OXFORD — He stunned the short track community back in June when he ran away with the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Big Jab 150.

Now, as the weekly point leader, he made his way to Victory Lane once again.

Jeff White drove inside of TJ Brackett on lap 15, survived a mid-race restart and a strong late-race charge by Ben Ashline to capture the Q97.9 Late Model Trophy Dash Saturday night at Oxford Plains Speedway.  

Scott Farrington, Pete McCollett and Jim Davis Jr. were also feature winners on a beautiful late-summer night for stock cars in western Maine.

White padded his point lead with another impressive run, while Ashline settled for second. Tommy Ricker charged up from deep in the field to claim third, while Donnie Wentworth and Dave Farrington Jr. completed the top five.

“I have the best pit crew around,” White said. “They’ve worked hard all week, we went to Loudon on Tuesday and tested, then we tore the thing all apart to get it ready for tonight. We didn’t quite get everything done we wanted to today, but we were pretty close. These guys of mine always show up and work on the car, and I sure appreciate all they do for me.”  

Finishing sixth through 10th in the Late Model feature was Brackett, Shane Green, Ricky Rolfe, Carey Martin and Shawn Martin (no relation). After some trouble getting into a rhythm, the Late Model pilots put on quite a show with plenty of side-by-side battles.  

Only two points race remain in 2011, and they won’t run here next week since most will attend the ACT All-Star Late Model Challenge at the famed New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Aside from the ACT Invitational in September, the Challenge is without argument the biggest thing to ever happen to Late Model racing.

Also on hand Saturday night to enhance the activities were the cars and stars of the Atlantic Coast Old Timers. Four beautiful vintage sprint cars took the green flag for a 15-lap feature, with Bruce Carman, of Shaftsbury, Vt., taking top honors in a replica machine he constructed.

The fans seemed to enjoy a look back into early Sprint car competition as the 2011 season rapidly winds down.

In earlier feature action,  Farrington made a fine outside pass on Jamie Heath going through turns 3 and 4 on lap 7 and pulled away to victory in the Runnin’ Rebel division. Craig Bartlett powered his way to second in the closing laps, while Heath settled for third. Jason Berry and Nate Dubuc completed the top five.

“I’m glad I just flipped the mirror up and didn’t look back,” Farrington said. “There are a lot of good cars in this division. I knew Craig and Jamie were back there, but the car was hooked up enough to hold them off. It feels great to win one before the season wraps up.”

McCollett turned his season around in a big way with a dominant performance in the 30-lap Mini Stock tilt. After a strong run in his qualifying heat, McCollett capped the night by running away from the field.

Multi-time division champion Jimmy Childs started 10th on the grid, blasted up into the top three by halfway but fell short of catching McCollett and settled for second. The Leeds native was gunning for his 42nd career win, but will have to wait another week. Former champion Danny Morris came home third, while defending champion Ashley Marshall and Lewiston’s Jeff Beaule completed the top five.

“You have no idea how much this win means to me,” McCollett said after admitting he just turned 50 last week. “My last win came way back in 1991, so this was a long time coming. It feels great. All these guys are tough so to pull this off is very rewarding, to say the least.”

Davis powered his way around the outside of Nick Hoyt on lap 6 and narrowly held off a late-race charge from Scott Collins to claim the Strictly Stock feature. The veteran from Sabattus had a sizable lead with 10 laps to go, but saw it evaporate as he approached the checkered flag.

Collins finished a close second on this night, while Hoyt settled for third. Peter Huston and Zach Emerson rounded out the top five in a caution-free affair.

After crashing his car on TD Bank 250 weekend, Davis was thrilled to have an extra week to make repairs before returning to battle.

“We could have fixed it in a week, but that second week to work sure did help,” Davis said. “The entire front end on this car is new, the sheet metal, the radiator, the fan and even the water pump. We’ve had our ups and downs this year, but we’re here and we’re going to continue to race through the end.”