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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Jul 27, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Speedway 95
SAM BETTS TOPS WACKY WEDNESDAY MODIFIED ENDUROS
Sam Betts of Brewer won his first feature race of the season in the Modified 4/6/8 cylinder class at Speedway 95 on Friday night when the make-up race from a July 2 rain out was run. Betts started on the outside pole for the 20 lap event and took the lead from Bangor’s Scott Bonny on the second lap. Betts led the way to the checkers, finishing ahead of Hermon’s Andrew Crosby, who finished second and last week’s winner, Travis Beale of Hampden, who came from an eleventh place start to finish third. Fourth went to Hermon’s Rhonda Crain, a past champion in the former Ladies Division, and Brownville’s Dustin Lancaster was fifth. The race went the full 20 laps without a caution.
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Jul 27, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Wiscasset Speedway
WISCASSSET SPEEDWAY PRESS RELEASE JULY 26, 2014
FANS PACK THE STANDS FOR WISCASSET SPEEDWAY’S 45TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
By Lisa Maguire
Wiscasset Speedway celebrated its forty-fifth birthday on Saturday. A ceremony during half time introduced some of Wiscasset’s great drivers from the past including Teddy Palino, Dick Giles, Dick Williams, Bill Bailey, JC Marsh, Dale Chadbourne, and Pete Silva. The weather was beautiful and sunny, and when the day cooled and evening came around the bright lights of Wiscasset lit the track. The grandstands were jammed with fans, and they enjoyed giveaways, fireworks, celebration cake, and some great racing action. On the schedule for the evening were Group One racing divisions, including Outlaw Mini’s, Prostocks, New England Four Cylinder Prostocks, and Napa Super Streets.
The spotlighted feature of the week was a thirty-five lap Napa Super Street race. Starting on the pole was the #1 of Adam Chadbourne. Last time out on the track, Chadbourne flipped his car coming out of turn four, landing upside down against the front wall, due to a broken tie rod end. Chadbourne said prior to race time it had taken two weeks to repair the damage with crews working around the clock. The whole front end was rebuilt, and a new engine was installed.
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Jul 27, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Wiscasset Speedway
WISCASSET SPEEDWAY TOP FIVE UNOFFICIAL FINISH JULY 26, 2014*
NAPA SUPER STREET (35 LAPS)
1. #05 James Osmond, Woolwich
2. #2 Josh Bailey, Wiscasset
3. #48 Dan Nessmith, Wiscasset
4. #06 Zac Poland, Woolwich
5. #8 Kevin Morse, Woolwich
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Jul 24, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway, Video
Jul 23, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS, SLM, Touring Series News
photo by Norm Marx
Oxford, ME – Joey Doiron and the #73 Wild Willy’s Burgers/JBJ Machine team were fresh of a win in the last Pro All Stars Series event at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway going into their biggest race of the season. The team had another strong outing in the biggest short track race in the country, the Oxford 250. Doiron lead over 70 laps early on, and was in contention for the win late in the race when with ten laps to go, he suffered an engine issue that he was forced to ride out with, finishing the 250 lap race in 11th place.
“It’s really disappointing to have it finish that way for us,” Doiron said after the race, “We got caught behind a little bit under the long green flag run, but we played the right strategy and I think we would have been on the podium again this year, but it just wasn’t meant to be. I’m still really proud of my team, they did a great job all weekend.”
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