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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Jul 13, 2008 | Wiscasset Speedway
WISCASSET RACEWAY PRESS RELEASE 7/12/08
Steve Reno of West Bath turned around a couple weeks of tough luck and potential wins that never happened and rebounded to pick up a popular win Saurday night at Wiscasset Raceway. Another large crowd packed into the "Center of Speed" Saturday night for a full card of racing sponsored by Woody's Performance of Topsham, including the return of the Allison Legacy Series. Reno, the 1997 Limited champ at the coastal Maine oval, led the 30 lap feature for the Smith Construction Late Model Sportsman from wire to wire to pick up his first LMS win since 2002.
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Jul 6, 2008 | Wiscasset Speedway
WISCASSET RACEWAY PRESS RELEASE 7/6/08
JEREMEY WHORFF PICKS UP FIRST WISCASSET PROSTOCK VICTORY
The biggest crowd of the season packed into Maine's Center of Speed Saturday evening for a night of racing sponsored by Accord Auto of Richmond and a spectacular fireworks show to celebrate the Independence Day weekend. The big fireworks show put a fitting close to some great racing action capped off a stunning battle in the Clark's Car Crushing Prostocks in which Jeremie Whorff emereged with his first career win at Wiscasset Raceway. The track's top division rebounded from series of caution and wrecked filled races to put on perhaps the most exciting race of the year, thanks mostly to a pair of 3rd generation stars. Whorff started from the pole position for the 50 lap feature with Wiscasset's Chuck Colby to his outside.
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Jul 2, 2008 | Wiscasset Speedway
Maine's "Center Of Speed", Wiscasset Raceway will celebrate the Independence Day holiday weekend with a special Fan Appreciation Night Saturday July 5th. The race program starts at 5:00pm and will feature action in all six weekly racing series divisions, including the return of the Clark's Car Crushing Prostocks. Shortly after sunset the racing action will be put on hold and the sky will be lit up with a huge fireworks display to mark the holiday.
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Jun 29, 2008 | Wiscasset Speedway
Once again mother nature crashed the party at Wiscasset Raceway. Track officials were hopeful to get in the scheduled program at "Maine's Center of Speed", but for the fourth time this season were forced to pull the plug due to a heavy blanket of drizzle and fog moving through the midcoast region. The full pre-race practice schedule was run leading up to the start of the show, but the decision was made to stop the program just prior to the 5:00pm start time with the intensity of the drizzle increasing. As a result fans missed out on their opportunity to see the True Value Modified Series in its first ever appearance at the states fastest track. The Wiscasset Ford 100 will now be rescheduled as part of the Saturday August 9th program. Plans for makeup races for track's weekly racing series divisions have not been announced. Wiscasset Raceway will next return to action Saturday July 5th at 5:00pm with action in all six weekly racing series divisions plus a huge fireworks show to celebrate the Independence Day holiday. For more information, call the Wiscasset Raceway office at (207) 882-4271 or check the track website at www.wiscassetraceway.info.
Jun 23, 2008 | Wiscasset Speedway
WISCASSET RACEWAY PRESS RELEASE 6/22/08
SHAW & LACHANCE HIGHLIGHT BUSY WEEKEND AT THE CENTER OF SPEED
Nobody could beat the weather Sunday afternoon, but DJ Shaw managed to beat the field in a rain shortened main event at Wiscasset Raceway to capture his first career PASS Super Late Model win. Rain moved into the midcoast region at around 3:20pm just as the 31 car field completed 98 laps in the Steel's Real Rod's and Customs 125 at Maine's Center of Speed. With no end to the rain in sight and a subsequent delay of nearly an hour, the race was called and Shaw declared the winner.
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