by | Jul 7, 2014 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
The 41st Annual Oxford 250 is quickly coming upon us, as July 20th is just a couple weeks away, and the excitement and buzz about the event is at an all time high. With almost fifty cars pre-entered for the mega event, and close to seventy Super Late Models expected, the entry list reads like a Who’s Who in the racing world.
This year’s edition will feature a strong contingent from the PASS South Series as several teams will head north to try and capture the Oxford 250 winner’s trophy. Leading the way will be Preston Peltier from Concord, North Carolina. Peltier has numerous PASS South victories, and is always a threat to win the big events. Tyler Dippel from Walkill, New York has picked up victories in 2014 down south and he is ready for the challenge. The father and son team of Jay Fogleman, and Tate Fogleman will be returning to the Oxford 250 for the second consecutive year, with Jay Fogleman vowing to be a contender after last year’s podium finish. Recent PASS South winner, Daniel Hemric has thrown his hat into the ring, as well as Derek Kneeland, and don’t forget two time NASCAR Sprint Cup winner, Steve Park will be aboard the potent Dickie Woodman entry.
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by | Jul 7, 2014 | PASS
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by | Jul 6, 2014 | Maine, Speedway 95
Andrew McLaughlin came back from last week’s disappointing fourth place finish after leading for 35 laps to finishing half a lap ahead of the field in the 40 lap Dysart’s Late Model feature at Speedway 95 Saturday night. Starting on the outside pole, McLaughlin battled side by side with pole sitter Nick Jenkins of Milo for the first two laps, but took the lead for good on lap 3 and led to the checkers in the caution free race. McLaughlin stretched out his lead while Jenkins battled with John Curtis Jr. of Hermon for over 20 laps for the second spot, which Jenkins took for good on lap 28 and held to the finish. Curtis then engaged in a battle for third with Orrington’s John Kalel II for laps 30 through 38, with Kalel taking the spot for a third place finish. Brenton Parritt of Steuben then got by Curtis on the final lap to take fourth, with Curtis ending up in fifth. Dean Smart of Bradley and Brenton Parritt of Steuben won the night’s qualifiers Zach Audet of Skowhegan led the Coca Cola Sport 4 35 lap Street Landscaping series event #2 from pole to checkers, holding off Cornville’s Brad Bosworth through three cautions to take the win. Bosworth missed a shift on the original start and played catch up for the whole race, finishing in second just ahead of his brother Jayson Bosworth, also of Cornville, who finished third. 12 year old Dylan Street of Old Town ran a strong race, finishing in fourth, holding off a stiff challenge from Milford’s Garett Hayman, who came from the back of the pack following a lap 5 spin into the turn three wall to finish fifth. Sixth place in the series event went to Carmel’s Ted Ryder, with Hermon’s Andrew Crosby in seventh. Jeremy Scott of Carmel, Ed Archer Jr. of Clinton and Darren Durrell of Newburgh rounded out the top ten in that order. Audet and Bosworth were the heat race winners and started the event on the front row.
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by | Jul 6, 2014 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
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by | Jul 6, 2014 | New
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Joey Doiron has not been setting the world on fire in the 2014 PASS North Super Late Model Series, but his luck may have just peaked at the right time as he picked up a big win in the Southern Maine Motors Firecracker 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine this past Saturday night. Doiron’s victory comes just two weeks before the biggest Super Late Model event in the Northeast, that being the 41st Annual Oxford 250 on July 20th.
Joey Polewarzyk started on the point for the main event, and set a blistering early pace as he was starting to lap cars 30 laps into the race. Glen Luce held onto second, while Austin Theriault, Doiron and Scott Mulkern settled in for a long run of green flag laps. The first caution waved on lap 56 for a minor spin in turn three. The restart saw Mulkern get the jump with Doiron glued to his back bumper. On lap 90 Mulkern slipped up in turn three allowing Doiron to slip underneath for the lead. Mulkern recovered in time to hold off a fast charging Mike Rowe, and Theriault. (more…)
by | Jul 6, 2014 | Connecticut, NASCAR, Waterford, Whelen All American Series
Waterford, CT (July 5, 2014) – Waterford Speedbowl’s mid-season
championship Overdrive Radio 300 event hit the asphalt Saturday night with
extra distance racing by the track’s core six divisions. The big winner
was Keith Rocco of Berlin, scoring top honors in the night’s 100-lap SK
Modified® main event. Bruce Thomas Jr. of Groton won an entertaining
50-lap Valenti Auto Mall Late Model race, while Old Lyme’s Jeff Smith was
a first-time winner in the SK Light Modifieds after an impressive
performance. Franklin’s Josh Galvin was back in Victory Lane in the
50-lap Street Stock race and Garrett Denton of Hope Valley, RI won his
second consecutive race in the night’s 50-lap Mini Stock event. Mike
Christopher Jr. of Wolcott won his third straight INEX Legend Cars race.
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by | Jul 5, 2014 | Maine, Oxford Plains Speedway
A major announcement from Oxford Plains Speedway, Route 26 in Oxford, Maine has been released to the general public stating that Oxford Plains Speedway will be switching their Friday night, Budweiser Oxford Championship Series racing over to Saturdays on August 2, 2014.
