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SLM NON-WINNERS OXFORD
250 QUALIFIER
(NOT A PASS NORTH SERIES POINTS RACE) |
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40 Laps for the PASS MODS |
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- 4/6 CYLINDER ENDURO - |
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Tracy Gordon earns guaranteed
starting
spot in rich Oxford 250
with 100-lap PASS Super
Late Model Open score |
Oxford, Maine - Tracy Gordon of Strong nailed
down his first Super Late Model victory in several
years, earning a guaranteed starting spot in the rich
Oxford 250 with a 100-lap PASS Open race victory at
Oxford Plains Speedway on Sunday night.
Gordon,
the 1991 track champion, said "Wayne Helliwell won this
race two years ago and then won the 250, and I told my
guys before the race that's what we're gonna do."
Gordon, who had great success with the old NASCAR
Busch North Series and other touring groups after his
championship campaign at OPS, has raced thousands of
laps at the Route 26 speedplant in his three-decade-plus
racing career - a resume that surely would shine more
brightly with a big 250 trophy on it.
Gordon
began the 100-lap PASS open race from ninth starting
position and did most of his work in impressive fashion
from the tough outside groove, seemingly trying to dial
in his machine for the big-money 250 coming up on
Sunday, August 26.
Runner-up TJ Brackett of
Buckfield led about two-thirds of the race. The two-time
Super Late Model track champion, and current Saturday
night Budweiser Championship Series points leader, was
visibly disappointed that he was unable to hold off
Gordon. Still, he knows he'll be in the field for the
250.
Rookie Austin Teras, a 15-year-old racer
from Gray with a 50-lap Oxford Plains Speedway Super
Late Model victory already under his belt, secured a
third and final conditional starting spot, rebounding
nicely in the latter stages of the race after being
shuffled back in the running order during a mid-race
restart.
Lonnie Sommerville of Barnesville, New
Brunswick led the first 16 laps of the race and stayed
inside the top three until Teras got by with less than
five laps to go, relegating the Canadian visitor to a
fourth-place finish. Former PASS mods champion Ryan
Robbins of Dixfield completed the top-five rundown
following a steady drive into contention from 14th
starting position.
Connecticut racer Ray
Christian III was sixth after starting 18th. Saturday
night's 50-lap winner, Kelly Moore of Scarborough, ended
up in seventh position, followed by Turner's Shawn
Martin, Westbrook's John Peters and John Salemi of
Nashua, New Hampshire.
Bruce Helmuth of Wales
raced to his first PASS Mods victory of the season in
the 40-lap main event for the open-wheel class. Helmuth
outgunned rookie Kate Re to grab the early lead, then
held off current championship points leader and reigning
PASS Mods king Ben Tinker of New Gloucester to claim
victory, the second Mod triumph of his career.
Tinker remained atop the PASS Mods rankings with a
runner-up finish. Re, a 14-year-old rookie in PASS Mods
competition, earned a season-best third-place finish in
front of Waterboro's Billy Dixon and a pair of two-time
winners, Gary Shackford of Center Conway, New Hampshire
and Poland's Patrick Sullivan.
Kyle Hewins of
Leeds surprised almost no one with his triumph in the
50-lap Enduro race to wrap up the evening's activities.
The winner's biggest challenge came from big brother and
teammate Kurt Hewins, also from Leeds and the runner-up
finisher. David Cook raced to a third-place finish,
ahead of Josh Knoll and Daryl Quinlan.
The
Budweiser Championship Series racing card, topped by the
ultra-quick Super Late Models, goes to post this Friday
night, July 6, at 7:00 p.m. for one week only before
returning to its' regular Saturday night schedule.
Oxford Plains Speedway is located at 877 Main Street, on
Route 26, in Oxford, Maine. For more information please
visit oxfordplains.com or call (207) 539-8865.
Results from the July 1 Pro All
Stars Series 'Open' event at Oxford Plains Speedway;
Oxford, Maine showing finishing position, car number,
driver's name, driver's hometown:
Super Late Model (100 laps)
1 41 Tracy Gordon, Strong; 2 61 TJ Brackett,
Buckfield; 3 29 Austin Teras, Gray; 4 23 Lonnie
Sommerville, Barnesville, NB, Canada; 5 36 Ryan Robbins,
Dixfield; 6 93 Ray Christian III, Uncasville, CT; 7 47
Kelly Moore, Scarborough; 8 94 Shawn Martin, Turner; 9
51 John Peters, Westbrook; 10 63 John Salemi, Nashua,
NH; 11 46 Dennis Spencer, Jr., Oxford; 12 8 Calvin Rose,
Jr., Turner; 13 2 Gabe Brown, Center Conway, NH; 14 72
Scott Robbins, Dixfield; 15 60 Timmy Brackett,
Buckfield; 16 14 Scot McDaniel, Livermore; 17 39 Chad
Dow, Pittsfield; 18 42 Kyle Reid, Fort McMurray, AB,
Canada; 19 5x Bobby Therrien, Hinesburg, VT; 20 73 Adam
Polvinen, Hebron; 21 10 Kyle DeSouza, Williamston, SC;
22 50 Jeff White, Winthrop; 23 07 Bill Penfold, Oxford.
PASS Mods (40
laps) 1 25 Bruce Helmuth,
Wales; 2 19 Ben Tinker, New Gloucester; 3 10 Kate Re,
Lovell; 4 33 Billy Dixon, Waterboro; 5 60 Gary
Shackford, Center Conway, NH; 6 16 Patrick Sullivan,
Poland; 7 85 Jariet Harrison, Freeport; 8 14 Mark
Napolitano, North Yarmouth; 9 2 Randy Sanborn, West
Baldwin.
4-6 cyl. Enduro (50 laps)
1 7x Kyle Hewins; 2 8 Kurt Hewins; 3 44 David Cook; 4 8x
Josh Knoll; 5 12 Daryl Quinlan; 6 9 Josh Dube; 7 09
Joshua Morin; 8 11 Chris Hopkins; 9 4x Travis Berry; 10
21 David Gropley; 11 3 Paul Croteau; 12 51 Chris Smith;
13 6 Jacob Pimoski; 14 7 Carl Conant; 15 99 Michael
Phillips; 16 41 Andrew Cwiens; 17 199 Jacob Wilson; 18
97 Edward Varnum; 19 41x Brad Johnson; 20 777 Mike
St.Germain; 21 42 Keith Russell; 22 52 Dustin Damon; 23
2x Ryan Cavetal; 24 1x Richard Kearsley; 25 420 John
Ivans; 26 97x Tazz Lavoie. |
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