{"id":17935,"date":"2017-10-16T21:08:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T01:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=17935"},"modified":"2017-10-16T21:08:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T01:08:35","slug":"dana-cook-caleb-emerson-mains-among-armageddon-destruction-winners-oxford-plains-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2017\/10\/dana-cook-caleb-emerson-mains-among-armageddon-destruction-winners-oxford-plains-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana Cook, Caleb Emerson-Mains among Armageddon of Destruction winners at Oxford Plains Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15914\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/400-opslogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/400-opslogo.jpg 400w, https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/400-opslogo-300x98.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Oxford, Maine &#8212;<\/b>\u00a0Richmond\u2019s Caleb Emerson-Mains scored an impressive 25-lap victory Sunday afternoon, highlighting the Armageddon of Destruction stock car racing card at Oxford Plains Speedway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">Emerson-Mains would have seen a fair share of action in his mirror if he was looking there, as there were a few anxious rivals having difficulties with fellow competitors on a few occasions.\u00a0 Veteran racer Ron Moon of North Yarmouth put the exclamation point on his championship season with a runner-up finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">Gerry Freve of Buckfield raced to a third-place Outlaw finish, in front of Gray\u2019s Steve Moon, and Will Shurtleff of Dixfield.\u00a0 Steve Moon and winner Emerson-Mains scored heat race wins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">Cam Childs of Leeds dominated the 20-lap Rebels division main event, winning by a very healthy margin.\u00a0 Oxford\u2019s Gerard Cote was runner-up, with Caleb Emerson-Mains of Richmond also scoring a podium finish.\u00a0 Rick Montminy of Auburn and Oxford\u2019s Doug DeGroat rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">Brandon Varney of Auburn won his third consecutive main event in the Cruiser division.\u00a0 Jacob Hethcoat of South Paris made a vailiant effort that came up just short to claim the runer-up trophy.\u00a0 Oxford\u2019s Phil Knowlton, Will Dunphy, Jr. of New Gloucester and Paul Rowe from South Paris filled out the top five rundown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">Ryan Farrar of Oxford continued his dominance of the Truck class, outrunning a pack led by Gerry McKenna of Wilton to the checkered flag.\u00a0 Mark Grantham of Casco finished in third position.\u00a0 Nick Calvert of Steep Falls and New Gloucester\u2019s Chuck Estes rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">Kathryn Childs of Auburn held off a determined challenge from Maggie Ferland of Auburn to win the 25-lap Allen\u2019s Coffee Flavored Brandy Ladies division race.\u00a0 Melissa Ferland of Auburn was third, ahead of Chloe Kiley from South Paris and Mexico\u2019s Annie Chartier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">Dana Cook outgunned Matt Marizuk in the wild, yet highly-competitive, 50-lap Enduro race.\u00a0 Cook and Marizuk swapped the lead a couple of times late in the event.\u00a0 Josh Dube claimed the third-place trophy, just ahead of PASS North Series Technical Inspector Charlie Rockwell.\u00a0 David Robbins rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">Nuclear Nick Hoyt prevailed in a wild, 21-car Flagpole Race. Jeff Wentzell and Josh Dube earned second and third-place honors, followed by Dustin Brown and Ben Lahey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">Ben Lahey smoked his rivals with a 4-wheel drive Chevy pickup in the fan-determined Smokey Donut Show.