by Jay | Aug 18, 2009 | ACT, Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
Wiscasset, ME- The Center of Speed 300 this Sunday is a day that is going down in the record books at Wiscasset Raceway. The weather was perfect, the fans where in the stands and the drivers and crews brought their cars. After 140 laps of action packed racing in the Steel’s Real Rod’s and Custom’s Late Model division the last ten laps made the crowd rise to their feet. Harpswell’s T.J. Watson was able to hold of Adam Chadbourne for the $5,000 dollar payday. Not only did the win put money in Watson’s pocket but it also earned him an invitation to the A.CT. race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway next month. Watson already had a deal going with Sally Graves, a late model car owner from New Hampshire that if he did indeed qualified for the race that their team would supply T.J. with a car and that looks like that will be the case. Chadbourne did finish second with Johnny Clark who was pulling double duty coming home third. Fourth went to Steve Reno out of West Bath and fifth went three time LMS champion Chris Thorne from Sidney
The 150 lap Clark’s Car Crushing Pro Stock race was a thriller as well. Johnny Clark showed his dominance through the entire race but in the Scott Chubbuck would get by the three time P.A.S.S. champion on the outside. Chubbuck would take the checkered flag and the $5,000 check. Clark had his hands full but did finish second right in front of defending champion Randy Turner. Scott Moore of North Anson, ME finished fourth and Newcastle’s Charlie Colby finished fifth.
by Jay | Aug 18, 2009 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
Wiscasset, ME- Tasha Dyer is not your everyday 15 year old girl. She’s not into painting nails or make up parties. She is into trying to win races in the Aable Auto Parts Mini Stock division at Wiscasset Raceway on Saturday nights. This past Saturday night she did just that. Tasha held off point leader Ryan Ripley of Waldoboro to get her first career win the division. Ripley would hold on for second with Bob Grady bringing home third. Thomas True would get fourth and fifth would go to Pete McCollett.
The U.S. Cellular Mini Truck division saw new comer Tony Field pick up the victory. Tony held off a late race challenge from Opie Allard and Ryan Hayes for the win. Allard and Hayes would get second and third. Fourth would go to Roger Allard and fifth to Josh Harjula.
Mike Moody picked up win number five on the season in the New England Transmission Strictly Street division. Nate Yeaton would get his second career top three finish in second and Jamie Henderson would bring home third. Fourth and fifth went to Ian Bresnehan and Josh Bailey.
The Verizon Wireless Super Street’s put on a great show over 25 laps. In the end it was Appleton’s Jeremy Glasier picking up the win. Adam Chadbourne jumped down into his super for the night and finished second. Third would go to Josh St. Clair. Bryan Robbins finished fourth and Allan Moeller Jr. fifth.
Tomorrow Aug. 16th The Center of Speed 300. Start time 2pm. BE THERE!!!
by Jay | Aug 12, 2009 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
Wiscasset, ME- Every Saturday night at Wiscasset Raceway is exciting. The crowd on their feet cheering on their favorite drivers. The drivers racing hard, side by side and fender to fender for the ultimate prize, the checkered flag.. The pit crews working constantly to try and get their car to go just a little bit better then the crew in the next pit stall over. Sound like fun to you? Well then come on out to The Center of Speed, Wiscasset Raceway on Saturday at 5pm and Sunday at 2pm to see a full card of action packed stock car racing. The 150 lap Late Model portion of the 300 weekend has more then just $5,000 pay day to the winner but the driver who crosses the finish line first will have a guaranteed starting spot in the A.C.T Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Whoever the winner may be the win is not going to come easy Chris Thorne, Joey Pole and T.J. Watson just to name a few have already signed up. If that wasn’t enough how about the 150 lap Pro-Stock portion of the big weekend which will feature such drivers as Mike Rowe, Scott Chubbuck, Charlie Colby and Scott Moore and more. The biggest news for the weekend though may just be Johnny Clark who will be attempting to compete in both 150 lap races Sunday and is looking to be the first driver to ever win two 150 lap races on the same day at Wiscasset Raceway. Also race fans bring your campers and tents because Saturday Night Crazy Larry, Maine Elvis impersonator will be performing and hosting karaoke.
Operation Recognition
Silent Auction
Sunday August 16th
Don’t miss it!
