Jun 21, 2009 | Wiscasset Speedway
Wiscasset, ME- Ryan Hayes is a busy kid. Not only does he have the hectic life of a 17 year old Erskine Academy Senior but the Jefferson, ME resident is also hard at work becoming an Eagle Scout, playing varsity basketball and being on the track team. Oh yeah and by the way, he is also busy racing in the U.S. Cellular Mini Track division at Wiscasset Raceway where he picked up his first career feature victory Saturday night on Ray Haskell Ford night at the center of speed. Ryan started on the pole and led every lap of the 15 lap event, holding off Russ Anderson of Portsmith, NH and Gray’s Kevin Oliver for the win. Anderson and Oliver would finish second and third respectively while Josh Hajula and Bruce Oren rounded out the top five.
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Jun 21, 2009 | Oxford Plains Speedway
Karkos clobbers field in Subway 100;
"Slick Nick," 18, is a Late Model winner
OXFORD, Maine – The same, old Mini Stock domination by Justin Karkos and a fresh, new Late Model winner highlighted Saturday night at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Karkos cruised to victory by a margin of more than nine seconds in the Subway 100 main event.
He was forced to share the spotlight, however, with 18-year-old Nick Brown, who became one of the youngest headline division feature winners in OPS history with his 40-lap triumph.
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Jun 21, 2009 | Beech Ridge
Scarborough,Maine- Mike Ramsey used a late race caution flag to his advantage and captured the annual 50 lap race for the Wildcat division on Saturday night. D.J. Shaw, Bobby Nadeau and Matt Dow also shared victory lane on this fog filled evening of racing.
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Jun 14, 2009 | Beech Ridge
Chris Smith victorious in Budweiser 100 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.
By Dan Walker
Scarborough, Maine-Last season Chris Smith found himself wheeling a Pro Series car at Beech Ridge and went on to be rookie of the year. The deal with that car was not renewed for the 2009 season so Smith was helping out George Libby with his Sport Series car this season. Libby made the decision to put Smith in his cat for Saturday nights Budweiser 100 and as they say the rest is history as Smith was the winner.
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Jun 13, 2009 | Oxford Plains Speedway
White washes Oxford Networks LM field; Childs holds off Karkos in Mini showdown
OXFORD, Maine – Jeff White's total destruction of his Oxford Networks Late Model ride last week was the worst thing that could have happened … for his competition.
The White Lightning race team put the No. 50 back together better and faster than before, as evidenced by a convincing victory in Saturday night's 40-lap feature victory at Oxford Plains Speedway.
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Jun 13, 2009 | Oxford Plains Speedway
Pelletier, Davis, Hendsbee and Rich first-time 2009 winners on fast Friday
OXFORD, Maine – Four drivers captured their first feature wins of the season in their current division on a closely contested Friday night of JARRacing Photography Go Kart Series action at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Dan Pelletier Jr. pulled off the most exciting move of many on the evening, getting underneath leaders Charlie Tyler and Brandon Douglas in three-wide formation with only three laps remaining in the 13-kart Unrestricted main event.
Pelletier, a champion in three different youth divisions, pedaled on to his initial victory of the season in the 15-and-up Sportsman ranks. Tyler finished second with rookie Douglas third.
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