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Rolfe, Tripp, Karkos end early-season
droughts with Fan Appreciation Night wins
OXFORD, Maine - Early-season struggles ended with a vengeance
Saturday night as Ricky Rolfe, Skip Tripp and Justin Karkos captured
Championship Series feature wins at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Rolfe passed Tim Brackett, Jeff White and Scott Luce in the outside
lane over the final 20 circuits to capture the 40-lap Oxford
Networks Late Model main event on 99.9 The Wolf Fan Appreciation
Night.
Perennially a top driver in the headline division, Rolfe was
snakebitten in his first two outings of the year. He led the New
England Dodge Dealers ACT 150 on May 17 before being beset by
carburetor troubles on a restart. In last week's Champ Series
opener, Rolfe ran in the top three before a late-race tangle with
Brackett.
He took the lead from Luce for keeps
on lap 29.
Four-time division champion Travis Adams made a similar ascent in
the outside lane in the final five laps to claim second. Luce, a
former champion bidding for his first OPS win since 1999, nailed
down third in front of White and Brackett.
Tripp, the 2008 Allen's Coffee Brandy
Strictly Stock champion, captured his first checkered flag in more
than a calendar year. Tripp chased down surprising Mike St. Germain
and made his winning move one lap after the halfway point of the
30-lapper.
Two multi-car tangles shuffled the running order in the closing
laps. Point leader Zach Emerson missed the carnage to snag second,
while Kenny Harrison rallied from his involvement in one of the
incidents to run third. Matt Williams and Jeff Merrill followed.
Karkos could be a three-time winner
by now in Allen's Mini Stock. Instead, a post-race disqualification
on opening day and a cut tire while leading last Saturday dropped
him deep in the early point standings.
Nobody could stay in Karkos' vapor
trail after he latched onto the lead at lap 7. Six drivers battled
for runner-up honors throughout, with Larry Melcher landing the spot
ahead of Jimmy Childs, rookie and point leader Calvin Rose Jr. and
Darrell Moore.
Acceleration Series Agren Appliance
Saturday Showdown activity produced two first-time career winners in
sophomore drivers Ross Spurling (Call of the Wild Sport Truck) and
Dustin Salley (Macdonald Motors Runnin' Rebel 'B').
Spurling held off Ryan Farrar's
last-lap challenge for the pick-up score. Kevin Oliver was third.
Scott Farrington and Jason Berry
applied the pressure in the Rebel 'B' go-round, but Salley prevailed
by a car length.
Kyle Hewins became the first two-time
winner at the speedway this spring, making it two consecutive
victories in Runnin' Rebel 'A' competition.
OPS launches its 11th season of the
Acceleration Series on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
OXFORD NETWORKS LATE MODEL (40
laps)
Fin. (Start) No., Driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (6) #51 Ricky Rolfe, Albany Township, 40
2. (12) #03 Travis Adams, Canton, 40
3. (1) #07 Scott Luce, Strong, 40
4. (2) #50 Jeff White, Winthrop, 40
5. (3) #60 Tim Brackett, Oxford, 40
6. (8) #26 Corey Morgan, Lewiston, 40
7. (5) #63 Don Wentworth, Otisfield, 40
8. (10) #25 Shawn Knight, South Paris, 40
9. (15) #57 Doug Coombs, Livermore, 40
10. (9) #6 Tommy
Ricker, Poland, 40
11. (16) #72 Scott Robbins, Dixfield, 40
12. (7) #85 Travis Stearns, Auburn, 40
13. (11) #94 Shawn Martin, Turner, 40
14. (18) #84 Matt Sanborn, West Baldwin, 40
15. (14) #71 Gary Chiasson, Peru, 40
16. (19) #8 Gerald Parlin, South Paris, 40
17. (4) #15 Ben
Ashline, Pittston, 40
18. (13) #27 Jason Larrabee, Raymond, 40
19. (20) #4 Randy Sanborn,
West Baldwin, 37
20. (17) #48 Kenny Harrison, Pownal, 7
Lap leaders: Luce 1-28, Rolfe 29-50.
Cautions: 1 (lap 8)
Time of race: 16 minutes, 59.746 seconds
Margin of victory: 0.941 seconds
Fast lap: Jeff White, 16.262 seconds
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., Driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (8) #12 Skip Tripp, Poland, 30
2. (13) #23 Zach Emerson, Sabattus, 30
3. (5) #84 Kenny Harrison,
Pownal, 30
4. (11) #63 Matt Williams, Brownfield, 30
5. (7) #00 Jeff Merrill, Turner, 30
6. (12) #56 Mike Short, Auburn, 30
7. (18) #7 Keith Stuart, Naples, 30
8. (15) #14 Mac Hannan Jr., Union, 30
9. (14) #81 B.J. Chapman, Bridgton, 30
10. (1) #777 Mike St. Germain, Auburn, 30
11. (20) #55 Kurt Hewins, Leeds, 30
12. (5) #82 Ben Krauter, Raymond, 30
13. (6) #77 Jon Brill, Bridgton, 30
14. (9) #24 Larry Emerson, Durham, 30
15. (3) #36 Rick Spaulding, Lisbon, 28
16. (10) #42 Kim Tripp, Oxford, 26
17. (17) #88 Derek Farrington, Freeport, 26
18. (16) #26 Richard
Kimball, Standish, 22
DNS #15 Ed Burlock, Minot
Lap leaders: St. Germain 1-16, S. Tripp 17-30.
Cautions: 1 (lap 24)
Time of race: 15 minutes, 52.560 seconds
Margin of victory: 0.893 seconds
Fast lap: Jeff Merrill, 18.442 seconds
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., Driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (7) #51 Justin Karkos, Jay, 30
2. (11) #16 Larry Melcher, Livermore Falls, 30
3. (13) #10 Jimmy
Childs, Leeds, 30
4. (14) #8 Calvin Rose Jr., Turner, 30
5. (8) #12 Darrell Moore,
Mechanic Falls, 30
6. (15) #77 Ashley Marshall, Jay, 30
7. (6) #31 Jeff Beaule, Lewiston, 30
8. (5) #55 Steve Barker, Jay, 30
9. (3) #97 Jeff Moon, Gray, 30
10. (9) #29 Greg Watkins, Bridgton, 30
11. (12) #19 Shane Kaherl, Jay, 30
12. (1) #14 Matt Moore, South Paris, 30
13. (10) #47 Jake Burns, Gray, 30
14. (2) #6 Nathan Guptill, North Turner, 30
15. (17) #25 Ken Daigle
Jr., Lisbon, 28
16. (4) #08 Kevin Bishop, South Paris, 17
17. (16) #18 Nik Coates, Lisbon, 5
18. (18) #35 Dale Brackett, Oxford, 5
Lap leaders: M. Moore 1-6, Karkos 7-30.
Cautions: 2 (laps 14, 18)
Time of race: 14 minutes, 54.408 seconds
Margin of victory: 1.235 seconds
MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN' REBEL 'A' (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., Driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (14) #54 Kyle Hewins, Leeds, 20
2. (3) #91 Jamie Heath, Waterford, 20
3. (7) #59 Corey Beaulieu, Oxford, 20
4. (12) #75 Charlie Webster, Auburn, 20
5. (6) #69 John Childs, Leeds, 20
6. (13) #96 Matt Dufault, Turner, 20
7. (9) #06 Ryan Philbrick, Greenwood, 20
8. (10) #83 Brady Romano, Livermore Falls, 20
9. (2) #25 Roger Bourgoin, Mechanic Falls, 20
10. (4) #52 Gerard Cote, Oxford, 20
11. (8) #6 Troy Jordan, Turner, 19
12. (15) #71 Cody Smith, Oxford, 19
13. (5) #15 Nate Dubuc, Auburn, 14
14. (1) #55 Ryan Hewins, Leeds, 11
15. (11) #84 Doug Degroat, Oxford, 9
Lap leaders: R. Hewins 1-7, Heath 8, Ky. Hewins 9-20.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 6 minutes, 40 seconds
MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN' REBEL 'B' (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., Driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (2) #8 Dustin Salley, Auburn, 20
2. (7) #521 Scott Farrington, Minot, 20
3. (5) #46 Jason Berry, Turner, 20
4. (1) #19 Zach Audet, Wilton, 20
5. (4) #2 Craig Bartlett, Denmark, 20
6. (9) #7x Randy Desmarais, Auburn, 20
7. (12) #555 Charlie Hall, Oxford, 19
8. (6) #43 Ellery Phillips Jr., Turner, 19
9. (3) #12 Chad Coolidge, Norway, 10
10. (8) #333 Craig Farrington, Hebron, 10
11. (11) #28 James Record, Oxford, 3
12. (10) #14 Gene White, Lisbon, 1
DNS #7 Carl Conant, Auburn
DNS #55 Ken Whittemore, Greene
DNS #88 Derek Cook, Livermore Falls
Lap leaders: Salley 1-20.
Cautions: None
Red flags: 1 (lap 13)
Time of race: 14 minutes, 10 seconds
CALL OF THE WILD SPORT TRUCK (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., Driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (1) #17 Ross Spurling, New Gloucester, 20
2. (4) #69 Ryan Farrar, Oxford, 20
3. (2) #28 Kevin Oliver, Gray, 20
4. (3) #22 Jeff
Schmidt, Mechanic Falls, 20
5. (6) #20 Doug Stevens, West Sumner, 19
6. (8) #39 Corey
Williams, Sumner, 19
7. (5) #1 John Lizotte, Mechanic Falls, 14
8. (7) #29 Kevin Rumery, Hollis, 14
Lap leaders: Oliver 1-9, Spurling 10-20.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 6 minutes, 43 seconds
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