by Jay | Jun 2, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
MIKE HOPKINS WINS 95 DYSART’S LATE MODEL 50 LAPPER
Hermon’s Mike Hopkins grabbed the lead on lap 2 of the Maine State Lottery 50 lap series event for the Dysart’s Late Models at Speedway 95 Saturday night when pole sitter Andy Saunders was forced to the pit early with a flat right front tire when the first caution of the race fell at the completion of lap one. Saunders, the division’s defending champion, returned to the track before the green fell starting lap 2, and started his charge to the front of the 17 car field. Saunders had a lot of help when the race was stropped a total of 8 times as he worked his way toward the front. When the final caution fell with 4 laps to go, Saunders was in third, challenging Corinna’s Paul White for the second spot. His efforts fell a little short, however, as White managed to stay in second with Saunders in third when the checkers fell. John Kalel II of Orrington raced in the top five all night, finishing in fourth. Fifth went to Winterport’s Ryan Deane, who also had to pit in the early laps after contact with the turn one dirt berm and work his way back through the field. Donny Blanchard of Bangor, Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs, Wayne Parritt of Steuben, Hermon’s Ryan Modery and Lloyd Nickerson of Corinth rounded out the top ten in that order. Hopkins and Saunders each won a qualifier, placing them on the front row for the main event.
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by | May 27, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
For the second time in the month of May, poor weather conditions have caused racing at the 1/3 mile Hermon oval to be cancelled. With the forecast showing no promise, track officials called the program early in the day to give drivers and fans as much notice as possible that the racing program would not be held.
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by | May 21, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
Both of Speedway 95’s top performing lady drivers, Emma Libby of Glenburn and Shelby Kimball of Cornville overcame adversity to win their respective extended length feature races at the Hermon oval Saturday night. In the Sport-Four Coca-Cola series event, 15 year old Emma Libby of Glenburn was sent to the rear of the 15 car field along with Dedham’s Keith Ogden following a lap 5 scuffle that brought out the race’s third caution flag. Libby then made an impressive charge to the front, methodically passing car after car without the help of any additional caution flags, running down and passing Hudson’s Donny Silva for the lead with 6 laps to go in the 35 lap race. Silva finished second with Hermon’s Andrew Crosby taking third. Kevin Hartley of Hermon finished fourth with Carmel’s Bradley Dolan in fifth.
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by | May 6, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
By Bill DaButler
(Hermon) With the prefect weather for racing as the back drop, Speedway 95 in Hermon had another exciting evening of action, Saturday, May 4th with a down to the wire side-by-side race in the Darlings Ford Sportsman series, and a full card of regular weekly divisions.
With just two cautions in the 25-lap Darlings Ford Sportsman series race (the first of three) Milford’s Joe Legere battled side-by-side in the closing laps with Kris Matchett of Skowhegan. The pair traded the top spot back-and-forth until the checkered flag favored Legere. Matchett told fans in victory lane that the car started to become loose in the closing laps, making his second place finish all the more intense. Kris Watson of Hermon was on the back bumper of the pair, to finish the race in a close third.
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by Jay | Apr 28, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
SAUNDERS AND DEANE DOMINATE SPEEDWAY 95 LATE MODELS
Andy Saunders of Ellsworth and Ryan Deane of Winterport showed they were the cars to beat in the early going in the Dysart’s Late Models at Speedway 95 Saturday night as the each picked up a win and a second place in the two features run. In the first race, a 40 lap event rescheduled from last week’s program due to the power failure, Deane took the checkers after grabbing the lead on a restart with 8 laps to go. Meanwhile, Saunders was working his way up from a last place start in the event. Saunders was scheduled to start in the sixth spot, but when the initial green flag flew, he was unable to start due to an issue with his transmission. After a quick trip to the pit following the caution he caused, Saunders rejoined the race at the rear of the 17 car field, still on the lead lap before the next green was waved. Saunders finished in second, followed by Shane Clark of Winterport in third. 2012 Strictly Street champion Andrew McLaughlin of Harrington finished fourth in his first ever Late Model start, and Donny Blanchard of Bangor was fifth.
