by Jay | Aug 12, 2009 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
Wiscasset, ME- Every Saturday night at Wiscasset Raceway is exciting. The crowd on their feet cheering on their favorite drivers. The drivers racing hard, side by side and fender to fender for the ultimate prize, the checkered flag.. The pit crews working constantly to try and get their car to go just a little bit better then the crew in the next pit stall over. Sound like fun to you? Well then come on out to The Center of Speed, Wiscasset Raceway on Saturday at 5pm and Sunday at 2pm to see a full card of action packed stock car racing. The 150 lap Late Model portion of the 300 weekend has more then just $5,000 pay day to the winner but the driver who crosses the finish line first will have a guaranteed starting spot in the A.C.T Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Whoever the winner may be the win is not going to come easy Chris Thorne, Joey Pole and T.J. Watson just to name a few have already signed up. If that wasn’t enough how about the 150 lap Pro-Stock portion of the big weekend which will feature such drivers as Mike Rowe, Scott Chubbuck, Charlie Colby and Scott Moore and more. The biggest news for the weekend though may just be Johnny Clark who will be attempting to compete in both 150 lap races Sunday and is looking to be the first driver to ever win two 150 lap races on the same day at Wiscasset Raceway. Also race fans bring your campers and tents because Saturday Night Crazy Larry, Maine Elvis impersonator will be performing and hosting karaoke.
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Wiscasset Raceway
Ride for 2 Antique By-Plane
Owls Head Transportation Museum
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Captain Lord Mansion
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First National Bank
4′ Glass Mirror
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Boston Larger Cooler Bag (4 separate entries)
Sam Adams Beer/Boston Beer Co.
1 year Subscription Wiscasset Newspaper/Boothbay Register
Wiscasset/Boothbay Register
Josh Beckett signed Baseball
Boston Red Sox Foundation
Leon Powe signed Basketball
Celtics Foundation
4 Tickets to 300 Raceway/ Reserved Seating
Wiscasset Raceway
4 Days/3 Night stay/Bar Harbor
Major and Mrs. R Suydam III
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Gryffon Ridge
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93 Townsend Restaurant
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2 Hour Boat Cruise ( quantity (?))
River Run Tours
Flag flown over US Capital
Congressman Michaud
1 painting
Mrs. Boucher
1 year adult membership to the Boothbay YMCA
Elise Roberts
Gift Cert
Reny’s
Gift Basket (sports related)
RelivMaine
Free Chimney Cleaning
Robert Conlin – Maine Coast Chimney Co.
Operation Recognition is a non-profit, non-partisan group, founded to deliver a long-overdue Thank-you! to our servicemen and women. They risk their lives for our protection and well-being and we believe they deserve a meaningful gesture of appreciation: a week of R&R in Maine. We’re here to make it the best possible experience these soldiers and their families could ever imagine.
by Jay | Aug 10, 2009 | Maine, Unity
Unity, Maine — Burnham racers Frank Moulton and Carl McAlpine took different routes to victory lane, but both were on top of the official order of finish after double-point, 50-lap features, topping the Champions Appreciation Day racing card Sunday afternoon at Unity Raceway.
Moulton extended his lead in the Late Model division championship standings with his victory. Though he started on the front row and led the vast majority of the 50 laps, Moulton did not go unchallenged, and in fact yielded the top spot briefly on a couple of occasions to Winterport’s Joey Doyon, who roared from the back of the field into contention until electrical woes eliminated him from contention with ten laps to go. Palmyra racers Ajay and Louie Picard also challenged Moulton briefly following restarts, but the point leader prevailed. Ajay Picard finished in second position, with David Folsom II of Skowhegan claiming third-place spoils. Louie Picard was fourth, followed by Dylan Turner of Freedom. Moulton also won the heat race.
