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RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY!
Tonight's Summer Slam event has been cancelled due to the miserable
weather. The 50-lap feature events and first round of the Agren Appliance
Triple Crown now will be run Saturday.
Celebrate the 4th with us!!
Friday: JARRacing Go Kart Series, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday: Maine State Lottery Fireworks Night,
6:30 p.m.
RED SKIES AT
NIGHT
(and blue, and purple, and gold, and ...) 
It's a summer tradition in Western Maine: The region's biggest fireworks
display and a wild night of racing to celebrate Independence Day.
This year, Maine State Lottery Fireworks Night falls on Saturday the
Fourth at OPS. Races start at 6:30 p.m., with the fireworks show at dusk.
Maine State Lottery Fireworks Night
format
TIM TERRIFIC 
Nearly five years after his last visit, Tim Brackett returned to victory
lane Saturday night in an Oxford Networks Late Model. It was the 43rd
career victory for the former track champion.
Saturday's Late Model leaders:
1. Tim Brackett
2. Travis Adams
3. Tommy Ricker
4. Billy Childs Jr.
5. Scott Robbins
Quick story and results
NOT
GUN SHY 
Tommy "Gun" Tompkins is doing what he did last season. The 2007
champion got a late start to the season, let the competition get
comfortable ... and now he's dropping the hammer.
Tompkins dominated a caution-free Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Strictly
Stock feature Saturday for his first victory of the season.
Saturday's Strictly leaders:
1. Tommy Tompkins
2. Skip Tripp
3. Kim Tripp
4. B.J. Chapman
5. Jerry Harrison
Quick story and results
MORE
POWER TO HIM 
Most drivers dread an engine failure. Now Steve Barker is grateful for the
blow-up three weeks ago that made him crack open his checkbook. His car
hasn't been the same since.
Barker blew away the competition in a 30-lap Allen's Mini Stock showcase
Saturday night.
Saturday's Mini leaders:
1. Steve Barker
2. Calvin Rose Jr.
3. Justin Karkos
4. Darrell Moore
5. Larry Melcher
Quick story and results
BEAT
GOES ON 
Kyle Hewins and Ryan Farrar have combined for seven wins already in 2009
after Saturday's Agren Appliance Saturday Showdown triumphs.
Saturday's Rebel
leaders:
1. Kyle Hewins
2. Zach Audet
3. Troy Jordan
4. John Childs
5. Matt Dufault
Saturday's Truck
leaders:
1. Ryan Farrar
2. John Lizotte
3. Kevin Oliver
4. Ross Spurling
5. Jeff Schmidt
Quick story and results
SUMMER HOME 
The TD Banknorth 250 annual home page is up and running.
Can Kenny or Steve Wallace follow Kevin Harvick to victory lane in the
region's richest and most time-honored short track race?
Check out all the latest news as it builds over the next ...
21
days!!
AL,
BE SURE 
Evans Boston of WGME visited OPS last week to meet with local legend Al
Hammond, who was testing his Oxford Networks Late Model in preparation for
a return to his home track on July 4.
Hammond isn't the only former champion back in business. None other than
the "Hurricane from Minot, Maine" Bruce Haley practiced his
new #52 Late Model two Saturdays ago.
Both drivers are expected to enter the TD Banknorth 250. Watch for more of
this trend in the coming weeks, months and years as OPS continues to prove
itself Maine's place to race!
OH,
THE HUMANITY ... 
So you think you know Motor Mayhem? Think again.
Wait 'til you see what we've got cooked up for Friday, July 10.
Motor Mayhem Under the Lights format
NICK AT NITE 
How's this for a month in the life of "Slick" Nick Brown? Senior
prom, check. High school diploma, check.
First career Oxford Networks Late Model feature win? Exclamation point.
Saturday's Late Model leaders:
1. Nick Brown
2. Shawn Knight
3. Kenny Harrison
4. Travis Adams
5. Shawn Martin
Quick story and results
THIS
JUST-IN 
Three out of four. Heck, it could be six in a row.
Justin Karkos is turning the Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Mini Stock
division upside down. It's on to the 4-Cylinder Nationals later this
summer for Agent 51 after a nine-second win in the Subway 100.
Saturday's Mini leaders:
1. Justin Karkos
2. Jimmy Childs
3. Ashley Marshall
4. Dan Morris
5. Jake Burns
Quick story and results
SHORT
TURNAROUND 
Mike Short got through tech as easily as he steered through traffic this
week. The end result was his second Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy
Strictly Stock win in three tries.
Saturday's Strictly leaders:
1. Mike Short
2. Tommy Tompkins
3. Larry Emerson
4. Skip Tripp
5. B.J. Chapman
Quick story and results
JIM'S
DANDY 
Wednesday or Saturday. Starting up front or way out back.
The circumstances don't seem to matter for comeback kid Jim Davis Jr., who
won his third straight Chimney Tech Outlaw main Saturday.
Saturday's Outlaw leaders:
1. Jim Davis Jr.
2. David Childs
3. Chris Burgess
4. Guy Childs
5. Jerry Goss
Quick story and results
CRUISIN'
CATHY 
When Cathy Manchester wins, second place is a distant memory.
Manchester surged to her second Allen's Ladies win of the season Saturday
night, with rivals Dottie Patria and Vanna Brackett nowhere in the
picture.
Saturday's Ladies leaders:
1. Cathy Manchester
2. Dottie Patria
3. Vanna Brackett
4. Christina Spaulding
5. Missy Morgan
Quick story and results
Like
a broken record 
Vanna Brackett broke a tie with Debbie Martin and became the all-time
winner in the Acceleration Series era of the Allen's Coffee Flavored
Ladies division, posting her second victory of the season.
Wednesday's winners:
Chimney Tech Outlaw - Jim Davis
Jr., Zach Bowie, Shannon Judd
Macdonald Motors Runnin' Rebel - Jamie Leavitt, Corey Beaulieu
Call of the Wild RV Sport Truck - Ryan Farrar
Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Ladies - Vanna Brackett
Goulet Home Inspections Renegade - Bill Grover
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