Jul 7, 2010 | Oxford Plains Speedway
Davis Jr. Takes Upset in Strictlys Keene and Spencer Jr. Earn Win
by: Caleb Lamb
OXFORD, Maine – A huge crowd was on hand on Maine State Lottery Fireworks Night and they were rewarded with fireworks both on the track and in the air. A spectacular fireworks display was put on by Central Maine Pyrotechnics, but the Oxford Championship Series put on a show of their own beforehand.
The Call of the Wild RV Center Sport Trucks got the night started with a ten lap feature. Only a small contingent of drivers took to the track, but every one of them had a chance to win the race. Jeff Schmidt started on the pole, but he was quickly overtaken by Ryan Farrar. Farrar finished second on Wednesday night after being passed on the last lap, and he looked determined not to let that happen again as he opened up a big lead. Corey Williams sat back in third, but was unable to make up enough ground on Schmidt to challenge for second place. At the line, it was Ryan Farrar celebrating, with Schmidt and Williams behind him and Joe Farrar taking fourth.
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Jul 6, 2010 | Unity Raceway
Unity, ME – Tim Ferreira of Unity made it two straight wins in the Late Model class, topping the card Saturday night at Unity Raceway. Ferreira made an aggressive, last-lap move pay off at the expense of Frank Moulton of Burnham. Moulton, the reigning track champion, recovered to finish second, with Jefferson’s Mike Hodgkins third.
Waterville’s Ricky Burgess picked up his first victory of the year in Racin’ Paper Super Street competition. Burgess first survived the challenges of point leader Nate Weston of Madison before holding off Winslow’s Bard Bellows in the closing laps.
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Jul 4, 2010 | Beech Ridge
Brad Babb defends Miller Lite 50 title at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.
Scarborough, Maine-Brad Babb won the Miller Lite 50 Saturday night for the second consecutive year. Charlie Colby led the opening laps with Bill Whorff moving into early contention. Whorff moved into the lead on lap 8 with Babb moving to second place. Babb moved to the lead on lap 10 and began to pull away from Whorff and Bill Rodgers. By laps 21 Babb had a full straight lead as Whorff and Rodgers were racing side by side for second place. It appeared as if Babb was going to cruise to the win until lap 47 when he came upon slower traffic just as they decided to crash with each other. Babb narrowly escaped the wreck but the caution flag set the stage for a different kind of fireworks. When racing resumed Babb and Bill Rodgers blasted off for a 2 lap shoot out for the win. Rodgers got the better start and pulled into the lead on the backstretch. Entering turn 3 Babb got into the back of Rodgers sending both cars up the race track and Bill Whorff into the lead. On the white flag lap Babb got to the inside of Whorff and was able to get a run to the outside of Whorff racing down the backstretch. The dash to the finish line saw Babb get to the line first by inches over Whorff. Dan McKeage was third with Dave Oliver and Rodgers rounding out the top five.
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Jul 3, 2010 | Oxford Plains Speedway
Brackett Wins Fifth In A Row Stevens Takes Epic Truck Race
By Caleb Lamb
OXFORD, Maine – The Acceleration Series was back on Wednesday night at Oxford Plains Speedway, and what a night of drama filled racing it was. Eight features saw last lap passes, wins starting from the back of the pack, and post-race disqualifications that turned the finishing order on it head.
The Renegades were the first to take to the track for their ten lap feature event. Opening night winner, Bill Grover bounced back from some tough luck in last week’s race, and took over the early lead after starting on the outside pole. Mark Turner and Jamie Heath filled in behind him as this quickly became a three car race. Grover, Turner, and Heath broke away from the pack and attempted to settle things amongst themselves, but all three cars appeared stalemated. Neither of the three competitors could pull alongside to attempt a pass, but none of them lost any ground either, and after the ten laps were up, Bill Grover still held the lead and took first place honors with Turner and Heath behind him.
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Jun 28, 2010 | Unity Raceway
Unity, Maine – Unity’s Tim Ferreira survived a couple of early scrapes, bouncing back from a mid-race pit stop to roar past his competition and drive to victory lane for the first time this season in the Late Model division feature event at Unity Raceway Saturday night.
Clinton’s Cole Robinson dominated in round one for the Geo & Sons Teen Thunder division, while other feature event victories were posted by Nick Huff (Orrington), Ryan Robinson (Waterville), Steve Rackliff (Starks), Lance Chapman (Benton), Justin Moore (Madison), Chelsea Young (Winterport) and Henry Boudreau (Winterport).
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Jun 27, 2010 | Oxford Plains Speedway
Childs, Robertson take Jack & Jill Race
Pineo claims Smokey Donut Show again
Bell wins Spectator Drags
by Caleb Lamb
OXFORD, Maine – It was a wild night at Oxford Plains Speedway under a full moon as Motor Mayhem #2 sponsored by Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy came to the track.
The Spectator Drags were the first competition of the night. All cars must have an inspection sticker and be street legal, but they certainly performed like high-powered racing machines. The cars ranged from a VW Bus to a 1998 Pontiac Firebird, but at the end of the preliminaries, only Scott Merrill in a light blue 1994 Honda Accord and Thom Bell in a purple and black 1986 Ford Mustang remained. Bell won the coin toss and chose to start in the inside lane in the best two out of three championship round. He took the first race and then swept past Merrill on the backstretch to win round two and claim the first place trophy.
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