Story courtesy of Racing America
A pair of 50-lap qualifiers on Wednesday night set the stage for Thursday's Celebration of America 300 at Oxford Plains Speedway, with Johnny Clark and Gabe Brown scoring victories.
In the first qualifier, Johnny Clark jumped to the lead from the outside of the front row from the onset and led all 50 laps en route to the victory.
Clark, the 2020 winner of the Oxford 250, has enjoyed plenty of success at the Maine track over the years, but recent efforts have left him searching for that speed from the past. He hopes this week's Celebration of America will be a return to form.
"It's been a while since the 54 has gone around this place like that," Clark said in victory lane. "We've been working hard at it. I can tell you more of what doesn't work here than does. Boy, that was pretty good. It helps starting on the front row like that, but the thing never fell off. I was riding for half of it. I've got to save something there so we can use these tires later."
Corey Bubar finished second in the first qualifier, followed by Joey Doiron, Jimmy Renfrew, Jr. and Garrett Hall.
In the second qualifier, Gabe Brown, the most recent PASS winner at Oxford Plains, led wire-to-wire. Despite his recent win, the work hasn't stopped for Brown and his team back in Center Conway, New Hampshire.
"We made a lot of changes this week in the shop," said Brown. "We had a short week with having to be in Canada this week with ACT. The changes are obviously working. We've got some fine-tuning to do, but we've been hard at work all day making this thing a hot rod. We're looking forward to tomorrow."
Derek Griffith finished second, with Alexendre Tardif third, Trevor Sanborn fourth and Mike Hopkins fifth.
The field of Super Late Model racers will compete for 300 laps on Thursday in the Third Annual Celebration of America 300. They'll be joined by the PASS Modifieds and Oxford Plains Speedway's Mad Bombers division.
Racing begins at 6 p.m. ET, with coverage live on RacingAmerica.TV. Click here to watch the Celebration of America 300 live on Thursday, July 2.
Photos by Orianna Lovell/O.L. Photos
