Aug 10, 2008 | Beech Ridge
By Dan Walker
Scarborough,Maine-Bill Rodgers headlined the NASCAR Whelan All American Series winners list at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday night. Dave Lampron, Gary Babineau and Marc Sylvan also rook down race wins.
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Aug 4, 2008 | Unity Raceway
The weather gods did not dare to interfere with Penny Picard and Dan Sampson "Getting Hitched" at Unity Raceway. Mark Dodge and Rosemary Pillsbury stood in attendance as Track Announcer, Gary Bellefleur, did the honors. With the Sportsman cars of Mike Landry, Brad Bellows, and Mark Dodge in the background, the pair was married on the start/finish line. Family, friends, and fans wished the two a long and happy life together. The crowd was treated to wedding cake delivered by the Jr. Fan Club members.
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Aug 3, 2008 | Speedway 95
By Bill DaButler
(Hermon, Me) Kris Watson of Hermon, picked up the win, but it was Sullivan’s Richard Burrill who took the championship in the third and final 50-lap race of the CAM II Racing Fuels Super Street Series. Watson held the front of the field to take the win despite a caution at lap 22, when Travis Beale blew his engine, but Burrill secured the points championship for the series after a lapped car opened up the door for him to pass Mike Overlock of Franklin, and finish the race in the second spot.
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Aug 3, 2008 | Oxford Plains Speedway
Jimmy Childs, two-time Mini Stock champ, Late Model rookie, gets breakthrough win
OXFORD, Maine – Thirty wins. Two championships. Jimmy Childs' credentials in more than a decade as a Mini Stock driver at Oxford Plains Speedway were undeniable.
Running up front in an Oxford Networks Late Model is an entirely different challenge, though. Three months full of ups, downs, speed bumps and forks in the road left one of the speedway's most confident competitors questioning himself.
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Jul 30, 2008 | Oxford Plains Speedway
OXFORD, Maine – After giving up the lead in her last three Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Ladies division starts, Missy Blash wouldn't be denied in her second try of Wednesday night at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Blash finally finished what — and where — she started, holding off six-time feature winner Dottie Patria and first-race rival Deanna Robertson to earn the first 20-lap Acceleration Series victory of her career.
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Jul 27, 2008 | Unity Raceway
Racing and Santa returned to Unity Raceway this week. After a week delay, the Unity Variety and Video Wildcats were able to compete in their extended feature. The heat race saw door to door action between Maurice Young and Dustin Hubbard. Hubbard used the inside groove to make the pass and take home the checkered flag for the heat race win. The feature saw Tim Hudson take the #4 to the lead. Hubbard and veteran, Mike Hodgkins, start reeling in Hudson. Hubbard again uses the inside lane to make the pass on Hudson for the lead. Hodgkins also uses the inside trying to make the pass.
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