Oxford Plains Speedway President Tom Mayberry confirmed the announcement stating the following; “After much deliberation, we have made the decision to switch our Friday night program to Saturday nights beginning on Saturday, August 2, 2014. We have done everything possible to make our Friday night show work, but unfortunately the numbers in the grandstands just haven’t increased enough to make it sustainable. One of the biggest complaints that we have received about Friday night racing is that people from more than an hour away can’t seem to get here in time for the races. By the time they get out of work, get home and relax over dinner, they are totally rushed and many just stay home. We feel that everyone can make it out to the track on a Saturday night, and not be as hurried. We are hoping this will increase the number of fans at OPS weekly. We have an unbelievable show on Friday nights, and we think it will only get better. Several drivers are unable to get to the track on Fridays as their work schedule does not allow for them to get here, and this should also add to our solid car counts, making us even stronger and more appealing to the race fan.”
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by | Jul 5, 2014 | PASS
EASLEY, SC (July 3) – Daniel Hemric made what has become an almost characteristic late race surge to pass rookie Harrison Burton with four laps to go and claim the win in the 8th running of the Firecracker 125 Thursday night at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. Hemric’s sixth career Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Model win was tempered, however, when a car he owned, driven by Denver Foran stopped on the track to bring out a caution with 22 laps to go. PASS officials deemed that Foran intentionally stopped on the speedway to bring out the caution. Foran has been suspended indefinitely by PASS for attempting to manipulate the outcome of the race and Hemric has been fined and placed on probation for the remainder of the season.
“Hats off to Carswell Motorsports, to do this four times this year is just unbelievable for me and the whole team,” said Hemric, after sweeping both PASS events at Greenville-Pickens Speedway this year. “We get so strung out here and I was hoping we would be 9th or 10th when that last caution came out with 25 laps to go. When they said we were 18th I got a little worried, but everything worked out.”
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by | Jul 4, 2014 | Maine, Speedway 95
For the second week in a row, Speedway 95’s attempt to kick off its Wacky Wednesday season was thwarted by Mother Nature, as rain began to fall just prior to the beginning of the night’s activities. In attendance and ready to participate were cars in the new 100% stock 4/6/8 cylinder Enduro, Modified 4/6/8 cylinder Enduro, Stars of Tomorrow and Full size pick-up trucks. This night’s racing will be made up on Friday, July 25 as an added race to that week’s scheduled racing. All Wacky Wednesday divisions will race twice that week, with the regularly scheduled show on Wednesday, July 23, then the make up night on Friday. July 25. With only 10 race meets scheduled for the brief season, track owner Del Merritt wanted to give the racers an opportunity to race as often as possible within the 10 weeks scheduled between June 25 and August 27a.
Following it’s regularly scheduled show on Saturday, July 5, Speedway 95 will resume it’s Saturday night racing on July 26, after a two week lay-off, with no racing scheduled for Saturday, July 12 and Saturday, July 19. Speedway 95 will present “Monster Truck Mayhem” on Friday July 18 and Saturday July 19.
by | Jul 4, 2014 | New
Barre, VT – The 35th running of the Vermont Governor’s Cup 150, presented by VP-Small Engine Fuels (SEF), to be held Thursday, July 10th, at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT, will in all likelihood break the 6 race string of consecutive different feature winners to begin the 2014 racing campaign.
Jimmy Hebert, Williamstown, VT is the latest entry for the VT Governor’s Cup. He is currently second in points after the first six events on the American Canadian Tour (ACT) this season. “We have a pretty long time before our next ACT point’s race, (Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, August 9, 2014) and with T-Road just about five minutes from our shop, the guys thought it would be fun to go back to a track that we are pretty familiar with. We usually have pretty good luck with the 150 lap races, and having a chance to race with Clint Bowyer at my home track is pretty cool, “said Hebert.
In recent years the VT Governor’s Cup presented by VP-SEF has included guest appearances by NASCAR stars, Ken Schrader, Tony Stewart and Clint Bowyer. The only non-Thunder Road regular visiting driver to win the VT Governor’s Cup was ACT point leader Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. (Pole) from Hudson, NH. He won the VT Governor’s Cup during the 50th anniversary of Thunder Road in 2009.
The ACT Late Model division at Thunder Road is loaded with previous champions. Most have graduated from the intermediate Bond Auto Tiger Division over the years. Barre’s favorite son, Nick Sweet won a Tiger Championship in 2007 and two King of the Road championships in 2010 and 2012. John Donahue is back racing for his first Late Model track championship; he won back to back Tiger titles in 2000 and 2001. Montpelier’s David Pembroke won a Tiger championship and has two “King of the Road” titles. Shawn Fleury is a three time Tiger Champion looking for his first ACT Late Model win in this year’s Governor’s Cup.
Defending Thunder Road Late Model track Champion Derrick O’Donnell from North Haverhill, NH also won a Tiger crown in 2011. “There has always been something special about winning at Thunder Road. Maybe it’s the crowd, certainly the competition is as good as any short track in the country, but the track itself is also a constant challenge every time out. Winning there takes more than a good set-up, you have to have some luck, things happen in a hurry, but I guess that is what makes it so satisfying when you do get a win,” said O’Donnell.
The 35th running for the Vermont Governor’s Cup 150, presented by VP Small Engine Fuel is scheduled for Thursday, June 10. Gates will open at 4:00pm and post time for qualifying heats is 6:00pm. Adult tickets are just $20 dollars and kids 12 and under are free.
The 41st Annual Oxford 250 is quickly coming upon us, as July 20th is just a couple weeks away, and the excitement and buzz about the event is at an all time high. With almost fifty cars pre-entered for the mega event, and close to seventy Super Late Models expected, the entry list reads like a Who’s Who in the racing world.