May 6, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News
Durham, Maine – After five years of competition in the Amsoil Nelcar Legends Car Series across New England, Evan Beaulieu is moving up the racing ladder to the Pro Series Super Late Models this season.
Evan will race at Maine’s premier motorsports facility, the Beech Ridge Speedway, driving for former Beech Ridge track champion Dan McKeage.
He was happy with the results of his first test session in the car Thursday.
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May 6, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Scarborough, ME – For the second time in as many races, Joey Doiron and the #73 Wild Willy’s Burgers race team dominated the Pro All Stars Series North “Southern Maine Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge 150” event at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway and finished in the runner up position. This time however, it was behind his Dale Shaw Racecars teammate and good friend, DJ Shaw.
Starting from the second spot in the first heat race, Doiron cruised to the heat win, putting him on the pole position for the 150 lap feature. From the start, Doiron never fell further than the second position, and lead most of the event. During the races final stages, a series of cautions slowed the field down to set up a dash for the finish, with Doiron and Shaw on the front row for the race’s final two restarts. The two friends drove each other hard, swapping paint a few times and putting on another great race for the fans. When the dust settled, Doiron went home with the second place trophy.
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May 6, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Scarborough, ME – DJ Shaw and the #60 Precision JLM team returned to action this past weekend at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway for the second round of the Pro All Stars Series North season. After starting in the 19th position, Shaw made worked his way to the front and fended off Dale Shaw Racecars teammate Joey Doiron for the win in the Southern Maine Motors 150.
“This is a big win for us to come back here and run as well as we did,” Shaw said in victory lane, “I was surprised just how fast we got into the top ten, from that point on I knew if we just hit our marks we could win this race.”
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May 6, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford, Maine – Shawn Martin of Turner made his first start in an Oxford Championship Series Pro Late Model a successful one Sunday afternoon, driving from the rear of the starting field to the front of the pack, claiming victory in the 40-lap headliner at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Skip Tripp of Poland scored his first victory of the year in the 30-lap Allens Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stock feature race. Lisbon’s Nik Coates wired the Allen’s Cofee Flavored Mini Stock division’s 30-lapper, while the Ripley & Fletcher Ford Outlaw Sportsman division honors went to Corey Morgan of Lewiston for the second consecutive week.
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May 6, 2013 | Maine Race Tracks, Speedway 95
By Bill DaButler
(Hermon) With the prefect weather for racing as the back drop, Speedway 95 in Hermon had another exciting evening of action, Saturday, May 4th with a down to the wire side-by-side race in the Darlings Ford Sportsman series, and a full card of regular weekly divisions.
With just two cautions in the 25-lap Darlings Ford Sportsman series race (the first of three) Milford’s Joe Legere battled side-by-side in the closing laps with Kris Matchett of Skowhegan. The pair traded the top spot back-and-forth until the checkered flag favored Legere. Matchett told fans in victory lane that the car started to become loose in the closing laps, making his second place finish all the more intense. Kris Watson of Hermon was on the back bumper of the pair, to finish the race in a close third.
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May 6, 2013 | Beech Ridge, Maine Race Tracks, PASS
PASS North Series: Bradley Babb
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Report
SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Bradley Babb of Windham, Maine, finished 17th in the PASS North Series Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, May 4. Babb, the reigning NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track champion at Beech Ridge, started 13th in the 28-car field and fought the handling on the No. 14 Babb Wood Contractors/McGoldrick Bros. Blasting Chevrolet from the outset. Babb pitted several times under caution throughout the event to try and make improvements, but in the end he patiently avoided wrecks and salvaged a 17th-place finish.
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