It’s called” the junior box stock class,” but calling it “the generation class” may seem more appropriate. Go-kart racing is back at Oxford Plains Speedway, and the pits are filled with second-, third- and fourth-generation racers. Colby Brackett, 7, is a first-year driver, but he has lots of depth on his pit crew. The second-grader from […]
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Auto Racing: Treadwell’s rookie dreams come true
AUBURN — When the odds are stacked heavily against a goal we’re trying to achieve, it can be easy to just throw in the towel and say, “enough is enough.” Yet when Auburn native Kyle Treadwell was dreaming about qualifying for the famed Oxford 250 as a rookie in the track’s Pro Late Model division, he […]
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Oxford 250: Travis Benjamin tastes victory twice
Defending race winner Travis Benjamin came from 27th on the 44-car grid, took over the point at lap 227 and held off a hard-charging Austin Theriault to win his second consecutive Oxford 250 Sunday evening at Oxford Plains Speedway. Josh Childs (Street Stock); Matt Bourgoine (NELCAR Legends); Kris Watson (Outlaw Series); and Mark Lucas (PASS […]
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New outlook for Farrington at Oxford Plains Speedway
MINOT — Prior to the headline Pro Late Model feature on June 27, Scott Farrington was just another example of your average weekly warrior soldiering along in Oxford’s pit area. Doing his best on a limited budget while learning all he could from others, the easy-going driver from Minot knew some fine evening when the […]
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The Hot Corner: Selling the idea of giving up
A holiday weekend worth of independent thinking for your post-Fourth consumption: • If one more person asks whether the Boston Red Sox should be “buyers or sellers” before Major League Baseball’s trading deadline, I’m going to buy one of those swimming pool floats that looks like an oversized pipe cleaner and sell it across the […]
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Auto Racing: Brackett back in high gear
Tim Brackett of Buckfield was leading the Pro Late Model division point standings at Oxford after four events, with son and defending champion T.J. trailing by just 10 markers. In this past Friday night’s race, Tim managed to salvage a top-10 finish after being caught up in a mid-race melee while running second. In a […]
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Brackett claims Pro Late Model feature at Oxford
OXFORD — Defending track champion TJ Brackett held off an early challenge from his father, managed to keep a hard-charging Kyle DeSouza at bay during several restarts, and hung on to win the 50-lap Norway Savings Bank Trophy Dash for Pro Late Models Friday evening at Oxford Plains Speedway. Troy Jordan (Outlaw Sportsman) and Josh […]
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Auto Racing: OPS ready to rev it up Saturday
OXFORD — Despite a delayed start forced by a lingering late-winter snow pack, local race teams and fans are anxiously gearing up as Oxford Plains Speedway waves the green flag over a new season Saturday afternoon. A 150-lap contest for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Models kicks things off, with the […]
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Wentworth notches PLM win at OPS
OXFORD — Even though several of today’s top short track and super-speedway racers seem to be young men barely old enough to shave, some cagey veterans love to prove they’ve still got what it takes to win. Longtime Maine short track veteran Donnie Wentworth wheeled around the outside of Kyle Desouza at lap 24, held […]
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Douglass claims Pro Late Model 75 at OPS
OXFORD — With just three points races remaining in the 2013 season headed into this weekend, the desire to win or bag a top-five finish is getting visibly stronger by the week. Kevin Douglass had been gaining ground all summer, and this time, it all came together with a stunning upset in a career-best effort. […]