Defending Wildcat division champion McAlpine actually crossed the line in second position after a racelong battle with Winslow’s Andy Turbovsky, who has been his chief obstacle when it has come to dominating victory lane in the class. Turbovsky got to the checkered flag first, but the win was negated in post-race technical inspection for a carburetor violation. Apparent third-place finisher Mike St.Germaine of Auburn also ran afoul of the inspectors. In the official order of finish it became a podium sweep for Burnham racers, with McAlpin e getting the victory ahead of Brent Chase and Chris King. Luke Rickards of Anson and Ed Sleeper of Vassalboro. King was the first legal car across the finish line in the heat race.
The touring NELCAR Legends were on hand, and Max Zachem of Preston, Connecticut drove from the rear of the grid into the lead at the halfway point of a 20-lap feature race, then went on to win convincingly. Windham teenager Bobby Timmons put on a strong performance en route to a second-place finish. Topsham’s Bobby Weymouth claimed the third-place trophy. Tyler Jordan of Scarborough, who led the first half of the maine event, ended up with a fourth-place finish, followed by Lincoln’s Alan Smith. Terry Kirk, Kendall Curit, Ed Getty, Foret Boucher and Evan Beaulieu rounded out the top ten, followed by Brandon Ingalls and Tyler Braunschweig.
Brian Janik drove from the rear to the front to win the Wicked Good Vintage Race Car Association feature race. Bob Hill finished second, with Keith Fuller, Jr in third position. 70-year-old former track champion Dick McPhail led the first half of the race before yielding to the top three, driving under the checkered flag in fourth place. Norris Willette finished in fifth position.
David Folsom I of Skowhegan outran Madsion’s Mike Moore and George Fernald III of Benton in the Enduro race.
“Fernald Frenzy” special events were a part of Champions Appreciation Day, which also featured an on-track pit party where champions like Hall of Famer Blackie Hilliard – one of Unity Raceway’s earliest champions – was honored, as was the youngest champion on hand, current Late Model Pro Four competitor Ben Nile, a recent champion of the track’s Teen Thunder division.
The ‘Frenzy’ special events were capped by a Minivan Demolition Derby won by Skowhegan’s David Folsom II. Benton’s George Fernald III was the best of the rest, with the third-place trophy going to Justin Moore of Madison.
The always-entertaining Ramp Race was won by David Folsom I, in front of Shadow Folsom and Mike Moore.
David Folsom I of Skowhegan bested Lance Chapman of Benton in a best of three final in the Race Your Neighbor event, featuring street-legal passenger cars squaring off, one-on-one. Folsom drove his wife’s Impala to victory lane, thanked her, and told her from victory lane that she could have the $160 prize.
Lance Chapman and Samantha Letourneau won the Jack & Jill race, which needs to be seen to be understood. Cody Sleeper and Mika Wilson teamed up to finish second, ahead of Ben Nile and his young partner.
Chapman and Letourneau went on to provide the biggest crowd thrill of the day when they crashed in spectacular fashion during the Bag Race. After a red flag period prompted by that incident, Justin Moore and David Folsom II teamed up to win the event in front of Shadow Folsom and George Fernald III.
And Fast Freddy Landry was best in the Longest Ramp Jump competition, beating out the event’s most recent champion, Mike Moore.
Weekly competition resumes with all nine regular classes in action beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Friday night. August 21 Unity Raceway hosts NWA on Fire Wrestling & Racing, with a full professional wrestling card and nin feature races scheduled. For more information call (207) 453-2021 or visit unityraceway.info
by Jay | Aug 9, 2009 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
Wiscasset, ME- Chuck Colby is no stranger to victory lane at Wiscasset Raceway. Chuck has already visited Soule’s Auto Supply victory lane on more then one occasion this year and a countless number in years past. Saturday night however could have been one of the hardest battles Colby has had to fight to get there. Chuck held off Travis Benjamin over the closing laps to pick up the win. Benjamin would however finish second but he to had to work for the strong finish as he had Scott Chubbuck hot on his heels. 2008 division champion Randy Turner finished fourth and Jeff Burgess fifth.
