by Jay | Jul 4, 2016 | Maine, New, Oxford Plains Speedway
Former track champion Dennis Spencer back in victory lane on Applebee’s Night at Oxford Plains Speedway
10 different winners in 10 weeks for headline Super Late Model class this year
Oxford, Maine – Dennis Spencer, Jr. of Oxford returned to victory lane at Oxford Plains Speedway, claiming his first Super Late Model victory since returning to action last year before a healthy Applebee’s Night crowd.
Spencer led the early stages of the race before yielding the top spot to Scarborough’s Mike Fowler, then stalked the new frontrunner for several laps before powering around him in the outside groove in the closing laps.
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by Jay | Jun 28, 2016 | Maine, New, Wiscasset Speedway
Credit Photos: Mary and Peter Taylor petespicks.smugmug.com
BY: SOPHIE GABRION, RACE MEDIA REP
WISCASSET, MAINE – Across the world, waving a white flag in battle symbolizes defeat, used by weaker contenders to indicate surrender. When it flies at Wiscasset Speedway, drivers and fans receive a very different message: go hard. Triggering white knuckles on steering wheels and tense toes to accelerators, this is the white warning of one lap to go. Champions finish as hard as they start regardless the cautions, collisions and chaos in between. In his second win of the season, Bryan Robbins in the #51x of Montville denied defeat all the way to victory lane, claiming first in the Strictly Streets 35-Lap Spotlight Race last Saturday night.
Starting strong, this division kept spectators on the edge of their seats until tricky traffic on lap five caused the first caution. Chris King from Burnham conceded the night when his #29 car left the shuffle horizontal at the top of turn one. Through intense smoke billowing from beneath Robbins as he climbed the ranks, fans could barely make out the flash of the yellow flag less than five laps later. In the second caution, Ryan Ripley’s #09 car spun from turn three into four, while Mike Duffy’s #02x barely managed to stay on the track.
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by Jay | Jun 28, 2016 | Maine, New, Oxford Plains Speedway
Nine winners in nine races for top class, Matt Dufault dominant in Street Stocks
Oxford, Maine – Gary Smith of Bangor drove to victory lane after charging past a few early race leaders to claim a career-first Oxford Plains Speedway Super Late Model win, topping the Budweiser Championship Series stock car racing card on MacDonald Motors of Bridgton night at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday.
Rookie Josh Childs of Oxford led a healthy portion of the Super Late Model 50-lapper’s early stages before yielding to Hebron’s Alan Wilson, who set the pace through the event’s middle stages. Anson’s Scott Moore took the point away from Wilson, but there was no stopping Smith and his unclehenrys.com 75, and when the checkered flag waved Smith was in the spotlight for the first time at Oxford Plains Speedway.
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by Jay | Jun 21, 2016 | Maine, New, Oxford Plains Speedway, Touring Series News, Valenti Modified Racing Series
Nocella, McKennedy Share Top Honors At Oxford
Oxford, ME. — Two Massachusetts racers shared top honors Saturday night, June 18, when Anthony Nocella of Woburn, and Jon McKennedy, of East Chelmsford, each captured wins in the Valenti Modified Racing Series twin 50-lap feature races at Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME.
In the first 50-lap go, Chris Pasteryak, of Jewett City, CT, started on the pole and led the opening 9-laps when Dan Meservey Jr, of Chatham, MA. took command until lap 19.
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by Jay | Jun 20, 2016 | Maine, New, Oxford Plains Speedway
Scott Robbins makes it eight winners in eight Super Late Model races at Oxford Plains Speedway
Jon McKennedy is Valenti Mod star, Ryan Robbins outruns PASS Mod foes
Oxford, Maine – Scott Robbins of Dixfield prevailed in a hotly-contested, wildly-entertaining 50-lap Super Late Model main event Saturday night, headlining the Budweiser Championship Series weekly racing card Saturday night at Oxford Plains Speedway.
It wasn’t the only victory lane appearance for the Robbins clan, third-generation Oxford racers, as 2015 OPS Mods champ Ryan Robbins was triumphant in a 40-lap main event for PASS Mods earlier in the program.
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by Jay | Jun 13, 2016 | Maine, New, Wiscasset Speedway
WORLD’S FASTEST MIDGETS VISIT MAINE’S FASTEST TRACK: NEMA AT WISCASSET SPEEDWAY
By Lisa and Rich Maguire
The Northeast Midget Associations’ NEMA Midgets and NEMA Lites visited Wiscasset Speedway last Saturday. Despite some early showers, the fans lined the stands to see the four cylinder open wheeled race cars. The NEMA Midgets have nearly 400 HP, large wings, and wide Hoosier tires. The NEMA Midgets are the fastest asphalt midgets in the world, and it is natural fit for them to appear at Maine’s fastest oval. Speaking on behalf of NEMA, Joe Santa Maria, said, “This is the third time we have been to Wiscasset Speedway. It is nice here and the track is well maintained. The Speedway is rapidly becoming a favorite of the racers.”
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