The question in Oxford Plains Speedway’s Budweiser Pro Late Model division has changed. Through the first three months of the season, the mystery was when the class would see its first repeat winner. Now everyone wonders when, and if, T.J. Brackett will be stopped. Brackett, the defending division champion, won his second consecutive 50-lap feature […]
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Around the Track: Farrington on top at Beech Ridge
JAY — It wasn’t that long ago when a young man from Franklin County was tearing up karting tracks up and down the Eastern seaboard, and even out into parts of the Midwest. After several record-setting seasons in karts, Jay native Dave Farrington Jr. jumped directly into a Pro Stock in 2008, and thus began […]
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Local Auto Racing: King fends off Farrington in Beech Ridge classic
Two of Maine’s rising super late model stars picked up Saturday night where they left off a week ago in Oxford 250 qualifying — and stepped up the drama considerably. Once again it was Tyler King of Livermore Falls and Dave Farrington Jr. of Jay proving that the age-old sports rivalry between their communities is […]
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Local Racing Roundup: Chaisson keeps no-repeat streak intact at OPS
There won’t be a repeat winner in the Budweiser Pro Late Model division at Oxford Plains Speedway heading into Sunday’s Oxford 250. Gary Chiasson of Peru assured that unprecedented oddity Friday night, becoming the eighth different driver to win a 50-lap main event in the top class at the track this season. Chiasson stormed past […]
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Auto Racing: King rolling at Ridge
LIVERMORE FALLS — While youth and exuberance may be the dominant trend in NASCAR racing, it’s generally the veterans who set the pace and visit the podium on a regular basis. Yet from the premier Sprint Cup Series on down to the weekly Whelen All-American Series classes at short tracks across the country, a number […]
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Auto Racing Roundup: King bounces back at Beech Ridge
Tyler King of Livermore Falls rallied from an early brush with the wall and multiple pit stops to score a second-place finish in the NASCAR Pro Series feature Saturday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Don Colpritt Jr. won the caution-plagued race. King started fourth but was involved in a skirmish in the opening laps […]
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Auto Racing Roundup: Sanborn tops huge Pro field at OPS
Trevor Sanborn topped one of the largest headline-division fields in many years at Oxford Plains Speedway to win the Budweiser Pro Late Model feature Monday afternoon. Sanborn, of Limerick, took the lead from early dominator and two-time OPS champion Tim Brackett of Buckfield on a lap 33 restart. The fourth and final caution flag of […]
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Auto Racing Roundup: Rowe wins Beech Ridge PASS 150
Ageless Mike Rowe took the lead from Scott Mulkern on a lap 101 restart Saturday and forged ahead to victory in the Pro All Stars Series Southern Maine Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough. Rowe, 63, of Turner, has won well over 200 races and countless championships, carrying the checkered flag in […]
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Local Racing Roundup: Shawn Knight wins Saturday at OPS; PASS 150 is Sunday afternoon
Shawn Knight kept up his red-hot recent pace with his second Budweiser Super Late Model win of the year at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday night. Knight charged past third-generation racer Gunnar Rowe with 19 laps remaining and set sail to the win. Kyle Treadwell was second, followed by multi-time PASS champion Johnny Clark, point […]