WISCASSET SPEEDWAY TOP 5 RESULTS 8/15/20

GROUP 2
*full results coming Sunday
KENNEBEC EQUIPMENT RENTAL OUTLAW MINI (25 laps)* Jimmy Childs – defending champ

Wiscasset Speedway Top 5 results 8/8/20Group 1 plus Enduro #1Full Results & recap coming Sunday

NORMS USED CARS PROSTOCKS (50 laps – spotlight feature)* Reno – 2nd career Prostock win (first since 2018) 

MCLAUGHLIN TAKES LONG AWAITED SEASON-OPENER AT WISCASSET SPEEDWAYby Ken Minott

     Opening day at Wiscasset Speedway finally arrived last weekend. But similar to the landscape seen around the business and sports world, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic it was met with changes and restrictions that everyone would need to adjust to. The 2020 season, which was originally scheduled to start in late April, was put on hold while track officials worked with State of Maine officials to help find a safe way to include fans in the stands. The final weekend of July the state released guidelines that restricted grandstand seating to just 200 fans, separated into 4 distinct sections of 50 people. Other standard coronavirus safety protocols were implemented to keep people safe while enjoying a day they had waited over 3-months to arrive. Track officials made the decision to start up the schedule wherever it happened to fall in the season, so Group 2 divisions got the nod to race. The show included a 50 lap main event for the Wood Pellet Warehouse Late Model Sportsman, along with races in the Modified, Outlaw Mini and Strictly Street divisions.

WOOD PELLET WAREHOUSE LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN (50 laps – Spotlight)* Andrew McLaughlin – 2018 Late Model Champ (started 4th)* race went caution free

ASHLINE MAKES HISTORY AT WISCASSET SPEEDWAY by Ken Minott

     Wiscasset Speedway has spent much of the 2019 season celebrating its fifty years of racing history. More history was made this past weekend as Ben Ashline of Fairfield put his name in the record books by doing something no other driver had done. Near perfect weather greeted fans as they packed the stands on Sunday afternoon for the Boss Hogg 150. The race was the highlight of a busy doubleheader weekend at Maine’s fastest track. Saturday night showcased Group 2 divisions with the 5th annual Outlaw Mini Madness as well as the Late Model Dash for Cash. Sunday’s big pro stock race was originally created in 1991 by (then) track owner and racer Dave “Boss Hogg” St Clair as a 100 lap race. The race was revived in 2013 by current owner’s Richard & Vanessa Jordan to pay tribute to St Clair. It was then bumped up to a 150 lap race two years ago.