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THE BUDWEISER
Oxford Championship Series
SUNDAY, MAY 6th |
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BUDWEISER Oxford Championship Series
SLMs, Street Stocks, Bandits, Figure 8s, Rookies |
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PLUS
$500 to WIN Street Stock 50
Lapper |
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TJ Brackett holds off Gabe Brown
in Oxford Plains Speedway
Super Late Model race |
Oxford, Maine - TJ Brackett of Buckfield
rocketed into the race lead on the first lap and held on
to post his first victory of the season in Sunday's
50-lap Budweiser Championship Series Super Late Model
main event at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Brackett, a
two-time track champion in the top class at OPS, needed
all of his veteran savvy and track position to hold off
a determined challenge by 15-year-old newcomer Gabe
Brown of Center Conway, New Hampshire. Brown's last-lap
challenge from the outside groove fell short by inches,
and just .012-seconds.
Scott Robbins of Dixfield
more than earned his third-place trophy, racing from
well back on the starting grid through occasionally
uncooperative traffic, needing to get by a couple of his
rivals two or three times to earn his step on the
podium.
Likewise, Ryan Robbins of Dixfield made
his fair share of forward progress to earn a good
fourth-place run. Defending track Super Late Model
champion Alan Tardiff of Lyman rounded out the top five.
Rick Spaulding of Lisbon led all of the way through
the 50-lap Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stock
feature, part of a special series of extra-distance,
extra-purse races presented by the Honey Badger Bar &
Grill located next to the Speedway.
While
Spaulding was never seriously challenged for the lead,
Turner's Matt Dufault nailed down his second straight
second-place finish, less than a second behind the
winner at the checkered flag. Jordan Russell claimed
third-place spoils after a good duel with Zach Bowie of
Greene. Tyler King of Gray rounded out the top-five
after winning the two previous races.
Dustin
Salley of Poland cruised to victory in the 20-lap main
event for the Bandits class, with Rob Crepeau able to
claim runner-up honors after emerging from a wild pack
in the entry-level, four-cylinder racing class. Salley
and Crepeau left a wildly-entertaining race in their
wake, with Cam Childs of Leeds able to survive and
thrive, posting a third-place finish in front of
Buckfield's Chad Wills and Jamie Heath of Waterford.
Minot's Eric Hodgkins prevailed in a
very-competitive 20-lap race for the Figure 8 class,
picking up his first win of the year. Hodgkins took the
lead away from Dale Lawrence of Lisbon, who led the
first half of the race, then held off the previous
week's winner, Kyle Kilgore of South Paris, to earn the
runner-up trophy. Poland's Larry Lizotte and David Smith
of South Paris filled out the top-five rundown.
Thomas Brackett of Auburn outran Waterford's Brady Heath
in the 15-lap Rookie division race, the first event in a
new class formed for under-16 competitors at the
Speedway.
The Budweiser Championship Series at
Oxford Plains Speedway moves to its' traditional
Saturday night racing schedule beginning May 12. Post
time is 7:00 p.m. For more information please call (207)
539-8865.
Budweiser Super
Late Model (50 laps) 1 61 TJ Brackett,
Buckfield; 2 47 Gabe Brown, Center Conway, NH; 3 36 Ryan
Robbins, Dixfield; 4 9 Alan Tardiff, Lyman; 5 09 Justin
Drake, Burnham; 6 01 Andy Saunders, Ellsworth; 7 94
Shawn Martin, Turner; 8 78 Ivan Kaffel, Raymond; 9 03
Scott Moore, Anson; 10 60 Timmy Brackett, Buckfield; 11
8 Calvin Rose, Jr., Turner; 12 96 Justin Gibbons,
Bridgton; 13 11 Steve Chicoine, Portland; 14 54 Ryan
Deane, Winterport; DQ 72 Scott Robbins, Dixfield.
Allen's
Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stock (50 laps)
1 36 Rick Spaulding, Lisbon; 2 61 Matt Dufault, Turner;
3 4 Jordan Russell, Norway; 4 21 Zach Bowie, Turner; 5
11 Tyler King, Gray; 6 74 Rick Thompson, Naples; 7 56
Addie McDaniel, Bridgton; 8 12 John White, Auburn; 9 33
Andrew Breton, Greene; 10 2 Gary Babineau, Hollis
Center; 11 52 Mike Nichols, Livermore Falls; 12 09 Mark
Turner, Norway; 13 27 Patrick Thorne, Standish.
Bandits (20 laps) 1 18
Dustin Salley, Poland; 2 77 Rob Crepeau, Minot; 3 11 Can
Childs, Leeds; 4 52 Chad Wills, Buckfield; 5 91 Jamie
Heath, Waterford; 6 71 Chris Foster, Lisbon; 7 1 Brandon
Varney, Mechanic Falls; 8 51 Kyle Hewins, Leeds; 9 2x
Butch Keene, Turner; 10 08 Mike McKinney, Berlin, NH; 11
4 Tyler Libby, Auburn; 12 8 Josh Knoll, Wells; 13 44
Jeff Libby, Auburn; 14 24 Travis Verrill, South Paris;
15 3 Charlie 'Chachy' Hall, Oxford; 16 2 Shaun Hinkley,
Oxford; 17 55 Dean Jordan, Jay; 18 12 Adam Sanborn, West
Paris; 19 6 Cody White, South Paris.
Figure 8 (20 laps) 1
97 Eric Hodgkins, Minot, 2 2 Dale Lawrence, Lisbon; 3 4
Kyle Kilgore, South Paris; 4 00 Larry Lizotte, Poland; 5
54 David Smith, South Paris; 6 41 Greg Durgin, South
Paris.
Rookie (15 laps)
1 3 Thomas Brackett, Auburn; 2 91 Brady Heath,
Waterford. |
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