Jun 13, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway
Once again bad weather has forced the management to pull the plug for racing at Oxford Plains Speedway for Friday night, June 13th. A forecast of 80% chance of showers, heavy rains, and severe thunderstorms prompted the decision.
Track Vice President Michael Mayberry stated, “The forecast just looks horrible, and with such a big night of racing planned it’s the right thing to do. Applebee’s Night featured our own Budweiser Pro Late Models, Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stocks, Ripley & Fletcher Ford Outlaw Sportsman, Bandits, and the all new Dave’s Small Engine Repair, PASS Northeast Late Model Series featuring the Husqvarna 100. With racecars coming from throughout New England for the PASS Series event, we wanted to let them know well ahead of time so that they didn’t waste a lot of dollars making the trek, and then getting rained out. We are working on a rain date as we speak and it will be announced in the very near future.”
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Jun 12, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford Plains Speedway is excited to announce a new event for 2014, the inaugural “Band Slam” which will feature four red hot local bands, including The Ride, Jett Sett, Brittany Johnson, and Little Nicky which are all very talented local groups that mainly focus on playing classic rock hits from the 70’s and 80’s, along with a mix of newer music, and have years of experience playing in front of large audiences.
The concert will be held on Saturday, July 26th, starting at 2:00pm, and will continue until 10:00pm. The stage for the concert will be located on the infield of the 3/8 mile oval, which will allow music enthusiasts to get up close to the stage, and enjoy a great day of music, dancing, food, beverages and fun. In between sets, and band changes, we will open up the stage to allow music buffs to show off their singing talents by performing karaoke for everyone to enjoy. Pre-sale tickets purchased before Friday, July 25th are $10 and tickets purchased the day of the event are $15 per person.
Jun 9, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Spud Speedway
Five races into his second season in the Dysart’s Late Models at Speedway 95, two time Strictly Street champion and 2013 Late Model Rookie of the Year Andrew McLaughlin of Harrington posted his first win in the speedway’s top division Saturday night after taking the lead from Orrington’s John Kalel II on a lap 27 restart of the 40 lap feature. McLaughlin led early, then lost the lead to Kalel on lap 4. Kalel stretched out his lead for a while on the long run, but McLaughlin had chased the leader down and was challenging Kalel for the top spot when the caution fell on lap 27 after Hermon’s Greg Ellis and Eastbrook’s Josh Morse got tangled up and came to rest on the turn three wall. On the restart, McLaughlin wrestled the lead from Kalel, and left him to race with Hermon’s Mike Hopkins and Winterport’s Ryan Deane for the second through fourth spots. Hopkins won that battle and took the second spot for good on lap 35, but was unable to get close enough to McLaughlin over the final 5 laps to challenge for the win. Dean finished third with Kalel salvaging a fourth place finish for the night. Brenton Parritt of Steuben, who had won the two previous features in the division, finished fifth. Rounding out the top ten were John Curtis Jr. of Hermon, Milo’s Nick Jenkins, Dean Smart of Bradley, Jim Robichaud of Orrington and Lloyd Nickerson of Corinth in that order. McLaughlin and Kalel won the qualifiers for the night.
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Jun 9, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, Wiscasset Speedway
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NEMA MIDGET (30 LAPS)
1. #47 Randy Cabral, Kingston, MA
2. #29 Ian Cumens, Lydell, PA
3. #15A Avery Stoehr, Lakeville, MA
4. #5B Bethany Stoehr, Bridgewater, MA
5. #71 Seth Carlson, Brimfield, CT
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Jun 7, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, NEMA, Wiscasset Speedway
The Northeastern Midget Association will be returning to Maine’s Wiscasset Speedway for the first time in 42 years. NEMA and the NEMA Lites will be part of the three eights-mile “NEMA Night” on Saturday, June 7 at 6:00pm.
NEMA’s last and only visit to Wiscasset was July 1, 1972 when Butch Walsh, in the Connor 58, defeated Jerry Wall and Walt Gale.
“The Wiscasset fans are excited, and the anticipation is growing” said track owners Vanessa and Richard Jordon. “Fan chatter is on the rise and we can’t wait until the 7th gets here.“
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Jun 4, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, NEMA, Touring Series News, Wiscasset Speedway
The Northeastern Midget Association will be returning to Maine’s Wiscasset Speedway for the first time in 42 years. NEMA and the NEMA Lites will be part of the three eights-mile “NEMA Night” on Saturday, June 7 at 6:00pm.
NEMA’s last and only visit to Wiscasset was July 1, 1972 when Butch Walsh, in the Connor 58, defeated Jerry Wall and Walt Gale.
“The Wiscasset fans are excited, and the anticipation is growing” said track owners Vanessa and Richard Jordon. “Fan chatter is on the rise and we can’t wait until the 7th gets here.“
NEMA makes a habit of showing up and toppling existing track records, especially on the shorter ovals. The winged warriors are expected to set a blistering pace. Doug Coby’s 13.00 second lap at Evans Mills last week was a perfect example.
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