Wiscasset, ME- Appleton’s Jeremy Glasier has won many features at Wiscasset Raceway. However he was winless in 2009. That was until the driver of the number 99 Glasier Construction sponsored Verizon Wireless Super Street beat 2007 division champion Bernie Dinsmore to the finish line on Ames True Value night at the “Center of Speed”. Allen Moeller Jr. of Dresden finished third with Brian Fortin and Shawn Austin finishing fourth and fifth respectively.
Wiscasset, ME- Montvilles Bryan Robbins has a lot of racing experience. He and his brothers Jerry and Craig who are known as the Flyin’ Robbins Brothers have raced in everything from a Mini Stock to a Street Stock to a Late Model and more. However Saturday at Wiscasset Raceway Bryan found himself behind the wheel of a Verizon Wireless Super Street and he also found his way to victory lane picking up his first feature win of the season. Robbins beat Ed Drake by about a car length at the finish line. Behind the lead pair Jeremy Glasier held off Brian Fortin for third. Fortin would finish fourth with Allan Moeller Jr. fifth.
Wiscasset, ME- Wiscasset Raceway moved their weekly racing program to Sunday this week to allow their fans to do traditional things on the 4th of July like to go to parades, have family barbeques and watch fireworks. When the Wiscasset fans did get to the track on Sunday they got to see fireworks again and I’m not just talking about the ones in the sky. There were fireworks on the track as well. Liberty’s Josh St. Clair picked up his second win of the season at the “Center of Speed” on Accord Auto and Self Storage night. The win for St. Clair was a hard fought one though. He had to hold off T.J. Watson for all thirty laps. Watson would finish second after the race had to be red flagged for Tyler Robbins who broke his wrist in turn one. Third place would go to Steve Reno as he made his return to Wiscasset Raceway. Joey Doyon took home fourth in his first start at Wiscasset driving for Dave St. Clair and fifth would go to Seth Raven.
Chris Thorne knows something about winning. The twenty five year old Sidney, ME racer started winning back when he raced Mini Stocks at Unity Raceway nine years ago. Three Late Model Championships later Chris Thorne is still at it. Chris picked up
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.
Wiscasset, ME- The racing program at Wiscasset Raceway on May 30th treated fans to more then just fun filled action packed racing in all divisions. Fans were able to go down on the race track at 5 p.m. and meet with their favorite drivers, John Linnehan gave the fans, crews and drivers a motivational speech, Rockland High Schools Life Skills class was on hand and one of their special student won a trip to New Hampshire Motor Speedway and on top of that it was also the first round of the Linnehan’s Credit Now Late Model Triple Crown Series.
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