OXFORD – Jim Davis Jr. extended his Big Apple Summer Series point lead with a win in a rescheduled Outlaw feature Wednesday night at Oxford Plains Speedway.

The race program was marred by a crash involving Matt Dufault of Buckfield. Dufault, who crashed in the first regularly scheduled Outlaw race, was conscious when airlifted to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

John Morgan, Keith Landry, Bob Ferguson and Steve Moon won the four regularly scheduled Outlaw features.

Davis showed why he is the point leader in the division, charging from the back of the field to win an extra 8-cylinder feature added to make up for last week’s shortened program. It was his third win of the summer.

Davis didn’t crack the top five until the midpoint of the race and took the lead from Joe Bowie, who had held it from the green flag.

David Brown followed Davis the rest of the way to claim second. Addison Bowie, Shannon Judd and Rick Stone rounded out the top five.

Morgan patiently waited, taking the lead for the first time and for good on lap 18 to win his second race this summer.

Rookie Joe Geroux held the pole for the feature and looked strong as he tried to capture his first win. He looked strong even though Morgan closed the gap on him and only lost the lead when he went wide in turn two. He finished second. Chuck Truman was third and Jay Wilkins fourth.

Landry took advantage of a lap 7 restart to grab the lead and win his feature. It was his second win this season.

There were three leaders in the 20-lap race with Bob Morey leading the parade the first lap. George Campbell led for four laps before a broken fan belt took out his power steering and radiator hose.

Kevin Plummer was second behind Landry, with Ron Jordan Jr. third.

The final three laps of the third Outlaw feature looked more like a rugby scrum as several cars fought for the lead following a late caution.

Ferguson emerged from the dust in front to post his first-ever Summer Racing Series win. Todd Truman and Stone shared the lead before Ferguson took over.

Jamie Heath was second and Glen Henderson third.

Steve Moon edged Joe Bowie in the last two laps to claim the last Outlaw race. It was his third win of 2003.

Again, Bowie found himself leading for most of the laps but could not close it out. Unlike earlier in the evening when he finished out of contention, this time he took second place.

Addison Bowie, who ran second to Joe earlier on, finished third. Judd and Davis rounded out the top five.

Zach Robitaille and David Sullivan posted wins in two Sport Truck races.

Robitaille took the checkered flag for the first time this summer as he led the extra Sport Truck feature wire-to-wire.

The top five finishers found their place as early as Lap 14. There were no changes in the front-runners after that point.

Jerry Goss held second for all but one lap and despite the help of slower traffic could not figure out how to get past Robitaille.

Sullivan was third, with point leader Ed Prevost a distant fourth.

Sullivan improved on his performance by capturing the second trip around the track later in the evening.

Doug Cutler led the first seven laps but then was ambushed by Sullivan and Goss. Sullivan led one lap, then Goss three more before Sullivan regained the advantage for good.

For the second time in as many starts, Goss finished second.

Alicia Coolidge picked up her third win of the season by leading just the final 25 yards of the Ladies race.

Rae Ann Kane led the first seven laps, but after a caution she surrendered the point to Deanna Bisbee. Bisbee looked as though she would close out the race with the win, but Coolidge reeled her in late in the running.

Racing under the white flag, the pair entered turn four with a pair of lapped cars ahead. Bisbee went high and Coolidge low for the win.

Jodee Constantino, Stephanie Bowie, and Pam Morgan rounded out the top five.

Mike Winslow, Derrick Cairnes, Jeremy Heath and Greg Norton all claimed wins in the Runnin’ Rebel Division.

Winslow pushed the No. 81 Jetta to a win in the first feature.

Jamison Leavitt was not able to close the gap between himself and the leader for a second place finish.

James Cole, Jr., Rodney Ribas, and Nate Edwards finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively.

Cairnes inherited his win when the apparent victor was disqualified in a post-race inspection. Heath enjoyed the same windfall in the third race, followed by Charlie Webster.

It was a battle of Volkswagen Rabbits in the high-point feature as Norton and Jim Hart left the field in the dust. Hart could keep up with Norton and prepared to make a move on more than one occasion but could not figure out how to get in front. Scott Farrington held third place the last nine laps, while point leader Gary Chaisson finished fourth.

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