Speedway 95
1070 Odlin Rd, Hermon, ME 04401
(207) 945-9595
WEATHER CANCELS SPEEDWAY 95 RACING
The dismal skies and occasional rain on Saturday forced Speedway 95 officials to cancel the racing program scheduled for Saturday night. Owner Del Merritt said the 50 lap Gardner Construction Enterprises series race for the Sportsman cars will be run Saturday night August 18 along with the 35 lap Strictly Street Pepsi Beverage Company series race scheduled for that night. Merritt also announced that the racing season will be extended two weeks to compensate for the two race dates rained out this season. Racing will be scheduled for Saturday September 29 and Saturday, October 6, with a 5 p.m. start time for both nights. Merritt added that the regular points races would end on September 22 as scheduled, and most likely some special events will be scheduled for the added dates.
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BOB SEGER JR TAKES BIG ENDURO FEATURE, SERIES AT Seedway 95
Bob Seger Jr. of Frankfort won the Big Enduro feature Wednesday night and made it three for three in the Big Enduro Series at Speedway 95 this summer as he won all three qualifiers and features in the series, ending with a perfect 300 points. Alvin MacNevin of Clifton gave chase to Seger in the series finale but was only able to get as close as Seger would let him get in the closing laps. MacNevin finished second with his brother, Shawn MacNevin of Hudson finishing third after a race long battle with Shawn Racilla of Dover-Foxcroft for the position. Racilla finished fourth with Melanie Mitchell of Milo finishing fifth.
In the Little Enduros, Darren Durrell of Newburgh took the lead from Andrew Crosby of Hermon on a lap 11 restart and held on for the win after working his way up from the rear of the field at the start. Crosby hung on to second with Milford’s Garett Hayman right on his bumper to finish third. Kyle Gallant of Veazie fell to fourth in the late stages of the event, and Charles McKusic of Abbott finished fifth.
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MIKE HOPKINS TAKES SPEEDWAY 95 LATE MODEL WIN
Despite having 100 pounds added to his car in the interest of competition, having a distributor break in his qualifying race and starting 18th in a 20 car field of Dysart’s Late Models, Mike Hopkins of Hermon methodically worked his way up through the field and, with the aid of 5 caution flags closing the field up, took the lead for good from Ellsworth’s Andy Saunders on a lap 37 restart and led the final 13 laps to win the 50 lap Sinclair Towing Service series event. Andy Saunders of Ellsworth finished in the second spot after leading for 23 laps until Hopkins took the top spot away in the closing laps. Brenton Parritt of Steuben finished in third with Dean Smart of Bradley running a strong race to finish fourth. Phil Richardson of Hermon challenged Smart for the position over the final five laps, but Smart was strong enough to relegate Richardson to fifth place finish. Rounding out the top 10 were pole sitter Wayne Parritt of Steuben in sixth, Shane Clark of Winterport recovering from an early race spin to finish seventh, Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs eighth, Joey Doyon of Winterport ninth and Ryan Deane of Winterport tenth. Seventeen of the 20 starters finished the race that was slowed by the caution flag a total of 6 times for minor incidents involving only one or two cars each time, mos tof whom recoverd and continued the race. Don Alexander Jr. of Carmel was thhe only driver towed to the pit and unable to continue in the race following a lap one collision with Nick Kinney of Danforth and the front stretch wall, that sent him to the pit with a severly damaged race car.
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TRAVIS BEALE TAKES 50 LAP LITTLE ENDURO AT SPEEDWAY 95
Travis Beale of Hampden took the lead on lap one of the 1st annual Chummy’s Groundhog Special for Little Enduros at Speedway 95 Wednesday night and led all the way in the caution free 50 lap event. Beale was never seriously challenged although Fred Ashmore Jr. of Hancock was closing in on the leader when the checkers came out. Ashmore, who started fifth had worked his way up into the second spot by the half way point, but couldn’t get close enough to Beale to make a serious challenge for the top spot. In post race inspection, Ashmore’s car was disqualified for not meeting the chassis height specifications, so Garett Hayman of Milford was awarded second after dropping as far back as sixth at one point, but working his way back toward the front as the laps progressed. Hermon’s Andrew Crosby finished in third with Beal’s wife, Danielle Beale finishing in fourth. Fifth place was not available as only the first four cars were on the lead lap at the finish.
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WAYNE PARRITT WINS 95 LATE MODEL FEATURE
Wayne Parritt of Steuben and Andy Saunders of Ellsworth waged a side by side battle for the lead following a lap 11 restart until Parritt finally pulled ahead in the final 5 laps to win the Dysart’s Late Model feature at Speedway 95 Saturday night. Saunders finished second with Donny Blanchard of Bangor taking third after a final lap melee in turn three jumbled the finishing order. Deane Smart of Bradley and Burnham’s Frank Moulton were racing for the third position when the cars touched, sending Smart off the track in turn three and Moulton spinning as he rounded turn four, allowing Blanchard to take the third spot. Head starter Jordan Harnish sent Moulton to the rear of the field at the finish for his part in starting the fracas. John Kalel II of Orrington was awarded fourth with Ryan Modery of Hermon, who had caused the lap 11 caution with his solo spin in thru four finished fifth. The remainder of the finishing order was 6. Duane Seekins, Stockton Springs ,7. Joey Doyon, Winterport, 8. Alex Waltz, Damariscotta, 9. Deane Smart, Bradley, 10. Frank Moulton, Burnham 11. Phil Richardson, Hermon and 12. Patrick Thibodeau, Winterport.
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