Item
Donor
Home Energy Auditing
Home Energy Auditor
3 Month Gift Certificate
Curves of Boothbay
Smoker/Grill
Home Depot
Serving Platter
Edgecomb Potters
4 Tickets + Pit Passes
Wiscasset Raceway
Ride for 2 Antique By-Plane
Owls Head Transportation Museum
1 Night Stay (2 separate entries)
Captain Lord Mansion
Cordless Tool set/Bench
Ames True Value Hardware
$50 Bond (2 separate entries)
First National Bank
4′ Glass Mirror
Wiscasset Glass
Boston Larger Cooler Bag (4 separate entries)
Sam Adams Beer/Boston Beer Co.
1 year Subscription Wiscasset Newspaper/Boothbay Register
Wiscasset/Boothbay Register
Josh Beckett signed Baseball
Boston Red Sox Foundation
Leon Powe signed Basketball
Celtics Foundation
4 Tickets to 300 Raceway/ Reserved Seating
Wiscasset Raceway
4 Days/3 Night stay/Bar Harbor
Major and Mrs. R Suydam III
Gift Basket
Gryffon Ridge
Gift Certificate 93 Townsend Restaurant
93 Townsend Restaurant
Gift Certificate
Sarah’s Restaurant
2 Hour Boat Cruise ( quantity (?))
River Run Tours
Flag flown over US Capital
Congressman Michaud
1 painting
Mrs. Boucher
1 year adult membership to the Boothbay YMCA
Elise Roberts
Gift Cert
Reny’s
Gift Basket (sports related)
RelivMaine
Free Chimney Cleaning
Robert Conlin – Maine Coast Chimney Co.
Operation Recognition is a non-profit, non-partisan group, founded to deliver a long-overdue Thank-you! to our servicemen and women. They risk their lives for our protection and well-being and we believe they deserve a meaningful gesture of appreciation: a week of R&R in Maine. We’re here to make it the best possible experience these soldiers and their families could ever imagine.
by Jay | Aug 9, 2009 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
Wiscasset, ME- Chuck Colby is no stranger to victory lane at Wiscasset Raceway. Chuck has already visited Soule’s Auto Supply victory lane on more then one occasion this year and a countless number in years past. Saturday night however could have been one of the hardest battles Colby has had to fight to get there. Chuck held off Travis Benjamin over the closing laps to pick up the win. Benjamin would however finish second but he to had to work for the strong finish as he had Scott Chubbuck hot on his heels. 2008 division champion Randy Turner finished fourth and Jeff Burgess fifth.
The Aable Auto Parts Mini Stock’s put on a great show for the fans with two youngsters, Thomas True and Ryan Ripley leading the way. True would be able to hold Ripley off for the win. Ryan Ripley would finish second with Pete McCollett third. Fourth would go to Tim Collins and fifth to Doug Ripley.
The U.S. Cellular Mini Truck division saw Ryan Hayes put the #17 truck in victory lane again. Rick Sirios finished second after a post race inspection shake up. Third would go to Josh Harjula and fourth to Brandon Crandall. Rounding out the top five was Russ Anderson.
In the New England Transmission Strictly Street division Maurice Young of Windsor picked up his first win of the season. The 7 time track champion raced side by side with Mike Moody for 15 laps to get the win. Moody would finish second with Jamie Henderson third. Fourth and fifth would go to Alex Waltz and Dan Nezmith.
The Verizon Wireless Super Street’s saw a long red flag period and the race took about on hour to complete but it was worth the wait to see, Appleton’s Jeremy Glasier beat Bernie Dinsmore to the checkered flag. Ed Drake grabbed third with Bryan Robbins getting fourth and Allan Moeller Jr. fifth.
The Steel’s Real Rod’s and Custom’s late model division had the crowd on their feet as well Saturday. Adam Chadbourne picked up his first career victory in a late model. He did so in front Steve Reno of West Bath and Seth Raven of Waldo. Fourth would go to Chris Thorne and fifth to Will Collins.
Sat. 15th 5 p.m.– Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital Night
Sun. 16th 2 p.m.- Center of Speed 300 Weekend – Twin 150’s – 150 Lap Pro Stock Open Event plus 150 Lap Late Model Open Event/Qualifier for the
ACT Invitational to be held September 19th at NHIS
by Jay | Aug 2, 2009 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
Wiscasset, ME- South China’s Brian Fortin has been racing since 2002. He started in the Mini Stock ranks where he had many feature wins and a countless number of trophies. When it was time to move up Brian decided to buy a Verizon Wireless Super Street. In his rookie year Brian picked up a feature victory but it was due to a failed post race inspection. The same thing had happened to Brian year after year and even already in 2009. However Motor Supply night at Wiscasset Raceway changed all of that. Fortin showed he could win on the track leading all 25 laps of the super street race. Ed Drake of Vassalboro finished second with Bryan Robbins bringing back the #51 to finish third. 2007 champion Bernie Dinsmore came back after being involved in a early race caution to finish fourth. Jason Gaboury would finish fifth.
