Bubba Pollard, along with his daughter Mac and wife Erin, celebrates winning the 45th annual Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway on Sunday. (Brewster Burns photo) OXFORD — For a first-time visitor, Bubba Pollard catches on fast. The professional short track racer from Senoia, Georgia, made a triumphant debut in Maine’s biggest stock car showcase, […]
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'I just go there to win' — Veteran drivers undeterred in continuous pursuit of Oxford 250 win
Cassius Clark remembers being in the stands at Oxford Plains Speedway as a young child, watching his father, Billy, racing in the Oxford 250. Clark never got to see his dad win the big race, though he did come close in 1987. Now Clark, who has put together quite a racing career himself, has a […]
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Oxford 250: Bubba and Ben — Georgia's Pollard will race in friend Ben Rowe's part of the country this weekend
Bubba Pollard after one of his many victories. Pollard will be racing in his first Oxford 250 on Sunday at Oxford Plains Speedway. (Submitted photo) When Ben Rowe needed a ride to keep his championship hopes alive, Bubba Pollard was there to help. The two racers have been friends ever since, but rarely have they […]
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#Oxford250 news and notes: Drivers travel from near and far; Cash money for Cassius Clark
Justin Drake (09) of Vassalboro and Wayne Helliwell Jr. (27) of Pelham, New Hampshire, jockey for position during a heat race at the Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway on Sunday. Both drivers qualified for the main event after finishing in the top four in their heat. Helliwell was the defending champion. OXFORD — The […]
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#Oxford250: Kyle Busch returns to Oxford 250 victorious in 2011
Before his high-profile injury and miraculous run to the Sprint Cup title in 2015 — long before that — Busch entered back-to-back Oxford 250 races in Maine in 2005 and 2006. Things didn’t go so well. “I felt I needed some redemption,” Busch said Friday. Five years later, he got what he was looking for. […]
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Oxford 250: Past winners Robbins, Luce look for a return to victory lane
The Dixfield native and 2002 winner of the HP Hood Oxford 250 has his sights set on another win in one of the biggest short track races in the country. “A bunch of us were talking earlier about how time goes by so fast,” Robbins said during media day for the 43rd running of the […]
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Pasteryak claims Modified Series 100 at Oxford Plains Speedway
Chris Pasteryak (5) leads Norm Wrenn down the front straitaway during the Valenti Modified feature at Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday evening. Pasteryak won the 100 lap race. OXFORD — Second-generation modified star Chris Pasteryak drove inside of early leader Norm Wrenn coming through Turn 3 on lap 28, survived a pair of restarts on lap […]
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Oxford 250: Six parts that wield unseen power
The droplet of gasoline that Butch Lindley and Ben Rowe’s potential winning cars couldn’t digest. The finicky tire that dashed independent racer and Oxford Plains Speedway lifer Alan Wilson’s dreams. A disappearing sun that turns an afternoon also-ran into an evening rocket. Six intangible elements make the 250 almost impossible to predict while giving the […]
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The Hot Corner: It’s Theriault’s turn at 250
I’m the target of much abuse about my Oxford 250 forecast over the years. If I fail miserably, which was mostly the case from 1990 to 2007, I look like a fool. If I hit the winner four consecutive years, instead of being hailed as Nostradamus and Confucius in a blender, I hear that picking […]
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Oxford 250: This D.J. ready to turn up volume
Well, try as he might, it comes with the territory. With the four consecutive wins he earned in Pro All Stars Series competition. And with the last name of his prominent driving family from Center Conway, N.H. Subtract Rowe from the list and Shaw might be the surname most synonymous with the storied short track […]