by Jay | Aug 25, 2011 | Maine, New England, Speedway 95, Video
ANDREW CROSBY VICTORIOUS IN LITTLE ENDURO RACE AT 95
Andrew Crosby of Hermon took the lead on the second lap of the caution free Little Enduro feature at Speedway 95 Wednesday night and drove away from the remainder of the 20 car field, finishing a quarter lap ahead of second place Jeremy Scott of Carmel, who notched his first top three finish of the season. Ted Ryder of Carmel came from the rear of the field to finish third, followed by outside pole sitter Garett Hayman of Milford, who finished fourth. Darren Durrell, the current points leader with one week of racing left, finished fifth. Pole sitter Chad Badger of Milo was sixth, followed by Russell Blenkhorn of Bucksport, the only other drivers to finish on the lead lap.
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by Jay | Aug 22, 2011 | ACT, Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway
ACT Pics from Oxford 8-20-2011
credit Eric LaFleche/www.VLFPhotos.com
by Jay | Aug 22, 2011 | ACT, Maine, New England, Oxford Plains Speedway
(Oxford, ME) –Joey Polewarczyk, the driver of the #97NH Poles Automotive, NH Precision Ford Fusion came away with a solid ninth- place finish at one of his favorite tracks that the American-Canadian Tour visits.
Joey would talk about Oxford, “As the laps wore on, our car just lost most of its rear bite. We lost some weight because of the fuel being used up and the car was pretty hard to handle, towards the end.”
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by Jay | Aug 22, 2011 | Beech Ridge, Legends, Maine, New England
The Thursday Thunder series came to a close this past week at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. With just three points separating leader Kevin Hutchens and second place Evan Beaulieu, this was one of the closest battles for the championship that the series has ever seen. Along with the points battle, there was plenty of drivers who were looking for a win before the season ended. For the final time in 2011, the Legends took the track for what was set to be a fantastic close to the season.
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by Jay | Aug 21, 2011 | Beech Ridge, Maine, New England
Aaron Ricker finally knocks down the door to Beech Ridge victory lane.
By Dan Walker
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway release
Scarborough,Maine- Following 3 straight second place finishes, Saturday night Aaron Ricker was to be denied no more as the young driver scored his first Pro Series win at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. The headline division of the NASCAR All American Series fielded 20 cars on Saturday night with Ricker starting from position 16. Tyler King led the opening 3 laps before yielding to Steve Carrier following a lap 4 caution flag. Carrier would stay out front until lap 10 when Joey Doiron slipped into the lead using the inside line. While all of this was going on, Ricker had moved through traffic to be third by lap 17. On lap 19, Ricker dismissed Carrier for second place and set his sights on Doiron. (more…)
by Jay | Aug 21, 2011 | Maine, New England, Unity
Tim Turner returns, conquers Unity Raceway Late Models
Unity, Maine — Tim Turner of Freedom was no stranger to victory lane when weekly Pro Stock racing topped the card at Unity Raceway. For the past couple of seasons Tim has been hard at work passing the baton to a third generation of successful Turner wheelman, son Dylan – a multi-race winner in the track’s premiere Late Model division.
The elder Turner decided he’d knock off some rust on Saturday night, and drove to victory lane 35-lap Late Model feature after swapping the lead late in the event with East Madison’s Jeff Burgess, the track’s second-ranked driver in the championship standings.
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