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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4th |
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Super Late Model Qualifying |
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LUCE - TAYLOR - FARRINGTON |
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JEFF TAYLOR #88 RACE TEAM |
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2015 PASS
NORTH SUPER LATE MODEL CHAMPION
MIKE
ROWE |
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PETIT RACING #7 |
JEFF
TAYLOR WINS PASS NORTH FINALE AT OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY
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MIKE ROWE IS 2015 AIM
RECYCLING USA PASS NORTH SUPER LATE MODEL CHAMPION |
Oxford, Maine -- Jeff Taylor of Farmington
nailed down his first victory of the season in dominant
fashion, outrunning all AIM Recycling USA PASS North
Super Late Model rivals as the touring series closed out
its' 2015 championship season Sunday afternoon at Oxford
Plains Speedway.
An eighth-place finish was
plenty good enough for Maine Hall of Fame racer Mike
Rowe to add yet another championship to his extensive
short track racing resume, this one the AIM Recycling
USA PASS North Super Late Model title.
Rowe, who
is also the winningest driver in the history of Oxford
Plains Speedway and a seven-time track champion in the
top class, had previously won PASS South and PASS
National titles, but this was his first Pro All Stars
Series championship won on native Maine pavement.
Rowe's title comes in his first year driving for
Petit Motorsports. The team had competed for several
seasons with several drivers, never finding victory lane
until hooking up with Rowe for the 2015 campaign. The
Rowe/Petit Motorsports combination went to victory lane
three times en route to their championship.
For
Taylor, a nine-time track champion in the top class at
Oxford Plains Speedway, it was an emotional victory, the
first since the passing of his father, Conrad, in
January.
"It took us until the last race of the
season, but we did it," the winner said, wrapping up a
salute to his dad, always instrumental in the operation
of the wildly-successful race team.
Taylor
started the race from the pole, inheriting the first
heat race win when Trevor Sanborn and Gunnar Rowe both
were too low in post-race technical inspection.
Taylor swapped the race lead with Dixfield's Scott
Robbins in the early stages of the 150-lapper, but soon
started to pull away from the field, opening up a
half-lap lead over a torrid battle for second position
between Robbins and Jay's Dave Farrington, Jr.
When a late-race caution flag set up a two-lap shootout,
Taylor had a comfortable cushion of lapped cars to
maintain his lead. Farrington managed to hold on to
second position despite being spun at the checkered
flag, with a flat tire.
Oxford 250 champion Glen
Luce of Turner drove from 16th starting position to an
impressive third-place finish. Robbins ended up with a
fourth-place finish, with 2015 Oxford Plains Speedway
Super Late Model Champion Timmy Brackett of Buckfield
rounding out the top five.
Joey Doiron of
Berwick, Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Mike Rowe of
Turner, Scott Mulkern of Falmouth and Waterford's
Spencer Morse filled out the top ten. The race attracted
44 entrants, with 35 cars starting the 150-lap main
event.
OPS Mods champion Ryan Robbins prevailed
in the 30-lap championship finale for the PASS touring
Modifieds, outrunning Lebanon's Mike Carigan to the
checkered flag.
Andy Shaw of Center Conway, New
Hampshire successfully defended his PASS Modified title,
driving the Sumner Sessions 0. Shaw claimed the
third-place race trophy, following Robbins and Carigan
under the checkered flag. Newburgh's Scott Alexander,
who ended up five points behind Shaw in the season-long
rankings, finished fourth, with the top five filled out
by Westbrook's Matty Sanborn.
Cory Hall made the
long trip home to Jolicure, New Brunswick a happy ride
after winning the 25-lap Legends Cars main event. Hall
inherited the lead when Ryan Kuhn pitted after losing a
muffler while leading. Kuhn made a late charge from the
rear of the field to finish up in second position.
Colby Meserve of Buxton celebrated his birthday with
a third-place finish. Brandon Packard of Bridgewater,
Massachusetts and Windham's Dillon Varney rounded out
the top five. Kuhn, of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts,
won the Legends Cars heat race.
Jamie Heath of
Waterford led all but the last 100 feet in the 15-lap
Mini-Stock race, and still was declared the winner after
Jimmy Childs failed to make it through post-race
inspection. Brady Romano of Livermore Falls was the
runner-up behind Heath, with Auburn's Kevin Varney
claiming the third-place trophy. |
PASS SUPER LATE MODELS at OPS
OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS
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1) 88 - Jeff Taylor - 150 Laps
2) 23 - Dave
Farrington Jr. - 150
3) 7L - Glen Luce - 150
4) 36
- Scott Robbins - 150
5) 60b - Tim Brackett - 150
6) 73 - Joey Doiron - 150
7) 59 - Reid Lanpher - 150
8) 7 - Mike Rowe - 150
9) 84 - Scot Mulkern - 150
10) 0 - Spencer Morse - 149
11) 77 - Trevor Samborn -
149
12) 48 - Bobby Timmons - 149
13) 09 - Jeremy
Davis - 149
14) 00 - Bryan Kruczek - 148
15) 54 -
Johnny Clark - 148
16) 33 - Richie Dearborn - 148
17) 15 - Mike Hopkins - 148
18) 14 - Scott McDaniel -
147 |
19) 44 - Rusty Poland - 147
20) 71qc -
Raphael Lessard - 147
21) 72 - CHris Coolidge - 146
22) 75 - Gary Smith - 146
23) 42 - Corey Bubar - 145
24) 25 - Shawn Knight - 141
25) 94 - Shawn Martin -
140
26) 40 - Dan McKeague - 95
27) 16me - Travis
Stearns - 80
28) 4n - Ben Rowe - 75
29) 53 - Alan
WIlson - 65
30) 19 - John Rideout - 46
31) 46 -
Dennis Spencer - 44
32) 09x - Mike Landry - 37
33)
73me - Adam Polvinen - 10
34) 61 - TJ Brackett - 9
35) 24 - Gunnar Rowe - 9 |
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SHAW - ROBBINS - CARIGAN |
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2015 PASS MODS CHAMPION
ANDY SHAW |
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PASS Mods (30 laps)
1 36 Ryan Robbins, Dixfield; 2 21 Mike Carigan, Lebanon;
3 0 Andy Shaw, Center Conway, NH; 4 17 Scott Alexander,
Newburgh; 5 2 Matt Sanborn, Westbrook; 6 05 Ron Henry,
New Gloucester; 7 25 Bruce Helmuth, Wales. |
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MESERVE - HALL - KUHN |
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Legends Cars (25
laps) 1 08 Cory Hall, Jolicure, New
Brunswick; 2 72x Ryan Kuhn, East Bridgewater, MA; 3 92
Colby Meserve, Buxton; 4 21x Brandon Packard,
Bridgewater, MA; 5 80 Dillon Varney, Windham; 6 21
Parker Varney, Windham; 7 72 Michael Humphrey, Cornish;
8 29 Austin Teras, Windham; 9 96 Richard Humphrey,
Parsonsfield; 10 4 Thomas Everson, Gilmanton Iron Works,
NH; 11 27 Roger Edgecomb, Hiram. |
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HEATH |
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Mini Stock (15 laps)
1 20 Jamie Heath, Waterford; 2 83 Brady Romano,
Livermore Falls; 3 1 Kevin Varney, Auburn; DQ 5
Jimmy Childs, Leeds. |
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