Bobby Timmons Leads Oxford Charge With Top-10 In Oxford Debut

Mulkern Racing: PASS North Series
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Report

OXFORD, Maine – Bobby Timmons of Windham, Maine, led the Mulkern Racing effort in the PASS North Series season-ending PASS 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday, October 20, finishing eighth in his series debut. Timmons was part of a three-car effort that included full-time driver Lonnie Sommerville, who finished 14th, and team owner Scott Mulkern, who finished 18th in his seventh start of the season. Timmons recovered from an early spin on the backstretch to post the Top-10 finish in the No. 48x Timmons Machine/Southern Maine Motors Chevrolet, while both Sommerville and Mulkern fought ill-handling race cars throughout the day and made several pit stops under caution for adjustments.
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Theriault Wins First Career PASS North Race At Oxford

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OXFORD, Maine – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, won his first career Super Late Model race on Saturday evening, leading the final 110 laps at Oxford Plains Speedway to win the PASS North Series 150 in just his second career start.

Theriault, the Brad Keselowski Racing development driver, started third in the 32-car field and led on two different occasions. He has made several Super Late Model starts in other series across the country this season, but this was only his first PASS start since finishing sixth at Seekonk Speedway in August.
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Unity Raceway: Entries Pouring In For Long John 100

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Full Field Of Late Models Expected At Unity Raceway October 13-14

UNITY, Maine – A pair of track champions highlight the list of entries for the the New England Auto Parts Late Model 100, the main event of the annual season-ending Long John Weekend at Unity Raceway this weekend, October 13-14. Both 2012 Unity Raceway Late Model champion and three-time Long John 100 winner Jeff Burgess have already registered for the $1,500-to-win event.

A total of six divisions return to the track to represent the best of stock car racing in the state of Maine. Track owner Ralph Nason believes it could be the most competitive Long John 100 in years.
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SPEEDWAY 95 CLOSES 2012 SEASON WITH DOUBLE HEADER ACTION

Speedway 95SPEEDWAY 95 CLOSES 2012 SEASON WITH DOUBLE HEADER ACTION
MIKE HOPKINS AND RYAN DEANE TAKE LATE MODEL WINS

Speedway 95 closed out a very successful 2012 season with a double header week-end full of racing action that looked like the season was just beginning. On Saturday, over 75 cars entered the pit area under cloudy and breezy skies in a day that was to feature extended races in the speedway’s Strictly street and Sport-Four divisions. In Sunday’s action, the Dysart’s Late Models and the Maine State Lottery Sportsman did their season ending extended length features.
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ON THE ROAD: Lanpher Strong At New Hampshire

14-Year-Old Posts Pair Of Top-5 Finishes On Road Course

LOUDON, N.H. – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, won a pole position and posted two Top-5 finishes in two Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour starts on the New Hampshire Motor Speedway road course this weekend, October 6-7.

Lanpher, whose first career NELCAR victory came on the very same 1.6-mile circuit back in May, won the pole and finished fifth on Saturday over a wet track and followed that effort by starting shotgun on the 16-car field Sunday afternoon and finishing fourth without the benefit of a caution flag to make up track position.
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