The U.S. Cellular Mini Truck division had the crowed on their feet as Ryan Hayes passed Kevin Oliver on the last lap to pick up another feature win. Oliver would finish second with Russ Anderson third, Rick Sirios fourth and Josh Harjula fifth.
The Aable Auto Parts Mini Stock division saw Pete McCollett picking up his second win of the season in front of Ryan Ripley and Tim Collins. Tasha Dyer of Arrowsic finished fourth and Mark Childs fifth.
The New England Transmissions Strictly Street division had Ian Besnehan in his Cadillac El Dorado picking up the checkered flag with Mike Moody hot on his heels. Wally Henderson finished third with his son Jamie Henderson fourth. Alex Waltz rounded out the top five.
The Steel’s Real Rod’s and Custom’s Late Models had the crowed on the edge of their seat as well. Seth Raven held off Chris Thorne for his first win at Wiscasset. Thorne would get second with Steve Reno third. Nick Reno took home fourth and Duane Love fifth.
In the Clarks Car Crushing Pro Stocks Scott King finally broke through for a feature win. Scott Moore finished right behind him for second. Third would go to Chuck Colby with fourth and fifth going to Jeff Burgess and Dave Farrington respectively.
August, Sat. 8th – Regular Racing plus Wicked Good Vintage Race Cars
5 p.m.
Grandstand Admission:
Adults 18 to 64………..$10.00
Seniors……………………$8.00
Students 12 to 17………$8.00
Children 6 to 11………..$5.00
5 and under…………….FREE
Pit Admission:
All Ages…….$25.00
by Jay | Jul 26, 2009 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
Wiscasset, ME- Appleton’s Jeremy Glasier has won many features at Wiscasset Raceway. However he was winless in 2009. That was until the driver of the number 99 Glasier Construction sponsored Verizon Wireless Super Street beat 2007 division champion Bernie Dinsmore to the finish line on Ames True Value night at the “Center of Speed”. Allen Moeller Jr. of Dresden finished third with Brian Fortin and Shawn Austin finishing fourth and fifth respectively.
In the Aable Auto Parts Mini Stock division Ryan Ripley went wire to wire to pick up yet another feature victory. Tim Collins crossed the line second for his best Wiscasset Raceway finish. Thomas True brought his Red’s Eat’s Dodge home third. Pete McCollett was fourth and Doug Ripley beat out Tasha Dyer at the line to get fifth.
The U.S. Cellular Mini Truck division put on a great show for the fans and after many laps of side by side racing Rookie Ryan Hayes captured the checkered flag. Ryan Farra finished second with Russ Anderson taking third. Fourth and fifth would go to Opie Allard and his father Roger Allard.
The New England Transmission Strictly Streets saw Mike Moody pick another feature victory. Nate Yeaton finished second to pick up his first ever trophy. Third went to Jamie Henderson of Litchfield. Fourth went to Ian Bresnehan and fifth to Wally Henderson.
The Steel’s Real Rod’s and Custom’s late models saw a great battle on the high banks of Wiscasset. Steve Reno of Bath was able to hold off defending champion Chris Thorne to get the win. Thorne would finish second and third Adam Chadbourne. Duane Love took home fourth and Seth Raven fifth.
The Clark’s Car Crushing pro-stocks saw a great battle up front all 35 laps. Chuck Colby was able to hold off Gary Smith at the end though. The win was Colby’s second of the year. Smith finished second, Randy Turner third. Scott King keep up his string of good runs coming home fourth and Scott Moore of Anson finished fifth.
Next Week: Saturday August 1st – UniRugs and Motor Supply Auto Parts presents Regular Racing
5 p.m.
Grandstand Admission:
Adults 18 to 64………..$10.00
Seniors……………………$8.00
Students 12 to 17………$8.00
Children 6 to 11………..$5.00
5 and under…………….FREE
Pit Admission:
All Ages…….$25.00
