Cale Clark, 7, of Farmington plays in a puddle Aug. 25 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford. Clark’s father won the Oxford 250 car race a year ago and was on hand during media day at the track. Cassius Clark was to defend his title Aug. 28 during the 49th annual running of the race. See coverage of the Oxford 250 in the Sun Journal sports section. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Hannah Pierce checks her inventory of concessions Aug. 23 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford. Pierce, manager of concessions on the grandstands side of the racetrack, says preparations for the Oxford 250 weekend began two months ago. So she did not run out of soda, beer and food for the race Aug. 28, Pierce says she ordered seven times what she buys for her second-busiest race of the season. “I am still placing orders,” she said Aug. 23. “I’m trying to make sense of it all.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Sean Wilson paints his Ford Crown Victoria Interceptor on Aug. 23 in Lewiston. “I do all the work myself — paint, fuel pumps, starters. I do it all,” Wilson says. “One of my friends calls me ‘Rattle Can Rocky.'” Wilson paints using the spray paint cans that rattle when shaken. He says it takes about 10 cans of spray paint per car. Wilson is known in the area for his work on Interceptors, a model built for use by those in law enforcement. “One officer calls this ‘Interceptor Lane,'” says Wilson, whose latest paint job consists of white, black and red paint. “This will be my tricolor Vic.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Nettie Gentempo, right, artistic director for the Nevaeh Dance Circus, practices her Hula Hoop routine Aug. 24 at Longley Square Park in Norway. The group’s final free performance that evening was to include Hula Hooping, juggling, stilt walking, dance, mime and clowning. Practicing above with Gentempo: Hailey Groves, 13, left, and Lottie Leavitt, 6, who is Gentempo’s daughter. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Zuri Charest, 4, reacts nervously Aug. 24 to the sight of a hypodermic needle as her mother, Amina Farah, gently turns Zuri’s head away. Farah and her husband, Kameron Charest, in back, brought their children to the pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Kennedy Park in Lewiston. Farah works at Clover Preschool in Auburn, and Zuri is getting ready to begin preschool. Younger brother Zayden, 2, waits at right for his shot. Kathy Fraser of the York County Emergency Management Agency, which is administering the program, is holding the needle. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal