by Jay | Jun 14, 2009 | New
Epping, NH – Former Super Late Model champion J.R. Baril added his name to the 2009 winner’s list at All-Star Speedway on Saturday night, taking home his first All-Star Modified win of the season in the 40-lap main event.
Eric Hudson once again jumped out to the early lead, but Dana Smith quickly knocked him off the point, moving out front to set the pace. Baril challenged Smith for the lead for several laps, but he eventually lost the second spot to the hard-charging Joe Lemay.
Lemay was challenging Smith for the lead with ten laps remaining, but he suffered mechanical failure and dropped out of the race. Baril was up to battle Smith for the lead on a late-race restart, and he took the outside groove past the leader.
Once out front, Baril pulled ahead by a couple of car lengths, and he stayed out front until the checkers, hanging on to score his first win of the season. Smith got his best finish of the year in the second spot, with Hudson, Sumner Scott, and Bill Boudreau rounding out the top five.
Gary Beauregard dominated the action in the Super Streets, pulling away to an impressive lead on his way to victory. Rob DeAlmeida, a winner the week before, broke past Sulo Burbank for second seven laps in, but Beauregard was already gone.
DeAlmeida couldn’t overcome rear brake problems, or Beauregard’s straightaway lead over the balance of the event. At the checkers, it was Beauregard in for the win, with DeAlmeida, Burbank, Geoff MacGillivary, and Matt Kawejsza the rest of the top five.
Mike Williams came out on top of a race-long battle to score his second Strictly Stock win of the season aboard the Mike White entry, holding off a tough Keith Walton to collect the victory.
Walton was forced to settle for a runner-up finish, with Mark Parenteau, Randy Carmichael, Chris Augevich, Matt Robinson, Chuck Roberto, Johnny Gervais, John Cashman, and Jimmy Gervais the rest of the top ten.
Joey Fernandez picked up his first checker of the year in the Fast-4’s, outrunning ken Mailhot, two-time winner Tyler Mailhot, Cory Sullivan, and Greg Cummings for the win.
by Jay | Jun 14, 2009 | New
Ben Rowe Does it Again at Speedway 660
Fredericton N.B., June 13, 2009-It was another great turnout tonight for the Pro All Star Series 200. After last year’s Pro All Star Series event was cancelled due to rain and was unable to be re-scheduled fans were excited to see racing from drivers from Eastern Canada & the United States. Pro All Star Series visits many speedways throughout the United States each year and Speedway 660 was very lucky to have them come here, as this was their only stop at a Canadian speedway in 2009.
Fans saw regular weekly points racing in the Coast Tire Street Stock and Martin’s Home Heating Sportsman Division. These two classes feature some of the most exciting racing action each week and this week was no exception.
Fans saw some very exciting racing the Coast Tire Street Stock division. It was really a family affair tonight and the big story was Heidi Cooper winning the 20 lap feature holding off the hard charger #88 of Brian Fox and #11 Rocket Rodney Ness. Heidi started the race on the pole and led every lap of the caution free race. This was a very special evening for Heidi, not only because she dominated the feature and took her #1car to the Auto Pride Victory Lane but that she got to share a podium finish with her father. Both Heidi and Rodney have had podium finishes in the past but not at the same time. This is what racing is all about.
Randy Moore was the big story in the Martin’s Home Heating Sportman division as he started on the outside pole and sprinted out on the high side to take the early lead in the 30 lap feature. Moore dominated the race holding off challengers and leading the race until the only caution of the evening on lap 24 when Dave Biggar and Cody Price got together and spun between turn 3 and 4. In the closing laps, Moore was being challenged for the lead by Cal Hatfield. The two of them battled back and forth until the last lap when the two got together and Hatfield spun coming to the checkers in turn 3 and 4. This resulted in Moore being disqualified, which gave the win to Myles Harris. Finishing a close second was Michael Banks and rounding out the top three was Glyn Nott.
It’s not over till the last lap. This was the case in the Pro All Star Series 200. In the early laps of the race pole sitter, DJ Shaw and Kelly Moore battled for the lead. It wasn’t long before Saint. John’s Lonnie Sommerville had moved up to challenge for the lead from Kelly Moore. Sommerville soon had the #28 Ford of Kirk Thibeau knocking on his door. The two of them battled for most of race. Restart after restart they would take turns sprinting out into the lead. Quietly moving up was the #4 of Ben Rowe. He had been in the top five for most of the race. Throughout all the cautions and mechanical problems Sommerville had remained up front until after the break at half way. After that Sommerville experienced minor mechanical problems causing him to lose positions and eventually spin out. After the problem was fixed Sommerville began moving back up towards the front but ending up a little short. He still had a very good finish after all that.
