Aug 29, 2018 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
Bubba Pollard prevails in 45th Oxford 250
Georgia racer wins in first-ever Oxford Plains Speedway appearance
Oxford, Maine — Bubba Pollard showed New England race fans that the reputation preceding him to the 45th Annual Clark’s Scrap Metal Oxford 250 was much more than hype, winning the biggest one-day short track Super Late Model race in his first attempt Sunday at Oxford Plains Speedway. Pollard, from Senoia, Georgia, got his first look at the Speedway on Friday.
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Aug 26, 2018 | ACT, Maine, NEMST, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS, Touring Series News
Eddie MacDonald wins ACT 150-lapper, Spencer Morse outruns PASS Mod foes on night before the 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford, Maine – Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, Massachusetts, known as ‘The Outlaw’ in Late Model racing circles, added to his impressive resume in that class at Oxford Plains Speedway Saturday night with a win in the headlining American-Canadian Tour 150-lapper at the historic Route 26 oval racetrack in Oxford, Maine.
MacDonald, twice a winner of the prestigious Oxford 250 during its’ brief period as a Late Model race, will try for his third triumph in Maine’s Greatest Racing Classic on Sunday afternoon in his Super Late Model ride. On Saturday he took the race lead away from young Vermonter Evan Hallstrom, then outraced ACT championship contender Jimmy Hebert of Williamstown, Vermont to the checkered flag.
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Aug 26, 2018 | ACT, Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News
American Canadian Tour
Oxford, ME – Rowley, MA’s Eddie “The Outlaw” MacDonald controlled the second half of the Oxford Plains 150 on Saturday, August 25 to grab his second American-Canadian Tour (ACT) win of the season. MacDonald took the lead from polesitter Evan Hallstrom of Northfield, VT on lap 52 and held off multiple challenges from Williamstown, VT’s Jimmy Hebert to score the ACT season sweep at Oxford Plains Speedway.
MacDonald started 11th on the grid and steadily worked his way through the field, getting to the top spot barely a third of the way into the event. The result broke a tie with Joey Polewarcyk Jr. to give MacDonald the most ACT Late Model Tour wins at Oxford.
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Aug 26, 2018 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
Ryan Hewins aces Street Stock main event to kick off big Oxford 250 weekend Friday night at Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford, Maine – Ryan Hewins of Oxford raced to a close victory in the 30-lap Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stock race, topping the Friday night stock car racing card kicking off the 45th Annual Oxford 250 Weekend at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Hewins kept a stellar field of Street Stocks in his mirror throughout the race distance, with his biggest test coming from Uncle Kyle Hewins of Leeds, who lost second spot on the final lap to Norway’s Jordan Russell, who equaled his best finish in the top Budweiser Championship Series support division at the historic Route 26 oval track.
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Aug 25, 2018 | ACT, Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News
American Canadian Tour
Oxford, ME – Rowley, MA’s Eddie “The Outlaw” MacDonald controlled the second half of the Oxford Plains 150 on Saturday, August 25 en route to his second American-Canadian Tour (ACT) win of the season. MacDonald took the lead from polesitter Evan Hallstrom of Northfield, VT on lap 52 and held off several challenges from Williamstown, VT’s Jimmy Hebert to score the ACT season sweep at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Hebert finished second followed by Hallstrom in third. Max Dolliver and Rowland Robinson Jr. rounded out the top-5. Both MacDonald and Hebert made significant gains on Milton, VT’s Scott Payea after the point leader was involved in two separate incidents and relegated to a 10th-place result.
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Aug 19, 2018 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
Seven time track champion Mike Rowe returns and conquers Oxford Plains Speedway
Maine and New England racing Hall of Famer scores 152nd career OPS feature race triumph
Oxford, Maine – Mike Rowe of Turner made a rare Oxford Plains Speedway Budweiser Championship Series appearance Saturday night and led wire-to-wire in the 50-lap Super Late Model main event to score career win 152 at the historic Route 26 oval track.
On the night before his 68th birthday Rowe, a seven-time Oxford track champion already enshrined into the Maine and New England Racing Halls of Fame, outran the current leader in the battle for the 2018 Budweiser Championship Series Super Late Model title, Gabe Brown of Center Conway, New Hampshire.
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