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SATURDAY, JULY 28th |
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BUDWEISER Oxford Championship Series
SLMs,
Street Stocks, Bandits, Figure 8s, & Rookies |
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KIDS RACE CAR RIDES |
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Veteran Racer Tracy Gordon Is Saturday
Super
Late Model Winner |
Oxford, Maine - Tracy Gordon of Strong earned
his second Super Late Model victory of the year Saturday
night in Budweiser Championship Series competition at
Oxford Plains Speedway. The 52-year-old veteran, and
recent winner of the Pro All Stars Series 'Open'
100-lapper, drove around Ellsworth's Andy Saunders about
halfway through the 50-lap test, then held off four-time
track champion Timmy Brackett of Buckfield to claim the
top step on the victory lane podium.
Saunders,
while running in third position with only four laps
remaining in the race, had an unfortunate encounter with
slower traffic and failed to finish the race after
setting the event's pace over the first half of the
distance. Brackett, unveiling a new ride as the season
hits the homestretch, crossed the finish line in second
position after turning in very quick lap times all
evening.
15-year-old Gabe Brown of Center Conway,
New Hampshire joined the two AARP-eligible racers on the
podium, reclaiming the lead in the season-long Budweiser
Championship Series Super Late Model standings with his
third-place finish. Multi-time OPS Late Model champion
Shawn Martin of Turner and Connecticut invader Ray
Christian III of Uncasville rounded out the top five.
Billy Childs, Jr. of Leeds got a late start to
his racing season but has been the man to beat ever
since in Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stock
competition. Childs, the 2017 track champion in the
class, claimed his third victory in just four starts,
charging past the race's early leader, Jordan Russell of
Norway.
Another occasional entrant from Leeds,
Ryan Hewins, hugged the curb for most of the 30-lap race
to earn the runner-up trophy. Turner's Matt Dufault
stayed atop the championship standings with a
third-place run, again passing several cars in
three-wide fashion in a charge from the back of the
starting grid. Early leader Russell hung on to post a
fourth-place finish, just ahead of West Poland's David
Whittier.
Kurt Hewins of Leeds led all the way in
a 20-lap main event for the Bandits class, but it was
close all the way through the 20-lap race, with Oxford's
Jake Hall keeping things interesting until the checkered
flag waved. Hewins became the tenth winner in ten
Bandits races contested to date this season.
Hall
was the best of the rest, with current championship
points leader Dustin Salley of Poland crossing the line
in third position after prevailing in a long battle
versus Mike McKinney of Berlin, New Hampshire.
Buckfield's Chad Wills rounded out the top five.
Dale Lawrence of Lisbon continued the best year of his
long racing career with his fourth Figure 8 triumph of
the season. Lawrence just held on for the victory,
holding off a determined late challenge from five-time
winner and points leader Kyle Kilgore of South Paris.
Oxford's Kyle Glover led the first half of the 20-lap
race en route to a third-place finish. Chachy Hall of
Oxford and Poland's Larry Lizotte filled out the
top-five rundown.
Brady Heath of Waterford drove
to his first victory in the new Rookie Stock division
after posting eight straight runner-up finishes. Owen
Stuart of Naples was the second-place finisher in his
first appearance, with Brady Childs of Leeds third
across the finish line. Points leader Thomas Brackett
cut a tire while making a bid for the race lead and was
fourth in the final rundown.
The next event at
Oxford Plains Speedway is a Pro all Stars Series Super
Late Model special this afternoon (Sunday, July 29) with
PASS Mods and the first round of the Bandits Triple
Crown Series on tap.. Post time is 4:00 p.m. The
Budweiser Championship Series continues Saturday night,
August 4 at 7:00 p.m. The Oxford Acceleration Series is
in action every Wednesday night through the end of
August, with racing action beginning at 7:00 p.m. Oxford
Plains Speedway is located at 877 Main Street, on State
Route 26 in Oxford, Maine. For more information visit
oxfordplains.com or call (207) 539-8865.
