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RESULTS
AND PHOTO GALLERY
July 5, 2008
Hewins plays streak buster in
Late Model;
Polvinen starts a new one in Mini Stock
OXFORD, Maine - Ricky Rolfe's four-race winning streak in the Oxford
Networks Late Model division ended Saturday night. Sort of.
Kurt Hewins became the first driver other than Rolfe to win a race
in Oxford Plains Speedway's top division since May, capturing the
40-lap main event on Time Warner Cable Night.
Rolfe was second, chasing one of his own Race Basics-built cars to
the finish line.
"I'm glad to be the one to end
Ricky's winning streak," said Hewins, "because I wanted
everyone to see that it's the car. They're all pretty much the
same."
Hewins chased down teammate Dennis Spencer Jr. prior to a lap 24
caution, then made his winning move three circuits later.
When Rolfe and Spencer scrambled side-by-side for the runner-up spot
over the final five laps, it gave Hewins the freedom he needed to
protect his lead. The former Limited Sportsman champion triumphantly
slid his rear tires sideways across the stripe to celebrate his
first victory in the headline division since July 3, 2005.
"I guess Kurt must be cheating
tonight, because he beat me," Rolfe joked, referring to a few
fans' grumbles about his winning streak. "Of course I'm only
kidding. Kurt is a hell of a racer, and Dennis is a hell of a racer.
I'm always happy to finish in the top three here, whether it's
first, second or third."
Spencer matched his best effort of
the season in the final podium spot, followed by Matt Sanborn and
Carey Martin.
Six other drivers celebrated a feature victory as OPS wrapped up a
hectic holiday weekend of three race programs in four nights and a
combined 680 laps of green-flag racing in that stretch.
While Rolfe's run ended, Adam
Polvinen christened a new streak with his second straight Allen's
Coffee Flavored Brandy Mini Stock triumph.
Polvinen inherited the lead when early dominator Justin Karkos lost
power and pulled to the infield at the end of lap 16.
"I worked three times harder
last year to win races and couldn't ever do it," Polvinen said
after becoming a multiple winner in only his third start of the
season. "I went back to the 2006 set-up and left it
alone."
Ashley Marshall unofficially took
over the division point lead with his second trophy of the weekend,
this time matching a career-best second.
Previous leader Darrell Moore was
embroiled in a multi-car heat race crash that also involved
Marshall. Moore took the green flag in the feature before retiring
behind the wall, last in the 23-car field.
"I'm sorry about what happened
to the 12 car (Moore), but that's racing, baby," Marshall said.
Don Mooney and Bill Childs Sr. dueled brilliantly for a dozen laps
before Childs' car also fell off the pace, giving Mooney an
uncontested ride to third. Kevin Bishop and Shane Kaherl completed
the top five.
Mike Short became the fifth different
driver to win a second Allen's Strictly Stock feature this season in
a 30-lap makeup race at the start of the program.
Tommy Tompkins beat Short and
everyone else to three wins, however, holding off Short by a car
length in the nightcap.
"They told me if I protected the bottom that Shorty probably
couldn't get around me," Tompkins said of a seven-lap dash to
the checkers in the finale.
Kim Tripp also took home a pair of
trophies, second in the first race and third in the encore.
Sumner Sessions matched his best
performance of the season with third in the opener, trailed by Glen
Henderson and Larry Emerson. Zach Emerson held off his father by
about three feet to notch fourth in the second go-round.
David Childs now leads all Chimney
Tech Outlaw drivers with four victories after his second checkered
flag of the holiday weekend. Childs out-dueled Rick Spaulding on a
green-white-checker sprint at the conclusion.
"It's a great car if I can get
it here," Childs said from his familiar perch in victory lane.
Spaulding gamely tried to hang with
Childs on the restart, and it cost him a visit to the winner's
circle. Agren Appliance Saturday Showdown point leader Zach Bowie
snuck underneath for second, and Nik Coates accelerated to third by
a fender.
Steve Moon followed Spaulding in
fifth.
It pales by comparison to her wedding
plans for next Saturday, but Deanna Bisbee was all smiles after a
one-sided Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Ladies victory. Bisbee
broke through with her first win of the year.
"I've got to thank Randy
(Robitaille) for letting me drive the car tonight while we're
getting the old Mustang back together," Bisbee said.
Christina Spaulding finished a strong
second for the third time in her last four Saturday starts. Debbie
Marston was third ahead of point leader Dottie Patria and defending
champion Vanna Brackett.
