by Jay | Apr 27, 2010 | Maine, Speedway 95
ST. CLAIR BROTHERS GARNER 95 CHECKERS
Josh and Ryan St. Clair both earned victories at Speedway 95 Sunday afternoon, but each took a different path to reach victory lane as a large opening day crowd watched under sunny skies. In the Late Model division, Josh shot past pole sitter Brenton Parritt of Steuben at the drop of the green flag and held the lead all the way to the checkers in the caution free 35 lap feature even. Parritt, who had earned the pole position by winning the qualifying heat, looked at St. Clair’s bumper from about 6 feet away for the entire distance, and finished the race in second place. Hometown racer Dale Swoboda of Hermon brought his Impala home third, with Oakland’s Mike Landry finishing in fourth. Orrington’s John Kalel Jr. finished his first Late Model feature in the fifth spot.
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by Jay | Apr 16, 2010 | Maine, PASS, Speedway 95
PASS at Speedway 95 postponed
Naples ME (4/16) Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials have postponed the Sunday April 18th PASS North season open at Speedway 95 in Hermon Maine. The weekend forecast indicates on and off rain, snow, and cold temperatures for both Saturday and Sunday .PASS and Speedway 95 officials are currently reviewing their respective schedules to find a suitable makeup date for this event.
Both PASS and Speedway 95 hope that the early cancellation will eliminate unnecessary travel and allow race teams and fans to eliminate limit unnecessary travel expenses and allow all to make alternative plans for their weekend.
by Jay | Apr 15, 2010 | Maine, New England, PASS, Speedway 95
Ben Rowe: PASS North Series
Speedway 95 Race Preview
4-time PASS North Series champion Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine, opens the 2010 season with the PASS 150 at Speedway 95 in Hermon, Maine, on Sunday, April 18. Rowe will make his PASS North debut with Mulkern Racing, where he signed to drive the No. 48 during the offseason. He is trying to become the first 5-time PASS North Series champion and first driver to reach 40 wins in PASS Super Late Model history.
WHO: Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine
TEAM: Mulkern Racing/Community Pharmacies No. 48
BEST CAREER SPEEDWAY 95 FINISH: 1st (August 2003)
WHAT: PASS North Series PASS 150
WHERE: Speedway 95, Hermon, Maine. (.333-mile oval)
WHEN: 1:30 p.m., Sunday, April 18
PASS NORTH SERIES
LAST RACE: N/A
NEXT RACE: Saturday, May 1, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine
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by Jay | Apr 15, 2010 | Maine, PASS, Speedway 95
Johnny Clark: PASS North Series
Speedway 95 Race Preview
4-time PASS North Series champion Johnny Clark of Farmingdale, Maine, opens the 2010 season with the PASS 150 at Speedway 95 in Hermon, Maine, on Sunday, April 18. Clark is attempting to become the first driver in series history to win both three consecutive championships and five total titles. Clark won PASS North titles in 2008 and 2009 and sits second on the all-time win list with 19 career victories. He’s won two of the last three series’ events held at Speedway 95.
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by Jay | Sep 13, 2009 | Maine, Speedway 95
JOSH ST. CLAIR TAKES ROUND TWO OF LINNEHAN CREDIT NOW AUTO COMPANY TRIPLE CROWN SERIES FOR LATE MODELS AT SPEEDWAY 95 SATURDAY NIGHT
Twenty eight late model drivers from coastal, central, and northern Maine took the green flag Saturday night at Speedway 95 for round two of the Linnehan’s Credit Now Auto Company Triple Crown Series for Late Models. Josh St. Clair of Liberty outlasted the field through a caution filled event to take the win. St. Clair had finished second in round 1 held at Wiscasset Raceway earlier in the season, so now has the edge for the crown going into the series finale to be held at Unity Raceway on October 11. The win wasn’t an easy one for St. Clair, as he had to regain the lead eight times over the course of the 54 lap event for caution periods that kept the field bunched up for most of the distance. Each time the green fell, St. Clair retook the lead, but the competition stayed close behind and threatened him all the way. Pole sitter Mike Hopkins of Hermon stayed the closest and finished the event in second, about two car lengths behind the winner. Wiscasset regular Chris Thorne of Sidney also ran near the front for the entire distance, finishing a strong third. Chris Pangburn of Easton ran a solid race, picking up a fourth place finish, with Winterport’s Ryan Deane, who recently converted his car from a Pro Stock to a Late Model, finishing fifth. St. Clair took home $1754 for his efforts, in a race that was run as a memorial to Bob Coburn of Winn, Maine, a former Pro Stock driver at Speedway 95 who passed away in June. His friends and family added an extra $1054 to the winner’s purse, and asked that the race be run for 54 laps, 54 being the number of the car Coburn raced at the speedway. Hopkins, St. Clair and Brenton Parritt of Steuben were winners of the three 15 lap qualifiers used to set the field for the feature. The event was also the final points race for the Speedway 95 regulars, and John Phippen Jr. of Bar Harbor came out as the points champion for the season in the Late Models at Speedway 95.
The points race for the Super Streets went down to the wire Saturday night as Hermon’s Kris Watson and Holden’s Steve Moulton started the night separated by only two points. When the night was over, Watson won the feature event and the point’s title, with Moulton finishing second in both races. Watson’s Camaro was hooked up this week-end as he took a win at Unity Raceway on Friday night, then backed it up with his win at 95 on Saturday. Moulton did all he could to beat Watson, but never got close enough to mount a serious challenge in the feature. After one false start, the race went caution free, with Watson taking the lead on lap one and holding it to the end. Moulton finished second with Lindsey Young of Winterport getting the third place trophy after Artie McGuire of Bucksport was disqualified in post race inspection. Derek Mingo of Lamoine then finished fourth with Hermon’s Doug Sinclair in fifth. Watson also won the 10 lap qualifier earlier in the evening bringing his total margin for the season to 6 points over Moulton for the championship.
Travis Poulin of Holden picked up his first win of the season in the Strictly Streets as he held off three time winner Doug Day of Glenburn for most of the race. Day could get as close as Poulin’s rear bumper, but was unable to make the pass for the lead, which he tried several times to do. Day finished second, with Shawn Hamel of Bangor in third. Fourth went to Shawn Hamel II of Bangor and Ellsworth’s Bradley Norris finished fifth. Norris had garnered enough points over the season to become the point’s champion without even starting the night’s event. Doug Day was the winner of the night’s qualifier.
Brent Fletcher of Old Town picked up his third win of the season in the Sport-Fours Saturday night in a car borrowed from David Green of Hampden, a fellow driver in the division. Fletcher had blown the engine in his own car during practice earlier in the evening and Green, who had the season’s points title locked up going in to the night’s program, loaned his car to Fletcher so Fletcher could hold his second place standings for the season. As Fletcher’s car sat idle in the pit area, the night’s second place finisher, Ralph Allen of Hermon, borrowed a brake rotor from it so he could compete in the night’s racing, and third place finisher Jeff Overlock Jr. of Hermon borrowed a distributor and wire set from Fletcher’s broken motor to get his car running for the feature event. Fourth went to Lewis Batchelder of Dixmont, without any parts borrowed from Fletcher’s car, and Rick Grant of LaGrange, who had won the qualifier earlier in the evening, finishing fifth.
The Little Enduros were back for another Saturday night of racing in a special 2 race series to finish out the 2009 season. Jason Trundy of Old Town passed race leader Donny Blanchard of Orrington on lap 15 of the 20 lap feature and won his second feature in a row since the division moved to Saturday nights. Trundy started near the back of the field because of his win the previous week, and quickly worked his way through the pack to challenge for the lead. Blanchard’s car began having engine troubles near the half way point, which slowed his car enough to allow Trundy to catch and pass him for the win. Blanchard held on for a second place finish, followed by Newburgh’s Darren Durrell in third. Travis Beale of Hampden finished in fourth with Bucksport’s Mike Ogden finishing in fifth. Blanchard and Adam Russell of Medford won the qualifiers for the main event.
Official finishing order of the Linnehan’s Credit Now Auto Company Triple Crown Series for Late Models, Round 2:
1. Josh St. Clair, Liberty 2. Mike Hopkins, Hermon, 3. Chris Thorne, Sidney 4. Chris Pangburn, Easton 5. Ryan Deane, Winterport 6. Joey Doyon, Winterport 7. Seth Raven, Waldo 8. Scott Modery, Hermon 9. Dave Farrington, Jay 10. Duane Seekins, Stockton Springs 11. John Phippen Jr. Bar Harbor 12. Ricky Morse, St. Albans 13. Dave St. Clair, Liberty 14. Richard Jordan, Kingfield 15. James Osmond, Wiscasset 16. Duane Love, W. Gardiner 17. Shane Clark, Winterport 18. Adam Chadbourne, Woolwich 19. Danny Smart, Buxton 20, Fred Brown, Winterport 21. Brenton Parritt, Steuben 22. Dylan Turner, Freedom 23. Rowland Robinson Jr. Steuben 24. Puncin St. Clair, Liberty 25. Frank Moulton, Burnham 26. Will Collins, Appleton 27. Tyler Robbins, Montville 28. Dale Swoboda, Hermon.
