The 47th running of the big race is Sunday. Will history be made?
Wil Kramlich
Wil Kramlich is a sports reporter who has lived in greater Lewiston/Auburn his whole life. Born in Lewiston, Wil grew up in Gray, where he played sports and fell in love with the sports section of the newspaper. He was a three-sport athlete at Gray-New Gloucester High School before participating on the track & field team at Westfield State University in Massachusetts for a year. He graduated from New England School of Communications in Bangor, and first interned for a couple of online media entities before landing his first newspaper job at the Journal Tribune in Biddeford. He has worked at the Sun Journal since 2015, covering high school and college sports and beyond. Wil is a father, husband and obviously a sports fanatic.
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Oxford 250 with small crowd “definitely going to be odd”
The expansive grandstands at Oxford Plains Speedway will look nearly empty, but drivers are thankful that the race will go on.
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Oxford 250: Teenagers Kate Re, Austin Teras taking on Oxford Plains’ old guard
17-year-old third-year Super Late Model driver Austin Teras and 16-year-old rookie Kate Re face an Oxford 250 field full of veterans.
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Auto Racing: Pandemic doesn’t slow down Oxford 250 preparation
Despite a delayed start to the season and tighter budgets due to COVID-19, drivers are still gearing up for the big race just as they have in past years.
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Auto racing: Rusty Poland’s plea pays off for Oxford 250 attempt
After finding support on social media, the Windham driver decides to go against his initial plan and try to qualify for the big race.
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Canton’s PJ Merrill has drive on the track and on the court
The Dirigo High School student races at Wiscasset Speedway when not playing basketball for the Cougars.
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Lewiston-Auburn anti-violence effort keeps growing, hopes to go virtual in September
Despite having to halt its training workshops in March, the group’s importance is still ‘huge,’ one instructor says.
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Auto racing: Cam Childs owns Outlaws at Oxford Plains Speedway
Childs won twice in the division on Saturday. Meanwhile, Farrington still on fire; Thorne in Sportsman competitors’ sides; and a big Beech Ridge debut.
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Auto racing: Dave Farrington Jr. finding his groove at Oxford Plains Speedway
The defending track champ at Beech Ridge is leading the Super Late Model points at Oxford with the 250 nearing.
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‘Whirlwind’ summer almost over for Auburn Rec Summer Camp
Leaders have sought to make the eight-week camp “normal” as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic.