Unity, Maine – Just a week past his high school graduation ceremony, third-generation racer Dylan Turner of Freedom showed the veteran racers the quick way around Unity Raceway Friday night, winning the 35-lap Late Model feature race.
The youngster took the lead from Skowhegan veteran David Folsom I, who already has been to victory lane this season, on the 12th laps and held on to the top spot for the balance of the event.
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Wacky Wednesday lived up to it’s name this week as two car fires and a rollover added to the excitement at Speedway 95 Wednesday night. Chelsea Young of Winterport led from the green to the checkers in the Ladies series race that was stopped on lap 13 when a car driven by Maria Miranda blew the motor and erupted in flames. As she brought the car to a stop and hopped out on the front stretch, flagman Jordan Harnish was first on the scene with a fire extinguisher and doused the oil fed flames. Miranda was done for the night, but Amy Houde wasn’t as she challenged Young for the lead on the restart and continued her pursuit, falling short and settling for a second place finish. Mika Wilson of Chelsea was third, followed by Amanda Batchelder of Fairfield fourth and Danielle Beale of Hampden in fifth.
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News Release Speedway 95 6/11/11
By Bill DaButler
(Hermon, ME) Speedway 95 rolled out the green flag for another evening of racing sponsored by your locally owned Napa stores on Saturday, June 11th at 7pm, with the second race in the Dysart’s late model series, along with the regular card of Saturday night division.
The Dysart’s Late Models earned their first caution of the race in the first lap, when three potential race leaders ran into trouble between turns on and two, Ryan Deane of Winterport, Dean Smart of Bradley, and Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, all of whom ran strongly in the qualifying heat races spun out. When the action resumed, the next 19 laps of the 50 lap feature went caution free until Deane experienced problems forcing a second caution and a trip to his pit stall to try to tune his ride back in. Up until the 42nd lap, the battle for the second spot was the hot topic, as Shane Clark of Winterport and Josh St. Clair battled for second. While the pair battled for second, the race leader Mike Hopkins of Hermon held a substantial lead in the top spot. Clark completed the pass just as the third caution came out. At the restart, the top three spots remained unchanged to the checkers, with Hopkins taking the win. In victory lane, St. Clair acknowledged that his car was being to fade in the final laps, “He (Clark) was just faster.” (more…)
Unity, Maine – Jeff Burgess of East Madison picked up his third feature race victory in four starts Saturday night at Unity Raceway.
Burgess worked his way through the field in efficient fashion, and took command of the event from Skowhegan’s David Folsom II just as racing director and chief starter Eddie Bellows displayed the crossed flags halfway through the 35-lapper.
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story by Chris Roy
Driving the number 24 late model Deane Smart, raced the “Long John” last season here at Unity Raceway. Usually Dean races at Speedway 95, but they had the weekend off, so along with some of the other drivers they made the trip to Unity, last weekend to take on “Maine’s Toughest Track” once again. Though last weekend the 24 car made the long trip north to “Spud Speedway”, where he finished 2nd behind Austin Theriault.
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