{"id":19841,"date":"2015-09-04T11:26:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T15:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=19841"},"modified":"2015-09-04T11:26:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T15:26:01","slug":"2016-date-announced-for-43rd-annual-oxford-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/2016-date-announced-for-43rd-annual-oxford-250\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Date Announced For 43rd Annual Oxford 250"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/race-tracks\/oxford-plains-speedway\/oxford\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9715\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/oxford-300x97.jpg\" alt=\"oxford\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9715\" \/><\/a><strong>2016 Date Announced For 43rd Annual Oxford 250<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OXFORD, ME (September 3) \u2013 Following the huge success of this year\u2019s Oxford 250, Oxford Plains Speedway owner Tom Mayberry announced today the date for the 2016 event.  The richest single day short track racing event in North America will continue once again on the same weekend and be held August 26 &#8211; 28, 2016.  The 43rd Annual Oxford 250 will again pay $25,000 to the winner and will be a Pro All Stars Series (PASS) sanctioned, \u201copen\u201d Super Late Model event, with qualifying heat races and feature racing for the PASS Super Late Models on August 28 and will continue the single day tradition that has made this race famous.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The 2015 AIM Recycling USA Oxford 250 Presented By Kenny U-Pull saw droves of race fans from the United States and Canada and over 70 Super Late Models, making this one of the most successful editions of the venerable race in over a decade.  Glen Luce of Turner, ME captured the checkered flag and took home $30,100 for his winning efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s race was a great event and once again proved that the Oxford 250 is one of the premier events in all of short track racing,\u201d said Mayberry.  \u201cBut despite that success, our team at Oxford Plains Speedway began planning and working for next year\u2019s race the day after Glen Luce took the checkered flag in this year\u2019s Oxford 250.  The race still has room to grow and we plan on it being even bigger and better next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to three nights of racing action surrounding the Oxford 250, plans are already in place to continue the \u201cNight Before The 250\u201d bonfire and concert, further enhancing the festive fan experience leading up to the big race.  A full schedule of events and support divisions for the 43rd Annual Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway will be announced in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2016 Date Announced For 43rd Annual Oxford 250 OXFORD, ME (September 3) \u2013 Following the huge success of this year\u2019s Oxford 250, Oxford Plains Speedway owner Tom Mayberry announced today the date for the 2016 event. The richest single day short track racing event in North America will continue once again on the same weekend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,124],"tags":[149],"class_list":["post-19841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maine","category-oxford-plains-spedway","tag-oxford-250"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19842,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19841\/revisions\/19842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}