In the closing laps of the race Ben Rowe had moved in into the lead and never looked back. Rowe held off the #98 of Adam Bates and the #97 belonging to John Flemming for the win. Rowe is a 4 time Pass Tour points champ and has won many races. Of the local cars Lonnie Sommerville finished in the highest position finishing seventh on the grid. Also, Shawn Tucker finished in 9th and Greg Fahey rounded out the top ten.
The Pro All Star Series next race on the schedule is in Unity, ME.
Sunday, June 14 will be the second day of the double header weekend featuring the Enduro 200.
Don’t miss it race fans. This weekend promises to be a very exciting weekend of racing. So come on out to the Geary Woods this weekend and check out Speedway 660 for some WicKID Family Fun.
by Jay | Jun 14, 2009 | New
Sean Kennedy Wins Toromont CAT 100
Ottawa, ON – Sean Kennedy of Dunrobin, ON won the Toromont CAT 100 at his hometrack, Capital City Speedway. Kennedy took the lead from another local Matt Moffiitt on lap 25 and never looked back. The Capital City Speedway regulars used their experience on the third-mile oval to their advantage and two of them finished in the top five.
2008 ACT Tour Champion Patrick Laperle won a late battle with Jonathan Urlin to capture the second place position. Urlin came home third, followed by Matt Moffitt, and Yvon Bedard rounded out the top five. Last week’s winner, Donald Theetge finished sixth, chased to the line by Daniel Descoste, Pier-Luc Ouellette, Brandon Watson, and Ken Baird finished in the top ten.
Unofficially, nine cars finished on the lead lap of the 100 lap event that was slowed by seven cautions. The last caution came on lap 44 as the final 56 laps were run without a yellow.
Kennedy becomes the ninth driver to qualify for the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway as there have been no repeat winners in the combined nine events on the Series ACT Castrol and the ACT Tour. Kennedy becomes the only qualifier so far from the Province of Ontario. He joins drivers from Vermont, New Hampshire and Quebec.
The Series ACT Castrol will be at Riverside Speedway in St-Croix, QC next Saturday, June 20. The ACT Tour will also be running next Saturday as they were rained out at Waterford Speedbowl this weekend.
Unofficial Top Ten
1 14 Sean Kennedy
2 91 Patrick Laperle
3 4 John Urlin
4 44 Matt Moffitt
5 9PQ Yvon Bédard
6 80 Donald Theetge
7 2 Daniel Descoste
8 8QC Pier-Luc Ouellete
9 19 Brandon Watson
10 12 Ken Baird
by Jay | Jun 13, 2009 | New
OXFORD, Maine – Jeff White’s total destruction of his Oxford Networks Late Model ride last week was the worst thing that could have happened … for his competition.
The White Lightning race team put the No. 50 back together better and faster than before, as evidenced by a convincing victory in Saturday night’s 40-lap feature victory at Oxford Plains Speedway.
White, who picked up his first top-division win in 10 seasons of trying late last summer, took the lead on lap 5 and dominated the caution-free encounter. He beat former OPS champion Tim Brackett to the checkers by a margin of more than 1.3 seconds.
“If you saw the race last week, you know how bad (the wreck) was. We busted our humps to get here,” White said.
Teenager Ben Ashline finished on the podium for the second straight week, taking away third from impressive Gerald Parlin over the final five laps. Parlin was a career-best fourth, with four-time champion and two-time 2009 feature winner Travis Adams making a late-race charge in the outside lane to fifth.
One winning streak continued and another ended in accompanying Championship Series feature action.
Mike Short backed up his 100-lap victory in last week’s Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Strictly Stock main event with a 30-lap triumph on Sun Journal Night.
Short went three-wide to move from fifth to second on lap 10 before taking the top spot away from Kim Tripp on the following circuit.
Nobody was able to challenge Short without the help of a caution down the stretch. Reigning division champion Skip Tripp was second, with B.J. Chapman holding off 2007 champ Tommy Tompkins — making his first start of the season — for third. Jeff Merrill emerged from a tense, five-car battle for fifth.
Jimmy Childs, who returned this year the Allen’s Mini Stock division where he won a pair of division championships, snapped Justin Karkos’ two-race run when he held off the red-hot Karkos by less than a car length.
It was the first win of the season for Childs, who scored a Late Model victory in 2008.
Darrell Moore was third after his runner-up effort a week ago, followed by former champion Dan Morris and Larry Melcher. After a rough 30-lap race one week ago, the Minis went flag-to-flag without a stoppage.
Troy Jordan (Macdonald Motors Runnin’ Rebel) and Ryan Farrar (Call of the Wild RV Center Sport Truck) were tops in Agren Appliance Saturday Showdown action.
Jordan led his teammates Matt Dufault and Jason Berry in a 1-2-3 sweep of the 30-lap Runnin’ Rebel event.
