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JARRacing
PHOTOGRAPHY GO KART SERIES
June 12, 2009
Pelletier, Davis, Hendsbee and
Rich
first-time 2009 winners on fast Friday
OXFORD, Maine – Four drivers captured their first feature wins of
the season in their current division on a closely contested Friday
night of JARRacing Photography Go Kart Series action at Oxford
Plains Speedway.
Dan Pelletier Jr. pulled off the most
exciting move of many on the evening, getting underneath leaders
Charlie Tyler and Brandon Douglas in three-wide formation with only
three laps remaining in the 13-kart Unrestricted main event.
Pelletier, a champion in three
different youth divisions, pedaled on to his initial victory of the
season in the 15-and-up Sportsman ranks. Tyler finished second with
rookie Douglas third.
Troy Davis, like Pelletier a frequent
winner and multi-time champion in the entry-level divisions,
captured his first victory in only his second try at Gold Plate.
Jacob Hendsbee (Blue Plate) and Zachary Rich (Purple Plate) also
visited victory lane for the first time on the young campaign.
Mike Ricker (Star Champ) and Kyle
Mooney (Box Stock) each pulled off their second triumph. Mooney has
four in all through the first three weeks.
Davis swapped the lead with Spencer Thompson three times before
taking command for good on lap 7 of the Gold Plate encounter.
Thompson, also a champ in supporting
classes, held off opening-night winner Avery Spear for second.
Hendsbee led all 20 laps of the Blue
Plate battle while Wade Blanchette, Evan Armington and Brandon
Varney tussled behind him.
It was heat winner and division point
leader Blanchette getting the best of the runner-up battle.
Armington backed up last week's victory with a third-place trophy.
Rich led the first half of the Purple
Plate scramble, then lost it to Varney for three circuits before
reclaiming it for the duration.
Mooney shadowed him much of the way
in pursuit of his third straight win in the division to start the
season, but the young lion settled for second. Owen Poisson enjoyed
his best run to date in third.
Ricker lost the Star Champ point to Stephen Beattie, but night-long
ignition problems sent Beattie to the pit during a lap 16 caution
flag for Douglas' spin.
That allowed Ricker to reclaim the
top spot and his second win of the spring. Douglas, making his first
Star Champ start, stayed a wide margin in front of the ailing
Beattie for second.
Mooney watched Ethan Matot and Ethan
Brown lead the Box Stock sprint early, but he had no problems
breezing to his second win after moving to the head of the class on
lap 3.
Heat winner Chase Staples put up a
worthy fight before claiming second, with Matot third.
The JARRacing series resumes next
Friday, June 19 at 6:30 p.m.
OPS cranks it up again Saturday with
Sun Journal Night. Five divisions of racing hit the historic,
3/8-mile oval starting at 6:30 p.m.
UNRESTRICTED (20 laps): 1. Dan
Pelletier Jr., East Poland; 2. Charlie Tyler, Buxton; 3. Brandon
Douglas, West Paris; 4. Aaron Collomy, Saco; 5. David Blackwell, Brunswick;
6. Kyle Metivier, Lisbon; 7,. Kayla Ashline, Pittston; 8. Ryan
Phillips, Buxton; 9. Nate Knowles, Dixfield; 10. Leo Jolin III, Rumford;
11. Josh Brown, South Paris; 12. Nick Pingree, Mexico; 13. Chris
Taylor, Mexico.
Heat winner: Tyler.
Lap leaders: Tyler 1-14, Douglas 15, Tyler 16, Pelletier
17-20.
STAR CHAMP (20 laps): 1. Mike Ricker, Sebago; 2. Brandon
Douglas, West Paris; 3. Stephen
Beattie, Conway, N.H.;
Heat winner: Beattie.
Lap leaders: Ricker 1-12, Beattie 13-16, Ricker 17-20.
GOLD PLATE (20 laps): 1. Troy
Davis, Windham; 2. Spencer
Thompson, Oxford; 3. Avery Spear, Oxford; 4. Cody Wilson, West Paris.
Heat winner: Davis.
Lap leaders: Thompson 1-4, Davis 5, Thompson 6, Davis 7-20.
BLUE PLATE (20 laps): 1. Jacob Hendsbee, Whitefield; 2. Wade Blanchette, Buxton;
3. Evan Armington, Lovell; 4. Brandon Varney,
Lewiston; 5. Chris Staples Jr.,
Brunswick; 6. Gabe Seavey, Conway, N.H..
Heat winner: Blanchette.
Lap leaders: Hendsbee 1-20.
PURPLE PLATE (20 laps): 1. Zachary Rich, Casco; 2. Kyle
Mooney, New Gloucester; 3. Owen Poisson, Brunswick; 4. Brandon
Varney, Lewiston. DNS: Nick McNelly, Oxford.
Heat winner: Rich.
Lap leaders: Rich 1-10, Varney 11-13, Rich 14-20.
BOX STOCK (20 laps): 1. Kyle Mooney, New Gloucester; 2. Chase
Staples, Durham; 3. Ethan Matot, Casco; 4. Ethan Brown, South Paris.
DNS: Brandon Varney, Lewiston.
Heat winner: Staples.
Lap leaders: Matot 1, Brown 2, Mooney 3-20.
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