Jul 30, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway
THE GLORY DAYS RETURN TO OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY RACING SATURDAY NIGHTS AT 7PM, KIDS PIT TOUR 6:25PM
The glory days of racing will return to Saturday nights at Oxford
Plains Speedway beginning this Saturday, August 2nd with Whited RV from
Auburn hosting the evening’s activities. After trying to make a go of things
on Friday nights for the past two seasons, the decision was made to switch
to Saturday night racing for the balance of the season.
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Jul 29, 2014 | American Canadian Tour, Beech Ridge, Maine Race Tracks, Touring Series News
photo by Alan Ward
Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) will next appear at the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, ME on Saturday, August 9. The Hudson, New Hampshire native, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (Pole) has to be considered a favorite to win the race. In the 2014 ACT Championship standings Pole has a comfortable 56 point lead over second place racer Jimmy Hebert, from Williamstown, VT. He is also winless so far during the 2014 campaign.
Pole has compiled an impressive record during the first half of the 2014 season. In the ACT races to date, the 97NH team has three second place finishes, two third place finishes and two fourth place finishes. He also led the Pro All Star Super Late Model event at Beech Ridge and contended for wins in the Star and White Mountain events he entered this year, and also recently won the Lee USA Granite State Pro Stock race. Pole won the 150 lap Beech Ridge ACT event in 2010; he was runner up to Eddie MacDonald from Rowley, MA in 2013.
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Jul 28, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway
KIDS BIKE RACES ON TAP THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The Wednesday night Oxford Acceleration Series returns to action this coming Wednesday night, July 30th at 7pm. Highlighting the five division card of events will be bike racing for the kids during intermission.
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Jul 27, 2014 | Beech Ridge, Maine Race Tracks
Nineteen year-old Tyler King, of Livermore Falls, won Saturday’s NASCAR Nite Pro-Series 40-lap feature event.
7/26/2014 Beech Ridge Results
Scarborough, ME
After taking a week of from feature racing, Oakland’s Mike Landry paced the 20-car field to the green flag. Landry led until lap four when rookie Mike Fowler, of Scarborough, was able to claim the lead from Landry with ease. Fowler who was fast in qualifying, opened up a multiple car-length lead over Landry and the entire field.
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Jul 27, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Speedway 95
EMMA LIBBY CAPTURES CAREER FIRST SPORTSMAN WIN AT 95
Sixteen year old Emma Libby of Glenburn led the first 13 laps of the 25 lap Darling’s Ford Sportsman feature at Speedway 95 Saturday night, but lost it to points leader Kris Matchett of Skowhegan on a lap 14 restart. As Matchett pulled away from the teen driver, Libby held on to the second spot until Matchett unexpectedly slowed on the 23rd lap. Libby was able to overtake him and cruise to her first win as a rookie in the division. Dean Clements of Brooks, making his first appearance since an early season wreck sidelined his activity, took second with Jay Robichaud of Eddington, also returning after several weeks away following an accident that seriously damaged his car, finished third. Fourth went to pole sitter Karl Stanhope of Hampden with Matchett limping home in fifth with a sick engine. Matchett won the division’s single qualifying race.
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