Oxford Plains Speedway welcomed a first-time visitor to victory lane Sunday afternoon, with Quinny Welch of Lancaster, N.H., surviving a wild Budweiser Pro Late Model feature for his breakthrough win at the track. Welch, a frequent winner at multiple tracks closer to home, held off the charge of Peru’s Gary Chiasson and Buckfield’s Tim Brackett […]
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Auto Racing Roundup: Sanborn tops huge Pro field at OPS
Trevor Sanborn topped one of the largest headline-division fields in many years at Oxford Plains Speedway to win the Budweiser Pro Late Model feature Monday afternoon. Sanborn, of Limerick, took the lead from early dominator and two-time OPS champion Tim Brackett of Buckfield on a lap 33 restart. The fourth and final caution flag of […]
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Local Racing Roundup: Penfold tops Pros at Wiscasset
He might be merely keeping the driver’s seat warm, but Oxford’s Bill Penfold is on a hot streak at Wiscasset Speedway. Penfold posted his second 30-lap Pro Stock victory in three starts this season on a foggy Saturday night at the coastal oval. The long-time NASCAR Busch North and Pro All Stars Series competitor has […]
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The Hot Corner: Theriault’s turn Maine-ly worth your appreciation
A well-known, Maine-raised basketball coach once told me that natives of our state have an “inherent inferiority complex.” Being an ideal candidate and guilty as charged, I recoiled in horror at first, or at least rolled my eyes and furrowed my brow in objection. Then I realized it was said out of deep affection. That […]
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Auto Racing Roundup: Rowe wins Beech Ridge PASS 150
Ageless Mike Rowe took the lead from Scott Mulkern on a lap 101 restart Saturday and forged ahead to victory in the Pro All Stars Series Southern Maine Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough. Rowe, 63, of Turner, has won well over 200 races and countless championships, carrying the checkered flag in […]
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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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The Hot Corner: Remembering the region’s most enduring racer
Auto racing is a funny game and unique from the others people play in one crucial area: Popularity. The more a driver wins, the more haters he accumulates. It’s true in some endeavors (think LeBron James), but never is the relationship so directly proportional as in the go-fast, turn-left environment. Thanks to their closely related […]
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Auto Racing: Rowe, Kangas lead Hall of Fame class
AUBURN — The selection committee of the Maine Motorsports Hall of Fame has chosen seven individuals to be inducted into the Hall of Fame next spring as members of the Class of 2014. The seven inductees, including local legends Mike Rowe and the late Leland Kangas, are all race-winning drivers with nearly 500 trips to […]
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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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River Views: Labor Day brings back memories of fair week
“Always Labor Day Weekend” was the Maine State Fair slogan when I was growing up. Those days may be gone, but to anyone who experienced its annual six days of excitement, along with a fair share of education, there were many lasting memories. I researched several years in which the fairgrounds next to the railroad […]