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NEWS
June 27, 2009
Brackett ends five-year drought
with emotional Late Model victory
OXFORD, Maine - Five years, including a championship season, passed
since Tim Brackett's last feature win at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Brackett also saw at least two previous podium finishes in 2009
unravel due to late-race spins.
Small wonder that Brackett sounded a
little bit moved, even choked up, after collecting his 43rd career
OPS checkered flag in the 40-lap Oxford Networks Late Model main
event Saturday night.
Brackett put each of his 30-plus
years experience to work in holding off another of the speedway's
all-time greats, four-time champion Travis Adams, to prevail by a
car length.
"I'm so glad this is finally
over," Brackett said. "It was such a long time getting
here."
Adams' late rally reduced Brackett's
lead from a half-straightaway to a shadow over the final 10 laps.
The current point leader settled for second, however, with Tommy
Ricker a season-best third, Billy Childs Jr. fourth and Scott
Robbins fifth.
Each of the three Championship Series
winners pocketed his first victory of the year.
Tommy Tompkins dominated the 30-lap
Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Strictly Stock feature, while Steve
Barker put on a similar display in the Allen's Mini Stock main. Both
races ran from wire-to-wire without a caution.
Tompkins, like Brackett, turned up
the wick early in his race and parlayed it into an impressive
victory. Skip Tripp used the outside lane to overtake KIm Tripp in
an intense battle for second, with B.J. Chapman fourth and Jerry
Harrison edging point leader Zach Emerson for fifth.
Barker, whose car sustained engine
failure three weeks ago, has been one of the fastest four-cylinders
ever since. It showed Saturday, when he cruised to his heat win and
overtook Jeff Moon for the lead on lap 5 of the finale.
Standout rookie Calvin Rose Jr. made
a terrific outside charge to second but never saw the caution flag
he needed to make a bid at Barker. Justin Karkos, winner in three of
his previous four starts, rounded out the top three in front of
Darrell Moore and Larry Melcher.
Familiar faces reigned in
Acceleration Series Agren Appliance Saturday Showdown activity.
Ryan Farrar claimed his third
straight Call of the Wild RV Center Sport Truck victory, topping Jon
Lizotte and Kevin Oliver. Ross Spurling was fourth and Jeff Schmidt
fifth.
Kyle Hewins is 4-for-7 in an
entertaining Macdonald Motors Runnin' Rebel campaign after his
latest victory. Hewins shook off Zach Audet for the lead with five
circuits remaining in the 20-lapper.
Defending Agren champ Troy Jordan
took third, backed by John Childs and championship leader Matt
Dufault.
The Senior Tour Auto Racers also made
their annual visit to OPS, flexing the muscles of their
crowd-pleasing 1970s modified cars and 1930s coupes.
OPS has a bust holiday weekend in
store. Acceleration Series action cranks up Wednesday, July 1,
followed by the first round of the Summer Slam Triple Crown with
Tripls 50s for the Championship Series divisions on Thursday.
Maine State Lottery Fireworks Night
punctuates the weekend on Saturday the Fourth. Start time each night
is 6:30 p.m.
OXFORD NETWORKS LATE MODEL (40 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (11) #60 Tim Brackett, Buckfield, 40
2. (15) #03E Travis Adams, Canton, 40
3. (5) #6 Tommy Ricker, Poland, 40
4. (2) #1 Billy Childs Jr., Leeds, 40
5. (7) #72 Scott Robbins, Dixfield, 40
6. (14) #94 Shawn
Martin, Turner, 40
7. (13) #63 Don Wentworth, Otisfield, 40
8. (10) #25 Shawn Knight, South Paris, 40
9. (9) #26 Corey Morgan, Lewiston, 40
10. (6) #85 Travis Stearns, Auburn, 40
11. (16) #12 Nick Brown, Bath, 40
12. (17) #52 Bruce Haley, Minot, 40
13. (12) #50 Jeff White, Winthrop, 40
14. (18) #01 Wayne Helliwell Jr., Pelham, N.H., 40
15. (3) #71 Gary Chiasson, Peru, 40
16. (8) #15 Ben Ashline, Pittston, 40
17. (4) #8 Gerald Parlin, South Paris, 40
18. (20) #36 Ron
Charpentier Jr., Wales, 40
19. (1) #84 Matt Sanborn, West Baldwin, 28
20. (19) #27 Jason Larrabee, Raymond, 18
Lap leaders: M. Sanborn 1-4, Childs 5-11, Brackett 12-40.
