IndyCar pushing forward with Sunday’s season-opening race in St. Petersburg and NASCAR said it will run its next two races without fans.
auto racing
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
Daytona 500: Ryan Newman’s latest terrifying crash sends him to hospital
Newman involved in a ghastly crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500 that hospitalized him with non-life threatening injuries.
advertisement
Posted inLocal Sports, Sports
Auto racing roundup: Scott Moore wins at Oxford Plains Speeway
Anson driver earns first Super Late Model win at OPS since 2002.
Posted inSports
Auto racing: Kevin Douglass earns needed win at Wiscasset Speedway
Jamie Wright of Woolwich also scores a Pro Stock win on a double-feature night for the division.
Posted inLocal Sports
Auto racing: Oxford dragway to open in 2019 under new leadership
Sun Journal file photo from the 2014 Show Shine & Drag event at the Oxford Dragway. (SUN JOURNAL FILE PHOTO BY RUSS DILLINGHAM) Late in 2018, Oxford Plains Dragway announced that it wouldn’t be reopening in 2019, but then the New Year came and plans changed. So did the track’s leadership. Les Williams, who owns […]
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web
'Dream Ride' highlights Northeast Motorsports Expo
People walk past displays during the Northeast Motorsports Expo at the Augusta Civic Center in January 2018. (Kennebec Journal photo by Joe Phelan) AUGUSTA — More than 70 race vehicles will be crammed into the Augusta Civic Center this weekend, including one that isn’t even completed yet. One of the highlights of the 31st annual […]
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web
Around the Track: Harrison in title form at Wiscasset
DURHAM — Another second-generation racer from central Maine is enjoying a stellar season going in circles down on the midcoast. For 22-year-old Durham native Michael Harrison, son of Oxford veteran Kenny Harrison, the 2018 season has been productive, with two wins, five top-five and nine top-10 finishes in nine starts in Wiscasset Speedway’s highly-competitive Super Street […]
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web
Racing Roundup: Barker edges Gerry at Beech Ridge
SCARBOROUGH — Brandon Barker knows all about the role momentum plays in short track stock car racing. The young hotshoe from Windham has been on a tear as of late, running strong in Pro All Stars Series (PASS) events and winning a 50-lap Super Late Model feature at Oxford on Aug. 11. Last weekend, he carried […]
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web
The hype is real — Bubba Pollard wins Oxford 250 in first try
Bubba Pollard, along with his daughter Mac and wife Erin, celebrates winning the 45th annual Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway on Sunday. (Brewster Burns photo) OXFORD — For a first-time visitor, Bubba Pollard catches on fast. The professional short track racer from Senoia, Georgia, made a triumphant debut in Maine’s biggest stock car showcase, […]
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web
Legendary NASCAR PR guru Roberts enjoys first Oxford 250 visit
OXFORD — He’s one of stock car racing’s most well known and respected personalities, and he always wanted to make a trip to the Oxford 250. On Sunday, he knocked Maine’s short track classic off his bucket list. Former NASCAR public relations guru and current director the Alan Kulwicki Driver Development Program (KDDP) Tom ‘TR’ […]