The Aable Auto Parts Mini Stock’s put on a great show for the fans with two youngsters, Thomas True and Ryan Ripley leading the way. True would be able to hold Ripley off for the win. Ryan Ripley would finish second with Pete McCollett third. Fourth would go to Tim Collins and fifth to Doug Ripley.
The U.S. Cellular Mini Truck division saw Ryan Hayes put the #17 truck in victory lane again. Rick Sirios finished second after a post race inspection shake up. Third would go to Josh Harjula and fourth to Brandon Crandall. Rounding out the top five was Russ Anderson.
In the New England Transmission Strictly Street division Maurice Young of Windsor picked up his first win of the season. The 7 time track champion raced side by side with Mike Moody for 15 laps to get the win. Moody would finish second with Jamie Henderson third. Fourth and fifth would go to Alex Waltz and Dan Nezmith.
The Verizon Wireless Super Street’s saw a long red flag period and the race took about on hour to complete but it was worth the wait to see, Appleton’s Jeremy Glasier beat Bernie Dinsmore to the checkered flag. Ed Drake grabbed third with Bryan Robbins getting fourth and Allan Moeller Jr. fifth.
The Steel’s Real Rod’s and Custom’s late model division had the crowd on their feet as well Saturday. Adam Chadbourne picked up his first career victory in a late model. He did so in front Steve Reno of West Bath and Seth Raven of Waldo. Fourth would go to Chris Thorne and fifth to Will Collins.
Sat. 15th 5 p.m.– Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital Night
Sun. 16th 2 p.m.- Center of Speed 300 Weekend – Twin 150’s – 150 Lap Pro Stock Open Event plus 150 Lap Late Model Open Event/Qualifier for the
ACT Invitational to be held September 19th at NHIS
by Jay | Aug 9, 2009 | Maine, Speedway 95
Hermon’s Dale Swoboda recovered from a mechanical issue that took him out of the lead on the last lap of the qualifying heat, and returned to capture the caution free Late Model Feature victory at Speedway 95 Saturday night. The win wasn’t easy as it took Swoboda until the 17th lap to work his way past Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs and Don Alexander Jr. of Carmel, who had led the first 16 laps. Alexander chased Swoboda for the final 8 circuits, but was unable to retake the lead and settled for the runner up spot. Shane Clark of Winterport got past Seekins on the final lap to post a third place finish. Seekins finished fourth with Bar Harbor’s John Phippen Jr. in fifth. Swoboda was unable to make the initial line-up for the national anthem as, in addition to the distributor that went bad in the qualifier, his starter also quit and he had to be push started to leave the pits. Seekins won the qualifier for the Late Models.
Super Street action saw a replay of last week’s 50 lapper as Steve Moulton of Holden won again with Josh St. Clair chasing him under the checkered flag. The difference this week was that instead of both drivers shaking hands and congratulating each other on a good race as they did last week, both kept their distance from each other and traded barbs about the other’s driving abilities during their post race interviews. St. Clair took exception to Moulton’s driving tactics as a result of what he felt was a deliberate move on Moulton’s part to force him high in turn 2 as Moulton was working his way by St.Clair on the inside on lap 9. St. Clair had been running in the lead, but slipped high in turn four on lap 8, allowing Moulton to get close enough to strike. Moulton retorted that he was merely driving the way he saw St.Clair drive in the Late Models. Could there be a late season feud brewing between these two highly competitive drivers? Hermon’s Kris Watson finished third after a race long battle with Lindsey Young for the position. Young finished fourth with Doug Sinclair, also of Hermon finishing in fifth. Moulton also won the 10 lap qualifier earlier in the program.
Doug Day took the lead from Ellsworth’s Bradley Norris on a lap 18 restart, lost it to Norris on a lap 19 restart, then retook it on lap 21 and cruised on to the victory, his second since taking the wheel of the 37 at mid-season. The lap 18 caution was caused by a solo spin by Dustin Hubbard of Unity as he was running alone in third place at the time. On the 19th lap, Nick Huff spun on the back stretch when he pulled up too early while passing Travis Poulin on the inside. In his post race interview, Poulin stated that Huff had pulled the same stunt last week and he let off and let it go as a rookie mistake. This week, Poulin stated , he stayed in it and Huff learned a lesson. Current points leader Bradley Norris finished second in the event, followed by Poulin in third, Shawn Hamel II of Bangor in fourth and Hubbard recovering from his spin out to finish in fifth. Day also won the qualifier.
Gary Richards of Stetson won his first Sport-Four feature of the season Saturday night as he led the caution free 20 lap event from pole to checkers. Rick Grant of LaGrange and David Green of Hampden waged a race long battle for second and third, with Grant coming out ahead at the end. Grant congratulated both Richards on his win and Green on the good battle for the runner up spot. Green, the division’s current points leader, finished in third, with Veazie’s Kyle Gallant and Plymouth’s Derick Terrell finishing in fourth and fifth respectively. Ralph Allen of Hermon easily outdistanced the field in the 10 lap qualifier.
by Jay | Aug 9, 2009 | Beech Ridge, Maine
Scarborough,Maine-Mike Rowe and Russ Morse were on the same agenda Saturday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, to add to their season long championship points lead and both were successful. Joining them as winners on Saturday were Alby Ovitt and Brian Graffam.
Keith McKinnon led the opening laps of the Pro Series 40 lap main event as Bub Bilodeau moved to the lead on lap 6. D.J. Shaw moved in to contend for the lead with Bilodeau on lap 11 and for the next 4 laps looked to make a move for the lead.
Shaw would go to the front on lap 15 as Mike Rowe moved to third position. The caution flag waved on lap 16 and on the restart Bilodeau went back into the lead with Rowe taking second place. Rowe made his bid for the lead at lap 24 and once in front he hit the check out line driving away. Bilodeau and Shaw had a side by side battle for second position that went to the final lap before being secured by Bilodeau with Shaw third. Aaron Ricker and Keith McKinnon were fourth and fifth.
Russ Morse entered the night with a 39 point lead in the Sport Series division and when he went home he expanded that lead significantly with a win. J.T. Thurlow led the first 2 laps until Kelsey Babb went to the front for the next 4 laps. Doug Wolf passed for the lead on lap 6 and stayed there to the caution flag on lap 13. Scott Dorr took over the lead when the green flag waved but Wolf went back out front at lap 20.
Russ Morse made his winning move on lap 28 following another caution period and was never headed once in the lead position. Wolf would finish second with Don Morse third. Scott Dorr and Corey Bubar finished fourth and fifth.
Alby Ovitt moved around Brian Caswell for the lead on lap 26 on his way to his third win of the season in the Wildcat division. Caswell led from lap 2 but could not hold off Ovitt late in the race and settled for second place. Matt Hodgdon was third followed by Matt Gain and Andy Ayers.
Brian Graffam led all 20 laps and held off a last lap challenge from Shawn Brackett to win the Road Runner feature event. Brackett was second followed by Ray Letellier and Matt Dow. Mike Knox rounded out the top five finishers.
by Jay | Aug 9, 2009 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
OXFORD, Maine – Skip Tripp took his place in the Oxford Plains Speedway history books Saturday night with a convincing victory in the Time Warner Cable 100 for the Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Strictly Stock division.
Tripp’s third straight win and sixth of the season ran his career total in the class to 18, tying the unrelated “KimDog” Tripp and Shane “The Destroyer” Green for the top spot on the division’s all-time list.
It was a spin-and-win for Tripp, who lost an overwhelming lead to Jon Brill after tangling with the lapped car of Mike St. Germain just prior to the halfway point. Tripp returned to the track in second spot, then received a reprieve when the lone caution flag of the race flew for a piece of debris on the backstretch at lap 49.
The resumption belonged to Tripp, and he pulled away to nearly a full straightaway lead before coasting across the finish line a second in front of rival Mike Short.
“Last week (Short) said Nick Hoyt helped me to win, so I guess this week St. Germain (tried to help) him to win,” Tripp said. “It’s just an ongoing thing with us, but whatever.”
Short also entered the race with five wins and remained second in the points, making an impressive late drive around Larry Emerson and Brill to claim the runner-up trophy.
“Nobody sees what goes on out back (in the pit), but if we didn’t love it, we wouldn’t be here doing it,” Short said of his continuing on-and-off-track battle with Tripp.
Brill led the race on two different occasions before settling for third, the best finish of the season for the 2000 division champion. Emerson claimed fourth, with rookie Hoyt matching a career-best in fifth by holding off two-time champion Jim Duguay.
Travis Adams remained the lone repeat winner of the Oxford Networks Late Model campaign in style. Adams padded his point lead in pursuit of a fifth division championship with his fourth checkered flag of the campaign, taking the lead from upset-minded Gary Chiasson with 15 laps remaining.
Adams rebounded one week after his first finish out of the top five (ninth) all season.
“Our set-up guy, which is me, made some changes and obviously didn’t know what he was doing,” Adams said. “We went back to the way it was before, and thankfully we picked up where we left off. I’m looking forward to the rest of the season.”
Don Wentworth protected his newfound grip on second place in the point standings with a runner-up finish.
“It’s a been a great season. It would be better if Travis might take a Saturday night off to go to a family reunion or something,” Wentworth joked.
Tommy Ricker posted his third straight podium finish in third, followed by Tim Brackett. Chiasson edged Corey Morgan at the stripe for fifth.
Calvin Rose Jr. earned his first career Allen’s Mini Stock feature win the hard way. The rookie took the lead from Ken Daigle Jr. early in the event, then spent the second half of the 30-lapper with point leader and six-time feature winner Justin Karkos nipping at his heels.
Rose responded to the challenge and maintained his one-car length advantage until the checkers.
“It’s been a while since I’ve had one of these,” said Rose, who was a winner in the four-cylinder Macdonald Motors Runnin’ Rebel division in the Acceleration Series. “I have to thank my father most of all. He does so much work on this car, or I never would be up here.”
Karkos hasn’t finished out of the top four since a flat tire knocked him out of the lead in the second race of the season.
“Calvin earned that one.” Karkos said. “I’ve had motor problems all season, so I finally pulled it out and sent it to Butler & MacMaster this week. They gave me priority over everyone else and promised me it would be ready for this weekend. I got it back at 5:30 Friday afternoon, so I owe this one to Spencer Robbins and Dave MacMaster.”
Butch Keene credited used tires loaned by Rose and Karkos for his third-place finish. Jake Burns kept pace with Rose in the tense Rookie of the Year battle, nipping Kevin Bishop in the scrap for fourth.
Acceleration Series Agren Appliance Saturday Showdown competition produced two repeat winners.
Kevin Oliver extended his winning streak to four races in Call of the Wild RV Center Sport Truck action. Ryan Hewins, a 17-year-old rookie and the fourth member of his immediate family to win at OPS, bagged his second Runnin’ Rebel triumph in less than a month.
Oliver ascended to the top spot when Brad Corson — a relief driver for suspended “Flyin” Ryan Farrar, was disqualified after the post-race inspection.
Corey Williams moved up to second, the best finish of his extensive career, with rookie Jeremy Wagner posting his second third-place finish of the campaign.
Jeff Schmidt and John Lizotte recovered from a mid-race tangle to run fourth and fifth, respectively. Oliver accepted blame for their contact.
“I made a dumb move and got into the 22 (Schmidt),” said the winner. “I don’t like to race that way.”
One month ago, Hewins debuted a Honda that looks like a twin to the rocket steered by his point leader uncle Kyle. With Kyle twice veering off the track due to contact with other cars, Ryan saw no challengers after accelerating into the lead at the halfway point.
Derek Cook turned out his frustrating season, leading early before picking up second-place honors. Scott Farrington made a determined drive to third in the outside lane, with reigning Showdown champion Troy Jordan fourth and Jeff Hebert fifth.