Did not start: Shane Lane, Kingfield, Joe Allard, Stetson.
by Jay | Sep 6, 2009 | Maine, Speedway 95
Hermon’s Scott Modery finally dug his Late Model racer out of the garage last week after spending the summer helping his son, Ryan, learn to race and win the points title in the Stars of Tomorrow, a division for 11-14 year olds. In only his second race at Speedway 95 this season, Scott picked up the win in the Late Model Division Saturday night. One caution flag interrupted the race when Joey Doyon of Winterport and Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs spun on the backstretch, sending Ryan Deane of Winterport off the track and into the turn three tire wall. All drivers recovered to return to the race. Modery took the lead on the restart, and while he was leading by a couple of car lengths, Fred Brown of Winterport and Dale Swoboda of Hermon were having a tight battle for the second and third spots over the last 15 laps of the event. The two veteran drivers raced side by side, with Brown on the outside and Swoboda on the inside. Brown came out ahead when the checkered flag fell, finishing the race in second, with Swoboda in third. Josh St. Clair of Liberty and John Phippen Jr, of Bar Harbor rounded out the top five. Seekins won the qualifier and started the race on the pole.
The Little Enduro Division put on the show of the night as 21 cars took the green flag for the first race in a two race series to finish out the Saturday night season. Travis Beale of Hampden led the first five laps until a tap from Jason Trundy sent Beale high on the track, allowing Trundy to get by on the inside. Beale did a masterful job of controlling his car and managed to hold on to the second spot. Trundy led until a red flag on lap 17, caused when David Ogden of Old Town and Dennis Burns of Carmel went off the track in turn 1, tightened the field up for the restart. Trundy got the jump on the restart, but another red halted the field on lap 18. This time it was for Mark Lane of Newport and Burns, again, colliding in turn 1. Beale got the lead on the restart and battled with Trundy until lap 22 when Beale got caught on the outside behind a slower car. Trundy retook the lead on the low side and went on the post the win. Beale finished in second, with Kyle Gallant picking up third. Darren Durrell of Newburgh was fourth with Donny Blanchard of Orrington finished fifth. Mike Ogden of Bucksport and Beale won the qualifiers.
Doug Day of Glenburn started the Strictly Street feature in the 5th spot, but by lap 4 had raced his way into the lead which he held to the finish in the caution free event. Not too far behind, Travis Poulin of Holden and points leader Bradley Norris of Ellsworth were holding their own side by side race for the second and third spots. On lap 20, Poulin used the slower car of Dover-Foxcroft’s Brad Finnemore for a pick and forced Norris to back off and slide in behind him in third. Not content there, Norris clawed his way back beside Poulin to take second place by a nose at the checkers. Poulin finished third with Shawn Hamel II of Bangor fourth and Shawn Hamel of Bangor in fifth. Day also won the 10 lap qualifier.
Steve Moulton and Kris Watson are in a close battle for the points title in the Super Streets and their one-two finish in the feature on Saturday night showed why. Moulton started the event in the 8th spot, and by lap three had worked his way into the lead. Meanwhile Watson, who broke his car at Unity on Friday night, borrowed a car from Dave St. Clair, with permission from Josh St. Clair, the driver scheduled to be in the car,
and chased Moulton for the entire event, finishing a close second. The newest driver in the St. Clair family, 15 year old Ryan St. Clair of Liberty, grandson of David and brother of Josh, drove a strong race to come from the rear to finish in third. Artie Maguire of Bucksport was fourth with Lindsey Young finishing fifth. The race was stopped by caution only once when Hermon’s Doug Sinclair and Franklin’s Mike Overlock tangled in the fourth turn and ended up in the tire wall. Both drivers recovered without assistance from the track crews and continued in the race. Moulton was the winner of the qualifier earlier in the evening.
Racing action was superb again in the Sport-Fours as Gary Richards of Stetson picked up his second win of the season. Behind him, Kyle Gallant of Veazie and Rick Grant of LaGrange had a fierce battle going for the second and third spots with Gallant coming out ahead when the checkered flag fell. Grant finished third, but was unable to make the post race interview as his radiator exploded just past the finish line, causing him to spin off the track in turn one in his own water. Fortunately for the rest of the field, he was on the outside and they were able to avoid the mess by staying low on the track. Points leader David Green of Hampden finished in fourth with James Johnson II of Bucksport in fifth.
Green won the 10 lap qualifier.
The final event of the 2009 racing season at Speedway 95 will be held on Saturday, September 12 at 6:30. Highlighting the card, which includes the Super Streets, Strictly Streets, Sport-Fours and Little Enduros, will be race 2 of the Linnehan’s Credit Now Auto Company Triple Crown series for Late Models. This race will be 54 laps and pay $1754 to the winner. The friends and Family of Bob Coburn, a former driver of the #54 Pro Stock at the speedway who passed away in June, have raised $1054 to add to the normal $700 first prize and asked that the race be run for 54 laps in his memory. In addition, Linnehan’s Credit Now Auto Company will be holding a drawing during the night that will award three prizes to lucky fans in attendance in the grandstand. First prize will be $1000.00 cash, second is a Dale Earnhardt collectible die cast, and third prize will be 2 tickets to the Sprint Cup race in Louden N.H. on Sept 20. The final leg of the Linnehan’s Triple Crown Series will be held at Unity Raceway on Sunday. October 11.