Unofficial results from the
Saturday, July 28 Budweiser Championship Series racing
card at Oxford Plains Speedway; Oxford, Maine; showing
finishing position, car number, driver's name, driver's
hometown:
Budweiser
Super Late Model (50 laps) 1 41 Tracy
Gordon, Strong; 2 60 Tim Brackett, Buckfield; 3 47 Gabe
Brown, Center Conway, NH; 4 94 Shawn Martin, Turner; 5
93 Ray Christian III, Uncasville, CT; 6 8 Calvin Rose,
Jr., Turner; 7 46 Dennis Spencer, Jr., Oxford; 8 72
Scott Robbins, Dixfield; 9 54 Ryan Deane, Winterport; 10
13 Cassius Clark, Farmington; 11 11 Steve Chicoine,
Portland; 12 03 Scott Moore, Anson; 13 29 Austin Teras,
Gray; 14 9 Alan Tardiff, Goodwins Mills; 15 96 Wyatt
Alexander, Ellsworth/Charlotte, NC; 16 47 Kelly Moore,
Scarborough; 17 1 Evan Hallstrom, Northfield, VT; 18 23
Lonnie Sommerville, Barnesville, NB, Canada; 19 90
John-Michael Shenette, Concord, NC; 20 61 TJ Brackett,
Buckfield; 21 63 John Salemi, Nashua, NH; 22 77 Bryce
Mains, Bridgton; 23 40 Nick Sweet, Barre, VT; 24 7 Scott
MacMichael, New London, NH; 25 01 Andy Saunders,
Ellsworth; 26 0 Scott Luce, Strong; 27 18 Wayne Parritt,
Steuben.
Allen's Coffee
Flavored Brandy Street Stock (30 laps) 1 1
Billy Childs, Jr., Leeds; 2 5 Ryan Hewins, Oxford; 3 61
Matt Dufault, Turner; 4 4 Jordan Russell, Norway; 5 58
David Whittier, West Poland; 6 62 Nick Stanley, Oxford;7
36 Rick Spaulding, Lisbon; 8 11 Tyler King, Gray; 9 33
Andrew Breton, Grene; 10 5 Guy Childs, Sr., Lewiston; 11
52 Mike Nichols, Livermore Falls; 12 56 Addie McDaniel,
Bridgton; 13 99 George Haskell, Casco; 14 21 Zach Bowie,
Greene; 15 27 Patrick Thorne, Standish.
Bandits (20 laps) 1 54
Kurt Hewins, Leeds; 2 5 Jake Hall, Oxford; 3 18 Dustin
Salley, Poland; 4 08 Mike McKinney, Berlin, NH; 5 52
Chad Wills, Buckfield; 6 2 Shaun Hinkley, Oxford; 7 91
Jamie Heath, Waterford; 8 77 Rob Crepeau, Minot; 9 1
Brandon Varney, Mechanic Falls; 10 24 Travis Verrill,
South Paris; 11 05 Gerard Cote, Oxford; 12 121 Adam
Sanborn, West Paris; 13 8 Jeremy Lauzier, Rumford; 14 55
Dean Jordan, Jay; 15 51 Kyle Hewins, Leeds; 16 42 Nick
Ogden, Mechanic Falls; 17 1x Skip Tripp, Norway; 18 44
Jeff Libby, Auburn.
Figure
8 (20 laps) 1 2 Dale Lawrence, Lisbon; 2 4
Kyle Kilgore, South Paris; 3 07 Kyle Glover, Oxford; 4 3
Chachy Hall, Oxford; 5 00 Larry Lizotte, Poland; 6 41
Greg Durgin, South Paris; 7 40 Robert Morey, Lisbon.
Rookie (10 laps) 1
91 Brady Heath, Waterford, 2 8 Owen, Stuart, Naples; 3 1
Brady Childs, Leeds; 4 3 Thomas Brackett, Auburn. |
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