A look back at the SK Modified event held at the Waterford Speedbowl on July 21, 2012 and won by Shawn Monahan over Keith Rocco & Tyler Chadwick. Includes in-car footage from Chadwick, Joe Gada & Tom Abele Jr cars. Also features grandstand commentary from Sid & his friends during the race.
AT Racing: TD Bank Oxford 250
Austin Theriault Oxford Plains Race Report
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished third in the 39th annual TD Bank Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, July 22. After winning his qualifying race to start sixth in the main event, the Brad Keselowski development driver used tire strategy to post his second consecutive Top-3 finish in the open Late Model competition. Theriault ran as high as second in the first half of the race, got shuffled back in traffic on a mid-race restart, and then moved from 13th to third in the running order over the final 40 laps. After becoming the yougest driver in the race’s history to finish on the podium last year with a third-place finish, Theriault finished third again in just his second career start.
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BRADFORD, VT – Up-and-coming Bond AutoParts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified stock car driver Justin Comes earned hissecond career victory in a dominant romp during 99ROCK Weekly Racing Seriesaction on Dennis Preston Builders Night at Bear Ridge Speedway on Saturday. The 20 year-old Middlebury, VT racer had beenexcruciatingly close to the checkered flag on numerous occasions in 2012, leadingseveral races and posting a string of three-straight third-place finishesearlier in the year.
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photo credit Alan Ward
From the sixth starting position, Comesrode the far outside lane in his No. 51 Flyin’ Ryan Auto Body-sponsoredModified to cut through the field and grab the lead from polesitter RichieSimmons with relative ease early in the 40-lap race. Top drivers Adam Pierson of Fairlee, VT andJason Gray of East Thetford, VT made late charges through traffic to finish secondand third, respectively. Kevin Chaffeeand Robert Tucker completed the top five, followed by Chris Donnelly, GarySiemons, Mike Dunn, Bob Shepard, and Simmons.
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ACT Veteran Pockets One of the Biggest Checks in 250 History
American Canadian Tour star Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, NH dominated the 39th Annual Oxford 250 at Oxford (ME) Plains Speedway on Sunday, July 22nd. The ACT veteran wheeled his Ford-powered Pole’s Automotive machine to one of the biggest paydays in Oxford 250 history at $45,500, while leading over 200 laps. Polewarczyk maneuvered through heavy lapped traffic throughout the majority of the event and held off a late race charge from Jeff Taylor and fellow ACT competitor Austin Theriault in second and third respectively.
Polewarczyk jumped out to a commanding lead early from the outside pole and lapped nearly half of the 39-car field before the first caution of the event flew on lap 69. With multiple lap cars cushioning his lead over the rest of the lead lap cars, Polewarczyk quickly stretched out his lead again after returning to green and was a half a track ahead when the second caution of the event came out on lap 135.
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Hudson N.H. – Erica Page won her first ever Roadrunner feature on July 22nd at Hudson International Speedway. Peter Raby started in the outside pole position and took the lead when the green flag dropped to start the race. Raby held the top spot for the first six laps of the race until mechanical woes sidelined his car. Page took over the lead at that point. A mid-race wreck involving Jen Lord, Jef James and Johnny Reefer brought out a red flag. James was checked out by EMS and released, Reefer walked away while Lord raced on but the cars of James and Reefer were badly damaged and towed off the track. When racing resumed Page continued to lead but had to fight off Nick Fissette before she could claim her winners trophy. Fissette had to settle for second. Joe Holden continues to improve and came home third. Tim Higginbotham was fourth and Todd Henshaw was fifth. Page and Jen Lord won the heat races.
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Joey Polewarczyk Jr. wins the TD Bank 250 with Jeff Taylor second and Austin Theriault third. The Race was incredibly quick and relatively caution free Oxford 250. Joey will take home $45,500. The biggest purse since Ralph Nason won $46,400 in 1998.
“This is huge. I don’t know what to say. I can’t believe it.” – Joey Polewarczyk
For the 2nd consecutive year… Austin Theriault finishes 3rd …. “We played some strategy games midway through the race. That’s why we headed towards the rear. I’m glad Joey won. Hopefully he doesn’t have to pay for the wedding now.” – Austin
Oxford ME (7/21) Cassius Clark nosed ahead of leader Kyle DeSouza on lap 130 of Saturday night’s Dunkin Donuts 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway and raced home with his third Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North win of 2012. Trevor Sanborn came back through the field for second and Derek Ramstrom earned third.
Clark’s win was his first PASS checker at Oxford Plains Speedway and the sixteenth of his PASS North racing career.
Brian Hoar and Kyle DeSouza brought the thirty one car field to the initial green and Hoar got out front first . Glen Luce came up to challenge Hoar early and led for a dozen laps but Hoar quickly reclaimed the lead on lap twenty. Andy Shaw was next to challenge and he got the job done on a lap 39 restart.
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Mulkern Racing: PASS North Series
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Report
Scott Mulkern of Falmouth, Maine, posted a season-high finish of sixth in the PASS North Series Dunkin Donuts 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, July 21. Mulkern, making only his fourth start in 2012, was part of a two-car effort at Oxford as teammate Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, finished 16th. Sommerville started sixth in the 31-car field, but he brought out a caution just two laps into the event when a loose part inside of his race car inadvertently shut off the engine. Mulkern started deep on the grid in 20th and had moved into the Top-10 by the halfway mark of the race, but his forward progress stalled out after a long green flag run.
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RPM Motorsports: PASS North Series
Brian Hoar Oxford Plains Speedway Race Report
OXFORD, Maine – Brian Hoar of Williston, Vt., matched a career-best PASS North Series finish with a fifth-place effort in the Dunkin Donuts 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, July 21. Hoar won his first career Super Late Model pole earlier in the day when he won the first of three heat races to set the 31-car field, and he led on two different occasions for a total of 15 laps in the event. Hoar, an 8-time ACT Late Model Tour champion who will complete the weekend double by competing in the TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains on Sunday, never dropped out of the Top-5 in the RPM Motorsports No. 37 GossCars.com Dodge Charger.
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