
With Two Top 10s To Start Season, Clark Heads To Star Speedway
photo by Norm Marx
SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Multi-time PASS North Series champion Johnny Clarkof Hallowell, Maine, finished sixth in the Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 3.
Coupled with a fourth-place effort in the season opener at week earlier at Oxford Plains Speedway, Clark now has two Top-6 finishes in the first two races of 2014.
“Two weeks in a row we’ve drawn dead last for our starting position in our heat race, and it makes for a long day,” Clark said. “Our luck’s bound to change here soon. Then again, if this is bad luck — a fourth and sixth to start the year — I’ll take it. We’re still in the hunt, and that’s what we’ve got to keep doing.
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May 5, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Wiscasset Speedway
photo by Peter Taylor
By Lisa Maguire
It was a beautiful spring day at the Wiscasset Speedway on Saturday. All divisions including Prostock, New England 4 Cylinder Prostock, Napa Super Street, Outlaw Mini, Late Model Sportsman, Thunder 4’s, Mini Trucks, and Strictly Street. It was an exciting full show, and fans packed the grandstands to watch as the big lights of Wiscasset lit up the track.
At the Speedway this week was two time Nascar Busch Series champion, Randy Lajoie. Lajoie was contacted by track owners Richard and Vanessa Jordan. The Jordan’s wanted information on Lajoie racing seats, which were created for both comfort and safety. Lajoie called the Jordan’s back, and volunteered to bring his “Safer Racer Tour” to Wiscasset. The tour began seven years ago, and has travelled over the country. Lajoie said, “This is a fun sport, but very dangerous. My mission is safety education. This is non-profit tour and I do this to save lives.”
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May 5, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Speedway 95
A good and enthusiastic opening day crowd at Speedway 95 watched what started as a runaway for Orrington’s John Kalel II turn into a spirited battle for the win in the Hopkins Landscaping and Paving 50 lap feature for the Dysart’s Late Models. The race went caution free for the first 30 laps, with Kalel opening up a straightaway lead after early challenger Wayne Parritt of Steuben had to give up his second place spot on lap 8 when a loose sway bar forced him to the pits. When the caution fell on lap 30 for a solo spin by Hermon’s Greg Ellis, who was running fourth at the time, the field was bunched up with Kalel maintaining his lead on the restart until the caution fell again on lap 41 for a solo spin in turn 1 by Orrington’s Jim Robichaud. On the restart, Winterport’s Ryan Deane took the point as Kalel fell back as far as third in the shuffle. Harrington’s Andrew McLaughlin showed he would be a force to be reckoned with this season as he wrestled the lead away from Deane and led for 2 laps until the caution fell again on lap 44 when rookie Bradley Smart of Bradley went off course in turn four. When the green fell again, it was Deane and Kalel battling for position that brought out the race’s final caution, when Deane spun off turn one. Kalel then outraced McLaughlin for the final 5 laps to post the win. McLaughlin finished second with Steuben’s Brenton Parritt coming from a 12th place start to finish third. Winterport’s Shane Clark, who ran in the top five all race finished fourth with Hermon’s John Curtis Jr. of Hermon finishing a strong fifth in the 15 car field. Parritt and Kalel each won a qualifier earlier in the evening.
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