{"id":16397,"date":"2016-08-03T20:10:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T00:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracing.com\/16\/?p=16397"},"modified":"2016-08-03T20:10:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T00:10:30","slug":"luce-looks-to-join-elite-company-in-defense-of-hp-hood-oxford-250-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2016\/08\/luce-looks-to-join-elite-company-in-defense-of-hp-hood-oxford-250-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Luce Looks To Join Elite Company In Defense Of HP Hood Oxford 250 Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PASS\"NAPLES, ME (August 3) \u2013 Since it\u2019s inception in 1974, the HP Hood Oxford 250 has been an event that can make\\ a racecar driver\u2019s career.\u00a0 Annually, one of the better attended races in asphalt short track racing, the HP Hood Oxford 250 will once again take place on August 26-28<\/span> at the legendary Oxford Plains Speedway, paying $25,000 to the winner.\u00a0 With additional lap leader bonus money also on the line, this year\u2019s HP Hood Oxford 250 winner could potentially take home up to $50,000.<\/p>\n

With his win in the inaugural event, Joey Kourafas cemented his name in the record books.\u00a0 Short track legend and South Carolina racer, Butch Lindley, became the first driver outside of New England to win when he took the checkered flag in 1976.\u00a0 And the race took on international significance when Ontario\u2019s Don Biederman claimed the win just one year later<\/span>.\u00a0 But, the HP Hood Oxford 250, has also seen surprise winners like Scott Robbins, Jeramie Whorff, and Roger Brown. \u00a0For many, that was the case when Turner, ME\u2019s Glen Luce dominated to take the win last year.\u00a0 But, Luce has quietly shown himself to be one of the strongest drivers in the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Model division over the last couple of years.\u00a0 And Luce has definitely noticed a difference since winning one of short track racing\u2019s most challenging events.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess the biggest change I\u2019ve noticed is that I\u2019ve probably signed more autographs in the last year since winning than I did in a lifetime of prior racing,\u201d says Luce, driver of the Steven\u2019s Electric and Pump Service #7L.\u00a0 \u201cThe team has just really come together.\u00a0 We changed setups a little bit as far as percentages, went to a 604 crate.\u00a0 All of the ingredients just worked, plus having a fabulous crew.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Luce can capture another win this year, he will join an elite group of just five drivers that have been able to win back-to-back HP Hood Oxford 250s.\u00a0 Former Daytona 500 winner, Geoff Bodine, became the first driver to win in consecutive years with his wins in 1980-1981, followed by Ralph Nason, who is the only driver to three-peat, winning in 1998-2000.\u00a0 Ben Rowe, Eddie MacDonald, and most recently, Travis Benjamin, are the only other drivers who have managed to find the magic to the 250 for two years in a row.\u00a0 Sitting fifth in PASS North Super Late Model points and with a win at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in May, Luce feels good about his chances to join this elite \u201cclub.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFinding the answer to the 250 is huge because it has changed so many drivers careers, like Ricky Craven for instance,\u201d says Luce.\u00a0 \u201cIt has definitely given me some pretty big shoes to fill coming back to defend.\u00a0 There\u2019s a lot of pressure, but we just have to do our thing and worry about our team and stay consistent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among those who have already entered are Pacific Northwest legend Garrett Evans, who will be attempting the Oxford 250 for the first time in his illustrious career, 6-time PASS North Super Late Model champion, Johnny Clark, the 2014 series champion and current points leader, DJ Shaw, 2-time PASS National Champion, Jay Fogleman, and his son, Tate, himself the defending PASS South Super Late Model champion, former champion Cassius Clark, and 2015 PASS National Champion, Joey Doiron.<\/p>\n

3-Time HP Hood Oxford 250 winner, Mike Rowe, is joined on the entry list by fellow 250 winners, Travis Benjamin and Joey Polewarcyzk.\u00a0 The state of Maine will be well represented by Reid Lanpher, David Oliver, Richie Dearborn, Alan Wilson, Dave Farrington, Jr., Mike Hopkins, Adam Polvinen, Scott Mulkern, Tim and TJ Brackett, Dennis Spencer, Jr., Wyatt Alexander, Scott Robbins, Jacob Dore, Garrett Hall, Shawn Martin, Gary Smith, Tracy Gordon, Larry Gelinas, Dan McKeague, Corey Bubar, Jeff Taylor, and veteran Kelly Moore.<\/p>\n

New Hampshire natives Bryan Kruczek and Jeremy Davis will be hoping to return to victory lane in the biggest race of the year, along with fellow Granite State driver Derrick Griffith.\u00a0 Massachusetts\u2019 Derek Ramstrom is hoping his big race experience will pay off and will be joined by fellow New Englanders Travis Stearns, Kyle Desouza, Brent Dragon, and North Carolina transplants, Ben Lynch and John-Michael Shenette.\u00a0 Michael Scorzelli will make the trip from New York as well as New Brunswick\u2019s Matt Matheson, who will be looking for a win as he tries to take the trophy north of the border.<\/p>\n

Entry forms for the 43rd<\/sup> Annual HP Hood Oxford 250 can be found at ProAllStarsSeries.com and OxfordPlains.com.\u00a0 It will be a big weekend of action that will also feature the PASS Modifieds, ACT Late Models, Valenti Modified Series, the North East Mini Stock Tour, and much, much more.<\/p>\n

The PASS North Super Late Models and PASS Modifieds will be in action again on Friday<\/span> night, August 12<\/span> at Lee USA Speedway.\u00a0 Entry forms for upcoming PASS action at Lee, South Boston and the 43rd<\/sup> Annual HP Hood Oxford 250 can be found at ProAllStarsSeries.com<\/p>\n

The Pro All Stars Series is recognized as North America\u2019s premier sanctioning body for asphalt Super Late Models and boasts such marquee events as the Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway and the legendary HP Hood Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway.\u00a0 For media or marketing questions, please contact Alan Dietz at 704-231-2039<\/a> or alandietzpass@live.com<\/a>.\u00a0 Please visit ProAllStarsSeries.com for more information and don\u2019t forget to \u201cLike\u201d the Pro All Stars Series on Facebook or follow us on Twitter at @PASSSLM14 to keep up with breaking news as it happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAPLES, ME (August 3) \u2013 Since it\u2019s inception in 1974, the HP Hood Oxford 250 has been an event that can make\\ a racecar driver\u2019s career.\u00a0 Annually, one of the better attended races in asphalt short track racing, the HP Hood Oxford 250 will once again take place on August 26-28 at the legendary Oxford […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[878,18,1,6,13,3],"tags":[61,1331],"class_list":["post-16397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maine-race-tracks","category-maine-racing-news","category-uncategorized","category-new-england-racing-news","category-oxford-plains-speedway","category-pass","tag-ops","tag-pass"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}