Aug 18, 2008 | Unity Raceway
After mother nature gave us a rainy week off, the racing returned to Unity Raceway under the watchful eye of the full moon. The Geo & Sons Teen Thunder class was full of excitement. The heat race saw a very slow pace set by the front runners allowing Shelby Kimball to shoot to the early race lead. Ricky Palmer and Jordan Hawes were able to catch the Kimball machine. All three competitors went for the same groove in turn one forcing the trio into the banking. This put Ben Nile in the lead for the heat race win. The feature saw the 68 machine of Brandon Greenleaf jump to the lead when the field got jumbled up on the start. Jeremy Ludden and Ben Nile cleared the traffic and went looking for Brandon Greenleaf. Brandon Greenleaf looses grip over the front stretch lip allowing Ludden and Nile to catch up. Nile and Ludden are able to use the inside groove to clear the slipping Brandon Greenleaf. Nile is having problems with lapped traffic. This allows Ludden to keep up with Nile. Nile crosses the line first for his second win of the season. Ludden continues with is fine runs in second. Brandon Greenleaf follows the pair in third.
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Aug 17, 2008 | Speedway 95
SPEEDWAY 95 NEWS RELEASE 8/16/08
By Bill DaButler
(Hermon) Maine's Family Fun Track managed to get three heat races in before the rain started to fall on Saturday, August 16th, just as the Pro-Limited's had taken the field to begin their heat race. Despite a quick downpour, light rain continued to fall, as the staff, and crews attempted to dry the track. As a result, officials were unable to return to green flag conditions.
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Aug 16, 2008 | Oxford Plains Speedway
Beattie, Blackwell, Thompson, Armington, Varney also crowned
OXFORD, Maine – Kyle Metivier did everything within his power to capture the JARRacing Photography Go Kart Series in the Unrestricted division, winning his second straight 20-lap feature to conclude the season Friday night.
Robbie Wentworth crossed the line exactly where he needed to finish to earn the title, however. A sixth-place finish left Wentworth with a two-point advantage in the age 16-and-up class.
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Aug 11, 2008 | Wiscasset Speedway
RIPLEY'S & MODS HIGHLIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AT WISCASSET
Wiscasset Raceway has been billed as "Maine's fastest track" ever since Wilford Cronk first opened the gates in 1969. The large crowd that packed into the grandstands Saturday night, and waited out a near two hour rain delay, got to see a whole new level of speed as the True Value Modified Series invaded the coastal speed plant for the the Wiscasset Ford 100. The 600 horsepower ground shaking open-wheel cars put down lap times nearly a full second faster than the tracks fastest weekly division, circling the 3/8 mile highbank oval in just a tick over fourteen and a half seconds.
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Aug 11, 2008 | Speedway 95
SPEEDWAY 95 NEWS RELEASE August 9th , 2008
By Bill DaButler
(Hermon, Me) Points leader Brenton Parritt of Steuben flipped over three laps into the Pro-Limited feature, the weekend at Maine’s family fun track, Speedway 95, Saturday, April 9th, drawing out the red flag. Parritt wasn’t injured, but left the race, allowing Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs to close the gap in the points standings with a win in the Pro-Limited race. Dale Swoboda of Hermon finished second, Dean Smart of Bradley took third.
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Aug 10, 2008 | Oxford Plains Speedway
OXFORD, Maine – Tommy Tompkins elected not to defend his championship in the Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Strictly Stock division.
The unofficial title as reigning king of long-distance races in the class remains his, however.
Tompkins dominated the second half of the Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy 100 at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday night, outlasting B.J. Chapman and holding off Mike Short for his second Agren Appliance Triple Crown victory of the year.
His fourth victory of the season matched Short for the most among Strictly Stock drivers in that category. It also came one week after Tompkins' night ended with a hard crash into the front stretch wall.
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