Jul 3, 2011 | Maine Racing News, Speedway 95
Mike Hopkins of Hermon continued his winning streak at Speedway 95 Saturday night as he barely edged out Liberty’s Josh St. Clair to take the Late Model win. Hopkins started 8th in the 16 car field and was at the point by lap 10. St.Clair was involved in a lap one incident and had to restart at the back of the pack, making his charge to the front more dramatic, as he worked his way to the second spot by lap 12. A late race caution had St. Clair and Hopkins restarting on the front row, but Hopkins was able to regain his lead and hold off St. Clair to post his 6th win in a row. St. Clair got as far as Hopkin’s door in the battle for the lead in the last three laps but Hopkins was able to use the faster outside lane to fend off the challenge. In his post race interview, Hopkins admitted that St. Clair had the faster car, but just wasn’t able to get off the corners on the inside lane well enough to complete the pass. St.Clair settled for a close second, followed by Winterport’s Shane Clark in third. Bob Seger Jr. of Frankfort finished in fourth, followed by pole sitter Ryan Deane of Winterport in fifth. Donny Blanchard of Bangor, George Dunn of Eastbrook, Ryan St. Clair of Liberty, Alex Waltz of Damariscotta and John Kalel II of Orrington rounded out the top 10. The remainder of the finishing order was 11. Duane Seekins, Stockton Springs, 12. Jesse Smith, Bangor, 13. Dale Swoboda, Hermon, 14. Deane Smart, Bradley, 15. Dave St. Clair, Liberty, and 16. Greg Ellis of Hermon. (more…)
Jul 3, 2011 | Maine Racing News, Unity Raceway
Unity, Maine – Brian Whitney is proving to be an extra-distance specialist in the Late Model division at Unity Raceway. The Burnham racer followed up a Father’s Day 100-lap victory with a 75-lap score on Independence Day weekend in the top-tier class last Saturday night.
Whitney swapped the lead with point leader Jeff Burgess of East Madison during the early stages of the event, then raced side-by-side with Freedom’s Dylan Turner for several laps before he was booted from contention.
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Jul 3, 2011 | Maine Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway
Austin Theriault: Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford Championship Series Race Report
OXFORD, Maine – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished 15th in the Oxford Championship Series 40-lap Late Model event at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, July 2. Despite finishing fifth in his first-round heat race, Oxford’s handicapping system dictated that Theriault would start deep in the 30-car field in 21st. Without the benefit of a caution flag in event, Theriault had to pick his way through traffic on his way to the 15th-place finish in a tuneup for the TD Bank Oxford 250 in three weeks.
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Jun 29, 2011 | Maine Racing News, Speedway 95
Shawn MacNevin of Hudson broke Eddie Cobb’s 5 race winning streak in the Big Enduros at Speedway 95 Wednesday night when he won the 25 lap series feature event. MacNevin took the lead from Cobb on lap 3 and held off a strong challenge from Adam Gardner of Bangor, who was making his first appearance of the season. Cobb fell back in the pack and eventually retired to the pit with a burned wheel bearing. Shawn Racilla of Dover-Foxcroft finished in third, followed by Bengie Littlefield of Brooks in fourth and Garland’s Erlon Noyes in fifth. Roger Gardner of Brewer, Dennis Burns of Carmel and Cobb rounded out the finishing order.
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Jun 27, 2011 | Maine Racing News, Speedway 95
The regular racing program scheduled for Saturday June 25 at Speedway 95 was cancelled due to inclement weather. After winning 5 of the 5 feature races run to date in the Dysart’s Late Models, Mike Hopkins of Hermon sits firmly on top of the point standing for that division with 550 points, a 77 point lead over Winterport’s Ryan Deane, who has accumulated 473. Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs sits third with 467, followed by John Kalel II of Orrington in fourth with 463 and Dale Swoboda of Hermon in fifth with 462 points. The top five in Points standing in the other Saturday night divisions are as follows: (more…)
Jun 26, 2011 | Maine Racing News, Unity Raceway
Unity, Maine – The stock car racing card was rained out Saturday at Unity Raceway.
Competition resumes Saturday night at 6:00 p.m. with all racing divisions scheduled for action.
Jeff Burgess of East Madison currently leads the championship standings for the Late Model division, nine points better than Skowhegan veteran David Folsom I. Freedom teenager Dylan Turner is another ten points back in third position.
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