by | Aug 1, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
After racing side by side for the first 5 laps of the 25 lap Little Enduro series race number 3 at Speedway 95 Wednesday night, Garett Hayman of Milford pulled ahead of Hampden’s Travis Beale on a lap 6 restart and led the way to the checkered flag, posting his second win in a row. Beale finished the race in second, giving him the overall win in the three race series. Third in the night’s feature was Greenbush driver Chris Carroll, with Rick Gomm of Dixmont and Donny Silva of Hudson finishing fourth and fifth. Following Beale in the final series standings were Rick Gomm in second and Sam Betts of Brewer in third.
Doug Sinclair of Hermon passed Hermon’s Jeff Overlock on lap 15 of the 20 lap Sinclair Towing Pick up Truck feature and went on to take the win. Overlock finished second after an exciting side by side battle with points leader and defending division champion Jim Carr Jr. of Clifton. Overlock beat Carr to the line by mere inches to take the runner up spot. Carr finished third with Corinth’s Peter Drake in fourth. Levant’s Jason Haskell finished fifth.
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by | Jul 30, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
Hermon’s Mike Hopkins took away 2 winners trophies in the Dysart’s Late Models at Speedway 95 on Saturday night as he captured his 3rd Fletcher/Phippen Memorial win and also won the Maine State Lottery 50 lap series event. In the Fletcher Memorial race, Hopkins won the first 23 lap segment run on Thursday July 18, and came back to place second in the final 59 lap segment, held over from that Thursday night’s rain out. Hopkins led the final segment until lap 53, when Ryan Deane of Winterport ran him down, made the pass and led the final 6 laps for the win. Although Deane took the segment win, Hopkins took second to record the best overall performance in the two segments giving him the overall win. Ryan Deane, Deane Smart of Bradley, and John Kalel II of Orrington tied for the second, third and fourth spots with equal scores for the two segments. Paul White of Corinna came in fifth overall.
In the regularly scheduled Maine State Lottery 50 lap series event, Bradley’s Deane Smart led from the drop of the green until a caution flag flew on lap 24 for a solo spin by Bangor’s Donnie Blanchard. Hopkins, who started fifth in the 16 car field, had worked his way up to second when the caution came out, passed Smart on the restart and led the final 26 laps of the race. Smart fought off a tenacious Andy Saunders of Ellsworth for the second spot with Saunders, who started ninth, finishing third. John Kalel II of Orrington finished fourth and Corinna’s Paul White was fifth. By finishing third in the third series event, Saunders picked up the overall points title for the series, which will net him extra bonus money at the annual awards banquet in November.
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by | Jul 25, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
It took Garett Hayman until the last lap of the 20 lap Little Enduro feature to figure out a way to pass Brewer’s Sam Betts, but he edged by Betts on the backstretch and held the lead to the checkers, with Betts finishing second, less than a car length behind. Betts had led the caution free event most of the way with Hayman coming from his 8th place starting spot to pester Betts for the lead for the entire second half of the race. Hayman finally made his car stick down on the inside groove to complete the pass for the win. Rick Gomm of Dixmont finished third, with Carmel’s Denis Burns in fourth. Scott Bonney of Bangor finished fifth.
In the Stars of Tomorrow, William McCullough of Kenduskeag took the lead from Frankfort’s Kyle Moore and Dustin Durrell of Newburgh on the final lap after the three young drivers raced side by side and nose to tail for the lead. Moore finished second with Durrell coming home third in the 15 lap feature that was stopped three times for the caution flag and once for the red when Alex Runci of Belfast rolled over twice in turn four on the 9th lap. Runci climbed out of the car uninjured, but was out of action for the rest of the night. Zachery Horlieca of Hudson was fourth with Marcus Dunn of Newburgh finishing fifth.
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by | Jul 18, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
Sam Betts of Brewer picked up his first win of the season in the Little Enduros at Speedway 95 Wednesday night as he led the field from the green to the checkers. Only one caution flag slowed the field when Henry Boudreau Jr. of Winterport slid high out of turn four and made contact with the front stretch wall. Travis Beale of Hampden ran close to Betts for the final three laps but was unable to pass for the lead Beale finished second with Dixmont’s Rick Gomm in third.
Amy Houde of Howland led the entire distance in the Ladies series event, finishing ahead of Hermon’s Rhonda Wilbur and Milo’s Erin Evans. The event went the entire distance without a caution, allowing Houde to stretch her lead to about three car lengths at the finish.
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by | Jul 11, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
Jim Carr Jr. of Clifton got by early leader Doug Sinclair of Hermon on lap 18 of the 25 lap Sinclair Towing Service Pick-up Truck series feature at Speedway 95 as the pair ran side by side until Sinclair was forced to lift off the gas when they ran up on a slower truck to overlap him. Carr went on to post the win while Sinclair slowed over the final 7 laps with a slowly deflating left front tire caused by the rubbing of tires and sheet metal during the attempt to overlap the slower truck. Sinclair finished second with Jason Haskell of Levant coming in third. Fourth went to Mike Gilbert of Canaan with Jeff Overlock Jr. of Hermon in fifth after leading the first 8 laps.
Dustin Durrell of Newburgh won the Stars of Tomorrow Feature by leading all 15 laps from the pole. Dylan Street of Old Town stayed within striking distance of Durrell, but was unable to get close enough to make a challenge for the lead in the caution free event. Street finished second with Kyle Moore of Frankfort coming from the rear of the 9 car field to take third. Fourth went to William McCullough of Kenduskeag with Winterport’s Trey Brown finishing fifth.
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by Jay | Jul 7, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
RYAN DEANE TAKES SPEEDWAY 95 LATE MODEL FEATURE
After a 5 lap side by side battle for the lead following a lap 9 restart, Ryan Deane of Winterport took the lead from outside pole sitter Deane Smart for good on lap 14 of the 40 lap Dysart’s Late Model feature at Speedway 95 Saturday night and held off 2012 champion Andy Saunders over the final 10 laps to post his third win of the season. Deane now leads all Dysart’s Late Model drivers in the win column with three. Two time winner Saunders finished a close second after trying every move he had to take the lead from Deane. Deane stuck to the inside groove, denying Saunders the chance to pass on the inside, where he really wanted to be. Smart, of Milford, held off last week’s winner John Kalel II for third. Kalel, who also has 2 wins for the season, finished fourth with rookie Andrew McLaughlin of Harrington, who started on the pole and has yet to take a feature win in this highly competitive division, finishing fifth. Smart and McLaughlin won the night’s qualifiers for the division.
Cody Robbins of Palermo notched yet other win in the Bomber division as he led from the pole to the checkers in the second 25lap Bomber series race of the season. Henry Boudreau of Winterport finished second in the caution free event after a race long battle for the spot with third place finisher Sam Betts of Brewer. Fourth went to Mark Lane of Newport with Scott Bonney of Bangor in fifth. Robbins won the qualifier, placing him on the pole for the special series event.
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