Speedway 95 News Release 05-06-07

May 7, 2007 | Speedway 95

Sample Image (Hermon, Me) The 2007 racing season finally kicked off at Speedway 95 on Sunday, May 6th at Maine’s family fun track, Speedway 95, with the first appearance of the season by the PRO-ALL STAR SERIES, for 150 laps.

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RENO FAMILY REUNION AT WISCASSET?S VICTORY LANE

May 7, 2007 | Wiscasset Speedway

Wiscasset Raceway took the action under the lights Saturday night and while the thermometer was dropping, the early season action was heating up. All six weekly divisions were on the schedule along with the NELCAR Legends and the Teen Divisions taking center stage with a 25 lap main event. Intermittent light rain forced the postponement of the Teen feature, but all other features were run as scheduled. Nick Reno took control of the Late Model 30 lap feature and eventually the Late Model point lead with a dominating wire to wire win.

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Karkos outlasts Mini field for first-ever win

May 7, 2007 | Oxford Plains Speedway

Karkos outlasts Mini field for first-ever win;
Rolfe captures Late Model opener at OPS

OXFORD, Maine – Justin Karkos played the waiting game to perfection Saturday night, taking advantage of a tangle between leaders Jimmy Childs and Adam Polvinen with eight laps remaining to win the Sunoco Race Fuels 100 main event at Oxford Plains Speedway. 

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Potter, Polvinen, Tompkins ace Opening Day at OPS

Apr 29, 2007 | Oxford Plains Speedway

OXFORD, Maine – We don't want to call Randy Potter's wire-to-wire victory in the New England Dodge Dealers 150 a major upset, but consider the facts.
Potter, a 40-year-old veteran of Riverside Speedway in his hometown of Groveton, N.H., had never won an ACT race. And the last time he turned a steering wheel around the notoriously tough Oxford Plains Speedway? Just after the beginning of Bill Clinton's second presidential term in 1995.

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MAURICE YOUNG AND CHRIS THORNE POST BIG WINS ON OPENING DAY AT WISCASSET

Apr 23, 2007 | Wiscasset Speedway

Wiscasset Raceway officially ushered in the start of the 2007 Maine racing season on Saturday afternoon as Delwin Philbrick Well Drilling of Sidney presented Opening Day at the state’s fastest track. The large crowd that packed the stands was greeted by blue skies and temps near 70, making most feel like the one week delay to the start of the season was worth the wait. In the end it was a great day for Chelsea’s Maurice Young and Sidney’s Chris Thorne. Young turned in a dominant win in the 75 lap Strictly Street co-main event, leading the final 70 laps.

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