Twenty-five cars started the race, with Derek Cook dominating early before his mechanical woes allowed Jordan to speed away with ease.
Charlie Webster took fourth, with Gerard Cote enjoying his second straight fifth-place finish.
Farrar ascended to the top of the podium after three consecutive runner-up finishes to start the season. John Lizotte, Jeff Schmidt, Herb Farrar and Kevin Oliver completed the top five in the 10-lap sprint.
OPS gets the green flag again this Wednesday, June 17 with the Acceleration Series at 6:30 p.m. Next Saturday’s Double T Fence Night includes a 100-lap Mini Stock showcase.
OXFORD NETWORKS LATE MODEL (40 laps): 1. Jeff White, Winthrop; 2. Tim Brackett, Buckfield; 3. Ben Ashline, Pittston; 4. Gerald Parlin, South Paris; 5. Travis Adams, Canton; 6. Doug Coombs, Livermore; 7. Corey Morgan, Lewiston; 8. Shawn Knight, South Paris; 9. Don Wentworth, Otisfield; 10. Kenny Harrison, Pownal; 11. Shawn Martin, Turner; 12. Scott Robbins, Dixfield; 13. Scott Luce, Strong; 14. Travis Stearns, Auburn; 15. Billy Childs Jr. Leeds; 16. Ron Charpentier Jr., Wales; 17. Matt Sanborn, West Baldwin; 18. Jason Larrabee, Raymond; 19. Randy Sanborn, West Baldwin; 20. Tommy Ricker, Poland; 21. Gary Chiasson, Peru.
ALLEN’S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK (30 laps): 1. Mike Short, Auburn; 2. Skip Tripp, Poland; 3. B.J. Chapman, Bridgton; 4. Tommy Tompkins, Dixfield; 5. Jeff Merrill, Turner; 6. Kenny Harrison, Pownal; 7. Zach Emerson, Sabattus; 8. Larry Emerson, Durham; 9. Kurt Hewins, Leeds; 10. Rick Spaulding, Lisbon; 11. Ben Krauter, Raymond; 12. Bob Crocker, Freeport; 13. Derek Farrington, Freeport; 14. Kim Tripp, Oxford; 15. Jon Brill, Bridgton; 16. Ed Burlock, Minot; 17. Matt Williams, Brownfield.
ALLEN’S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY MINI STOCK (30 laps): 1. Jimmy Childs, Leeds; 2. Justin Karkos, Jay; 3. Darrell Moore, Mechanic Falls; 4. Dan Morris, Lisbon; 5. Larry Melcher, Livermore Falls; 6. Ashley Marshall, Jay; 7. Calvin Rose Jr., Turner; 8. Steve Barker, Jay; 9. Shane Kaherl, Jay; 10. Jeff Beaule, Lewiston; 11. Kevin Bishop, South Paris; 12. Jeff Moon, Gray; 13. Nik Coates, Lisbon; 14. Nathan Guptill, North Turner; 15. Ken Daigle Jr., Lisbon; 16, Jake Burns, Gray; 17. Matt Moore, Mechanic Falls.
MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN’ REBEL (30 laps): 1. Troy Jordan, Turner; 2. Matt Dufault, Turner; 3. Jason Berry, Turner; 4. Charlie Webster, Auburn; 5. Gerard Cote, Oxford; 6. Doug Degroat, Oxford; 7. Jamie Heath, Waterford; 8. Brady Romano, Livermore Falls; 9. Roger Bourgoin, Mechanic Falls; 10. Ryan Philbrick, Greenwood; 11. Corey Beaulieu, Oxford; 12. Craig Farrington, Hebron; 13. Zach Audet, Chesterville; 14. Kyle Hewins, Leeds; 15. Nate Dubuc, Auburn; 16. Craig Bartlett, Denmark; 17. Bill Dunphy, New Gloucester; 18. Derek Cook, Livermore Falls; 19. Mark Childs Jr., Mechanic Falls; 20. Randy Desmarais, Auburn; 21. Bob Lucas, Peru; 22. John Mason, Bethel; 23. Carl Griffin, Farmingdale; 24. Ryan Hewins, Leeds; 25. Gene White, Lisbon.
CALL OF THE WILD RV CENTER SPORT TRUCK (10 laps): 1. Ryan Farrar, Oxford; 2. John Lizotte, Mechanic Falls; 3. Jeff Schmidt, Mechanic Falls; 4. Herb Farrar, Sumner; 5. Kevin Oliver, Gray; 6. Ryan Varney, South Paris.
by Jay | Jun 13, 2009 | New
Pelletier, Davis, Hendsbee and Rich first-time 2009 winners on fast Friday
OXFORD, Maine – Four drivers captured their first feature wins of the season in their current division on a closely contested Friday night of JARRacing Photography Go Kart Series action at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Dan Pelletier Jr. pulled off the most exciting move of many on the evening, getting underneath leaders Charlie Tyler and Brandon Douglas in three-wide formation with only three laps remaining in the 13-kart Unrestricted main event.