Cautions: 2 (laps 14, 21)
Time of race: 16 minutes, 52.095 seconds
Margin of victory: 0.158 seconds
Fast lap: Tim Brackett, 16.541 seconds
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (9) #113 Tommy Tompkins, Dixfield, 30
2. (8) #12 Skip Tripp, Poland, 30
3. (2) #42 Kim Tripp, Oxford, 30
4. (6) #81 B.J. Chapman, Bridgton, 30
5. (12) #84 Jerry Harrison, Freeport, 30
6. (10) #23 Zach Emerson, Sabattus, 30
7. (11) #56 Mike Short, Auburn, 30
8. (7) #24 Larry Emerson, Durham, 30
9. (5) #63 Matt Williams, Brownfield, 30
10. (15) #88D Nick Hoyt, Mechanic Falls, 29
11. (3) #7 Keith Stuart, Naples, 29
12. (1) #36 Rick Spaulding, Lisbon, 29
13. (14) #88 Derek
Farrington, Freeport, 27
14. (13) #15 Ed Burlock, Minot, 19
15. (4) #82 Ben Krauter, Raymond, 1
Lap leaders: K. Tripp 1-12, Tompkins 13-30.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 9 minutes, 20.775 seconds
Margin of victory: 4.957 seconds
Fast lap: Mike Short, 18.279 seconds
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY MINI STOCK (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (3) #55 Steve
Barker, Jay, 30
2. (5) #8 Calvin Rose Jr., Turner, 30
3. (11) #51 Justin Karkos, Jay, 30
4. (10) #12 Darrell Moore, Mechanic Falls, 30
5. (14) #16 Larry Melcher, Livermore Falls, 30
6. (9) #19 Shane Kaherl, Jay, 30
7. (5) #31 Jeff Beaule, Lewiston, 30
8. (4) #33 Dan Morris, Auburn, 30
9. (6) #08 Kevin Bishop, South Paris, 30
10. (12) #77 Ashley Marshall, Jay, 30
11. (2) #14 Matt
Moore, South Paris, 30
12. (8) #47 Jake Burns, Gray, 30
13. (1) #97 Jeff Moon, Gray, 29
14. (16) #29 Greg Watkins, Bridgton, 29
15. (17) #10 Jimmy Childs, Leeds, 29
16. (15) #18 Nik Coates, Lisbon, 29
17. (13) #2 Butch Keene, Turner, 20
18. (18) #Wayne Titus, Minot, 12
DNS #6 Nathan Guptill, North Turner
Lap leaders: Moon 1-3, Barker 4-30
Cautions: None
Time of race: 9 minutes, 12.564 seconds
Margin of victory: 4.16 seconds
Fast lap: Steve Barker, 18.333 seconds
MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN' REBEL (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (10) #54 Kyle Hewins, Leeds, 20
2. (6) #19 Zach Audet, Chesterville, 20
3. (13) #6 Troy Jordan, Turner, 20
4. (5) #69 John
Childs, Leeds, 20
5. (12) #96 Matt Dufault, Turner, 20
6. (14) #521 Scott Farrington, Minot, 20
7. (1) #44 John Mason, Bethel, 20
8. (11) #75 Charlie Webster, Auburn, 20
9. (19) #8 Dana Cook, Auburn, 20
10. (18) #86 Jeff Hebert, Auburn, 20
11. (20) #2 Jamie Heath, Waterford, 20
12. (16) #9 Joe
Turner, Norway, 19
13. (8) #59 Corey Beaulieu, Oxford, 18
14. (17) #29 Brandon Palmer, Bridgton, 18
15. (3) #55 Ryan Hewins, Leeds, 16
16. (9) #83 Brady Romano, Livermore Falls, 16
17. (2) #95 Mark Childs Jr., Mechanic Falls, 14
18. (7) #25 Roger Bourgoin, Sabattus, 14
19. (15) #73 Tyson Jordan, Poland, 13
20. (4) #7x Randy Desmarais, Auburn, 2
DNS #12 Roy Brown, Turner
DS #31 Craig Bartlett, Denmark
Lap leaders: R. Hewins 1-2, Audet 3-14, K. Hewins 5-20.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 6 minutes, 49 seconds
CALL OF THE WILD RV SPORT TRUCK (10 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (4) #69 Ryan Farrar, Oxford, 10
2. (1) #1 John Lizotte, Mechanic Falls, 10
3. (3) #28 Kevin Oliver, Gray, 10
4. (6) #17 Ross Spurling, New Gloucester, 10
5. (2) #22 Jeff Schmidt, Mechanic Falls, 10
6. (7) #00 Jeremy Wagner, Bryant Pond, 10
7. (5) #39 Corey Williams, Sumner, 5
Lap leaders: Lizotte 1-4, Farrar 5-10.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 3 minutes, 34 seconds
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