Polvinen threatened to sweep his two features on the night, briefly
leading the NELCAR Legends dash before Max Zachem charged to the
front and held off previous 2008 OPS winners Bob Weymouth and Terry
Kirk for the triumph.
"This was well worth coming all
the way up from Connecticut," Zachem said.
Ed Getty and Polvinen completed the top five.
OPS action continues with the
Acceleration Series this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 12
will feature Q97.9 Night, complete with seven feature races.
Starting time that evening also will be 6:30 p.m.
OXFORD NETWORKS LATE MODEL (40 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (6) #96 Kurt Hewins, Leeds, 40
2. (17) #51 Ricky Rolfe, Albany Township, 40
3. (2) #95 Dennis Spencer Jr., Oxford, 40
4. (3) #84 Matt Sanborn, West Baldwin, 40
5. (10) #18 Carey Martin, Denmark, 40
6. (5) #15 Ben Ashline, Pittston, 40
7. (16) #03 Travis Adams, Canton, 40
8. (14) #1 Billy Childs Jr., Leeds, 40
9. (12) #73 Joey Doiron, Berwick, 40
10. (13) #94 Shawn Martin, Turner, 40
11. (15) #60 Tim Brackett, Buckfield, 40
12. (21) #59 Tyson Jordan, Poland, 40
13. (7) #6 Tommy Ricker, Poland, 40
14. (9) #63 Don Wentworth, Otisfield, 40
15. (8) #10 Jimmy Childs, Leeds, 40
16. (4) #08 Gerald Parlin,
South Paris, 40
17. (19) #22 Mark Childs Jr., Mechanic Falls, 40
18. (20) #44 Neil Martin, Freeport, 40
19. (18) #70 Daren Ripley, Appleton, 37
20. (1) #12 Nick Brown, Bath, 33
21. (11) #25 Shawn Knight, South Paris, 26
Lap leaders: Spencer 1-26, Hewins 27-40.
Cautions: 1 (lap 24)
Time of race: 15 minutes, 4.276 seconds
Margin of victory: 1.183 seconds
Fast lap: Dennis Spencer Jr. 16.228 seconds
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK #1 (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (4) #56 Mike Short, Auburn, 30
2. (3) #42 Kim Tripp, Oxford, 30
3. (2) #0 Sumner Sessions, Norway, 30
4. (5) #57 Glen Henderson, Sabattus, 30
5. (11) #24 Larry Emerson, Durham, 30
6. (9) #113 Tommy Tompkins, Carthage, 30
7. (8) #63 Matt Williams, Brownfield, 30
8. (7) #12 Skip
Tripp, Poland, 30
9. (14) #13 Chris Burgess, Lewiston, 30
10. (10) #23 Zach Emerson, Durham, 30
11. (5) #07 Rick Thompson, Naples, 30
12. (12) #20 David Tripp, Oxford, 27
13. (1) #4 Michael Roe,
West Paris, 26
14. (13) #99 George Haskell, Casco, 1
DNS #81 B.J. Chapman, Bridgton
DNS #27 Dave MacDonald, New Gloucester
DNS #1 Dean Coolidge, Oxford
Lap leaders: Sessions 1-3, Short 4-30.
Cautions: None
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK #2 (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (10) #113 Tommy Tompkins, Carthage, 30
2. (11) #56 Mike Short, Auburn, 30
3. (4) #42 Kim Tripp, Oxford, 30
4. (6) #24 Zach Emerson, Durham, 30
5. (6) #24 Larry Emerson, Durham, 30
6. (8) #57 Glen
Henderson, Sabattus, 30
7. (9) #12 Skip Tripp, Poland, 30
8. (5) #63 Matt Williams, Brownfield, 30
9. (12) #20 David Tripp, Oxford, 30
10. (1) #13 Chris Burgess, Lewiston, 30
11. (15) #4 Michael Roe, West Paris, 30
12. (7) #07 Rick Thompson, Naples, 29
13. (13) #1 Dean
Coolidge, Oxford, 15
14. (14) #99 George Haskell, Casco, 4
15. (3) #0 Sumner Sessions, Norway, 4
Lap leaders: Z. Emerson 1-11, Sessions 12-30.
