OXFORD — At this point in his career, Jeff Taylor has nothing left to prove. With nine track championships to his credit, the man who’s won nearly every major short track race around the northeast — except the Oxford 250 — has done it all. Taylor powered around the outside of Scott Robbins on lap […]
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Auto racing: Brackett, Childs seal 2015 points titles at Oxford
OXFORD — Multi-time champion Tim Brackett and rising star Josh Childs earned points championships in their respective divisions during the 2015 regular season finale Saturday at Oxford Plains Speedway. Ryan Robbins (OPS Modifieds), Shaun Hinkley (Bandits), and Jon Lizotte (Figure 8) also locked up their class championships on a perfect afternoon and evening for racing […]
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Oxford 250: Glen Luce captures elusive crown jewel of Maine racing
Turner’s Glen Luce drove inside of Shawn Martin on lap 200 and pulled away to claim the most lucrative victory of his career in the 42nd annual AIM Recycling Oxford 250 Sunday night at Oxford Plains Speedway. Luce held off a hard-charging Reid Lanpher for top honors in one of the most exciting late-race battles […]
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Race fans arrive at Oxford Plains Speedway
OXFORD — Campers from near and far arrvied at Oxford Plains Speedway beginning Tuesday for a week of relaxing and visiting with friends leading up to summer’s big event, the 42nd Annual AIM Recycling Oxford 250 scheduled for Sunday. Richard Millette of Auburn was already setting up camp in the rain with his friend, Paul […]
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Auto racing: Rose blooming nicely in Street Stock at Oxford
TURNER — After several years of success racing in Oxford’s now-defunct Mini Stock class, one veteran from Turner is enjoying an impressive rookie season in the hotly-contested Street Stock division. Twenty-five year-old Calvin Rose Jr. stepped up to the bigger cars for 2015, with on-track performance that proves he was ready for the move. In […]
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Oxford restaurant off to a fast start
OXFORD — After delivering a ramekin of sliced lemons to a table, Mike Doerr picks up two plates loaded with burgers and fries, makes a lap around the restaurant, pushes the swinging door to the kitchen, digs through ticket slips buried under a stack, consults a waitress and, finally, exiting the kitchen, offloads the sandwiches to two people […]
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Ronda M. Ballard
1970 – 2015 PORTLAND — Ronda Mary Ballard, 45, of Mechanic Falls, died Saturday, July 4, at Maine Medical Center of an aneurysm. As she left this world, she gave her kidneys to two recipients as a gift of life, allowing them to be taken off dialysis. She was born on April 21, 1970, in […]
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Rowena ‘Red’ J. Wright
1924 – 2015 AUBURN — Rowena “Red” J. Wright, 91, of Sabattus passed away after a brief illness at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn. She was born in Wilton on Feb. 14, 1924, the daughter of the late Gerry and Caroline (McLaughlin) Swett. She attended local schools and graduated from Wilton Academy in 1942. […]
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Auto racing: Jamie Heath still a threat, despite cutback to schedule
For more than a decade, one dedicated short track driver from the western Maine hamlet of Waterford has terrorized the ovals. While he is cutting back on his schedule for 2015, he’s always a threat win. Thirty-eight-year-old Jamie Heath has dominated four-cylinder support class action around New England. His tendency to roam and try new […]