by Jay | Jun 25, 2010 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
Jordan Continues to Dominate
Veinott Earns First Victory
by Caleb Lamb
OXFORD, Maine – The Acceleration Series took to the track under overcast skies for the second Wednesday night event of the year. One hundred thirteen cars checked in to compete in the five different divisions competing in eight feature races.
The Renegades kicked off an action packed night of racing with a 10 lap feature. Last week’s winner, Bill Grover suffered some bad luck on lap 1 as he was tagged by William Dunphy Jr and lost some ground to the leaders. The yellow flag flew a few laps later when Dunphy got loose again and spun into the path of Corey Edwards. Edwards slammed into the front of Dunphy’s #4, totaling the car and spilling water all over the track. After a long caution to clean up the water, the yellow flag flew again when Edward’s damaged #05 spun going into turn 1 and slid into the sand pile at the base of one of the light poles. Jamie Heath eventually overcame Mark Turner to take the win after a back and forth battle. Bill Grover finished third after his car dropped well off the pace while he was battling for the lead.
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by Jay | Jun 22, 2010 | Maine, NASCAR, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Winner Keselowski enters TD Bank 250
OXFORD, Maine – Brad Keselowski, who pilots the number 12 car for Penske Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, has announced his entry in the TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway on July 18.
Qualifying for the famed race begins at 2 pm on race day, with the main event scheduled for 6:30.
Keselowski emerged as a force in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2008 while driving for Dale Earnhardt, Jr’s JR Motorsports. He finished third in points that year notching two wins. He followed up that effort with a third place finish in the Nationwide Series points in 2009. His success in the Nationwide Series led to a ride in the Sprint Cup, which he capitalized on with a win at Talladega. His Talladega win was the defining moment of his young career. In 2010, Brad is running both a full Nationwide Series schedule in addition to his Sprint Cup duties. Keselowski currently sits as the leader in the Nationwide Series points and in twenty-fourth position in the Sprint Cup. In addition to his success on the track, Brad has quickly endeared himself to NASCAR fans as they chose him the Nationwide Series Most Popular Driver in 2008 and 2009. (more…)
by Jay | Jun 22, 2010 | ACT, Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway
Eddie MacDonald Wins Second ACT Tour at OPS
Oxford, ME – Rowley MA’s Eddie MacDonald took the checkers in the second ACT Late Model Tour event at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday, June 19. MacDonald led the last 43 laps of the 150 lap event after taking the lead from current ACT Late Model Tour point leader Brian Hoar.
Ricky Rolfe would claim second, TJ Brackett third, Corey Morgan fourth and Hoar would hold on to fifth. Tommy Ricker, Brent Dragon, Tim Brackett, Jeff White and Austin Theriault completed the top ten.
The 150 lap event was completed with just four cautions and took one hour and four minutes. A total of 50 cars attempted to qualify with 33 making the starting grid. All but two were on the track for the checkered flag.
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by Jay | Jun 7, 2010 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
Ricker Goes From Back to Front
Marshall Survives Mini Stock Melee
OXFOR, Maine – Two Lap Tommy Ricker held true to his nickname, as he completed a pass on the outside of Jeff White for the lead with just two laps remaining, on his way to the win on Sunoco Race Fuels Night. Ricker charged from his starting spot in the second to last row, and worked his #6 Oxford Network Late Model up to ninth just 13 laps into the race. Jeff White took the early lead, taking off from his outside pole starting spot to take the point. Two yellow flags involving Gary Chiasson, brought the field together and negated the lead White had opened up on the rest of the field. On the lap 34 restart, Ricker drew alongside White, and beat him to the line before completing the pass a few laps later. Jeff White finished second after leading ¾ of the race. Tim Brackett piloted his ill-handling car to a solid third place run.
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by Jay | Jun 1, 2010 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford, ME – Oxford Federal Credit Union Motor Mayhem Round One featured an action packed night, which lasted well after the final firework went off. Dennis Berry took home first place honors in the Spectator Drags competition after fighting his way through the preliminaries and beating Kyle Curtis for the top spot.
In the Smokey Donut show, Jim Pineo kept his Monte Carlo in a tight circle the whole time and after emerging from a blinding plume of smoke, won a standing ovation from the crowd as well as the first place check. Rob Kahkonen took second after kicking up a big cloud of smoke in his Ford Ranger pick-up.
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by Jay | May 25, 2010 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford Plains Speedway May 22, 2010 Official Finishes
99.9 The Wolf Fan Appreciation Night
Mini-Stock
1 – 3 Kevin Bishop
2 – 8 Calvin Rose, Jr.
3 – 51 Steve Barker
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