Cautions: 2 (laps 4, 23)
Time of race: 28 minutes, 2.592 seconds
Margin of victory: 0.177 seconds
Fast lap: Mike Short, 18.403 seconds
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY MINI STOCK (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (15) #73 Adam
Polvinen, Oxford, 30
2. (12) #77 Ashley Marshall, Jay, 30
3. (11) #80 Don Mooney, New Gloucester, 30
4. (10) #08 Kevin Bishop, South Paris, 30
5. (7) #19 Shane Kaherl, Jay, 30
6. (17) #90 Bob Mooney, New Gloucester, 30
7. (13) #8 Bill Thibeault, Oxford, 30
8. (3) #91 Brad
Dwinal, Freeport, 30
9. (6) #28 Craig Moore, Woodstock, 29
10. (18) #9 Bob Guptill,
Mechanic Falls, 29
11. (23) #22 Chuck Higgins, Lewiston, 29
12. (19) #07 Al Roberti, South Paris, 29
13. (21) #29 Greg Watkins, Bridgton, 29
14. (8) #10 Bill Childs Sr., Leeds, 26
15. (16) #55 Steve Barker, Jay, 17
16. (2) #1 Justin Karkos, Jay, 16
17. (24) #48 Wayne Titus, Minot, 16
18. (1) #2 Butch Keene, Turner, 15
19. (5) #25 Ken Daigle Jr., Lisbon, 8
20. (22) #14 Matt Moore,
South Paris, 7
21. (4) #16 Don Frechette, Turner, 4
22. (9) #65 Dave Mooney, Wales, 1
23. (14) #12 Darrell Moore, Mechanic Falls, 1
DNS #7 Randy Kimbell, Mechanic Falls
Lap leaders: Keene 1, Karkos 2-16, Polvinen 17-30.
Cautions: 2 (laps 1, 2)
Time of race: 17 minutes, 14.698 seconds
Margin of victory: 1.648 seconds
Fast lap: Justin Karkos, 18.315 seconds
CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (13) #5 David Childs, Oxford, 20
2. (14) #04 Zach Bowie, Mechanic Falls, 20
3. (16) #12 Nik Coates, Lisbon, 20
4. (11) #36 Rick
Spaulding, Lewiston, 20
5. (15) #19 Steve Moon, Gray, 20
6. (21) #33 Tyler Belanger, Sumner, 20
7. (2) #51 Randy Robitaille, Norway, 20
8. (8) #99 Jerry Goss, Mechanic Falls, 20
9. (3) #30 Scott
Veinott, Sabattus, 20
10. (1) #35 John Spencer Jr., Auburn, 20
11. (4) #53 Steve Brill, Bridgton, 20
12. (17) #71 Fred Clavet, Buckfield, 20
13. (7) #10 Scott Ellis, Lewiston, 20
14. (5) #112 Dennis Morang, South Paris, 20
15. (18) #29 Ken Varney, Oxford, 19
16. (6) #69 Jay Wilkins, Gray, 18
17. (19) #116 Robert Lowe, Auburn, 18
18. (20) #124 Randy Nutter, Auburn, 18
19. (12) #33x Guy
Childs Sr., Turner, 13
20. (9) #34 John Patria, Turner, 12
21. (10) #90 Keith Landry, Oxford, 2
DNS #29x Ryan Varney, Oxford
Lap leaders: Spencer 1-6, Spaulding 7, D. Childs 8-20.
Cautions: 2 (laps 13, 18)
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY LADIES (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (1) #51 Deanna
Bisbee, South Paris, 20
2. (5) #36 Christina Spaulding, Lewiston, 20
3. (4) #92 Debbie
Marston, Hartford, 20
4. (8) #34 Dottie Patria, Turner, 20
5. (10) #23 Vanna Brackett,
Buckfield, 20
6. (7) #69 Cathy Manchester, Gray, 20
7. (3) #30 Lisa Brooks, Auburn, 20
8. (9) #139 Lisa Vining, Turner, 20
9. (2) #30 Shannon Wheeler, Auburn, 19
10. (11) #44 Annie Chartier, Mexico, 18
11. (6) #2 Kimberly Sessions, Auburn, 15
Lap leaders: Bisbee 1-20.
Cautions: None
NELCAR LEGENDS (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (9) #20 Max Zachem, Preston, Conn., 20
2. (8) #399 Bob Weymouth, Topsham, 20
3. (7) #17 Terry Kirk, Durham, 20
4. (2) #10 Ed Getty, Gray, 20
5. (5) #4 Adam Polvinen, Oxford, 20
6. (1) #33 Alan Smith, Lincoln, 20
7. (4) #81 Anthony Pagliarulo,
Groveland, Mass., 20
8. (6) #87 Darrell Vance, Lexington Park, Md., 20
9. (3) #7 Patrick
Stewart, Beverly, Mass., 20
Lap leaders: Smith 1, Polvinen 2, Zachem 3-20.
Cautions: None
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