by | Jul 23, 2013 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
TD Bank Oxford 250: Austin Theriault
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Report
OXFORD, Maine – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished fourth in the 40th annual TD Bank Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, July 21. Theriault made two scheduled four-tire pit stops over the final 100 laps of the event and was closing on the leaders without the benefit of a caution flag over the final 60 circuits. The 19-year-old driver of the AT Racing No. 57 Pelletier Ford Ford Fusion grabbed fourth right at the checkered flag for his third straight Top-5 finish in the Oxford 250 and his eighth straight Top-10 finish in a Super Late Model. Theriault opened the weekend with a fifth-place finish in the IWK 250 at Riverside Speedway in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, on Saturday, July 20, in the Brad Keselowski Racing No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Ford Fusion. His team owner and teammate for the race, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski, finished just two spots ahead in third.
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: AT Racing No. 57 Pelletier Ford Ford Fusion
CREW CHIEF: Johnny Killen, Mooresville, N.C.
WHAT: TD Bank Oxford 250
WHERE: Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine
STARTED: 15th
FINISHED: 4th (more…)
by | Jul 22, 2013 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
Oxford, ME. – Rowan Pennink of Huntingdon Valley, PA, passed race leader Anthony Nocella, of Woburn, MA, on lap 76, and went on to score his second win of the season Saturday night, July 20, at Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME. The Valenti Modified Racing Series sanctioned race was part of the 40th annual TD Bank 250 weekend.
Pennink becomes the sixth different VMRS winner at Oxford and he joins Tommy Barrett, of Millis, MA, with two wins.
Pennink started 16th in a field of 21 cars, calculated his strategy with spotter Brian Crowley perfectly to position himself for a race-leading pass on the 76th circuit.
Two laps later Pennink had his hands full as Richard Savary, of Canton, MA, chased after the leader right to the finish. In lapped traffic, Savary twice pulled alongside Pennink.
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by | Jul 22, 2013 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS
PASS Sportsman Series: Dan McKeage
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Report
OXFORD, Maine – Dan McKeage of Gorham, Maine, finished eighth in the rain-shortened PASS Sportsman Series 75 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Friday, July 19. Severe weather and a heavy downpour passing through the area brought out the first and only caution flag of the night on Lap 57, and the race was never restarted. McKeage qualified fourth in the Naughty 40 Racing No. 40 Top Gun Construction/J.P. & Family Roofing Chevrolet, but the same strong car he had throughout the day never materialized once feature racing began. McKeage will round out his weekend with a 40-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Pro Series race at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, July 20.
WHO: Dan McKeage, Gorham, Maine
TEAM: Naughty 40 Racing No. 40 Top Gun Construction/J.P. & Family Roofing Chevrolet
WHAT: PASS Sportsman Series 75
WHERE: Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)
STARTED: 4th
FINISHED: 8th
NEXT RACE: August 4, PASS Sportsman Series 75, White Mountain Motorsports Park, N. Woodstock, N.H. (.25-mile oval) (more…)
by | Jul 18, 2013 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
Veteran driver Sam Sessions Gets The Call Behind The Wheel As “Aspire Higher” Program Comes To Fruition This Weekend
SOUTH PARIS, Maine – No matter what happens in the Oxford 250, a group of Oxford Hills Middle School students will see this weekend as a success.
Veteran Sam Sessions of South Paris, Maine, will enter the “Aspire Higher” No. 0 Oxford Hills Middle School Chevrolet in the 40th annual TD Bank Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, July 21. It will mark Sessions’ first race at Oxford Plains in seven years, and it comes in a car that has a very special background.
Oxford Hills Middle School students in the school’s “Aspire Higher” program have joined Crazy Horse Racing owner Mitch Green over the last two years in taking the No. 0 car from an idea to a reality.
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by | Jul 17, 2013 | Beech Ridge, Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS
NAPLES, ME (July 16) – Ever since the first TD Bank 250 was held at Oxford Plains Speedway in 1974, it has attracted not only the best short track racers from New England, but from across North America. In that first event won by Joey Kourafas, the precedent was set that short track racing’s best would assemble at Oxford for the 250. In addition to the talented group of drivers from New England in the field that day, Southern aces Bosco Lowe and 1963 Daytona 500 winner Tiny Lund competed along with a strong group of Canadian drivers led by Jean Paul Cabana. In fact, the early years of the TD Bank 250 were dominated by Southern drivers such as Butch Lindley, Bob Pressley, and Tommy Ellis. The first Canadian to taste TD Bank 250 glory was Don Biederman in 1977.
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by | Jul 17, 2013 | Beech Ridge, Maine, NELCAR, Oxford Plains Speedway
Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour: John Peters
Beech Ridge/Oxford Plains Race Preview
THE STORY
WESTBROOK, Maine – John Peters of Westbrook, Maine, and the Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour hit two key Tour stops with the fifth race of the 10-race VIP Thursday Thunder Series at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Thursday, July 18, and a 25-lap feature event as part of the 40th annual TD Bank Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, July 20. Peters has won two of the first four Thursday Thunder races this season and sits second in the current standings, and he is also fifth in the overall NELCAR standings as a rookie. Peters finished sixth after leading late in the race in his last appearance at Oxford in early June, and he is poised to collect a victory on one of his favorite tracks on the circuit.
THE FACTS
WHO: John Peters, Westbrook, Maine
CREW CHIEF: Greg Peters, Westbrook, Maine
TEAM: No. 51 Cash For Clunkers/Derek Kneeland Racing Sedan
SPONSORS: Cash For Clunkers, Derek Kneeland Racing, Digby’s Variety, Top Gun Construction, Traxside Racing Supplies, Beaulieu Construction
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TD Bank Oxford 250: Austin Theriault
