OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY
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Phone: (207) 539-8865 


NEWS


July 20, 2008

Rain reigns over all except five heats;
TD Banknorth 250 to resume Monday at 2

OXFORD, Maine - For only the third time in its proud history and the first time in 22 years, the TD Banknorth 250 Presented By New England Dodge Dealers could not be completed on its scheduled day.

Rain arrived shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday, delayed the start of qualifying by 3 1/2 hours and stopped the first-round heats on three occasions before Oxford Plains Speedway owner Bill Ryan was forced to concede the 35th annual event to Mother Nature.

Eighty-seven Late Model drivers from six states and two Canadian provinces will try again at 2 p.m. Monday.

The rescheduled program will include the sixth and final 20-lap opening round heat race, three consolation events, three last chances race, the main event and a pair of 30-lap features for the Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Strictly Stock and Mini Stock divisions.

Many of the pre-race favorites and top drivers in the region already are in the main event, but plenty of their peers face a fitful night's sleep as they will eed to take the scenic route into the summer classic.

Scott Robbins christened his quest for his first TD Banknorth 250 title since 2002 with a victory in the first qualifier, earning the Oxford Networks Pole Award.

Robbins started his day in promising fashion when his wife, Jessica, pulled the coveted chip reading "POLE" in the pre-race draw.

Tommy Ricker, Eddie MacDonald, Brad Leighton and Carey Martin won the next four preliminaries. 

Ricker prevailed by little more than a fender over Cris Michaud in the closest race of the day.

Other notables securing a spot in the finale were NASCAR's Kevin Harvick, Patrick Laperle, Ben Rowe, Travis Adams, Joey Polewarczyk Jr., defending champion Roger Brown, American-Canadian Tour point leader Scott Payea, Dennis Spencer Jr. and 16-year-old Derek Ramstrom in his first 250 try.

Harvick will extend his Maine vacation by an extra day and return for the feature.

Last year's runner-up Dale Verrill and 2006 bridesmaid Bill Whorff Jr. also transferred to the main event along with T.J. Watson, Nick Sweet and Rick Thompson Jr.

Robbie Crouch and Yvon Bedard share the front row for today's sixth first-round primer.

Leading the list of pre-race headliners still on the outside looking in: Oxford Networks Late Model point leader Ricky Rolfe; seven-time ACT champ Jean-Paul Cyr, Shawn Martin, Tim Brackett, Bobby Dragon, Glen Luce and John Donahue.

HEAT 1 (top 4 qualify)

Fin. (Start) Driver, hometown
1. (1) #72 Scott Robbins
2. (13) #91 Patrick Laperle
3. (5) #04 T.J. Watson
4. (15) #88 Nick Sweet
5. (9) #41 Pete Potvin III
6. (10) #14 Phil Scott
7. (14) #16 Joey Becker
8. (6) #80 Donald Theetge
9. (12) #84 Matt Sanborn
10. (8) #86 Trampas Demers
11. (11) #35 Bruce Thomas Jr.
12. (4) #21 Josh King
13. (3) #02VT Russ Clark
14. (7) #31 Tim Pendergast
15. (2) #07 Scott Luce

HEAT 2 (top 4 qualify)
Fin. (Start) Driver, hometown

1. (1) #6 Tommy Ricker
2. (4) #6VT Cris Michaud
3. (6) #02MA Derek Ramstrom
4. (11) #03E Travis Adams
5. (10) #94 Shawn Martin
6. (7) #9VT Chip Grenier
7. (2) #11 Claude Leclerc
8. (15) #10 Jimmy Childs
9. (9) #85 Travis Stearns
10. (13) #38 Ricky Wolf Jr.
11. (6) #08 Gerald Parlin
12. (12) #69 Dave MacDonald
13. (8) #88ME Alan Tardiff
14. (3) #8 Tom Metcalf
15. (14) #25 Shawn Knight

HEAT 3 (top 4 qualify)
Fin. (Start) Driver, hometown
1. (1) #17 Eddie MacDonald
2. (6) #97 Joey Polewarczyk Jr.
3. (2) #24 Roger Brown
4. (5) #95 Dennis Spencer Jr.
5. (8) #96 Kurt Hewins
6. (11) #29X Ricky Morse
7. (9) #26 Corey Morgan
8. (14) #5 Leon Heckbert
9. (3) #60 Tim Brackett
10. (7) #22 Gary Caron
11. (4) #13 Pete Shepherd III
12. (13) #21X Shane Clark
13. (12) #21QC Jeff Dery
14. (10) #24VT Steve Fisher

HEAT 4 (top 4 qualify)
Fin. (Start) Driver, hometown
1. (1) #55 Brad Leighton
2. (5) #8NH Rick Thompson Jr.
3. (7) #56 Dale Verrill
4. (13) #89 Scott Payea
5. (6) #71 Bobby Dragon
6. (4) #7ME Glen Luce
7. (14) #02NH Randy Potter
8. (3) #59 Tyson Jordan
9. (12) #51 Ricky Rolfe
10. (10) #9ON Jonathan Urlin
11. (2) #73 Joey Doiron
12. (9) #77 Pete Vanderwyst
13. (8) #27 Marc Curtis Jr.
14. (11) #1 Billy Childs Jr.

HEAT 5 ((top 4 qualify)
Fin. (Start) Driver, hometown
1. (1) #18 Carey Martin
2. (3) #29 Kevin Harvick
3. (11) #10NH Ben Rowe
4. (6) #0 Bill Whorff Jr.
5. (14) #55VT Brent Dragon
6. (13) #26VT John Donahue
7. (12) #98 Quinny Welch
8. (5) #42 Matt White
9. (10) #2 Dennis Stampfl
10. (7) #75 Pete Fecteau
11. (9) #32 Jean-Paul Cyr
12. (4) #15VT Joey Laquerre
13. (2) #8x Nick Reno
14. (8) ##22X Aaron Ricker

HEAT 6 lineup (0 laps completed)
#48 Robbie Crouch
#9QC Yvon Bedard
#50 Jeff White
#7VT Eric Williams
#15 Ben Ashline
#48QC Karl Allard
#3 Bernie Lantagne
#70 Daren Ripley
#00 Jeremie Whorff
#63 Don Wentworth
#40 Eric Chase
#18VT Jamie Fisher
#78 Ryan Nolin
#37 Larry Gelinas

CONSOLATION LINEUP #1 will be set by the finishing order, fifth through 15th, in Heats 1 and 2,

CONSOLATION LINEUPS #2 and #3 will be determined by the finishing oreer, 5th through 14th, in Heats 3 and 4 (consi #2) and Heats 5 and 6 (consi #3).

LAST CHANCE LINEUPS will be set in order of the non-qualifying drivers from each respective consolation round.



 

 

 


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