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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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