Pelletier, a champion in three different youth divisions, pedaled on to his initial victory of the season in the 15-and-up Sportsman ranks. Tyler finished second with rookie Douglas third.
Troy Davis, like Pelletier a frequent winner and multi-time champion in the entry-level divisions, captured his first victory in only his second try at Gold Plate.
Jacob Hendsbee (Blue Plate) and Zachary Rich (Purple Plate) also visited victory lane for the first time on the young campaign.
Mike Ricker (Star Champ) and Kyle Mooney (Box Stock) each pulled off their second triumph. Mooney has four in all through the first three weeks.
Davis=2 0swapped the lead with Spencer Thompson three times before taking command for good on lap 7 of the Gold Plate encounter.
Thompson, also a champ in supporting classes, held off opening-night winner Avery Spear for second.
Hendsbee led all 20 laps of the Blue Plate battle while Wade Blanchette, Evan Armington and Brandon Varney tussled behind him.
It was heat winner and division point leader Blanchette getting the best of the runner-up battle. Armington backed up last week’s victory with a third-place trophy.
Rich led the first half of the Purple Plate scramble, then lost it to Varney for three circuits before reclaiming it for the duration.
Mooney shadowed him much of the way in pursuit of his third straight win in the division to start the season, but the young lion settled for second. Owen Poisson enjoyed his best run to date in third.
Ricker lost the Star Champ point to Stephen Beattie, but night-long ignition problems sent Beattie to the pit during a lap 16 caution flag for Douglas’ spin.
That allowed Ricker to reclaim the top spot and his second win of the spring. Douglas, making his first Star Champ start, stayed a wide margin in front of the ailing Beattie for second.
M ooney watched Ethan Matot and Ethan Brown lead the Box Stock sprint early, but he had no problems breezing to his second win after moving to the head of the class on lap 3.
Heat winner Chase Staples put up a worthy fight before claiming second, with Matot third.
The JARRacing series resumes next Friday, June 19 at 6:30 p.m.
OPS cranks it up again Saturday with Sun Journal Night. Five divisions of racing hit the historic, 3/8-mile oval starting at 6:30 p.m.
UNRESTRICTED (20 laps): 1. Dan Pelletier Jr., East Poland; 2. Charlie Tyler, Buxton; 3. Brandon Douglas, West Paris; 4. Aaron Collomy, Saco; 5. David Blackwell, Brunswick; 6. Kyle Metivier, Lisbon; 7,. Kayla Ashline, Pittston; 8. Ryan Phillips, Buxton; 9. Nate Knowles, Dixfield; 10. Leo Jolin III, Rumford; 11. Josh Brown, South Paris; 12. Nick Pingree, Mexico; 13. Chris Taylor, Mexico.
Heat winner: Tyler.
Lap leaders: Tyler 1-14, Douglas 15, Tyler 16, Pelletier 17-20.
STAR CHAMP (20 laps): 1. Mike Ricker, Sebago; 2. Brandon Douglas, West Paris; 3. Stephen Beattie, Conway, N.H.;
Heat winner: Beattie.
Lap leaders: Ricker 1-12, Beattie 13-16, Ricker 17-20.
GOLD PLATE (20 laps): 1. Troy Davis, Windham; 2. Spencer Thompson, Oxford; 3. Avery Spear, Oxford; 4. Cody Wilson, West Paris.
Heat winner: Davis.
Lap leaders: Thompson 1-4, Davis 5, Thompson 6,20Davis 7-20.
BLUE PLATE (20 laps): 1. Jacob Hendsbee, Whitefield; 2. Wade Blanchette, Buxton; 3. Evan Armington, Lovell; 4. Brandon Varney, Lewiston; 5. Chris Staples Jr., Brunswick; 6. Gabe Seavey, Conway, N.H..
Heat winner: Blanchette.
Lap leaders: Hendsbee 1-20.
PURPLE PLATE (20 laps): 1. Zachary Rich, Casco; 2. Kyle Mooney, New Gloucester; 3. Owen Poisson, Brunswick; 4. Brandon Varney, Lewiston. DNS: Nick McNelly, Oxford.
Heat winner: Rich.
Lap leaders: Rich 1-10, Varney 11-13, Rich 14-20.
BOX STOCK (20 laps): 1. Kyle Mooney, New Gloucester; 2. Chase Staples, Durham; 3. Ethan Matot, Casco; 4. Ethan Brown, South Paris. DNS: Brandon Varney, Lewiston.
Heat winner: Staples.
Lap leaders: Matot 1, Brown 2, Mooney 3-20.
