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by Ken Minott
If Kevin Girard Jr had left any doubt over the past two seasons who the top dog in the Nelcar Legend ranks at Maine’s fastest track happens to be, he put an exclamation point on it with a statement win Saturday night in the INEX sanctioned National Qualifier at Wiscasset Speedway. The 30 lap race, sponsored by Four Season Synthetic “Your Amsoil Factory Connection”, showcased the top Nelcar regulars intermixed with several of the best from southern New England and beyond for a tripled purse and big trophies, not to mention valuable provisionals in the INEX Asphalt Nationals in Las Vegas. Girard took the lead shortly after a lap 8 restart and then held off a fierce challenge from Noah Korner, then cruised to a comfortable victory. The win highlighted a chilly but action packed night of racing at Wiscasset Speedway, with Group 2 in action. Other winners included Brent Roy, Nick Hinkley, Ben Tinker, and Kurt Hewins.
WISCASSET SPEEDWAY PRESS RELEASE 5/8/17
WISCASSET SPEEDWAY RAINED OUT .. AGAIN
For the second time in the first three weeks of the 2017 season, Wiscasset Speedway fell victim to the weather and was forced to cancel its Saturday race program. With no hope to get a window of opportunity, the call to cancel was made early Saturday morning and Wiscasset joined the growing list of northeast region tracks forced to pull the plug. One of the races affected was the annual Amsoil NELCAR Legends INEX sanctioned National Qualifier, bumping it back a week. Any makeup plans for the regular group 1 divisions are in the works and will be announced soon. (more…)
THIRD STRAIGHT SUPER LATE MODEL SCORE FOR OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY WINNER REID LANPHER
Oxford, Maine – 18-year-old Reid Lanpher of Manchester continued his outstanding start to the 2017 racing season with a 50-lap Super Late Model triumph on Opening Day for the Budweiser Championship Series at Oxford Plains Speedway Saturday afternoon.
It was his third victory this season in his new Jason Ricker-prepared ride, following up a 300-lap Pro All Stars Series win at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway and the 150-lap PASS North opener last month at Oxford Plains Speedway. (more…)
WALPOLE, N.H. – The Granite State Pro Stock Series announced another addition to the 2017 schedule this week. A stop at the three-eighths mile Oxford Plains Speedway will take place as part of the 44th annual Oxford 250 weekend. The race will be a 100-lap feature event on Saturday evening August 26th.
“Our goal is and always has been a 14-race schedule,” series president Mike Parks explained. “We usually don’t like to add an event once we start the season, but this is an exception.” (more…)
THIRD STRAIGHT SUPER LATE MODEL SCORE FOR OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY WINNER REID LANPHER
GSPSS Adds Oxford Plains To 2017 Schedule