OXFORD — Tyson Jordan wheeled around the outside of Spencer Morse on lap seven and sped way to win the 50-lap Street Stock Trophy Dash Friday evening at Oxford Plains Speedway. Shawn Martin (Pro Late Model); Corey Morgan (Outlaw Sportsman) and Calvin Rose Jr. (Mini Stock) were also feature winners on a gorgeous late-summer night […]
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OPS: Dufault claims Sportsman 50 at Oxford
OXFORD — Turner-based short track veteran Matt Dufault inherited the lead on lap 12 when Corey Morgan drifted high through turns 1 and 2 and held off a late-race charge from Mike Haynes to win Friday evening’s 50-lap Lions Club Trophy Dash for the Outlaw Sportsman division at Oxford Plains Speedway. Justin Larsen (Mini Stock); […]
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OPS: Brackett claims Pro Late Model Feature
OXFORD — It’s no surprise when the feature winner of a premier division shows great pride after posting a win. But when that winner watches as both his son and daughter finish second and third right behind him, that pride can be difficult to contain. Timmy Brackett powered around the outside of Chris Coolidge going […]
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TD Bank 250: Middle-aged and hitting its stride
It started out as a 200-lap battle back in 1974, expanded to 250 in 1975 and in the years since, has grown into one of the biggest short track stock car racing spectacles east of the Mississippi River. Sunday, the famed TD Bank 250 celebrates 40 years of competition at Oxford Plains Speedway. After being […]
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TD Bank 250 Notebook: New owner hard at work continuing tradition
Tom Mayberry is walking around the Oxford Plains Speedway complex with red, slightly peeling skin on his forearms, the evidence of hours spent canvassing the grounds aboard a ride-on lawn mower in this past week’s scalding sun. “I’ve been down south quite a bit this year, and when I got back here, he put me […]
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Nostalgia Dragfest on tap at Oxford
OXFORD — With the approach of this year’s 40th annual TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway, race fans around the Northeast are starting to reflect on the rich history Maine’s short track spectacle has built since it was first introduced by Hall of Fame promoter Bob Bahre in 1974. Yet oval-racing enthusiasts aren’t the […]