Bangor’s Gary Smith is first-time Oxford Plains Speedway Super Late Model winner

400-opslogoNine winners in nine races for top class, Matt Dufault dominant in Street Stocks

 

Oxford, Maine – Gary Smith of Bangor drove to victory lane after charging past a few early race leaders to claim a career-first Oxford Plains Speedway Super Late Model win, topping the Budweiser Championship Series stock car racing card on MacDonald Motors of Bridgton night at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday.

 

Rookie Josh Childs of Oxford led a healthy portion of the Super Late Model 50-lapper’s early stages before yielding to Hebron’s Alan Wilson, who set the pace through the event’s middle stages.  Anson’s Scott Moore took the point away from Wilson, but there was no stopping Smith and his unclehenrys.com 75, and when the checkered flag waved Smith was in the spotlight for the first time at Oxford Plains Speedway.

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Nocella, McKennedy Share Top Honors At Oxford

Valenti Modified Racing SeriesNocella, McKennedy Share Top Honors At Oxford

Oxford, ME. — Two Massachusetts racers shared top honors Saturday night, June 18, when Anthony Nocella of Woburn, and Jon McKennedy, of East Chelmsford, each captured wins in the Valenti Modified Racing Series twin 50-lap feature races at Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME.

In the first 50-lap go, Chris Pasteryak, of Jewett City, CT, started on the pole and led the opening 9-laps when Dan Meservey Jr, of Chatham, MA. took command until lap 19.
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Scott Robbins makes it eight winners in eight Super Late Model races at Oxford Plains Speedway

oxfordScott Robbins makes it eight winners in eight Super Late Model races at Oxford Plains Speedway
Jon McKennedy is Valenti Mod star, Ryan Robbins outruns PASS Mod foes

Oxford, Maine – Scott Robbins of Dixfield prevailed in a hotly-contested, wildly-entertaining 50-lap Super Late Model main event Saturday night, headlining the Budweiser Championship Series weekly racing card Saturday night at Oxford Plains Speedway.

It wasn’t the only victory lane appearance for the Robbins clan, third-generation Oxford racers, as 2015 OPS Mods champ Ryan Robbins was triumphant in a 40-lap main event for PASS Mods earlier in the program.

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Super Late Model rookie Ben Ashline seventh winner in seven weeks in Oxford Plains Speedway Budweiser Championship Series action

400-opslogoOxford, Maine – Ben Ashline nailed down his first-ever Super Late Model victory in just his third career start in the class in the 50-lap headline race Saturday night at Oxford Plains Speedway.

 

Ashline, a proven winner in the discontinued Late Model division at OPS a few year back, led all the way to claim victory in the ultra-competitive class, becoming the seventh different winner in seven Super Late Model races this season.  It was just his third start in the class, all in Gary & Renee Smith’s Uncle Henry’s-sponsored car.

 

Ashline’s closest rival under the checkered flag was Dixfield’s Scott Robbins, who finished some four seconds behind the victor.  The final 49 laps of the race were caution-free.  Reigning champion and current Budweiser Championship Series points leader Timmy Brackett of Buckfield added another trophy to his collection with a third-place trophy.

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First Oxford Plains Speedway win of the season for former champ TJ Brackett

400-opslogoOxford, Maine — TJ Brackett of Buckfield raced away from the pack to earn his first Budweiser Championship Series Super Late Model win of the season in a non-stop 50-lap race topping the card Saturday night at Oxford Plains Speedway.

 

Brackett, a former track champion in the ultra-quick top class, had a terrible start to his 2016 campaign turn around nicely, as he easily outran rookie Super Late Model driver Josh Childs of Oxford to the checkered flag.

 

Dennis Spencer, Jr., establishing himself as a championship contender once again, nailed down a second consecutive podium finish.   Multi-time Late Model champion Shawn Martin of Turner earned a fourth-place finish with a lot of work on the outside groove, sometimes three-wide.

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TIMMY BRACKETT WINS OXFORD SUPER LATE MODEL RACE, TAKES OVER CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

400-opslogoOxford, Maine — Defending Oxford Plains Speedway Super Late Model Champion Timmy Brackett of Buckfield vaulted back atop the Budweiser Championship Series rankings Saturday night, nailing down his first victory of the season in the 50-lap main event.

 

Brackett chased last year’s NASCAR Pro Series champion at Beech Ridge, Reid Lanpher of Manchester, through the early stages of the event, then got the lead back on a restart scrum that likely cost Lanpher any shot at victory.

 

Brackett’s closets rival under the checkered flag was Dennis Spencer, Jr., of Oxford.  Spencer was comfortably ahead of a torrid, last-lap battle for third position, with Minot’s Scott Farrington just able to get by Shawn Knight from South Paris.

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