\u00a0 Curtis Gerrish and Paul Suchecki also made the final round in that contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">Jeffrey Whitney\u2019s 1986 Camaro defeated a Subaru WRX Nicholas Brichetto in the Specattor Drags final.\u00a0 Matt Mahar bested Tim Johnson in the ATV Drag competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">This was the final event of the 2017 Season at Oxford Plains Speedway.\u00a0 The 45<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Oxford 250 on August 26 highlights a soon-to-be-announced 2018 schedule for Oxford Plains Speedway.\u00a0 Visit the track\u2019s Facebook page, call (207) 539-8865 or visit oxfordplains.com for more information and updates throughout the offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">Before the afternoon\u2019s racing action got underway the championship points awards were presented to the top competitors in all five Oxford Acceleration Series divisions, which compete mostly on Wednesday nights throughout the summer months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">In the Outlaws division the championship honors were presented to Ron Moon of North Yarmouth.\u00a0 Ajay Cates of Lyman earned Rookie-of-the-Year honors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">The Rebels division champion is Cody Childs of Auburn.\u00a0\u00a0 Ralph Green of South Paris was the top fresman in the class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">Oxford\u2019s own Phil Knowlton claimed the Cruiser division title.\u00a0 Jesse Tobin of South Paris was the top rookie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">Ryan Farrar of Oxford prevailed in the Truck division title bout.\u00a0 Scarborough\u2019s\u00a0 Danny Wear was the top rookie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">Maggie Ferland of Auburn was best in Ladies competition in a division that had no rookie competing regularly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\"><b>Unofficial finishes from Armageddon of Destruction Day, Sunday, October 15, 2017 at Oxford Plains Speedway; Oxford, Maine showing finishing position, car number, driver name, and driver hometown (in Oxford Acceleration Series divisions only):<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\"><b>Outlaws (25 laps)\u00a0<\/b>1 4 Caleb Emerson-Mains, Richmond; 2 9 Ron Moon, North Yarmouth; 3 39 Gerry Freve, Buckfield; 4 19 Steve Moon, Gray; 5 3 Will Shurtleff, Dixfield; 6 17 Kathryn Childs, Auburn; 7 25 Kevin Leighton, Livermore Falls; 8 26 Skip Tripp, Norway; 9 03 James Roberts, Buxton; 10 3 Brian Brackett, Oxford; 11 74 Rick Thompson, Naples; 12 2 Ajay Cates, Lyman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\"><b>Rebels (20 laps)<\/b>\u00a01 11 Cam Childs, Leeds; 2 05 Gerard Cote, Oxford; 3 4 Caleb Emerson-Mains, Richmond; 4 44 Rick Montminy, Auburn, 5 84 Doug DeGroat, Oxford; 6 71 Chris Foster, Lisbon; 7 69 Adam Warner, Oxford; 8 04 Caleb Proctor, Casco; 9 46 Chaz Williams, Hope; 10 121 Jeremy Farr, Oxford; 11 21 Ralph Green, Auburn; 12 5 Logan Melcher, Fayette; 13 28 Cody Meserve, Sabattus; 14 1 Jeff Davis, Woolwich; 15 31 Cade Chapman, Bridgton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\"><b>Cruisers (20 laps)<\/b>\u00a01 1 Brandon Varney, Auburn; 2 14 Jacob Hethcoat, South Paris; 3 72 Phil Knowlton, Oxford; 4 4 Will Dunphy, Jr., New Gloucester; 5 48 Paul Rowe, South Paris; 6 3 Chachy Hall, Oxford; 7 2 Jeremy Decoster, Lewiston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\"><b>Trucks (25 laps)<\/b>\u00a01 2 Ryan Farrar, Oxford; 2 12 Gerry McKenna, Wilton; 3 07 Mark Grantham, Casco; 4 33 Nick Calvert, Steep Falls; 5 03 Chuck Estes, New Gloucester; 6 79 Seth Jordan, Windham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\"><b>Allen\u2019s Coffee Flavored