AUBURN — Every spring since 1979, racers and fans in and around the Twin Cities of Auburn and Lewiston have gathered at the Auburn Mall to shake off cabin fever and get a glimpse into the coming season. The mall hosts its annual Race Car Show from Sunday, March 27, through Sunday, April 2 this […]
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Bob Walker remembered as the voice of Oxford Plains Speedway
Bob Walker was the voice of Oxford Plains Speedway for more than three decades and most race fans will tell you that nobody did it better. Walker died Wednesday at 71, and while his legendary voice has fallen silent, the voices of those who loved him were ringing out. “At the top of his game,” […]
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Motorsports Expo set for 29th annual gathering
AUGUSTA — At a time when many are suffering through the snow and cold winds of winter, race fans in central and western Maine are getting ready for a little taste of summer. They’ll get a visual preview of the 2017 season starting Friday evening, as doors swing open for the 29th annual Northeast Motorsports Expo […]
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PASS finale at Oxford Plains Speedway set for Saturday
After another long, grueling season, the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Model and Modified divisions will close out the 2016 season this Saturday afternoon at Oxford Plains Speedway. The Modified class carries a tight points battle into the finale, with Andy Shaw leading Dixfield’s Ryan Robbins by a mere four points. New Gloucester […]
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Brackett locks up fourth title at Oxford
OXFORD — When race fans look back on the 2016 auto racing season in northern New England, they could easily refer to it as “the year of the veterans.” One of western Maine’s most accomplished and respected short-track drivers added another title to his already impressive resume Saturday, as Buckfield’s Tim Brackett locked up the […]
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#Oxford250: Glen Luce leads big field into Oxford 250
OXFORD — It’s an historic race built on rich tradition, one which has truly defined the careers of all those lucky enough to taste the spoils of victory. The 43rd annual HP Hood Oxford 250 is set for this Sunday afternoon, and from all angles, appears to have another strong mix of drivers young […]
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#Oxford250 : Three years of Rowe dominance
The Rowe name has been a fixture since the beginning, but there was a stretch in the 2000s during which the Turner family owned the Oxford 250. Mike Rowe drove in the first race — then the Oxford 200 — in 1974, and has qualified more than 30 times since. He became the first Maine […]
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#Oxford250: Kyle Busch returns to Oxford 250 victorious in 2011
Before his high-profile injury and miraculous run to the Sprint Cup title in 2015 — long before that — Busch entered back-to-back Oxford 250 races in Maine in 2005 and 2006. Things didn’t go so well. “I felt I needed some redemption,” Busch said Friday. Five years later, he got what he was looking for. […]
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Famed Judkins Modified returns to Oxford
OXFORD — Ask any fan of Modified racing to talk about the sports’s rich history, and you’re bound to hear the name Judkins. Bob Judkins was a highly respected car owner in Modifed racing starting back in the 1960s. Considered the father of the “Pinto Revolution,” Judkins changed the landscape of open-wheel short track racing […]
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Oxford 250: Past winners Robbins, Luce look for a return to victory lane
The Dixfield native and 2002 winner of the HP Hood Oxford 250 has his sights set on another win in one of the biggest short track races in the country. “A bunch of us were talking earlier about how time goes by so fast,” Robbins said during media day for the 43rd running of the […]