Kyle Hewins settled for eighth in the 21-car field.
OPS returns to action Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. with a full card of Acceleration Series action. WOXO Night is on tap for the Championship Series next Saturday, August 15 at 6:30 p.m.
ALLEN’S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK TIME WARNER CABLE 100: 1. Skip Tripp, Poland; 2. Mike Short, Auburn; 3. Jon Brill, Sebago; 4. Larry Emerson, Durham; 5. Nick Hoyt, Mechanic Falls; 6. Jim Duguay, Greene; 7. B.J. Chapman, Bridgton; 8. Zach Emerson, Sabattus; 9. Mac Hannan Jr., Union; 10. Sumner Sessions, Norway; 11. Matt Williams, Brownfield; 12. Mike St. Germain, Auburn; 13. Phil Mitchell III, Buckfield; 14. Keith Stuart, Naples; 15. Derek Farrington, Freeport; 16. Mark Theriault, Rumford; 17. Tommy Tompkins, Dixfield; 18. George Haskell, Casco.
OXFORD NETWORKS LATE MODEL (40 laps): 1. Travis Adams, Canton; 2. Don Wentworth, Otisfield; 3. Tommy Ricker, Poland; 4. Tim Brackett, Buckfield; 5. Gary Chiasson, Peru; 6. Corey Morgan, Lewiston; 7. Shawn Martin, Turner; 8. Ricky Morse, St. Albans; 9. Ben Ashline, Pittston; 10. Billy Childs Jr., Leeds; 11. Shawn Knight, South Paris; 12. Al Hammond, Paris; 13. Tyler Knightly, Paris; 14. Gerald Parlin, South Paris; 15. Jeff White, Winthrop; 16. Travis Stearns, Auburn; 17. Kenny Harrison, Pownal; 18. Jason Larrabee, Raymond.
ALLEN’S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY MINI STOCK (30 laps): 1. Calvin Rose Jr., Turner; 2. Justin Karkos, Jay; 3. Butch Keene, Turner; 4. Jake Burns, Gray; 5. Kevin Bishop, South Paris; 6. Jeff Beaule, Lewiston; 7. Shane Kaherl, Jay; 8. Darrell Moore, Mechanic Falls; 9. Steve Barker, Jay; 10. Matt Moore, South Paris; 11. Ken Daigle Jr., Wales; 12. Greg Watkins, Bridgton; 13. Nik Coates, Lisbon; 14. Dale Brackett, Oxford; 15. Jimmy Childs, Leeds; 16. Larry Melcher, Livermore Falls; 17. Ashley Marshall, Jay; 18. Dan Morris, Auburn.
MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN’ REBEL (20 laps): 1. Ryan Hewins, Leeds; 2. Derek Cook, Livermore Falls; 3. Scott Farrington, Minot; 4. Troy Jordan, Turner; 5. Jeff Hebert, Auburn; 6. Doug Degroat, Oxford; 7. Roger Bourgoin, Sabattus; 8. Kyle Hewins, Leeds; 9. Gerard Cote, Oxford; 10. Zach Audet, Wilton; 11. Matt Dufault, Turner; 12. Jamie Heath, Waterford; 13. Dustin Salley, Auburn; 14. Mark Childs Jr., Mechanic Falls; 15. Corey Beaulieu, Oxford; 16. Nate Dubuc, Auburn; 17. Bill Dunphy, New Gloucester; 18. John Childs, Leeds; 19. John Mason, Bethel; 20. Bob Lucas, Peru; 21. Jason Cyr, Turner.
CALL OF THE WILD RV CENTER SPORT TRUCK (10 laps): 1. Kevin Oliver, Gray; 2. Corey Williams, Sumner; 3. Jeremy Wagner, Bryant Pond; 4. Jeff Schmidt, Mechanic Falls; 5. John Lizotte, Mechanic Falls. DQ: Brad Corson, Sumner.
