Fort Kent native Austin Theriault has a lot on his plate these days. After running part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series the past two years, he’s driving full-time for Hattori Racing Enterprises in 2016 chasing a championship in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. Yet despite the demands of his job, […]
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Holbrook a valuable asset to local teams
HEBRON — He’s considered one of the top chassis setup and shock package experts in New England, and also serves as crew chief for a Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North team. Ask team owners and veteran drivers in the pit area, and they’ll all tell you he’s at the top of his field. Forty-four-year-old […]
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Gerry notches first Super Late Model win at Oxford
OXFORD — Veteran short track driver Curtis Gerry hadn’t really planned on competing at Oxford Plains Speedway last weekend. Yet if you ask him about it today, he’ll tell you he’s elated the decision was made to go. Gerry, of Waterboro, a weekly racer at Andy Cusack’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, dominated the 50-lap Super […]
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Erskine picking up steam in Late Models
SOLON — In just his second season driving in the highly-competitive Late Model Sportsman class, Ben Erskine is making good headway. Running at both Unity Raceway on Sunday afternoons and at Wiscasset Speedway on Saturday nights, the 32-year-old athlete from the town of Solon already has a win and four top-10 finishes under his belt. […]
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Hinkley chasing Rebel crown at Oxford
OXFORD — After several years of working on race teams, building cars for others and working to make them faster, Shaun Hinkley decided it was time to get back behind the wheel. He’d tested the waters of Street Stock action on a couple of occasions in the past, but at the time, it didn’t work […]
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Robbins keeps SLM streak alive at Oxford
Former Oxford 250 winner Scott Robbins (2002) kept an amazing streak of no repeat winners alive as he drove to victory in Saturday night’s 50-lap Super Late Model trophy dash Oxford Plains Speedway. Robbins was the eighth different winner in eight races contested thus far in 2016. Robbins, of Dixfield, prevailed in a hotly-contested […]
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Polvinen breaks through in SLM at Oxford
AUBURN — It was a long road to get there, but in the end, the rewards were worth it. When former motocross racer turned stock car driver Adam Polvinen wheeled his Super Late Model into Oxford’s Victory Lane on June 4, it capped a multi-year journey that began when he traded two wheels for four. […]
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Morse puts Aspire Higher program in Victory Lane
OXFORD — A unique and sometimes difficult journey began in December of 2014 when students participating in Oxford Hills Middle School’s Aspire Higher race team program announced they had chosen a young driver from Waterford to pilot their partially-completed Super Late Model in 2015. Through countless ups and downs, wrecks and other setbacks, both driver […]
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Polvinen leads trio of first-time winners
Oxford Plains Speedway Adam Polvinen raced his way past early leader Ben Ashline and pulled away to become the sixth different Super Late Model winner in as many races Saturday night at Oxford Plains Speedway. Three-time champion and current point leader Tim Brackett of Buckfield finished second, while two-time champion Shawn Martin thrilled fans with […]
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Local Racing: Luce wins weekly opener at OPS
OXFORD — Glen Luce picked up right where he left off eight months ago at Oxford Plains Speedway. The Turner driver, winner of the lucrative Oxford 250 this past August, brought his PASS super late model car back to the oval on Sunday afternoon and held off a last-lap charge by defending track champion Tim […]