OXFORD — Families packed the stands as well as the pits for a day of racing culminating in the 40th annual TD Bank 250 Sunday. Cars lined up in the pit for the next round of late-model stock cars. Engines idled, sounding much like a pair of sneakers in a dryer. Tin can thumps and […]
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Campers endure rain, wind and sizzling heat at Oxford Plains Speedway
OXFORD — Amid the rock star-like motor coaches and rumbling, air-conditioned camper trailers parked outside Oxford Plains Speedway on Friday, Terry Gray created his own oasis. Pacing himself in the sticky, 90-degree morning heat — “Moving slow is the key,” he said — Gray pitched a new, palatial tent. It had two roofs, two rooms […]
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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 […]
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New era at Oxford Plains Speedway
When the green flag waves over Oxford Plains Speedway on Sunday, April 21, it will mark the beginning of a new era for stock car racing in western Maine. In October, former racer and now longtime touring series promoter Tom Mayberry purchased the facility from Bill Ryan Jr. With a new owner comes the return […]