Chris Coolidge nails down first Super Late Model win in final tune-up for Sunday’s 42nd annual AIM Recycling Oxford 250

by | Aug 23, 2015 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway

oxfordChris Coolidge nails down first Super Late Model win in final tune-up for Sunday’s 42nd annual AIM Recycling Oxford 250

Oxford, Maine — Chris Coolidge of Norway broke a long dry spell, leading from green to checkered flags in Saturday’s 50-lap Super Late Model race, topping the Budweiser Championship Series weekly racing card at Oxford Plains Speedway.

Coolidge, who posted the quickest times in qualifying events and dominated in the final Super Late Model race at OPS prior to Sunday, August 30’s AIM Oxford 250, establishing himself as a serious threat to score a healthy payday in the 42nd annual classic.
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SLAUNWHITE WINS PARTS FOR TRUCKS 150 AT RIVER GLADE INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND

by | Aug 23, 2015 | Canada

SLAUNWHITE WINS PARTS FOR TRUCKS 150 AT RIVER GLADE INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND

(River Glade, NB, August 22, 2015) Craig Slaunwhite (Terence Bay, NS) won the Parts for Trucks 150 and the unique grandfather clock trophy Saturday night at Petty International Raceway in front of a capacity crowd. Slaunwhite led all but one of the 150 laps during the highlight event of the 50th running of the River Glade International. Championship contender Cole Butcher (Porter’s Lake, NS) finished second followed by Greg Proude (Springvale, PE) who came back from an early spin to finish third. Dylan Gosbee (Cornwall, PE) and Donald Chisholm (Antigonish, NS), also a championship contender, rounded out the top five.

Butcher set the pace at Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials with a hot lap of 13.783 seconds. Slaunwhite won the King Freight Lines Dash for Cash and the $300 cash bonus that goes along with. Chisholm and reigning series champ John Flemming (Halifax, NS) won their respective Dartmouth Dodge heat races. DJ Casey (Prospect, NS) was the Exide Batteries Rookie of the Race.
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Quenneville Tightens Devil’s Bowl Standings with Third Modified Win

by | Aug 23, 2015 | Devils Bowl, Vermont

devils bowl NG vertical PNGQuenneville Tightens Devil’s Bowl Standings with Third Modified Win
Aube, FitzGerald snap long winless droughts; Bradford goes for three-peat

WEST HAVEN, VT – Vince Quenneville Jr. is keeping things interesting at Devil’s Bowl Speedway. The veteran stock car driver sailed to his third victory of the season on Friday, August 21 and tightened an already-close championship battle. Other winners at the event, which was sponsored by Brown’s Quarried Slate and Brown’s Orchard & Farm Stand, included Jamie Aube, Scott FitzGerald, and Chuck Bradford.

Quenneville’s win came in the Bond Auto Parts Modified division of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series presented by Yandow Sales & Service and John Deere. Codie Aubin of Plattsburgh, NY looked the part of a first-time winner by leading the caution-free 30-lap race by a substantial margin, but Brandon, VT racer Quenneville reeled him and completed the pass for the lead with eight laps remaining.
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