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August 1, 2009 - quick story
Stearns leads from wire-to-wire,
is 8th different LM winner in 10 races
OXFORD, Maine - Travis Stearns became the eighth different winner in
10 Oxford Networks Late Model features this season, leading from
wire-to-wire to post his third career victory in the 40-lap main
event of the annual Summer Celebration at Oxford Plains Speedway.
"I was lucky to start where I did, because the car wasn't that
good," said Stearns, who could have fooled everyone else in
that regard, considering his two-second margin of victory. "I
wasn't even going to race tonight, but the crew put this thing back
together (after a crash) Thursday night, and here we are."
Ben Ashline took over second position from Gerald Parlin just shy of
the halfway point. Without a caution period to wipe out Stearns
lead, however, the 18-year-old was forced to settle for second.
That matched a career best.
"Again, that's like a win for us to be up here on the podium
with these guys," Ashline said.
The lead trifecta in Thursday night's
special charged to third, fourth and fifth. Tommy Ricker backed up
his win by racing to the final trophy position, with Don Wentworth
fourth and Jeff White fifth.
Division point leader Travis Adams was relegated to ninth, his first
finish outside the top five all season.
Skip Tripp extended his Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Strictly
Stock point lead, posting his fifth victory of the season after
another terrific tussle with rival and division runner-up Mike
Short.
It was Tripp's second win of the week
after an easier triumph in the Thursday 60-lap special. Matt
Williams matched his best run of the season in third, followed by
Zach Emerson and his father Larry Emerson.
Steve Barker continued his mid-season surge, snagging his second
Allen's Mini Stock victory of the campaign in convincing fashion.
Barker bolted from fourth to first in
less than 3/8 of a mile after a lap 5 restart, taking away the top
spot from Ken Daigle Jr.
Jimmy Childs was second, followed by division point leader Justin
Karkos, defending champion Ashley Marshall and rookie Calvin Rose
Jr.
Jim Davis Jr. and Chris Coolidge were conquerors in twin 20-lap
Chimney Tech Outlaw events. Davis' win was the fourth of the season
for the past champion, while Coolidge paid his first visit to
victory lane this summer.
Guy Childs emerged from a tremendous scrap for second behind Davis,
with great-nephew Josh Childs making an outside rally from sixth to
third over the final three laps. John Patria and Addison Bowie
rounded out the top five.
Coolidge eased to a caution-free win over Doug Degroat and Jerry
Freve. Todd Hall and Phil Knowlton followed.
Reigning Agren Appliance Saturday Showdown champion Dottie Patria
posted her fourth Allen's Ladies win in five weekend starts. Both
Patria and Vanna Brackett rallied from a tangle on the first lap to
run first and second.
Christina Spaulding led early before slipping back to third, with
Missy Morgan and Shannon Wheeler next in line.
OPS returns to action three times in the coming week, with the
Acceleration Series on Wednesday, Motor Mayhem Friday and the
Championship Series Saturday. The green flag flies each night at
6:30 p.m.
OXFORD NETWORKS LATE MODEL (40 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (2) #85 Travis Stearns, Auburn, 40
2. (3) #15 Ben Ashline, Pittston, 40
3. (11) #6 Tommy Ricker, Poland, 40
4. (9) #63 Don
Wentworth, Otisfield, 40
5. (5) #50 Jeff White, Winthrop, 40
6. (10) #94 Shawn Martin, Turner, 40
7. (8) #60 Tim Brackett, Buckfield, 40
8. (7) #25 Shawn Knight, South Paris, 40
9. (12) #03 Travis Adams, Canton, 40
10. (1) #8 Gerald Parlin, South Paris, 40
11. (6) #26 Corey
Morgan, Lewiston, 40
12. (4) #1 Al Hammond, Paris, 40
13. (15) #51 Ricky Rolfe, Albany Township, 40
14. (17) #29 Ricky Morse, St. Albans, 40
15. (14) #1C Billy Childs Jr., Leeds, 40
16. (18) #52 Tyler Knightly, Paris, 39
17. (16) #55 Kurt Hewins, Leeds, 32
18. (13) #27 Jason Larrabee, Raymond, 25
19. (19) #71 Gary Chiasson, Peru, 21
Lap leaders: Stearns 1-40.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 11 minutes, 13.311 seconds
Margin of victory: 2.354 seconds
Fast lap: Tommy Ricker, 16.649 seconds
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (10) #12 Skip Tripp, Poland, 30
2. (9) #56 Mike Short, Auburn, 30
3. (5) #63 Matt Williams, Brownfield, 30
4. (8) #23 Zach Emerson, Sabattus, 30
5. (7) #24 Larry Emerson, Durham, 30
6. (3) #777 Mike St. Germain, Auburn, 30
7. (13) #81 B.J. Chapman, Bridgton, 30
8. (6) #0 Sumner
Sessions, Norway, 30
9. (4) #77 Jon Brill, Bridgton, 30
10. (11) #13 Gerry Burgess,
Sabattus, 30
11. (2) #88D Nick Hoyt, Mechanic Falls, 30
12. (14) #14 Mac Hannan Jr., Union, 30
13. (1) #43 Bob DiPompo, Jay, 29
14. (15) #88 Derek Farrington, Freeport, 28
15. (16) #03 Mark
Theriault, Rumford, 26
16. (12) #42 Kim Tripp, Oxford, 20
DNS #36 Rick Spaulding, Lisbon
DNS #7 Keith Stuart, Naples
DNS #55 Dick Damon, Livermore
DNS #15 Ed Burlock, Minot
Lap leaders: Hoyt 1-11, S. Tripp 12-30.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 9 minutes, 24.074 seconds
Margin of victory: 0.225 seconds
Fast lap: Skip Tripp, 18.601 seconds.
