by Jay | Jun 6, 2010 | Beech Ridge, Maine, New England
Trevor Sanborn: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Sanborn Wins 2nd Straight Outing At The Ridge
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Trevor Sanborn continued his dominance of the 2010 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday night, winning the track’s 40-lap Pro Series feature. It was Sanborn’s second straight victory to open the season at Beech Ridge, and his 10th career Pro Series win. The race was shortened by rain to 39 laps, and it was unfortunately marked by the untimely passing of multi-time track champion Bub Bilodeau. Bilodeau, an early mentor of Sanborn’s racing career, suffered a heart attack following the event while still in his race car.
WHO: Trevor Sanborn, Parsonsfield, Maine
TEAM: Cushman Competition/Pleasant Hill Auto Sales/Knight’s Flooring No. 29 Ford
WHAT: NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, Pro Series division
WHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 20th
FINISHED: 1st
LED: 1 time for 34 laps
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by Jay | Jun 4, 2010 | Maine, New England, PASS
PUTTING THE PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER
Circumstances allow Austin Theriault to seize opportunities in racing
FORT KENT, Maine — Austin Theriault remembers with a laugh his first spin behind the wheel of a stock car.
“It was the ‘Young Guns’ class,” the 16-year-old high school sophomore recalls. “What I remember was how those guys took racing so seriously. They were going circles around me. My left front tire was 4 inches up off the ground.”
What Theriault has learned since that firsthand introduction to the sport was that soon he would take a racing career just as seriously. Just 12 months ago, Theriault never imagined anything more than running in the weekly 4-cylinder division at Spud Speedway in Caribou. Fast-forward to 2010, though, and Theriault plans to run the complete ACT Late Model Tour slate and select PASS North Series events.
“Looking back just a year ago, it all happened pretty quick,” Theriault said. “The biggest thing is just the good people I’ve been meeting along the way… I’ve gone from a little 4-cylinder car a couple years ago to Super Late Models, and it’s just the right people we’ve been lucky enough to have met, I guess.
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by Jay | Jun 4, 2010 | Beech Ridge, Maine
Trevor Sanborn: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway
Sanborn returns to victory lane in return to weekly racing at home track
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Trevor Sanborn opened the 2010 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway by winning last Saturday night’s 40-lap Pro Series feature. It was the ninth career victory at the track for Sanborn, who returns to weekly competition on a full-time basis for the first time since 2006. Sanborn led every lap of the event, surviving one restart after starting on the outside pole in the 22-car field.
WHO: Trevor Sanborn, Parsonsfield, Maine
TEAM: Cushman Competition/Pleasant Hill Auto Sales/Knight’s Flooring No. 29 Ford
WHAT: NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, Pro Series division
WHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
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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 | Jun 1, 2010 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
OFFICIAL RACING RESULTS MAY 30, 2010
(Wiscasset, ME) Sunday at The Center of Speed, Dave St. Clair told Doug White, owner of the Wiscasset Raceway, that he would need to win at least one race every season to keep bring his car to the track. It looks like we’ll have racing legend Boss Hog around for the rest of 2010 as he takes the checkered flag in the Steel’s Real Rods & Customs Late Model Sportsman feature.
The LMS feature was an exciting race with Buxton’s Danny Smart leading most of the way. Boss Hog in the #14 car kept trying the outside line but was held off by the #6. Lots of door to door racing for the lead on Sunday! There were also great battles in the pack with Rowland “Rockin’” Robinson, Nick Hinkley and Josh St. Clair all fighting for a top spot. Then one of those tough moments in racing, the #6 car was pulling away on the front stretch when the back end got loose and put Danny Smart into a slide. Boss Hog pulled into the lead and kept it to the checkered flag. Danny Smart in the #6 car had a nice recovery and battled back into the top 5.
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by Jay | May 31, 2010 | Maine, New England, PASS, Spud
Unnofficial Results – PASS Sportsman feature – Spud Speedway,Caribou ME – 5/30
1) 8 Clyde Hennessey, Windham ME 2) 38 Dan McKeage Gorham ME 3) 40 Mike Landry, Oakland,ME 4) 18 Carey Martin, Denmark ME 5) 35 Kris Watson, Hermon ME 6) 7 ShaneTatro Levant 7) 60 Billy Childs, Jr, Peru ME 8) 51 RJ Austin, Smithfield, ME 9) 20 Frank Wear, Scarborough 10) 0 Shane Green S Paris ME 11)33 Mike Howletrt 12) 15 Craig Smith 13) 58 Lyman MckeaGE Gorham ME 14) 99 Matt Reynolds 15) 48 Jason Levesque 16) 02 Dillon McDougall 17) 22 Steve Bennett Sr. Buckfield ME 18) 21 Milo Haney