Brandy Ladies (25 laps)<\/b>\u00a01 17 Kathryn Childs, Auburn; 2 77 Maggie Ferland, Auburn; 3 77 Melissa Ferland, Auburn; 4 16 Chloe Kiley, South Paris; 5 44 Annie Chartier, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\"><b>Enduro (50 laps)<\/b>\u00a01 44 Dana Cook, 2 45 Matt Marizuk,3 9 Josh Dube, 4 20 Charlie Rockwell, 5 27 David Robbins, 6 70 Alex Hinkley, 7 75 Patrick Ellsman, 8 24 Jonathon Emerson, 9 69 Chris Youland, 10 15 Jacob Timm, 11 54 Kris Merrill, 12 5 Brad Moore, 13 88 Ken Gayton, 14 42 Keith Russell, 15 91 Robert Weymouth, 16 73 Ben Lahey, 17 2x Jacob Pimoski, 18 777 Mike St. Germain, 19 48 Jacob Dobson, 20 77 Jeff Wentzell, 21 8 Calvin Rose, Jr., 22 54x Jonathon Baldwin, 23 4 Adam O\u2019Neil, 24 60 Elizabeth Patritti, 25 00 Larry Lizotte, 26 1 Kyle Enman, 27 03 Brandon Caston, 28 124 Travis \u2018Tornado\u2019 Verrill, 29 7 Carl Conant, 30 35 Jonathan Flanders, 31 51 Alexis Duguay, 32 12 Darryl Quinlan, 33 11 Pat Hinkley, 34 19 Jim Bradstreet, 35 29 Phil Richardson, 36 17 Ryan Palmer, 37 22 David Cooper, 38 18 Matt Barrett, 39 13 Andre Currier, 40 05 Gerard Cote, 41 68 Ron Whitcomb, 42 6 Justin Karkos, 43 31 Scott Merrill, 44 85 Rick Dobson, 45 01 McKalla Pulk, 46 82 Chris Gray, 47 09 Parker Simoneau, 48 93 unknown, 49 71 Zach Emerson, 50 44x Perley Garland, 51 71x unknown, 52 80 unknown, 53 32 Tyler Higgins, 54 62 Jocelyn Stetson, 55 7 unknown, 56 10 Jason Cyr, 57 36 Nick Hoyt, 58 48 Robert Lowe, 59 421 Jen Morse, 60 41 Andy Cullens, 61 94 Adam Phillips, 62 66 Billy McIntyre, 63 28 Dustin Brown, 64 07 Dylan Luce, 65 79 Tim Hatch, 66 2 Rick Thompson, 67 50 Corey Edwards, 68 33 Jeremy Guptill, 69 100 Alex Smith, 70 97 Richard Kearsley, 71 304 Jeremy Paradis, 72 32x unknown, 73 11 unknown, 74 14 Tyler Merrill, 75 87 David Cropley, 76 21 Ralph Green, 77 89 unknown, 78 57 Wade Morrissette, 79 58 Matt Cotton, 80 55 Dean Jordan, 81 420 John Iadarola, 82 3 Chachy Hall.\u00a0 Unknown finishing positions: 72 Phil Knowlton, 08 Mike Morris, 0 Everett Gray<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\"><b>Flagpole Race (10 laps)<\/b>\u00a01 36 Nick Hoyt, 2 Jeff Wentzell, 3 Josh Dube, 4 28 Dustin Brown, 5 73 Ben Lahey, 6 15 Jacob Timm, 7 4 Adam O\u2019Neil, 8 70 Alex Hinkley, 9 49 Robert Lowe, 10 71 Zach Emerson, 11 31 Scott Merrill, 12 27 David Robbins, 13 11 Pat Hinckley, 14 54 Kris Merrill, 15 62 Jocelyn Stetson, 16 3 Chachy Hall, 17 03 Caleb Proctor, 18 91 Robert Weymouth, 19 89 Skip, 20 85 Rick Dobson, 21 31 Scott Merrill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\"><b>Spectator Drags:<\/b>\u00a01 Jeffrey Whitney, 2 Nicholas Brichetto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\"><b>ATV Drags:<\/b>\u00a01 Matt Mahar, 2 Tim Johnson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\"><b>Smokey Donut Show:<\/b>\u00a01\u00a0 Ben Lahey, 2 Curtis Gerrish, 3 Paul Suchecki.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5527201921MsoNormal\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxford, Maine &#8212;\u00a0Richmond\u2019s Caleb Emerson-Mains scored an impressive 25-lap victory Sunday afternoon, highlighting the Armageddon of Destruction stock car racing card at Oxford Plains Speedway. Emerson-Mains would have seen a fair share of action in his mirror if he was looking there, as there were a few anxious rivals having difficulties with fellow competitors on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[878,13],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-17935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maine-race-tracks","category-oxford-plains-speedway","tag-ops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17935","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17936,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17935\/revisions\/17936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}