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MAINE STATE LOTTERY FIREWORKS NIGHT
RESULTS
AND PHOTO GALLERY
July 3, 2008 - quick story and
results ... to be updated Saturday
Rolfe sweeps Late Model features,
extends winning streak to four
OXFORD, Maine - Ricky Rolfe's winning streak at Oxford Plains
Speedway is racing into Mike Rowe and Jeff Taylor territory.
Rolfe swept Thursday's two Oxford
Networks Late Model features on Maine State Lottery Fireworks Night,
extending his run to four consecutive weekly victories dating back
to June 7.
Day or night, 40 laps or 50, the
conditions didn't matter to Rolfe. He blazed a trail past Paul Bosse
on lap 17 of the held-over opening feature and emerged from a torrid
battle with Shawn Knight on the 29th circuit of the extra-distance
finale.
"The rule limits us to one new
tire a week, so it's tough," Rolfe said of the Late Models' two
trips into the spotlight. "We were wicked tight in the first
race. I'm glad we found something."
Champions comprised the top three in
the late-afternoon encounter, with Travis Adams (2003, 2006 and 2007
LM champion) second and Shawn Martin (2004) third. Billy Childs Jr.
and Tim Brackett completed the top five.
Knight posted the best finish of his
rookie Late Model campaign with a runner-up performance in the
nightcap.
His #25 is a car built by none other
than Rolfe at Race Basics in Andover. Knight also was a central
figure in the start of Rolfe's winning streak, having led the first
feature of June until surrendering the lead to Rolfe with only three
laps remaining.
That night, a late restart cost
Knight a top-three finish entirely.
"When you finish second to a guy like Ricky on a hot streak
like he is, you've accomplished something," Knight said.
Brackett improved by two spots in the
nightcap in his return to the track where he won the first
championship of his 30-year career in 2005.
"It's good to be home,"
Brackett said. "We'll be here the next couple of weeks getting
ready for the 250, and maybe after that. So much goes into that race
that you can't control. I'd love to win it. We're obviously not
quite as good as Ricky right now."
Carey Martin and Childs ran fourth
and fifth, respectively, in the 50-lapper.
Tommy Tompkins (Allen's Coffee
Flavored Brandy Strictly Stock) and Adam Polvinen (Allen's Mini)
dominated their segments of the holiday Triple 50s.
Tompkins, the reigning Strictly
champion, left Chris Burgess behind on lap 2 and dominated a
caution-free dash.
He punctuated that parade with some
good-natured ribbing of the division point leader.
"I was sitting on the sidelines
about three or four weeks into the season when my friend Skip Tripp
called me up. I help sponsor his car," Tompkins said. "He
kept saying, 'You've got to get out there and play.' Well, Skip, I'm
here to play. Where are you, buddy?"
Tripp gave it a gritty effort in a three-way battle for second but
couldn't get around runner-up Larry Emerson or third-place Mike
Short.
Kim Tripp backed up his heat race win with a fifth-place run.
Polvinen put a hurt on an impressive,
26-car Mini Stock field, lapping all but six of his rivals.
In only his second start of the
season, Polvinen needed a mere nine laps to bolt from 16th starting
position and overtake Don Frechette.
"I've been racing the Legends car this year, but I thought I'd
stay closer to home tonight and I'm glad I did," Polvinen said.
"Tonight was the first new tire I've bought this year."
Shane Kaherl matched his best career finish in second, trailed by
Ashley Marshall. Darrell Moore rallied from a lap 1 crash and a flat
right front tire to finish fourth and protect his point lead,
leading Steve Barker across the stripe.
OPS isn't done for the holiday
weekend. Time Warner Cable Night cranks up at 6:30 p.m. Saturday
with racing in six divisions.
OXFORD NETWORKS LATE MODEL #1 (40 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (22) #51 Ricky Rolfe, Albany Township, 40
2. (17) #03 Travis Adams, Canton, 40
3. (15) #94 Shawn Martin, Turner, 40
4. (16) #1 Billy
Childs Jr., Leeds, 40
5. (23) #60 Tim Brackett, Buckfield, 40
6. (12) #25 Shawn Knight,
South Paris, 40
7. (9) #6 Tommy Ricker, Poland, 40
8. (11) #63 Don Wentworth, Otisfield, 40
9. (7) #10 Jimmy Childs, Leeds, 40
10. (13) #18 Carey Martin, Denmark, 40
11. (4) #08 Gerald Parlin,
South Paris, 40
12. (19) #44 Neil Martin, Freeport, 40
13. (1) #22 Mark Childs Jr.,
Mechanic Falls, 40
14. (5) #26 Corey Morgan, Lewiston, 40
15. (3) #52 Paul Bosse, Gray, 39
16. (2) #59 Tyson Jordan, Poland, 38
17. (20) #84 Matt Sanborn, West Baldwin, 25
18. (10) #96 Kurt
Hewins, Leeds, 24
19. (14) #56 Dale Verrill, Paris, 20
20. (6) #85 Travis Stearns, Auburn, 20
21. (21) #95 Dennis Spencer Jr., Oxford. 20
22. (8) #15 Ben Ashline, Pittston, 18
23. (18) #12 Nick
Brown, Bath, 15
DNS #21 Shawn Clark, Winterport
DNS #22x Aaron Ricker, Saco
Lap leaders: Childs Jr. 1, Jordan 2, Childs Jr. 3-4, Bosse
5-16, Rolfe 17-40.