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY MINI STOCK (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (8) #55 Steve
Barker, Jay, 30
2. (14) #10 Jimmy Childs, Leeds, 30
3. (15) #51 Justin Karkos, Jay, 30
4. (10) #77 Ashley Marshall, Jay, 30
5. (9) #8 Calvin Rose Jr., Turner, 30
6. (12) #16 Larry Melcher,
Livermore Falls, 30
7. (11) #12 Darrell Moore, Mechanic Falls, 30
8. (6) #31 Jeff Beaule, Lewiston, 30
9. (4) #19 Shane Kaherl, Jay, 30
10. (7) #08 Kevin Bishop, South Paris, 30
11. (5) #33 Dan Morris, Auburn, 30
12. (17) #6 Nathan Guptill, North Turner, 29
13. (1) #25 Ken Daigle
Jr., Lisbon, 29
14. (2) #14 Matt Moore, South Paris, 29
15. (3) #29 Greg Watkins, Bridgton, 29
16. (13) #47 Jake Burns, Gray, 28
17. (16) #2 Butch Keene, Turner, 16
18. (18) #35 Dale
Brackett, Oxford, 9
Lap leaders: Daigle 1-5, Barker 6-30.
Cautions: 1 (lap 5)
Time of race: 13 minutes, 52.573 seconds
Margin of victory: 0.249 seconds
Fast lap: Steve Barker, 18.203 seconds
CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW 'A' (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (2) #17 Jim Davis Jr., Sabattus, 20
2. (6) #00 Guy Childs, Turner, 20
3. (13) #3 Josh Childs, Oxford, 20
4. (3) #34 John Patria, Turner, 20
5. (7) #38 Addison Bowie, Auburn, 20
6. (14) #7 Chris Burgess, Sabattus, 20
7. (12) #5 David Childs, Oxford, 20
8. (11) #53 Steve Brill, Bridgton, 20
9. (10) #99 Jerry Goss,
Mechanic Falls, 20
10. (9) #04 Zach Bowie, Lisbon, 20
11. (4) #67 Michael Haynes,
Livermore Falls, 20
12. (8) #19 Steve Moon, Gray, 20
13. (5) #24 Kevin Lawrence, South Paris, 20
14. (1) #57 Gerry Richard, Leeds, 2
Lap leaders: Davis 1-20.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 6 minutes, 32 seconds
CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW 'B' (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (6) #25 Chris Coolidge, Norway, 20
2. (5) #84 Doug Degroat, Oxford, 20
3. (7) #139 Jerry Freve,
Buckfield, 20
4. (1) #36 Todd Hall, Auburn, 20
5. (3) #K21 Phil Knowlton, Poland, 20
6. (8) #26 Pat
Maloy, Lisbon, 20
7. (10) #83 Dan Brown, Peru, 20
8. (2) #21 Todd Bisbee, South Paris, 19
9. (4) #112 Dennis Morang, South Paris, 19
10. (9) #52 Kevin Leighton, Minot, 16
11. (11) #37 Jacob
Hethcoat, Norway, 10
Lap leaders: Hall 1-3, Coolidge 4-20.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 6 minutes, 38 seconds
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY LADIES (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (8) #34 Dottie
Patria, Turner, 20
2. (7) #23 Vanna Brackett, Buckfield, 20
3. (2) #36 Christina
Spaulding, Lewiston, 20
4. (5) #26 Missy Morgan, Lewiston, 20
5. (1) #29 Shannon Wheeler, Auburn, 20
6. (4) #7 Tori Burgess, Sabattus, 19
7. (3) #92 Debbie Marston, Hartford, 19
8. (6) #51 Deanna Robertson, South Paris, 15
9. (9) #44 Annie Chartier, Mexico, 14
Lap leaders: Spaulding 1-14, Patria 15-20.
Cautions: 1 (lap 16)
Time of race: 11 minutes, 16 seconds
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