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Oxford, Maine -- Joe
Pastore of Gorham claimed a rich, $3500-to-win victory
Saturday afternoon in the Gravely Street Stock Nationals
presented by Dave's Small Engines at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Pastore started from the pole position, but never built
much of a lead, battling Scarborough's Frank Wear for much
of the 125-lap distance, with Nicholas Cusack of Scarborough
taking up the challenge in the closing stages of the race.
Both Wear and Cusack managed to get a nose up on Pastore
in the outside groove, but no one could complete the pass,
and Pastore prevailed. Cusack claimed runner-up honors, with
Wear hanging on for a third-place finish.
Calvin
Rose, Jr., of Turner, posted the best finish from among the
Budweiser Championship Series Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy
Street Stock regulars at Oxford Plains Speedway, crossing
the finish line in fourth position against the more exotic
invaders in the open competition event. David Whittier of
West Poland rounded out the top five. Pastore, Billy Childs,
Jr. of Leeds and Bryce Mains of Naples won heat races.
Jon Lizotte scored the 100th Figure 8 division of his
Hall of Fame racing career, and 14th win this season, in the
Wood Pellet Warehouse-sponsored class. Auburn's Eric
Hodgkins was the best of the rest, with Monot's Geoff Low
outgunning Tommy Tompkins of Carthage for the final trophy.
Jamie Heath of Waterford raced to victory lane in the
30-lap main event for Bandits division competitors. Heath,
who had failed to finish several races in the Neon he drove
to the win in recent weeks, easily outdistanced 2015
division champion Shaun Hinkley of Oxford en route to his
win.
Brandon Varney of Auburn chased Heath and
Hinkley under the checkered flag. Dan Wade of New Gloucester
and Josh Knoll from Mechanic Falls rounded out the top five.
Wade and Greg Durgin of South Paris won Bandit division heat
races.
Ryan Kuhn of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts
powered to an impressive win in the 25-lap main event for
INEX Legends Cars. Young Austin Teras of Windham led the
early portion of the race and held off all but Kuhn to claim
runner-up honors.
Michael Humphreys of Cornish was
third under the checkered flag, with the top-five filled out
by Thomas Everson of Gilmanton Iron Works, New Hampshire and
Portland's Patrick Dillon. Kuhn won the heat race.
The AIM Recycling USA Pro All Stars Series North Super Late
Models and Modifieds wrap up their championship seasons on
Sunday, October 4 at Oxford Plains Speedway. INEX Legends
Cars and a Mini Stock Open are also scheduled for that
program, which gets underway at 1:30 p.m. For more
information please visit oxfordplains.com or call (207)
539-8865.
Unofficial
Results from the Gravely Street Stock Nationals
presented by Dave's Small Engines
on Saturday, September
26, 2015.
(Finishing position, car number, driver's
name, hometown.)
Photos
by Joseph Johnson -
www.josephsphotos.com
Gravely Street Stock Nationals
(125 laps) 1 20 Joe Pastore, Jr., Gorham; 2 15
Nicholas Cusack, Scarborough; 3 20x Frank Wear, Scarborough;
4 8 Calvin Rose, Jr., Turner; 5 58 David Whittier, West
Poland; 6 1 Billy Childs, Jr., Leeds; 7 77 Bryce Mains,
Naples; 8 23 Zach Emerson, Sabattus; 9 83 Dan Brown, Peru;10
30 Geoff Rollins, Groton, MA; 11 45 Cole Watson, Naples; 12
47 Brian Caswell, Portland; 13 59 Josh Childs, Oxford; 14 33
Andrew Breton, Sabattus; 15 8 Wayne Reynolds, Norway; 16 97
Michael Haynes, Livermore Falls; 17 6 Dave Cameron, Alfred;
18 24 Jonathan Emerson, Sabattus; 19 3 Jordan Russell,
Norway; 20 29 Trace Beyer, West Dover, VT; 21 04 Zach Bowie,
Greene; 22 11 Tyler Trott, West Hartford, CT; 23 71 Jason
LaValley, Auburn; 24 56 Mike Short, Auburn; 25 4 Tyson
Jordan, South Paris; 26 36x Nathan Leavitt, Buxton; 27 28
Josh Varney, Leeds; 28 113 Tommy Tompkins, Carthage; 29 36
Rick Spaulding, Lisbon; 30 63 Matt Dufault, Turner; 31 8 Ron
Bolduc, Plaistow, NH; 32 7 Mark Lundblad, Jr., Albany, NH.
Wood Pellet Warehouse Figure 8 (15
laps) 1 27 Jon Lizotte, Mechanic Falls; 2 97
Eric Hodgkins, Auburn; 3 6 Geoff Low, Minot; 4 113 Tommy
Tompkins, Carthage.
Bandits (30 laps)
1 91 Jamie Heath, Waterford; 2 2 Shaun Hinkley, Oxford; 3 1x
Brandon Varney, Auburn; 4 17 Dan Wade, New Gloucester; 5 8
Josh Knoll, Mechanic Falls; 6 26 Tyler Green, Turner; 7 32
Troy Smith, Bridgton; 8 5 Jacob Hall, Oxford; 9 6 Greg
Durgin, South Paris; 10 2x Brian Hiscock, Turner; 11 40
Curtis Fanjoy, Auburn; 12 44 Rick Montminy, Auburn; 13 33
Matt Hiscock, Turner; 14 97 Eric Hodgkins, Auburn; 15 13
Bill Grover, Waterford; 16 56 Cam Childs, Leeds; 17 14 Adam
O'Neil, Lewiston; 18 28 James Record, Oxford, 19 23 Caleb
Emerson-Mains, New Gloucester
INEX Legends Cars (25 laps) 1 72x Ryan Kuhn,
East Bridgewater, MA; 2 29 Austin Teras, Windham; 3 72
Michael Humphreys, Cornish; 4 4 Thomas Everson,
Gilmanton Iron Works, NH; 5 45 Patrick Dillon, Portland;
6 80 Dalton Varney, Windham; 7 83 Peter Craig, Poland; 7
21 Parker Varney, Windham; 9 399 Bobby Weymouth,
Topsham.
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