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NEWS


June 13, 2009 

White washes Oxford Networks LM field;
Childs holds off Karkos in Mini showdown


OXFORD, Maine - Jeff White's total destruction of his Oxford Networks Late Model ride last week was the worst thing that could have happened ... for his competition.

The White Lightning race team put the No. 50 back together better and faster than before, as evidenced by a convincing victory in Saturday night's 40-lap feature victory at Oxford Plains Speedway.

White, who picked up his first top-division win in 10 seasons of trying late last summer, took the lead on lap 5 and dominated the caution-free encounter. He beat former OPS champion Tim Brackett to the checkers by a margin of more than 1.3 seconds.

"If you saw the race last week, you know how bad (the wreck) was. We busted our humps to get here," White said.

Teenager Ben Ashline finished on the podium for the second straight week, taking away third from impressive Gerald Parlin over the final five laps. Parlin was a career-best fourth, with four-time champion and two-time 2009 feature winner Travis Adams making a late-race charge in the outside lane to fifth.

A terrific two-car battle and a post-race technical inspection failure highlighted accompanying Championship Series feature action.

Mike Short appeared to back up his 100-lap victory in last week's Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Strictly Stock main event with a 30-lap triumph on Sun Journal Night.

When the inspection went awry, however, 2008 champion Skip Tripp inherited his second win of the season. B.J. Chapman held  off 2007 champ Tommy Tompkins -- making his first start of the season -- for second. Jeff Merrill emerged from a tense, five-car battle for fourth ahead of Kenny Harrison.

Jimmy Childs, who returned this year the Allen's Mini Stock division where he won a pair of division championships, snapped Justin Karkos' two-race run when he held off the red-hot Karkos by less than a car length.

It was the first win of the season for Childs, who scored a Late Model victory in 2008.

Darrell Moore was third after his runner-up effort a week ago, followed by former champion Dan Morris and Larry Melcher. After a rough 30-lap race one week ago, the Minis went flag-to-flag without a stoppage.

Troy Jordan (Macdonald Motors Runnin' Rebel) and Ryan Farrar (Call of the Wild RV Center Sport Truck) were tops in Agren Appliance Saturday Showdown action.

Jordan led his teammates Matt Dufault and Jason Berry in a 1-2-3 sweep of the 30-lap Runnin' Rebel event. 

Twenty-five cars started the race, with Derek Cook dominating early before his mechanical woes allowed Jordan to speed away with ease. 

Charlie Webster took fourth, with Gerard Cote enjoying his second straight fifth-place finish.

Farrar ascended to the top of the podium after three consecutive runner-up finishes to start the season. John Lizotte, Jeff Schmidt, Kevin Oliver and Ryan Varney completed the top five in the 10-lap sprint.

OPS gets the green flag again this Wednesday, June 17 with the Acceleration Series at 6:30 p.m. Next Saturday's Double T Fence Night includes a 100-lap Mini Stock showcase.

OXFORD NETWORKS LATE MODEL (40 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., Driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (4) #50 Jeff White, Winthrop, 40
2. (11) #60 Tim Brackett, Buckfield, 40
3. (5) #15 Ben Ashline, Pittston, 40
4. (1) #8 Gerald Parlin, South Paris, 40
5. (14) #03E Travis Adams, Canton, 40
6. (15) #57 Doug Coombs, Livermore, 40
7. (7) #26 Corey Morgan, Lewiston, 40
8. (8) #25 Shawn Knight, South Paris, 40
9. (13) #63 Don Wentworth, Otisfield, 40
10. (19) #48 Kenny Harrison, Pownal, 40
11. (12) #94 Shawn Martin, Turner, 40
12. (6) #72 Scott Robbins, Dixfield, 40
13. (16) #07 Scott Luce, Strong, 40
14. (10) #85 Travis Stearns, Auburn, 40
15. (18) #1 Billy Childs Jr. Leeds, 40
16. (17) #36 Ron Charpentier Jr., Wales, 40
17. (2) #84 Matt Sanborn, West Baldwin, 40
18. (20) #27 Jason Larrabee, Raymond, 39
19. (21) #4 Randy Sanborn, West Baldwin, 38
20. (9) #6 Tommy Ricker, Poland, 30
21. (3) #71 Gary Chiasson, Peru, 5
DNS #12 Nick Brown, Bath
Lap leaders: Parlin 1-4, White 5-40.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 11:11
Margin of victory: 1.291 seconds
Fast lap: Tim Brackett, 16.476 seconds

ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., Driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (9) #12 Skip Tripp, Poland, 30
2. (5) #81 B.J. Chapman, Bridgton, 30
3. (14) #113 Tommy Tompkins, Dixfield, 30
4. (8) #00 Jeff Merrill, Turner, 30
5. (13) #84 Kenny Harrison, Pownal, 30
6. (10) #23 Zach Emerson, Sabattus, 30
7. (6) #24 Larry Emerson, Durham, 30
8. (12) #55 Kurt Hewins, Leeds, 30
9. (2) #36 Rick Spaulding, Lisbon, 29
10. (4) #82 Ben Krauter, Raymond, 29
11. (15) #54 Bob Crocker, Freeport, 29
12. (16) #88 Derek Farrington, Freeport, 26
13. (1) #42 Kim Tripp, Oxford, 23
14. (3) #77x Jon Brill, Bridgton, 19
15. (17) #15 Ed Burlock, Minot, 13
16. (7) #63 Matt Williams, Brownfield, 5
DQ (11) #56 Mike Short, Auburn
Lap leaders: K. Tripp 1-10, S. Tripp 11-30.
Cautions: 1
Time of race: 14:07
Margin of victory: 2.061 seconds
Fast lap: Skip Tripp, 18.654 seconds

ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY MINI STOCK (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., Driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (7) #10 Jimmy Childs, Leeds, 30
2. (13) #51 Justin Karkos, Jay, 30
3. (10) #12 Darrell Moore, Mechanic Falls, 30
4. (1) #33 Dan Morris, Auburn, 30
5. (14) #16 Larry Melcher, Livermore Falls, 30
6. (11) #77 Ashley Marshall, Jay, 30
7. (12) #8 Calvin Rose Jr., Turner, 30
8. (3) #55 Steve Barker, Jay, 30
9. (9) #19 Shane Kaherl, Jay, 30
10. (6) #31 Jeff Beaule, Lewiston, 30
11. (5) #08 Kevin Bishop, South Paris, 30
12. (4) #97 Jeff Moon, Gray, 30
13. (15) #12 Nik Coates, Lisbon, 29
14. (2) #6 Nathan Guptill, North Turner, 29
15. (16) #25 Ken Daigle Jr., Lisbon, 27
16. (8) #47 Jake Burns, Gray, 26
17. (17) #14 Matt Moore, Mechanic Falls, 1
Lap leaders: Morris 1-7, Childs 8-30.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 9:13
Margin of victory: 0.071 seconds
Fast lap: Steve Barker, 18.116 seconds

MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN' REBEL (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., Driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (13) #6 Troy Jordan, Turner, 30
2. (18) #96 Matt Dufault, Turner, 30
3. (7) #46 Jason Berry, Turner, 30
4. (19) #75 Charlie Webster, Auburn, 30
5. (11) #52 Gerard Cote, Oxford, 30
6. (12) #84 Doug Degroat, Oxford, 30
7. (14) #91 Jamie Heath, Waterford, 30
8. (16) #83 Brady Romano, Livermore Falls, 30
9. (9) #25 Roger Bourgoin, Mechanic Falls, 30
10. (15) #06 Ryan Philbrick, Greenwood, 30
11. (17) #59 Corey Beaulieu, Oxford, 30
12. (3) #333 Craig Farrington, Hebron, 30
13. (10) #19 Zach Audet, Chesterville, 30
14. (20) #54 Kyle Hewins, Leeds, 30
15. (8) #15 Nate Dubuc, Auburn, 30
16. (6) #2 Craig Bartlett, Denmark, 30
17. (22) #4 Bill Dunphy, New Gloucester, 30
18. (1) #88 Derek Cook, Livermore Falls, 30
19. (24) #95 Mark Childs Jr., Mechanic Falls, 29
20. (4) #7x Randy Desmarais, Auburn, 29
21. (23) #0 Bob Lucas, Peru, 29
22. (25) #44 John Mason, Bethel, 29
23. (21) #45 Carl Griffin, Farmingdale, 20
24. (5) #55 Ryan Hewins, Leeds, 12
25. (2) #14 Gene White, Lisbon, 4
DNS #8 Dustin Salley, Auburn
DNS #69 John Childs, Leeds
Lap leaders: Cook 1-19, Jordan 20-30.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 12:06

CALL OF THE WILD RV CENTER SPORT TRUCK (10 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., Driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (3) #69 Ryan Farrar, Oxford, 10
2. (1) #1 John Lizotte, Mechanic Falls, 10
3. (2) #22 Jeff Schmidt, Mechanic Falls, 10
4. (6) #28 Kevin Oliver, Gray, 10
5. (5) #82 Ryan Varney, South Paris, 8
DQ (4) #18 Herb Farrar, Sumner
Lap leaders: Lizotte 1, R. Farrar 2-10.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 3:40
















 

 


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