In the regularly scheduled 50 lap Maine State Lottery series event, Saunders won his heat race, qualified on the pole and led the entire distance, maintaining the lead through three cautions. Deane also won a qualifier and started on the outside pole, keeping the heat on Saunders throughout the race, challenging him hard following the last caution on lap 42. Saunders had enough to hold Deane off, with Deane finishing a close second at the checkers. Wayne Parritt of Steuben finished the race in third, followed by John Kalel II in fourth and Andrew McLaughlin of Harrington in fifth.
In the Darling’s Ford Sportsman division, Kris Watson of Hermon won the make-up 20 lapper holding off Skowhegan’s Kris Matchett who finished second. Third went to Joe Legere of Milford with Bradley Smart of Bradley fourth in his first race ever. Bradley Norris of Ellsworth finished fifth. In the regularly scheduled race for the night, Joe Legere of Milford took the lead from Kris Watson of Hermon on the 12th lap following a side by side battle and picked up the win, followed by Watson in second. Kris Matchett of Skowhegan finished third with Ryan Robinson of Clinton fourth and Bradley Norris of Ellsworth in fifth.
The Strictly Streets also saw double action on the night as their make-up feature was won by Andy Turbowsky of Winslow. Jim Carr Jr. of Clifton finished in second, followed by Cornville’s Shelby Kimball in third. Fourth went to Alex Berry of Harrington with Matt Kimball of Cornville rounding out the top five. In the second event, Shelby Kimball of Cornville led all 25 laps to post her first win of the season with Andy Turbowsky of Winslow finishing second. Jim Carr Jr. of Clifton finished in third, followed by Matt Kimball of Cornville in fourth and Shawn Racilla of Dover-Foxcroft in fifth.
In Sport-Four action, Donny Silva of Hudson picked up the win in the 25 lap feature by finishing about 10 car lengths ahead of Zach Audet of Skowhegan, who had come from the rear of the 19 car pack to finish second. Becky Elston-Burns of Carmel drove a clean race to finish third, followed by Hermon’s Kevin Hartley in fourth. Brad Bosworth of Cornville finished fifth.
Chris Carroll of Greenbush led the 20 lap Bomber feature from green to checkers, holding off Skowhegan’s Edward Archer in the closing laps. Archer finished second with Bangor’s Scott Bonney in third. Fourth went to Dennis Burns of Carmel with Mark Lane of Newport finishing fifth.
Racing action continues at Speedway 95 on Saturday, May 4 at 5:00 p.m. with the Dysart’s Late Models, Darling’s Ford Sportsman, The Sport-Fours and Bombers scheduled to run their regular heats and features. The Strictly Streets will see extended action in their first Pepsi Beverage Company 35 lap series event.
by Jay | Apr 21, 2013 | Maine, Speedway 95
POWER FAILURE HALTS SPEEDWAY 95 OPENING DAY PROGRAM
Speedway 95’s opening day program was well underway when a component failure in the speedway’s lighting system forced postponement of the final three feature events scheduled for the night. Speedway officials said those postponed events for the Strictly Streets, the Darling’s Ford Sportsman and the Dysart’s Late Models would be completed next Saturday night before the start of the regular racing program.
Prior to the curtailment, Garett Hayman of Milford won the 20 lap Bomber feature after holding off Carmel’s Denis Burns through three restarts in the final five laps. Burns finished second with Bangor’s Scott Bonney in third. Joey Doyon of Winterport and Chris Carroll of Greenbush rounded out the top five.
The Sport-Four 25 lap feature event was also completed, but the results changed once the tech inspectors checked the cars after the race. Zach Audet of Skowhegan, who finished first in the race, was disqualified in the post race inspection, as were Jayson Bosworth and Brad Bosworth of Cornville, who had also finished in the top five. All three cars failed to meet the specified track width requirement. J.R. Gray of Orrington was declared the winner with 2012 division champion Ted Ryder of Carmel in second. Third place went to Kevin Hartley of Hermon, followed by Joshua Grant of Carmel and Matthew Loyd of Drummond, New Brunswick.
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