A dream came true
this past Sunday night for Morrill, Maine’s, Travis Benjamin, as
he scored the biggest victory of his career, winning the 40th
Annual TD Bank 250 at the beautiful Oxford Plains Speedway in
Oxford, Maine. Benjamin grabbed the lead from Joey Doiron on lap
209 and raced to the victory by 1.167 seconds over Doiron.
The race started out a
little sluggish as a couple of early cautions for minor spins
dotted the event while polesitter, TJ Brackett lead the first
thirteen laps collecting $100 a lap in bonus money, before Ben
Rowe assumed the lead until lap 131 when Doiron raced to the
front. Rowe faded towards the middle of the pack as his tires
wore out, but not before he collected $11,100 of lap money.
Corey Bubar had upset on his mind as he
grabbed the lead from Doiron for a couple of laps before Cassius
Clark took to the point passing him on lap 150. Clark’s lead was
short lived as Travis Benjamin grabbed the lead in traffic and
looked like he was a sure winner until Doiron tracked him down
and regained the lead on lap 194.
The pair swapped the
lead until Benjamin made the move of a lifetime splitting a pair
of lapped cars, making it through a non-existent hole leaving
Doiron in the dust. Durham, North Carolina’s, Jay Fogleman
battled Doiron for second to the checkers but came up several
car lengths short.
When the checkers flew it was Benjamin,
followed by Doiron, Fogleman, Austin Theriault and Cassius
Clark. Tim Brackett, Ben Rowe, Alan Tardiff, Daniel Hemric and
Spencer Davis completed the top ten.
Six qualifying heats
were held for the sixty-seven cars in attendance, and winners
included TJ Brackett, Bryan Kruczek, Ben Rowe, Cassius Clark, DJ
Shaw, and Corey Bubar. Consolation checkers flew for Glen Luce,
Derek Kneeland and Trevor Sanborn and the last chance feature
saw Ricky Rolfe capture the popular victory.
Sixty
seven cars attempted to qualify for the TD Bank 250, and
forty-one made the field. The field included drivers from eight
states and three provinces of Quebec. Seven southern teams made
the trek north, with Jay Fogleman having the most success. |
1)
17 - Travis Benjamin 2) 73 - Joey Doiron 3) 35 - Jay
Fogleman 4) 57 - Austin Theriault 5) 77 - Cassius Clark
6) 6 - Tim Brackett 7) 4n - Ben Rowe 8) 81 - Alan Tardiff
9) 04h - Daniel Hemric 10) 129 - Spencer Davis 11) 7 -
Custis Gerry 12) 54 - Johnny Clark 13) 88j - Mike Rowe
14) 66 - TJ Brackett 15) 90 - Derek Kneeland 16) 21 -
David Oliver 17) 60 - DJ Shaw 18) 94 - Shawn Martin 19)
47 - Kelly Moore 20) 23 - Dave Farrington Jr. 21) 51 -
Ricky Rolfe |
22)
22 - Aaron Ricker 23) 41 - Steven Legendre 24) 7l - Glen
Luce 25) 8 - Tate Fogleman 26) 78 - Adam Polvinen 27)
Q104 - Kevin Powell 28) 89 - Martin Latulippe 29) 42 -
Corey Bubar 30) 70 - Trevor Sanborn 31) 00 - Bryan Kruczek
32) 37 - Larry Gelinas 33) 16 - Kevin Roberge 34) 0 - Sam
Sessions 35) 10 - Scott Dragon 36) 80 - Jeremy Whorff
37) 20 - Michael Landry 38) 61 - Marc-Andre Cliche 39) 84
- Scott Mulkern 40) 63 - Donald Wentworth 41) 49 - Andy
Saunders |