Sep 3, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Speedway 95
Rain caused postponement of the 40 lap Dysart’s Late Model feature at Speedway 95 on Saturday night and shortened the 25 lap Sport-Four feature to 21 laps. At the end of the 21st lap, Donny Silva of Hudson was in the lead, and was declared the winner when the event was stopped due to rain. Just prior to the last lap run under green, the race was halted three times before lap 20 could be completed. Ted Ryder of Carmel was in the lead when the first yellow flag was thrown on lap 20, with Silva having come from the rear of the field to the second spot by lap 10. Ryder’s lead was substantial at the time, but Silva was slowly catching the season’s points leader. When the first yellow fell, Silva lined up beside Ryder for the restart. When the green fell, the duo raced side by side until the yellow fell for the second time. Again they lined up side by side for the restart, and stayed that way when the green fell again. As they approached the start finish line side by side for the third time on lap 20, the yellow flew again. On the restart, Silva was able to forge ahead of Ryder and hold the lead until the caution came out for rain on lap 21. After circling the track for about ten minutes, the race was called official, the remainder of the program scrubbed, and Silva was declared the winner. Ryder finished second with pole sitter Andrew Crosby finishing third. Fourth went to James Goodman of Orrington with Brock Worster of Kingfield finishing fifth.
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Aug 26, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, More Maine Racing News, Speedway 95
CODY ROBBINS AND GARETT HAYMAN SHARE BOMBER SPOTLIGHT
Milford’s Garett Hayman led all 30 laps of the Bomber Division series race #3 and took the win after starting on the pole. Cody Robbins of Montville challenged Hayman hard through two restarts in the closing laps and finished second in the night’s race, and also won the 3 race Bomber series points title. Amy Houde of Howland, who won last Wednesday night’s Ladies Division feature, finished the night’s Bomber race third in the 13 car field. Brewer’s Sam Betts and Carmel’s Denis Burns finished in fourth and fifth respectively. Burns finished second in the series points race, with Scott Bonney of Bangor finishing third.
Andy Saunders of Ellsworth led from the pole to the checkers in the caution free 40 lap Dysart’s Late Model feature with Rookie Andrew McLaughlin of Harrington chasing him for the entire distance and finishing second. Third went to Winterport’s Ryan Deane who was catching the two leaders but ran out of time as the checkers fell. Last week’s winner John Kalel II of Orrington finished a strong fourth with Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs finishing fifth.
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Aug 23, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Speedway 95
Roger Smith Jr. of Clifton started out the night four points behind Shawn Racila of Dover-Foxcroft in the Big Enduro points standings on the final night of racing for the 2013 season, but won the title by 6 points by winning both the 10 lap qualifier and the 25 lap series #3 feature while Racila finished second in the qualifier and fifth in the feature. Racila was far enough ahead in the series points standings to win that contest by 2 points over Smith. Shawn MacNevin of Hudson raced side by side and nose to tail with Smith over the final laps of the feature, but finished second when the checkered flag fell. Duane Dunifer of Carmel was third, followed by Woody Davis of Glenburn in fourth and Racila in fifth.
In the Sinclair Towing Service Pick-up trucks, Jason Haskell of Levant shook the monkey off his back from last week and led the 20 lap feature from the green to the checkers. Jeff Overlock Jr. of Hermon finished second, with Jim Carr Jr. of Clifton in third. Carr picked up the points championship for the season, his fifth in the last 8 years. Dana Harlow of Bucksport was fourth with Corinth’s Peter Drake finishing fifth.
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Aug 19, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Speedway 95
CALVIN ROSE JR. AND KEVIN HARTLEY SHARE SPORT-FOUR SPOTLIGHT AT 95
Calvin Rose Jr. of Turner made his first appearance of the season at Speedway 95 Saturday night and came away with the win in the 35 lap Coca-Cola Sport-Four series race #3. Rose led the pack from lap 8 after battling with Hudson’s Donny Silva for the first seven laps of the event and went on to victory. Carmel’s Ted Ryder battled with Rose for the lead following a lap 9 caution that eliminated Silva from the race, but Rose proved too strong for the season points leader and Ryder finished the race in second. Meanwhile Kevin Hartley of Hermon survived a spin that brought out the lap 9 caution, and finished seventh in the race, securing his first place finish in the series points. Third in the night’s race went to Milo’s Steve Heath, with Chris Blanchard of Clinton and Matt Moore of Mechanic Falls rounding out the top five in that order. Ryder was credited with a second place finish in the series points, with Andrew Crosby of Hermon third in the series competition.
John Kalel II of Orrington took the lead from Bradley’s Deane Smart on the 29th lap of the 40 lap Dysart’s Late Model feature and went on to post his third win of the season. Smart finished second, with Brenton Parritt of Steuben in third. Early leader Andrew McLaughlin of Harrington finished fourth while season points leader Andy Saunders of Ellsworth, who was sent to the rear of the pack on lap 21 for his involvement in an incident that brought out the race’s final caution, made a charge from the rear of the pack to place fifth.
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Aug 15, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Speedway 95
Amy Houde of Howland started the Ladies 25 lap series race #3 on the pole at Speedway 95 Wednesday night and led all the way to the checkers, winning her second feature in a row and capturing the overall win in the three race series. Danielle Beal of Hampden finished the race in second, but had just recently returned to racing so was not in the race for a series position. Rhonda Wilbur of Hermon was third in the night’s feature and finished second overall in the series. Third in the series but not racing in the feature was Erin Evans of Milo.
Jim Carr Jr. of Clifton was the winner of the Sinclair Towing Service pick- up truck feature, but it was only due to bad luck on the part of Levant’s Jason Haskell. Haskell had fought side by side with Carr for 15 laps, until taking the lead for good on lap 15. On lap 20, as Haskell was rounding turns 3 and 4 heading for his first win of the season, a wheel came loose on his truck, spinning him off the raceway and allowing Carr to pass for the win. Doug Sinclair of Hermon finished in second, followed by Jeff Overlock Jr. of Hermon in third, Dana Harlow of Bucksport in fourth and Haskell finishing in fifth.
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Aug 12, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Speedway 95
WISCASSET SPEEDWAY TOP FIVE OFFICIAL FINISH AUGUST 10, 2013
STRICTLY STREET (20 LAPS)
1. #5 Guy Childs, Turner
2. #26 Corey Morgan, Lewiston
3. #39 Gerard Freve, Turner
4. #4 Ben Erskine, Farmington
5. #13 Chuck Gray, Wiscasset
MINI TRUCK (15 LAPS)
1. #22 Jeff Schmidt, Mechanic Falls
2. #69 Ryan Farrar, Sumner
3. #12 Gerry McKenna, NA
4. #3 Duane Booth, NA
5. #32 Herb Farrar, Mechanic Falls
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