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SATURDAY, JUNE
11th
OXFORD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES |
BUDWEISER OCS |
Super Late Model Rookie Ben Ashline
Seventh Winner in Seven Weeks |
Oxford, Maine - Ben Ashline nailed down his
first-ever Super Late Model victory in just his third
career start in the class in the 50-lap headline race
Saturday night at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Ashline, a proven winner in the discontinued Late Model
division at OPS a few year back, led all the way to
claim victory in the ultra-competitive class, becoming
the seventh different winner in seven Super Late Model
races this season. It was just his third start in the
class, all in Gary & Renee Smith's Uncle
Henry's-sponsored car.
Ashline's closest rival
under the checkered flag was Dixfield's Scott Robbins,
who finished some four seconds behind the victor. The
final 49 laps of the race were caution-free. Reigning
champion and current Budweiser Championship Series
points leader Timmy Brackett of Buckfield added another
trophy to his collection with a third-place trophy.
Winterport's Ryan Deane just missed out on a podium
finish after running most of the race in second
position. Adam Polvinen of Auburn, a first-time Super
Late Model winner in the previous race at Oxford Plains
Speedway, rounded out the top five. Polvinen and Deane
won the 12-lap heat races for the Super Late Models.
Calvin Rose, Jr., of Turner, came from deep in the
starting field to earn his second victory of the year in
Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stock competition.
Rose, last year's top rookie in the class, padded his
lead atop the championship standings in the Budweiser
Championship Series' top support division.
Turner's Matt Dufault was the best of the rest in the
Rodney Williams 61, with Zach Emerson of Sabattus
claiming yet another podium finish, this time in third
position. Kyle Hewins led the early portion of the
30-lapper and ended up with a fourth-place finish, in
front of the previous week's winner, Rick Spaulding of
Lisbon. Rose and Dufault won the 10-lap heat races.
Jamie Heath of Waterford retained his championship
lead in the Bandits division with a hard-earned victory
in his 20-lap main event. Heath got bounced around by a
couple of his rivals before getting to the front of the
field and maintaining enough of an advantage to stay
ahead of all rivals.
Tyler Green of Turner was
closest to Heath under the checkered flag, and remains
closest in the championship chase. Kyle Hewins finished
third in the Varney Racing ride as regular hotshoe
Brandon Varney was attending his girlfriend's graduation
ceremonies.
Josh Knoll of Mechanic Falls was the
fourth-place finisher, with the top five filled out by
Poland's Dustin Salley. Hewins, Knoll and Salley won
8-lap heat races in the MacDonalds Motors of
Bridgton-sponsored class.
Eric Hodgkins of Minot
survived a last-lap crash to nail down his third win of
the season in the Figure 8 15-lapper. Hodgkins was
chased under the checkered flag by reigning champion Jon
Lizotte of Lewiston, with Dave Smith of South Paris,
another legendary veteran, claiming third-place
hardware. Kyle Kilgore of South Paris was fourth,
followed by Larry Hewins of Leeds.
The Budweiser
Championship Series at Oxford Plains Speedway resumes on
Saturday night, June 18 at a special 6:30 p.m. post
time, with the Valenti Modified Racing Series in town
for a 100-lap race, joining the Super Late Models atop
the racing card. Oxford Plains Speedway is located at
877 Main Street (State Route 26) in Oxford, Maine. For
more information please visit oxfordplains.com or call
(207) 539-8865.
Unofficial results from the Budweiser Championship
Series on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at
Oxford Plains Speedway; Oxford, Maine, showing finishing
order, car number, driver's name, driver's hometown:
Photos
by Joseph Johnson - www.josephsphotos.com
Budweiser Super Late Model (50
laps) 1 75 Ben Ashline, Fairfield; 2 36
Scott Robbins, Dixfield; 3 60 Tim Brackett, Buckfield; 4
64 Ryan Deane, Winterport; 5 73 Adam Polvinen, Auburn; 6
94 Shawn Martin, Turner; 7 7 Glen Luce, Turner; 8 24
Gunnar Rowe, Turner; 9 03 Scott Moore, Anson; 10 61 TJ
Brackett, Buckfield; 11 23 Dave Farrington, Jr., Jay; 12
59 Reid Lanpher, Manchester; 13 25 Shawn Knight, South
Paris; 14 3c Josh Childs, Oxford; 15 94x Garrett Hall,
Scarborough; 16 46 Dennis Spencer, Jr., Oxford; 17 0
Spencer Morse, Waterford; 18 3 Vanna Brackett,
Buckfield; 19 53 Alan Wilson, Hebron; 20 41 Tracy
Gordon, Strong; 21 01 Sammy Gooden, Jr., Whitefield, NH.
Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy
Street Stock (30 laps) 1 8 Calvin Rose, Jr.,
Turner; 2 61 Matt Dufault, Turner; 3 23 Zach Emerson,
Sabattus; 4 51 Kyle Hewins, Leeds; 5 36 Richard
Spaulding, Lisbon; 6 77 Bryce Mains, Naples; 7 58 David
Whittier, West Poland; 8 24 Jonathan Emerson, Sabattus;
9 33 Andrew Breton, Sabattus; 10 05 Glen Reynolds,
Greene; 11 71 Jason LaValley, Auburn; 12 5 Guy Childs,
Sr., Sabattus; 13 17 Billy Childs, Jr., Leeds; 14 4
Jordan Russell, Norway; 15 41 Caleb Emerson, New
Gloucester.
MacDonald
Motors of Bridgton Bandit (20 laps) 1 91
Jamie Heath, Waterford; 2 26 Tyler Green, Turner; 3 51
Kyle Hewins, Leeds; 4 8 Josh Knoll, Mechanic Falls; 5 21
Dustin Salley, Poland; 6 2 Shaun Hinkley, Oxford; 7 04
Cam Childs, Leeds; 8 4 Caleb Emerson-Mains, New
Gloucester; 9 05 Gerard Cote, Oxford; 10 08 Michael
McKinney, Berlin, NH; 11 12 Tyler Merrill, Poland; 12 14
Adam O'Neil, Lewiston; 13 13 Bill Grover, Waterford; 14
56 Adrianna, McDaniel, Bridgton; 15 3 Charlie Hall,
Oxford; 16 44 Rick Montminy, Auburn; 17 77 Rob Crepeau,
Minot; 18 41 Brad Johnson, Fairfield; 19 24 Diana
Quinlan, Westbrook; 20 18 Brian Hiscock, Turner; 21 20
Darryl Quinlan, Westbrook; 22 33 Matt Hiscock, Turner;
23 0 Matthew Mahar, Raymond; 24 5 Jacob Hall, Oxford; 25
17 Dan Wade, New Gloucester.
Ariens/Gravely/Dave's
Small Engines Figure 8 (15 laps)
1 97 Eric Hodgkins, Minot; 2 27 Jon Lizotte, Lewiston; 3
54 David Smith, South Paris; 4 4 Kyle Kilgore, South
Paris; 5 55 Larry Hewins, Leeds; 6 3 Robert Morey,
Lisbon; 7 5 Ernie Flaherty, Winthrop; 8 39 Gale
Williams, Sumner. |
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