Mike Rowe’s ‘Quick 5’ to debut at Racin’ Preview 2011
Portland, Maine — Mike Rowe, certain to become an MVRCA and NEAR Hall of Famer when he finally hangs up the helmet, is arguably the most successful racer in the history of Oxford Plains Speedway.
Rowe is the reigning Maine State champion for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, a crown he’s earned the past two seasons after scaling back his racing efforts a bit. He’s also earned touring series championships with the former ACT Pro Stock Tour and, more recently, PASS Super Late Model championships on both the South Series and National Championship Series. (more…)
History of Maine and Northern New England racing highlighted at Racin’ Preview 2011
Portland, Maine – Honoring the short track racing history of Maine and Northern New England has always been an important part of the annual Racin’ Preview 2011 show in Portland, Maine. Visitors to this year’s 18th edition of the popular pre-season stock car racing celebration, set for Friday and Saturday, February 25-26, will find Vintage Row displays bigger and better than ever. (more…)
Check out New England’s dirt track scene at Racin’ Preview 2011
(18th annual Portland Expo show set for Fri.-Sat., February 25-26)
Portland, ME – New England still has an active dirt track stock car racing scene, though it has been reduced to a trio of quarter-mile oval tracks in recent seasons.
It’s been just over a quarter-century since historic Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in nearby Scarborough was paved over, a year since Vermont’s Champlain Valley Racing Association switched their two tracks to asphalt racing surfaces, and a few months since the apparent closure of Massachusetts’ Whip City Speedway. (more…)
Portland, Maine – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway will be represented by your typical selection of oval track racers at Racin’ Preview 2011, set for Friday and Saturday, February 25-26 at the Portland Expo.
Scarborough’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway is in its’ seventh decade of providing outstanding family entertainment, these days both with the traditional Saturday night racing program – dubbed NASCAR Nites – and their groundbreaking Thursday Thunder program, successfully imitated by many other Northeastern tracks after being pioneered by track operator Andy Cusack well over a decade ago. (more…)