Cautions: 2 (laps 5, 20)
Time of race: 21 minutes, 8.586 seconds
Margin of victory: 1.142 seconds
Fast lap: Ricky Rolfe, 16.436 seconds
OXFORD NETWORKS LATE MODEL #2 (50 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (14) #51 Ricky Rolfe, Albany Township, 50
2. (9) #25 Shawn Knight, South Paris, 50
3. (15) #60 Tim Brackett, Buckfield, 50
4. (10) #18 Carey Martin, Denmark, 50
5. (12) #1 Billy Childs Jr., Leeds, 50
6. (5) #15 Ben Ashline, Pittston, 50
7. (16) #73 Joey Doiron, Arundel, 50
8. (19) #17 Eddie MacDonald, Rowley, Mass., 50
9. (13) #03 Travis Adams, Canton, 50
10. (3) #08 Gerald Parlin, South Paris, 50
11. (17) #07 Scott Luce, Strong, 50
12. (4) #26 Corey Morgan, Lewiston, 50
13. (6) #10 Jimmy Childs, Leeds, 50
14. (11) #94 Shawn Martin, Turner, 50
15. (25) #12 Nick Brown, Bath, 50
16. (18) #36 Ron
Charpentier Jr., Wales, 50
17. (8) #63 Don Wentworth, Otisfield, 50
18. (1) #59 Tyson
Jordan, Poland, 50
19. (21) #0 Bill Whorff Jr., West Bath, 49
20. (23) #84 Matt Sanborn,
West Baldwin, 49
21. (20) #70 Daren Ripley, Appleton, 47
22. (22) #44 Neil Martin, Freeport, 45
23. (24) #95 Kurt Hewins, Leeds, 23
24. (7) #6 Tommy Ricker, Poland, 20
25. (2) #52 Paul Bosse, Gray, 19
DNS #85 Travis Stearns, Auburn
DNS #56 Dale Verrill, Paris
DNS #96 Dennis
Spencer Jr., Oxford
DNS #22 Mark Childs Sr., Mechanic Falls
Lap leaders: Jordan 1-4, Ashline 5-20, Knight 21-24, Rolfe
25-50.
Cautions: 2 (laps 20, 24)
Time of race: 21 minutes, 25.035 seconds
Margin of victory: 1.529 seconds
Fast lap: Eddie MacDonald, 16.293 seconds
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK (50 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (4) #113 Tommy
Tompkins, Carthage, 50
2. (8) #24 Larry Emerson, Durham, 50
3. (9) #56 Mike Short, Auburn, 50
4. (11) #07 Skip Tripp, Poland, 50
5. (5) #42 Kim Tripp, Oxford, 50
6. (10) #57 Glen Henderson,
Sabattus, 50
7. (11) #07 Rick Thompson, Naples, 50
8. (7) #63 Matt Williams, Brownfield, 49
9. (6) #0 Sumner Sessions, Norway, 49
10. (2) #23 Zach Emerson, Durham, 49
11. (1) #11 Chris
Burgess, Lewiston, 49
12. (3) #4 Michael Roe, West Paris, 48
13. (15) #777 Mike St. Germain, Auburn, 47
14. (13) #64 Randy Heath, Casco, 46
15. (16) #1 Dean Coolidge, Oxford, 17
16. (14) #6 Jeff
Prindall, Lisbon Falls, 1
DNS #99 George Haskell, Casco
Lap leaders: C. Burgess 1, Tompkins 2-50.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 15 minutes, 34.569 seconds
Margin of victory: 6.646 seconds
Fast lap: Tommy Tompkins, 18.490 seconds
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY MINI STOCK (50 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (16) #73 Adam
Polvinen, Oxford, 50
2. (7) #19 Shane Kaherl, Jay, 50
3. (12) #77 Ashley Marshall, Jay, 50
4. (13) #12 Darrell Moore, Mechanic Falls, 50
5. (18) #55 Steve Barker, Jay, 50
6. (2) #16 Don
Frechette, Turner, 50
7. (4) #91 Brad Dwinal, Freeport, 50
8. (14) #8 Bill Thibeault, Oxford, 49
9. (5) #25 Ken Daigle Jr., Lisbon, 49
10. (6) #28 Craig Moore, Woodstock, 49
11. (11) #80 Don Mooney, New Gloucester, 49
12. (19) #29 Greg Watkins, Bridgton, 49
13. (9) #21 Rick
Giguere, Auburn, 49
14. (22) #9 Matt Morneau, Oxford, 49
15. (24) #10 Chuck Higgins, Lewiston, 49
16. (17) #17 David Giasson, Wales, 48
17. (21) #1 Justin Karkos, Jay, 17
18. (1) #2 Butch Keene, Turner, 12
19. (15) #40 Curtis Fanjoy, Oxford, 11
20. (20) #48 Wayne Titus, Minot, 10
21. (25) #65 Dave Mooney, Wales, 8
22. (26) #14 Matt Moore, South Paris, 7
23. (8) #7 Randy Kimball, Mechanic Falls, 6
24. (10) #08 Kevin Bishop, South Paris, 3
25. (3) #35 Dale Brackett, Oxford, 1
26. (24) #10 Bill Childs Sr., Leeds, 1
Lap leaders: Frechette 1-8, Polvinen 9-50.
Cautions: 2 (laps 1, 12)
Time of race: 23 minutes, 22.856 seconds
Margin of victory: 3.184 seconds
Fast lap: Justin Karkos, 18.232 seconds
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