Oxford, Maine – Gary Smith of Bangor had the hammer down on Saturday night, negotiating slower traffic nicely while driving from fifth starting position to victory lane in the 50-lap Super Late Model race, headlining the Budweiser Championship Series stock car racing card at Oxford Plains Speedway Saturday night.
Smith, celebrating 25 years with sponsor Uncle Henry’s, and the rest of the 25-car Super Late Model field spent most of the race chasing Garrett Hall. Only Smith could find his way past Hall’s NAPA-sponsored ride with the young Scarborough driver earning runner-up honors.
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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…)
Oxford, Maine – Gary Smith of Bangor had the hammer down on Saturday night, negotiating slower traffic nicely while driving from fifth starting position to victory lane in the 50-lap Super Late Model race, headlining the Budweiser Championship Series stock car racing card at Oxford Plains Speedway Saturday night.
THIRD STRAIGHT SUPER LATE MODEL SCORE FOR OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY WINNER REID LANPHER