Aug 25, 2011 | Maine Racing News, Speedway 95
ANDREW CROSBY VICTORIOUS IN LITTLE ENDURO RACE AT 95
Andrew Crosby of Hermon took the lead on the second lap of the caution free Little Enduro feature at Speedway 95 Wednesday night and drove away from the remainder of the 20 car field, finishing a quarter lap ahead of second place Jeremy Scott of Carmel, who notched his first top three finish of the season. Ted Ryder of Carmel came from the rear of the field to finish third, followed by outside pole sitter Garett Hayman of Milford, who finished fourth. Darren Durrell, the current points leader with one week of racing left, finished fifth. Pole sitter Chad Badger of Milo was sixth, followed by Russell Blenkhorn of Bucksport, the only other drivers to finish on the lead lap.
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Aug 18, 2011 | Maine Racing News, Speedway 95
CHELSEA YOUNG AND JIM CARR WIN FEATURES AND SERIES AT 95
Chelsea Young of Winterport took the lead from Becky Elston of Carmel on the 18th lap of the 25 lap Ladies 3rd series race of the season feature Wednesday night at Speedway 95 and went on to win the event and the overall points title in the three race series. Elston finished second in the feature with Danielle Beal of Hampden in third. Fourth went to Nicole Smith of Bangor and Amy Houde of Howland finished fifth. Official series results are; 1. Chelsea Young, Winterport 2. Danielle Beal, Hampden 3. Becky Elston, Carmel, 4. Amy Houde, Howland 5. Nicole Smith, Bangor 6. Kayla Allen, Bucksport.
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Aug 15, 2011 | Maine Racing News, Speedway 95
HOPKINS BACK IN 95 LATE MODEL VICTORY LANE
Hermon’s Mike Hopkins returned to victory lane in the Dysart’s Late Models at Speedway 95 Saturday night to celebrate win number 8 for the season. Hopkins took the lead on lap 3 of the 35 lap race and finished 10 car lengths ahead of second place Ryan Deane of Winterport. Hopkins fourth place finish last week, caused by a tire going flat, was made worse for a while by his disqualification during a post race inspection for an allegedly illegal shock absorber. Following the inspection by track officials, which was contested by Hopkins and his crew chief, track co-owner Del Merritt took the suspect shock to a professional to have it checked. The professional judged it to be within the rules, and the disqualification was revoked. Hopkins finish and points were restored, and he remains atop the standings with 4 meets left in the season. Deane Smart of Bradley fought his way to a third place finish, followed by Dale Swoboda of Hermon in fourth and Bangor’s Jesse Smith in fifth. The remainder of the finishing order was 6. Don Alexander Jr. Carmel, 7. Nick Jenkins, Brownville, 8. Donnie Blanchard, Bangor, 9. Greg Ellis, Hermon, 10. Duane Seekins, Stockton Springs, 11. John Kalel II, Orrington, 12. Alex Waltz, Damariscotta, 13, Brenton Parritt, Steuben, 14. Shane Clark, Winterport. Seekins and Swoboda won the night’s qualifiers (more…)
Aug 4, 2011 | Maine Racing News, Speedway 95
ANDREW CROSBY SCORES LITTLE ENDURO WIN AT 95
Andrew Crosby of Hermon won the battle in the Little Enduros at Speedway 95 Wednesday night when he passed pole sitter Travis Beale of Hampden on lap 23 of the caution free 25 lap series race, and went on to post his first win of the season in the division. Darren Durrell of Newburgh also worked his way past Beale on lap 23 to finish second, with Beale finishing third. Ted Ryder of Carmel was fourth and Garret Hayman of Milford came in fifth. Beale was the overall winner of the three race series, and admitted in his post race interview that he was points racing to win the series title, which is why he didn’t challenge Crosby and Durrell when they passed him with two laps to go.
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Jul 31, 2011 | Maine Racing News, Speedway 95
DEANE SMART TAKES SPEEDWAY 95 LATE MODEL FEATURE
In a night filled with close finishes, Deane Smart of Bradley led the Late Model feature from the pole to the checkers, but had to outrun the field through two restarts to do it. The first caution came on lap 18 when Dale Swoboda of Hermon and Wayne Parritt of Steuben came together in turn 3, spinning Swoboda out of fourth place. Both drivers were sent to the rear of the field for the restart. When the green flag flew, Smart outraced Winterport’s Ryan Deane to maintain the lead until lap 29 when Donny Blanchard of Bangor, Alex Waltz of Damariscotta and Ajay Picard of Palmyra spun on the front stretch, bringing out the second yellow of the night. That time Smart outgunned Steuben’s Brenton Parrit when race resumed, and held the lead to the checkers. Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs started last in the 11 car field and worked his way up to take second from Parritt in the final to laps. Parritt finished third, with pole sitter John Kalel II of Orrington fourth. Wayne Parritt recovered from his trip to the rear of the field to finish fifth. Sixth went to Swoboda, with Hermon’s Greg Ellis in seventh. Eighth went to Picard, Waltz was ninth and Blanchard finished tenth. Ryan Deane was credited with 11th, the only car not competing when the checkered flag fell. (more…)
